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.