Pacific Rim Uprising toy review – Great detail with some issues

Pacific Rim Uprising is making its way to theaters in March, but the toys have already arrived, and while they look great, they aren’t without some shortfalls.

Diamond Select provided us with the mass-market versions of the first three Jaegers to be released from the second Pacific Rim movie. There is a difference here as the specialty shop versions will come with more accessories, but these are the same basic figures. The first three figures to be released include Gipsy Avenger, Saber Athena, and Bracer Phoenix.

Judging the basic sculpts, and only having the trailers to go by thus far, Diamond has nailed the overall look of the new Jaegers. While I have some significant issues with the visual look of Saber Athena – it looks like it would be more at home in Neon Genesis Evangelion – that is on the film itself, and not on Diamond’s rendition of the figure.

Gipsy Avenger

• Height – Approx. 8-inches
• Points of articulation – 16
• Accessories – 2
• SRP: $17.99

Gipsy Avenger honors the heroic legacy of her namesake as the flagship leader of the Mark VI fleet. More than just a Jaeger, she is a symbol of hope to millions.

As the “hero” of the film, it makes sense that the most attention is paid to Gipsy Avenger. While all three of the first wave figures are well done, it definitely feels like a bit more work went in to Gipsy.

Overall the figure stands fairly well on its own, but you will need to do a bit of spacing on the legs as the torso does make it a tad bit top heavy.

Gipsy comes with two forearms you can swap out with the right adding a chainsword and the left becoming a plasmacaster. This is where a lack of any sort of figure information made me a bit nervous as the joints to pop out were hidden inside armor making it unclear on what you should pull on to pop the original forearms out. (Tip, it’s the entire elbow joint, the connector is in the biceps.) The feet, while flexible at the ankle, need even more play to them. Kneeling positions were difficult, but achievable.

Overall, the paint is nice except for the most noticeable area, which is the dual turbine engines. Being bright orange your eye is immediately drawn to them and it just doesn’t look detailed enough, but the rest of the figure is crisp with some nice lines. While more detailed paint always adds to the cost of manufacturing a figure, it would have been nice to see some sort of wash done here.

If you were to pick up only one figure from the line, Gipsy is definitely the one to go with.

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