Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Revoltech Hokuto no Ken #05- Toki

Toys, toys, toys... who will ever get enough of them? For this post, I will write about Revoltech Toki from Hokuto no Ken.

Toki is the second of the four Hokuto brothers and is consider by Ryuken as the best candidate for the 64th succession to Hokuto Shinken. He relinquish his right as the successor after fallen terminally ill during the nuclear fallout when he sacrifice himself to save Kenshiro, Yuria and a group of children. After that, he dedicated his life and skill to heal the sick and dying. He was later captured by Raoh’s army and was replaced by an imposter named Amiba.

Unlike his brothers, Toki uses a fighting style which, resembles flowing water. The Hokuto Ujō Ken (North Star Humane Fist) that he prefer is capable of fatally injuring an opponent but sparing the opponent the pain of dying. Hence, it is called the “humane” fist.


Out-of-the-box. This figure comes with 2 pairs of extra hand, a head, a pair of chain and a standard stand.



Front view. Yup this looks like Toki alright.



Rear view. I love the hair. I wonder how they managed to sculpt that.


Kenshiro! Let me challenge the successor of Hokuto Shinken!


Toki's style is elegant and smooth.


The closest comparison would be Taichi.


I will defeat you! Ken Oh!!!


Hokuto Oju Ken! Anyone who play the PS2/arcade game will recognize this move.



Remember that extra head I mentioned earlier? You can change Toki's head with the extra and you will get Amiba! A good reason for anyone to go buy an extra figure just to have Toki and Amiba standing next to each other.

Once again, Kaiyodo has done a great job in capturing the image of this character. There is not much to complain about besides some minor problem with the paintjob and the lack of extra gimmick. The only real problem/complain for me is to find those extra money that I will need to fork out for this figure. :P

2 comments:

janus lu said...

Wow! Another good review from you, bro. I like the face sculpt too. Just hope in future there will be more manga line appear in Revoltech, for example Slam Dunk.

eehtsitna said...

Yeah, this sculptor did a good job capturing those facial detail. I would love to see Revoltech from the other manga line too but im a bit worried with the condition of my wallet though...