This is another figure that I would not have picked up if not for completing the Jokerbot, but at least it's an aesthetically pleasing one! Blight is the villain name picked up by Derek Powers, the corrupt CEO of Powers tech who later also acquires Wayne Enterprises to merge into Wayne Powers. He is exposed to one of his own extremely dangerous chemicals in an accident, and decided it would be a brilliant idea to then try to cure himself with unchecked levels of radiation. Scientists in DC are really off the wall! It's always "lets use this jackhammer to take out a chipped tooth or something with these guys!". They are highly overboard in their approach.
Blight, with his entire body being a radioactive dump, has himself sealed in a suit to control his radiation bursts. He can blast out radioactive energy, and his body alone has enough radiation to melt most physical attacks on his person.
The figure comes with the wing/claws for the joker bot, a glowing grasping hand, and a regular one to swap out as well as the card/stand. I will say (and I need to remind myself of this next time I buy a figure) that McFarlane nearly always releases a single version of a figure with different parts. In this case, the Meltdown version of Blight that isn't a build-a-fig comes with two energy effects to put on his fists, which is a much better deal if you don't care about the build-a-fig.
Sculpt & Paint: 2/3 The best part of this figure is easily the black skull within the transparent green tube helmet. It's great, and a nice thing to add if you want to make a DC Halloween-themed shelf! The green glowing hand is also great, and the body armour and suit well sculpted. It's got the classic extra of McFarlane's realistic-looking suit texture and only a few misses on the green paint lines along the suit.
Articulation: 3/3 It's got all the standard McFarlane double-joined elbows, knees and ball-hinged wrists and ankles. The waist twist is pretty stiff, and the only thing you'll get out of the head is a twist as well, but probably worth it for the look.
Accessories: 1/1 The wing claw parts of the build-a-fig are really big and take up most of the package so I don't blame them exactly for not including what they did in the Meltdown version of this figure, but I'd still have been nice to have them! I do like the energy grasping claw, the switch-out regular fist, and the standard card as per usual. The card is a bit lame for having such a general picture that it includes a shot with Batman Beyond, Batwoman Beyond, Shriek, Jokerbot and Blight. It's such a distracting visual if not for the title at the bottom you wouldn't know what figure this is a card of. Odd choice!
Fun Factor: 1/3 As a skull villain, this is a nice one to have on the shelf, but it's not particularly something I'm going to pose a lot dynamically or with other figures aside from the ones in the Beyond universe. Not terrible, just not my typical cup of tea.
Verdict: 7/10 It's an ok figure, but if you love skeletal-looking dudes, it's a good choice, and also if you just want the Joker Bot (though at the time of this writing, I can see on McFarlane's site that there is a variant Joker bot you can buy separately. DAMN IT! This always happens, but they take so long between releasing some variants you never know! Sigh! Ok, minor rant over.
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| Great skull |
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| weak, but serviceable accessories |
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| You can remove the glass helm easily and take out the skull with some finagling. They did a nice job of this! |
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| Ready for some radiation rays! |
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| Final battle! That wraps up this set from McFarlane. I've got my eye on a few more they're releasing but I doubt I'll be buying as many anymore. |
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