Musings of an Inkd Geek

When this figure was first announced, I wasn't initially planning to get it. Then, when it was first released, I watched a few Japanese YouTube reviews and it ended up looking very nice. I was able to get it from one of my sites at the still pre-order price.  Geed Ultimate Final form resembles Ultraman X, at least in his body, with his mostly grey and silver color scheme, with red and yellow throughout. His head has a horn that sits atop of his head, as opposed to a crest that goes back like his other forms, with a long diamond crystal in the middle of his forehead. Also, his eyes are painted a slighter darker blue than his other versions that I own. His simple yet sleek design is appealing, and Figuarts did a great job with sculpt and paint.  As for his accessories, he comes with an alternate color timer, his Giga Finalizer weapon, and 5 pairs of hands (fists, to hold the Finalizer, flat karate chop, relaxed and open). The Giga Finalizer...

As I said in my previous post, the other figure I got from the new Spiderman retro wave was Gwen Stacy. She was finally delivered, so let's check her out. She comes with a rolled up Daily Bugle newspaper, a midtown high school book, a blue folder an an alternate Mary Jane Watson head. She's dressed in a black sweater & boots, purple skirt and green coat. Gwen is blonde, while Mary Jane is a redhead. She is nicely detailed and painted, especially the faces. No sloppy paint bleed anywhere.  For her articulation, her head is on a ball joint and can move left, right and look pretty far forward, but can't look up too much due to the sculpt of the hair blocking it. Since it's a harder plastic (on both heads), it also impedes it from moving too far to the sides. Her arms are on ball jointed hinges and can move pretty far up. Her elbows are single jointed but have a decent amount of range. Her wrists are hinged, her torso cut c...