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Well, I was super hyped about Figuarts'
Jin Kazama, I mean, I love Tekken, and Jin looks amazing, and as decent as Game Dimensions' take on him was... Figuarts
is Figuarts,
but....
Well, the guy
looks great. He comes with a decent assortment of alternate hands and heads, as well as a
lackluster cardboard stand to use as a backdrop. The figure has a LOT of
detail everywhere and the paint job is spot on. There are a few questionable engineering choices, such as having the leg straps connect via a ball-peg... which adds nothing to make it articulated and it
disconnects all the time. There's also a belt buckle on his waist that comes off every now and then when twisting his torso, and there's
no reason for it to be a separate piece or not to be glued onto him by default.
But where Jin Kazama
fails is in his articulation. There are no bicep swivels, although his gauntlets
can rotate, regardless, this gives him a fairly lackluster range on his arm. And even though it looks like he has butterfly joints, they
aren't. It looks like he has an ab crunch, but he doesn't, his waist is on a hinge that offers decent range,
however. No leg swivels or boot swivels, which also affects the displayability on his legs. But the biggest issue? Look at the fragile little pegs on his arms Oh, and the ball peg on his ab-crunch is super tight, I can't twist him without him making the most
awful sounds.
LOOK AT THEM.
Well, as
careful as I was with him, his
left arm broke. I played with him about 10 minutes before the arm broke. I waited until I got home to put some oil on the other arm to ease the stress on it... but it's way too fragile. I looked up online and it happened to at least one other person. Right now, his left arm is glued on to his
faux-butterfly joint, making him handicapped forever. He is as tall as a Marvel Legends.
Dude, this is a fighting game character and the articulation isn't up to snuff, and even if it was, those tiny little pegs are
unacceptable. How is it that Game Dimensions' 20 usd Jin is better than this one? Figuarts, c'mon.
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