KLAUS V. REINHERZ

After watching Kekkai Sensen i started to scout for figures and i was dissapointed to see that a series with such rich visuals have literally nothing in the toys department. I saw a Klaus from “RevolMini MicroYamaguchi”. He was tiny, had pretty odd articulations and the details are prettynon-existant. I didnt liked too much the Snake and Ninja from RevolMini soo i wasnt going to touch Klaus at all. Gladlly, years later Good Smile Company released both a Figma and Nendroid of the character.

But it was Kotobukiya the one that came to the rescue on its line ARTFX J and the result was quiet odd and amazing. Not exactly a figure, but more like a statue maybe? Or should i say a 3D portrait/photograph better. Based on an actual illustration from the chapter 29 of the manga, this could be considered a bust as well?

I dunno, but i really loved how it looked and i pre-order it fast and i am glad i did it since i didnt see him too much around (not even in the USA page of Kotobukiya).

He have quiet the fantastic sculpt, with his hair looking really cool in 3D (something really difficult to do) and his tiny sculpted fangs, the fold of the clothing and his arm, all perfectly defined and with a nice flow of movement, his tie too. And even you can peek behind his tie and shirt a little bit and see some magnifiscent clavicles and pectoral muscles under the clothing. I am sorry but i am a pervert, i cant help it.

The paint work is perfect too, no splotchs of any kind and his fangs and lips are perfectly painted. His tiny eyes are defined and have an intense emerald green colour and his glasses are a separate sculp with transluscent plastic. Serisully!!! This is amazing details for a toy!!!!! Not even Square Enix and they Play Arts Kai dare to sculpt glasses like this ones!!!

The blood portal he is coming from is made with red transluscent plastic, soo it looks ethereal and vibrant. The “Kekkai Sensen” logo behind have the little cut marks on the kanjis and it looks great in front of the black background of the base.

The only mobil part is the little leg behind, soo you can stand him like a portrait and it also have a small ole soo you can hang him into a wall as well. I love how versatil this thing is!!! Not only he can fit on any place, but you can hang him on the wall and save some shelf space for more figures!!

I am tempted tough to put him in a little table close to my bed soo i can see the 3D portrait of my husbando and talk to him before i sleep and when i wake up, like those ridiculous love movies but i would be send into an asylum for such chessy and campy acting towards my half-vampire non-existant boyfriend.

Gladlly, that wont happend since i dont have a table near my bed, lmao.

My only complaing here is that i was expecting something the size of an artbook, but he is not that big…he is as big as a photograph, soo he have the size of an average action figure. Despite of the size, and thanks to the fact we can only see a fragment of him, he is incrediblly well detailed.

If they ever release a good action figure of a statue of Klaus, i will sure get it in no time!! But this little items is soo exciting i dont even know where to classify it: is like a statue but a 3D artwork at the same time? McFarlane Toys released lots of this kind of items years ago but i never get one until now.

Now i am just unsure if i want him in front of my TV or hanging in the wall.

KLAUS V REINHERZ

This year has been very troublesome for the import of figures (and other items too i guess) thanks to the new taxes the Mexican government is adding and the dollar value jumping every week, but things have been a chaos since last year since i buy both the Nendroid and Figma of Klaus V Reinherz at the same time....8 months ago....

I got the Figma Klaus a month ago (time really flys) and this week i just get by mail the Nendroid. Aside of Archer this two are the only character that have in both version and they looks really good displayed together.

Tough Klaus is a little bit odd compared to other Nendroids... for starters, he is actually the tallest of them all. The size difference is not that notorious but that extra inch make him stand out when he is around other Nendroids. 

The sculpt is really cute and adorable as always, with his tiny fangs and evil looking green eyes with shadows painted around them, he looks very mean for being such a tiny guy. Also his hair is really spectacular looking, with brigth red colors, i dare to say his hair is more detailed and better looking than the Figma version (maybe because his head is much bigger).

His glasses are a separate sculpt with transluscent plastic and can be removed once the front hair is removed as well. They look terrific and are easy to display but i am afraid they are too delicate soo i dont plan to play too much with them.

Articulations wise....we.., there is the thing and why he is soo different wo other Nendroids, he is not articulated at all. Only his neck, shoulders and legs are movable and he have a ball joint on his hips as well, but he feels much more like a tiny statue. This make him very sturdy and resistance because the articulation of this figures are usually delicate and fall apart very easy. Well, Klaus is a solid mass of plastic.

Instead of movable limbs, he comses with an extra pair of legs (open legs for battle stance) and 3 extra pair of arms modeled in different poses: flexed against his body, extended by the sides, etc... and of course, an army of little hands that can be put on any arm. This method of removable limbs is good for such tiny figures i guess but is actually confusing given you have to mix limbs to achive the poses you want.

Klaus is actually older than Geralt of Rivia and the Witcher guy still have the old articulations style. I wonder why did Good Smile decided to experiment with Klaus?

Anyways, aside of the extra limbs and hands, Klaus comes wit the normal base with the arm attached to his back and, unlike the Figma version, the base can be attached to his back pretty easy.

He also have two extra face plates, one with a funny and ashamed expression with totally white eyes and another one in a fierce roaring for battle scenes. The most detailed is the last one of course, given to the sculpt of his mouth with fangs and the great painting on his green eyes, is really neat how much they stand out under the glasses and hair.

He also have an extra pair of totally white glasses. I dont see too much use to them since they block his eyes completelly, but i guess they are to be paired with his funny mortified expression. He also have a Libra presentation card that cna be placed between his fingers. The cool thing about this item is how the actual logo of the group is printed on it!!!

He also have an extra arm with the glove as well as the metalic knuckles shaped as a cross on his opposite hand for battle scenes, just like the Figma, but he also have a transparency card with a tiny base that can be placed in front of him and mimic his presentation scene. This card have his name in romaji and katakana as well as his Blood Battle Technique: Brain Grid, his sex: Make/Otoko as well as Lider Carismatic and Megane/Glasses Hyperopia legends over it with red ink. 

In photos is very evident is a screen of plastic on front of him but in real life the effect is really nice and more subtle.

And finally, my favorite accesory of him is a brown paper bag and a donut. He can be posed eating the donut but he is supposed to give it to Leo but in either case, this is one of the cutest scenes a Nendroid can participate with (along Grealt´s bath scene).

I find the replacable limbs quiet odd but aside of that i am very happy with this Klaus, he is easy to play with and have lots of amazing items with loads of personality and fits perfectly on my collection of chibi husbandos.

KLAUS V REINHERZ

Getting ready to watch Kekkai Sensen & Beyond (i want to watch it on Blueray), last year i pre-ordered the Figma Klaus. And while it took him some time to arrive, i am very happy to see it was worth the wait.

Klaus comes in the very standar size of all Figma figures, a little bit smaller than a Kenner toy. This is probablly the only thing i dislike about Figma, how tiny are they, but this also means he is really easy to stand and very light (and as a bonus i have to say, the box was redesigned and is smaller than ever, wich is a shame because it means it dosnt fits with the boxes of the other Figmas). He is the same size as Lancer or Archer but givn his big frame, i have the feeling Klaus should be much more taller than them (like Guts).

He is articulated on the head, neck, chest, abs, legs, knes, ankles, feet, whoulders, arms, elbows and wrists. Even the end of his shirt is articulated too it dosnt block the movement of the wrists. All this articulation works excelent to give him any kind of extreme pose, full of action or to give him soft and small movements that gives him life. Its pretty neat how full of life he looks just by tilting his head or his hips.

My only complaing over the articulations are the one on his shoulders, mostof the time you can see a big gap in between his vest and his arms, this articulations is the most obvious and i very anoying from sides view. I wish they give him extra pieces of shirt to cover up this big gap sinxe he is pretty hollow inside. Also the articulation piece inside his hip is a little bit fragile (or it looks like it) soo i would be extrea carefull to not play too much with his hips.

Everything visible is made with high wuality plastic with a really nice texture and the vest and hips are made with soft plastic soo they dpnt get in the way of the arms or legs. His proportions are really good, with big shoulders and a thin waist and long legs. When i saw the prototype i was worryed about the proportions but in the end they looks really good and sexy even in a somple walking pose.

He is an anime husbando, soo he dosnt have any abitious texture and the paint is extremelly clean and make hims look very 2D and is only applyed on the parts that need small detailing (like his eyes).

He comes with 3 face plates: one smiling (sorta...kinda...). another menacing and serious look (with visible eyes over his glases), and another one roaring. The face change is really easy and while the happy face with no eyes is a little...simplistic, the other ones have great detailing on his small blue eyes (dont forget the faces are really small).

His other accesoryes consist on a bunch of different hands to give him personality. All the hands can be exchanged really easy and some of them have a glove with cross design on his fingers. There is also a fist with the metalic cross he uses to punch vampires and both the paint job and sculpt are perfect.

He also comes with an extra arm!! Never saw a Figma with something like it before. His entire arm can come off in the elbow articulation and exchanged by the extra arm, with the torn apart shirt and the metalic red arm protection with a big cross. Of course this is only meant for heavy battle displays and while the arm exchange needs to be done carefully, its a great testament over how detaied are this Figmas.

His last accesory is, of course, his cell phone. A really tiny small little piece of flat plastic with a painted screen and a button. Its a shame theres nothing on the screen but is crazy the miniature detailes on it and hoow good and cute look on Klaus hand.

Then there is the base, the same perfect and simplistic arm base all Figma have BUT i have a complaing in here. He have a hole on his back for the base and another one on the vest on top of his back. The peg of the base needs to penetrate both but the vest hole is rarelly aligned with the hole on his back, soo put the base on him is actually very tricky and very risky to broke the figure or the base. In this case i really wish the vest and the torso were one solid piece with one single hole.

Really, is imposible to not be happy with him, aside of the base detail this guy is just perfect, with great articulations and details and a lot of fun accesoryes and since i am not interested on Leonardo Watch, i can say my Kekkai Sensen collection is complete...until i get the Nendroid Klaus.