Today's review is Green Lantern from Origin

Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern and one of three surviving original JSA members.  He was previously represented as one of the most ridiculous heroclix pieces in KC GL.  Will this real version of him do justice to a man of this much experience and prestige? 

Even the though best of the three is by far the rookie, Pojo has a tradition of doing the Vet Version of GL’s who are normally the best.  Even though he is not the best, I will still review the veteran. 

He is 214 points, 12 range 1 target, 9 clicks of life, a flier, AE (Vandal Savage), and JSA team

Speed:  Lots of running shot, a click of phasing, and 2 useless clicks of force blast.  Not bad, not bad at all

Attack:  Most consistent values we have ever seen on a Green Lantern.  Values are a little low though for the points

Defense:  Barrier for these points is stupid, the invulnerability works cool, ESD can keep the defense high, and willpower to run away is cool

Damage:  3 damage with RCE…funderful…the numbers are not that bad and the end RCE can keep him doing damage.  With the high range, you might get more use out of that RCE

The Good:  Huge range

      Consistent attack values

      Lots of running shot

      Semi-high defense

      Can do some decent damage

The Bad:   EE, Incap, Barrier with one target

    Barrier on a 214 point piece

    Opening RCE and RS don’t work

    Attack values lower than I would like

    That sculpt is so bad

Feats:   He doesn’t really warrant trick shot, because at first you only have a single click of it.  You will need to do no posing at all if you want to keep on it.  Protected is an absolute must, because when you get hit on that 18 defense, you want to land on some damage reduction.  Nanobots is a tough call.  You only get three clicks to use it, and they don’t even get you back onto clicks with running shot, but you do get good numbers out of it. 

Overall:    This piece is a really tough call.  He has huge range, can do decent damage, and could be a threat his whole dial.  The bad thing is the numbers just aren’t worth the points.  I try really hard to like him, but he is just not first attacker material, and definitely not tentpole material either.  The only real use you will get out of him is in higher point games, especially on theme teams.  Most JSA members aren’t bruisers, so he gives the ability to do some good long range damage.  I really would want to see more out his click, but he is just not where he should be.  For a few points less, you get a piece who does not stand up at all to his KC version.  This proves once again that Hal Jordan is still the best of the Green lanterns from earth…until we see the Guy Gardner click of course.

Constructed/Unrestricted:  2 / 5

Sealed/Draft:  2 / 5

Overall:  2 / 5

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