CLAIRE REDFIELD (LEATHER JACKET VERSION)

 Moby Dick Toy was a japanese figure company owned by Go Nagai in the end of the last century and theyr made theyr debut with the BIOHAZARD 3 Real Shock Action Figure, the very first japanese figures based on Resident Evil and under direct supervision by Capcom. The figures were huge and they came in pairs like ToyBiz used to do, they come in a huge box acked with an extra piece to build Nemesis Type-3 once the collection was complete.

I think most shops back then werent very happy with the packaging, because after Series 4 of Carlos and Nemesis, this figures started to be packed all alone, on a clamhell. Not only this means some figures were wold out faster than other, but this made them much more difficult to collect soo instead of collect 6 more Series, we had now 12 to hunt down!! Also they divided Nemsis Type-3 even more soo some figures were packed with very small bits, like a rib.

Soo i will review this figures in the order of release as planed at first, with Series 5 Claire Redfield Leather Jacket version and Nemsis Type-2. This is something else to note, with Jill released 3 times and Carlos once, at half of the serires Moby Dick Toys was runing out of characters, soo instead of release Nicholai or Mikhail, they instead choce to go backtrack and release Claire Redfield, even if she wasnt never in Resident Evil 3.

To make things weirder, she is using her alternat outfit found on the locker room in the police station. Why?? Thats one of the illions of questions Moby Dick Toys leave for us over the years.

Claire have the same small frame than Jill and she is the size a DVD case, really impresive back in the 2000s. She can stand on her own perfectly toigh is better to use the base included to be extra sure she dosnt fall, tough given her small frame is unlike she broke something even if she falls.

She is articulated on the head, shoulders, elbows, waist and boots cut, all of them cut joints that only move in one direction. This is troublesome in the elbows area since they are cut joints in angle, soo give her a good pose is really tricky. The head is ball jointed soo its the most movable part tough it most be moved with caution to not broke Claire´s hair on the back.

She is preposed shoting her weapon up front, soo all wrinkles on her outfit follow the flow of her arms pefectly, move the elbows and you will broke the oattern, not only of the wrinkles, but from the flames on her jacket as well. She is firing her weapon frm the hip, like a cowboy, something she does in game once she puts this outfit soo this is for display a very specific moment of the game. The attentoon to details from Moby Dick Toys is extremelly good.

The sculpt is good, while the pants are really simple, the jacket is a separate peice and helps a lot to five deep to the overall look. I do love the flames on her arms and are sculted as well. Her face is really really pretty, with a rounder shape than Jill and pretty close to her look in the FMV scenes of the opening and endings of the game.

The eyes are beautifull, as well as her soft pink lips that looks even wet. She dosnt have that odd orange skin Carlos have, instead the paint is cleaner and even add an extra texture to make it looks softer and even her finger nails are painted pink.

Her outfit is black clean, tough the details on her jacket are very nice, like the buttons and the zipper in silver, the fllames on the sleves and the "Let it Live" lofo on ehr back with a valkyrie, everything looks clean enough to looks like a 3D render from a videogame but with every details in touch.

Also she have a belt full of bullets and a holster for her weapon. The paint work on the bullets is amazing!!! I love the orange tips!!! And the fact this belts is separate and resting on her hips means it can be moved up a little, not much but is a good detail.

Her base is the same the Jill´s have, but this time painted in full silver, with no other painted detais. She have a magunm as main weapon, painted in silver with black. The paints is good and it fits on her hand perfectly while the other hands holds the weapon´s top to emulate the unique animation this outfit gives her in the game.

She also have an M-100 machine gun from Code Veronica. Why?? Again, i dont know but is a nice option to give her to hold.

The original plan have her packed with Nemesis Type-2, the shirtless Nemesis from the clock tower. It made no sence release him with Calire but in the end, Nemesis turned into "Series 6" and was packed alone and turned into one of the most expensive mechadise of Resident Evil sicne he is now 500$ or more and by now i lose all hope to ever own him.