GUTS

 Its amazing how time flys since it was eight years ago when Good Smile Company launched theyr Berserk movie serires figures from theyr Figma line, i remember it clearlly because i saw Guts Band of the Hawks and i had no money ....and never saw him ever again since a year later he was twice the price and by now they ask an absurd amount of money for him.

Tough Good Smile Company was nice enough to relaunch many of the Berserk figures and i finally was able to get the Guts Band of the Hawk tough they say this is a repaint version, i really dont see any difference with the original edition aside of the box design. This was a pretty desired figure for me since is pretty much the only Berserk Figma i was missing after completing the God Hand.

Guts is a little bit taller than Griffith and Casca soo theres no issue with the scale at all and he can stand on his own....sorta...sometimes, more about that issue later tough he comes with the traditional and always trusthfull Figma base with an arm on his back. He is articulated on the head, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, legs, knes and ankles. 

Artculations works really good since the armour on his shoulders is made with soft plastic as well as the armour on his hips, he can move with total freedom except on the ankles. Somehow his boots dosnt have too much room of movement and that makes him stand kinda tricky.

Sculpt is really good, only his mouth and nose are sculpted and his eyes and scare are only painted, wich gives him a pretty "anime"look and that makes sense since this is based on the movies.The armor is very simplistic, much more than Griffith´s and Caska´s but the very few details it have are pretty good looking, like the engraving on the sides of his chest or the knife at the front.

Every section is cast on the dominant color soo that gives him a pretty clean looks with only minimal sections painted (like the buckles or bandages) but this small bits are perfectly painted (i specially love the look of the bandages on his hand and metalic texture on his armour).

And the cape...oh the cape!! Unlike Griffith´s or the Black Swordamn´s capes, this one is made with solid plastic. The sculpt is good, with folds and everything that gives it a really heroic sense of movement and matchs the figure nicelly, dosnt looks as cheap as the other paper/fabric capes Figma did but this cape is actually quiet heavy....and that prevents him to stand properlly without the base. And even with the base, it needs an extention in order for the arm to moves around the cape and reach his back and thats quiet awkard.

Also i was expecting the cape to be articulated but is not. It fits with a couple of posts on Guts back but is rock solid soo you can move it around for more dynamic poses, soo in the end is the cape wath prevents some of his movements. The top section of the cape is a separate piece that fits around his shoulders and while it fits nicelly, in certain angles is ptetty obvious there is a big gap between this top piece and the rest of the cape.

Because, of course, the sword. His main weapon is a long sword that fits perfectly on the sheat on his back and inside the gap of the cape. The sword fits perfecty and easy on the sheat and is really good looking, specially on the handle with bandges, looks pretty savage and rough and the small piece on the end can be removed soo the sword can be inrested on the hands.

The other accesory is his helmeth, again, much more rough and savage looking than the heleths of Griffth and Casca, the sculpt with all the bolths and identations is perfect. The front side can be detahced and once you remove Guts hair piece, the helmeth fits on his head perfectly.

There is also an extra face plate with a fierce screaming expression. The paint work on the mouth and eyes is really amazing tough the face shape is kinda odd...i like the neutral face expression more. And the other accesorys are a bunch of extra hands to hold his sword and open hands, all can be exchanged with no problem at all.

I hated the Black Swordman Guts cape as well as Griffith´s, they looks soo cheap and separate to the sculpt. Now this Guts have a plastic cape and while is really good looking, i am not sure wath to think about how limits his movements and standing abilitys.

Despite of that i really like this figure a lot. Guts here looks really cute and almost innocent, very youthfull, maybe for the soft smile. Is imposible to make a more perfect figure at this small scale, and yet this will be my last Figma. This guy cost me twice the price of Griffth or any other human Figma, it was really expensive.... i think this brand already reach the point of no return on the prices, just like Play Arts Kai did years ago, the quality is top notch and i love the articulations, but they are soo tiny to be this expensive....