DEVILMAN & SIREN MICROMAN

The Microman series of figures from Takara has been one of the most classic toys from Japan, i think they been around since the 70s, long before Takara started theyr maine series of Transformers soo this series has een a lot of popular characters from the sentai era (like Ultraman or the Kaijus) and super heros from DC and such, and of course, Devilman appeare in this series and it fits on it pretty well.

I think there is two different version of the figures: the anime version with blue and red Devilman and the manga version, that comes with two characters; Devilman and Siren. Of course i get the later and it wasnt expensive back then when i get it (the beggining of the 2000s) tough by now i ma not sure if this figures are rare or not.

This figures are micro size, really small, smaller than a Nendroid soo its very tricky to take pictures of them soo excuse the strange quality of the images. Devilman and Siren are the same size tough despite theyr small size, they cant stand on theyr own thanks to theyr articulations and heavy wings.

Aside of the tiny scale, the second draw point for this figures is the articulations. They are extremelly articulated and can achive almost any pose you can think and they interact nicelly. Is fun to put this two fighting each other.

The details tough are OK i guess. The paint is minimum (mustly only on the heads) but they are good for theyr small size, i mean each one have fangs and the eyes perfectly painted, lack the realism of bigger figures but at this size they looks really good. Tough wath i find anoying is the really intrusive articulations, they are extremelly evident and there is not way to hide them with this size and nude level.

Also, while is nice they have articulation on the wings, i feel like the articulations could be broke in any minute, thanks to the plastic used and theyr small size.

Theyr accesoryes are a pair or circular bases with the awesome Microman logo on it. This bases helps them a lot to stand but i wish they also added bases with an arm soo they can be posed floying around. Theyr other accesoryes are an awfull LOT of little hands.

This hands helps a lot for the posses, but they are made with softish and squishy plastic, soo theyr colors is different to thatof the bidy and also, thanks to the material, is extremelly difficult to change them. The little sift peg can be broke and get stuck on theyr wrists soo i decided to just leave the hands alone and dont use it.

This issue extend to the entire figures actually, thanks to theyr small size and flimsy plastic, i feel they are going to broke in any minute, add theyr lack of balance and you have the most frustrating Devilman figures i ever had.

 Is really difficult to pose them and they dont looks fantastic thanks to the articulations, soo they are not very fun to watch but not too fun to play with either. Is weird how cool this little pair is but how they are not very functional at all.