McFarlane Toys THE DEMON ETRIGAN Batman DC Multiverse Action Figure Review

With all of these Batman-themed releases, will McFarlane continue to get better and better or will we continue to see the same problems just presented in different character designs?
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[@victorhernandez-ln9st]

Is it 2/10 or 9/10?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

2/10 for the figure. 9/10 for the collector card image.

[@iandakid672]

The problem with McFarlane is that they always sculpt the figures without incorporating the articulation, then they cut the figure in chunks and put in joints without thinking if it will work.

[@mysterious8152]

Numb company what can u expect

[@iandakid672]

@@mysterious8152 nothing number than hasbro.

[@magicmirror8627]

@@iandakid672 Hasbro is million times better than mcfarlane. Hasbro has many good lines like GI Joe for example, it's their ML line is bad, Mcfarlane is awful in general.

[@Aryend]

The funny part is that there's actually a wash and silver paint on the scalemail part of the forearms (guess because it's a different plastic), but not the rest of the fig. Which makes the plain, unpainted grey plastic even worse... I bought it because I needed an Etrigan for my display and this was basically the only option, but god is this release disappointing...

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I think it's just spill over from the armor maybe

[@TheMattTrakker]

I appreciate McFarlane putting out these peg warmers, it gives me an opportunity to practice my painting since a lot of the sculpts are pretty decent. I feel much better using something like this, that was ~$7, rather than real figures.

[@mysterious8152]

Why not u make your own action figure by modifying mcfarlane's

[@FernandoGastelo]

I like how Anthony also gives us an anatomy class. How the chest should be wider for his size, the muscles on the arms, etc.

[@jermainemeredith6776]

you said 2/10 but it shows 9/10 lol

[@AnthonysCustoms]

See pinned comment

[@MisterSouji]

Yeah, they're definitely modeling these first and then just cutting up the model to add articulation. Its almost like they had a statue and sliced it up to add joints. Also, you should review the new Marvel Legends Iron Man Mk 70.

[@VictorFactor94]

Me: *Starts watching one of Anthony's videos* Oh, that looks pretty cool, I want one. Me: *Finishes Anthony's video* This figure absolutely sucks. And this is not a dunk on Anthony, it's actually a positive. I really hate watching reviews that can't properly point at flaws. You NEED to have the negatives pointed to you, otherwise one'd be throwing their money at any worthless crap companies are trying to sell us and be disappointed over and over. Some reviews, especially the ones in my native language (Spanish) feel less interested in showing you qualities and flaws and more interested in flexing that they have the figure they're showing. Plus, I kinda have an impulse buying problem so I wish there were more people like Anthony keeping me from buying stuff lmao.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Happy to help

[@viniidalgo9065]

[Kermit the frog voice] "oh, gee, I think people don't like this 'The Demon' character. Better make 6 more Batman figures"

[@spaceghost279]

I love how brutally honest you are and appreciate it, love this character and am content with my DCUC Demon, almost grabbed this guy a few times and planned on giving it a black wash at least but if the articulation is that bad why bother? Ppl accepting this stuff is why we continue to get sub par figures. Also every McFarlane DC figure and just today I bought Haunt only bend backwards but no crunch forward… how often is anyone really bending em backwards vs forward? It’s complete BS at this point. And Hasbros great figures are only great because we have 100’s of sub par ones to pay for the effort into those few really good ones. Anyways keep up the good work!

[@Hilltopperpete]

The new movie Black Adam Rock figure looks out of this world. Maybe it’s just clever promotional photography, but if it’s 75% as good and articulates at all, it may be the new best movie figure ever made. The page puncher Black Adam looks great too, though the torso proportion is off, like the Fatman build a horse figure. I bought a bunch of half price or less McFarlane figures during the Target sale and I passed on Etrigan, mostly because I don’t really want to give my kids something named “The Demon” to play with. I feel like I definitely am not missing anything.

[@toyrizo]

I honestly love this figure. Fits great on the dc shelf.

[@zoretorjenkins]

I just love when Anthony totally destroys mcfarlane figures

[@Outlier68]

Great review. I won’t be spending my cash on this, that’s for sure. I saw the new Gorr the God Butcher figure in the Legends series at a local store. I’m really intrigued by the character and was considering buying it but it looked a little lacking in detail.

[@Cantabilex]

Can't agree on anything exept for the elbow joints. I can almost get 90 degrees on the waist(back and forth). The eyes look very differant and more detailed on mine tbh. The hip and leg movement is pretty amazing but you have to handle the figure for some time to get it moving better. For a 24$ figure this is actually great. Don't forget its price point and what you get in return for that. Its movement is actually even better than a WWE elite figure wich is stunning if you concider that this has a full suit of armour... 9/10 for me! No offense but i feel like some of you expect figurearts articulation with the sculpting of a static statue. So many complaints from people who set it in one pose and then put it on their shelves for eternity.

[@darkflamemastaaa]

“This is a middle-of-the-foot hinge” 🤣

[@pabl0cc033]

This design came out of the white knight series I think.....I think it looks great. I don't mind doing some custom paint and I don't play with em so as long as I can get a pose, I'm happy. McFarlane is the only mainstream company putting out this level of detail at these prices

[@joespickard6799]

It actually came out of the new 52 "demon knights" series, probably one of the better stories to come out of the new 52. Highly suggest the read!

[@hannahsaphire7643]

At the beginning you were looking for the word to describe his chest armor piece and I believe it is called a bustier. It is so upsetting that they included the card with a pose the figure can’t do, as if to mock the purchaser. Thank you for another great review Anthony❣️💯🤟

[@jameslenox3877]

The collar on mine looks fine, but I do agree the colors are too dull. Would benefit highly with a wash as you said. The only major issues I have with the figure is there is no bicep swivel which hinders the articulation a ton for me.

[@mpg1183]

I appreciate your attention to detail.

[@theleftisttimemachine8196]

I was actually able to get mine in a two handed sword pose pretty easily

[@AnthonysCustoms]

then yours is made differently than every other one.

[@TheQuebecDragon]

I also could but not that easily

[@Cantabilex]

Same,the shoulder hinge just had to loosen up for a good 5 minutes.

[@wadecreate]

Got him awhile ago with the intention to customize him.. but now I don't think I can.. he just looks really good in hand probably just gonna kitbash him

[@MuShinnen]

Aesthetically I'd like this design if they combined his old proportions and aspects of the red suit with this design. So have him built like his old design, and have the scale mail under the armor plates be painted a gloss metallic red, and the gunmetal a super shiny gunmetal on top. A bigger more symmetrical cape, in blue would have been perfection. The figure itself is once again a near total disappointment.

[@Lalam24]

the elbow range is hilarious

[@josippejic2330]

Honestly this thing is pretty nice for customizers, I've increased the articulation a decent bit and repainted it, now it's pretty cool, that being said tho, as a regular products this is just horrible

[@whozyourdaddy]

The secret to Todd's success is charging Target prices for dollar store items.

[@Mickylitman]

The new crime syndicate super woman has her bicep sculpted on her shoulder, so when you swivel the bicep, she has a bump on her shoulder

[@waleslandofdragons8842]

This was a good review my man of the demon etrigan

[@FREKKI]

I see what you did there!

[@Press_X_to_doubt]

I heard before that Todd hates articulation as it "breaks" the sculpt.

[@mysterious8152]

He should just make display statues!

[@justicierodelaliga]

Yes, he´s called The Demon as well.

[@jaydulce99]

Looks like they selling prototypes definitely looks like a $10 fig

[@jonathandavis2506]

He is OK I got him in December but I have a hard time standing him up

[@brenoferreiraferreira4409]

I remember when I was a kid and started collecting action figures, one of the things that ticked me off the wrong way was the fact that the promo pictures on the back of the blister packs always looked better then the actual product. Later on, when I started collecting Japanese action figures, I noticed that the prototypes were much closer to the actual action figure, in some cases you couldn't even tell the difference. Eventually all companies decided to go that way or maybe the mass produced items got way better, the fact is the differences between the prototypes and the product being sold weren't noticeable. Recently two companies seem to have regressed a bit regarding the difference between the actual product and the prototypes, they have very good prototypes but the mass produced products being sold aren't that good, those companies are Super 7 and McFarlane Toys. Showing a promo picture of a good prototype and then selling not that good a.figures is a very dishonest marketing strategy. Since most of us buy these a. figures through preorder that is, in my opinion, unforgivable. I agree with all your critics, if I hadn't given up on McFarlane toys... yet again, you would've saved me some money through this review Thanks for the review Anthony and thank your friend for allowing it to happen.

[@dtejada1988]

Zup Anthony, I like this character and I think it looks good, thanks for the video bro 😎

[@vgamer11]

A part of me wonders if most of the sculptors are only experienced in making statues and then were given jobs in this company. In this action figure company.

[@chiefdan209]

I know prototypes are always at least a little different from the promo shots, but this is barely the same figure as shown in the not stylized, product shots on their website. I'd be pissed if I ordered base don the pics and received that.

[@atlas_boulder8102]

I got this figure for 5 dollars in a dollar store, for the price I love it!

[@thorgotem]

I still can't believe he got that license. Some dumb.

[@SuperMazdaBros]

I happily paid $6 for this as I do for many McFarlane figures, few of them I preorder at full price

[@FREKKI]

Excellent review! Everyone wonders how Todd can keep releasing figures at $20 while other companies have increased by $5-$10. Well, it’s because McFarlane doesn’t have anyone to engineer the figures. Just sculptors.

[@davidmarrero9608]

Exactly. This look more like they were just 3d statues and they just added weird articulation points

[@Chadghostal]

there's a reason why he's on clearance at target and amazon.. that classic McFarlane quality

[@andrepaul3483]

Can't go wrong with that DCUC Etrigan. He's AWESOME.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

one of their best

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodyo7863]

Etrigan the demon...also called steven. 😆

[@niccage6375]

They call me........ Tim

[@classictoyreviews7435]

Im not sure how to feel on this one. I love older mcfarlane stuff with limited movement. Just torn as they look amazing but they dont have a good action pose or; where as the older stuff had an action pose already. Just feels like they are trying to give us the old highly detailed limited articulation stuff we got in the late 90s early 2000s, just with more joints

[@phoenixlindstrom5873]

So when it comes to a figure like this, and then your average to below average marvel legends what would you say is better?

[@253emiliano]

13:19 That's a very generous 2/10

[@AnthonysCustoms]

See pinned comment

[@NoahRichard]

Bro I bought this for 9 bucks and it still didn't feel worth it. Thanks for letting us know about DCUC Etrigan, I'll have to track that one down.

[@KryptoKnight89_]

I remember awhile ago Mcf had a now hiring post up for a painter and you said maybe you should apply you probably should have because they need some help

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I applied for the toy designer position. They weren't interested.

[@onetwelvewonders5480]

“Middle of the foot hinge” 😂 Can we start getting a separate extra rating for butts on DC Multiverse figures please?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

yes. yes you can.

[@onetwelvewonders5480]

@@AnthonysCustoms 😂 this is why you’re the best in the business, sir.

[@cincila6981]

"Just paint it yourself " is a poor argument people use. You wouldn't buy a car without tires and just put some yourself.

[@kagome616]

I threw this in the trash a week after >:(

[@maxbanh]

I was laughing when you moved his arms to do the sword pose because that’s god awful he’s suppose look like a badass with the sword but now it looks like he’s playing on a computer.

[@mcfan1971]

I almost bought this yikes thanks for the heads up

[@ryboticlong5419]

I just want the head for a custom, but it will probably never be cheap enough for me to consider buying.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

6 or 7 bucks on Amazon occasionally

[@ryboticlong5419]

@@AnthonysCustoms That'd be worth it

[@yuveshinnaidoo5410]

Is it worth buying?

[@brockwtrs]

I got him for six bucks, may put a wash over him and see about modifying the articulation. This is just going to be my project build. Honestly glad I just waited for him to be heavily discounted.

[@stalkymyers7015]

I got it for five dollars on Amazon that is how you know a figure is bad if it’s cheaper than a marvel legend

[@themonsta6669]

Got mine for $7 at best buy, he seems kind of tilted but it was deep discount

[@luvfreedom1470]

I paid like $8 for this and i just wanted it for my Justice League Dark team.

[@GeezyCE]

"Fun" detail, display stand doesn't work in this figure, foot holes are shorter than the peg of the display

[@sethmonster6529]

Oof

[@saturnscore3059]

@anthonycustoms did you ever do McFarlane Witcher Geralt of rivia review

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Nope

[@saturnscore3059]

@@AnthonysCustoms 😂. Would u ever? They are great figures from that line. Not the Netflix version I’m talking about the game version. I would love to hear your take on the Witcher 3 wild hunt figures. If I sent u some would u review it

[@AnthonysCustoms]

no plans at this time. just not into witcher enough to buy the figures. if you really want to send one, sure, but thats totally youre call.

[@arthurchen6464]

Wait.. it's a gender-bent Despara aka alternate evil She-ra.

[@mysterious8152]

Hordak ? 😆

[@sethmonster6529]

Holy cow! They would have HAD to modify the figure to get the pose in the promo pic. They knew they had a stinker on their hands and sipped it anyway….

[@GeorgeNadaYT]

You can actually get the figure in that pose. I've seen other reviewers pose him like that.

[@markknox1194]

sorrry you thought viper sucked ... ttttt ifle was a nice touch.

[@Novapoid]

Really disappointing. This line could be so much more than it is if someone that cared about articulation worked at McFarlane Toys.

[@sethmonster6529]

The dcuc one does look better tho

[@rjzavala87]

Thats blatant false advertising. Thats like me working out for 2 months, taking photos of myself in juuuuust the right lighting to look ripped and posting it on tinder.

[@AlphaProto]

That articulation is trash. Didn't they at least make a protype figure to see how it would move in real life? It's like they sculpted, added some joints, and went to production.

[@GeorgeNadaYT]

Maybe demon's feet bend that way.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Not based on the bones we can see

[@nellyraganit8408]

thanks Anthony! another good review, I really appreciate it. I'm not buying that crap. it's even worst than hasbro... LOL

[@ronniegonzalez7870]

this wasn't for me i hope you show up with a custom

[@armelandrada]

since this was originally a custom yt page, why not 'fix" these bad figures? I mean physically, not just the photoshopped ones

[@rupinderkumar5605]

I got it for 5 dollars

[@DanB.0]

He is a demon so he is treacherous and showed himself properly done on the card, lured us to get him and then... Laughed at our face when we noticed what a piece of crap he is hahaha I can't believe those arms, that alone tells me "don't get me" with desperation xD thanks for the review!

[@JayloFerrer]

Too little too late, Anthony. Already bought it months ago. It had really bad elbows and knees. Sold it off so I can buy the DCUC one in the red tights.

[@jaydajuggernaut]

Yup it was on sale for like 6 to 8 dollars thats how bad he is and I only got him becasue his my favorite DC character love the supernatural characters Etrigan in knight chain mail armor in idea is dope but the execution awful

[@travismccraw6013]

I think mcfarlane is better off just focusing on his spawn figures.

[@zannusx]

Maybe they should transition to making collectors cards instead of figures

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

He sucks at standing. I do like this character, but the lack of a wash is criminal.

[@UniversalLevelThreat]

If it's half soft/half hard you gotta find a new girl Anthony!! Half chubbin' ain't the way my dude!

[@demon2429]

Thanks was actually looking at this. Easy pass now

[@keonscinist2333]

Macfarlane toys stan always defend it as "well atleast it's a new sculpt" but Macfarlane toys sculpt are all shit anyway so it doesn't really matter

[@ChiefPeep]

I bought this guy and I'm disappointed by his articulation. Man i want to sell him

[@OGTrilogy]

I think the image on the back may be a hand painted prototype with dramatic lighting and photoshop, but I didn't have a problem getting him in that pose where he's holding the sword in front of him with both hands. 🤷

[@PowerChordEPS]

Funny thing is I almost never see a lot of McFarlane DC stuff pegwarm, but this dude you couldn't give away. I had never heard of this character before and yikes, what a crappy introduction to what I assume is a badass character. Usually I'm willing to give Todd and company the benefit of the doubt, this I'm sorry, this guy's an orange turd in scale mail. Sucks because I was curious if I could mod this dude into a generic medieval troll/goblin character but nah, thanks for saving me money

[@stalkymyers7015]

This is borderline false advertising

[@nelsona9381]

absurd and deceptive image marketing

[@Voolee2196]

All those new molds for shitty figures...

[@Nullone36]

McFarland line is pathetic

[@kltoybox]

I got this figure on Amazon for $8.00.. if he wasn’t $8 I would have never got him. He’s looks cool but his articulation is straight poop.

[@thesensualbeast69]

I've only bought some Warhammer figures from mcfarlane which aren't bad, mainly the skeletons. But everything I've seen from their DC figures, this included, is pretty trash. Surely they know that because its DC, people will buy them no matter what, which is why they keep putting out these trash cans

[@marshallroe6641]

absolute worst figure! immediately ripped the cape off cause it wouldnt stand up! never ever seen elbows so bad! lol He lives on the floor! was so upset with this garbage

[@theextracrispycolonel9504]

9/10? Immediate purchase

[@AnthonysCustoms]

No. You guys need to listen to the video.