[Merch] Evangelion Figures Superthread [3]

[TMBounty_Hunter]

Also, where can I nab myself the garage kit Karex is posting about?

Well it's an event kit and the next event the sculptor (http://mrd-3d.com/) is attending is http://www.treasure-festa.com in May.
Or if you want to pay a bit more than the 14,000 base price, there's one on Y!J auctions right now!
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d148390970

[Blue Monday]

Ouch, bit more costly than I had in mind.

My Google-fu seems to be lacking too; how large is the kit? I know the scale has been mentioned at 1:3551 but what's the translation into centimetres or inches with the length and wingspan?

[TMBounty_Hunter]

44cm long

http://mrd-3d.com/anime/wunder.html

[SEELE-01]

How big are the aforementioned Banpresto and Bandai Wunders?

Well, on Ebay Eva 13 of the set is measured at 13cm... And judging by THIS picture, I take that the wingspan is aroud 15cm and head to tail 14cm...
According to my calculations the tail of a Wunder with that wingspan should be aroud 19cm, but oh well...

Also, where can I nab myself the garage kit Karex is posting about?

Unless I'm mistaken, HERE

[Blue Monday]

http://mrd-3d.com/anime/wunder.html

Damn, looks fantastic in those couple finished product shots but costs way more than I'd want to spend on it unfortunately.

[SEELE-01]

Damn, looks fantastic in those couple finished product shots but costs way more than I'd want to spend on it unfortunately.

Let alone the painting work

BTW, is there any upcoming figure event on which Revoltech may announce anything new?

[Blue Monday]

Haven't heard anything and I don't expect to for a while unfortunately.

Thinking about it, the only real options left to explore from Q are the "Dark.09" and Eva-02'γ Code 777, both which I'm thinking could be released as web exclusives should Kaiyodo choose.

[Bucky 0 Har3]

If I remember correct last years wonderfest only showed of 08a and 13 and it was another event a month or so later that showed of 08b, 02y & 09. I'm not sure what the went was but the pics were posted on the revo Facebook page. So either there might be some offerings again at this event or they may just keep it a secret and we won't find out until the next revo goes up for pre order what it'll be.

I do hope though that they don't make 02y 777 & awakened mark 09 web exclusives as that will make it harder to get them some some collectors and priceier too :(

[SEELE-01]

both which I'm thinking could be released as web exclusives should Kaiyodo choose.

May thy piehole turn to chicharrón!
Last thing we need are LE's!

[Blue Monday]

Think of it this way; LEs and web exclusives are better than nothing at all.

;)

[wlagner]

Man what I REALLY HOPE WE GET is some figma releases, maybe we could get Rei, Mari and Asuka in 3.0 plugsuits and that would be just neat! I won't get greedy asking for Kaworu or Shinji since they didn't even bothered on making 2.0 figmas of them but just the thought of a figma with the simplicity and neat design of the 3.0 suits makes me all excited. But now seriously that is highly unprobable to happen since it's been over a year and we have no figmas :c

[TMBounty_Hunter]

Welp. I think it's time I cancelled my RAH 02'gamma and 08'beta pre-orders.
Ordered them when the gates opened back last June thinking I'd be gainfully employed by now and able to afford them but nope. 08 is due in a month from what I can gather and I just can't seem myself scraping together enough to justify those prices.

Gonna stick with the much cheaper kits as I always have I guess. Oh well.

[Blue Monday]

Where did you pre-order yours from, TMB? I had to ditch mine for Evas 01 and 02 early last year for similar reasons. It was through Hobby Search so I ended up having to email them to request the cancellation.

[Gojimatt]

I feel your pain TMB, I've got the unit 02g on pre-order and really starting to regret it. Don't get me wrong, I really want the figure it's just going to be a pain affording the thing. Ah well, should've known better when I pre-ordered it.

[TMBounty_Hunter]

I pre-ordered from HLJ. To cancel an open order you just, log in, edit it, and if you remove all items it's cancelled. Brief period of sadness and regret follows. But *%#@^%@*&^ it's 400 *#&@#(& dollars before shipping :\
As cool as they are that's still a lot of (*&!@#@ dollars.

MOVING ON, unexpected package today. Took only 12 calendar days to arrive with SAL. From past experience the minimum is 15.

SPOILER: Show

Thankfully Kotobukiya put the pile of small trees at the bottom and nothing got damaged. Still...

EDIT: Mini-review!

So back in November when Bandai released their Q kits I found them quite satisfactory, except for Eva-02'γ head. That sculpt was atrocious and clearly designed to save on molding for no real reason.

The back of the head was too big. The jaw was too small. The eyes are in the wrong places. Overall the thing was just horribly wrong in all ways.



For reference, the 3DCG model used in the movie



Now let's see how the Kotobukiya measures up. It's also far from being a perfect duplicate of the movie model, but where it goes off-model it does it in all the right ways. That glorious extra-large beard. LOOK AT IT.


Why does it look so, so right?



Because the Master knows beards are awesome.



Takeshi Honda also occasionally gives in to the urge: http://i.minus.com/ibbEME2AEojvUZ.jpg

Kotobukiya also did the complete opposite of Bandai

They broke up the parts and added a seam line for the customer ot fill in, but at least that allows for molding the detail nicely.

My only complaint with it has to do with the pre-painting. To do that Kotobukiya molds the part normally, then trim it themselves off the tree


That means someone else has to trim off the gate, and in thise case the trimmed too deeply


See how the panel line along the edge disappears? :\

Thankfully because I ordered two kits, the other one was trimmed much nicer at the panel line.

But worse at the back. That's easier to fix however, so meh.

[Blue Monday]

As cool as they are that's still a lot of (*&!@#@ dollars

Fucking-A right - As much as I want them I break out in a sweat when thinking about pulling the trigger on that kind of money for a toy.

[SEELE-01]

Wow, that kit's head looks amazing!
I always though Bandai would find it's match someday

Also, my Wunder miniature just entered the country, should be here this week

[Squigsquasher]

I must admit, I don't really mind the Bandai head (although saying that, I've never seen it in person). But the Kotobukiya head is much, much better.

I wonder if you could use the Kotobukiya head for the Bandai kit?

[TMBounty_Hunter]

I wonder if you could use the Kotobukiya head for the Bandai kit?

If Bayonetta is your fetish



Koto kits are smaller than Bandai. I don't have a single Bandai Wille Eva in one piece right but this old shot is a good substitute http://i.minus.com/ibhh0APxTdTlY8.jpg

[Squigsquasher]

Hmm, you're right, much too small.

I've noticed that the Bandai Rebuild kits seem to have completely wrong proportions- they seem very similar in proportion to the NGE Evas, which is of course wrong. Did they release more accurate versions later, or are they all just basically the same skeleton with different details?