Monday, September 23, 2013

D-Arts X (Ultimate Armour)

I am Mega Man,
Im blue and cyan.....
The blue bomber gets an additional upgrade in the form of the Ultimate Armour in Mega Man X4.

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Out-of-box content of the figure. Nothing to scream about here.

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Front view of the figure.

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Close up on the figure.

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Back view of the figure.
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Special highlight on this figure is the translucent/clear armour part.

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This enable the inner workings to be viewed.
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X in the Ultimate Armour does look menacing.

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Take this!

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X getting ready to perform his ultimate move. The Nova Strike.

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X enveloped himself with energy before performing a flying tackle to obliterate his enemies.
Years have passed since I last played Mega Man X4. I can hardly recalled how X looked like in his Ultimate Armour. When I first saw the product picture of this figure, I was kind of put off by the weird design especially the little small plane on the chest and not to mention the large scrander-like backpack. I have learned to love the odd and yet unique design. 

That aside, there are some flaws on this figure which I would like to point out. First of all, the articulation. The overall articulation for this figure was great but some joints are just too loose. The joint connecting the chest and the waist was loose on my figure. Not to mention that the joints on both the ankles were weak too. I got around fixing that with some BlueTag. The second issue I have with this figure was the finishing. There are a patch of bubbling effect on the gold finishing on the left shoulder guard of my figure. This annoyed me the most because I have no easy way to fix it. Last but not least. There was this small imperfection on one of the face sculpt which leaves an annoying black spot on the face.

All in all, Bandai still needs to do a lot in terms of their quality control. If you are a Mega Man/Rock Man X fans just like me and you are willing to accept any shortcoming from this product then do get yourself one of this baby.

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