Review : Jamie Lannister, Game of Thrones (Funko Legacy)

Review : Jamie Lannister Game of Thrones (Funko Legacy) Wave/Series : Collection 2, #10 Released : October 2014

Price : £14.99 - £19.99

I am reaching the end of my Game of Thrones reviews now, and Jamie Lannister is the penultimate figure I am covering from Series 2. Released in late 2014, Jamie is numbered 7 in the series and was included in the 6 figure second series alongside Khal Drogo, Robb Stark, Brienne of Tarth, Arya Stark and a 2nd version of Daenerys who we will get to soon to round us out on series 2.

Jamie arrives in the gold Lannister box with the Lion head sigil to the bottom left and on either spine. The rear of the box has the full sized image of the actor, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, in character on set.

Jamie's figure is based on his season 1 King's Guard outfit and is one of the most intricate sculpts I have seen at this scale - bettering that of Brienne of Tarth by quite a way.

Let's start at the head though, and if you look closely the underlying sculpt is a good likeness for Coster-Waldau. Sadly it has been let down a little by overly thick eyes and a poor attempt to create a 5 o'clock shadow which ends up looking more dirty than stubble. His longer hair, as seen in series 1, is swept back and this is well painted with a darkish/blonde and then washed to bring out the depth. For some reason however they have made the hair glossy which again doesn't do anything for the overall look of the head.

That is all forgotten though when you get down to the armour. The detail is stunning right across the piece, starting with a beautifully intricate breast plate and into a similar design on the shoulder pads. The arms are covered in a gold leaf chain mail design and below this are wrist bracers, each of which have inlaid armoured panels. Under the breast plate is a skirt of the same gold leaf chain mail, tied over with a leather belt and an ornate gold and black sword sheath. Under all this is a green tinged under shirt and some off white trousers. The boots include two angled shin guards, and the whole figure is finished off with a sweeping off white cloak which clasps at either shoulder.

All of this armour is neatly painted in gold and washed with a darker colour to bring out the detail even more. The sheath is perfectly painted with no leak from the contrasting black into the gold or vice versa. The clothing is all washed so it looks worn and dirty and that same effect is applied to the cloak. So not only does Jamie look stunning, he also looks "real" in terms of not being shiny and clean.

Looks are one thing, but Funko's Legacy figures have always suffered with quality issues around the joints - and sadly Jamie is still prone to some of these issues. The overall articulation is good and starts well enough with the head joint rotating to allow Jamie to look either side - although there is no up and down movement. The shoulders are where the issues start. Unlike some other figures from GoT we have seen, the shoulder panels on Jamie are not designed to move with the shoulders and any movement to the shoulder joint will see these pop away from the body. The elbows are so stiff that I am not sure there is even a real joint there, and even with heat applied I have yet to get them to move. There is no chest or waist movement, and the hips are held in place by the armoured skirt. That leaves the knees then next real point of movement, and even these are stiff and can achieve very little because of the skirt.

That will leave you leaving Jamie in the same neutral pose in which he arrived, and even that is a tad awkward as the cloak is too long to the height of the figure and you have to pull it backwards to let Jamie stand up, viewed from the side this starts to look stiff and unnatural. This is a real oversight when you compare it to the Kingsguard outfit in the show where the cloak ends at least 6 inches above the floor. Jamie's only accessory is his Kings Guard sword, which is sculpted well and painted as neatly as it's sheath. Sadly it will only ever be kept in its sheath as the hilt will not go into either hand which seem to have been sculpted with the thumb permanently attached to the other fingers and the resulting "hole" being too small for the Lion's head on the hilt of the sword. And the quality concerns extend to the sheath which hangs off two flexible straps, the back one of which is badly glued and fitted and pops off as soon as you push the sword into the sheath.

So what do you do in this situation with a score. The figure is a clear winner on looks, 5 out of 5 any day of the week. And yet all that is spoiled with overly stiff joints, issues with the shoulders and the sheath and the unforgivable issue of a knight who can't hold his sword. Considering all this then I am going to let Jamie off with a 3 out of 5, and he only just scrapes into the 3 on looks.

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