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TOY REVIEW: ThreeA Action Portable Fighting JC is sinfully delightful
For some reason—and despite the ever-looming threat of people calling you "blasphemous"— there’s something inherently cool about owning an action figure of a religious icon. Don't believe me? Just ask Rex Navarette.
That's why I wasn't strong enough to resist temptation when independent toymaking company ThreeA integrated the Messiah himself into their own rich mythos. Sent back to Earth from Heaven to fight the hordes of evil undead known as the Zomb, Fighting JC packs skill, strength, and some truly spiritual butt-whupping moves as he brings the light of hope back into the Adventure Kartel (AK) universe.
I got two figures – the regular Fighting JC and the red-garbed “Palm in the Face Sunday” version. (Don’t ask me how they come up with the names for these things.) In this review, I’ll be focusing on the regular Fighting JC for a number of reasons: he’s the default version, I like the color of his shoes better, and the only other differences between him and the PITFS JC are the Towel of Turin accessory and ¾ pants that come with the latter.
Packaging
These figures came individually packed in small, sturdy boxes that feature promotional shots and advertise the other variants. Upon opening the box, you'll find the figure and its accessories secured in a plastic tray-and-shell combo.


Sculpt
The detail on the permanently scowling Fighting JC is, for lack of a better word, divine. ThreeA has definitely mastered the art of mixing realism with exaggerated details, developing their own distinct design in the process. The tattered bandana and wrist wrappings accentuate Fighting JC’s cartoony features. The rough edges on the figure actually make it look like Fighting JC leapt right out of a stained glass window, and it works so well with ThreeA’s unmistakable style. His right hand is a fist, while his left hand is a slightly open palm with curved fingers that can hold his special accessory (with a bit of effort).
Paint
The blue-eyed, brown-haired Fighting JC sports a battle-worn, dry brushed paint job. His red-trimmed black coat is covered in soil and soot effects, his similarly colored cloth pants and blue shoes give the impression that he’d spent many a Sunday afternoon preaching the good news of zombie-smashing in trenches and muddy puddles, and his skin and forearm bandages are dirty and bloodied.
However, Fighting JC’s body is also decorated with highly detailed and carefully painted tattoos. Scrawled across his chest is the word “GODLIFE”, splattered with blood and written right above a thorny crucifix. His forearms bear crosses, and his biceps are adorned with his initials and the ichthys symbol. Covering his back is the most impressive tattoo of all – a portrait of what looks like the Virgin Mary herself, praying with tears in her eyes. Oh, and the cleanly painted letters “Z O M B” individually appear on each knuckle on his right hand.
Even if you weren’t planning to play with this figure, its irresistible “eye candy” quality makes it more than worth the price tag. Of course, not playing with it would be a shame, because practically everything about Fighting JC screams “playtime.”

Articulation
The range of motion that this figure takes advantage of really earns it the name “Fighting” (and puts the “action” in “Action Portable”).
Fighting JC has 37 glorious points of articulation. His head and neck are molded as a single piece, attached via ball joint to the torso. He has lateral and vertical chest joints, ball shoulders, biceps swivels, double-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, a ball-jointed torso and waist, 90-degree ball-jointed hips, thigh swivels, double-jointed knees, and ball-jointed feet. Yeah, that’s a lot of ball joints, ensuring that our savior from the zombie hordes is more than capable of pulling virtually any undead-pulverizing pose.
What, did you seriously think that all this figure could do was pray for the zombies to shamble away?
Accessories
There’s a long, thin wire sewn into the coat’s trim, allowing collectors to pose Fighting JC’s coat in ways that would make sense (and respect physics) for his more dynamic poses. Fighting JC can easily pass for a boxer when he’s wearing his coat; take it off, though, and he looks like a soldier, mainly because of his navy green utility belt. The belt has six pouches and an actual functioning buckle, which means it can be removed from Fighting JC if you just want him to look like a jogger who took a nasty tumble.
The standard Fighting JC version comes with one accessory – a decapitated zombie head that can be placed inside the biggest pouch on his belt.


Fun Factor
As I’ve said earlier, Fighting JC was really made to be played with. Combine masterful sculpting and articulation with the novelty of owning an impressive-looking Jesus Christ figure that can sit down and have a post-apocalyptic bread-and-fish party with your Spider-Man or Batman figures, and you get a collectible you’ll definitely have a hard time putting down.
The only downsides to this figure are its price and means of distribution. For some, P2,000 to P2,300 may be too high a price to pay for zombie salvation. Furthermore, this isn’t a figure that you could just walk into a toy store and pick up; it’s only available through either the ThreeA website or select specialty retailers.
Still, while the price tag and relative scarcity of the figure might shake your faith, stay strong. It’s time for the undead to pay for their transgressions at last – and collectors everywhere are saying “Amen” to that. — TJD, GMA News
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