Just to keep things rolling around here, a new post. As I stated before, these entries are more to recount my tales and spoils as a collector, rather than a reviewer. So my latest is from a trip to Onicon, which was a lovely anime convention.
I find I hunt for four very specific things in dealer's rooms: Art Books, Random Boxes, Plushes, and Figurines. More often than not I come out with a few random boxes and a plush. Onicon did me one better with a figure I completely didn't expect to like as much as I do: Evangelion-01 test type model.
This is my first Sega Prize Figure because wellllll... lets face it, you don't hear the best about them from reviews. When I would encounter them, they would either 1) not be any character I care for OR 2) look kinda off in some way. Never poorly drastic, but also never worthy of a second look. Onicon brought something I had not seen before, Sega Prize 01 and 02 from Evangelion. The damn thing just called out to me in color, form, and design. I had to get one. Which was easy enough, since I saw four vendors with them! Did they all get the same shipment at once? Conspiracy perhaps? Anyway take a look:
Damn man! Lookit them gams! All kidding aside, seeing 01 in such a tight, ready to spring action pose was pure delight. The tension is welled up in his hand clutching his blade, and the taught fingers on the other. It's rock steady on this classy hexagon base, and fits perfectly. I love a figure when you can't see any supports. Another plus for this Sega Prize vs others is the hard pvc they use. It gives the purple portions a nice gloss. I should also mention, he's a whopping 8 inches tall (slightly over 20 cm). Now for some details:
Head, mid, base, and back shots. Standard shots to give viewers the idea of the overall sculpt and the paint. EVA 01 always seemed to pop off the screen being strong, lean, and bright. I guess in my eye that's what I see in this figure. Oh, and to be fair, the paint does bleed slightly into some black areas (like in the back shot). But overall, it's very minimal, all the sections are filled color wise and the sculpt doesn't have any nicks. I think I scared the poor booth owner. I starred into the package for a really long time) trying to determine if the paint would be as bad as people claim on Sega Prize figures.
Here is a shot to give you a true sense of the colors. Which are three of my favorite colors on one badass Mech. Personally, I dig the hands and feet on this figure. Nicely done Sega Prize team.
Speaking of which, Why out of all the tons of Evangelion figures would I choose 01? Not only is it my favorite in the show, but overall I tend to like mechs out of sci-fi generes more than the human characters. If I could have a dream figure it would be android Tima in the final scenes of Tezuka's Metropolis. Yeah, I'd pay good money for that. Expect more non-humans in the future posts is all I'm saying.
Oh yeah final thoughts? At least keep on eye out for Sega Prize figures in the future. You never know when one will actually surprise you. Plus they also made the 02, which would be a good set with 01. It looked just as nice in fact, but the 01 is just closer to my heart.
Where to buy your own? I was searching online for a bit and couldn't turn any up. So I don't actually have anywhere to guide people. I expect soon they will be popping up at random with the usual sega prize tag of 25 to 40 bucks. Keep an eye out.
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