SDCC 2010 Classic Tron Statue

        San Diego Comicon 2010 was Tron central, with a bunch of glowy exclusive stuff, but there was only one thing I was really interested in, peeking in on it occasionally.  And how prices rose, and I became dismayed.  Then somehow, for some reason, haunting Ebay listings actually worked out for me and I stumbled across a factory-sealed beauty for not much more than its original retail price from a comic book store in California.  Gift horses or gift light cycles or whatever, I grabbed him up immediately.


        Look at that.  I mean look at that.  This is one box I will actually keep and display all on its own.  Totally gorgeous... though the figure itself can hardly be seen.  Blasphemy!


        Oh look at that.  Sealed plastic, never opened.  I'm about to devalue this baby something fierce.


        But first, had to hit that button again and get a glowy shot.  It's impossible to resist a "try me" button, you know?


        But doesn't the box looks far more lovely out of the stupid plastic?  I'm really impressed with the design.  Lightcycles, recognizers, tanks, oh my!


        This is what you'll find on both sides of the arcade box.  MAGNIFICENT GLOWY GLORY.


        Oooohh, the back of the box.  Love yet another classic image.  And a warning telling me to remove all of the small parts so I won't hurt myself.


        OUT OF THE BOX!!!  ...And covered with dark plastic, why.


        Though I must admit, the dark plastic cover it makes the glow look particularly awesome.


        But now it's not there anymore.  This is my boy Tron, and he's getting freedom.  The detailing actually managed to impress me, since I'd been worried that everything would just look flat.  Or worse, some of those pictures I'd seen online of the figure had messy lines, which is part of what kept me away from it for so long (also: money).  This one, though?  Lovely.  There's incredibly subtle shading rather than a flat paint job.  The face is... as to be expected.  Not exactly correct, not far enough away from correct to be called wrong.  Mildly annoying, but fine.


        Yeah, that's better.  Here he is, all lit up and looking shiny-awesome.  It's not just a light switch; it sort of shudders on and fades off, which I thought was a point of particular coolness.  Why, I even have a YouTube video of the lights going on and off.
        I'm quite pleased with this figure, even if it is completely static.  It lights up, though, and comes in an awesome box.  Two thumbs up, five stars, ten lightcycles.