11.) Revoltech Rei Ayanami

Rei Ayanami is my first action figure from revoltech. I first came to know it when i was simply browsing from gundam model kits at Sun Comic at Cineleisure PJ. Revoltech is an action figure line from the Japanese company Kaiyodo. Their main selling point is the 'Revolver' joint, which all of the figures utilize. This gives the figures a high degree of articulation, allowing for many dynamic and varied poses.

Since Revoltech began in mid-2006 with the release of the first three figures, there have been two new figures released each month in the numbered mainline series, also known as the "Yamaguchi Series" (named after the figures' sculptor, Katsuhisa Yamaguchi). As of early November 2008, the Yamaguchi series is believed to end with figures 064 and 065. The Revoltech license will resume in May 2009 with "Revoltech 3.0 REBOOT", with Yamaguchi's continued involvement.

So far, only mecha/characters from anime, manga and videogames have been covered. Though, majority of revoltech action figures comes from mecha.

Revoltech now has many sublines since the first line of 2G/2nd generation revoltech was released in Jan 2007. Though there's only a total of 5 action figures that falls under 2G revoltech, which includes Saber, Alter Saber, Yotsuba Koiwai, Danboard, Yotsuba Koiwai summer vacation set.

There have also been some limited edition, unnumbered figures based on repaints of main-line Revoltech figures.

Revoltech lastest subline, "Fräulein". Which means "little miss" or "young lady" in German, is a human female-themed line which was first introduced on 01/01/08. And the first fraulein action figure is Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion series.

Rei Ayanami (綾波 レイ, Ayanami Rei) is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. She is the First Child (First Children in the Japanese version) and pilot of the Evangelion Unit 00.

When i bought Rei late in 2008, i only had a brief out-of-the-box moment with her cause i neither have the place to display her nor the time to really play around with her and take pictures of her. I've taken a brief hour or so, taking some photos of Rei.








Rei was my first revoltech that i've taken out of the box for posing and photographing. I'm impressed with the ''revolver'' joints as i could easily pose her in various poses. My only problem with her is that her arms comes off too easily when i'm posing her. I believe this is a known problem for all revoltech lines that the limbs fall off easily. For Rei, i only have problem with one of the arm, unlike my Alter Saber, which i get to her soon, her upper body falls off from the lower body easily. Though that allow me to easily swap her bodies with the standard Saber or perhaps other fraulein action figures, but that still beats me for it's loose body joint. I'm deeply disappointed with it! The other issue i have with Rei is that i can't pose her properly to lie down on her belly and her poses look weird. X D I have yet to pose her with her weapon yet. So more photos will be updated soon.

Please stay tune with me for my other revoltech action figures in the future, a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Alter Saber, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Laevatien. And of course, my latest action figure, Figma Saber.

Till then, thanks for visiting.

Gong Xi Fat Chai to all.

13.) Revoltech Rei Ayanami Part 2

I took Rei for a 2nd shoot and tried various dynamic poses, some was fine, some aren't. I also made some minor adjustments to the camera, so the quality is more fine than the 1st shoot. It's also slightly less blurry cause i shot her with the help of a tripod. Most shots were made on a tripod, just some shots aren't.

Rei is just simply, awesome! 

12.) Mage Knight Bloody Amara

Mage Knight is a miniatures war game using collectible figures, created by WizKids, Inc. Both WizKids was formed by noted game designer and publisher Jordan Weisman, who designed Mage Knight along with Kevin Barrett. A synthesis of classic miniatures games (of which Warhammer Fantasy Battles is possibly the best-known example) and of collectible card games (which began with the introduction of Magic: The Gathering in 1993), Mage Knight was an immediate success when it was introduced in 2000.

On June 30, 2005 Wizkids announced the Nexus expansion would be the last in the current series and that after November 2005 all tournament support would cease. Neither Wizkids or Topps gave any official reason for the cancellation, though drops in sales and player base have been mentioned as possible causes.

Mage Knight and Magic The Gathering at the same time. I kept the miniatures in a box was accidently undiscovered it hidden into my cupboard. Knowing it was a game that was stop production in 2005, i went on ebay to purchase quite a numbers of limited/rare and some common Mage Knights from US in 2007. They're mostly 2nd hand miniatures that are unwanted by players and they're selling it . Though most of them sells the common ones in huge numbers, one of the seller i bought from was selling his entire set of 100++ characters, with 4 limited rare ones that i wanted. Though, i gave most of the common ones to my girlfriend's little brother. I tried to teach him how to play the game, obviously he doesn't share an old interest of mine. Though i believe it's impossible to buy Mage Knight off retails now. None of them are selling it, from what i know. There's a hobby shop in Bangsar ShoppingI was introduced to Mage Knight back in year 2001 when a group of my classmates were playing games during breaks. It caught my attention cause the miniatures are beautifully designed. Though those days it was expensive, a booster pack would cost around RM50-RM60 if i remembered it correctly and a starter pack would cost up to RM100. Though a small game could consists a minimum of 2-3 characters depending on how many points we are playing, and how many strong characters you're summoning. Stronger characters need more points to be casted. I bought a couple of the miniatures from a classmate and started playing with them since. Eventually it became one of the regular thing i did for a year or more. Thus, i started to buy booster packs and a lot of expansion packs. The buying eventually stops when i left my highschool for another highschool in year 2003. I still played once a while in hobby shops but eventually, i've quit the game. I can't be certain of the actual dates cause i was playing both Complex used to sell it a couple of years ago or might still be selling it, he still had some booster and a starter pack and some individual miniatures here and there. Though his price are up the roof. He was selling a Mystic Draconum for RM150, it's a rare of course. I bought it from US for RM15-RM20, it actually came bundled with a lot of common characters. X D



Bloody Amara is a very rare and powerful character. He is a great necromant sorceress who can give a really good fight. He is difficult to beat of his magic blast and life drain! His defense are high(18-17) and with toughness for the first four clicks, every damage is minus by one click. At his last four clicks before he dies, he gains invulnerability. Ranged attack agaisnt him gets -2 the original damage and he gets +2 defense to his already high defense stats(15-13). His movements are not limited by your action points in every turn, so you could attack or move him every round without using one of the action points. Like i said, it has a magic blast, on every success roll of attack, you can roll the dice and the target take damage based on the dice roll, if it rolls six, then it's pretty much good bye for the target. Although it based on your luck, but i've successfully wiped out targets with ease. On top of that, on his first six clicks, he gets +1 healing when he deals damage to a target. With the range of 12 inches, 2 damage for range and 3 damage for close range, Bloody Amara is a really tough opponent to kill. With an optional Necromancer or Grave Digger to revive Bloody Amara when he dies from a combat, and other healers to heal him, one needs a really tough and strategic play to kill it. During my days of playing with Bloody Amara, it was not killed at all, and at the same time, i've not win against opponents that cast Blood Amara. Only one rare character can be casted for both sides during a game.



Although Mage Knight is an "ancient" game that no one plays now. But no harm in sharing on the beautiful miniatures. X D


This is a picture of his stats.


More Mage Knight miniatures to come in the future.