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• Alien (shown above)
• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Jurassic Park
• Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie, alas)
• Batman Begins
...all of which you can see over at Tokyo Hunter, although the rest of them are unpainted prototypes. Since Revoltech has a ton of anime licenses of both characters and mecha, including Transformers, Macross and Evangelion, they're doing pretty goddamn well for themselves. It might be time to just start announcing the toy licenses they don't have.
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Eozen said:
Been collecting these for a couple years now. I'm all giddy with the new stuff they're announcing. Perhaps Star Wars is in their future?
DoctorSmashy replied to Eozen:
I would cut something vital out of me for an original trilogy Star Wars set. Wookies! AT-ATs! RANCORR!
Incidently, that Jack Skellington fig looks splendid. I saw a great big one once that had ten interchangeable heads, with a bunch of different expressions. Sadly I had no wallet at the time, for I had left it at HOOOOME! Plus it was about £120.
Eozen replied to DoctorSmashy:
I'd love to see a little 5-inch tall fully articulated Revoltech AT-AT. Squee!
J.Cat said:
Revoltech Batman Begins? DO WANT!!!!!
Church said:
"Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie, alas)"
Geek card inspection. Everybody show your cards. You too, Mr. Bricken.
OnanRulz replied to Church:
I'm more excited about the book. About fucking time we got some Heinlein-style power suits.
Steve Harrison replied to OnanRulz:
I suspect they'll go with the Studio Nue design, the one that ended up (slightly altered) in the OAV series and not starting from scratch.
(typing as I wait for the linked page to load, hmm hmm hmmm dodododo)
Annnd that's exactly what they have done. The easiest clue to telling the designs (book/game illos Vs the anime) is if you can see the suit holding a hand weapon. That's from the Japanese book illo, Nue's version of a 'hand flamer'.
oh man, that figure is SO SO WRONG to the novel. That 'suit control interface suit' would be pretty cool in another context, however.
well, I still want.
edgreen86 replied to Church:
Allow me to throw down my Geek ID card. The one that proudly states the *only* toy worth having from a Starship Troopers line is the Marauder Mobile Infantry Suit. Some pussy might suggest the Scout Model would be fun. F*** that.
Don't know what I'm talking about? Oh, you must only know about that moving piece of dung movie called Starship Troopers. That horrid, stinking waste of film.
I might, might, if I were in a truly good mood, grant you that a Clancy Brown figure as Sergeant Zim might be worthwhile. Might be.
Oh, and that girl who played Ace. Maybe an action figure of her naked might be okay. But really, that would be about it.
SpecterM91 said:
I hadn't heard about Revoltech stuff until recently, but holy shit are they awesome. That Xenomorph alone justifies their existence. That is just epic beyond all reason. Where can you buy this stuff?
J.Cat replied to SpecterM91:
www.kidnemo.com
www.bigbadtoystore.com
www.1999.co.jp/eng/
www.entertainmentearth.com
clark said:
Nothing but good should come from this. Revoltech Envangelion figures looked so cool that I bought a couple, then decided to watch the show. Can't wait for Batman.
Eozen replied to clark:
I agree. Actually it was the Revoltech Eva Units 03 and 04 that got me started collecting toys. I've been hounded by crushing debt ever since.
BuncheB said:
I've been collecting Revoltech's FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Revolution line and they are superb, so I have complete faith in just about anything this company will be releasing.
Mike said:
DUDE! Did you see the articulation ont hat T-Rex!
terebi-kun said:
Revoltechs look great, are kinda low priced, and have excellent articulation.
Now add those licenses, and you got a winner. The Xenomorph looks great, but the real winners here are the Gamera and Gyaos figures.
Give me more Revoltech Kaiju!!
Space Monkey X said:
The name of the company is Kaiyodo. Revoltech is just this one totally awesome line they make.
ninja6fett said:
I have the megatron and the starscream figures and they rock.
Might have to pick up the xenomorph.
Gleeman said:
That Alien figure is pretty sweet.
Extra nerdy Nerd Card:
*Scoffs at Starship Troopers, waits for 'Armor' figures to come out.*
But yes, Starship Troopers the book is FAR FAR better than the movie. Though the movie did have Michael Ironside...
Greg said:
I love the Revoltech stuff. Except the Fraulein line which is total shit.
The Man With Two Brains said:
There is NOTHING good about the Starship Troopers movie! Every actor in it is automatically less awesome for having been involved in that piece of shit. Thank GOD we're going to get some merchandise based off the book!!!
jeffmcm said:
The Starship Trooopers movie is a near-masterpiece. You guys just don't get it.
Is that a Triffid or something next to the Alien figure? What is that?
jeffmcm said:
Oh duh, it's an egg. Never mind.
Evil Monkey Pope said:
I want a dilophosaurus!
BadNflu3nce said:
Ummm, I am pretty sure that the Starship Troopers figure is based on the 1988 anime. For fans of the book and fans of anime, it is definitely worth checking out. Its available subbed from a laserdisc source here:
http://hsbsitez.com/files/1844/Uchuu+no+Senshi
Steve Harrison replied to BadNflu3nce:
Nope, sorry, incorrect.
The 1988 OAV powered suit was based on the earlier Studio Nue design, done for a '70s re-release of the novel in Japan and tied to the Japanese release of the tactical board game produced by Avalon Hill.
The shoulders over the 'jump jets' is smaller, the 'Y rack' launcher is smaller, and the hand flamer is totally different.
Yes, I am a nerd for being able to spot those things, thank you very much :)
Devonian said:
FUCK YES.
Now they just need to make a raptor...
