Monday, 2 March 2020

AppleSeed Briareos Hecatonchires Trading Figure













Appleseed started as an original comic by Shirow Masamune and the figurine is based on the movie in 2004. Shirow Masamune other outstanding works include 'Ghost in the Ghost', 'Dominion' and 'Black Magic'. One of AppleSeed most iconic design would have to be Briareos Hecatonchires. He is like the RoboCop in the universal of Shirow Masamune.  Human senses and emotions in cyborg body after he was grievously injured in a blast. This is the other piece among 7 others that's highly sought after. 

If I'm not wrong, the Japan release comes as a set of blind box with random figures. Mine is the US release by Toycom in collaboration with Yamato Toys. It's open concept for the liberty of choosing the figure you like on card. The unfortunate part is that the clear plastic card packaging turned yellow  with time and it's now pretty unsightly. The figure stands approximately 12cm and holding the optional long rifle give it an extra centimeter. The figure is made is a very realistic way and paint work is relatively neat. Posing both Briareos Hecatonchires and S.W.A.T Landmate together gives that extra hype.  

4 comments:

chrismandesign said...

I haven’t heard about this set of trading figures based on the movie Appleseed, but I remember some years ago I was looking for the set of mini action figures made by Hot Toys, pretty much with a similar size to these you’re publishing here as part of your collection... However the price point was a bit too high for my budget so I had to give up on them... It’s good to know that you managed you get some of these really nice figures!...

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

>> Chrismandesign
Hot Toys figurine on the Appleseed is also out of the reach. I’m just lucky to be able to have these 2. Trading figures is enough to fulfill my needs for this very cool OVA. Buying merchandise of the OVA is my way of supporting the OVA.

deSMOnd said...

This figure looks good. If you can get the one with black tactical outfit with the female lead together. That is perfect!

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

>> Desmond
Thank you for the recommendation bro.. Will keep a look out...

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