ENDEAVOR

I remember during the pandemic how difficult it was to ask about Endeavor products and how everyone looked at me in doubt until i say "Todorki´s father" and they reply "Oh! The guy of the flames! No theres nothing" and then, all of a sudden, theres plushies and legos and lots of stuff about him and....i am actually gratefull for once, the husbando of the serires is getting all this mich love and pretty fast my collection of Endeavors is getting bigger and bigger.

I didnt even notice this figures was coming; from Bandao Namco, Ichibankuji The Top 5 My Hero Academia No.1 Hero Endeavor (i am not sure of the name of this serires anymore....is such a weird mouthfull), a serires of statues pretty similar to Banpresto figures (i think Bandai Spirits and Banpresto fused), seven figures in total inluding Hawks and Mirko tough, of course, i only care for Endeavor.

This guy is a little bit taller than the NECA action figures soo he is not small but not huge either, pretty standar scale to fit him with most action figures serires tough as a statue, he is static and can stand on his own perfectly with no problem. Even soo they added a little transluscent piece to fit on one of his feet and help him stand tough this little thing is unnecesary but i apreciate it.

The sculpt on this guy is fantastic, the way the tigth uniform wraps around his body and hangs in places it must hang (like the groin area) and they way the wrinkles react to the muscles is really nice and all the details like the red lines on the outfit are sharply sculpted.I specially like the logo on his stomach and being a separate piece it projects out soo much tough my most favorite part must be that clevage...

That clevage....those pecs gloryouslly compresed to each other and behind his arms and that ass...is very exciting to notice how much they are finally noticing all the male body important points to get all the needed atention beyond the female characters.

The pose also is very sexy, extremelly manly and - while static - looks pretty dynamic and intimidating, with lots of personality for Enhi Todoroki. With arms folded up front, just like the first Banpresto figure from 2021 tough this time Endeavor is looking at his side and the way his eyes peek from the flame mask is really really sexy as well.

I still dont like too much the shoulderpads but they fit pretty nicelly to the shape of his shoulders this time. The flames curling around looks really good, while theres not a lot of them in the boots, the beard is specially good looking since its moving to his left side and gives the impression Endeavor is just turning his head.

 The flames are made with transluscent plastic but they have soft shades of yellow and reds here and there to make them look less plastic tough thanks to this they looks kinda dark and dosnt catch the light as good as the McFarlane figure, with a light on the back they looks really good.

The paint is good too, red and oranges in a pretty intense tone with lots of blacks and dark blue on the outfit to high light the muscles and make them bulgue even much more but still keeping the clean look of an animated character. The shoulderpads and arm guards are painted in metalic grey.

While on his face only the nose and mouth are sculpted, the mouth is painted soo it stand out on the clean skin tone and botht the eyes and scar are just painted. The scar have a dark line art as well as the eyes and that helps a lot to make it look like an animated character and the green pupils are perfectly painted. Tough the face details are a bit concealed by the thick flames mask but i guess that cant be avoided, specially on this scale.

Overall i am loving this figures A LOT. He is miles above of the McFarlane figure and more natural looking detailed than the Banpresto one and somehow better shaped than the big figure of the movie. The pose also helps to fit him in literally and free space of the shelve and he looks really really good at any angle.

Is amazing how Banpresto/Bandai can pull out this amazing looking figures at such a low low price, it makes me question all ther figures company since the only thing this guy is missing is articulations, because pretty much everything else is pure perfection. Now i am just missing one of this guys before a new one in punching action comes out.