A few weeks back, I checked out McFarlane’s Classic Darkseid MegaFig and I promised to come back with a look at his son soon after, and here I am to do just that! I picked up Kalibak shortly after he was released, but he kind of depressed me because we didn’t have a Darkseid or any of his cronies to go with him. But now that I can pair him off on the shelf with his dear old Dad, I’m a lot more excited about having this figure and I’m ready to bust him out and take a look!

Just like we saw with Darkseid, Kalibak comes in a very large version of the normal DC Multiverse window boxes. These do a great job displaying the figure and if I had the space to display them in package, I probably would. But, I don’t and sadly these boxes all go into recycling. By now you should know the routine: The box is mostly collector friendly, but if you want to get the stand and the Collector Card, you have to rip them off the blue backdrop. So, let’s tear into it and see what we got!

Just like his Dad, Kalibak is an absolute bruiser of a figure! His stacked upper body dwarfs his stubby little troll legs, but he still looks like a power house to be reckoned with. This figure depicts Kalibak from The New 52 Justice League story arc, The Darkseid War, giving him a modern, but still pretty classic look. The green tunic features a pebbled, leather-like texture with deep cut emblem gold on the front and ribbed gold panels under his arms on his sides. There’s a rather complex gold belt with a dark green loin cloth hanging down and lighter green sculpted shorts. His right gauntlet and boots are matched with dark green and gold trim, while the left gauntlet is truncated to just the hand and he’s got a couple of gold bands around the wrist and forearm. There’s a gold sash running across his chest, connecting to a piece of shoulder armor that looks a bit regal. The sash has raised alien symbols giving off a very lovely Kirby-esque vibe. The exposed tan skin on his arms and legs is detailed, leathery, and nasty looking, sculpted with lumpy muscles and some cuts and scrapes throughout.

The head sculpt is truly a work of art, and I’d say it ranks up there with McFarlane’s best. The troll-like face is framed by his gold head gear with his shaggy mane projecting outward. The facial features are deeply chiseled giving him an absolutely frightful visage. He’s got deep set yellow eyes, a silver nose ring, and tusks projecting up from his bottom lip. He’s also got got adorable little pointed ears jutting out of his unruly coif. The sculptors put a lot of dynamic character into his hair, which is blowing about in the back. I just can’t say enough wonderful things about how this portrait turned out!

Kalibak features most of the usual standard MegaFig articulation, but the knees and elbows are both rotating hinges, so no doubles here. And because of his muscle sculpt, there’s not a whole lot of range in these points. He can almost do 90-degrees in the elbows. The knee restriction isn’t as important to me, because he does have really stumpy legs, and I’ll mostly just have him in a wide stance with those two-toed feet flat on the ground. He comes with only the one set of hands, with the right hand balled into a fist and the left hand sculpted to hold his accessory.

And of course, that accessory is his Beta Club. This one reminds me a lot of the version included with the Kenner Super Powers figure and I dig that! It’s got a spiked knuckle guard and is cast in gold plastic. Very, very soft gold plastic. Also, the grip on that left hand is like stone, so getting this accessory into his hand is a frustrating effort. I’m pretty sure I’ll keep it in his hand for all eternity.

I’d rank Kalibak up there with some of McFarlane’s best work, and he’s definitely among my tippy-top favorite Mega Figures. Sure the look is modern, but it’s close enough to his classic roots that I would have no problem displaying him beside my DC Collectibles New 52 Darkseid, or McFarlane’s recent classic Darkseid. I’d even go so far as to say I dig him a bit more than my DC Universe Classics Kalibak, and boy that’s saying something! Hopefully we’ll see some more New Gods in DC Multiverse!