The first 3 Robot Spirits Jaeger's from Tamashii Nations were pretty cool figures, but can the next batch be just as good if not better?
Let's start with the rogue Jaeger, Obsidian Fury.
Obsidian Fury has a nice, sleek design. It looks a lot like a Football player, with the huge chest and very broad shoulder pads. The entire body has a very muscular design which is sculpted very well, and the back has a very prominent spine.
Obviously, the majority of the body is painted black. But the extra detailing and panel lines still stand out pretty good. The visor on the other hand is a bit hard to see. It's supposed to be a bright orange, unfortunately the coloring is a bit dull. It's a clear plastic piece that I feel could've been enhanced by some extra paint.
Next up we get one of the more unique looking Jaeger designs to come from 'Uprising', Saber Athena.
Next to Lady Avenger, Saber Athena is one of my favorite Jaegers from the new movie. I just love her design, a mix of grace and elegance with ferocity and strength.
It's also nice to see another Jaeger with a more dynamic color scheme. Although, if you've seen clips of Uprising with Saber Athena, you'll see some black paint on the wings which the figure does not have.
The silver compliments the figure nicely and Saber's eyes as well as the PPDC logo's are nicely painted on.
I like all the wing like paneling on Saber's arms and legs. Along with the big wings on the back and the booster rocket, this Jaeger looks like it was designed to be fast.
Guardian Bravo is the third and last Jaeger released by Tamashii Nations so far. Off the bat, I love Guardian Bravo's color scheme! The red, white, grey and black look great together, highlight a bit of the finer details and really helps this Jaeger stand out from the rest.
It looks similar to Ratchet from the original G1 Transformers. (That's the only serious comparison between Pacific Rim and Transformers I will ever make).
The most detail on this Jaeger has to be on the back. Specifically the workings on and below the jet pack.
There's one little detail that looks really odd to me. The head overall looks good, but it looks like there's a mouth sculpted into the head.
Articulation remains mostly similar from the past Jaegers, but all have slight differences.
While all are capable of extending their arms out and moving forward/backward, full rotation is impossible.
With all the Jaeger figures, their heads can move forward but full head rotation has also been tricky or difficult. Saber's head on the other hand can turn all the way freely.
Saber's wings can move up, down, inward and outward.
Let's get to the accessories.
Yes, open hands. Moving on to the cool stuff.
Obsidian Fury comes with 2 Plasma Chainsaw's. Both of them look great and the way they attach to the arms is pretty neat too.
You have to remove the arm panels on both sides, place the Chainsaw pieces into the arms and place the arm panels back on top. It really looks like it's coming out of Obsidian's arms and I love that.
Saber Athena actually comes out of the box with open hands attached. Her alternate hands are actually closed for holding things.
What things you ask? Freakin' SWORDS!
Saber comes with 2 small Plasma Swords and 1 big Plasma Sword. All three of which look really nice and can be placed in the hands easily.
Guardian Bravo also has 2 hands for holding 2 Arc Whips.
The Whips do look nice, but they are made of really soft plastic which is bendable but does not stay in place. That also makes placing it in the hands a bit of a hassle, I'm always afraid I'm gonna bend and break it when placing them. Best advice I can give on that is take it easy.
Unfortunately, Guardian Bravo does not come with any pieces for his arm guns. I would have really loved to see that. I'd bet that the Diamond Select figures would have it
And to answer your question of weather or not I will review any of the Diamond Select figures: I don't know.
The same scale applies to these Jaegers as well. Intersetingly, these 3 are all different heights. Obsidian Fury stands at 7.5 inches, making it the tallest of the Jaeger figures. Saber Athena is 6.5 inches and Guardian Bravo is the shortest of the figures at a little over 6 inches.
All in all, these are 3 great figures to add to the collection. It's nice to have all the main Jaegers featured in Pacific Rim Uprising. I wonder if Tamashii Nations will release figures for the other Jaegers featured in the film. I wouldn't mind having figures of November Ajax and Valor Omega. There has to be a Jaeger Drone figure in the line and a larger, more detailed Scrapper!
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