Alasondro Alegre as the Chief (Beastie Boys (Super7)) Review

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Alasondro Alegre as the Chief (Beastie Boys (Super7)) Review

Alasondro Alegre as the Chief
Beastie Boys (Super7) (Super7)In the midst of all the nostalgic characters, Super7 has put out some pretty impressive music-themed figures in their Ultimates line. I've gotten a couple of them, including Notorious B.I.G., Lemmy Kilmister, Cliff Burton, Czarface, and the Slayer Minotaur, and they all turned out surprisingly good. One of the latest music releases is the Beastie Boys, in their outfits from the Sabotage music video, having shipped out just as 2024 ended. They've done a few ReActions, but these are the first Ultimates of the band, and I believe the first "wave" of music figures that has more than one.

Since Super7's (mostly) stopped doing slip covers for Ultimates, it allowed them to change up the packaging a bit. The Ultimates logo is right on the front of the box, rather than on the top, and the graphics are pretty reminiscent of the feel of the music video, being based off old police action-dramas. The illustrations, done by Michael Gambriel, look great, and the box art is uniform across the board, save for different character art on each box matching the figure. Like always, these are meant to be easy to open and replace, with only some tape and ties to remove.

The Sabotage video had the band playing fictional actors in a fictional series, so we had Mike D as Alasondro Alegré as "The Chief." The likenesses on these figures are great, which isn't too surprising considering how consistently good the musician likenesses have been for Ultimates. The head may look a tiny bit off, but comparing it to the video, the Chief looks very accurate. The hair has a very washed-gray appearance, showing he's a little older but not too old for action, and he wears a pair of brown-rimmed sunglasses with clean paint, save for a small mark on the main head. Yes, like most Ultimates, he has three heads: one neutral, one shouting, and one without shades and a slightly open mouth. The eyes on the glasses-less head seem to be printed on, and they look clean, and the skin doesn't seem to be painted much, but there's no shine on it, which is good.

Mike D stands right around 7", as do the others, and he certainly has the police chief get-up. He wears a vest with his badge on it, with the part over the torso being made of a soft material, as is his tie. His outfit has a darker, less colorful look than the others, but the details on it look great, including some wrinkling and the little buttons on his sleeves. The finish of the body appears matte, which is a good thing considering how sometimes S7 figures can look glossy and cheap, and the paint is clean, with parts such as the badge and belt buckle having a metallic look.

Next there's the late MCA as Cochese, played in-universe by Nathan Wind. He looks like the aggressive cop who doesn't play by the rules, with a more serious expression. He also gets a shouting head, as well as a worried head with no sunglasses and duct tape over his mouth, coming from a specific scene in the video. He wears a short-sleeve shirt with gun holsters hanging off his shoulders, with a badge hanging off his right shirt pocket. The pelvis seems to be reused from the Chief, but the legs are unique. The paint on the heads is clean, with more metallic paint for the sunglasses, but the upper body has a few marks here and there, including some small but noticeable brown specks on the shirt.

Rounding out the trio is Ad-Rock as Vic Colfari, who plays Bobby the rookie. His hair is styled a bit more distinctly from the other two, and his glasses have gold rims similar to Cochese, but dark lenses like the Chief. His expression options include a neutral look, a more stern look, and a kind of happy, open-mouth look. He's the only one of the three to not have a glasses-less head, and the eyes under the glasses on all three aren't painted/printed, but the eyebrows still are. He also wears a short-sleeve shirt, one with little red stripes, but he doesn't wear a badge, since he's a rookie and all. He shares the same pelvis and upper legs as Cochese, but the lower legs and feet are unique. He has the best paint of the trio, and he has the same skin tone as Cochese, which is a bit pinker than the Chief. And yes, the likeness on him is great.

The articulation is very much like the other music figures we've seen, with each figure having a ball-ring head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, swivel thighs, and ball-jointed waist. That's about it for the Chief, but Cochese and Bobby get extra swivels for the arms at the sleeves, allowing for more natural-looking arm poses, as well as calf swivels. The joints work great and allow for plenty of dynamic poses, with the waists having some good tilt forward and back. You will want to be mindful of a few tight joints, such as the elbows and knees on the Chief and Bobby's shoulders, so some heat may be needed. The heads and hands swap with ease, but the sockets on the Chief's heads seem a bit too big, what with how easily the main head comes off the ball.

Each figure is outfitted with plenty of other accessories in addition to the extra heads. All of them have three pairs of hands each; the Chief has gripping, splayed, and two-fingered pointing hands, Cochese has closed, gripping, and pointing hands, and Bobby has gripping (different from Cochese), relaxed, and splayed hands. Then there are extras from the video itself. The Chief has a rusty axe, a walkie-talkie, binoculars, a megaphone, and a police siren (not sure what use that'll be without the car), Cochese has handcuffs, a police baton, a police radio (also meant for a car), and a time bomb, and Bobby has another walkie-talkie (same sculpt as the Chief, but gray), a donut, a coffee cup, and a briefcase that opens up to reveal bundles of cash inside. These extras allow you to recreate various scenes, and can be of great use for display options. If you preordered the whole wave directly from Super7, you'd get a "super pack" with three more accessories: the Ill Communication record with sleeve, a Sabotage single record that's smaller, and a Sabotage VHS. Yes, that VHS was a real thing, outfitted with all sorts of Beastie Boys music videos, live performances, and other things (I looked it up while writing this), and it's a deepcut extra to have. The super pack may not be necessary, but it still has some cool stuff.

This trio of rockers/fictional TV show cops makes for a great set, with Super7 putting more effort into them like they usually do with musician figures, and the likenesses and great accessories are great for any fan of the band, or if you just want some police crew figures to go with your other Super7, NECA, Diamond, or whatever 1/10 scale figures, these will fit the bill. Now let's get some Intergalactic Ultimates!

- 2/26/25