{"id":22502,"date":"2013-01-29T03:13:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T09:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22502"},"modified":"2013-01-30T00:53:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T06:53:59","slug":"vault-review-revoltech-takeya-fujin-raijin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22502","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Revoltech
Takeya Fujin & Raijin"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done a semi-obscure import review, and with Wonder Fest coming up soon I thought I\u2019d take a look at a couple of figures I picked up last month.\u00a0 Rounding up my Revoltech Takeya collection are two characters that depart from the look of previous releases.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t normally review two figures at once, but it seemed pretty appropriate this time since both characters have usually been portrayed together in Japanese mythology since their inception.\u00a0 No need to split them up now.\u00a0 Of course I do have another reason, which I\u2019ll get into in a minute. \u00a0\u00a0But first, a little history on the characters.<\/p>\n

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Fujin, the God of Wind, is typically portrayed as a large demon-like creature with dark green skin.\u00a0 He lives above the clouds and usually has a disheveled look to his clothes and hair.\u00a0 His most notable trait is the giant bag that\u2019s wrangled around his shoulders.\u00a0 Inside are all the winds of the world, which he lets loose by opening one end.<\/p>\n

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Raijin, the God of Thunder, has a similar muscular look to his celestial counterpart, with the exception that he tends to be portrayed with more monkey-like facial features.\u00a0 Raijin is typically seen surrounded by small drums, which he beats to cause thunder.\u00a0 He is also known as Raiden, and was even credited for saving Japan long ago for foiling an invading Mongol horde by throwing lightning arrows down at them.<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, neither character was originally part of Buddhist mythology.\u00a0 Their story reflects this by initially making them demons and enemies of the Buddha.\u00a0 There was a large battle between the demons and thirty three gods.\u00a0 Raijin and Fujin were eventually captured and changed their ways to now serve heaven.<\/p>\n

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Aside from their shared history, I also wanted to review these two figures together because they share the exact same body.\u00a0 The arms, legs, and torsos on both of these figures are the same.\u00a0 It\u2019s easier to see when you have the two standing next to each other, but these two are a perfect example of how a few nicely detailed original pieces can go a long way in creating an entirely new character with its own personality.<\/p>\n

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It also helps that these bodies are entirely new to the Takeya line.\u00a0 When compared to their earlier Buddhist counterparts, you can definitely see that these two gods, even without all that armor, are built much bulkier.\u00a0 No wonder it took 33 gods to take them down.<\/p>\n

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The most important unique piece for each figure is their head.\u00a0 Fujin has a thin jagged beard and mustache, but bushy eyebrows.\u00a0 His mouth is open in an almost panting expression, while his small eyes burn intensely with a deep red center.\u00a0 Lastly there\u2019s the rhino-like double horn on his head, large lobed ears, and hair that\u2019s appropriately blowing straight back.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Raijin has a much lighter complexion of white with gold highlights.\u00a0 This, coupled with his grinning face, give him a much happier appearance.\u00a0 Definitely makes me think he must love to make noise.\u00a0 I can also see a bit of that monkey influence with that wild facial hair and large forward facing ears.\u00a0 His hair is equally as windblown, but his horns seem much less menacing and more ornamental.<\/p>\n

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Both characters also have unique scarves\/sashes that wind around their shoulders.\u00a0 Both have a windblown look, but I think Raijin\u2019s has much more personality and makes him seem like he\u2019s actually floating.\u00a0 Both figures also have uniquely sculpted fabric and belts around their waist, which gives off that same breezy effect.<\/p>\n

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Articulation wise, these two are on par with the previously released deities.\u00a0 They have swivel\/hinge revolver joints on their head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees, and ankles.\u00a0 Their torso joint is just a double ball joint, and I\u2019m pretty sure their neck joint is the same, but I can\u2019t quite tell.\u00a0 All the joints move freely and are unhampered by the clothing because of how loosely it was sculpted to look.\u00a0 One thing you do want to watch out for is the loose gold bands around their wrists and ankles.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely easy to lose track of one while switching out pieces or if a joint pops out accidentally.<\/p>\n

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Both figures also share the same alternate hands: two fists, two flat palms, and two grasping.\u00a0 There\u2019s also an extra open and grasping left hand that was designed to hold Fujin\u2019s bag.\u00a0 Both also come with the usual orange box and boomerang shaped Revoltech stand.<\/p>\n

Aside from the alternate pieces, each figure comes with his signature piece.\u00a0 Fujin\u2019s bag of wind is excellently sculpted with these great cloud-like etchings, while Raijin\u2019s circular drum set and batons give him a rock\u2019n roll deity kind of feel.<\/p>\n

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Surprisingly, both figures also come with uniquely sculpted bases.\u00a0 While each piece may not be as cool as little demons to step on, these two bases are perfectly sculpted to represent wind\/clouds\/whatever gods in the sky stand on.\u00a0 Fujin\u2019s base is a bit tame compared to his partner\u2019s though.\u00a0 He just kind of stands there as Raijin rocks out with his drums and crazy dancing pose.<\/p>\n

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All around these figures are still the same excellent quality that I\u2019ve really come to love in this Revoltech line.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a fan of the other figures, you\u2019ll definitely want to pick these two up to round out your pantheon.\u00a0 Hopefully we\u2019ll see a continuation of this line at Wonder Festival in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

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

It\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve done a semi-obscure import review, and with Wonder Fest coming up soon I thought I\u2019d take a look at a couple of figures I picked up last month.\u00a0 Rounding up my Revoltech Takeya collection are two characters that depart from the look of previous releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22503,"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":[1842,1843,1465,1839,892,1840,485,1841,1413],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rifuTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-5QW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19855,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=19855","url_meta":{"origin":22502,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Revoltech Takeya Part 5, Jikokuten","date":"July 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m getting back into some of the non-Transformers imports today and finishing up the last (so far) character in Takeya Takayuki's Buddhist Statue Collection.\u00a0 Like the Buddhist\u00a0 figures before him, Jikokuten is an impressive specimen of how detailed paint\/sculpting can be on a smaller scaled figure. 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