Figma Black Rock Shooter

This is the review of Figma Black Rock Shooter from the OVA of Black Rock Shooter.

This time around we purposely bought 2 units coz we want to display 1 with the 2 lovely cannons and the other 1 with 2 swords...






The box....




Comes with a very nice freebies - 1 unit of the original Black Rock Shooter OVA DVD... All Region, Japanese Audio, 7 subtitles translation selections (English, Chinese and few other European major languages)





Out of the box....




The just wrapped the DVD inside this "envelope-like" paper.... I think it's quite nice though... using paper reduce the weight of the whole package a little bit....




The DVD....




Very nice.... there is Max Factory logo here and there..... awesome.... after Bandai, Max Factory is the other toy company that Shewsbury Land love the most....




As for the OVA.... when I watched it I kind of guessing the story line to be this and that.... and after I read from Wikipedia, it confirmed my guess earlier.... I don't blame it if some people can't understand the story as they use the Quentin Tarantino style (nonlinear storylines )...

Below is the plot explanation from Wikipedia;

Black Rock Shooter begins at the start of the school year in April. On her first day of junior high school, Mato Kuroi (黒衣 マト, Kuroi Mato, Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa) makes friends with a girl named Yomi Takanashi (小鳥遊 ヨミ, Takanashi Yomi?, Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro) who recently moved to the town. Mato quickly joins the basketball club, which incites Yomi to join the volleyball club since both clubs practice at the same time in the gymnasium. The two spend much time together over the following year, and during one outing Mato gives Yomi the same cellphone charm she has. In their second year of junior high, they end up in different classes, reducing the amount of time they can spend together. Furthermore, Yomi starts to become jealous of Mato hanging around her basketball club manager and classmate Yuu (ユウ, Voiced by: Kana Asumi).

When Yomi seemingly disappears, Mato becomes concerned when she does not show up at school the next day or respond to her text messages. Mato becomes further depressed when she receives word that Yomi has been reported missing and is asked about her whereabouts by two detectives. One day, Mato receives a blank text message from Yomi and goes to her favorite spot in town where she finds the phone charm she gave her. The charm starts to glow and transports her to a strange world where she meets a mysterious girl named Black Rock Shooter (ブラック★ロックシューター, Burakku Rokku Shūtā?), who has a blazing blue left eye and a rock cannon which can fire 20 shots per second.[1] Mato merges with Black Rock Shooter in order to save Yomi who was possessed by an evil being called Dead Master (デッドマスター, Deddo Masutā?), who wields a large scythe. The events of their lengthy battle are dispersed throughout the animation. In the end, Mato manages to destroy the evil possessing Yomi by embracing her with a hug. The two return to their normal lives, but Yuu begins to act strangely.



As for the Figma, you will get all these stuff...




The figure....





The lovely beam Rock Cannon - we got 2 units....




Those chains seen in the fighting scene from the OVA and the Black Blade Sword.




The extra hands....




2 extra face expression and 1 extra front hair part with blue flame effect....




As usual let's have a look at the figure first....











Articulation for a Figma class is extremely excellent.... this kneeling pose is never a problem...




The jacket have some articulation (just like those found on Figma Saber) - they use Figma joints on this part.... very nice...






And what it seems to be a new and welcome improvement is that Max Factory decided to use the Figma joints on the hair's twin tails and this provide great articulation and more importantly durability..... well done Max Factory, you deserved a lot of praise on this one....





Well.... action pose time....







We will start with the Black Blade Sword.... made in Saitama steel factory.... hehehehehe....








Oh yeah... we have 2 units.... so let's do some "nito-ryu"







Playing around with the chains....








And finally now.... the Rock Cannon.... we got 2 of them..... looks more cool this way....




Interestingly, in the OVA, that cannon is just as long as her legs.... just till her waist part in fact... it is not really as gigantic as we've seen in the Figma and PVC counterparts - but then, the bigger it is, the cooler it looks.... who care right? we just love it this way....










Shoot the pimp.....






In the OVA, the cannon acts like a gatling machine gun... I mean, it can shoot rapidly easily....





This is what we hope to see... both of them side by side with 2 different set of weapons....





Overall, for the first time ever we want to say this Figma is the best we ever got from Max Factory. At 2,667 yen (about SGD 43.00) before adding what ever shipment charges, this Figma offer great value for money and certainly worth every single dollar you spent on it.... no regret, you should grab 2 units instead of 1.

I personally feel that in terms of figure design, accessories and sales package, this is so far is The Best Figma of 2010 and I can understand why it is so popular amongst the Figma and PVC figure collectors....


You can get this item from your local retailers or from HLJ (while stock last), see the link below;

http://www.hlj.com/product/MAX06130




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