Kintaro

It’s been a few days since my Rei has come, and I haven’t had much time to even look at her! Sculpted by the talented REFLECT, and designed by spectacular Shunya Yamashita… probably one of the best combos I’ve seen. There are some major issues however and it’s the paint app. The sculpt makes up for much of the lousy paintwork, but more on that later.

First Impressions: Since pretty much everything from Yamashita and REFLECT are beautiful, that was the initial thought. At first glance it’s a beautiful figure, sexy, and looks like a grown up Rei.

Upon further inspection, I noticed terrible paint application, which from what I understand is typical of Yamato. I can’t blame anyone else for me buying this figure, I expected as much. This is my first figure from Yamato, so I’m not sure what flaws are common for the company. Most of the paint issues are sharpness, pieces that are two seperate colors like the silver bars on her hips or the black lines on her legs. The one thing that gets me the most is the paint (or lack of) on her chest. Definitely looks like there was a paint shortage or something in one spot, showing a dull color underneath. Not sure what it is about the paint on her butt cheeks, in a certain light it gets wavy, making it look like she’s got cellulite. It’s only noticable in harsh lighting, so it didn’t show up in the pictures. Overall skintones are really weird, especially in her cleavage area.

Enough complaining! All is not lost! The figure itself is not that bad. The sculpt really pulls it out from the dirge. The seam line on her head is pretty basic, but attention is directed towards her hands, so it’s not such a big deal. Her body proportions are perfect, REFLECT has a nack for beautiful women. Her rear just looks so real! While some would agree he didn’t quite capture the hotness of Yamashita’s drawings, he came pretty damn close. In a league of her own, this Rei is perhaps my favorite figure based off of Yamashita’s work.

(My most viewed picture from this batch at the moment ^^;)

(Although it comes with a basic blue base with fancy lettering, it beats Alter in terms of quality.)

While I’ve seen HobbySearch sold out of this figure since it came out, it doesn’t seem to be selling out in America…Makes me wonder if it’s the Yamato name.

As a sidenote, a postcard came with the figure, with another, more suggestive Rei Ayanami, courtesy of Yamashita ^^

(sooo blurrry)

Manufacturer: Yamato Creators Labo
Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Scale: 1/6th
Sculptor: REFLECT
Released: Late December 2007 (Japan)
American Price: Around $60.00+
Japanese Price: Around 6500+ Yen

(Available in America now via KidNemo)

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