After a four year battle, and I do mean battle, I finally got my One 12 Mezco John Constantine figure.
The thing is I fell in love with this figure the moment I saw it. It looked like the best rendition of Constantine from the comics. Anyway, I originally thought that it was going to be well over my price range because it was a pre-order of $165.00. Well, a year later my sister and niece wanted to get me a birthday present together. I brought up Constantine and they accepted to pre-order because the release date was only two months away. Anyway, a month after I pre-ordered they changed the release to the beginning of the next year, which was an additional six months away. I decided to be patient, but four months later my pre-order was canceled and the release date was extended for another year.
The next year we tried again and ended up waiting another year only to have the pre-order canceled yet again.
So, I gave up and the figure was finally released at the beginning of 2023. Problem was I was living on a lower budget, thus once again Constantine was out of my grasp. But God blesses patience and I started seeing Constantine being sold at the lowered price of $100. So, once again I requested the figure for my birthday, which is in August. I was given enough money to pay for the figure as well as tax and shipping cost, $130 and i ordered it from Ebay.. But the seller didn't send me a receipt or tracking info, so I was freaking out because I thought I had been scammed. But thankfully the figure actually arrived on Monday.
My sister allowed me to have my present early, since it was in fact four years late.
Well, amusingly upon opening the box I found my Constantine had shrunk. I had thought from the photos of the figure I thought it was going to be an eight to ten-inch figure...Wrong!!! My dream Constantine was in fact only six inches. But this figure was stunningly detailed. It even had beautifully detailed cloth clothes and a trenchcoat. It also came with nearly forty accessories, all equally detailed. Shit, he has twenty tiny cigarettes both with smoke and without in various amounts of being smoked. Also, it has three prop lighters, one lit, one open, and one closed. It has detailed copies of The Demon Dagger and Gabrel's sword, as well as a worn and rusty-looking chainsaw. He also has twelve individual hands.
And, most importantly he has four beautifully detailed heads. Two clean heads, one with a saractistic smile and two beatup faces with one smiling.
In the end was this figure worth all the drama and the cost...Well, no, to most people. To me I love it and I'm happy to include it with my other Constantine items. I just wish it had been a bit bigger so I could enjoy all the details without squinting... But what can you expect...
I also comes with a beautiful stand for enhanced poseing