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.

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

Front view of the figure.

Close up on the figure.

Back view of the figure.

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

This enable the inner workings to be viewed.

X in the Ultimate Armour does look menacing.

Take this!

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

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.

Revoltech Sci-Fi #025 EX Iron Man Mark IV

I could not resist the temptation and finally bought myself the very illusive Iron Man Mark IV which was a limited edition figure.

Out-of-box content.

Front view of the figure.

Close up on the figure.

The revolving joints can provide a wide range of articulation.

Three, two, one, take off!

Those effect parts are good to portray the figure in certain action such as in mid flight.

Repulsor ray!

Want to have a iron-fist sandwich?

Mark IV was basically a recoloured Mark VI with some minor differences. That means that Mark IV has every single flaw which was present in the Mark VI and I have covered all those in my Mark VI review. Since this was a limited edition figure, most reseller was demanding for a premium price for this figure. Some reseller was asking USD200 for this on ebay! I bet there will always be someone who is willing to cough out that amount of money for this but I am definitely not that guy. Fortunately for me, I have managed to secure this figure around the actual retail price. All in all, Mark IV is basically identical to Mark VI. If you are a diehard fan or just wanted to complete your Iron Man figure collection from the Revoltech series then by all means grab it if you come across it at around retail price. If not, you can just grab Mark VI and forget about Mark IV.