The waist and the left hip were stuck at first, but since the wings were already broken, I was fine with just using force to get them moving. Is identical to the other characters': swivel neck, shoulders, waist and hips, and hinged elbows and knees. Other than the broken peg, the Monarch's articulation I'll be sending it back to Entertainment Earth for a replacement, and the next one will get some freezer time or some boiling water before I move anything. Unfortunately, the entire assembly seems to be glued in place, so when I tried to move the wings, the peg sheared off and one of the wings snapped.
The four wings - two small, two large - are attached to a large peg that goes into the figure's back, so they can swivel up. They're cast in semi-opaque orange plastic, and are painted with black and white details around the edges. The Monarch's logo - a stylized representation of his own head, with his eyebrows forming butterfly wings - is painted on his chest, and his tall, four-pronged crown perches delicately on the back of his head (as part of the mold, not a loose accessory). Venture, he's a scrawny guy - he's not as muscular as Phantom Limb, but he does have some surprisingly well defined abs! His chest armor is sculpted to look like it's a separate piece of apparel, his dart-launchers are right there around his wrists, and they perfectly captured his silly boots, with their curly elf-toes and the high heels. It looks like it came straight out of the cartoon!Īs we said, Monarch has a black and yellow costume. His eyes are a bit crooked, but the sculpt of his face, with its goofy, lop-sided sneer, is great.
They (and his beard) are separate pieces glued to the face, for maximum reality. They hover off his face like The Book of Biff, and are re-created excellently here. Monarch may wear a black and yellow spandex suit with giantīutterfly wings, but the dominating feature of his design is his giant eyebrows.
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That he's come back to be the arch villain of the series shows that sometimes making stuff up on the fly can work out for the best. The Monarch was originally meant to be a one-shot villain for the pilot, not necessarily killed by Brock, but definitely removed from the story from that point forward. Fiancee figure, we certainly wouldn't object). Technically that's a hot wife, not a hot girlfriend anymore (although if Bif Bang Pow wants to release a Dr. Leagues of henchmen at his beck and call. He thwarts him at garage sales, kidnaps his children, and has Īnd so we continue our deadly game of cat and also-cat! The Venture Bros., Season 6 DVD/Blu-ray, Available Tuesday, October 4.B u y t h e t o y s, n o t t h e h y p e. In addition to deleted scenes, DVD extras for Season 6 include the All This and Gargantua-2 special and commentaries for all eight regular season episodes. The Monarch calls for action to take down the Blue Morpho, The Monarch’s alter ego.Ĭontinuing a string of time-jumping references and running gags 13 years in the making, the events of All This and Gargantua-2, which aired between Seasons 5 and 6, resulted in the Venture family moving to New York City with an influx of cash, and their sworn arch nemesis, The Monarch, returning to his childhood home in New Jersey to pick up a new villain-hunting vigilante mantle. After a quick Rick Astley diversion from Red Mantle and Dragoon, Dr. The Monarch unwittingly working against her husband as a member of the Guild of Calamitous Intent’s new council. This exclusive deleted scene from the DVD extras shows Dr. When the Season 6 DVD and Blu-ray release on Tuesday, October 4, fans can catch up on the latest in super-science, villainous bureaucracy, and Rickrolling.
The Venture Bros., Adult Swim’s long-running Jonny Quest spoof, shook up its tightly-knit continuity significantly this year.