[ljacone]

Well, I got a chance to open up and play with Leo last night.

Right out of the package, I have to say I am very impressed. I love the way his head and face looks. Very emotive and striking. Of course a good part of that is the design from the show, but the translation to Ultra-Act went very well. The red is a nice shade and the gold trim looks nice.

Problems set in when I went to swap hands. I go to pop off his right fist. When the fist comes off, it takes part of the ball joint with it! Argh!

BUT! It is not broken off! The swivel wrist joint has seperated, and that is why the ball joint came off. The swivel wrist is a peg and hole -- the hole part has the ball joint piece on it. The opening on the wrist "sleeve" is too small to fit the round part around the hole back in, so I get my Xacto and shave it a little bit to make it bigger. The hole pegs back in and the wrist is fixed. I shaved so little off that it is hard to tell any work was done.

Need to be careful swapping hands on that side, as the swivel joint can come off, but if it becomes a problem a drop of glue should solve it. Anyway, the other hand swaps out no problem.

So posing him with the nunchucks is a hell of a lot of fun. There's a ton of different fighting stances you can achieve with him, and because the chucks have an actual (plastic) chain connecting them, the can move and hang dynamically. Right now I have him posed with the nunchucks in his right hand, hanging backwards over his shoulder, ready to whack a monster in the head.

I have not messed with the effects pieces much because I am so enamored with the nunchucks and "kung fu hands" setup I have going right now. He's ready to kick monster butt.

Overall I am really happy with the figure. The joint coming apart sucked, but it was easily fixed and the fix has not negatively impacted the toy. He looks fantastic on display and I am glad I spent the money on him.