The Spaceace figure is well balanced with limited movement. Packaged in a clamshell box, he comes complete with a miniature black Les Paul guitar. The guitar is detatchable, but you will run the risk of breaking the guitar strap hooks.

The packaging insures that all the parts will arrive intact. The close-up photo of the Ace's face shows the amazing detail of the figure. He comes anchored to the clamshell with twist ties. The guitar is already strapped on him and ready to be played. The blue background coresponds with the his signature colour.

This figure is the best balanced of the front three. The long silver cape acts as a thrid leg to keep the figure from tipping backwards. Ace's neck moves up and down and his arm's move up and down at the shoulder while his wrists can turn 360 degrees. However, the arm movement is restricted by his solid cape. He is able to swivel at the waist and there are joints at his hips that allow him to swivel slightly. there is also a joined at the top of hs boots that allows for positioning the feet. He permenently resting on his right leg and it's difficult to get both feet flat on the ground.

The makeup job is well done. It even includes a sllight blue shadow above his eyes. However, I thought the shape of the face was not right. The nose seems too long and the mouth is showing teeth, which means they shortened his upper lip. While the cape helps to balance him, it should be positioned outside his blue shoulder piece. This was probably done to give more detail to back. However, the shoulder piece doesn't come down far enough at the back and comes too far down at the front. Moving to the arms, the cuffs do not come to a distinctive point at the end. Ace is ready to strike his guitar with a pick, but he is missing his rings on his right hand. His guitar strap is studded with stones, but in real life, Ace wore a strap with a silver lightning bolt on it. The guitar is beautiful, but it too is not perfect. The headstock should not be outlined in white, the pickup selector should. The mother of perl inlays on the neck are missing and so is the middle pickup. His belt seems to ride a bit high, and should come down to completely cover his crotch. The boots have excellent detail ... right down the the creases as he moves. A peek inside shows the actual inner boot, just like Ace used to wear.

Structually, there is little concern, unless you want to remove his guitar. If so, be extremely careful undoing the strap. I would have prefered more joints, especially another one at the elbow and being able to bend forward at the waist. In addition, I would have added an extra wrist joint on his pick hand. This would enable the pick to actually strike the nylon strings.

Remember, that it is easier to point out faults than it is to say something positive. All in all, this is an excellent representation of Ace Frehley on his last KISS tour. Even though there are a few continuity problems, they can be easily overlooked by the balance and excellent attention to detail.

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