Friday, June 27, 2008

Revoltech Series: Macross

Revoltech is a line of action figures made by Japanese company Kaiyodo. In its long series of action figures released so far, all of them are robots and Character from popular Japanese Anime like Macross, Patlabor, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Transformer... etc etc. The unique feature of all Revoltech action figures are the highly articulated or pose-able joints between every limbs, torso and head. This make it an ideal display figurines for Japanese toy fans like me. The highly articulated joints are thanks to Kaiyodo uniquely designed "Revolver Joint" which allow almost any form of character pose and unlike other action figures in the market, the joint locks in position thus action figures will hardly suffer from a drooping arm or leg. Sadly, Gundam are not found in the Revoltech series. This might be due to license issue but it will be nice to see Kaiyodo lay its hand on the Gundam series.

Revoltech toys can be found in most Toystore in Tokyo Japan especially at Kaiyodo Hobby Shop located at 4th level of Radio Kaikan, Akihabara. Most figures cost between 1900 yen to 3000 yen. Tonight Revoltech Series features two former rivals in the Macross Universe.


Zentradi Regult vs UN Spacey Valkyrie VF-1S


Without learning how to read those characters, every know its made in Japan. Btw, they did not use Organic material to produce the toy.



"Macross: Do You Remember Love?" a spin off movie from the original Macross series.


Sliding out from the box is a neatly package VF-1S "Skull Squadron" Valkyrie. In the Macross Anime, this color scheme Valkyrie is piloted by UN Spacey ace pilot, Roy Focker.


Besides the VF-1S figures and the FAST Pack(Navy blue parts),the package also comes with several different posture hands for customization.


VF-1S equipped with FAST Pack and a figure stand that shaft into its ass through a Revolver Joint.


This is the first time any company created the Zentradi Regult. Everyone thought this former bad guy robot is forgotten.



Shoot!

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