{"id":6674,"date":"2010-06-22T04:31:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T09:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2010-07-04T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T01:37:15","slug":"vault-review-gyaos-sci-fi-revoltech-007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=6674","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Gyaos
(Sci-Fi Revoltech #007)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kaiyodo, the Revoltech Company, knows what they\u2019re doing. Their newest toy line is the Sci-Fi series. It\u2019s based on various characters from movies and animation, and I can\u2019t get enough of it. Everything from Jack Skellington to Aliens and Predators, what more could a movie\/toy fan want?<\/p>\n

For me, I\u2019m especially thrilled to finally be getting those giant monsters I grew up with: Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, and anything else that enjoys brawling in Tokyo. The latest in this set is figure number seven: Gyaos, the mortal enemy of Gamera.<\/p>\n

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Although this version of the character is based on his appearance in the 1995 Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Gyaos has been around since the beginning. This is Gamera\u2019s Lex Luthor, and he makes a fitting figure to accompany Gamera\u2019s release. After all, what good is having a giant fire-breathing turtle if there\u2019s no one for him to breathe fire onto? <\/p>\n

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Like Baragon and Gamera before him, Gyaos was masterfully sculpted by Matsumura Shinobu. Gyaos\u2019 body is a mixture of smooth aerodynamic lines and wrinkly, almost scale-like skin. This gives him the impression of a dangerous looking naked chicken. Sounds weird, but it\u2019s true. If you read my reviews, you know I\u2019m a fan of the little details, and this chicken is full of them: from the tiny serrated teeth to the little skin lines around his eyes. Plus, there\u2019s the detail to the construction of the figure itself. While most of Gyaos is hard plastic, his wings are soft and almost leathery to the feel. These malleable parts allow him to fold his wings or take dynamic flying poses with ease. There\u2019s also a small piece of soft plastic that basically acts as a wattle, furthering my chicken reference, and functionally covering up the joint behind his head.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of joints, Gyaos is packed with them. There are Revolver joints behind his head, lower neck, shoulders, torso, tail, thighs, knees, and lower feet. The claws on his arms are connected to a double Revolver joint which allows his wings to take basically any kind of flapping pose you want. He also has a hinged jaw, ankles, and upper tail joint. The tail joint is interesting. It allows the top of his tail to move up and down slightly, increasing or decreasing the amount of webbing you see. Again with those details. How many companies would put in that extra joint so the tail could appear to be more in the flying position?<\/p>\n

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Like Baragon and Gamera, Gyaos doesn\u2019t have much in the way of color variation. He\u2019s mostly molded the brown color he needs to be and highlighted with darker and lighter textures where needed. His teeth do have a metallic look and his eyes, mouth and claws are painted in a blood red which really helps offset them from the rest of the body. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n


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Gyaos comes with a couple different accessories. There\u2019s the little nameplate and the classic orange box. But, the most important is a stand which allows you to pose him in flight. It\u2019s a basic Revoltech stand, with a Revolver joint at the end to allow for more poseability. One thing I don\u2019t like about the stand is the fact that it\u2019s not clear. It\u2019s hard to assume the illusion of flight when there\u2019s a large black bar sticking out of your torso. Another thing I don\u2019t like about the stand is that it connects between his upper torso and lower body, right where the joint goes. This keeps the joint from sliding all the way in place and makes the body loose. Those really dynamic poses get a little strange when his lower body starts to turn sideways on its own.<\/p>\n

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Then there\u2019s the strangest accessory I\u2019ve seen in a while: a miniature Gyaos. This tiny Gyaos is posed in flight and is supposed to represent him from far away. He even comes with a tiny clear stand to help pull this off. I have to admit, the little guy is nicely detailed. But, standing next to my Gamera, he looks more like a tiny Gyaos and not so much like he\u2019s in the distance. I don\u2019t really care one way or the other about Lil\u2019 Gy, but I would have liked to see something else. Maybe a sonic laser beam that attaches to his mouth, similar to Gamera\u2019s fireball. If I wanted to make a posed scene, this would have been much more useful and interesting than an optical illusion.<\/p>\n

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Size wise, Gyaos and Gamera are in scale with each other, but not with Baragon. They don\u2019t look half bad when standing in a group together though, so it doesn\u2019t really bother me too much. We\u2019ll have to see how this pans out when more characters get made. It might start to look a little ridiculous if Mothra or even Godzilla turn out to be a couple inches taller.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re going to be paying around $30 for Gyaos since he\u2019s an import. Even though I would have preferred a couple more accessories, he\u2019s definitely still on par with the other kaiju monsters and still worth the price. Especially if you\u2019re a huge Gamera fan, you\u2019ll really enjoy the love and detail this figure was given.<\/p>\n

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

Kaiyodo, the Revoltech Company, knows what they\u2019re doing. Their newest toy line is the Sci-Fi series. It\u2019s based on various characters from movies and animation, and I can\u2019t get enough of it. 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