Saint Seiya Myth Cloth EX Pieces Aphrodite

For over many years we have seen that most myth cloth collectors have been very satisfied with the product of Pieces Aphrodite from the myth cloth line.  Most of us would think of that figure as perfect in many ways and very well made.  But Bandai has changed many things for this new form of Aphrodite and it could be for good, or it could be for the worst.  Today we are going to see this figure in action and judge once and for all if the myth of this figure true.

            So we start with the box itself, the box is a standard myth cloth EX box with the plastic cover that surrounds the box that has the shape of a Pandora’s box of Pieces.  On the front of the box we can see the figure itself and the constellation of the character, on the side we can see the object mode and the figure doing one of his poses, and on the back we can see the figure in many poses and the object mode as well.  When you open the box you have the same 2 buster type packages and the instruction manual for you can construct the figure and the object mode. 

On buster number one, we can see that we have the figure itself and we have parts of the armor with include the arms and the legs.  We also have the hands in many variation in this buster.  On buster number 2, we got the object mode skeleton and we have the rest of the armor for the figure.  On buster number 3, we have the 4 faces and we have the cape and the rest of the items for the figure.  The manual is very easy to read and very simple to follow, if you have built other saint seiya figure, you already know that it’s not a hard build.

The object mode of the figure was not very hard at all, I can simply say that the object mode has almost the same built as the old object mode of the myth cloth line.  The object mode took me no more than 10 minutes to make.  Overall the object mode looks a lot better than its counterpart, and in many ways it has great innovations of how they use the parts for the object mode.  I can honestly say that they used all the parts to make the object mode more realistic for the fan.

Now the figure was something out of this world, most of the pictures I had seen before I got my hands on this figure were very bad and the eyes looked like he was cross sighted at some point.  I am very happy to declare that this is not the case.  The faces look great and the aesthetic of the figure is fantastic I can honestly say that this figure look even greater that the old myth cloth, and that’s a hard thing to do.  Sure the old myth cloth has a very great accuracy to the animation, but when you see the EX version, there is something about it that makes it seem so perfect.  I cant explain it until you have it in front of you, then you can feel my happiness when I talk about this figure.  The figure is made to perfection and the faces are fantastic, the figure is mostly 95 percent metal and only the helmet and the waist are plastic.  

The cape is not an issue with this figure and does add a sort of classiness to the figure, but it look great without it.  Overall I have to say the figure is one of a kind and it deserves to be with the best made of the EX line like Pegasus Seiya or Gemini Saga.

So what rating would I give this figure?  I would give him a 10/10 in everything.  Pictures speak louder than words and today my pictures will do the talking.  I think it’s a masterpiece and if you don’t have it because you think your old myth cloth does the job, I have to say, you are mistaken and need to get this figure as soon as possible.

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Saint Cloth Crown Poseidon Review

One of the most popular gods of the saint seiya series is the god of the sea, Poseidon.  His release has been waited for over a year and it’s a very popular character, but many people have their worries about this figure as the major disappointment of last year’s crown Series of Sagittarius Seiya.  But I think most people are going to be pleasantly surprised when they see the crown figure with their own eyes.  Let’s get started.

         The box is a standard crown box as last year’s figure.  It has a pop out cardboard and to cover 4 sides of the box and the texture of the cardboard has the figure of Poseidon in the front with a nice feel to it.  This piece of the box is white and it’s very colorful.  The box itself is around 22 inches high and around 12 inches in length.  Taking off the cover is a box with a reflection kind of material with a deep marine blue to it.  On the reflection part you can see the marine zodiac and also pictures in black about the figure.  Overall this box is as spectacular as the box of Pegasus seiya crown of last year.

         Opening the box you see 3 compartments as well with this figure.  Compartment number one has most of the parts of the figure and some hands and a couple of faces. 

Compartment 2, has a lot of parts for the thrown, as this figure comes with a thrown itself to be displayed with the figure. 

On compartment 3, we have parts for the display mode of the object mode; it’s like a huge stand and looks very nice. 

Also in this compartment, you have the skeleton of the object mode and many parts for the display thrown and the chair thrown it.  Overall the compartments are the same as last year’s so this part was not very shocking for the public.

Now as we build the object mode, the figure or the object mode is very similar to the human build of Poseidon and vas very fast to build. 

 Things that I did notice right away with this release it more metal to the figure, and not a lot of plastic.  Sure it still has some mechanisms of last year’s figure but it’s not as bad as last year.  The object mode is a sight to see and a very beautiful addition.  Some people are even tempted to buy 2 figures because the object mode itself is as beautiful as the figure itself.

Now for the main course of this review; the figure was as easy to build as the object mode and took around the same time.  The color of the cloth looks fantastic and has a nice copper gold feel to it that most marine warriors have.  The figure feels solid and has a 50 to 50 percent of metal and plastic, which is a good balance compared to last year’s figure. 

The faces of the figure look great and do not feel bad made in any way.  The hair has movable tails on the side for them to move with the cloth which is an added bonus to me.  Overall this figure is far better than the actual figure of last year.
There was only one bad part about this figure.  When you try to sit him down on the thrown, the parts of the legs want to fall off from the figure so you have to be very careful with this kind of position.  It the last of my worries as most people will display him standing up, or in his object mode.  The thrown and the display thrown for the object mode are a very solid addition to the figure.  As you will see in some pictures, they look fantastic as they should.

         Overall the figure gets a solid 10 from me, it a better improvement from last years and very well made figure.  You can tell that they were trying to improve the quality of the figure and the figure for a 12 inch scale looks fantastic.  I would recommend to buy this figure right away if you are able to.

 Thank you to iShop2go for letting me review this figure.

Saint Seiya Myth Cloth Ex Andromeda Shun

Over the past months, we have seen a major improvement over the EX line and how people are little by little liking the figures more and more.  This is a great step forward for Bandai and a great product for us consumers.  The time has come for another much loved character to step in the Myth Cloth EX line and that is Andromeda Shun.  Over the past months we have seen many pictures and a lot of people were not very convinced this figure was going to be good compared to the other figures.  Well today we will find out if this is the truth or it’s just a myth.

         So we are going to look at the box and the package right now.  The box is a standard myth cloth ex figure box with the plastic cardboard on top with the figure itself and the object mode showing on the sides.  On the front we also have the constellation of Andromeda on the back of the figure.  On the back we have the figure itself with many poses and some pictures of the object mode.  This is very standard with all the EX boxes and its nothing new we have not seen.  When you take off the plastic cover you can see the Pandora’s Box of Andromeda with a gray kind of color like on the anime.  

When we open the package we have 3 buster cards.  On buster number 1, we got the figure itself with most of the normal armor.  

Buster number 2 has the skeleton of the object mode and the rest of the parts of the normal cloth armor for the figure.  

On buster number 3, we have all the broken armor and the rest of the faces of the figure.  We also have all the hands which in total should be around 12 to 14 hands for the figure.  We can also see the chains which come with real chains and some plastic ones.  If you ever owned a myth cloth of Andromeda Shun, you already know how this works.

         Now the object mode was very easy.  As you know this armor is very light on parts so it took around 5 minutes to make the armor.  The only difficult part was to put the chains on the arm sockets.  Because they are very loose to put on, they would fall off very easily.  This is not a deal breaker but it’s just a minor nuisance to deal with.  Other than that, the figures’ object mode is fantastic and very well made, 10 out of 10 for me. 

         Now making the figure was as easy as the object mode, very simple to put on and very simple to build.  The faces of the figure are fantastic and they look wonderful.  Some people were very worried about the faces but I have to say every face has great detail and they all look great, even the crying one.  I think out of the all Ex line, the Andromeda faces have been the best of the lot, with all of them being spectacular.  

And if you have collected the bronze saints EX before, you know they come with an extra set of broken armor.  The broken armor feels heavier but in no way or fashion the figure looks wrong.  Both sets have great detail and are very well made.  

The figure comes with real chains and something nice that added with the figure is that the chains come in rings, and not part of the armor, so they can be added separately which other myth cloth figures did not have this feature.  Overall the figure is great with a great look over all and I have to say it’s one of the best myth cloth EX figures up to date so far.

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