This is the DC Direct action figure of Lex Luthor from Smallville. Dom gave it to me for Christmas. This is despite the fact that I've never actually watched Smallville on tv. I do however read the summaries at Television Without Pity and am aware it is very likely the gayest thing on tv.


The box didn't scan too well, so you can't tell that at the bottom near the WB logo it says "Fully poseable action figure". Comparison with my Legolas in Rohan Armor has demonstrated Lex to be less "fully poseable" then Legolas. Also at the bottom it says "for ages 8 and up" in addition to "not for children under 3 years". That leaves an age gap of 5 years during which you are in limbo and may or may not be allowed to play with Lex (personally I think anyone under the age of 18 or strongly religious and/or conservative probably lacks the various mental capacities necessary to play with Lex). In the scanning I also cut off the top of everyone's heads above the Smallville logo.


Lex Luthor, young coroporate tycoon, comes accessorized with a LuthorCorp Annual Report (which does not actually open, so the contents of which remain secret even if you own Lex, says a lot about the dealings of LuthorCorp I think) and a laptop with the strangest keyboard layout I have ever seen (the image on the screen of the laptop is the LuthorCorp logo, puu thinks I should change it to a pink triangle because Lexy is so very ghei). Lex also comes with a "premium trading card" featuring Michael Rosenbaum being gay (oh come on, if you've seen Sorority Girls and Sweet November you know that Mr Rosenbaum is always gay, casting him as Lex just made Lex even gayer).


Okay, Lexy himself. He's not all that poseable, really. Dom and I have both observed that his hands are molded in such a way that it looks like he's about to give someone (Clark perhaps?) a handjob. He's also wearing ALL BLACK. Everyone knows that Lex Luthor wears purple spandex. Or at least everyone who watched superhero cartoons prior to the 90's. Perhaps I shall make a purple spandex outfit for Lex. Or maybe I'll paint him blue so he looks like one of those guys from that Vegas show.
This is the back of the package. I'm assuming the scan is good enough that you can read the text for yourself. Note the misspelling of "LuthorCorp".


They also show that they make a Clark Kent with kryptonite and backpack (why the hell does CLARK come with kryptonite when everyone knows the stuff kills him?) and Lana Lang with kryptonite necklace (I want the Lana just to have a kryptonite necklace, the idea amuses me and is probably a good idea should I ever become a supervillain).


Lex is sculpted by Tim Bruckner (whoever the hell that is), and I have to say, he's a lot more normal looking than some action figures I've seen (nothing compared to McFarlane or some of the japanese ones, but not deformed the way they so often are)

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