Rebuild RAHs – Shinji, Rei

Riotgear — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:39:29 +0000

Toy company Medicom have brand new Evangelion ‘Real Action Heroes’ (“RAH”) lined up for release later this year. Two figures have been revealed so far - Shinji and Rei, both wearing their You Can (Not) Advance restyled plugsuits. Shinji - numbered 449 in the RAH series - is scheduled to be available at the end of August, and Rei – number 454 - at the end of September. They will measure 300mm in height and retail at 17,640 yen (figure stand included). As they are hidden by the clothing, there are no visible joints on the figures which are outfitted in plugsuits.

Real Action Heroes are high quality poseable figures with clothing made from material appropriate to their design (PVC in this instance), which often results in a more authentic look than plastic molded clothes – and a very ‘deluxe’ look to the figure overall. The price reflects the quality – RAHs typically cost around US$200. The series includes figures based on both japanese and american animation, comics, live action television and films.

Past Evangelion RAHs include three variations of Rei (plugsuit, school uniform and bandaged versions) and three variations of Asuka (plugsuit, school uniform and yellow dress versions). It’s nice to finally see a Shinji RAH emerge – expect an update on other figures as information becomes available.

Shinji figure at Rakuten Ichiba | Shinji figure at YesAsia
Rei figure at Rakuten Ichiba | Rei figure at YesAsia
MedicomToy site (‘Product List’ – ‘Real Action Heroes’ – ‘新世紀エヴァンゲリオン’)

New 2.0-themed Gashapon in coming months

Riotgear — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:16:08 +0000

Two new sets of Evangelion Gashapon are on the horizon, both featuring Evas from Rebuild 2.0; You Can (Not) Advance. Part of the “Ultimate Action” line of Gashapon figures by Bandai, each set offers five different figures, most of which come with an accessory and feature some form of articulation. The first set (“Ultimate Action Neo”), due for release in late May, will feature Eva-00, Eva-01, Eva-02 and Lilith in their Rebuild incarnations, as well as a hanger and weapon set. The second set (“Ultimate Action Neo Extra”), due before July, will offer figures of Eva-01, Eva-02, Eva-03 (in both a standard and special variant color version) and another hanger/weapon set. Unlike the first collection however, each figure in the latter set comes with part of Eva-05, which can be used to assemble a complete Evangelion once you have collected all five different figures.

The parts packaged with the figures are a pair of forelegs (packaged w/ Eva-01), a pair of hind legs (w/ Eva-02), a pair of arms (w/ Eva-03) and a body (w/ hanger set). No pictures related to this second Gashapon set are available at this time. The figures measure approximately 110-120mm in height, and cost 400 yen each from japanese Gashapon vending machines. Going by past proceedings, full sets will likely surface on Ebay shortly after release.

“Neo” product details and pictures at OtakuBoushi
“Neo Extra” product details at AmiAmi

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Rebuild RAHs – Shinji, Rei

New 2.0-themed Gashapon in coming months