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.

Standard MOTUC packaging and it looks great. These are pretty big cards and bubbles to begin with and The Faceless One manages to fill it out pretty nicely. The back features a bio blurb that retcons the character into the new all inclusive canon that Mattel has been weaving for the Classics line. Oh yeah, shipping costs were too high and the packing was non existant. Not much else to say here, so let’s rip it open and check out the goods.

The Faceless One actually does have a face, but not much of one. He kind of looks like a well worn statue or maybe the bastard love child of Skeletor and Scareglow. He’s a pretty hefty figure, thanks to his massive rubbery cape and cowl. The entire thing is one piece and comes off without even having to pop off the figure’s head. Underneath, there isn’t much to look at, as there’s virtually no detail at all on his chest, so he’s best displayed with it on, since there’s some awesome bone decor sculpted onto it. The paintwork on the figure is really gorgeous. I love the shades of purple and mauve and the way it contrasts with the bone white and black.

I’m a little irked by the limiting sculpt of the figure’s left hand, which is good for holding the Ram Stone and really nothing more. Maybe you can make it look like he’s throwing an open palm strike, but I think it would have been cooler to put the Ram Stone on a little chain or something and sculpt his hand so that he could hold another weapon, or wield the Havoc Staff in both hands. Seriously, though, I’m nit picking.

The Faceless One comes with two accessories. You get the Havoc Staff, which appears to be the same sculpt, partially cast in a red translucent plastic, which makes for a really cool effect. So cool, in fact, that I’m tempted to replace my Skeletor’s Havoc Staff with this one. You also get the Ram Stone.

TFO has standard articulation for the line. He has a balljointed neck. His arms feature universal joints in the shoulders, hinged elbows and swivels in the biceps and wrists. His legs have universal movement in the hips, hinged knees and ankles. He can swivel at the waist and has the ab crunch hinge in the torso. The problem is that with his bulky cape and cowl, old Faceless really can’t make very good use out of all that articulation, so he’s pretty much a one pose kind of guy when displayed on the shelf.

Love him, hate him, or don’t know who the hell he is, it’s hard to deny that The Faceless One is a great looking figure. Was he a must-have for my collection? Nope, not at all, but then that third reason I bought him was to use him as some easy custom fodder for my skeletor. The cowl and cape fit right over Skeletor’s body and I think it looks amazing. Still, he’s a cool enough figure to be displayed on his own, even if it will likely be in the back ranks of the shelf. I’m by no means a completist on this line, but I buy what I like, and there was just something about this guy that I thought was cool.