Mon, 18 January, 2010

Don’t Toy with Zod!

Anybody got a tiny White House he can destroy?

Let’s hope all your action figures are fully articulated, because they’re about to have to kneel. Before Zod. Obviously.

Fresh from a cramped cross-galaxy ride in the Phantom Zone—not to mention a disappointing loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential race—Krypton’s most dangerous criminal, General Zod, has now been released as a 12-inch figurine. As dictated by awesomeness, this is the definitive Zod as played by Terence Stamp in Superman II, where he became legendary for having the freshest goatee to ever get punched by Superman. You’ll note Zod comes clothed in his trademark billowy jumpsuit and stripper boots, while his eyes include looks of both contempt and scorn—depending on what angle you view them from. Available for $60 exclusively on Mattel’s collector website, Zod also comes packaged with two “crude noisemakers,” which you earthlings commonly refer to as guns.

As of press time, it was unclear whether or not Zod’s knees bent. But let’s be honest, that doesn’t matter. Come on people, we’ve talked about this already: Zod kneels to no one.

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