“Irony is a blade that cuts he who wields it most especially.”
Series 2 of Hasbro’s Dungeons and Dragons Golden Archive figures from Honor Among Thieves saw the wave complement reduced from four to two and rounded up the main party from the film with the addition of Doric and Xenk. The wave continued in plastic-free packaging with images of the figures across the front and rear of the box to confirm the contents. The box remained a black finish overall with the golden ornate trim and character illustrations alongside the figure pictures. Xenk’s illustration has him set against a portal of some kind giving his packaging a yellow hue.
Xenk is presented in his Paladin armour as seen in Honor Among Thieves. This is sculpted in various base colours with gold used on his ornate boots, brown on his trousers, silver on the chest armour, and turquoise on his skirted section and the arms of his tunic. Over this, we have a very ornate belt in softer brown plastic complete with painted gold trim. Further paintwork is found across the figure with a silver chainmail trim to the shirt, gold bracers, and more gold trim around the armoured shoulders and breast place.
Xenk’s head features a good, if not perfect, likeness to actor Regé-Jean Page complete with the tattoo on his forehead. The eyes and beard appear to be printed with the hair then added as an individual piece in very dark grey.
Xenk also features his cloak, cast in brown plastic with yellow patterned trim. This is removable, attaching to the figure by way of a plug and socket on the rear of the figure. It is shaped to hug the body but in place does restrict a lot of movement from the joints.
Xenk’s single accessory is his sword. Another extravagant piece with an ornate golden hilt and silver blade with inscribed patterns down the final two-thirds of the blade to the tip. It will fit in either of Xenk’s hands, and when not in use slips into the scabbard attached at his side - another piece trimmed in gold.
The figure is very much designed around the looks rather than articulation and while on paper Xenk has 200 points of articulation including some enhancements to the other D&D figures like butterfly shoulders, there is quite a bit of restriction on movement. The legs are hemmed in with the long skirt section, and the arms are held in at the shoulders by the overhanging shoulder armour which does flex slightly as the arm is raised, but not much - it really needed to be hinged. Removing the cloak opens up a few more options, but Xenk feels a bit static in his posing without the ability to raise his hands up and over his head with his sword in hand, or to crouch and kneel.
Xenk is probably the most eye-catching release of the Honor Among Thieves series with impressive armour detail and crisp colours to his tunic. The sword accessory is as you’d expect with the options of wielding it in hand or securing it in a working scabbard. The articulation is better than any other figure in the line, just restricted in areas by that armour and clothing. Like all the D&D Honor Among Thieves figures, Xenk Yendar has been peg-warming and this is a shame as the collection as a whole is on par with the quality of other bigger franchises and perhaps deserves a bit more love from collectors.
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