Threezero have released full details for their summer con exclusives. Many of these we’ve seen before in teasers but now we have the full run down. Check all the details inside, including price, run details for each show and total units.
• ROBO-DOU Evangelion Accessory Pack
• ROBO-DOU Evangelion Test Type-01 (Night Combat Color)
• DLX Shattered Glass Soundwave and Ravage
• FigZero G.I. Joe 1/6 Snake Eyes (Deadgame)
• 1/6th Scale Berserk Guts Berserker Armor (Limited Edition)
ThreeZero has ramped it up of late with new licenses, product types and themes. They’re doing 1/6th scale, large Premium and smaller DLX figures for Transformers, branching the DLX line out into high end human figures, new offerings for G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Marvel and more. One of those sub lines is Robo-Dou which features DLX style figures based on Japanese Mecha. Small form, high quality. They are about 9-10 inches tall, die cast frame, tons of paint, and very faithful to the source material. The first two were based on Patlabor, another giant mecha anime from Japan that didn’t quite penetrate international markets but are revered by those that are into them. We took a look at those here and here.
Next up is Evangelion. Even if you have never watched an episode, if you are into big robots you’ve probably seen the main star of the show floating around over the years – EVA Unit 01. EVA mechs are human piloted robots* that are skinny and lanky, dispatched by humanity to fight randomly appearing giant monsters. After digging into the anime recently (on Netflix in full with a new dub) I realized Pacific Rim borrowed a LOT of themes from this show. EVA 01 is the purple and green mech that is most seen, and is the one we are looking at today.
Read on to check our our in hand look courtesy of ThreeZero. He’s out now, but sold out most places. A second printing is underway so get your preorders in!
Kotobukiya has released images for their upcoming Evangelion Eva Unit 1 Plastic Model Kit. It will be released in December 2013. No additional info was posted. But they have released a bunch of images. Check them out after the jump.
Update:
Koto has released size info. Unit 01 stands 19 cm/ 7.5 inches tall when fully assembled.