New Revoltech Thread Untouched by the Masses
Posted by Gcrush
hillsy Wrote:
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> "Cow-Tits Revoltech"
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> Errr....que?
I thought that's what we had dubbed Rodin's blushing young beauty a few pages earlier, yes?
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> "Cow-Tits Revoltech"
>
>
> Errr....que?
I thought that's what we had dubbed Rodin's blushing young beauty a few pages earlier, yes?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2010 08:36PM by Gcrush.
Words fail me.
Introducing Prometheus Rising Studio.
[prometheusrising.net]
I make 3D printed mecha action figures.
Zoids Kitty Kat. 4,900 Yen. All joints are Revoltech. All 34 of them. Including the new, improved 8mm ones. Comes with a huge box. And they make dinosaur flavor, too.
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asterphage Wrote:
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> [blog.livedoor.jp]
> .html
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> look at the mouth on that thing
> i think we're gonna need a bigger boat
This picture thrills me to no end:
But this one fills me with ultimate sunshine:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 07:13PM by Gcrush.
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> [blog.livedoor.jp]
> .html
>
> look at the mouth on that thing
> i think we're gonna need a bigger boat
This picture thrills me to no end:
But this one fills me with ultimate sunshine:
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 07:13PM by Gcrush.
asterphage Wrote:
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> I was a little upset by the Professor Layton one.
But his expression is priceless.
> So, G, are you gonna have your Queen's Blade
> chickies slashing each other to pieces soon?
The Beast has not yet arrived at our house. But once it has I promise to put something terrible together.
Which reminds me, I've had these Alien doods and Daimajin sitting around for over a month and I've completely forgotten to complain about them. So, uh...
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Daimajin is already back in his little plastic coffin. But everyone should get one. It's the most awesomest poseable Daimajin figure yet. It's nearly perfect. The only thing that bugs me about it is the lack of sculpting on the waist area that sits above the belt and just underneath the torso - when you move the chest backwards or forwards it exposes a section of perfectly smooth, toyetic brown plastic. Really, really distracting. More so because they went the extra mile and sculpted other sections of the body, like the legs, in such a way that they maintain a rather seamless texture (if not appearance). Oh, and they should have included non-angry forearms to match the Tranquil Face. Anyway, EVERYONE SHOULD BUY A REVOLTECH DAIMAJIN EVEN IF IT MEANS THEY HAVE TO EAT RAMEN FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT.
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The Alien... Is weird. Some touches are outstanding, way beyond anything we've ever seen in an Alien figure. For example, the layers of bits on the torso and the way they integrated the articulation. It's... Astounding. And the sculpting, for this scale, is incredible. But...
The articulation is wonky. The elbows include an uber-awesome new "small joint" that is tight and smooth, but the shoulder's have the old, floppy style joint. What's the point of that? The knees should have been double-style joints in order to get more movement out of them. Same with the hips. And the wrists have these lame hinge joints instead of revoltechs. Why?
And while I'm at it, why didn't they joint the breathing tube thingies on the back like they did with the new EVA figure?
But those are minor points in comparison to the two biggest flaws. The paint is... Awful. Really, really awful. The base plastic is a semi-translucent black with BRIGHT SILVER HIGHLIGHTS. The alien was actually gray and rust colored in the film, though most shots made it appear black. And really, the black isn't all that bad. But the silver has gots ta go. It's waaay out of place and, worse yet, sits alongside differently colored joints. Garish.
And the really killer is the fucking tail. No joint at the base of the body, so your Alien can never really point it anywhere other than down. And the bendy wire that runs through it is about an inch too short. So only the first two thirds of the tail are poseable. Such an obvious design flaw alongside all the other lovingly crafted elements... It drives me bat shit nuts when I think about it.
It could have been the perfect toy right out of the box. But... It only goes 80% of the way there. Like the really smart rich kid in high school that sailed by on all the tests with Bs even though he never studied... All the right advantages going in, but somehow still making an unremarkable finish. Everyone should keep their expectations pretty damn low when buying the Alien Revoltech so they won't be disappointed when it inevitably disappoints them.
One last point - there's a picture of some whack dood on the front of the box that almost looks like Geiger. Or, at least it looks like him 20 years ago before he got all flabby and zombified. Creepy ass time travel photo messes me up every time I look at it.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 09:51PM by Gcrush.
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> I was a little upset by the Professor Layton one.
But his expression is priceless.
> So, G, are you gonna have your Queen's Blade
> chickies slashing each other to pieces soon?
The Beast has not yet arrived at our house. But once it has I promise to put something terrible together.
Which reminds me, I've had these Alien doods and Daimajin sitting around for over a month and I've completely forgotten to complain about them. So, uh...
====
Daimajin is already back in his little plastic coffin. But everyone should get one. It's the most awesomest poseable Daimajin figure yet. It's nearly perfect. The only thing that bugs me about it is the lack of sculpting on the waist area that sits above the belt and just underneath the torso - when you move the chest backwards or forwards it exposes a section of perfectly smooth, toyetic brown plastic. Really, really distracting. More so because they went the extra mile and sculpted other sections of the body, like the legs, in such a way that they maintain a rather seamless texture (if not appearance). Oh, and they should have included non-angry forearms to match the Tranquil Face. Anyway, EVERYONE SHOULD BUY A REVOLTECH DAIMAJIN EVEN IF IT MEANS THEY HAVE TO EAT RAMEN FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT.
====
The Alien... Is weird. Some touches are outstanding, way beyond anything we've ever seen in an Alien figure. For example, the layers of bits on the torso and the way they integrated the articulation. It's... Astounding. And the sculpting, for this scale, is incredible. But...
The articulation is wonky. The elbows include an uber-awesome new "small joint" that is tight and smooth, but the shoulder's have the old, floppy style joint. What's the point of that? The knees should have been double-style joints in order to get more movement out of them. Same with the hips. And the wrists have these lame hinge joints instead of revoltechs. Why?
And while I'm at it, why didn't they joint the breathing tube thingies on the back like they did with the new EVA figure?
But those are minor points in comparison to the two biggest flaws. The paint is... Awful. Really, really awful. The base plastic is a semi-translucent black with BRIGHT SILVER HIGHLIGHTS. The alien was actually gray and rust colored in the film, though most shots made it appear black. And really, the black isn't all that bad. But the silver has gots ta go. It's waaay out of place and, worse yet, sits alongside differently colored joints. Garish.
And the really killer is the fucking tail. No joint at the base of the body, so your Alien can never really point it anywhere other than down. And the bendy wire that runs through it is about an inch too short. So only the first two thirds of the tail are poseable. Such an obvious design flaw alongside all the other lovingly crafted elements... It drives me bat shit nuts when I think about it.
It could have been the perfect toy right out of the box. But... It only goes 80% of the way there. Like the really smart rich kid in high school that sailed by on all the tests with Bs even though he never studied... All the right advantages going in, but somehow still making an unremarkable finish. Everyone should keep their expectations pretty damn low when buying the Alien Revoltech so they won't be disappointed when it inevitably disappoints them.
One last point - there's a picture of some whack dood on the front of the box that almost looks like Geiger. Or, at least it looks like him 20 years ago before he got all flabby and zombified. Creepy ass time travel photo messes me up every time I look at it.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/14/2010 09:51PM by Gcrush.
EVA Unit 2's tribute album to his favorite rapper Chubb Rock did not fare so well...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/19/2010 03:24PM by Kwesi K..
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Baragon arrived today. Feeling LAZY. No pics. Impressions.
Accessory parts are cool and durable, if not a little gashapon-like in the paint department. Are the environmental goodies a first in Revoltech? They're good enough to warrant wanting more. Especially in the Toho line ups.
Baragon is... Pretty average for a Revoltech. But excellent for a fully-poseable Toho character. Bandai should really be ashamed they didn't get to this first.
High Points: Opaque horn looks awesome, generally good paint apps, Revoltech joint at the base of the tail for crankage, damn near perfect articulation, can take standing or crawling poses well.
Low Points: No waist joint so Baragon cannot hunch or rotate his body at all, wire in the bendy tail does not extend to the tip (just like the Alien), no Revoltech joints in the elbows (WHY NOT!?!??) which means the arms don't pose as well as the legs. (Maybe they cheaped out on the elbows as a cost cutting measure, but it really sucks when you get a Revoltech figure with simple cut or hinge joints.)
Missing Points: Where are the effects parts? Didn't Baragon shoot flames or lighting or poop or something from its face? And why did they use the old-style small joints that get all floppy instead of of the tighter new-style ones?
Ugly Points: Sadly, one cannot graft Revoltech titties on Baragon without using some kind of adhesive. Boo!
So... Yeah. Middle of the road for a Revoltech, but a new bar of awesome for Daikaiju.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2010 03:36PM by Gcrush.
Accessory parts are cool and durable, if not a little gashapon-like in the paint department. Are the environmental goodies a first in Revoltech? They're good enough to warrant wanting more. Especially in the Toho line ups.
Baragon is... Pretty average for a Revoltech. But excellent for a fully-poseable Toho character. Bandai should really be ashamed they didn't get to this first.
High Points: Opaque horn looks awesome, generally good paint apps, Revoltech joint at the base of the tail for crankage, damn near perfect articulation, can take standing or crawling poses well.
Low Points: No waist joint so Baragon cannot hunch or rotate his body at all, wire in the bendy tail does not extend to the tip (just like the Alien), no Revoltech joints in the elbows (WHY NOT!?!??) which means the arms don't pose as well as the legs. (Maybe they cheaped out on the elbows as a cost cutting measure, but it really sucks when you get a Revoltech figure with simple cut or hinge joints.)
Missing Points: Where are the effects parts? Didn't Baragon shoot flames or lighting or poop or something from its face? And why did they use the old-style small joints that get all floppy instead of of the tighter new-style ones?
Ugly Points: Sadly, one cannot graft Revoltech titties on Baragon without using some kind of adhesive. Boo!
So... Yeah. Middle of the road for a Revoltech, but a new bar of awesome for Daikaiju.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2010 03:36PM by Gcrush.
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