{"id":25179,"date":"2013-10-10T01:58:17","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T06:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25179"},"modified":"2013-10-16T00:10:35","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:10:35","slug":"vault-review-revoltech-takeya-gundari-myoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25179","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Revoltech
Takeya Gundari Myoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we jump into the review, here\u2019s a quick summery of who Gundari Myoo is.\u00a0 The Myoo are the five belligerent deities who represent Buddhism\u2019s power to overcome the earthly passions, and guard the four directions and the center.\u00a0 Gundari is the guardian of the South.\u00a0 He distributes celestial nectar to the poor and is the scourge of demons.\u00a0 His eight arms carry various weapons in order to fiercely defend the virtues of Buddhism and its followers.<\/p>\n

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Revoltech Takeya\u2019s Buddhist line is one of the most interesting collections that I\u2019ve ever amassed.\u00a0 A toy line based on various real-life religious figures and deities is already pretty unique.\u00a0 So when you add the super articulation and insane amounts of sculpted detail, you get a line that pretty much impresses with every release.\u00a0 It\u2019s difficult to pick the \u201cbest\u201d figure with so many exceptional products, but Gundari Myoo has to be near the top of the pack.<\/p>\n

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The thing that sets Gundari apart from pretty much every action figure that I\u2019ve ever owned is his eight arms.\u00a0 Figures with multiple arms connected at their shoulders usually have a hard time balancing aesthetics with functionality.\u00a0 Articulation typically suffers most with the arms getting in the way of each other, leaving the poor collector with a figure that only looks decent in one or two positions.<\/p>\n

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This is why I really have to give major props to the folks at Kaiyodo.\u00a0 They were actually able to design a figure that has full swivel\/hinge movement in each shoulder, while at the same time keeping the overall figure looking very organic.\u00a0 His arms can even rest at his sides in very natural looking positions (Well, as natural as a person with eight arms can look).<\/p>\n

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Gundari\u2019s overall sculpt is actually quite a bit bigger than most of the previous figures.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if this is to accommodate his multiple arms, or if the line is becoming more popular and they can afford to make them at a slightly larger scale.\u00a0 Either way, I\u2019m liking it.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice to have a bit of variation among the various deities, and a larger figure allows for a more detailed sculpt.<\/p>\n

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And speaking of sculpted detail, Gundari\u2019s is pretty amazing.\u00a0 Unlike a lot of his predacessors, Gundari is mostly naked.\u00a0 There\u2019s no real armor on this figure, instead he\u2019s wearing a combination of flowing robes, bracelets, armbands, and a necklace.\u00a0 (Surprisingly his necklace and sash are two separate pieces!)\u00a0 But I think the coolest things are the white snakes coiled around each wrist, and the two tied together as a belt.\u00a0 (Never mess with a man who uses live snakes as a belt.)\u00a0 And if that wasn\u2019t enough, his snake belt isn\u2019t just holding up his robes but also a tiger pelt with a sculpted face.\u00a0\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gundari\u2019s head is what gives the figure his fierce personality.\u00a0 His three glaring open eyes and gleaming fangs do a pretty good job of that.\u00a0 But he also has this really great fiery and wild looking hair.\u00a0 I do wish they would have gone with small metal rings for his earrings, but the sculpted\/painted on ones look ok.<\/p>\n

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Like I mentioned earlier, his articulation is pretty amazing.\u00a0 Swivel\/hinge Revolver joints make up his head, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, knees, and ankles.\u00a0 There are also Revolver joints connecting the back three pieces of his robe, and a double Revolver connecting his halo to his back.\u00a0 His only non-Revolver joint is a double ball joint between his chest and abs.<\/p>\n

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Gundari comes with a nice assortment of accessories.\u00a0 There\u2019s a spear, wheel, axe-like thing, and a small double sided trident.\u00a0 He also comes with a small rocky base with two lotuses (both with Revolver joints) for him to stand on.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s the typical orange Revoltech box and translucent boomerang stand.<\/p>\n

Almost all the previous Buddhist figures come with a nice assortment of alternate hands, but Gundari only has the ones that are already on his arms.\u00a0 While you can still swap them out between each other, I do wish he had a few that weren\u2019t pre-posed in accessory holding or mudr\u0101 gestures.<\/p>\n

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This line consistently impresses me with its sculpted details and articulation, but I really feel Gundari takes it to a new level with the execution of his eight arms.\u00a0 A figure like this is rare in the action figure world, but when one comes along it\u2019s pretty amazing to behold.\u00a0 I\u2019d really love to see this design replicated in Revoltech\u2019s Sci-Fi line for a Harryhausen Kali figure.\u00a0 She\u2019d make an amazing General for my Skeleton Army.<\/p>\n

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

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