So Revoltech became a hit, and now has more than 100 figures in the line, expanding from the initial 4 sub-lines and securing various Hollywood movie licenses like Batman and Aliens. They recently revamped the line to include even more accessories in the box. Unfortunately, they only came out with 4 Transformers figures.
Too bad really. Optimus Prime and Megatron were excellent figures and deserve more company than Starscream and Hot Rodimus. Those are Revoltech figures #46 and #47 respectively.
I bought these figures at last year’ December Toy Con, a scaled down version of our summer Toy Con that caters more to Christmas shoppers rather than the hordes of fan boys that descend on the SM trade hall in June. Since my main reason of going to toy conventions is to fill a few holes in my collection, I prefer the less stressful atmospher of the December Toy Con. I don’t have to deal with long lines and force myself through a gaggle of people to get to the vendor tables.
Just like #19 and #25, Starscream and Hot Rod come in plain square boxes that are the standard for the series. Again, they have the same black plastic tray that holds the figure and accessories, with a clear plastic cover that can be slid in and out of the provided paperboard box.
The box has some nice photos in the back that displays the toys in poses that really whet your curiosity. If you saw either of these in the toy store, you’d definintely pause to look at the box.
It’s too bad that they’re only made in Japan. If you want them, and you don’t live in Southeast Asia, you’re best bet would be one of the online stores. Filipinos thankfully can find them in Greenhills, and they’re fairly available around Singapore and Hong Kong I hear.
LIke the first two, these figures are sculpted in a forced perspective and look best when seen from below. The feet are big, while the head is tiny. It sounds odd, but it works remarkably well.
The articulation is just as excellent as the first two. After the issue with Prime’s elbow joint, Kaiyodo fixed the problem. Although you can still see the nub of the Revolver poking out, it’s cast in the same color as the toys now, so it’s less obvious. The joints really shine when you’re displaying your figures in dynamic poses as opposed to having them just stand on a shelf.
Hot Rod comes with several accessories.
First he has a couple of extra pairs of hands. One of them is a thumbs up, which is all kind of cool. He also has a set of hands that allows him to hold his two photo laser pistols, which look unbelievably awsome in his hands. His final accessory is the extra head which has a visor over his eyes. You know, ’cause his “future’s so bright, he’s got to wear shades.” I’ve got a month old Chocnut for anyone who can name where that that obscure pop reference came from.
Starscream is just as awesome as the rash Autobot Commander.
Again, he has the same excellent articulation as the other 3 figures, though it is slightly hampered by his wings. Understandable, but it might have paid off if Kaiyodo had made the wings articulated as well. If they were able to fold back, it woudl have added a nice little gift to toy collectors.
Still, with the included stand that comes with these two figures, at least you can have him float above the other 3 figures in the set.
He has the requisite extra hands, just like everyone else, but instead of an extra head, Screamer gets his little friend, Megatron, in his gun form. The gun fits in an extra hand. The way it’s built is kind of weird, with the shoulder stock bent downwards, but that’s probably a limitation of the fact that these are blocky robots and now soft round humanoids.
Paint wise, these two are a little more mettalic looking than their predecessors. The finish reminds me a lot of the new Iron Man 2 figures. I could have done without it, but it was a nice addition.
I got these two for only Php 700 each at the WasabiToys stall at the Toy Fair. I’m fairly certain that they’ve sold out, but I see Revoltech toys for sale all the time on the PinoyToyKolektor forums and I’m sure that the Anime-oriented forums around will have them as well. They’re liable to be more expensive now, but if you can find them for about Php 1000 I’d count yourself lucky.
If you can find both, you can have desktop battles like the one below:
Revoltech Convoy & Megatron
Right now, I think the best line from Japan is Kaiyodo’s Revoltech line. Kaiyodo is a company that begain back in 1964 as a tiny hobby shop in Osaka making and selling models kits. Since then, they’ve become one of the biggest names in toy making in Japan, with a their very own museum in Nagahama,, Shiga prefecture. In 2006, Kaiyodo introduced the Revoltech line which featured a newly designed, replaceable, ratcheted joint that allowed figures an unprecedented range of movement.
Since then, the Revoltech line has evolved, coming out with sculpts that got the most out of the “Revolver” joints that were the basis for the line, and splitting into 4 distict sub-lines; Super Robot, Creature, Humanoid (which eventually included the Fraulein Revoltech line with Pocco, and both the Movie and TV versions of Yoko) and the Real Robot line.
“Real Robot” is a genre of Japanese animation (anime) that encompasses Mobile Suit Gundam, Macross, and other similar cartoons. They are typically characterized by a reliance on ranged weapons and other scaled up versions of human weapons as opposed to the crazy insane Breast Missiles or the Blazing Sword.
Part of the “Real Robot” sub-line is the Transformers collection. This includes #019 Convoy (or Optimus Prime as he’s known in the rest of the world) which was released on April 15, 2007. It was followed by #25 a few months later; Megatron (who is, uncannily, also known as Megatron in Japan). Later on Kaiyodo made a Starscream (#46 - Starscream) and a Hot Rod (#47 - Rodimus Convoy) but I’ll cover them in a later review.
Like most of the early Revoltechs, these came in fairly plain, traditional boxes that housed a plastic tray with a fairly secure cover. The tray displays the figure fairly well, and holds some of the accessories. The rest of the accessories (extra hands, the stand, etc.) are usually included in a small baggie that is taped to the backside of the black plastic container.
The box itself is pretty nice, since it sports some nicely done product photography and shows off the range of the toy. These things are designed for joint junkies like me, so the photos give you a pretty good idea of what you’ll get. If I didn’t need the space, these are probably among the packages I’d keep in order to store the toys (which are fairly delicate).
They’re easy to pop out of the plastic prisons. The covers to the black trays have round buttons at each corner that hold them to the bottom part. You just cut the cellophane tape on the sides and pull the two apart. Be careful not to lose anything, since toys aren’t that big, and the parts can easily jump out of the tray and disappear under a bed or a sofa forever.
As you can see, they are only about four and a half inches tall, perfect for a desktop decoration. They are sculpted in a style that resembles the art of Pat Lee or Don Figueroa; manga-like with a lot of forced perspective these bigger than life robots look bigger than life.
Because of that, the toys look slightly funny if you shoot them from straight on, with a tiny head, and oversized feet and long legs. If you bring your lens (or eyes) down, then they look a little more natural. Perfect if you mean to put them on a shelf above your computer or something.
Both toys are sculpted by Katsuhisa Yamaguchi who did a whole bunch of the other Humanoid Revoltech series like Vash the Stampede, Dante from Devil May Cry and all 3 of the Detroit Metal City toys. Not to mention my Dead or Alive figures.
The toys are built on the Revoltech Revolver joint, which is basically a double swivel/hinge; a ratcheted hinge shaped like a ball with a post at each end that plugs into a limb. The limbs swivel around the post. This allows a crazy amount of articulation, but also means that the toy tends to fall apart at times. It’s still better than joints breaking.
Both are made of both ABS and PVC plastic (not sure what parts are what, but I suspect the joints are the ABS… or PVC?). They’re very sturdy and seem to be holding up quite well. I bought mine second hand and they’re still as playable as the day the guy I got it from brought them home.
There is one thing that may bug you on Prime’s body, and that’s his elbow. The Revolver joint there goes into his upper arm, but the other end, instead of going into his forearm, goes straight down through his “skin” and pokes out. Though it doesn’t affect his articulation, it’s highly visible since all his Revolvers are black. Thankfully, they fixed the issue before Megatron came out. They still stick out, but at least they’re colored gray.
Both figures come with a few choice accessories. Prime/Convoy has his classic rifle, 3 extra hands, and a tiny Matrix of Leadership (so small that he can only fit one finger into the handle). There are a ton of other things that could have been included here, like his jet pack, his energon axe, Roller maybe? There isn’t even a stand like the later figures. Megatron gets a similar set; three extra hands and an extra sneering head instead of the Matrix. His gun is glued to his arm.
Overall, both of these are good figures. I’ve seen Optimus (Convoy if you insist) for lower than Php 1,000.00, but Megatron seems to be less available nowadays. If you can get them at around Php 800.00, they’re a good value for your money. A nice sculpt, spectacular articulation, and a high fun factor outweigh the issues of small design flaws and a lack of accessories. I can also forgive the small size since they are a match for each other, so scale isn’t such an issue.
If you’re a Transformers fan and can find them (they are only produced in Japan after all), then I’d suggest picking them up.
Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon
Waaaay back in 2009, when I first heard that the announced Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) Bludgeon had made an appearance at some of the specialty stores around Metro Manila, I was itching to get my hands on one. I expected that it would be impossible to get one, having experienced several grueling hunts in a row for Sideswipe, both of the Twins, and the Ice Cream Truck set. After Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released, competition for Transformers collectors increased about 1000%, since every parent in the country had kids asking for their very own action figure based on their favorite characters. It didn’t help that reports from the States were saying that Bludgeon was pretty hard to find on retail shelves.
Luckily, that wasn’t the case here.
Like Dirge, Brawn, and Lockdown, Bludgeon wasn’t part of the movie cast. That meant that competition from the Mommy market wasn’t forthcoming. That meant I still had collectors and hoarders to deal with.
Apparently not. As it turned out, Playkit, banking on the success they had with the figures that were directly representing characters in the movie, ordered plenty of boxes. Bludgeon and the others that came out at the same time have been warming spaces in Toy Kingdom ever since.
Bad for the Playkit, good for me.
The box is the same as any of the other Voyager Class figures in the second series of movie Transformers. Like the boxes for the Leader Class Optimus Prime, it’s mostly made of plastic, with some carboard for the back and as a frame for the toy inside. The windows are large and give you a fairly wide view of the toy inside, which is in vehicle mode. You can see that the tank lies on another plastic insert so that it is raised off the back of the card at a slight angle. There’s also an abundance of tape and twist ties. Hate hate hate twist ties.
Despite the fancy pinking on the sides of the box, it opens as any standard box would. You can slide out the tray, cardboard this time, and take out the toy. I don’t think the toy requires this much space though. You can see from the pictures that there is a lot of empty in that box. However, I bet mint-on-card (MOC) collectors love this kind of display.
On the back, there’s the requisite product shot and data blurbs, as well as the power guages. Who else misses the red tech specification decoders from the 80’s? Raise your hands, now. The photos are servicable, but completely uninspired.
The figure’s alternate mode is a Japanese Type 90 Kyu-maru, which is the main battle tank of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. It’s built by Mitsubishi, so you’ve probably seen it in Jackie Chan movies.
The mold seems serviceable, but it doesn’t really look too close to the photos I’ve seen of the real Type 90, which is a lot smoother. This thing has little parts hanging off all over it. Which is actually good. Honestly, I don’t care how close Transformers are to real cars or jets, as long as they look good.
The tank mode has wheels on the treads, which, wonder of wonders, are actually flexible. Parts of them anyway. Thanks to his design, the treads break apart. Some are cast in place, but pieces come loose and hang rom his armor, forming a sort of chainmail. Frankly, it’s awesome.
The turret also turns as a turret should, but there’s no up and down movement. The machine gun on top pivots, but the missle pods do not.
Since he’s a Voyager class toy, he is a little bigger than the Deluxe figures, but not big enough to be true to scale for anything by Legends class figures. He’s dwarfed by the Leader Class Brawl from the first movie (sorry, don’t have a pic of that).
Paint, like with most Transformers toys, is virtually a non-issue. Most of him is cast in color. So it’s either green, orange, or gray. There are some pieces painted black on his body, and they aren’t too bad, but they are flat and featureless paint applications. This lack is especially sad when you have him tank mode, since those orange parts that look good in robot mode look totally out of place in his vehicle form. A little paint would have gone a long way here, Hasbro.
His conversion process is a little tough for beginners, as a Voyager Class toy should be, but once you know where it all goes, it gets easier.
One part I really enjoyed was how his turret becomes a “backpack” that houses his two blades, both his katana and wakizashi. The katana (the longer one) slides right into the barrel of the main gun and the hilt of the sword forms an extension of the barrel. The dagger, fits into a small tube that pops out of the interior of the turret. There are also some cool gears in there as well, so it’s not just a single hinge that opens it. Sweet.
The dagger is a little short for a samurai’s short side sword, but it’s forgivable when a robot looks this awesome:
If you’re familiar with the Transformer toyline, you might remember there was a subline called “The Pretenders” from 1989. These were a group of Transformers who inhabited human form shells. The shells would crack open to reveal a small robot with simple transformation scheme. It was a pretty fun concept and I bought at least 3 of them.
The original Bludgeon was one of them. His pretender shell was that of a skeletal samurai. That’s right, a SKELETAL SAMURAI. I cannot stress how cool this thing looked to me at the time, despite having only 2 points of articulation. This new version has way more than that.
I mean, the term “super articulated” has been thrown around a lot in the toy industry, but this is pretty damned close to my own definition of the term which is “has the ability to kick that other super articulated toy in the face”:
That kick just awesomed that other toy’s face off.
When you look at him, Bludgeon has the equivalent of a swivel neck, swivel/hinge shoulders, an upper arm swivel, double-hinge elbows, swivel/hinge hips, swivel/hinge knees, and hinge ankles. Plus his man skirt is on hinges as well, and the turret is on a swivel. All of that combines for some satisfying play options.
The new robot is an homage to that early shell, while the alt mode is a nod to the robot that was included inside. It’s a skeletal samurai, just like the original, but it has a lot more detail in it’s special roboty regions with gears and pistons and stuff. The whole effect is very impressive and if he was bigger, you could just imagine him slicing his way through Tokyo.
About the only thing I would have changed would be to make the turret removable so it could act like a shield, as it did in the original toy. However, since they gave us a second weapon to occupy his other hand, that’s something I can live without. Heck, with his excellent upper body joints, he can even hold the katana with both hands. OR, he can store both his swords at his side where Hasbro designers included two holes that the blades can fit in.
Seriously, this guy is worth the price (around Php 1,400.00 or so), and since he’s still readily available at suggested retail price, it’s an excellent bargain.
He’s absolutely a Decepticon worthy of standing next to Megatron on your shelf, chopping Autobots to pieces as the Master of Metalliko.
Mr. Freeze (2003)
It’s been pointed out to me that there is a distinct difference between American and Filipino shopping sensibilities. When the majority of Filipinos shop for anything, they usually have in mind what it is they are looking for and how much they want to pay for it. If they don’t find it or find it at a price above the one they’ve set, they will pass on the purchase.
Historically, Americans have shopped for fun. If they don’t find what they are looking for, they will often buy something else on impulse, just so that they “don’t waste the trip”. Though this is changing now that Americans are faced with a changing economy and the need for fiscal prudence, that prevalent consumerism is still evident in my own shopping habits.
Having only found a Colossus and Shadowcat from the new Marvel Univeres H.A.M.M.E.R Files toys, I decided to make the trip to Greenhills “worth it” by getting something else. This time, it was a few villians to join my DC Universe Classics Joker and Man-Bat in my Batman rogues’ gallery.
This particular figure was initially produced back in 2003 (or 2004 depending on what website you’re looking at) during Mattel’s Batman line. The wave had 2 variations; this one, and a chase figure without the googles. Mattel being Mattel, they decided to stick with the same figure when they were beefing up their DC Superheroes line in 2006. It later came out again as an exclusive figure in 2007.
Having seen the 4 re-colors, I tend to think this is the best version. The 2006 DCSH one looks as if he’s in a muscle tee, and the exclusive version is dark gray with blue touches and red highlights. Both have black guns instead of the plain gray. I prefer the darker blue that this figure has, though and since I’ve always liked the googles…
But then again, this may just be me sour-graping.
The package that the figure came is the same as most figures back in the day. Only Toy Biz and some of the other high end companies had adopted clam shells, so this one is the good old blister on card, with a internal plastic tray to hold the figure in place. It works just as well as it does today.
The back of the card has an excellent photo of the toy, one of the things I miss from old cards. It was that picture that sold me on the toy more than anything really, since looking at it, it seems as if his right hip moves away from the crotch. When I saw the gap, I thought that this had the same articulation as the modern day DC Universe Classics. Sadly, that’s not the case. The hip joints are just plain swivels.
It’s pretty awesome that I found this toy for only Php 500.00. Sure back in the day the original price for this thing was probably Php 300 or so, but cosidering that a 3.75″ figure is now already Php 450.00, I think I’m coming out ahead. Also, I was looking this up on line, and it looks like prices range from $30 to $60 for this toy, depending on what series it’s from.
Under of the blister, the toy is held in place by a plastic tray that holds him fairly securely. You can plainly see the two accessories he has; the backpack and cannon that make up his freeze ray. They’re both pretty huge, though mostly hollow.
The gun isn’t really all that great. I mean, it looks nice and is styled a lot like how you’d expect a big fat ray gun to be styled, but it’s not really ergonomically sound. The figure can only hold it in a single position, and only with two hands.
If you attempt to put the gun in only one hand, it’ll just fall off because of the thin grip and the limited articulation of the arm. The stock of the gun is completely useless, unless you bend it down and tuck it under his arm. It’s pretty ridiculous since they must have made the gun for this toy. How can they have designed a completely useless element like that stock? It doesn’t go anywhere, doesn’t fit anything, and it can’t get any where near his shoulder.
The backpack acts as a resevoir for water (you can remove one of the caps on top), and pumps it through a hose attached to the gun. A neat little action feature that isn’t too conspicuous and can easily be removed from the figure.
There are also hoses coming out of the backpack that plug into his arms. Luckily, they can also be removed so you’re not stuck with the one look. You can dissasemble him and have a “naked” Mr. Freeze to wail away on old Bats.
By it self, the figure looks awesome. I’m sure this was around the time that the Batman Animated Universe was still big, so he has a lot of that Mr. Freeze thrown in, along with the Arnold Schwarzenegger man hunk build. The body looks a little on the exaggerated side, much like the animated version, with big boots and broad shoulders.
He’s in his survival suit, so you can see all sorts of doohickery and thingamajiggies around his person. The skin looks like plated armor, and he’s got the dome covering a well sculpted head.
I love the fact that he’s got a second action feature built into him; a movable head. You’d think that since his head is inside a transparent bubble you wouldn’t be able to move it, but you’d be wrong. Mattel connected the head with the lower torso so that when you turn his body, the head turns with it inside the helmet.
That’s pretty cool. I’m sure they could have gotten the same effect by just building the head and the bubble dome as seperate pieces, gluing them together and just sticking them to a post on the upper torso, but this solution seems much more elegant.
As I said, there was a chase figure without googles released shortly after this one, but since I’ve never seen it up close, we’ll skip it.
Paint is good, but nothing that just means that there isn’t much to get wrong. It’s about on par with the old vintage Toy Biz stuff. Mostly cast plastic with a few highlights. He fares pretty well, since he’s made of a dark blue, but his gun is a different story. It’s a dull gray that looks like nothing but plasticky. It could certainly stand a few coats of blue or something.
Unfortunately, he’s not in scale with the DCUC crowd, but then I can’t fault the toy for that since it came out well before that line. If you have a bit of imagination, you can ignore the fact that he’s a bit short compared to The Riddler and The Joker.
Articulation is something he is sorely lacking. If you’re familiar with DC Direct joints then you know what to expect here. It’s basically just a bunch of hinges with a couple of swivels thrown in.
What’s worse is that because he’s been sculpted with his legs spread out, it means that he can’t stand in anything but the one position, making his knees completely useless. The slanted soles of his feet won’t hold him up if you try to do anything with him.
The upper body is a little better with the swivel/hinge ball joint shoulders, but there’s not much else there he can use.
Despite that, I’d still recommend this figure if you can still find it. He’s close to the current DCUC scale, has a nice look and a bad-ass looking BFG to point Batman’s way.
Until we get a new one from Mattel, This one does rather nicely.
H.A.M.M.E.R. Files Kitty Pryde
Most comic book characters fill some sort of archetypical role in their respective books. They’re not always particularly deep, and often very 1 dimensional. This is often because comic book fans come back to these books because they identify with them. If a writer were to say decide to do a 360 degree change and get The Hulk into some anger management classes and put him on some new-fangled anti-psychotic that would totally solve his problems, then what fun would that be? If Doom were to suddenly realize that no, it’s not cool to keep working toward global domination and absolute power and auction off his various ray guns for the benefit of Habitat for Humanity… well, who would buy that comic?
That’s the reason that Kitty Pryde has always been stuck in the role of that Unicorn that nerds everywhere have always sought; the geek girl.
Let’s examine her finer points:
The latest toy version of Katherine Anne “Kitty” Pryde ir Shadowcat, doesn’t completely live up to the comic version.
The package is the same simple package that all the Marvel Universe figures come in. A small blister pack that doesn’t have too much wasted space. It has a nice open blister with windows to 3 sides of the figure, a must with Hasbro’s poor quality control these days.
The pack is very sturdy and will stand up to a lot of abuse on the pegs. The inside plastic tray holds the figure in there securely AND supports the outer bubble, so you’ll see fewer dents. The J-hook is also supported now by a plastic piece that’s glued to the back. A nice thing that I just noticed. It’s great for MOC (mint-on-card) collectors since it means that fewer cards will get ripped on the pegs, a problem that was prevalent back when it was Marvel Legends that we were looking for.
Unlike DC toys, Marvel and Hasbro have stopped putting the figures in action poses in the package. While it was a great way to catch the attention of buyers, it also meant a lot of the toys were getting deformed in the packages. Thankfully, we don’t have to deal with that any more. With the lack of twist ties and the nuetral pose in package, most figures seem to be free from the warpped joints.
The tray is easy enough to remove. If you want to keep the package to store the figure later, you can cut around the bubble fairly easily. If you’re just going to toss it, you can just rip it open.
You can see that the Kitty Pryde figure comes with the standard H.A.M.M.E.R. Files file envelope (which includes a file card, a small folded memo from a H.A.M.M.E.R. agent to Osbourn about Shadowcat, and an advertisement for the H.A.M.M.E.R. Files website with your password). I find these less of a draw than I do the [url=http://slangards.i.ph/blogs/slangards/2010/03/12/toy-review-iron-man-2-mark-iv-and-vi/]Iron Man 2[/url] Armor Cards. For one, the artwork on the card has Kitty Pryde sporting pornface. It’s not that flattering.
She also comes with her pet, the purple alien dragon, Lockheed. At this scale, he’s about as detailed as the Wasp that came with Dr. Doom, whcih is to say he’s a blob with a neck and wings. Sad to say, he can’t really do anything by stand on the ground. I would have liked to have a way to make him fly next to her, or sit on her hand. No such luck.
The figure’s design leave much to be desired. I’m a fan of Shadowcat’s blue costume, the one with the mask, poofy sleeves, and skin tight leggings. That one was pretty hot.
Hasbro decided to put her in the standard X-Men uniform though. Blue and gold body suit. In this case, it looks more like black. It’s boring as all get out.
This was probably done to save money, since she’s likely just a re-color of most of the other female superheroes that Hasbro has done in the past, like Ms. Marvel, or Black Widow. I’m sure we’ll see Sue Storm with this same body soon.
The head is a new sculpt though. It looks appropriate, with brown curly hair and a hooked nose, characteristics that she was originally portrayed with. It is kind of soft looking though.
Articulation is sub-par, as with all Marvel Universe female figures. She lacks both thigh and upper arm swivels, which sorely limits her poseability. With her tiny footprint, that means she can’t really do anything without her stand.
You also need to watch out with paint. A friend was able to get this for me and told me that there was another figure there as well and it had some messed up applications on the face. I saw another example at Rustan’s Shagri-La and it had some very ragged lines between the yellow and black portions of her costume.
But then considering how few boxes there were in the initial delivery, beggars can’t be choosers.
She’s nicely scaled with the [url=http://slangards.i.ph/blogs/slangards/2010/05/12/toy-review-hammer-files-colossus/]H.A.M.M.E.R. Files Colossus[/url], who is about a head and a half taller than her. I love that I now have both of these X-Men on my roster. If you’re a fan of the couple, then you’ll need to get both.
Unfortunately, I can’t recommend the figure if you’re NOT a fan. Aside from the head and the tiny Lockheed figurine, I don’t think she has anything to offer a non X-Men collector. Kitty Pryde is a very plain figure, with passable articulation and iffy paints.
If she had come in her classic costume, in a semi-phased state to display her powers, with a nicer Lockheed, I probably would have felt better about her.
Other Related Links: H.A.M.M.E.R. Files Colossus
X-Men Origins Cyclops & Iceman
X-Men Origins Wolverine with Jacket
Iron Man 2 Mark IV & Mark VI
Marvel Universe Dr. Doom & Absorbing Man
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