I’m down to just three more Super7 Silverhawks Ultimates figures to check out here before I’m caught up: Two of the Limbo Gang and the leader of the Silverhawks himself. And by the title of this review, you already know that today I’m going for the one and only, big daddy crime boss of Limbo Galaxy, Mon-Star in his powered up form. Say it with me, guys… Moon Star of Limbo, give me the might, the muscle, the menace of Mon-Star!

Yes, this is the second version of Mon-Star to be released, with the first being his regular form, which in all honesty is pretty terrifying enough. But that’s nothing compared to what we get here. The box is absolutely huge and follows the same design beats as what we’ve been seeing all along in this line. There’s a snappy crimson foil sleeve that covers the window box and the presentation here is just retina-meltingly gorgeous. It takes a lot to get me to save my action figure packaging, but I’m keeping the boxes for all of these! But… No prison or box can contain the might of Mon-Star, so let’s get him out and take a look!

Mon-Star measures in at just over 11-inches, and that is beyond impressive for a 7-inch scale figure line. Just look at him next to his normal form. With the energies of the Moon Star’s light, Mon-Star goes from a pretty buff beast dude to this walking armored monstrosity. I love how clean this design is, with lots of smooth angled surfaces, but then you get the more organic sinewy looking stuff in his midriff and the chiseled chest and flared shoulders. The bulk of the suit is cast in different shades of crimson plastic, with black rotating hinges for the shoulders, elbows, knees and hips, and some orange points on the elbows and knees and the little spikes on his boots. All the joints feel great and he’s just an all around walking tank of terror!

You get two heads and they’re both all kinds of pissed off. His face is a severe mash up of hard angles with a more rounded brow. His grill is a permanent grimace of sharp orange teeth and the array of spikes protruding from all sides of his head is warning sign to keep away.

The alternate head is pretty much the same but it has a slot in place of his left eye so you can peg in the Moon Star effect part. It’s cast in semi-translucent orange plastic and looks pretty good.

Despite his bulk, Mon-Star has some decent rotating hinges to keep him upright while posing. The range of motion in most of those joints is a bit limited, as we’ve come to expect in this line, but it doesn’t feel as limiting with Mon-Star because he’s just such a slab of armor that probably wouldn’t have much agility in real life either. You get a copious number of hand options with this guy, including pointing hands, accessory holding hands, fists, graspy hands, relaxed hands, adding up to five pairs total!

Mon-Star comes with two sets of effect parts for his elbows, which can double as thrusters or cannons. These simply peg into the sockets that jut out from the backs of his elbow joints. The thruster effects look really good!

I’m not as impressed with the blast effect pieces, but they’re OK. I honestly can’t remember him doing this in a single episode and I just re-watched the whole thing last year, so I think the Jameson is really starting to addle my brain.

You also get Mon-Star’s Laser Lance, which is a really great looking accessory. It captures the animated aesthetic of the show’s tech perfectly and you get quite a bit of paint on it as well. He can hold it with his trigger/pointing hands but it’s so damn long it’s hard for him to wield it comfortably, especially with limited range in those elbows.

And finally there is Sky Shadow! We saw the regular version of this guy with the previous Mon-Star release and now we get him in all his Cybernetic glory. I dig this fella a lot, even if he does look like a robot bat with lobster claws! There’s some limited articulation in the wings where they meet the body and he the turrets under his wings rotate.

Holy hell what a cool figure! Monstar is huge, heavy, and overall imposing and another great addition to the Super7 Silverhawks line up. And he can even fit in the throne although it’s not quite as roomy as when he’s in his normal form. At $85 he’s the most expensive figure in the line and it’s easy to see where the money went because there is a lot of plastic here. I’ll try to swing back to revisit this line sooner rather than later. And with only two figures left… who will be next?