Great was my amazement when I walked into the local Shop4Geek, and see a display there of the new range from BanDai, Anime Heroes.
Because amongst the shelves on the display, containing Naruto, My Hero Academia and Dragonball Z... there was Saint Seiya!
The first wave of these action figures contains 3 models, the others being Saga and Aiolos, but the even harder to believe fact was that Seiya was the ONLY figure already sold out from the whole display. Thanks to the store to be able to get one from another of their stores, even with a lockdown closure between asking and getting!
So Noshi bought all three of them for christmas, and now it's time to take a look at the first one, who else then Seiya of course.
The box has a transparant front, with artwork of Seiya's famous ryuseiken move, while the back displays the other two models as well that make up Wave 1 (there is another gold saint coming, one each in wave 2 and 3, so I`m keeping an eye out on those).
The figure is held inside in a transparent holder, together with two hands for alternating poses.
I went for his "beginning" of the ryuseiken pose, as he grabs his Cosmo to unleash the lightning fast punches.
The model, made to play with as with other action figures, has of course some joints that are, because nothing to do about it, clearly visible. But they aren`t as stiff compared to the Myth cloths and all, and the armour of course is cast on plastic.
The paintjob is actually okay, if a bit "bland" due to being monotones of grey and red, but in the eyes some good work has been put.
So yes, this definitly is a cool model to add to the collection, reminiscent of the older, smaller action figures (those that came with their objects as well) from about a decade ago.
Glad to see my all time favorite franchise still gets love from BanDai into the West!
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