TOY: Revoltech No.023 弾劾凰 Dangaioh

DANGAIOH (弾劾凰)

REVOLTECH No.023

My latest entry is Revoltech No.023 Dangaioh from the 1987 hit animation Dangaioh - Hyper Combat Unit (破邪大星ダンガイオー or 破邪大星弾劾凰 Haja Taisei Dangaioh.
Mia Alice, Roll Kuran, Pai Thunder and Lamda Nom, all these four youths are Espers who have the natural ability to command psychic powers. They are brought together when they were captured and brainwashed by Professor Tarsan, who works for Garimos, a powerful inter-galactic warlord. Their main objective is to form the formidable Dangaioh team and pilot the transformable mecha. They are soon managed to turn their backs on the evil Garimos and was pursued by the strong enemy forces. Tarsan also decided to betray Garimos and become the Dangaioh team's mentor, fighting against the evil criminal activities of Garimos while they slowly recollect their previous memories.

This figure has got rather impressive articulation despite its bulky structure. It feels more stable and less prone to loose joints. The white colour has a mild bluish tinge unlike the pure white in Patlabor. This figure comes along with a 2-piece stand, 2 left fists, 2 right fists, a combined fists and a heavy sword (similar to that from MazinKaiser). When I first saw Dangaioh, I thought that the poseability will be limited due to the bulky structure, but I felt that it can give rather interesting and cool poses. When playing with it, I was right that it can indeed take on some really cool poses, only restriction is a not so creative mind. Kaiyodo has done a really good job in the design such that it can still be highly poseable with that kind of structure, but I don't really like the thighs. It just doesn't feel and look right, no matter how I set the pose.Let me show you what I've got and you decide.