Before I start the text, I want to declare a few things.
First of all, I don’t know the story of the Saints at all. I have only read a few books out of context. I bought this Saint Cloth Myth entirely for its own sake. So I want to popularize the knowledge of Saint Seiya, but I am sorry to disappoint you.
Secondly, the purpose of this review is to try to give everyone the feeling of playing with their own hands, so that those who have long thought about buying it can either pull the grass or decide to buy it. So I may not write so carefully about things that can be seen on review websites. Instead, I will write more about my subjective feelings.
I have been coveting the Libra Tonghu for a long time. First of all, I actually like the Myth of Saint Clothes series far more than the comics. I feel that the people in it are so handsome after putting on the holy clothes. They all feel so handsome now. Explode! (Libra is a diamond member of the Appearance Association) Moreover, the Libra Saint Cloth also comes with a variety of weapons. Back then, I was so naive that I thought that among the eighteen kinds of weapons commonly known in China, there must be a shield. Therefore, Libra's Holy Cloth is also recognized as the most awesome Holy Cloth of the year, okay (Sagittarius fans please understand), Tong Hu lives in seclusion in China, so in the hearts of Chinese friends, Tong Hu must be a "pro-China faction", maybe Still Chinese. My admiration for him, coupled with the fact that I happen to be a Libra and relatively poor, it is basically impossible to collect twelve sets of gold. So buying a Libra is basically expected.
I have always been confused about the price of the twelve sets of Saint Cloth Myth Gold EX version. Gemini has already reached a price of more than 2,000. As the first EX gold version, I can still understand it. However, the price of other holy clothes is generally more than 700 yuan. On the contrary, the Libra with so many metal weapons is the cheapest: a Taobao search is about 500 to 600 yuan. The specific reason may only be solved by my omnipotent friends.
Because I am not a box control person, and there is no place for me to supply boxes at home, so I spent 525RMB at Ma Yun’s house to buy a box-pressed one, but the result seemed to be a bit serious.
I firmly believe that it was caused by logistics. Yes, it must be done by logistics! The
box is a plastic sleeve with exquisite printing on all sides and an imitation paper vestry box. I won’t take a picture of it since it is already on the website. The most important thing is that the plastic cover is reflective! ! !
Details of the box
This pattern represents the Libra Saint Cloth
barcode, the words Bandai, and the words Saint Cloth Myth Collaboration Website, and so on...
I don’t know if it is the official website or a cooperative website. (The 3W point is just a little bit of chicken skin)
I don’t know what it is, but there is this... cat at the beginning of many anime?
The Bandai logo has the words "Saint Seiya's 40th Anniversary". Can anyone tell me what the little heart with horns and lightning are?
Let's take a look at the contents
First, the instruction manual
It's clear at a glance
The instruction manual is foldable and unfoldable. The front is how the human body puts on the holy clothing.
The back is how to assemble the holy clothing.
There is also a questionnaire.
The protagonist is finally about to appear. !
The content is about this thick. There are 4 and a half boxes in total.
What can be vaguely seen under the cloak is the so-called half box. Inside are 9 sets of other Saint Seiyas holding weapons. The old tactics of the Saint Cloth Myth are among other products. It comes with replacement parts to tempt rich people to buy it, hahahaha, a poor man like me who is also a strict wife will not buy it!
First of all, let me introduce that this time the Holy Cloth Myth always uses three materials. One is a material that is similar to rubber and relatively hard. Let’s call it hard glue. The second one is regular plastic, and the third one is metal. Enter the demolition below
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As you can see, what is now displayed in front of you is the hard plastic set, which includes the body except the feet, three expressions, hair, and various hand shapes. This includes the supplements just mentioned.
The second one to show you is the plastic set, which includes a handsome cloak, a saint-cloth-shaped stand, a shield (yes, the shield is made of plastic), the second half of the handle of the spear, the entire helmet part, and two shields The handle, waist armor, two hand back armors, and skirt armor buckles. The round and thick thing at the bottom is also part of the saint-cloth form bracket, which will be introduced in detail below.
The most sincere metal parts have finally appeared. There are so many things that I won’t go into details. In short, they are most of the armors and weapons. There are also plastic parts mixed in the weapons, such as the chain next to the elbow that connects to the shield. Except for the chain, it is all plastic. The joints between the first and last sections of the three-section stick are also made of plastic.
Let’s start with the detailed evaluation stage
The first part of course starts with the body
The body used by Tiger Master is the same as the regular body of several sacred myths. They are all 4 elements A, using a design of separated chest and waist. , that is, the waist can be stretched into the chest. Some people say that the waist can be extended. This design can make Mr. Tiger's body look more slender and the waist armor does not look so big. I personally don't agree with this. If it is really designed to change the body shape at will, then what kind of restoration is it pursuing? I think this design has only one purpose: to facilitate the installation of the waist armor. kindness! That’s right!
Insert it in ~
Pull it out ~
Use the number on the back of Hu Ye as a reference to clearly feel the length and depth of plugging and unplugging. It is said that the three dots on the back represent a reprint, while the first edition has four dots and the second edition has two dots. When it was reprinted in the fourth edition, it became a triangle. I don’t know whether this statement is true or false.
There is no tiger head tattoo of Lord Tiger on the back, bad review! Absolutely bad review!
Let’s compare the left and right metal legs separately and demonstrate the mobility of the joints.
It can be seen from this picture that because the left and right sides of some holy clothing parts are very similar, Bandai uses one vertical line to represent the left side and two vertical lines to represent the right side.
The actual situation is as seen in the picture above. There are one and two vertical lines on the soles of the feet, representing the right and left feet respectively.
I think using such a weird posture is enough for everyone to see clearly the movement of this body. Various ball-type and double-action joints allow the limbs to move flexibly. The waist can be rotated left and right about 70-80 degrees. Due to the separate design of thoracolumbar, the chest can be tilted back slightly. Since the surface of the body is made of a plastic-like material, the support strength of the joints is enough to support the limbs swinging to any position. Moreover, the stretchability and ductility of this material also makes it more resistant to wear and tear than other hard materials and can withstand the test of time.
The internal structure of Mr. Tiger’s head sculpture uses a plug-in connection to sculpt the face. Ball joints on the left and right sides connect his temples. The hair is divided into two parts, the Tianling Cap and the back of the head, for installation.
Tiger Lord’s three face sculptures are in closed eyes, normal and combat states. The facial features are very clearly depicted and printed, and there are no overprints in the printing. The degree of restoration of Lord Tiger in the comics is close to 100%. Since the photo was taken with a mobile phone, you may not be able to see clearly that Hu Ye’s eyes are green. The actual effect is very good, the color is bright, the eyebrows are thick and layered, and the overall facial features portray the feeling of Hu Ye He returned to the side of the more bold and unrestrained military commander. Not as reckless as Zhang Fei, but also more staunch than Zhao Yun, he should be a bit like the young Guan Gong. He is usually calm and not frivolous, but once he goes into battle, he will kill a living person with a knife! The color of the mouth is also very good, and what about Mr. Hu’s pink tongue! However, the face sculpt does not have a black face state. I think Bandai is being too unkind.
Tiger Ye replaces the sideburns when wearing a helmet. If you look closely, you can see that there are L and R marked on the inside to distinguish the left and right.
Next is a "simple" introduction to each part of the main body of the holy garment as detailed as possible
First of all, of course, let's start from the beginning
I don't know if it is because there is a tiger character in the name of Lord Tiger, but the overall design of this helmet is very similar to a tiger head. Personally, I really like the look when posed alone.
The helmet is composed of four parts. These four parts are all made of plastic. The parts and connections are very small, so the helmet I bought was very loose and fell off when I touched it. Later I simply used super glue to fix it. It's glued on, the helmet is supposed to be in one piece anyway. (Too wasteful...)
Next is the breastplate and shoulder armor:
The breastplate is a whole. The back is divided into left and right halves from the middle, and is connected to the front at the waist. It is extremely heavy. When wearing it, it is recommended to keep Tonghu's arms flat, so that it is easier to wear.
There are two hidden small metal rods on the shoulders, which are combined with the plastic buckles on the inside of the shoulder armor.
Except for the part connecting the chest armor, the rest of the shoulder armor is also made of metal. There are also the words "L" and "R" on the plastic buckles to distinguish the left and right.
There is also a hidden small hole on the right shoulder armor, which is used to combine with Tong Hu's shield. Push the small timbre dot inside, and this small hidden plastic thing will come out.
Since the design is not circular, there is no need to consider the direction when installing.
waist armor:
waist armor is relatively simple, with two pieces at the front and back. Pull out the chest of the body, put it on, and then press the chest back. It is OK. However, after only wearing it four or five times, the friction with the chest has already begun to appear. The paint is peeling off.
skirt armor:
skirt armor is a relatively complex part, which can be divided into a belt connected to four pieces of skirt armor. The belt opens in three stages and is held in place by a plastic buckle in the middle. There is a bulge on the back side that is combined with a depression on the back of the body.
The front and rear skirt armor are double-action joints, and the skirt armor on both sides are double-action joints plus ball joints.
Because there are many joints, it is not easy to use force, and the buckles are relatively small, so it is more troublesome to put on the skirt armor. And so many joints also increase the mobility after wearing the holy garment.
arm armor (is it called that?):
arm armor is divided into two parts, both of which use the friction between metal and plastic to be directly put on the arm.
It is worth mentioning that the inner sides of the arm armor, including the leg armor introduced below, have relatively thick "vertical lines" made to distinguish left and right. One for the left and two for the right (or two for the right and one for the left? whatever!). Since it was taken with a mobile phone, I won’t take pictures for you here. And this kind of detail processing can also reflect the design level of large companies.
The left and right arm armor of the forearm each has a slot for placing micro weapons, and a small hole for placing a shield in the same design as the shoulder armor.
Let me talk about my personal experience here. I prefer to put on the arm armor first and then put on other parts, because the hand shape is really difficult to put on. You need to master the angle and direction, and then insert it with force! Gay men all have experience...but this often loosens other parts. So on the premise of not always changing the hand type, I am used to installing the arm armor first.
has a total of four pieces, that is, two sets of armors for the backs of the hands. They are made of plastic, so I won’t go into details here.
Leg armor:
The leg armor has three parts. It has an extra small buckler-like thing to protect the knees than the arm armor.
The socket used to connect this thing to the knee is shaped like an ancient keyhole, so there is no need to consider the direction.
There are two slots for micro-weapons on the left and right leg armor of the calf. Personally, I think the slot on the back has a certain impact on the mobility of the character. The slot on the back is made of plastic and I thought it could be removed. However, after my unremitting efforts with the mentality of being afraid of damaging the toy, it finally failed. Can be removed.So if it can be designed to be separate, it may give players who like to pose for characters more choices.
Below is the back armor and cloak
What is inserted into the back armor is pulled out from two sections of the three-section stick. If it is not inserted into the back armor, it will always feel like two small holes are exposed.
The inside of the carapace is where it is connected to the back of the breastplate. The long yellow protrusion in the middle can penetrate the breastplate and directly connect to the groove on the back of the body. After connection, it looks like this:
Because the chest and waist are separated Design, so it can be seen that the yellow bulge has passed through the groove on the back of the body and entered the inside of the chest cavity. The saints work really hard to wear the holy clothes.
The next cloak is actually put on the back of the armor, but this is a toy after all. Considering the mobility, it is easier to make it from scratch.
also has two holes for inserting sticks. The outer side of the cloak is white.
is blue inward, and the color is a bit like matte, very bright.
The whole is divided into four parts. One is the device that connects to the back of the character and inserts the stick, and there is also the main body of the cloak which is divided into three "pieces".
can swing left and right and backward respectively. The backward swing angle is about 50-60 degrees with the ground. The amplitude of the left and right swing is not particularly large. However, these swing effects are enough when doing some walking or other dynamic poses.
Next is the second part, which is also the characteristic part of Libra---weapons!
tell me loudly what is the first one to appear? ! sword? gun? Okay, this was quite confusing at first, but when I looked at the packaging, I saw that the cloak and gun were placed in the same box. Let’s look at the gun first.
I want to explain here that the reason why I call this a gun is to avoid Poseidon's Neptune Fork.
In addition, since I really don’t have time to review the Neptune chapter, I can’t give you a satisfactory answer as to whether the weapons are restored to a high level. I hope you can forgive me.
The gun consists of two parts, one is a metal body, and the other is a plastic (but it feels more like hard glue) handle. The color separation of the entire gun body is still very uniform, and there is no over-painting.
double sword:
The sword is formed in one piece, just like the gun, there is no particularly detailed decoration, and the lines are tough.
crutches:
In fact, in this set of holy clothes, I personally prefer this pair of crutches to other weapons, because the details of the crutches are the most rounded and have the most. And when I saw the big, long and smooth crutch, I couldn't help but think of another major information and cultural industry in the island country besides animation.
Three-section stick:
The root connection position of both ends is plastic, and the rest is all metal. The head doesn’t look good!
nunchucks:
are all metal and look better than three-section sticks! Identification is completed!
shield:
plastic material, bad review! In terms of design, it can barely save some points. There are many installation positions, and the shoulder armor and arm armor can even be held in hand. Combined with the chain, it can also make shield-throwing movements (Captain America expressed dissatisfaction)
Micro Weapons:
There are three pairs of micro weapons, namely swords, crutches and nunchucks. Other weapons, whether in human form or holy clothing form, have other storage methods, so only these three weapons have miniature forms.
is fully armed! His photography skills are so bad that Mr. Hu always feels like he has sacrificed his life generously.
Finally comes the third part, the holy cloth form!
The part below is used to store the thigh armor on the back of the holy robe. The plug that combines it with the base is really short and thick, so it doesn’t really fit. So I made some small modifications myself, and the result is pretty good. People are satisfied.
The plugs on the left and right sides of the picture below are originally completely symmetrical, but it is not difficult to see that the thickness is uneven. This is deliberately designed to avoid turning two identical parts upside down during installation, resulting in overall defects. Yes, the intentions of the big manufacturers are evident.
Attached are two of my own YY pictures. You can take a look at it.
Zilong: Master, have you ever failed in your life?
Tong Hu: That was when I had just become a member of the Golden Saints. I was particularly looking forward to playing against Athena. Once during a general meeting, I took action! I rushed out of the queue and shouted: Athena, let's fight! At the same time, I took out my crutches...
Zilong: I don’t know that Athena is the master’s opponent.
Tonghu: Pull me down. Those eleven will give me a beating, saying that I molested the goddess.
Tong Hu: Zilong, today my master is going to teach you marksmanship. You have to pay attention carefully.
Zilong: Yes, master.
Tong Hu: When holding a gun, you should have no distracting thoughts, your center of gravity should be lowered, and your legs should be in contact with each other. Shoulders shoulder width apart. The right hand holding the handle is strong and powerful, like a lion attacking a rabbit. The left hand holds the tip, flexibly and freely, like a spiritual snake coming out of its hole. His eyes looked at objects with lightning-like eyes, just like a lone wolf fighting for his life. You see the teacher demonstrates with you. The feet should be spread apart, the waist should be lowered, the eyes should be on the white ball, and the angle between the white ball and the target ball, and the target ball and the ball bag should be found. The right hand must hold the handle of the gun tightly, otherwise the handle of the gun will slip. Hey, look at my handstand, master, it’s stable! understand? If the left and right hands don't cooperate well and the gun doesn't go in a straight line, the white ball will easily spin, and once it spins, it will affect the movement. Today's master's dress is too handsome, and the waist can't be lowered, but I will give you a demonstration. Do you understand? You see, I'll settle the case. I'll take back the two gun fans. Don't say anything. By the way, I just drank a bottle of Coke. Let's forget it together.
is written at the back: As a person born after 1985, I cannot say that I am a fan of the Saint Seiya series, but it is also impossible not to understand it at all. After all, in that era, it was difficult for Sheriff Black Cat, Calabash Brothers and a bunch of tadpoles looking for their mothers to support a TV with only 7 or 8 channels. So that period was the most rampant era for Japanese comics on Chinese screens! This is the darkest era for Chinese domestic animation! It's not like today's children, who have rich and excellent domestic animations such as Pleasant Goat, Bear Big Bear Er, Balabala Little Fairy, etc. to accompany them when they grow up. As an uncle of that era, I am really envious. You are so happy!
finally wants to say: I should have uploaded the original work in October, but it has been delayed until almost 2016. Lazy cancer patients are seriously ill. I hope you will forgive me
