{"id":15186,"date":"2011-11-04T10:23:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T15:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15186"},"modified":"2012-04-18T21:08:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T02:08:58","slug":"vault-review-ori-toy%e2%80%99s-liao-yuan-huo-from-the-ravages-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15186","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Ori-Toy\u2019s Liao Yuan
Huo from The Ravages of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I\u2019ve saved my favorite Ori figure for my last Ori-Toy review. But never fear! I\u2019ll be back next week with a particularly special treat, an interview with the company founder and Ori-Fig designer, Mo Mou!\u00a0 Until then, take a look at my review of Liao Yuan Hou.<\/p>\n

Liao Yuan Huo is one of the two main characters in the dramatic Chinese manhua (manga), The Ravages of Time.\u00a0 The series is a fictitious tale that weaves through the historical events of the Three Kingdoms period, often putting a unique spin on the people and events of the time.\u00a0 The character of Liao Yuan is the leader of a group known as the Handicapped Warriors. \u00a0They are a collection of assassins who have various forms of physical disabilities, yet those same disabilities allow them to specialize in specific fighting and killing techniques.<\/p>\n

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The Ravages of Time is ongoing and is up to its 350th<\/sup> issue.\u00a0 So far, I\u2019m only on the fifth, but one of the more interesting things about Liao\u2019s character so far is the fact that he\u2019s not actually handicapped.\u00a0 The eye patch he wears is a ruse, and if anything he\u2019s actually got a bit of a super power.\u00a0 His hearing is so great that he was able to completely understand another character\u2019s whisper from across a river.<\/p>\n

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The design for Liao Yuan\u2019s Ori-Fig may not be as gleaming bright as XiaHou Yuan\u2019s, but he does have the most colorful.\u00a0 The upper torso is an interesting grayish blue with red highlights that are the same color of his bandanna and pants.\u00a0 The robes that he wears around his waist are also highlighted in red and yellow, but were also given texture lines that make them look much more like fabric.<\/p>\n

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The robes themselves are two new pieces that connect underneath his waist joint.\u00a0 They\u2019re made of the same soft plastic as previous character\u2019s capes, beards, and bandannas.\u00a0 This allows Liao Yuan to retain his full range of motion, while adding one more design element that sets him apart from the other figures.<\/p>\n

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But his robes aren\u2019t all that\u2019s different.\u00a0 Liao was given a plethora of new pieces.\u00a0 Coolest of which are his four throwing daggers.\u00a0 The daggers are pretty small, but can easily be placed between a figure\u2019s fingers.\u00a0 They can also be stored on the back of Liao\u2019s new belt, which I think makes them much cooler.<\/p>\n

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Liao also comes with three more very unique accessories, two traditional Chinese steamed buns.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t gotten to this yet in the comic book, but apparently Liao really loves his steamed buns.\u00a0 The bun accessories are different from each other in that one is sculpted complete, while the other has finger indentations so that he can hold it with his open hand.<\/p>\n

Last, but definitely not least, Liao has the ring he wears as the Handicapped Warriors\u2019 leader.\u00a0 The ring fits over the index finger of his left hand and has a fantastic caricature of a skull sculpted onto it.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Even with all those new pieces, Liao Yuan was also given repainted versions of the spear and sword accessories.\u00a0 I mentioned this a bit in the last review, but I feel like it\u2019s worth repeating.\u00a0 I love how Ori-Toy builds on its previous work.\u00a0 Once an accessories development has been completed, the budget is much cheaper and that accessory can be repainted and reused again and again.\u00a0 It\u2019s really a fantastic way to give more value to each new figure as the line draws upon its previous work.<\/p>\n

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Liao Yuan also comes with the standard four alternate face plates.\u00a0 There\u2019s a normal face, a fighting face, his funny face, and another normal face with the skull eye patch he wears while acting as the assassin\u2019s leader.\u00a0 So you get a nice mix of looks that are very different from each other.<\/p>\n

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All Ori-Figs come with a black base that can display their names with a small removable plaque.\u00a0 There is an optional vertical beam which can hold a long or short extended arm.\u00a0 The beam can be placed in three different locations on the base and is a very stable way to display a figure in an action pose.\u00a0 As an extra bonus, each base can attach to each other creating one long display.<\/p>\n

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Liao has the same articulation as all the Ori-Figs, with the added bonus that his pony tail sits on a swivel.<\/p>\n

Like I said, this is my favorite figure from the line so far.\u00a0 He comes with a tremendous amount of accessories and the new clothing pieces really make him stand out from the rest of the figures.\u00a0 I\u2019m definitely looking forward to the second Ravages of Time figure.\u00a0 But what do you guys think?\u00a0 We\u2019ve gotten a lot of positive feedback, but there\u2019s no such thing as too much.\u00a0 So let us know your thoughts in the comments section.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019d like to check out The Ravages of Time manga, you can find an English translation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As always, I\u2019d like to thank Mo from Ori-toy for allowing me to introduce these fantastic figures.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget to check in next week for my exclusive interview with Mo.\u00a0 I think you\u2019ll all enjoy it very much!\u00a0 Until then, if you\u2019d like to see more Ori-Toy products you can find them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

I\u2019ve saved my favorite Ori figure for my last Ori-Toy review. But never fear! I\u2019ll be back next week with a particularly special treat, an interview with the company founder and Ori-Fig designer, Mo Mou!\u00a0 Until then, take a look at my review of Liao Yuan Hou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15188,"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":[1279,34,10],"tags":[1265,1253,1252,1256,1257,1259],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/liaoTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3WW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16700,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=16700","url_meta":{"origin":15186,"position":0},"title":"Ori Toy Pre-Orders at BigBadToyStore.","date":"February 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Last October I had the opportunity to help introduce a new toy company, Ori Toy, to western collectors. 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