Here we have Frieza in-hand. Don't be alarmed, his tail comes detached out of the box. I love the pearlescent white plastic used on the figure, which thankfully is accompanies with some blue shading to simulate his skin in the series. And that's nothing to say about the sexy metallic purple on his head, shoulders, torso, and limbs. While he may come off as petite despite this being part of his design, he has a decently muscular build which would help him greatly during his battle against the Z-Fighters. The feet are appropriately alien, though I have to criticize either the design of the character or the way the figure was made because he has a hard time standing upright due to the lack of any people heels. Likely in an attempt to keep the aesthetics of his feet intact while also retaining any ankle pivot the pegs of the feet are inserted horizontally rather than diagonally. The lack of a heal spur doesn't help much either, especially in some poses. That and it'll cause some issues if the tail isn't posed to make him a tri-pod. That's the only flaw on this figure so far, so it's amusingly referred to as an Achilles' Heel.
His head sculpt captures that irredeemable nature of the character, from the sinister grin to the shape of the eyes as if they're permanently stuck like that given his personality. When it comes to the Z era, there's no doubt the villain designs always nail that look of never turning a new leaf apart from examples like Buu and Piccolo Jr. His accessory tray includes a halo ring, two alternate heads, two splayed open hands, two relaxed hands, two right hands meant for pointing or gesturing, crosses arms for him to swap with, his tail, a pair of feet with toes curled in, and a 5-star Namekian Dragon Ball.
The articulation on this figure consists of a double ball jointed neck, shoulder movement on rotator joints, outward arm movement, bicep rotation, double jointed elbows, wrist balls that can rotate at two points and hinge in the middle, two ball joints in the torso, ball jointed hips with a drop down system, thigh rotation, double jointed knees, and ankles that swivel, hinge, and pivot. The tail itself can swivel and hinge at the base, though it is at least sculpted in a not-so-neutral curl.
Of note the tail is either helpful for him to stand upright or can have him fall back given it adds some extra weight. Also his neutral head is the only one allowed to use the halo ring since it includes the slit meant for the neutral head.
As far as his prior designs are concerned, I love how they use a bit of pink to them as if they simulate exposed skin, though apart from the white and purple motif, some could easily confuse these as separate characters instead of parts of Frieza's evolution, kind of like what Cell went through. Form 1 has a pod no doubt similar to the one Eggman rides on, Form 2 is appropriately muscular and almost comes across as impenetrable, and Form 3 has that Xenomorph look to him. Almost like Form 2 and the Alien Queen had a bastard child.
For a size comparison, who else but Goku to be the figure I use? Their stare down is possible, but they can't pull off the exact posture due to the limited range their torso joints have. That, and Frieza is hard to keep on his feet at times. With that said, Frieza's an otherwise strong figure to get in the Dragon Ball Z line. He sucks at standing at times but excels in everything else. He has been around for a while but I recommend you get him for less than $40, which was what he cost at the time IIRC. Hopefully, those other forms and Future Frieza don't suck at standing.
Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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