Bandai RD Volkein

Bandai RD Volkein - Review

Ah November! Good November so far has been sweet. A lot of good things happening in life probably ignited my nerd blood to blog again. And with the help of Stage Act probably. Bad news is still no Pla / kits at work. A surprise waiting for late December would hopefully keep you visiting :)

Now onto my 2nd GunXSword Robot Damashii merch - Volkein. While Dann of Thursday proving yet again how magnificent RD's can be, would Volkein follow the trend?

Front. Looking good!

Side. Looks promising!

Back. SOLD!

Cape have points of articulation. Cool points up.

Superb details on rifle. Overall, this figure is awesome.

Action

Classic looking handgun is tops. My weapon of choice.

Pew pew pew pew!

And that weird looking gun...

BRATATATATATATATAAAAA........

Perfect.

Ready...

Aim, FIRE

If all else fail then... (great how it can hold the rifle up with ease without any support)

Kaboooooooof!!!

Roger that.

Pros:

Details!

Cape articulation

Big gun

A lot of set hands

Cons:

The head is massively obstructed

Cape limits articulation (wouldn't have been a con if placement was a little higher so the arms can move about a little bit better)

Volkein never failed to deliver. Cons are nitpicks at most. This figure most certainly had a special treatment while Bandai was cooking up for the GunXSword merchandise, pretty much what Dann of Thursday brought to the table. I'm so glad I got the pair for cheap. Funds was lacking at the time but was too hard to pass up since Volkein's price are starting to balloon and got rare by the moment. Got these pair of babies for less than PHP3k (~$75). Sweet sweet sweet deal.

Upcoming review - Swords and "zeroes". Again.

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