The sculpted detail makes them look almost like real leather on the front side, and they have some really nice, but subtle, iridescent paint highlights, too. You can place them up, out, and down for a variety of different posing options, but they are not articulated past the base at the back, and there is no bendy quality to them. The wings are static in that they are always fully-extended. The plastic does not feel like it will bend or warp, either, so that is a nice material choice for an important trait.
This light weight helps pose them easily and keep them in the desired spot. The wings themselves are made of a very light, but strong-feeling ABS plastic. They peg to the back via ball joints that are quite strong with built-in detents. They are positively bananas in the best way. If this figure was to come to life suddenly (like ALL toys do at night), these wings would actually be able to support him in-flight. Fully extended, they are about 22” from tip to tip.
They are in correct proportion with the figure which means they are pretty friggin’ huge. Okay, I want to talk about these wings for a minute because they are impressive both in form and presence. The point here is that the large packaging is full of accessories, so you really do feel like you are getting a lot here in addition to the massive figure itself. I will get to those more in just a second. Oh, and did I mention the wings? Good lord, the wings. You get a standard/docile head with pupils, as well as an angry/ferocious head with fully-white eyes. Fists, open, and one grip make up the hands, and the latter can hold both the book and the pepper. The figures has two heads, five different hands, a bendy tail, his book and the jalapeño pepper. The Gargoyles figures will be released under NECA’s “Ultimate” banner, and Goliath exemplified that moniker in spades. The only question I have is where I am going to find the space to display all of these potential beauties, but that is a problem I will take all day long. I own a lot of their stuff and so much of it is great, but Goliath is on a whole other level as everything from his sculpt to the engineering, to the quality of materials hits on all cylinders to create a perfect storm of gothic goodness.
Seriously, not only is this figure wonderful, it might be the best NECA figure. There is always a bit of anxiousness that comes with a first figure in a series, but NECA is throwing it down right out of the gate here.
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