![]() I have to wonder what the Funhouse Company could have accomplished had they stayed in business, but I do thank them for this fun, albeit late, addition to my collection. While I originally passed on LeFoote, I might try to go back and get him later on. I am glad I added this figure to my collection as it is a great representation of Cap’n Crunch. The Crunchascope can fit into either of the Cap’n’s hands, and even though he is lacking any kind of wrist articulation, he can still hold it right up to his eye to peer through for Soggie sightings. The chest and telescope are relatively simple but serviceable, and I like that the chest can open and close. The Cap’n also comes with some accessories: a treasure chest, map, stickers, and his iconic Crunchascope. I think this was a pretty innovative point of articulation for the time, and for a character of the Cap’n’s, um… carriage? it works really well. He also has a ball-jointed waist that allows him to not only turn from side to side, but also back and forth and any combination thereof. He features a neck twist and partial ball-jointed shoulders. He is an aged sea captain, not Spider-Man, so he can stand on the poop deck and shout orders instead of swinging from the mainmast. This is not the most articulated figure ever produced, but then again, it doesn’t really need to be. His blue hat and jacket are eye-catching, and I can almost hear his voice in my head. Cap'n Crunch is depicted as a late 18th-century naval captain, an elderly gentleman with white eyebrows and a white moustache, who wears a Revolutionary -style naval uniform: a bicorne hat emblazoned with a 'C' and a gold-epauletted blue coat with gold bars on the sleeves. ![]() The figure is unmistakable as Crunch, and while he lands amongst newer corporate icon figures on my shelf, he stands up well to them. He has his affable and rather excited facial expression (I am sure he just spotted some crunch berries or something) and all of the costume detail is there as well. The Cap’n (or, by his military markings is actually, COMMANDER Crunch) is a fairly simple design for a marketable cartoon character, and this figure does a great job of capturing the likeness. ![]()
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