Parks and Recreation was one of my favourite comedies of
recent years, and there’s no doubt that a huge contributor to its success was
Chris Pratt. He’s now a massive star, but just a few years ago he was podgy
Andy Dwyer, a lovable fool bumbling his way through life.
One of the
most memorable aspects of Andy’s character was his alter ego – FBI agent Bert
Macklin. He’d show up every so often, essentially
acting the way a kid does when they’re playing cops and robbers, but usually
actually managing to solve a mystery or right a wrong in the process. My
favourite episode he features in was probably the one where he helps solve the mystery of who pied Leslie, but all of his appearances are
worth watching.
Side note:
The spelling of his name seems to be a big ambiguous; most sources online seem
to list it as “Burt” but presumably “Bert” is the correct spelling, given that
this is an official piece of merchandise.
I was
originally going to pass on the POPs from the Parks and Recreation line. All of them are quite good, but in a
time where I am largely restricting myself to horror POPs, I felt Bert was probably
the only one I felt would fit in. It’s kind of funny to imagine Bert Macklin
bumbling about amongst supernatural foes like Pinhead and IT, but still
managing to save the day in the process.
The POP nails the pose and the overall sculpt,
but the paint is kind of sloppy. It’s disappointing that Funko are still letting
it slide like this after having a couple of years of relatively good paint
work. But nonetheless, Bert Macklin is still great fan if you’re a Parks & Recreation fan.
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