#92: The Walking Dead - Riot Gear Zombie

This gift from friend of the blog James is a companion piece to my other Walking Dead figure. In fact, they are pretty much the same figure. The riot gear zombie features a flip-up visor and knife, as the packaging promotes. The visor does indeed flip up, and there is indeed a knife. Embedded in the zombie's head. The knife is removable and goes into the head deeper than I would have expected from looking at it. Pretty cool and gruesome accessory there. As far as I can tell, with one exception this figure is exactly the same from the neck down as the other Walking Dead zombie I have. The exception is the body armor which has a different pattern on the back, and some straps hanging off of the shoulders. This one also has less blood covering the chest. So, same great articulation. Perfect for zombie shambling poses.

#77: The Walking Dead - Gas Mask Riot Gear Zombie

Rounding out the month of October, for Halloween, here's a thematically appropriate action figure: a Walking Dead zombie. There are figures based on the TV show, and some based on the comic. This is one of the TV figures. I'm way behind on the show, but I've been reading the comic, so although I was aware of the figures, I wasn't too interested until I saw them in person. The look of the zombie in riot gear was just too cool to pass up. It's been a long time since I last bought a McFarlane Toys figure, and I am glad to see that this is a well done toy. It's well articulated, but not super articulated. Most of the paint is on the head and chest (looks like someone vomited all over himself). Zombies aren't really known for using weapons, so he doesn't come with any accessories. Well, there is an action feature, of sorts...

A tear away face! The whole portion of his face covered by the gas mask is detachable, revealing a pretty gruesome fleshless face. Now that is an action feature I can dig.

All my zombies