I like that sword contraption he's got, it's very cool-looking. Is that thing on a peg (i.e. removable)? If so, I might consider picking him up just for that.
It does what Prime Megs’s fusion cannon was supposed to do but yakked up royally; it has a flip-out sword that deploys manually. So no springy stupid gear bits with lights that are supposed to but don’t work all the time so just end up weighing the figure down. Also, it’s removable from the arm, and is pegged on via 5mm post DIRECTLY ON THE ARM as opposed to a piece of kibble ON the arm.
I’d say the only detractor from this vs the Deluxe is from the back, he’s ALLLL hollow waffle. His entire torso and head is a single hollow waffle piece (with a bit that transforms on the chest so I’ll give it that). So no neck articulation (but the Deluxe can’t do it for jive either even though the head was a separate piece).
But the shoulders and arms especially are SO much more solid. None of those stupid fiddly helicopter bits hanging off the forearms WHERE THE FUSION CANNON IS SUPPOSED TO BE MOUNTED (sorry, I hate the Deluxe version MORE now bc of this version
).
It still also does lack thigh swivels much like Thrash, but has ankle tilts!
Anyway, this version’ll be my definitive ES Megs. Unless they make a legit Voyager or Leader version somewhere down the line or something (doubtful, but a girl can dream…)