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Patlabor - Revoltech AV-98 Ingram 1
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| Series |
Patlabor |
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| Title |
Revoltech AV-98 Ingram 1 |
| Release Date |
September 2006 |
| Manufacturer |
Kaiyodo |
| Suggested Price (JPY) |
1,900 |
| Scale |
Non-Scale |
| Height (cm) |
approx. 12.5 cm (highest point) |
| No. of Parts |
1 figure + 11 parts |
| My Rating |
Excellent |
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Comment
This is my first Revoltech figure although
Kaiyodo had release 9 of it previously. The
reasoning behind is that I am bored with those
Evangelion mecha and I don't really know the rest of
the bunch. I already have a set of 3 from the SOC
series and I believe that Kaiyodo effort in
re-releasing those over-produced mecha is not really
something to die for. However, when Kaiyodo is
releasing this classical Patlabor mecha in their
Revoltech series, I really could not stop myself to
get one of these Ingram. I always wanted a Patlabor
and Bandai MG model is already out of production for
quite a few years. (As of now, the weasel Bandai is
riding the hype and planning on re-releasing their
Patlabor Master Grade models. Dammit!).
Kaiyodo version of Revoltech Ingram 1 really does
justice to this classical mecha with its anime
accurate sculpting and markings. Check out the
photos below.
This item is bought from a local store at
Midvalley Megamall.
| Packaging |
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The following
are the package contents:
- 1 fully-articulated Ingram 1 figure
A perforated plastic bag is tapered to
the back of the figure's plastic tray and it
store the following items:
- 1 display base
- 1 police rod
- 1 half police rod (for keeping at
arm shield)
- 5 extra hands (plus the default 2
and in total 7 hands)
- 1 additional shoulder antennae (as
spare part)
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Photos of
contents. The additional shoulder antennae
is not shown. |
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| Front Cover |
Back Cover |
What is Revoltech?
The trend for Japanese action figures are
always striving for aesthetic value while
balancing the articulations. For the past few
years, Japanese toy manufacturers like Bandai
are pushing out their super articulated series
like SIC, MIA, HCM and such to attract their
local consumer market. On the other hand,
western toy manufacturers, for example Hasbro
with their Transformers line, are pushing toys
with better durability (with the expense of
increased size) while maintaining the look and
feel. In their respective line of pursuit, we
can clearly see Japanese Toys lack durability
and Western toys lack quality in term of paint
job, details and sometimes articulations.
Kaiyodo Revoltech series is not really
something new or a never before seen technology.
It is simply an ingenious fusion of the best
from both side of the world, namely durability
and articulations while maintaining a figure
size below 15 cm.
In short, Revoltech is simply a combination
of click-joints (as seen in much larger
Transformers toys) embedded inside a ball-joint
(widely use in series like SIC and Saint Cloth
Myth) that enable free articulation. You can
twist and turn the joint without worry about
loose joint problem commonly seen in a SIC
figure.
Bravo! Bravo! I believe Kaiyodo have
successfully set a new standard for the Japanese
action figure.
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| Figure
disassemble to reveal the Revoltech
joints. |
Some
explanation and schematic diagram from
the box art explaining the revolutionary
joints from Kaiyodo. |
Action Pose
Conclusion
An action figure that comes with
articulation that can only be best by a Yoga
master, paint job that kill and selling at an
affordable price matching its quality. This is
simply a new standard for a below 15 cm action
figure. Highly recommended.
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Document Date : 2006-09-19 |
Responses to this page:
A great action figure by itself, some nice great pictures as usual.Only the best from KFChong