GUTS

Years ago when i saw the Guts Figma i wasnt very interested on him. To be honest, it didnt looked that great, it was small and had a weird cloack soo i let him pass. Years later things changed; Good Smile released The God Hand and i could not get them if i didnt had Guts in my hands.

And the price of that Guts was obscene then, a fantastic number beyond Hot Toys or Play Arts Kai. Gladlly, GSC released Guts all over again and saved my collection.

Guts is not specially dynamic looking in here, it take some time to notice but he is using the first black armour he used on the manga and not the later armour with protection on his legs, soo he is kinda simplistic looking. Even with that, the details are pretty good for such small scale and things like his pouches or the chain that holds his sword are great looking.

His articulations are awesome and works pretty good except on his shoulders since the armour gets in the way, tough he can stand perfectly with or without his amazing Figma base.

The details are soo amazing he even have the brand on the back of his neck!!

I am not sure if there was some kind of re-sculpting on his head, but it looks really good on both faces. The standar one looks good, tough i think his mouth is a little bit too wide and the fierce looking face is the best, you can even see each one of his teeth and the wrinkles over his nose and at this small scale, that gives him a HUGE bost of realism.

Aparently they changed his skin tone to make him darker but i think it suits him. The color on all his body is good and have a good quality and the work on his face is pretty spectacular. A trange detail is the way the details on his face are painted… somehow, the details looks grainy…it almost looks like his face was drawn with a pencil.

Is hard to explain this effect on words but it looks like a 3D pencil drawing, wich is pretty amazing if they planed him to be closer to the manga.

He comes with some extra hands and a special canon hand was well as a little nice bonus and his Dragon Slayer sword. The sword looks great and as iconic as always tough sometimes is too heavy for him to carry it.

The sword fits perfectly on his back but it also cancels the posibility to use the base since it covers the hole on Guts back. This is kinda weird… is good he can stand on his own but still, not be able to pose him jumping with the sword on his back is a big drawback for such a detailed toy.

Now his cloack. Its trully AWFULL. The top part around his neck is made with hard plastic and the rest is made with black paper. The difference in materials is horribly obvious and the paper part is soo horriblly stiff….

Then, figure out how to put the cloack with the sword on his back was a huge challenge. It seems the cloack needs to be bent backwards soo the sword can fits in. The result is Guts with a HUGE hunchback and of course, the cloack also gets on the base´s way.

I dont know how long can last this cloack since is soo thin and a lot of manipulation can break it. Its soo cheap looking.

I am very happy to finally get this guy, one of the most horriblly over priced Figmas to date tough the cloack make him looks like a cheap happy meal toy, hes an important part of my collection.

Then again, i am fucked up since i wasnt able to tet Void/Ubick…