DANTE

One of the strangest but coolest elements of the Fewture Models Devilman action figures series is how each figure had the piece of an extra figure. Collect them all and you have a totally new and free figure, something unthinkable for modern figure companies!! Free toys for the customers!!!

The series one had a glow in the dark skeleton Amon, but sadly i didnt get all the pieces to build him since i buy some of the figures out of theyr packages. Series two, however, i was able to get them all in mint condition on theyr blister, soo i was able to build the secret extra figure.

At first the black pieces of plastic were pretty strange and confusing, but once the last of the figures were released, it was pretty clear who this secret figure was: Dante, the main character of Mao Dante and one of the villians of Devilman Lady.

Dante is a little bit taller than the rest of the figures, just like Zan, soo he is pretty awesome for a free figure and really heavy as well. Nirasawa´s design makes him looks very reptilian and much more realistic than Go Nagai´s design, with a very compact shapre and much more shorter wings and more menacing claws.

The monster have no nose, just like Dante in the manga, and have a skull on his forehead, tough for some reason he have Utsugi Ryo´s face on his back, only showing his forehead and eyes. This detail makes him quiet gross along side his long nine tails made with soft plastic.

The sculpt is sharp, with each one of the monster scales perfectly shaped and following a realistic anatomy as much as it can with a mosnter like this. Sadlly, he is not painted, soo he is jet black, except for his head. The skull and his fangs are silver colored and his eyes are red. I guess Fewture Model tough he would look too cheap all black and added this details to make his expresion stand out.

The looks is pretty earie, and looks like a shadow with glowing eyes and a smile, but i would prefer a colored version much better.

Fewture released a colored version actually, on his own blister, with very vibrant greens, blues and purples all around him, but this figure was very limited and super expensive to compensate for us, who get the full colection to build him.

His head is articulated, as well as his shoulders and wrists tough that dosnt gives him too much option for poses. His tails are made with bendable plastic and he can stand perfectly with those big feet, but since the pieces are put together with no glue, he can fall apart pretty easy.

Theres one extrage detail full of mistery for me tough: his chest can be open and you can see a litle bit of Utsugi Ryo´s face inside the joint on his back, but inside his torso he have a little mummyfied entity with horns and wings. This thing is silver color and i am really not sure wath it is… i dont remember Dante to be related to something like this in Mao Dante or Devilman Lady…

Even soo, with the lack of articulations and shadowy looks is hard to recomend a toy like this but as a little gift from Fewture, this is one kick ass detail and a great deal for the price of the rest of the figures. I wish modern toy companies would do this.