The Black Hole Maximilian Action Figure Review

A review of the Diamond Select Toys Maximilian Action Figure from the Disney film, The Black Hole.
A fairly modest and simple action figure, but it has an excellent resemblance to the character, Maximilian.
As a display piece, it definitely captures the character's look.

[@X-Gen-001]

The movie has copped a lot of criticism over the years but it certainly captured my imagination as a young kid at the time. Maximilian was a very intimidating presence on screen. I thought he was really cool and terrifying at the same time. Seeing Dr. Durant getting his chest blended up like a Mixmaster by Maximilian was my first introduction to movie horror lol. These Diamond Select figures are pretty good but I don't like the excessive paint chip weathering on Max. And the biggest deal breaker for me is the absence of lighting effects especially for Maximilian. Without that menacing red glow he just looks kinda dead.

[@GoldenAmethyst]

I'd forgotten Maximilian's gruesome method of killing! And this was supposed to be a kid's movie!!!! Good review and display of the figure. Also appreciated seeing some of those parts from the movie again. :)

[@WAFFENAMT1]

This was a dark and moody movie...unique for its time, its main musical theme has stuck in my mind through the decades.

[@robwebnoid5763]

As a young teen in the late 1970's & early 1980's, I was an avid plastic scale model builder back then. I did spot this Maximilian model on the shelves back then in the very early 1980's, although I don't recall the brand maker. Probably MPC. Of course I did want it, after watching the movie then, but I suppose one does not have all the cash to buy every scale kit sought after. It's cool though, it's alright. I still have all the models I have built (mostly fictional & non-fictional space/jet fighters), plus a couple that I have yet to build (a B-Wing bomber), simply because I lost interest in plastic model building by the mid 1980's. These days, I would probably just make Max in CAD, which I started doing CAD 2 decades ago, although now I have even lost interest & patience in CAD as well, lol.

[@lothean2099]

The black hole was and still is an amazing movie.

[@cobra.x666]

AWESOME 🤩