Unfortunately they have no articulation outside of the hole they plug into.Īquarion EVOL's golden "wings" take on an appearance similar to trees or those religious icons from the island of Mayan in Macross Zero.
The hip thingies are some of the cheaper feeling parts of the figure with them being both non-transformable and mostly hollow.Īs a nod to the design's transforming nature, these false arms are fully detailed to reflect how these are appendages for Aquarion Spada.
To do this you must remove the hip thingies and false extra arms on the back. Unlike the SRC Solar Aquarion, the EVOL requires some parts swapping to achieve its "wings open" look. It does make me wish the base figure was bit more gimmicky though.
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Now the Aquarion EVOL didn't have a lot of weapons in the series so the light load out is understandable. While the Aquarion EVOL packs a lot of accessories in its box, most of them are just smaller parts of larger pieces which can make the overall spread seem a bit sparse. Be sure to check out my video review for a more detailed demonstration of all the joints. Similarly the arms feature all the articulation they need.
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The double-jointed knees and free moving hips are a mark of true divinity. The compound joints in the ankles allow the EVOL to balance on one foot. As a design that started as a CG model, the EVOL is mostly bereft of overhanging parts that would impede movement. Overall the EVOL's articulation is well above average. It's a similar to my issues with the Super Robot Chogokin UCR-10/A where the figure can be irritating to handle due to this flaw. While this does work pretty well, I find the ball-joint on my figure creaks in an unsettling way when I turn it. The waist has a compound ball-joint and hinge setup to allow the torso to move about.
Overall I find a lot of small plastic parts of this figure to feel either cheap or fragile. This wouldn't be a huge deal if the halo didn't make it hard to grab a hold of the head to turn it. Sadly the halo is one of the things I love the least about this figure because it's made of very cheap feeling plastic. The halo atop the EVOL's head is meant to resemble a heart because "love" is a very big theme in the series. The little laser guns on the shoulder can wiggle around a bit as well. The upper body features a pair of movable red panels around the collar that feature some crisp tampographed details and the face sculpt captures the strange samurai-esque design of the EVOL's design. It's a good 'n Kawamori-y looking design that addresses the back heaviness of the original Aquarion by moving parts of the "wings" to legs when not in use. I pride myself on knowing my Kawamori designs from head to crotch. Also note that the EVOL totally has the same crotch as White Glint from Armored Core 4 Answer. Sadly neither of its other forms, Aquarion Spada and Aquarion Gepard, have received a toy. Details wise, this is a good representation of the Aquarion EVOL's primary form which is confusingly enough just called Aquarion EVOL. As far as I can tell only the lower legs have any significant amount of metal. The SRC Aquarion EVOL stands about six inches tall and is relatively light for a figure marketed as a chogokin. If I had to sum up this review it would be, "mixed feelings" like the heart of a young woman who must choose between a loyal (if somewhat wishy washy) puppy or a crazy wolf with a scent fetish. Eventually we got a Super Robot Chogokin figure that is the subject of this review. While there were plenty of figures, cosplay outfits, and other items available on the merchandising front, Bandai kept things pretty quiet on the prospect of a deluxe combining version of the titular mecha. Much like in the previous series, the Aquarion EVOL is comprised of three spaceships that can combine three different ways to create a fighting robot tailored to suits the needs f different pilots and different situations. I mean it still happened, but they saved that for the big moments instead of at least once per episode. She also had the good sense to not have the characters experience an orgasm each time the robot combined which won the show some points in tactfulness. Its sequel, Aquarion EVOL, managed to retain a lot of that feel while adding more romances, bromances, and smelly wenches in a way that took everything up to eleven! Shoji Kawamori managed to find the perfect match in writer Mari Okada whose own brand of insane melodrama served to make the show one of the more notable anime series from 2012. Genesis of Aquarion was a quirky giant robot series that proudly wore its own brand of absurdity steeped in mysticism on its mechanical sleeve.
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