Mezco Aquaman Review

The Mezco Aquaman has arrived. When I was a kid, Aquaman was pretty much the punch line in every superhero joke. His Super Friends stint didn’t help at all. No one wants their hero to arrive riding two sea horses. Invisible plane? Yes. Batmobile? Of course. Leaping over tall buildings with a superhero landing? Yes, please.

Two sea horses pulling up and the hero asking onlookers to “keep an eye on the girls” doesn’t instill confidence in civilians nor does it strike fear in the heart of evildoers. However, there is no “economy seating” when you ride on sea horses, so King Orin always travels in first class. Even if that class smells like old trout.

Rather than waste the King’s time with more fish jokes, let’s do a deep dive on DC’s King of the Seven Seas.

What’s in the Mezco Aquaman box?

We don’t get a lot, but we get most of what we need in an Aquaman figure.

We get the figure itself.

Then we have eight interchangeable hands. We get fishy fists.

There are fishy swimming hands.

You will also find this weird fishy knuckle thing.

Finally, we get a set of fishy holding hands.

I’m glad you mentioned the holdy hands. Because they hold Poseidon’s Trident.

We get three head sculpts with the Mezco Aquaman figure. There is a slightly friendly-looking face.

There is a pissy, don’t bother me face.

Sup, ladies. Please excuse my ocean head.

Last, but certainly not least, is an angry fishy face. This one is my personal favorite because I’d be angry if I wore orange and yellow all the time also.

He has some royal bling, befitting his stature.

There is a crown.

And a gold shoulder strap/body harness thing.

Finally, he has a standard-issue Mezco display base and posing stand.

What doesn’t work with the Mezco Aquaman?

If I had my druthers (and I rarely get my druthers), I would have liked to have seen the Mezco Aquaman come with a telepathic cone effect, as the DC Icons Aquaman figure had as a pack-in.

Also a free lb of fresh shrimp.

Besides that, I’ll give you a fair warning… Mez designed his glove and boot fins to take out an eye. Be careful. “Sharp” is an understatement.

What works with the Mezco Aquaman?

It’s important to me that I have a decent DC display and right now, Mezco seems to be the mainline source for such a goal. That aside, this Aquaman figure hits all of the right notes. It brings to mind his strength and power, his royalty and his stature. It manages to do those things without reminding you how the character was mishandled prior to Peter David taking over the writing chores.

Since both John Stewart and Flash got JLU head sculpts, I’m really happy they stuck with the classic Aquaman look. The JLU head would have looked really weird on this one. Hopefully, fans of the series will get a JLU Aquaman figure, super sharp hook-harpoon hand.

In short, I have zero complaints about Arthur (King Orin) Curry’s figure. The Mezco Aquaman is a great representation of a great character. He will look fantastic next to your Mezco Superman and Batman.

Here are a few other boring, but necessary, detailed snapshots to help inform a potential purchase. I also enjoy taking pictures of action figure butts.

Should you purchase the Mezco Aquaman?

If you’re building a DC display, or just like awesome looking things, may I perhaps suggest you pick this bad boy up? I spent a lot of time with him, and I’m super happy I have the Mezco Aquaman.

You can still find him here: