This might be a little too late to feature on my blog as I have been on vacation and quite busy lately. But an awesome figure deserves a special attention. So here it is, the official promo images of POP Edition-Z - Aokiji Kuzan. It'll be winter indeed, as the Grandline freezes over this coming December.
It went out for preorder starting 7th of August (check-out preorder announcements here) along with POP MAS - Rob Lucci (Leopard Kami-e Bushin Ver.). We've seen a lot of photos of this one during the previous exhibits, but we haven't clear seen what are the option parts that comes with it before these promo images were released.
This figure was earlier announced with a price of 7,980 yen, but turns out that it's actual retail price is 9,240 yen. With pricing like that, I has to come with some interesting optional parts, and we weren't disappointed. I have mentioned earlier that he will come with two right arms as what was seen during event exhibits, one with his hand inside his pocket and one with ice effect. It was confirmed by these images and we can see a third right arm holding a sword made of ice, more like the one that comes with the POP Neo-DX version, but with some more icy effect parts.
A tote bag is clearly visible here and it is removable. The right hand can be replaced with another one that can hold the an iconic item in the film - the wine bottle. It's really cool for MegaHouse to include that. But there's one option part that I'm not really satisfied - the alternate head without the sunglasses and headgear (bandana). Yes, it's really nice that we can have this option and display him without the sunglasses and headgear, but I'm kinda not satisfied with his facial expression. Those frowny eyebrows does not really in Aokiji's personality.
We haven't seen him look really look mad even under pressure. He always has this cool personality, and maintains serious but calm emotion all the time. I'm not sure if it's only the expression or the sculpt but I'm not really seeing Aokiji Kuzan here with sunglasses off. So I would rather keep the one with his sunglasses and headgear on when I display him on my shelf, he looks a lot cooler with that.
Aside from that minor issue for me (thanks to the sunglasses), every detail totally rocks. This is really a must have for every POP collector so better secure that preorder of yours while it's still available. Preorders may still be available at HLJ, Hobby Search, Amiami, Animarket, Hobby Frontier and Figmation.
POP MAS - Rob Lucci (Leopard Kami-e Bushin Ver.)
POP MAS - Rob Lucci (Leopard Kami-e Bushin Ver.)
POP MAS - Rob Lucci (Leopard Kami-e Bushin Ver.)
Below are the official promo images.
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