{"id":2362,"date":"2012-05-02T03:32:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T03:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/25\/kaiyodo-revoltech-regult\/"},"modified":"2016-03-22T05:51:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:51:34","slug":"kaiyodo-revoltech-regult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anymoon.com\/blog\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"Kaiyodo Revoltech Regult"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Review(updated): Walking Egg of DOOM!
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Packaging & Extras: <\/strong>(3.5\/5)
\nKaiyodo had me spoiled with the other Revoltech Macross toys I’ve been buying so I was a little bit let down by this release.\u00a0 While the\u00a0Macross Plus\u00a0Revoltech toys\u00a0come with cool items like full fast packs and pin point barrier effects while the Regult only comes with:
\n1) Standard top-of-head lasers
\n2) Optional heavy missile attachment for top of head
\n3) Display stand
\n4) Advertisement
\nThere were four different Regults: Standard,\u00a0Heavy Missile,\u00a0Light Missile, and Recon.\u00a0\u00a0Kaiyodo gave us the\u00a0heavy missile parts and it would have been so easy to give us the\u00a0light missile\u00a0parts too (the recon parts admittedly would have required a lot of work).\u00a0\u00a0You get the missile launcher and a stand but that’s about it.\u00a0 The box is a bit bigger than the other Macross Revoltech releases (but so is this toy, see comparison to other Macross Revoltechs under the Design section) and it’s clear Kaiyodo put forth some extra effort to keep things safe in transit (you’ll know you’ve got a minty fresh Regult if it still has the plastic in between the head and the boosters).<\/p>\n

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Charm & Collectability: <\/strong>(2.5\/5)
\nOriginally released in May 2008 with an MSRP of 1,900 YEN, I hoped this toy would be met with great demand but that wasn’t the case.\u00a0 The Regult\u00a0really lends itself well to army building but\u00a0most people\u00a0stick to their hero-toy buying tendencies.\u00a0 Revoltech toys don’t transform or contain diecast so the outlook isn’t great for this becoming a classic collectible.\u00a0 Before Toynami released their 1\/100 vinyl collection Battlepods people might have collected these to square off against Toynami’s 1\/100 VF-1 toys.\u00a0 The release of the Toynami Battlepod further reduced the demand for the Revoltech. In 2016 Bandai released the Hi-Metal R Regult which doesn’t quite have the same level of articulation but is an overall much better toy and in better scale to 1\/100 releases.<\/p>\n

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Sculpt, Detail, and Paint: (7\/10)<\/strong>
\nAll Revoltechs are a bit stylized and the Regult doesn’t stray far from the regular recipe.\u00a0 The proportions aren’t quite right, Toynami did a much better job with their vinyl toys.\u00a0 Even with the issues related to the proportions this is still a good looking toy thanks to a nice smattering of painted detail.\u00a0\u00a0Kaiyodo did a good job hiding their ball joint system but if you look closely you’ll still see them.<\/p>\n

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Design: (6\/10)<\/strong>
\nI really like the design of this toy but it’s too simple to give any more points to.\u00a0 The skewed proportions appear to help keep the toy from being too top heavy while the Revoltech joints are stiff enough to keep the legs in whatever position you prefer.\u00a0 The swappable head turret is well executed and the toy is otherwise simple, as it should be.\u00a0 There’s no opening cockpit area and the chin lasers aren’t articulated.<\/p>\n

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Durability & Build: (7.5\/10)<\/strong>
\nRevoltechs are cheap toys that typically aren’t built the best but they usually handle normal play just fine.\u00a0 You won’t have to worry about this toy when you pull it off the shelf to put it into its next sweet pose in your display.\u00a0 The plastic does feel a little weak and rubbery though and some of the joints may give up on some tightness with too much handling.
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