Lone Coconut is back with more characters for its line of little, pirate, monsters. It started with a Kickstarter for Plunderlings, little imp like creatures that came with weapons and armor pieces to form various factions. The line continued with new iterations including the Plunderstrong and Plunderlong and now we have Plunderbeaks. As you can probably guess, this is a bird version of the Plunderling, or more accurately, a bird version of the Plunderlong. They all have a bird-like head and feathery wings protruding from their backs and Lone Coconut is almost certain to come up with various takes on these designs just as they have done with the other figures they’ve produced. As someone who was instantly charmed by Plunderlings, I’ve continued to support Lone Coconut because I think their stuff is genuinely pretty good so I decided to grab one of the Plunderbeaks and my selection is Berserker Quervo.
Plunberbeaks come in a box similar in dimensions to the Plunderlong, and like the past releases, there’s little cardboard features in the box to dress them up. In this case, a set of wings to slot into the side. Quervo is basically on a Plunderlong body and out of the box will not have his wings attached. The whole goal of the line from a design standpoint is to come up with a few variations on a base body that can then be turned into many different characters. The only Plunderlong I have is Feral 8-Ball which actually does not share many parts with Quervo. Quervo has the rope belt across the chest and he has gloves, which I think the Tinker utilized previously. He also has boots which I think is a first for the line. The torso is essentially the same, but Lone Coconut had to modify the tools to accommodate the wings which attach via ball pegs.
What is obviously new is the head and Quervo has a large beak that looks like a parrot of some sort to me. I have no idea if that’s accurate as I’m not a bird person. It’s this really glossy purple with a hit of a lighter purple at the tip and it looks really nice. His main body is black and there’s no feather texture to it as this is apparently a race of creatures where only the wings are feathered (a clever choice if you want to save some money). He is the more drab of the available Plunderbeaks as the wings are various shades of gray as opposed to something more colorful. He has a rope harness with a little, gold, emblem in the center and the boot cuffs are nicely textured to give the illusion of soft leather. The paint is very clean and honestly a step-up compared with the other figures I have from this company. There’s just one blemish on the figure’s right cheek area. It’s a line of what I think is just excess paint, but it doesn’t scratch off easily.
The accessories for Quervo include the usual assortment of hands: fists, gripping, and open. Only one portrait this time, but it features an articulated beak. It’s really tricky to get into it though as there’s just not much room to get at it and I was afraid to scratch the paint. If your fingernail won’t do the trick, you may want to look for something to insert into the beak to pry it open, just pick something with a soft edge. The harness is removable if you want to remove the arms (I don’t) which makes it like an accessory, but apart from that his accessories are his helm and his blade. The helmet affixes to his head via a magnet, though the connection isn’t very strong. It’s strong enough to stay on, but you’ll probably knock it off a lot when posing the figure. The blade is interesting in that it’s connected to a rope. He can’t hold it like a sword because there’s no handle for him to grip. The real rope actually looks really similar to the plastic rope harness and it’s an interesting way for him to carry his weapon, though it’s limited in what it can be posed doing. A plastic, bendy-wire rope might have made more sense, but the blade is so big and chunky it may not have worked with a bendy wire. Still, it’s a weapon and it’s a unique one. The only thing missing for me is some kind of flight stand which would have made sense for a line of bird people.
The articulation for Quervo is basically the same as the Plunderlong, with just a few differences. One I already mentioned in the beak which is cool. Even though it’s hard to get at, it adds personality. Another change is the addition of a toe hinge and as far as toe hinges go it’s fine. The big change is obviously those wings. They are a little hard to pop on out of the box. I heated them up and they snapped-on easily after that. The wings are made of three pieces and each section is connected to the other via a dumbbell joint. This lets the section rotate and basically hinge in and out. It’s a smart way to do it and the only downside is you do get some gaps in the wing sections and there’s no way to get a natural looking bend to the wings. The only way to do that would be to make them with a bendy wire, but I’m okay with this approach. These are toys, after all, and they don’t have to completely hide that. The wings do add some weight so he’s a little harder to stand with the wings on, but the ability to bend them in and such helps redistribute it.
I only have the one Plunderbeak, but I assume the others are the same and, if so, these are nice little figures. They’re little 5″ guys that articulate pretty well and definitely look unique in my collection. They’re charming and even more so in-hand than they are in pictures. Even my daughter was smitten with this guy right off the bat and after we watched the teaser video on YouTube (the figures comes with a QR code to access it) she demanded I get one of the Plunderfrogs when they go on-sale. Good news for her is I was already planning on it and I suspect they’ll be coming soon. I got my figure directly from Lone Coconut, but you can also get this on Big Bad Toy Store for $35 which feels like a very fair price to me (Lone Coconut charges $30, but shipping came out to a little over $8 for me so it’s essentially a wash). If you like what you see or just want to support a small toy maker, definitely give one of these a look.
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