It has been a long time since we had a hades figure come our way. As I was finished with all my hades collection I was wondering when they would release a new figure for the series, and they did that on the year 2012. It was a surprise they did Harpy, as it does not play a major role in the old saint seiya universe. As some of the new fans of saint seiya, they know Harpy from the lost canvas episodes, but for us old people, those series don’t count. But today we are going to review the new myth cloth and see if this figure is up to the standards of today’s saint seiya market.
Starting with the box, the box is a purple black color as most hades figures are. It has a picture of the figure itself on the front with the shot of the object mode on the bottom. On the side it says “Saint Cloth Myth” and on the bottom it says “Harpy Spector”. This box is a book style kind of package as the myth cloth are known for and loved all over the world. On the back it’s kind of plain with not a lot of shots of the figure. It shows you the figure with his helmet, or face piece, his cloth on, the object mode, and the figure doing some action poses.
As you open the package you see this figure has a standard 2 buster plates. On the left side, we have the figure with all his armor and hands. On the right side we have the wings with the skeleton of the object mode, and a small buster that is separated from the plate that contains the chest and small pieces for the waist part. The manual is very straight forward and it’s not very hard to follow. In fact, this is one of the first myth cloths from the hades chapter that was a very easy manual to follow as there is really no science to arm the figure.
As I build the object mode it was easy. The manual was straight forward and it was very easy to do. In total I think I spend almost 10 minutes making the object mode, it’s that easy. The object mode looks very elegant and very nice to look at. It is a bit big around 7 inches when you extend the wings, but overall this object mode was very simple but very classy to look at. Building the figure itself was very easy as well. I say it took the same amount of time to do the figure as it did with the object mode. The figure looks fantastic and it has a lot of die cast metal on his body. One thing you do have to be aware is that this figure has a lot of sharp edges as he has many spikes or claws all over his armor. Be very careful when you keep this on reach of children as they are very sharp, and they can stab themselves if they are not careful. The armor is fantastic and it does not have major issues. The wings are plastic and can extend if you pose them right. You start noticing balance issues when you extend the wings, but this is only natural when you shift the point of balance of the figure. The figure looks fantastic, the combination of black and dark purple looks great, as all specters do. The parts that are metal in this figure are his arms, legs, chest, and the mid part of the skirt. The plastic parts of this figure are the face piece, the waist, some parts on the arm, and the spikes on the hands and the wings. Overall this figure is just a great addition to your collection. He does come with a swappable face that it’s screaming, but due to the fact that I don’t like that face that much, I did not put it on my figure.
This figure has a great feel to it. He is one of the most simple to make and very fast to do figures when you put his armor on. If you are just starting to collect saint seiya, I totally recommend getting this one for yourself to get a taste of the collection. In total I have to give this figure a 9.5/10. Sure there are some balance issues with the extensions of the wings but overall this figure is just perfect. From his wild hair to his awesome armor, this figure is one for the ages.
Thanks for ishop2go for letting me review this figure and remember…
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