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Saint Cloth Myth - Kraken Isaac |
| Series | Saint Cloth Myth |
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| Title | Kraken Isaac | |
| Release Date | January 2007 | |
| Manufacturer | Bandai | |
| Suggested Price (JPY) | 4,500 | |
| Scale | 1/11 | |
| Height (cm) |
Figure: 17 cm Object: 20.6 x 16 x 7 cm (L x W x H) |
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| No. of Parts | 1 figure + 36 parts + 1 6-pages color instruction booklet | |
| My Rating | Good |
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Kraken Isaac is the Sea General of Kraken, and the guardian of the Arctic Ocean Pillar.
His notable characteristics are that of cold ruthless man, who has no emotion and fights for
the ideal of "true justice".
Kraken Isaac shares a past with Cygnus Hyoga and thus becomes an important figure under
Hyoga's life. Cygnus Hyoga met Isaac when he first began his training in Siberia with Camus
(or Crystal Saint in anime). On Hyoga first attempt to dive into the seas, he was hit with
unnaturally powerful whirlpools. As a result, Hyoga lost control and Isaac come to his
rescue. The attempt causes Isaac lost his left eye and swept away by the whirlpool.
There is no chance that Isaac will survive the incident but it has been Poseidon's will that
has saved Isaac life and had granted him a second chance to life. Isaac soon learns about
Poseidon's ideal dream of the perfect world for humans. The current world had become
polluted and vilified by humans, and as such, a second great flooding will wash away
everything in order to create a new Eden for everyone.
When Hyoga and Isaac finally reunited in Chapter Poseidon, he is a completely changed man
and he displayed resentment towards Hyoga for the lost of his eye and for the lost of the
Cygnus Cloth. Hyoga sympathized him and offered Isaac his own left eye, an offer that the
sea general gladly accepted.
In the showdown, Isaac is defeated by Hyoga.
Aurora Borealis is a technique on par with Camus' Aurora Execution, although a bit weaker. However, this technique was much stronger than almost all the techniques under Cygnus Hyoga's knowledge. Most Isaac attacks are cold water based. Similar to Hyoga, he can also project his Cosmo to freeze things, as noted by his first appearance he instantly turned the wind into snow. While Aurora Borealis is Isaac's main technique of attack, it successfully penetrates Hyoga's defenses and is the best technique he employs that makes best use of the cold.
Packaging
The Sea General Kraken Isaac is the first release among the Sea Generals from Chapter
Poseidon. Similar to the Gold Cloth, this Marine Scales is also in the glorious gold color
theme.
The figure comes in a packaged in a book box where it opens to reveal two window boxes; in one window box is a figure of Isaac, along with his cloth parts while the other half contains the rest of his armor parts and accessories.
The following are the parts count and items in bold are of metal and bold underline are partially metal:
Left Tray
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Right Tray
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The package also comes with a 6-pages color instruction manual and a sticker label with the word "Kraken" for the doll stand.
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Object
The Kraken object is base on the mythological sea monster that attacked ships on the
sea. Kraken is often depicted as a giant squid or octopus like creature. However, we can
see that the design of the Kraken is clearly taking form from the second and less
popular variation of the sea monster that is Kraken in the shape of a flying-fish like
monster.
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Figure
Similar to the Dubhe Siegfried from Chapter Asgard, Isaac is making use of the newer
than Final Bronze body design. This means he comes with superb articulations on par if
not better than the final bronze body.
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Armored Figure
Note that the Kraken Marine Scales design is very similar with the Gold Cloth. This
means that the Marine Scales in armor form does limit the superb articulations provided
by the new body. This also mean that do not expect much in posing your figure with too
extreme poses.
There have been something that is nagging me on this figure. The gold armor for this Kraken Isaac, how should I put it, is not really on the same quality with the Gold Cloth. It does look gold but it lacks the premium feel to the it.
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Conclusion
We have the debut release of Dubhe Siegfried from Chapter Asgard and now we have Kraken
Isaac, the Sea General from Chapter Poseidon.
Both Marine Scale and Gold Cloth do come in a Golden theme but it is wise not to expect that this Kraken Isaac shares a similar premium feel with the Gold Saints. In another word, he looks cheaper in quality.
Beside the lesser than Gold quality, it is fair to point out the newer body design plus the design on the armor is in overall quite good and might worth collecting.
This item is purchased locally at Berjaya Times Square.
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Document Date : 2007-04-07 |
Responses to this page:
hey man, thank for you reviews in English. I have only recently become a fan of the series, and finding reviews is difficult. Is there any reason that you passed on the other Bronze saint releases, or havnt reviewed the latest additions yet. thanks again.
Craig
I think I will pass for the other bronze saints. Bandai is pushing out too many of these figures and I cannot financially cope with collecting every single item.
Anyway, I always update my Collection Full Listing page. If you can see the item there then I have the item and eventually will take photos and do the review whenever I have free time.
It will be better if you add in the 'changed' head and neck of Hyoga's with what is provided in this box.