This
figures first release was a disaster for the saint seiya community as most
people were expecting a very high quality figure when the first figure came out
in 2010. After Bandai has announced the
release of this actual figure, most people were skeptical of the fact that
Bandai does only repaint and never fixes the problems of the figures. Will Bandai live to the reputation of not
listening to the customers yet again?
Let’s find out today!
The
box is a standard hades box which we have not seen in a while, as this is a
Tamashii Nation exclusive, the figure does not have an open middle section as
most myth cloth do. The box is a color
purple with black and has the figure on the front with the object mode behind
that picture. On the side we see the medusa shield and the specter letters for
the figure. On the back we can see the
object mode and many poses for the figure.
When
you open the box, the figure has 3 busters.
It has two main ones, on buster number 1, it has the figure itself,
parts of the armor, and the hands.
Buster number 2, it has the skeleton of the object mode and some other
parts of the armor, and buster number 3, it has 2 new faces for the old figure,
and an additional face for the figure we have today.
As
I build the object mode, the figure felt the same when I was building it; it
had the same issues as the object mode had before, as parts of the skirt were
not fitting with each other but at the same time, it was a bit different in the
way the parts were put on the figure.
Overall the object mode was a very nice and easy experience with a total
of around 10 minutes to make.
Now
as we build the figure, first thing I notice was the improved face. The face was very well made and looked very
different as the first release. Now
these faces look like the character of the anime and do not have a blank stare
as the other one. The detail on the hair
was perfection and I think this time they fixed the problem with the face. They give you remodeled faces for the old
model which is good, but they do not give you other parts to fix the many
problems it has with the old version.
The armor feels solid and the color purple with black matches that
figure perfectly. I have to say from the
2 releases, this release was the best one for me, as it feels more complete
than the first one. And now the major part
of the figure is the ankles of the figure.
The ankles are very solid and don’t have the balance issue it had on the
first release, the figure can even stand on itself with no problem. I am very happy that I’m able to pose the
figure with no problems what so ever.
The figure is composed of 80 percent metal with the exception of the
face mask, and the waist, the figure is a great addition to the specter section
of the hades chapter.
So
is it worth buying? I give it a solid
10, this is what the figure had to be in the first place and Bandai did it
right this time. It’s a sad reality that
Bandai did not execute this figure like this 2 years ago but I’m satisfied with
this figure.
Thank you to iShop2go for letting me review
this figure.
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