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.