Bandai started their new bronze saint line
with the one and only Pegasus Seiya and with major success. The figure was a work of art and most fans
would agree that the figure is one for the ages. Now the next figure for the saint seiya
bronze section is coming out and with the form of a phoenix. Phoenix Ikki is the second character to come
out on the series and with good reason, he was the fan favorite for many people
when they were young and people just love the character. Today, we received the new myth cloth EX
figure and let’s see if the figure lives up to the expectations of people for
the EX line.
The
box layout is no different than the Pegasus one, it has the same plastic cover
with the picture of the figure on the front, and his constellation. On the sides of the box we have the figure
doing a signature move and the object mode on a close up, and on the back of
the box, they show you the different poses he can be put in, and different
faces, a standard move of Bandai to get our attention. Now if you take the plastic cover off, you
can see the box is like the Pandora’s Box in the series like phoenix cloth is,
a very nice touch of Bandai. Now if we
look inside, we have a total of 4 buster cards on the box.
Buster number one, we have the figure itself
with most of his armor parts, which is the normal cloth, not the broken
one.
On buster 2, we see the skeleton of
the object mode, we have the chest and the waist, and we have the wings and the
feathers of phoenix ikki.
On buster
number three, we see the full broken armor version of the cloth, then we see
the other 3 faces of the figure, to make a total of 4 faces, and we see the
hands and other accessories for the figure.
Overall the figure has the same amount of armor and layout that Pegasus
seiya EX had on launch day.
Now
as the object mode was put together, you could tell that its very solid cloth,
the object mode was very stable, and it even has a stand to support the armor
on the back, something that the old myth cloth did not have and made a pain to
get the object mode to stand up.
This
object mode is mostly made of the armor, so the armor plays a big roll on the
figure. One very nice thing that this
figure can do is, because of the two sets of armor, you can put one set with
the figure, and the other with the object mode.
Only thing you might be missing would be the feathers on the object
mode, but that is not a breaking flaw on the figures part. Overall the object mode is very well made and
a good addition to the collection.
Now
the figure is one for the ages. The
figure is mostly composed of pure metal parts, the only plastic part I could
find would be the face piece and that’s about it. The chest is a bit loose but because the
chest hold on with small clips on the sides.
One thing that I do recommend is not to play with the chest much.
The hinges are a bit fragile and very weak,
so moving it around might not be a good idea.
The same hinges are in the belt, same warning goes to that part as
well. But overall the figure looks
great, and with the broken armor the figure looks fantastic. For some reason the figures broken armor
feels a bit more heavy but that must be for the extra detail it has. The torso part also bends for the figure and
for the object mode form, which is a nice feature for the figure. Some people said that the figure feels out of
proportion, but that is not the case, the figure looks and feels great, and I
can’t find a flaw on the figure itself.
So
overall I have to give this figure a solid 10.
The figure is great and it belongs in your collection. If you are looking for perfection, you can’t
get more close than this piece of art.
Thank you to iShop2go for letting me review
this figure.
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