New Zone of the Enders Anubis Revoltech pics!!!

Its lookin better and better everytime I see it. Although, I could have sworn the zero shift binders(the wings) hovered around Anubis' back and didn't have any mechanical arms or anything attaching it. Oh well, Its either Kaiyodo does that or they'd have to do the binders on a separate stand with tons and tons of clear parts for display. Either way, my pre-ordering clicking finger's gettin real itchy. I can't wait for the pre-orders to open up. I may end up ordering 2!

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Revoltech Jehuty Review

A wayy overdo review, but here it is finally- the review for kaiyodo's Yamaguchi Revoltech series, No. 103 Jehuty from the Zone of the Enders game series. I wanted to wait til my custom effect part for Jehuty's Burst attack was finished, but progress is moving at snail speed right now. I'll just have to do a separate update video and post about it when its completed. With that out of the way, lets get to it!

Jehuty is no. 103 in the yamaguchi line for Kaiyodo's Revoltech line, ratchet-jointed figures known for being able to be posed in very dynamic poses and hold said poses for almost an indefinite amount of time. Every aspect from the sculpt, the joint placement, to utilized toy technology shows that jehuty is definitely a later generation revoltech and how after more than 100 figures, Kaiyodo is improving more and more with each and every figure. Though, this figure is by no means a perfect figure, it still has some very noteworthy positive marks going for it.

Early revoltech figures were known to have some great details for their size, but some inconsistency in the quality of certain sculpted areas were questionable. There was also some revoltech owners who spoke of some figures having symmetry problems. While there will always be some QC issues with some things, one thing can be said about Jehuty and this figure- Its a very detailed mech design and this figure does a pretty awesome job recreating that design and feel with all the details placed on it. From the proportions to the hard sculpted metatron "veins", one can't really complain about the look of this figure.

Like previous revoltech releases and even figma releases, you can expect extra hands for numerous posing options. The sets of hands include: a pair of directional pointing hands(right side), a pair of closed fists(middle), a pair of calm relaxed opened hands(left), and one special hand used to simulate a grab function from the game used on everything from environmental objects to enemies. All to be thrown, swung like a weapon, or used like a shield(top right).

Also included with the accessories are a pair of swap-able landing stabilizers for the legs when jehuty is planted a surface and not in flight mode(bottom right), one active melee mode for the blade weapon(middle right), one active long range mode for the blade weapon(middle left), a pair of energy wings used to simulate flight thrust(left).

It doesn't end there with the accessories, there's more! There's also a pair of double jointed elbow joints for more range in the arms as well as extending the arms for those really cool "hack n' slash" style poses( bottom right), a revol-container to store accessories or the ones that can fit at least(middle), a slash effect part/barrier effect part(left of revol-container), one enemy radar ring(top), a standard base with a revoltech joint(top right), and adapter pieces to give height when using the base as well as using the radar ring(top left).

Though not as weapon heavy on the accessories as the getter robo revoltechs or other releases, jehuty certainly comes with a plethora of accessories to recreate many poses.

Instead of showcasing every boring angle and each and every range of all of Jehuty's articulation, I've decided to show a pose that uses all of its joints as well as other poses to show how articulate this figure can be or how great it can look.

Here's another angle of this awkward weird looking pose. Almost all of Jehuty's joints consist of revoltech joints except a few areas which have swivel peg joints. This is a pretty notable shift from how some of the earliest revoltech releases saw only some revoltech joints with lots of doll cut style swivels.

Here's Jehuty in flight mode wieiding its extended blade in melee mode and using its grabbing hand. Normally, the wrists have very small revoltech joints in them(possibly the smallest revoltech joints ever. I've yet to see this joints sold seperately like some of the bigger sized joints), but the grabbing hand has a static peg for stability instead. Well thought, Kaiyodo.

Here's another angle. Fun fact- the revol-container is painted the same color as the many metal crates/plates featured in the game that is used by the grab function.

And here we see Jehuty displayed with the radar ring. Its attached via a special adapter piece used between the stand and the Jehuty figure itself. It has a very nice aesthetic to it to recreate moments in the game. However, that's where my praise for its functionality ends. Due to space restrictions, posing with the radar ring can be a chore or at least requires some serious patience. The more extravagant the pose with it, the more you'll have to adjust everything to get it all to look just right.By itself, the radar ring only looks cool, but gets in the way for playability and easy posing. That's not to say that it doesn't have other uses...

When combined with the effect part and certain poses, Jehuty can now be shown with a cool energy slash effect part.

Or when posed in other ways and other angles, Jehuty can now be shown utilizing its barrier shield.

Or can be launching points for the projectile looking "options" normally placed on jehuty's hips. These "options" are used for all forms of offensive manner in the game so this is another nice aesthetic touch for the ring. Personally, I would've preferred a larger ring since the game does feature the radar ring in different sizes. This would allow easier posing options as well as keep all the other uses for the ring as well.

This is more of a positive mark for revoltechs in general, but Jehuty benefits from this as well. More revoltechs, more accessories. Many, which can be interchanged or added on.

Overall, this revoltech release for Jehuty isn't a bad one, just not perfect. Its very attractive,has great sculpt, nice paint apps, incredibly articulated, and has lots of accessories. However, the accessories make this figure feel less like something to play with and more like just a display piece(a nice one though,heh). Which is a shame, because it just screams to be played with. With that all said, its another good revoltech release from Kaiyodo to some & an answered prayer to Zoe fans who've been wanting more Zoe merchandise(myself included ^^;)

As an additional closing note, this is what I have so far for the custom burst attack effect part I've been working on so far. I'm still working on the internal sculpt and the paint work.

Spet. 05, 2009 - Zone of the Enders Resin Kits-WANTS @_@****

Today, We're looking at the very rare and obscure model related merchandise of Zone of the Enders(aka ZOE). As of current,there is no official kits released via konami nor any reports of a ZOE3 game yet(c'mon,a ps3 version would rock sooo much.)All these model kits are considered garage kits and are made of resin.The nice part is that these are not standalone fixed posed models.they do have joints and are able to be placed in various poses,BUT I wouldn't put these in the same category as a plasmo,gunpla,or action figures or anything.Thats a downside,but with years of advancing toy technology at our disposal,thats only a speedbump.Since like most resin kits,these come in seperated unpainted parts and they're supposed to be jointed,it allows an opportunity to mod.With a dremel with a round "dentist bur" tip,some revoltech joints,and some figma joints, a modeler could probably create the closest thing to a plasmo model a ZOE fan could ever want.With that being said, these kits are a pain in the ass to find. Ebay's your best bet,but beware of recasters,or at least bad recasted resin as uncompatible joints,horrible seams,etc. could occur.whew,now with the long freakin intro outta the way,lets take a long look and admire some of the great resin kits out there.Enjoy.

Imagine the pain of painting all those details,labor of love only?

First up is one of the premiere mech of ZOE, Jehuty.

Even though it only has a few joints,its able to recreate many poses from the game.

The sculpted detail is really amazing.Lots of swivel doll joints on the arms.

Nova burst attack or attempted guren lagann pose?

Here's another kit of jehuty.It looks to be Jehuty Ver2.This Jehuty was scratchbuilt using resin,pla plate(or styrene).

This Version comes with the bits from Jehuty's many special weapons in the game.

Bring on parts for the VECTOR CANNON!!

AWWW REsonance,its Anubis!

Jointed,has screws,details out the ying yang, and has a cool vinyl copper bendable spine/tail.awesome.

Looking at this anubis,I would've guessed to be a action figure or a regular plasmo.

Did a really great job with the sculpt.

Painting would be absolute tortue.

As you can see, Anubis come with double(maybe even triple if possible??) joints in the upper arm/shoulders to allow awesome poses like this.Not alot of gunplas can pull off a crossed arms over the chest maneuver.

I wonder how sharp some of these parts are?

There might not be too much of a need to mod or add figma/revoltech joints really to this kits.Its pretty badass in its own right.

jointed elbow and it can rotate its arm??IS this a basic jointed resin kit or is it meant to be plasmo worthy???

Can't have Anubis without his tradmark staff/spear.Take that, ROTF voyager class-The Fallen!!

Strong as hell copper vinyl tail piece.

And the best for last feature of Orbital frame,Anubis-his zero-shifting enabled variable binders.The resin kit does come with the clear parts to simulate the floating binders.

God, don't you just want it????

Next,is Version 2 Anubis found after a big battle toward the end of the game. Couldn't find anymore picture for this guy.

And recently sseen on Ebay, Naked Jehuty.This is what happens after the final battle.

And last, for the ZOE anime fans-Orbital frame,Idolo from the OVA,ZOE:Idolo.

That ends this post for Zone of the enders-resin kits. I did this posting because I'm almost finished with my Kotobukiya,Linebarrel model kit(same mech designer from ZOE) and I still want the vardant, which shares similar designs and also has variable floating binder wings.Anyways,thats it for now,I gots a fansubing deadline to meet.Later people.