Revoltech #64 - Enkidu

I have been slacking off again. :P By the time anyone read this post it should be somewhere around 2009. Without further ado let me present to you, Enkidu from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

After his defeat and losing his kabuto in the hand of Kamina, Viral make a hasty retreat but vow to exact his vengence on those hairless monkeys. The headless Enki was recondition to Enkidu.

Based on Mesopotamian folklore, Enkidu is a wildman who was raised by animals. The Disney equivalent will be Mowgli from Jungle Book. Later on, Enkidu met Gilgamesh (another popular fiction character)and befriended him.


Enkidu and the accessories. It is really disappointing to see so little gadgets being offered here.



Front and rear view of Enkidu.



Close up on the front and rear view.


The sickle-mohawk weapon that comes with the figure. I still prefer Enki's katanas over this. :P


I did not recall Enkidu having any boosters. Is this another marketing strategy?


Enkidu with the drawn sickle. Kaiyodo should at least give us a part to plug those holes left by the sickle. It looks as if Enkidu was shot on the head twice!



Side by side comparison with Enki. I say this figure is around 80% similiar to Enki.


I am no headless chicken! Time for some action pose!!!


Viral: Give me back my kabuto you thieving monkeys!!!
Kamina: Come and get it!!!


Viral: You ask for it!!!

Overall, I am a bit disappointed by this release. I can live with the paintjob but the amount of gadget that comes with this figure is abit lacking compare to the other TTGL release. In my opinion, the least that Kaiyodo can do is give us a set of extra arms so that we have the freedom of displaying this figure as Enkidu OR Enkidudu. I bet alot of people will not mind buying two set of this to display as either of the two mecha if Kaiyodo decide to do so. If you have not grab Enki before this, what is stopping you from getting Enkidu? Go for it. :D

Until then, lets go monkeys with all those TTGL Kaiyodo figures!

Trivia: The voice actor for Viral, Nobuyuki Hiyama is also the voice actor for Shishioh Guy from The King of Braves; Gaogaigar (another great anime mecha that I enjoy). :D

Revoltech Hokuto no Ken #03- Rei

I have been very very lazy lately. Despite the fact that I have a mountain of model kits to assemble and paint, I cannot find a motivation to start a project. The only thing that I have been doing during this long holiday is to play console games. Guess I might write an entry or two regarding what games I have been playing later. :D

Without further ado, let me present Rei from the Hokuto no Ken series. For those that is not familiar to the anime/manga, Rei is introduced as the second user of Nanto Shinken or to be exact, Nanto Suichoken (South Star Waterfowl Fist). He is a helldriven mercenary who has a sole purpose of finding "the man with seven scars" who he thought is the murderer and the man responsible for his sister's kidnapping. In the first arc of his introduction, Rei is hired alongside Kenshiro by Mamiya to protect her village against the Fang Clan. After Airi is found and rescued by Ken, Rei becomes Kenshiro's closest ally and supports him for a few story arcs.


The figure or Rei along with all the extra parts and gadgets.




Close up view from the front, back and side.


I am no Ultraman!






Nanto Suichoken (South Star Waterfowl Fist) is the most elegant Nanto Shinken. The practitioner is depicted as a waterfowl dancing on the water.


This is the midget from the Fang clan that comes with the figure.


Close up on the little midget.



Our little friend with the axe and the scimitar.



Ooo I forgot to mention that our friend here is a cannon fodder for Rei's Nanto Suichoken...

Overall, I love this Rei. You can pose it in whatever cool moves from the anime/manga. The only thing I would like to complain is the lack of extra heads to depict different emotion! There were time when Rei lost his cool and turn into a raging fighter. It is not too much to ask for at least 1 head showing a screaming Rei right?