Now were to begin on these two figures… well to start off these 2 figures was part of the second tamashii nation wave of black saints. The only black saint that was released for normal distribution is the Black Phoenix. As Andromeda and Pegasus black was a great success, people needed to get their hands on a black Dragon and Swan figures for their complete black figure collection of saint seiya. The quality of the Andromeda and Pegasus is tremendous and hope this figures live up to their name.
As the package is concerned the box is a solid black with a blue background with the constellations of the swan and the dragon. You have shots of the figures in the front in a normal pose. As this is a Tamashii Nation box this does not have a book style or window package, it’s a solid one box. On each side of the box there are 2 different symbols on it, one has the dragon and one has the swan. On the back of the box we see on the corners the pictures of dragon and swan in black and white and then you have the figures in the middle on a pose holding the fake Sagittarius cloth on their arms. You see pictures of the extra faces they come with for the original cloths and then you see the object mode pictures there as well. Now as the same with the Steel Saints, these figures are stacked on each other on the package with a solid plate. On one plate there’s one figure and the object mode parts and cloth parts and the other plate the other. The manual is a bit thicker on these figures because it has a double feature that the figure builds are on the manual. Instructions are easy to follow and if you have build the original dragon or Cygnus cloths then you know that is the same build.
Now on the object mode, the swan object mode was greatly done, very easy to do and not so complicated. It was a straight build if you follow the manual piece by piece. Now the dragon object mode had the same problem as the first one, the chest did not want to close properly on the figure and the chest cover part did not click on the chest part. This is a very frustrating thing to do if you want to see the object mode. It is one of the most frustrating things you can do on a cloth, and if you try to force it, then the part will break so you have to kind of hide it to make it look like it’s in place. Still the figure object modes look stunning but looks cannot save you on a rating. And on object mode I have to give the figures a 7.5. it is just too frustrating for the person to build and if this was your first myth cloth, you would be disappointed.
Now for the figures themselves, the one that didn’t give me any trouble was dragon shiryu, the build was straight to the point, his hair color and face sculpture is tremendous and when it’s all set and done this figure just looks great. The eyes and the hear are great attention getters and the cloths color is just a solid black which gives it that extra anime look. Dragon is for sure my most favorite figure on this package. Now for swan, the sculpt is great, the cloth looks fantastic, but the belt on this figure on my package came morphed. It did not fit the figure, and didn’t want to close properly. I had to spend more than 3 hours trying to fix his belt. I didn’t understand why I was having this issue one a 150+ figure that I bought; this should be a tamashii exclusive and should not have any defects. Because they are limited they should have checked for quality control on the figure. In the end this figure frustrated me more than any other figure I have every had a problem with. I also had a problem with the skit parts of swan, they would fall off very easily and it was frustrating because they don’t stay in place. As a buyer on these cloths I was very disappointed, they should have addressed these issues early on and not sell unfinished products. There are even reports of other people having the same problems but with the Dragon. This is a bad idea on Bandai and if this was my first figure I have ever gotten from them, I would sure not buy one every again. Still the figure sculpt is great, and the likeness of the figures is tremendous like on the anime, but these issues made me very disappointed with this set. They also give you 2 extra heads for the original versions of the cloths, with a screaming face pose. It is a nice addition but it’s not a deal breaker for me. The deal breaker was on these cloths. As a rating is concerned, I will give these a 6 in rating. They have too many problems for people to truly enjoy the figures, but after you fix them, they will look great on the collection.
So from the object problems to the figure great problems is hard to recommend this set. But I only recommend it for the hard core saint seiya collector. This set is very frustrating and very hard to build, it’s just a fair warning that you are going to spend a lot of time in building this figures for sure.
I want to thank ishop2go for letting me review this figures and remember… GO OUT AND BUY IT!!!
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