I almost forgot about the existence of this thread >.>
Anyway, we have new infos on Revoltech Arbalest
here as well as 'new'
Laevatein release.
So it's confirmed that Revo Arbalest will come with a lotsa accessories, a Revoltech stand (as usual) and even effect parts. I noticed, however, that it lacks "open shoulder" optional parts, unlike its RD counterpart.
Now my opinion about this...Surely, we can't deny that price-wise, Revo triumph over RD. You get more for cheaper price, what's better than that? And it's not like the more expensive RD is much bigger in scale or something, they're belong to the same class of action figure, but yet RD Arbalest give you less for more money.
So don't buy RD Arbalest then?
I won't say that. We didn't collect figures based on how cheap they was, but because we like them. And talking about something as subjective as 'likeness', it all points out to what the figures will be look like. In another words, sculpting, proportion, painting, finishing, etc. Now let's talk about proportion. To be honest, I'd prefer RD proportion than Revo (in Arbalest case). Laevatein was OK for me, but that's because I never saw it animated, or in official lineart. Now Arbalest...looks wrong to me. It doesn't have muscular feel like Laevatein, more like rounded, short, well you got the point. While RD faithfully following the anime design, sleek, angular, somewhat look like miniaturized version of Alter 1/48 Arbalest (I can't seem to find reviews about this item).
Well it's too early to judge things just by promotional pictures, now let's wait for the Revo release (and I haven't talking about joints and poseability yet!)
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mine is made in China as well...
