{"id":18509,"date":"2015-02-22T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=18509"},"modified":"2015-07-31T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T01:07:45","slug":"minimate-mini-review-227-yondu-sakaaran-trooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/minimate-mini-review-227-yondu-sakaaran-trooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #227 - Yondu & Sakaaran Trooper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#227 - Yondu\/Sakaar Trooper<\/h3>\n

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Rescuing Peter Quill from Earth when he was a baby, the blue-skinned Zatoan called Yondu raised the human infant as his own.<\/i><\/p>\n

Yondu was a member of the original, set-in-the-future version of the Guardians of the Galaxy, but his design was too cool not to use. Dark blue skin and a red mohawk? It's striking! Of course, covering him up in a brick red Ravager uniform (in this case, a molded trenchcoat, with the rest of the details - the straps, flaps, snaps and zippers - tampographed onto the standard body) does kind of hide the coolness. He has a decent Michael Rooker<\/a> likeness, and a new mohawk piece. He doesn't include his magical whistle-controlled arrow, sadly; Blink's<\/a> dart might have worked.<\/p>\n

Ronan's personal shock troops, the Sakaarans are a fierce and aggressive race, known for their militaristic culture.<\/i><\/p>\n

Okay, wow, I never noticed that in the movie - the troops were Sakaarans, as in \"Sakaar,\" as in \"the planet where Hulk crashed<\/a>.\" Interesting! I was too distracted by the fact that inside their helmets their faces looked exactly like the Chitauri<\/a>. The design was creepy on film, but it doesn't work great on a minimate. He just looks speckly, a brownish grey with dark spots all over - having a big red stripe on his chest doesn't make up for that. This is a design that needs<\/b> texture to work, not just paint. He does have a removable helmet, proving that point. He's armed with a Sakaaran rifle, which is a new mold.<\/p>\n

So far these are the only Guardians of the Galaxy<\/i> Minimates I have, but I'm really looking forward to the others now, because these are perfectly sized to fit inside the main toyline's ships<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>