{"id":12834,"date":"2011-06-10T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T18:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12834"},"modified":"2011-06-10T13:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T18:15:35","slug":"vault-review-racaseal-elenor-action-plastic-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12834","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: RAcaseal
Elenor Action Plastic Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Here I am again with a toy review for a character I know nothing about.\u00a0 Maybe I should start titling these \u201cVault\u2019s Clueless Reviews\u201d.\u00a0 But do I really need to know anything more about this RAcasael Elenor figure other than that she\u2019s a super cute robot girl?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Besides, that\u2019s what the review is for.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been a fan of robot girls, but it wasn\u2019t until recently that I discovered a sever lack of them in my toy collection.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard enough to get a good female action figure from US companies sometimes.\u00a0 When you narrow down the list to female robots, you\u2019re pretty much just left with a few Transformers and EVE from WALL-E.\u00a0 I knew this, but it was never an idea I really thought about.\u00a0 There were just not fembot toys, and life went on.<\/p>\n

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Then I discovered the wonderful, and expensive, world of Japanese import toys.\u00a0 At first I was mostly distracted by all the nifty Kaiju figures that Revoltech was debuting.\u00a0 But, as I kept my eye on the upcoming pre-orders, I noticed figures of robot girls would pop up quite often.\u00a0 If you ever wondered why I started buying figures of characters I know nothing about, it all started right here.\u00a0 Figma revealed their Drossel figure and I realized what had been missing from my toy collection for all these years.<\/p>\n

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This brings me to my newest addition to my fembot collection, RAcaseal Elenor from Phantasy Star Online.\u00a0 A 1\/12 scale \u201cFull action plastic kit\u201d produced by Kotobukiya, and sculpted by Masaki Apsy.\u00a0 What does that mean?\u00a0 This figure is actually a model kit.\u00a0 All her pieces come on sprues and you have to assemble her.\u00a0 But when finished, you\u2019re left with a fully poseable figure instead of a static model.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen this done with Gundams before, but this is my first time seeing it applied to a non-Mecha.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve never played the Phantasy Star Online, so I have no idea who Elenor Camuel is.\u00a0 Her English name is spelled Eleanor, but she doesn\u2019t seem to have a Wikipedia entry and the majority of returns Google brought me were press releases and discussions about this figure.\u00a0 Even the image search mostly gave me the press release photos of this figure.\u00a0 It was a bit frustrating.\u00a0 The only bit of info I could find was one paragraph from a Phantasy Star Wiki:<\/p>\n

\u201cElenor fights alongside you in two quests, “Magnitude of Metal” and “Doc’s Secret Plan.” She is the creation of the brilliant scientist Jean Carlo Montague.\u00a0 Though she is loyal to her creator, she seems to yearn for a normal life with real friends outside of Dr. Montague’s lab.\u00a0 She also has the abillity to talk to mags.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So you Phantasy Star fans will have to fill us in on what we\u2019re missing.<\/p>\n

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Like I said, this is the first time I\u2019ve assembled one of these kits, so I didn\u2019t know what to expect.\u00a0 Luckily for me, these kits are designed with the amateur in mind.\u00a0 Every sprue was designated by a letter, while the pieces on the sprue each had designated numbers. \u00a0There was no confusion with what piece I should be working with.\u00a0 Also, almost all the pieces snap together or are held in place.\u00a0 The only real need for glue was on her holding hands, which are three pieces and need to be a little more secured to actually hold things.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s odd, because I just assumed that most things that come on sprues are designed by computer.\u00a0 But this figure was actually sculpted by Masaki Apsy, who did a fantastic job.\u00a0 From the few pictures I\u2019ve seen, Elenor\u2019s sculpt is pretty spot on.\u00a0 But beyond accuracy, the look of the figure is what sold me on her pre-order.\u00a0 She\u2019s just got this cute yet still generic android design.\u00a0 Plus, since she\u2019s a model kit, she actually looks like she\u2019s assembled.\u00a0 Almost every line or joint is a separate piece and it brings an amount of realism to the figure.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elenor\u2019s parts are all molded in their specific colors, but the painting is up to you.\u00a0 Comparing her to the box it\u2019s obvious there are certain areas that should be pink or white.\u00a0 Also, her weapons are all molded one color, so you have to paint them if you want them to look accurate also.\u00a0 Personally, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to paint my Elenor figure yet.\u00a0 She may not be entirely accurate, but the figure itself still looks great with just her base molded colors.<\/p>\n

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Elenor\u2019s articulation is way beyond anything I expected out of a model kit.\u00a0 Her head, neck, wrists, and hips are all regular ball joints.\u00a0 Her shoulders are ball joints with added swivels, and her thigh cuts are actually limited ball joints.\u00a0 She has swivel biceps.\u00a0 Her elbows are hinged, while her knees are double hinges.<\/p>\n

Two of her more interesting joints are her upper torso and ankles\/feet.\u00a0 Her upper torso is a separate piece and attached to her midsection with a ball joint on a hinge.\u00a0 This allows her to bend really far back while moving her upper body in different angles.\u00a0 Her breast plate is actually a separate piece that is hinged so it can be adjusted to cover the gap left between her upper and lower torso.<\/p>\n

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Her ankles are hinge joints while her mid foot is a swivel.\u00a0 This allows you to position the bottom of her foot flat on the ground while her ankles are forward or back.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pretty useful joint and is given even more stability by the little platforms that come off the back of her foot.\u00a0 These are hinged and can be lowered for a more firm footing.<\/p>\n

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Elenor comes with five sets of hands:\u00a0 fists, holding, holding\/pointed index finger, open, and open with fingers splayed.\u00a0 These give her a variety of poses and emotions and were definitely more than I expected out of a model.\u00a0 You do want to be careful though.\u00a0 They are a combination of two to three pieces and can come apart very easily.<\/p>\n

She also comes with a few weapons.\u00a0 There are two beam sabers, both molded in translucent green.\u00a0 There is a small ray gun pistol, and a much larger crossbow-like weapon that she can hold with two hands.\u00a0 Both of these are molded white and will need painting to be accurate.<\/p>\n

Lastly, she also comes with an armored skirt piece that can be attached to her lower back with a ball joint.\u00a0 The sides of the skirt are also articulated with hinges.\u00a0 These joints definitely appreciated because they keep her thigh movements from being hindered.<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed this figure much more than expected.\u00a0 Since she\u2019s a model kit there isn\u2019t that heaviness to her a real figure would have.\u00a0 But the plastic is good quality and she\u2019s fairly sturdy.\u00a0 Just don\u2019t be too rough with it.\u00a0 I also liked being able to remove pieces like a real robot.\u00a0 This figure will probably run close to $30, which isn\u2019t too bad considering piece count.\u00a0 Even though she\u2019s technically a model, I\u2019d still consider her more of an action figure, especially with all that articulation.\u00a0 Plus, she fits in with my other robo girls nicely, and that\u2019s what really matters.<\/p>\n

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

Here I am again with a toy review for a character I know nothing about.\u00a0 Maybe I should start titling these \u201cVault\u2019s Clueless Reviews\u201d.\u00a0 But do I really need to know anything more about this RAcasael Elenor figure other than that she\u2019s a super cute robot girl?\u00a0 Nope.\u00a0 Besides, that\u2019s what the review is for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12836,"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":[1037,1036,1035,1034,1039,1032,1031,1038,1033],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/elenTN1.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3l0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22080,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22080","url_meta":{"origin":12834,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Transformers Prime Dark Energon Starscream","date":"December 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This week seems to be devoted to paint variants, so to go along with the trend I'm going to throw one more Starscream onto the pile.\u00a0 This time I'm taking a look at the BBTS exclusive Dark Energon version.\u00a0 This is a pretty spiffy figure that I just got in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/desp7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12272,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=12272","url_meta":{"origin":12834,"position":1},"title":"Vault Review: Nanoblock: NBH_010 Neuschwanstein Castle","date":"April 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re familiar with my reviews you know that I\u2019m a big fan of trying out new toys. 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