{"id":12619,"date":"2011-05-16T21:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T02:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12619"},"modified":"2011-05-16T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T02:05:12","slug":"vault-review-xenosagas-kos-mos-ver-4-figma-095","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12619","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Xenosaga’s
KOS-MOS Ver. 4 (Figma #095)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done a review on a Japanese import.\u00a0 There\u2019re a couple of reasons for this.\u00a0 The Sci-Fi Revoltech line has slowed way down now that they can\u2019t do as many kaiju.\u00a0 Second, a lot of the figures I\u2019ve been pre-ordering keep getting delayed.\u00a0 This was the case for Figma\u2019s KOS-MOS figure. <\/p>\n

If you read a lot of my articles, you\u2019ve probably noticed I\u2019m a bit all over the place when it comes to what toys I collect.\u00a0 This is mostly because I don\u2019t only buy toys of characters I\u2019m familiar with, like DC and MOTU.\u00a0 I\u2019ve gotten to this strange point in my collecting habits where I\u2019m more interested in if an action figure or toy is fun or looks great rather than how much I know about the character.\u00a0 This is why I buy figures like KOS-MOS.<\/p>\n

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KOS-MOS is a character from the Xenosaga video game series and anime.\u00a0 She is an android created to fight off the invading alien race known as the Gnosis.\u00a0 Her entire body is made up of sophisticated nanomachines which can morph into various weapons.\u00a0 She has been destroyed at various times in the series and this figure is based on the forth version of her body.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about as much as I know, since I\u2019ve never actually played\/watched Xenosaga.\u00a0 There is plenty of information about her on Wikipedia, but I found it to be a bit overwhelming since I don\u2019t have a firm grasp on the series.<\/p>\n

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As action figures go, KOS-MOS is definitely on the higher end just based on the amazing amount of detail that was put into her design and accessories.\u00a0 If it looks like there\u2019s a lot going on with her body, that\u2019s because there is.<\/p>\n

Her torso is actually made of three main parts: her upper torso, breasts, and lower torso.\u00a0 This not only gives her great articulation (which I\u2019ll get into later), but also allows for sculpting details that you don\u2019t see very often.\u00a0 For instance, her entire white skirt is actually made from a soft robber and is a separate piece that\u2019s been attached to her lower torso.\u00a0 Underneath it the sculptors still gave her a detailed body with raised armor plates, but you have to stretch her skirt up to even see this.<\/p>\n

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The details continue beyond her body though.\u00a0 On her legs, the thigh highs and garter belt straps have been raised off of her flesh.\u00a0 This gives the illusion that they\u2019re separate pieces even though they\u2019re still part of her thigh sculpt.\u00a0 Speaking of thighs, they also sculpted her entire upper legs.\u00a0 So from behind you can see her ass cheeks peeking out from beneath her short skirt.\u00a0 Now that\u2019s some nice detail!<\/p>\n

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Her hair is made of a light translucent blue which catches the light.\u00a0 Also, many of her armor pieces were sculpted separately and added on, giving the feel of real armor rather than something that was originally part of the body.\u00a0 These pieces also work with the movement of the figure instead of against it.\u00a0 The spiky wrist gauntlets can rotate allowing her to hold different weapons or even place her arms closer to her body.\u00a0 The golden armor that hangs to the sides of her thighs were even designed with swivel hinges so that they wouldn\u2019t interfere with the movement of her legs in any direction.<\/p>\n

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I have mixed feelings about the paint job used on KOS-MOS.\u00a0 On one hand her design is incredibly complex, so I know that adding the color probably wasn\u2019t easy.\u00a0 On the other hand, the mistakes that were made really stand out because they break up the overall flowing look of the figure.\u00a0 The blue lines on her armor aren\u2019t as clean as I\u2019d like and under close inspection are rough instead of smooth.\u00a0 There are also a few drips and marking of gold paint on the flesh parts of her thighs.\u00a0 Luckily, most of them are underneath the skirt, so they can be hidden.\u00a0 But they\u2019re still very distracting in certain poses. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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All these little bits of slop are annoying, but the worst is with the words on her costume.\u00a0 On various parts of her body the words KOS-MOS have been tampoed, sometimes there\u2019s even a smaller sentence underneath.\u00a0 I love this kind of detail.\u00a0 Unfortunately these tampos seem to be scratching off.\u00a0 The effect is most noticeable on her forehead, where the MOS in KOS-MOS is entirely gone.\u00a0 So, a warning for those who get this figure:\u00a0 When holding or posing her, be careful not to touch the tampoed areas.<\/p>\n

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KOS-MOS\u2019 articulation, like most Figmas, is pretty fantastic.\u00a0 She has the normal swivel\/hinge joints, similar to a Revoltech, on her head, elbows, knees, and ankles.\u00a0 Her hands are hinged pin joints which can swivel, and she has a thigh cut which also swivels.\u00a0 Her upper torso is a double ball-joint, while her lower torso joint is in the shape of a \u201cY\u201d with ball joints on all three ends.\u00a0 This allows her two legs and lower torso to move separate from each other.\u00a0 Even her long hair was split into two pieces, each articulated with a swivel\/hinge.<\/p>\n

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I think my favorite joint is definitely her shoulders though.\u00a0 I really wish US toy designers would notice some of the innovations in articulation the Japanese have come up with.\u00a0 Where a Mattel or Hasbro figure would normally have the restricted movement of a swivel\/hinge for a shoulder joint, Figma figures have a swivel\/hinge that is connected to the torso with a ball joint.\u00a0 This gives the arm all the movement that a swivel\/hinge allows for in the arm and then adds the greater circular articulation of the ball joint to the shoulders themselves.\u00a0 A Figma can actually move their shoulders like a real person.\u00a0 This adds a ton of character and freedom to the poses of a figure.<\/p>\n

Because KOS-MOS is essentially a weapon, she comes with a ton of weapon accessories.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what the official names of these weapons are, but that doesn\u2019t take away from their coolness.\u00a0 Her two most impressive weapons are probably the giant Gatling guns.\u00a0 Each has a clear prop stand and a burst of firepower that can be added to the barrels.\u00a0 She also has a pistol like gun and an incredibly long saber weapon that can be positioned in an on or off setting.<\/p>\n

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As for her body, she comes with an extra head that has green eyes and an almost coy expression.\u00a0 She also has a second tiara piece for her forehead.\u00a0 Her second breast plate which has these little spiky things opened up and much less clothing coverage.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s a long blade that can replace a forearm.\u00a0 Last, but certainly not least, are the eight extra hands in various open, closed, and holding poses.<\/p>\n

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This figure is truly fantastic and fun to play with\/pose.\u00a0 Aegis is still my favorite Figma, but KOS-MOS comes very close.\u00a0 She\u2019s a bit more expensive than a normal Figma, costing at least $40, but this is because of her level of detail and the fact she comes with much more than a normal Figma.\u00a0 I think you definitely get your money\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done a review on a Japanese import.\u00a0 There\u2019re a couple of reasons for this.\u00a0 The Sci-Fi Revoltech line has slowed way down now that they can\u2019t do as many kaiju.\u00a0 Second, a lot of the figures I\u2019ve been pre-ordering keep getting delayed.\u00a0 This was the case for Figma\u2019s KOS-MOS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10],"tags":[1017,104,1016,1018],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/kosmTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3hx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16310,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16310","url_meta":{"origin":12619,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Composite Fei Yen\/Hatsune Miku","date":"January 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019ve always been more than a little tempted by the robotic figures from the Virtual On video game series.\u00a0 With the addition of a Miku Hatsune design to the line, I decided to check out the rather lengthily named Composite Ver. 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