Post by quinjester on Oct 13, 2010 19:54:27 GMT -5
Delphine: Pretty cool. Very high production value (which is good, considering the price), and overall a neat little toy. Not very "Robot Damashii"-like, though.
Apologies in advanced for sh*tty and inconsistent lighting. My lights are being a pain and I can't use my normal photo spot.
A very cool looking figure, with weapons to spare. It's extremely poseable, too, with some clever (albiet absolutely, 100%, excessively unnecessary - explanation to follow) joint and articulation work that makes it visually interesting to fiddle with.
It comes with a nice stand, too. The support arm can attach in multiple spots around the edge of the base, and the top clear plate is removable so you can put in pictures of whatever scenery you'd like the Delphine to stand on. Preview photos showed a bunch of different terrain cards, but the final figure doesn't come with anything, sadly.
For anyone who has read any of the manga, you're aware that the next two poses were obligatory:
As you can see, the stand is great at supporting the figure. This is largely due to the stiffness of the arm joints, but also on account of how light the Delphine is - and it's quite light. It's also craaaaazy overengineered in spots. The knee joints have no less than seven moving parts that shift and collapse as the knee extends. On the one hand, it's super neat, and the knee can bend crazy far without bringing a double joint into the equation, but one has to imagine that stuff like this went far to increase the cost of the figure.
Likewise, the ankle joints have four moving parts in addition to the ball joint, which shift and compress the entire back of the leg and foot when you move the foot around. Cool, but totally excessive.
It's pretty clear fiddling with the figure that it was someone's pet project, more of a fan release than the normal Mass market release of something like a Robot Damashii. Every square inch of the figure is immaculately painted and detailed- there's no reliance on molded plastic, and the weapons have a great shaded, chipped and worn look that's appropriate considering that all of them (with the exception of the "katana", which is appropriately made to look like metal) are supposed to be made of stone. For these reasons I can excuse the price and the bizarre excessive overengineering - although I do have some complaints in that some of the joints are TOO stiff (the ankles and neck), and the head likes to come off when you try to move it (a victim of the too-tight neck balljoint).
Bullet points for the TL;DR -
+ Great poseability, more than 140 degree leg bend and elbow bend, joints at the chest and waist, ankles, all that jazz.
+ All the weapons that the Delphine used in the first few books of the manga, prior to its heavy armor upgrade
+ Fantastic paint job, with a wonderful gunmetal shine and red and black accents.
+ Cool and functional display base
- Expensive
- Some joints too tight for their own good
- Small and lightweight
I'd suggest you hunt down the Manga or check out the Animated movie for "Broken Blade" and confirm that you really want a toy of this guy before buying it - at the very least it'll help you appreciate all the little touches that the designers gave this figure
Come at me, bro
Apologies in advanced for sh*tty and inconsistent lighting. My lights are being a pain and I can't use my normal photo spot.
A very cool looking figure, with weapons to spare. It's extremely poseable, too, with some clever (albiet absolutely, 100%, excessively unnecessary - explanation to follow) joint and articulation work that makes it visually interesting to fiddle with.
It comes with a nice stand, too. The support arm can attach in multiple spots around the edge of the base, and the top clear plate is removable so you can put in pictures of whatever scenery you'd like the Delphine to stand on. Preview photos showed a bunch of different terrain cards, but the final figure doesn't come with anything, sadly.
For anyone who has read any of the manga, you're aware that the next two poses were obligatory:
As you can see, the stand is great at supporting the figure. This is largely due to the stiffness of the arm joints, but also on account of how light the Delphine is - and it's quite light. It's also craaaaazy overengineered in spots. The knee joints have no less than seven moving parts that shift and collapse as the knee extends. On the one hand, it's super neat, and the knee can bend crazy far without bringing a double joint into the equation, but one has to imagine that stuff like this went far to increase the cost of the figure.
Likewise, the ankle joints have four moving parts in addition to the ball joint, which shift and compress the entire back of the leg and foot when you move the foot around. Cool, but totally excessive.
It's pretty clear fiddling with the figure that it was someone's pet project, more of a fan release than the normal Mass market release of something like a Robot Damashii. Every square inch of the figure is immaculately painted and detailed- there's no reliance on molded plastic, and the weapons have a great shaded, chipped and worn look that's appropriate considering that all of them (with the exception of the "katana", which is appropriately made to look like metal) are supposed to be made of stone. For these reasons I can excuse the price and the bizarre excessive overengineering - although I do have some complaints in that some of the joints are TOO stiff (the ankles and neck), and the head likes to come off when you try to move it (a victim of the too-tight neck balljoint).
Bullet points for the TL;DR -
+ Great poseability, more than 140 degree leg bend and elbow bend, joints at the chest and waist, ankles, all that jazz.
+ All the weapons that the Delphine used in the first few books of the manga, prior to its heavy armor upgrade
+ Fantastic paint job, with a wonderful gunmetal shine and red and black accents.
+ Cool and functional display base
- Expensive
- Some joints too tight for their own good
- Small and lightweight
I'd suggest you hunt down the Manga or check out the Animated movie for "Broken Blade" and confirm that you really want a toy of this guy before buying it - at the very least it'll help you appreciate all the little touches that the designers gave this figure
Come at me, bro
