{"id":40332,"date":"2023-08-19T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=40332"},"modified":"2023-07-31T00:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T04:25:59","slug":"indiana-jones-adventure-series-major-arnold-toht-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/indiana-jones-adventure-series-major-arnold-toht-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Jones: Adventure Series Major Arnold Toht review"},"content":{"rendered":"

A nefarious agent of evil, Major Arnold Toht races against Indiana Jones<\/a> to locate the lost Ark of the Covenant!<\/i><\/p>\n

Though no one's ever said it on the record, there must be some restriction that says various toylines from one manufacturer aren't allowed to share parts among them. Like, Hasbro just announced a GI Joe Classified<\/i> figure called Vypra, a female ninja in baggy pants. She uses the same molds as Akiko<\/a>, logically, but the Marvel team just put out a figure of Elektra, a female ninja in baggy pants. Who has a different sculpt. Is there any reason Akiko, Elektra, and Vypra shouldn't all be able to use the same molds? Other than being from two different departments of the company, no. And similarly, here we have Toht, Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/i>'s creepy little Nazi Gestapo agent, who wears a simple black suit. And although Marvel Legends<\/i> has a whole slew of suit bodies, nary a single piece of any of those molds has been used here. Once this line is dead (looking like September at this point), don't expect any of these parts to show up as Matt Murdock or anybody in the future. So sad!<\/p>\n

Though Stephen Spielberg initially offered the role to famous child-rapist and international fugitive from law Roman Polanski, Toht was eventually played by Ronald Lacey, who shaved the top of his head for the role. This toy's hat is removable, but you don't get any of the stubble that could be seen in the movie. Just like with Indy<\/a> himself, Toht's hat looks too large for his head - or rather, it makes his head look too small for his body. A body that already looked weird, proportionally, because the legs look huge and the upper body looks small (a choice made so that he looks correct when he has his overcoat draped on his shoulders, meaning that's what Hasbro considers his \"default\" style to be).<\/p>\n

Since the toy has balljoints at both the top and bottom of the neck, the collar of his shirt is attached to the neck, allowing it and his necktie to move around independently of the rest of the shirt. Which is a neat idea, but for whatever reason, Hasbro didn't paint the area directly under the collar white, leaving a visible strip of pink skin unless Toht is looking down. What an oversight!<\/p>\n

Until Hasbro decides to release a \"German Mechanic (Post-Fight)\" figure, this is easily the most mutilated toy in the line. Fist, we get his Nazi salute hand, which has the pattern of the Headpiece of Ra burned into it. Which, quick aside, is pretty stupid, right? Who picks anything<\/b> up palm-first? If you're picking up a flat, circular object, you're not going to do so by laying your palm on it<\/b> and then curling your fingers around; I realize it would never work for the story, but honestly just his fingertips should be burned. Anyway, back on-topic, we also get Toht's melting face from the end of the movie. It's sculpted screaming, and is covered in white and red paint - tallow and blood flowing off his skull.<\/p>\n

In addition to the removable hat and coat, Toht includes a Walther P38 made from the softest, bendiest plastic imaginable. That's funny, I thought Hasbro didn't remember how<\/a> to make this gun anymore? In the real world, the P38 wasn't produced until two years after the story is set, but then, we already know there are some things different between the world of Indiana Jones and ours.<\/p>\n

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He's also got the same Ark<\/a> pieces as Marion<\/a>: one side, and one end. The molds are even the same, so you don't have to worry about confusing them.<\/p>\n

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