Collection Review: CollectA White Lion

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Figure Brand: CollectA
Figure Name(s): White Lion (88785)
Sex: Male
Name: Aslan
Year Made: 2017
Observations/Thoughts: My favorite of my big cat sculpts so far, I think. He’s a stunningly powerful, gorgeous lion with a fantastic white colour, I called him Aslan, because of the whole main character lion in the Narnia stories.
I’m all for collecting unusual animal figurines, and due to him being a white lion, he’s great one. His pose is also just an upright standing one, all four paws to the ground, tail down, staring straight ahead. It’s a very powerful pose, however, it’s offset by the sadly wonky eyes he has, when viewed from the side, he looks so mighty and appropriately kingly, but viewing him from the front is a different matter altogether.

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His eyes are blue, but because of their light colouring it’s easier to notice when something like this is askew. He is a really nice, sculpted model with a lovely, detailed mane, the only thing wrong with him however is the weird, wonky eyes.  
Rating: 4/5

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Thanks Widukind!

It is a pity about the eyes of your model, I have the standard colored version and it is one of the few good male lion figures around.
I usually dislike most of the lion sculpts but CollectA did a good job with this one, much better than the previous generations.
It actually has that thing of a Narnia or Lion King look but it remains realistic with the appeal of those characters.

That's what I think too Roger, he does look very good, like Aslan from Narnia save for his eyes. I dunno, maybe it's just model that looks a bit silly there?

I do like this mould quite a bit. He really has something from the Narnia illustrations I've seen (Narnia is on my want-to-read list, but I have already a prince Caspian in my collection).
I can feel your pain about the mispainted eyes. It's always a problem when you can't choose the model in a shop and have to buy it online. Then it's always a gamble if you get a good model or a flawed one. And if the eyes are not painted correctly it really bothers me the most. It just disturbs when you try to "admire" your figure.
From my linguistic knowledge I think that Aslan means actually lion in Turkish. So it definitely suits a lion and I am considering to name one of my lion cubs like that.
For now he won't get a place on my wishlist as I have already completed my lion collection (well I still need another lioness, but she won't definitely be the collecta one). But maybe someday as I still think that that is one of the best lions on the market currently. One can never know what will happen in the future...

I'd definitely recommend him Katy, because you never know, you might get one with decent eyes.