It's standing! It's standing! ^^
A whole bunch of images of Sci-fi Revoltech No. 001 Alien after the introduction yesterday.
The slot on the heel can be used to connect to the peg on the display base for added stability in certain poses.
The details presented on this figure are absolutely awe-inspiring. The overall figure is not just a loyal realization of the design shown in the original movie, but it reveals so much more details I never knew about the creature. Those tiny protruding segments that stretch from the spine to the tip of the tail, the rib cage, the complex pattern of the abdomen, the details beneath the skull cap and many other tiny components are just brilliant designs.
The paint job is absolutely stunning as well. The glossiness of the overall paint job is just the right formula to bring out the feeling of the creature as seen in the movie. The teeth are painted in shiny silver to realize the impression of the mouth filled with saliva - that's one important image I was hoping to see on the figure, and Kaiyodo did it just nice. ^^ Apart from the shininess, gradient paint is applied to many parts, including the semi-transparent skull cap, the tubes on the back and areas next to the joints. For a creature that seems like it's totally black when I first watched it, the quality of the paint job done on the figure really surpassed my expectation, which is totally awesome. Then again, the gradient paint isn't there just to make it look better, they do help in creating a much stronger image of the creature. The gradient of the skull cap makes the empty eye sockets beneath it even more menacing, and the gradient of the tubes on the back and around the joints makes those components seem like soft parts.
It's a hideous-looking creature that was such a nightmare for me when I was a kid, but the figure turns out to be such a beauty to look at. ^^
A look at all the accessories included:
Beside RevolContainer, RevolChip, nameplate and display base, the Facehugger and Alien egg are the only items that are really related to the figure.
The sculpt details and paint job done for the Alien egg, a fixed item, is totally on par with the quality of the main character of the package. ^^
Gradient paint on the semi-transparent part looks really good.
Disgusting but beautiful ^^
Nothing to see on the bottom.
The infamous Facehugger ^^;
It might seems like a fixed item molded entirely in flesh color at first glance, but apart from those carefully painted tiny blood vessels (?) on the body, when you turn it around, ...
... Yuck!
Awesome sculpt details and paint work on this small item as well, but I cannot imagine how the designer lived through eating and dreaming such details when it was decided that a Facehugger was to be included as one of the accessories. ^^;
The tip of the tail can be inserted into the "blood splash" inside the egg.
The leap of death! ^^
Customized display base for Sci-fi Revoltech, evidenced by the details molded beneath the base.
The nameplate printed with the character's name and origin movie can be connected to the base.
The very generic RevolContainer and RevolChip.
Going back to the figure, here are some action poses plus information about its articulation design and gimmicks:
2 Revoltech joints inside the abdomen and waist allow the body to bend forward for a wide angle.
Thanks to the Revoltech joints inside the body, Alien can be shown crouching down and resting (?). The limited knee joint doesn't support anymore bending for the legs unfortunately, but the flexible tail can help out as the third leg of the figure XD
Limited as they are, the hip joint's range of articulation is sufficient to realize many action poses of the creature.
The whole figure is well balanced enough to not needing to rely on the tail all the time to support many of its dramatic poses as well. ^^
One of the heavily promoted gimmick before the figure's release: removal of the skull cap to reveal the interior of the head.
No special tab or joint to be released to take off the cap actually. It's just tight grip that keep it in place when it's not removed.
The details inside the head were never shown in the original movie.
Awesome paint work aside, the clear distinction between the interior of the head (pale white) and the area outside it (black) shows the delicacy of the workmanship as well. ^^
Very nice gradient paint applied to the skull cap as mentioned earlier on.
Very realistic realization of the mandible's movement.
The joint is very loose actually - the moment the mouth is opened, the little fella would spring out immediately XD
A somewhat anticlimactic design for the mandible - it's not concealed at all beneath the jaw and is in plain sight when the figure is viewed from the bottom. ^^;
More action poses of the figure in the next posting. ^^
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