ENDEAVOR

 Deffinetly its a good time to be an Endeavor fan. Not too long ago he was such an obscure figure that not even fans of My Hero Academia knew about his existance, and now theres lots of merch from him to collect but big part of that is thanks to Bnadai Spirits and Banpresto, releasing hig quality figures with very affordable prices that makes collecting Endeavor pretty fun.

A little correction here, is not good only for the Endeavor fans, but for fans of My Hero Academia in general since the amunt of figures released by Banpresto and Bandai has been astonishing and not every series includes Endeavor, actually he only is included on a handfull of them. This series in particular is labeled as "Ichibankuji My Hero Academia Rushing" and oncludes Midoriya, Bakugo, the crow looking guy, the guy that looks like a hobo, the musical guy, Endeavor, Hawks and the bunny girl (i am sorry, i dont know the name of this characters!!) and the box is really really huge and the figure is actually pretty heavy as well!!

Heavy and thick...this is not hollow plastic soo this is the second heavyest Endeavor figure soo far only behind of the gigantic Masterlise Extra one but not only that, but i see a lot of reseblance between that one and this particular figure as well soo maybe they are made by the same sculptor. This guy here is taller than the other Endeavor figures, in bigger scale, but given his pose and bend legs, he is the same size as the other figures.

I am not sure if he can stand on his own....his pose is really tricky, but he comes with a base that looks like a bubble, made with transluscent plastic and fits around his front leg. Is a little anoying since its hard not to see this base thing but considerong all his figure have similar accesorys it dosnt looks too bad, also this little piece of plastic keeps him standing perfectly soo it works really good.

While all other figures of this characters, except the last one, shows him in a stoic and very serious pose, this one shows him in full action, attacking with a flame punch while giving a frontal step. The musculature is impresive since this time around muscles are tensing up in different directions and they show the complet mastery over anatomy of the sculptor.

I specially like the dorsal muscle conecting with the arm while the torso is twisting and all the force seen on his tensed up legs and ass, the sense of movement is very present but also a sense of weigth and power, like a tank. The flames are more in control this time, shorter but stil moving to the back, like small wings or the propuslor combustion of a jet pack.

The beard and mustache are specially "bushy" but they dont hidde anything of his fierce face expression. But the best part is effinetly the kunkles on his punch and how they mix with the fire that cover his arm. This punching fist is pretty much the only removable piece of the figure and like all flames in here, they are cast in traslucent plastic.

But unlike the last two Endeavor figures, theres a lot of paint on the flames, including the first ones, a lot of orange and yellows as well as a metalic red in the point of the flames and the flames on his face, back and boots have the same pint aplication. This makes the fire looks very very detailed but at the same time block the ligth and all the trabslucent features of the plastic that can bee seen only with very direct ligth and only in the end parts of the fire.

The shoulder pads and arms armor are painted in silver metalic paint and this time around his uniform actually looks blue. There is a lot of black airbushing to to higlieth the amazing muscles and the orang sections on his uniform have a mix of yellow and orange gradient that makes it looks like there is actually fire under them. This make this section specially good loking along side the flames on the shoulders since it looks like they are mixing together.

Ulike the last two Endeavor figures, the skin tone here is painted and have some pretty tame and discret brushes and his scar have a pretty realistic color and texture. but his eyes and mouth have actually a "line art", a pretty thick black line that makes him look like a comic drawing. I find this detail to be very interesting because the rest of the figure is much more realistic looking while the face looks cartoony. 

The result isnt bad tough since it makes his face stand out a lot, against all odds it works to give even more force to his expression. The blue eyes and teeth are, of course, perfectly painted.

The muscular structure and the way the flames are sculpted as well as the paint on the uniform with the mix of yellow and orange and the super detailed paint on the flames (and even the bulgue....) reminds me a lot the Masterlise Extar figure based on the movie. This two pieces looks connected somehow despite the different scale.

I love this figure A LOT. The sculpt is exquisite and the paint is really spectacular, the pose in the middle of an attack make it soo unique and spectacular and makes this the deffinitive Endeavor figure, tough the other figures, each one are also the deffinitive Endeavor. Is like each one of them is perfect in theyr own way, independently and together. Such level of perfection is soo shocking, specially with the low price they have!!