Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Revoltech Sci-Fi #014 Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees made his first appearance in the second installment of Friday The 13th slasher movie. It all started with an accident in a camping site near Crystal Lake. A mentally disabled boy was presumed drown because of the negligence of the camp counselors. That event triggered a string of massacre and surprisingly, the one who was responsible for all these murders was the dead boy himself, an adult Jason Voorhees.

Out-of-box content. Look at the amount of accessories which came with this bad boy!


Front view of Jason. The articulation for this figure is different compare to most of the figure from Revoltech. The sculpt was superb though.


Back view of Jason. It could be me but I thought Jason should be a lot leaner than what was depicted in this figure. Someone need to dig out this old movie and verify this.

Jason with his iconic hockey goalie mask.


In the original script, Jason was a mentally disabled boy without any deformity. It was Tom Savini, a make-up artist who made Jason deformed.

Now let us check out the neat accessories which came with this figure. Here is a pitch fork. Just nice to impale anyone who crosses Jason.


An axe for chopping up logs OR bodies.

I do not recall Jason using pickaxe but I can imagine him using this without any problem.

The same goes to this handsaw. Hmmm... this makes you wonder. Which is a lot more convenient? To hack off a limb using an axe or to saw it off using a handsaw? You can always use it for carpentry too like what Jason is doing here.

Shovel is great to move dirt around OR to bury dead bodies.

A machete is a very useful tool when you are in the woods. I know, cause I have one handy in my car.

This figure comes with a base. It looks like a portion of a stable with a hanging rope with some other items scattered on the floor.


This figure comes with an extra bloodied head for Jason.

Jason with an axe stucked on his head.

The revealed bloodied head. This guy just does not know how to die!

Kaiyodo took a brave move to venture into the horror genre with the release of Jason. As an overall, this figure is not that articulated due to the design and placement of the joints. This was compensated by a large amount of accessories and a wicked looking base. All-in-all, this is still a great figure for any horror fans out there. Let us all hope that Kaiyodo will release a figure for Leatherface, Freddy and friends.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Revoltech Hokuto no Ken #020- Yuria

Yuria was first introduced as the missing fiancee of Kenshiro, who was taken away by Shin. Kenshiro was told by Shin that Yuria commited suicide for she was not able to endure the cruelty and suffering which was happening all around her. Later in the series, it was revealed that she faked her death in order to escape the clutches of Raoh. She resurfaced as the Last General of the Nanto Roku Seiken and strived to lead the Nanto to unite with the Hokuto.

Out-of-box content for this figure. Better get used to the lack of accessories. :P


Front view. I was surprised that Kaiyodo decided to release a figure of a female character in a series which was dominated by male character. Once again, the head sculpt was really well done.


Back view. This is a very petite figure. It is almost half the size of the male figure. The hair was very well sculpted and it is articulated.

The figure with the robe on.


This figure comes with the helmet which was used to hide her identity.



Although she was supposed to be the last general of the Nanto Roku Seiken, she does not know any martial art. Even so, she was able to influence a lot of people using her charisma alone.

Yuria was guided by the Star of the Compassionate Mother.


Yuria with the helmet on. The helmet was really unneccessary. It might account to something if the figure comes with a set of the general's armour.

All in all, this is the first and I believe the last female figure that will grace this line of release. It is very well sculpted but unfortunately there are not much that you can do with it.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Revoltech Hokuto no Ken #019- Kaioh

Kaioh rule as the First Rashō over the Land of Asura. He is known with the title of the Demon Kaioh. He is in fact the long lost older brother to both Raoh and Toki, who remained in Asura while his two brothers left the country with Kenshiro.

Out-of-box content. This is a very robust figure but again with little accessories.

Front view of the figure. The whole figure was sculpted with the up-most detail.

Back view of the figure. Observe the folds on the on Kaioh's clothing.

Kaioh wears a special armor which keeps his demonic aura focused. To showcase the articulation, the shoulder guards were removed.

Looks pretty good even without the shoulder guards.


Front view of the figure with the shoulder guards. Raoh's armour design does not even come close to Kaioh's.


Back view of the figure.




He emits a very imposing aura. One look and you can tell that he is one bad ass character!





Enough talk! Time for some action pose!


Kaioh in his full armour. If you did not think that Kaioh was imposing before, think again!


Anryu Hiha! Kaioh can channel his matoki into an energy blast directed to his opponent.


Anryu Tenha! Kaioh used this technique to counter Kenshiro's Musou Tensei.


Unlike Raoh, Kaioh's helmet does not look awkward when it is put on. On a side note, Kaioh's armour resemble the Yian Garuga armour set from the Monster Hunter series.

Kaioh is the last antagonist of the series and on top of that there are no flaws I can associate with it besides the lack of accessories. With that, this is another highly recommended figure for fans out there.