UFC 109 is right around the corner, Mike Swick is the only fighter on the card that I have a figure of. So I've decided to do a review on him. I'm expecting to be receiving the full set of six WWE Elite series 2 figures and an Entrance Greats Shawn Michaels. I'll deffinatley be doing a review of HBK once I get him. But I won't have time to fully review all six (Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, Triple H, Matt Hardy, Batista and R-Truth.) So I'll do reviews eventually on Elite series 2 Orton and Matt Hardy deffinatley, but these reviews will probably come in a week when I have no new figures. So, the review... Let's get it on!
Packaging
I bought this figure loose, but the figure is packaged in a standard Jakks UFC figure box. It has the UFC event logo the figure is based from (UFC Fight For The Troops.) And it also says it is from the UFC collection (the Jakks UFC line also includes Legends, Pride and WEC.)
Printed on the carding behind the figure is a chainlink fence with UFC protective pads, to show that this is from the UFC line. The Pride figures have ring ropes to show that the fighter was a Pride fighter.
Head Scan/Part Sculpt
The head scan has a great likeness to him. The part scuplt is what lets this figure down. At the Fight for the Troops card, Swick was fighting at Welterweight which is the 170lb division. But he shares the exact same torso as Miguel "Angel" Torres (from the WEC part of Jakks UFC line.) Torres' figure is based from the time he was Bantamweight champion which is the 135lb division. Even though there is a 35lb weight difference, both figures have the same torso.
This is a problem with the UFC line, in three series (Series 0, 1 and 2) Jakks has only used three different torsos. All the heavyweights (Lesnar, Mir, Nogueira etc) share the same torso, then there is the torso mainly used for the Lightheavyweights, and finally the torso that has been used for anyone smaller than Lightheavyweight.
Articulation
The figure has Jakks Deluxe articulation which means; Ball-joint neck, ball-joint shoulders, single-hinged elbows, swivel and up and down wrist movement, swivel-waist, ball-joint wait, double-hinged knee and swivel and up and down ankle movement.
The figures also have additional articulation in the shoulder area, it allows the arms to move across the chest for more accurate submission and grappling.
Paint
I couldn't find an image of his attire from Fight for the Troops so I can only go on how the logos are applied. Everything looks to be in place and applied straight with no half-applied logos. The red tape around the glove is a nice touch as the earlier series didn't have this.
Accessories
Swick comes with no accessories. It would have been nice to get a water bottle or possibly walk on t-shirt.
Comparison/Scale
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