Judge Death is the leader of the Dark Judges, a group of undead law enforcers from the alternate dimension of Deadworld, where all life has been declared a crime (since only the living commit crimes, the dead are innocent). This version of the comic book villain was created by Brian Bolland, who was responsible for the “Judge Death” and “Judge Death Lives” comic book series.

Halcyon, through Model Rectifier Corporation, offers three highly-detailed vinyl kits from this comic series: Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, and their adversary Judge Death. I have classified this kit as Intermediate level because of the issues surrounding the building of a vinyl kit (trimming, specific construction techniques, painting).

The Judge Death kit has a total of 10 vinyl parts molded in off-white: torso, legs, kneepads (2), belt, shoulder pads (2), feet (2) and the stand. There are also six resin parts: the head, upper arms (2), lower arms (2) and badge.

As with all vinyl kits, the instructions recommend using super glue for assembly and acrylic paint for detailing. Enamel and vinyl do not play well together, and I’ve seen kits that have been destroyed by using the wrong paint.

I purchased the review kit on eBay for $27.99, and thought I was getting a Halcyon kit. When it arrived in a smaller box, the red flags went up. When I opened it, the kit turned out to be a recast. Not what I expected from a seller in California. Oh, well. Guess I learned my lesson on this one.

The completed figure looks to stand about 12 inches tall, and the base is roughly 6.25 inches in diameter.

Review by: Rich “Lonewolf” Dula

Entry created: June 8, 2013