Revoltech Macross VF-1A Review

My favorite Macross variable fighter was VF-1J. But at the time there were only VF1-A figures left in strock, so I took the 38th release instead. It’s the first Revoltech action figure I bought, and I wanted to find out just what’s this Revoltech that people have been fuzzing about.

My first impression, Revoltech VF-1A was a nice figure. The paint and color were terrific. The mold looked great and highly detailed, along with all the Super Valkyrie accessories.

Yet the demand for VF-1A was quite low, perhaps because people got a bit bored at another release with the same VF design as in the previous ones (VF-1J and VF-1S).

Nonetheless VF-1A is good figure to pose with. Compared to its previous release (#037 Shin Getter 1 OVA), the paint job of VF-1A is very good, as I have mentioned above.

And with little creativity, you can even transform it to Gerwalk or even Fighter mode.. ! It’s far from “Perfect Transformation”, yet, it does look good, don’t you think? You would be needing a double joint accessory in order to make the transformation possible.

Revoltech Shin Getter 1 OVA Review

Kaiyodo released the 37th Revoltech powered figure in October 2007. It was Shin Getter 1 from Change! Getter Robo Armageddon OVA. Getter 1 looks awesome just as in the OVA. It comes with a pair of wings, two pairs of hands, two combinable energy blast, and a humongous Getter Axe.

Be careful because Getter design composed of very sharp edges which are earpiece drills, blades on each arm, and the axe. Really it is not a toy for kids.

Getter is equipped with 12+3 revoltech joints, making it possible for many different poses. Unfortunately the upper leg joints may cause little problem as they may not hold firmly in some standing poses. The weight of Getter may also cause posing difficulty in some way (it’s a bit heavier than the other Revoltech figures that I know of).

One more thing to mention is the paint job, which is quite demoralizing for a Revoltech fan. On careful observation I found the paint wasn’t completely dry on some parts, particularly the chest, back, abdomen, and hips. Which made the colors on these parts slightly blur, not glossy like the rest.

Aside to the paint job quality, I am quite impressed with Shin Getter 1. Call me bias, because Getter Robo has been one of my favorite mecha. But it does look great on my desk. If you’re collecting Getter Robo series, this one is sure not to be missed.

Fraulein 004 Pocco Review

Pocco was released on April 2008 and taken from the cover girl of Sweet Dreams: Shunya Yamashita’s Works book. I have to admit, Pocco is the prettiest of all Fraulein series so far. The sculpt faithfully followed that on Sweet Dreams book illustration, right down to the little details and colors. In short Pocco looks cute, beautiful, and charming.

But I can’t say the same with durability of the sculpture. From the moment I opened the figure, I noticed the slight crack on one of the wing joint and when I tried moving it, the crack got loose and eventually broke off.

I have read complaints from several people about Fraulein figures being a little too fragile to handle, especially with this 4th release. But I was quite surprised to experience it firsthand. Not only the wing got broken, while I was posing it, the left elbow just fell off the arm, leaving open a square shaped plastic of the monoshaft joint. I managed to put those back together, although I was unsuccessful in making the wing movable. Only the left arm returned to normal.

The paint is another minus thing. Pocco’s belt left a trail mark on the waist, probably after a few times I put a bit pressure on the waist when moving the legs. The paint on some parts seem hasn’t dried completely.

If you’re considering in buying this figure, take extra care in handling it. It seems Kaiyodo sacrifices the quality of the joints and other movable parts for a better and more realistic look.

Pros
- Looks beautiful, imo the prettiest of Fraulein releases so far
- Great detail and color on the sculpt
- It’s Shunya Yamashita’s!

Cons
- Too fragile imo. The joints breaks off a bit too easy.
- The revoltech joints below the waist are a bit awkward. In effect, legs could not be bent in sitting position. I think this is more related to its basic E.L.F design, and affected all of the other Fraulein figures.

Fraulein Series

No	Name	Release	Rating	Reviews/Galleries
001	Evangelion Rei Ayanami plugsuit	01-01-2008		CollectionDX, Foobaz, JT
002	Fate/Stay Night Rin Tohsaka	01-02-2008		TheG, CollectionDX, JT, Oceanmoon
003	Evangelion Asuka Langley Soryu plugsuit	01-03-2008		CollectionDX, JT
004	Shunya Yamashita Sweet Dream Pocco	01-04-2008		TheG, JT, Oceanmoon, Ota-suke
005	TheIdolMaster Haruka Amami	01-05-2008		Akiba, TheG
005 FS	TheIdolMaster Haruka Amami Snow Strawberry	01-05-2008
006	TheIdolMaster Mami Futami	01-06-2008
006 FS	TheIdolMaster Mami Futami Snow Strawberry	01-06-2008
007	TheIdolMaster Ami Futami	01-07-2008
007 FS	TheIdolMaster Ami Futami Snow Strawberry	01-07-2008
008	Neon Genesis Evangelion Rei Bandaged Version	01-08-2008

2G Series

Name	Release	Rating	Reviews/Galleries
Fate/Stay Night Saber	15-01-2007		Foobaz, JT
Fate/Stay Night Saber Alter	15-01-2007		Foobaz, JT
Yotsuba&! Yotsuba	27-09-2007		CollectionDX, Foobaz
Yotsuba&! Danboard	01-12-2007		CollectionDX, JT
Yotsuba&! Danboard with Amazon Logo	09-12-2007
Yotsuba&! Yotsuba DX Summer Vacation Set	01-08-2008

Revoltech/Yamaguchi Series

No	Name	Release	Rating	Reviews/Galleries
*001	Getter 1	15-05-2006		Ken Murasame, Max, Momodani, Gamu
002	Dougram	15-05-2006		Ken Murasame, Max, Momodani, Gamu
*003	Dante	15-05-2006		Kuronuko Yamato, Momodani, Yam
*004	EVA-01	15-06-2006		Gamu, Ganhoo, Max, Momodani
004 HH	EVA-01 Clear Version	15-04-2007
004 CC	EVA-01 Glow in the dark Version	19-07-2006
004 ES	EVA-01 Yamashita Ikuto Original Color Version	21-08-2006
005	EVA-00	15-06-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe, Max
005 FS	EVA-00 Clear Version	24-05-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe, Max
005 FK-A	Positron Rifle for EVA-00	24-05-2006
*006	EVA-02	15-07-2006		Max
006 HH	EVA-02 Clear Version	15-04-2007
*007	Overman King Gainer	15-07-2006		Ganhoo, Gamu, Goe
008	Getter-2	15-08-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ken Murasame, Max
009	EVA-03	15-08-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ganho
*010	Patlabor AV-98 Ingram 1	15-09-2006		Gamu, Goe, Max, Momodani
011	EVA-00 Kai	15-09-2006		Gamu, Ganhoo, Kuronuko Yamato
011 HH	EVA-00 Kai Clear Version	15-04-2007		Gamu, Ganhoo, Kuronuko Yamato
*012	Revy	15-10-2006		Cagalii-bi, Kuronuko Yamato, Momodani
013	EVA-04	15-10-2006		Gamu, Ganhoo, Kuronuko Yamato
*014	Patlabor AV-98 Ingram 2	15-11-2006		Gamu, Goe, Max, Takeru
015	Soltic H8	15-11-2006		Handago, Ken Murasame, Nappaman
*015 FS	Soltic H8-RF Korchima Special	15-12-2006
*016	Mazinkaiser	15-12-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe
016 HH	Mazinkaiser Black Version	26-12-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe, Max
017	Getter 3	15-12-2006		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe, Max
018	Giant Robo	15-01-2007		Ebi, Ken Murasame, Gamu, Max
019	Optimus Prime Convoy	15-01-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ken Murasame
*019 FS	Ultra Magnus	15-01-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ken Murasame
020	Patlabor Type-J Griffon	15-02-2007		Cagalii-bi, Ken Murasame, Momodani
021	Giant Robo GR-2	15-02-2007		Gamu, Ken Murasame, Len
*022	Patlabor AV-X0 Type Zero	15-03-2007		Gamu, Ken Murasame, Kuronuko Yamato
*023	Dangaioh	15-03-2007		Cagalii-bi, Ganhoo, Goe, Max
024	Gaiking	15-04-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Goe, Max
025	Megatron	15-04-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ken Murasame
026	EVA Mass Production Type Wing Version	15-05-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ganhoo
*026 FS	EVA Mass Production Type Weapon Version	15-05-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Ganhoo
027	EVA-02 1997 Movie Version	15-05-2007		Gamu, Ganhoo, Ken Murasame
*028	EVA-01 Type F AFC Experiment	15-06-2007		Gamu, Ganhoo, Max, Silencer
*029	Toro	15-06-2007		Foobaz, Kuronuko Yamato, Len, Mochigome
029 NF	Toro New Face Version	15-04-2008
*029 FS	Kuro	15-06-2007		Foobaz
029 FS NF	Kuro New Face Version	15-04-2008
030	Buster Machine Dix-Neuf	15-07-2007		Cagalii-bi, Gamu, Silencer
031	Getter Robo 1 OVA Version	15-07-2007		Cagalii-bi, Ganhoo, Max, Silencer
032	EVA-01 New Movie Edition	15-08-2007		Machu, Max, Mondo, Silencer
033	EVA-00 New Movie Edition	15-08-2007		Machu, Max, Silencer
034	Macross VF-1J Super Valkyrie	15-09-2007		Cagalli-bi, Ken Murasame, Gamu, Max
035	Black Getter OVA Version	15-09-2007		Cagalli-bi, Gamu, Max, Silencer
036	Macross VF-1S Super Valkyrie	15-10-2007		Ken Murasame, Gamu, Max, Silencer
037	Shin Getter 1	15-10-2007		Ken Murasame, Gamu, Max, Silencer
037 HH	Shin Getter 1 Black Version	30-11-2007		Max
038	Macross VF-1A Super Valkyrie Movie Version	15-11-2007		Gamu, Ganhoo, Max, Silencer
039	Gaiking Open Face Version	15-11-2007		Ganhoo, Nappaman
040	Patlabor ARL-99 Helldiver	15-12-2007		Gamu, Max, Mojya, Silencer
041	Patlabor Type-7 Brocken	15-12-2007		Kuronuko Yamato, Gamu, Mojya
041 FS	Patlabor Type-7 Brocken OVA Version	15-12-2007
042	Patlabor AV-98 Ingram 1 Movie Version	15-01-2008		Gamu, Mojya, Tom
042 FS	Patlabor AV-98 Ingram 2 Movie Version	15-01-2008
043 FK	Tetsujin T28 Grey Version	01-02-2008
043	Tetsujin T28	15-01-2008		Ken Murasame, Machu, Silencer
044 FK	Tetsujin Black Ox Grey Version	01-02-2008
044	Tetsujin Black Ox	15-02-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo, Machu
045	Patlabor Type-J9 Griffon With Aqua Unit	15-02-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo, Kuronuko Yamato
046	Transformers Starscream	15-03-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo, Mojya
047	Transformers Hot Rodimus	15-03-2008		Ganhoo, Mojya
048	Doko Demo Issyo Jun	15-04-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo, TheG
049	Doko Demo Issyo Suzuki	15-04-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo
050 wf	Tengen Topa Gurren Lagann Wonfest 2008	15-03-2008		Max
050	Tengen Topa Gurren Lagann	15-05-2008		Akiba, Cagali-bi, SR../BloodZwei, K3
051	Macross Regult	15-05-2008		Gamu, Ganhoo
052	Lazengann	15-06-2008		Gamu, Shishioh, Goe
053	Macross YF-19	15-06-2008		Gamu
054	Macross YF-21	15-06-2008		Shishioh
055	Johannes Krauser II (DMC)	15-07-2008		Gamu
056	Alexander Jagi (DMC)	15-07-2008		Gamu
057	Camus (DMC)	15-07-2008		Gamu
058	Gurren Lagann Full Drill	15-08-2008
059	ARX-8 Lavatein (Full Metal Panic!)	15-08-2008
060	Enki	15-09-2008

Number Coding

• Asterisk (*) denotes discontinued item.
• CC: Comic Con
• HH: Hyper Hobby Magazine
• ES: Evangelin Store
• FS: Friend Shop
• WF: Wonder Festival

What is Revoltech?

Revoltech is an action figure line from Kaiyodo, a Japanese company dedicated to figurines and garage kits. Revoltech inherits Kaiyodo’s quality, which has been widely recognized for its detailed and faithful sculpts.

The name Revoltech itself is an abbreviation of “revolver joint technology.” The joint technology utilized in all of the line is the main selling point of Revoltech. It gives figures very high degree of articulation, revolutionary allowing for dynamic and variable poses.

At first it covered mostly characters and mechas from animes and video games. In near future Revoltech may also be made for movie characters and others.

Its low price range is also the attractor factor which has made it the hottest toyline since its first release in 2006.

History of Revoltech

First generation of Revoltech is branched into 3 main categories, Super Robot, Real Robo, and Humanoid. After the first release of 3 action figures, Kaiyodo releases two figures every month, sometimes as limited releases.

Since May 2007, on its 13th release, Revoltech series was rebranded as the Yamaguchi series. It follows its main sculptor, Yamaguchi Katsuhisa. He was famed with his work on Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hokuto No Ken, and Trigun figures.

Kaiyodo only released 2 humanoid figures for first generation, before branching its humanoid into another line: 2G or Second Generation, also on May 2007. Though they still did release Toro from Doko Demo Issyo in their 29th release.

On September 2007 Kaiyodo started a Miniature Revoltech line, but released mostly Evangelion figures. Only then at Wonfest 2008 we saw a Mini Danboard figure.

January 2008 saw the new type of Revoltech called, Fraulein series. Taken from old German language, fraulein means lady, thus characterizes its releases as specialized only on female figures.

Three upcoming new series were introduced at First Revoltech Expo December 2007. The Assemble Borg set is a unique set intended for people to be able to build their own revoltechs. The other two are a series of figures dedicated to Hokuto No Ken or Fist of the North Star anime and Street Fighter.

Welcome to Revoneko’s hideout

Hello and welcome to Revoneko’s Hideout,

This is a fan blog of everything related to Revoltech: news, reviews, and links to many other’s reviews and photo galleries.

Enjoy and do come back because this blog is updated frequently.

Warmest,
daniel