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Gold Knight Garo - Kiba & Pendant |
| Series | Gold Knight Garo |
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| Title | Kiba & Pendant | |
| Release Date | September 2006 | |
| Manufacturer | Bandai | |
| Suggested Price (JPY) | 3,800 | |
| Scale | 1/10 | |
| Height (cm) |
Barango: 17.6 cm (approx.) Kiba: 22.0 cm (approx.) |
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| No. of Parts | 1 figure + 18 parts + 1 instruction sheet | |
| My Rating | Good |
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Story
"Garo - The Fanged Wolf" is a Tokusatsu series
release on 2005 in Japan and a first of its kind
oriented to mature audiences, while other mostly
focused to younger viewers (children). It has a dark
atmosphere with monsters rendered in CG and a very
stylish fighting scenes ala Matrix style.
Barago was once a talented Makai disciple of Saejima Taiga. Barago lost his loved ones to the Horrors and relied heavily on the powers of the Makai for revenge. His desperation for power grew and KIBA (living Makai Armor) heard his need. Barago was lured into a forgotten lair filled with forbidden techniques. KIBA revealed his voice in a Madou Book. Inside the book was filled with forbidden techniques that can strengthen a Makai Knight. Barago desired power so much that he agreed to give up his body and soul for vengeance. Upon saying those words dark powers emitted out of the book and transformed him. The forbidden Madou Book taught Barago how to surpass the 99.9 seconds time limit and a method of absorbing Horrors to gain their attributes. As Barago absorbed more Horrors his armor continued to deform into what it is now.
At one point Barago's armor deformed into a giant creature. Currently the KIBA armor is organically pure black with a cape in a humanoid form. Barago wields a sword similar to Saejima Taiga and a Madou Axe named AN-GA (Darkness Fang). AN-GA was given to Barago by the Watchdogs. Barago wishes to be the strongest and every time he absorbs a Horror his power amplifies. His ultimate goal is to absorb enough Horrors to fulfill immortality. This was based on a legend/myth of KIBA the Ultimate Makai Knight. Legend says if a Makai warrior absorbs more than 1,000 Horrors, he will achieve ultimate power. The truth behind this ultimate power is immortality (as told by Jabi). In a dramatic grand display of power, Barago single-handedly absorbed a giant Horror (composed of 12 Horrors).
Barago uses a potion to change his face, disguising himself as Ryuuzaki Karune, who is also Kaoru's psychologist. The Watchdogs address Barago as KIBA, yet those that seen him always address him as Barago. Barago transforms into KIBA without a Soul Metal weapon, but instead a Madou necklace, blowing on it to activate it. He swings his necklace and becomes the Dark Knight. Because of his amplified strength over the years of absorbing Horrors he's stronger and faster than the Makai Knights.
Barago's intentions were revealed after analyzing the situation carefully amongst ZERO, Kouga, Kaoru, and Gonza. They realized that it was Barago that selected six girls as candidates to open a gateway to unleash Meshia the Ultimate Horror. They also came to the conclusion that it was Barago that implanted yin (dark energy) into objects to attract Horrors so he could personally absorb them. The Watchdogs allied themselves with Barago to help bring forth Meshia.
Over a decade ago he selected six girls as living gateways to help summon Meshia and Kaoru is one of them. Barago foolishly believed that Meshia would be his source of great power, but when Kaoru was possessed by her, he discovered he was just being used as a means to bring her to this world. Meshia "ate" Barago with little resistance, but his body returned to the living world after Meshia was defeated by Kouga, fully possessed by KIBA.
(Taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Packaging
This is the sixth volume of the new “Equip and
Prop” series from Bandai. It is packaged in vivid
clear plastic boxes that fully display its contents.
The contents are rested in 2 plastic trays and the
parts are as listed below. Like SIC series, this
package also roughly comes with 30% metal.
The items indicated in bold are made of metal and bold underline are partially made of metal.
| Upper Tray | Lower Tray |
The following are the parts converting to KIBA:
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There is 1 page black and white instruction sheet tapered inside the colored cardboard. It is hidden between the folded cardboard.
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| Upper plastic tray | Lower plastic tray |
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| Kiba's arsenal |
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| Pendant, the henshin device |
Barago Figure
The first that I notice about this Barago figure
is that the face sculpt is much better comparing to
the previous Saejima Kouga. It has the usual nicely
design body where the articulated joints are smartly
hidden. The trench coat looks cool but there is
nothing much to pose with it. Once the outer coat is
taken off, the figure comes with adequate
articulations to kneel. An additional sword
grip right hand is provided to hold his weapons.
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Kiba Figure
The Kiba figure is well detailed and impressive.
He comes with a worn out semi-transparent cloak that
really give him a bad guy look. On the articulation
side, there are nothing much over here. The figure
has limited articulation owing to the bulky size and
it cannot kneel properly.
The figure comes with 2 default fist hand and an additional 4 hands are provided to holding his weapons or swapped it with the claw hands.
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| The mantel is detachable |
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| The head comes with movable jaw |
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Conclusion
This is an overall nice figure. Kiba is the third
Makai Knight and a baddie which make this a good
collection to those who is into this series. Aside
from looking nice, do not expect much articulation
on this item.
This is item is purchased locally at Berjaya Times Square.
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Document Date : 2006-12-04 |
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