Yep, standard MOTUC style packaging. Whiplash is packaged holding his spear and wearing his vintage style head and with his tail piece detached to help him fit under the bubble. So, yes, there is a little assembly required with this figure. There’s no “The Original” sticker on the package, so I’m guessing these figures were just a little left over stock that was being cleaned out. At least that would explain the lack of sticker and the fact that he sold out faster than either of the first offerings of the month. The package has the standard bio blurb on the back, which I actually didn’t bother reading.

Whiplash shares a majority of his parts with Buzz Off. In fact, from the neck down the only differences are the hands and the paintjob. It sounds crazy since one is a lizard man and the other is a bee man, but the shared parts with the appropriate paint look great on both figures. The fact that Buzz Off’s wings and Whiplash’s tail are separate pieces made customizing the body for use with the two figures pretty easy for Matty and none of it compromises either figure. Whiplash’s two-tone green along with his blue and orange trim make for one rather garish looking figure, and I mean that in the most complimentary of senses.

As hinted above, Whiplash is one of those figures that comes with two swappable heads. The one on the figure is based off the vintage toy, whereas the extra is patterned after the character’s appearance in the MYP series. The sculpts of both heads are quite excellent and it’s a close call as to which one I prefer to display on him. Ultimately, I went with the MYP head, which was a little surprising to myself, since I wasn’t fond of him in the more modern series. Nonetheless, in the case of the figure, I just like that version of the head better.

You get standard MOTUC articulation on Whiplash. That includes a balljointed head. The arms have universal joints at the shoulders, hinged elbows and swivels in the biceps and elbows. The legs feature universal movement at the hips, as well as hinged knees and ankles. The torso swivels at the waist and features the ab crunch hinge. The tail is not articulated at all. It is a bit bendy, but not poseable.

Whiplash comes with two weapons. You get a pretty simple spear cast in orange plastic, and you get one crazy ass looking bladed weapon. I really have no idea how he’s supposed to use it, but I guess it has enough edges on it that he can swing it or jab it in any way possible and still do some damage.

I was a bit concerned that Whiplash would be one of those figures that suffered because the gimmick that inspired the vintage figure was removed. As it turns out it really doesn’t matter and he still has a big tail that can knock shit over. He’s a great, colorful figure, and he looks fantastic standing among Skeletor’s minions. I’m really glad I had a second opportunity to add him to my collection.