{"id":18014,"date":"2015-01-19T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=18014"},"modified":"2015-01-19T01:27:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T06:27:00","slug":"gothitropolis-minotaur-the-duck-fantastic-exclusive-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/gothitropolis-minotaur-the-duck-fantastic-exclusive-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Gothitropolis: Minotaur the Duck FANtastic Exclusive review"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all the technical details on the sculpt (absolutely no complaints) and the articulation (there's plenty of it, but it might require some boiling\/freezing to get moving), please visit our Decimus Hrabban review<\/a> - this review is just about the differences on one specific variant.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When the Four Horsemen launched their Kickstarter<\/a>, they had six birds ready to go - the raven, of course, but also five others. Four of them were normal birds, but the final one was a joke, a gimmick, a wink and a nod to the fans: Minotaur the Duck.<\/p>\n

The first FANtastic Exclusive toy was Xetheus, Champion of Mynothecea<\/a>, and he was joined by the Minotaur Soldiers<\/a>. This duck is, for some reason, wearing a war helmet like the ones the soldiers wore. It's not the same design (since it needs to fit over a duck's bill, not a bovine muzzle), and the horns are part of the armor, not a natural anatomical feature, but this is still a cool homage to the line's origins. He has a bright red scar over his left eye<\/a>, and there are matching cuts in the metal of his mask.<\/p>\n

Minotaur the Duck's armor is dark grey with silver outlines, and his loincloth is indigo. If you want to buy the add-on wings, he'll take a set of white. He has the same weapon as the other variant birds - a staff with the spiked mace head on one end, and a sharp spike on the other - but it's dark grey instead of gold, to further set him apart from the crowd. And because he's a duck, the Horsemen also designed new feet for him. In addition to the standard three sets that all the other birds have, he also gets a fourth pair that are webbed. How awesome!<\/p>\n

While the other dozen birds can all be purchased from the Four Horsemen's web store<\/a>, Minotaur the Duck is a Kickstarter exclusive, meaning he was only available as a reward for backers. He's definitely worth it for longtime FANtastic Exclusive fans.<\/p>\n

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