If I'm being honest, I did not expect figures to come from Pacific Rim: The Black. So when a figure based on the training Jaeger, Atlas Destroyer was announced, you can imagine my surprise.
The figure itself looks really nice, pretty accurate to the show and loaded with all kinds of finer details from the panel lines, mechanical inner workings and even subtle details like the entry hatches on the top of Atlas' head.
Even though I'm not the biggest fan of blue mixed with yellow, I do think it works for Atlas along with the grey for her mechanical workings. If you'll notice the shades of yellow over the majority of her body are different from certain spots such as her chest, biceps and hands.
Her red visor is made of clear material which looks very nice.
And she has a nicely applied PPDC logo on her back.
One of the more distracting features of Atlas Destroyer is the copyright/legal writings which on figures like these would normally be applied to the bottom of the feet is plastered on her backside.
Was there really no room on Atlas' feet to put that stuff? I call shenanigans because compared to Lady Avenger's info, Bandai could have easily fit it on the bottom of Atlas' foot. But no, instead we're stuck with what is essentially, a Jaeger tramp stamp.
(That is a series of words I never thought I would have to type out...what even is my life anymore?)
As with the past Robot Spirits Jaeger figures, Atlas Destroyer has a great range of articulation with some limitations and annoyances.
Her head is attached to a ball joint on a neck piece which can look up/down a little bit, look left/right & tilt side to side.
Moving Atlas' arms can be interesting at times. I say this because of her shoulder pads which just love to pop off while moving the arms. Once you get the hang of handling them with their tiny hinge, the arms can fully rotate, move in/out at the shoulder. The bicep can also rotate at the shoulder. The arm has a double jointed elbow and the hands can freely move on the ball joint.
The chest can bend forward/backward, side to side and we get slight left/right rotation. The stomach can rotate at the waist a lot more, but I would not recommend trying to force a full rotation.
The legs can move forward/backward and can only move out at the hips a tad.
The Knees are also double jointed and the feet can move up/down, rotate and pivot nicely.
If you want even more dynamic poses you can use a standard Tamashii Nations stands that can plug into Atlas'...um...
Let's just say there is a very noticeable/unintentionally hilariously placed peg hole located in her underside.
Atlas Destroyer comes with a few neat accessories along with a pair of open hands.
If you remember in the show, Atlas has to jettison her right arm and eventually gets a new one that used to belong to a Jaeger named Chaos Nemesis, which is just a cool name and I wish we could see what she looks like fully. Just by the arm alone, I imagine she looks really cool and edgy. But still her arm does look pretty cool attached to Atlas.
The Chaos Nemesis arm has the same amount of movement as her regular arm but the hand has a few differences.
The hand can rotate at the wrist and the claws can all rotate and move in and out.
The final accessory is a piece representing the Saber-Chain weapon. Getting this one can be tricky, you have to remove the piece at the base of the hand.
DO NOT use tweezers to try and pull it off, otherwise you risk damaging the piece. This is where fingernails come in handy. I recommend taking the claws off first and then using your finger nails to wiggle and pull out the plug. Then you'll notice both the plug and the Saber-Chain have a tab at the end that you'll need to line up to peg in.
When all's said and done, the Saber-Chain piece looks great and should be handled with the utmost care given how flimsy it is.
It always makes this Pacific Rim junkie happy to see new figures come out. At this time, no other figures from 'Pacific Rim: The Black' have been confirmed, Jaeger or Kaiju. I'd personally love a Copperhead figure. I hope more are announced, but I think I'd be satisfied if Atlas Destroyer was the only one we got. It does cost a bit more money than the Uprising figures when they came out, but it really all depends on where you buy it from. But I can look past the price because this is a damn good figure worth every penny.
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