[Saint Cloth Myth] Figure Oh 125

It's that time of the month when we're told whether something amazingly new is pointing to the horizon or if it's just going to be more photos of things we've seen before.

Well this month it's a little bit of both. First of all, there are the "age of myth" photos of Lyumnades Kasssa. I've said it before but this figure really doesn't inspire me, and those photos are somehow not quite as appealing as the ones from the Tokyo Toy Show. I find it rather funny that they tried to give him a somewhat bent posture by just bending the torso forward and keeping the legs straight.

Below are the same photos of Poseidon and Athena we've seen before as well as a glimpse of the box art of Pegasus Seiya God Cloth... And there I thought this box was a badly made fake...


Now the real surprise is what's below. Last month Figure Oh hinted at a new exclusive figure similar to last year's Crystal Saint figure. Well, though we only have a silhouette, the text says that this year it will be "Pegasus Seiya Broken Version". And here we were hoping for something really exclusive, you know like a silver saint or another Anime exclusive character (or even a specter if they're going to squeeze the most out of the Hades chapter). But no, instead we're getting a, umm, 6th version of Seiya. Now what would be really funny is if they wouldn't bother getting him a proper face. It's obvious from the silhouette that this will be Seiya V2 and if the size of the diadem is something to go for, it seems there won't be much re-work there.

One things which I do find puzzling though is that it's only priced at ¥1,600, which is even cheaper than an appendix. So perhaps it will simply be the cloth provided without a body for Seiya V2... Unfortunately my japanese really isn't up to speed so I can't tell what the text actually says
Thanks to Cybergundam for the scans

[Saint Cloth Myth] Tokyo Toy Show - Alioth Fenrir, Hypnos and more...

Okay folks, so that wasn't a particularily long wait (I wasn't really expecting it to be to be honest). Photos from the Tokyo Toy Show that we saw some glimpses of yesterday have started emerging... lots of them. Well not "Tamashii Nation" -lots but still enough to make me all giddy and excited about the upcoming releases.

So without further ado, I present my greatest expectation:

Epsilon star, Alioth Fenrir:




He has a certain air of "don't mess up with me or else", which to my mind (and trust me, I know something about this) does transcribe rather well the feeling of being a lone-wolf rejected from the world, ready to take on whatever comes at you.

Now on more design issues, I have to admit of being quite please overall. There are separate knee parts which, despite it generic similarity with the Zeta God Robe, make the leg part a lot tighter in design and thus more sleek. The claws seem to also be a separate part which either gets clipped on the hand parts or the end of the forearms. This should help clipping the hands in more easily I hope. The fur skirt has also been included (it wasn't on the Vintage figurine), though it is made of plastic, so we'll se how it looks overall with the colour on. The mask's proportions seem to be just right and give a well balance overall look to the figurine (Hagen's for instance was too high to my liking). Finally, the face and hair seem to be really well worked. Now it'll be a case of waiting to see the coloured version and what he looks like without the eyepiece of the mask, or just without the mask.

One but can dream but if only they could include Ging his wolf companion as well as a blue tunic to allow for a "casual clothes" version, it would be fantastic...

Next on is

God of Sleep, Hypnos


That particular photo make him look almost transparent. There's not much else to say I don't think, other than confirming it will take a hell of a lot of space, especially because of the side peacock feathers but overall, it will nicely complete the twin pair of Elysion lower gods...

Lyumnades Kassa




Those are rather better quality images than what's been available so far. The face is still the same, and I doubt they'll change it now (though you never know, they did change Syd's at the last minute last year) but the scale is rather well done. What's more is that the colours seem to be consistent with Scylla Io's, that is to say, quite faithful to what we saw in the original anime. Now of course that mean they'll both clash with the 5 other sea generals, ah well. Not quite sure what Bandai was thinking there...

Saori - Athena

No new image of the figurine itself as of yet, but a nice bonus to be included, the jar in which Hypnos traps her as she arrives in Elysion. It makes me wonder if the head part will be adaptable to the jar now...

Julian Solo / Poseidon



The first two are of the "Royal Ornament" edition and the last two, the regular edition. I'm quite impressed that they're including a face with closed eyes, they seem to have gone back into the habit of doing so and that's quite a welcome little bonus as we sometimes mostly picture some of these characters with their eyes closed.

Other than that, the colours are quite spiffy and I can't wait to get mine (though I'm yet to work out where I'll put it ...)

Thanks again to Sorrento and all the guys on ma-deesse who relayed the photos ^^

[Saint Cloth Myth] Tamashii teasers - Hypnos and Alioth Fenrir

As it was the case for Poseidon, the developers at Tamashii have posted another set of teasers for upcoming myth cloth and, as you might guess from the subject line, one of them is very exciting ^^

First is Hypnos, which is quite obvious from the photograph:

Together with Thanatos, they'll probably require an entire shelf just for themselves so as to be displayed in their full glory. No indication as per when it will be released, though I have heard rumors of October, November. I'll keep you posted once more is known on this.

The second and probably most expected Myth Cloth of them all for me, is of course Alioth Fenrir.

Now I know it's not showing very much (that's why it's a teaser ;)) but from the design, the God Robe of Epsilon is immediately recognisable. I'm trying not to be too anxious about this upcoming myth cloth but since lately Bandai has either done exceptionally well (Io for instance) or was quite disappointing (Hagen, Bian...) it's hard to know for sure how well crafted it will turn out. I'm also hoping for Ging, his wolf friend, to be included in the box. We shall see.

As for release dates, again, this is just a teaser so we don't know for sure but a rumour I heard a few weeks ago suggest it might be out in December, as always I'll update when I find out more about it.

[Saint Cloth Myth] Lyumnades Kassa - Object photos

Okay folks, this is a continuation from the previous post, this time with photos of the Lyumnades object, a somewhat salamander-looking thing. Makes me wonder what happens when you chuck it in the fire ;)

And finally, the whole 7 sea generals finally gathered together:

As before credits and thanks go to Cellsenshi and to Milo 06 for reporting the news.

[Saint Cloth Myth] Lyumnades Kassa - Exclusive Photos

One thing I should point out before saying anything else, these photos are still at the prototype stage. You'd think it surprising for a product due to be released by the end of August but that's the case.

Having said that, I can't say it will matter either way as far as I'm concerned as I'm not really fond of this character and will therefore not bother purchasing it. However, if you are keen on Kassa, this is probably what it will end up looking like. Personally I found his face hilarious but since Kurumada has never shown him without his helmet on, it's hard to tell what he's supposed to look like "civilly" (not that this adjective applies to him but there you go)

Thanks go to Cellsenshi on Ikki63 for these exclusive photos, oh and for those who care the shoulder parts will be die-cast ;)