The Attack on Titan figure releases continue! This month I'm covering the Figma version of the revenge-obsessed protagonist, Eren Jaeger!
I was really impressed by how Figma Mikasa turned out, so I was very excited to get Eren's Figma as well! Out of the box, he has a slightly nicer paint job that Mikasa did, although there is still some white paint bleeding on the leg straps. He's also able to stand on his own thanks to the articulated toes. The soft plastic on the jacket as well as the waist skirt allows for a wide range of movement, taking full advantage of the new Figma 2.0 skeleton for posing.
One strange thing I noticed right away was that the elbow joint on his left arm was pulled out a little bit while the one on his right was not. This made for some posing difficulty with the salute and also with my failed attempt with a hand-biting pose since the right arm would not bend far enough. This is easily fixed by pulling out the joint a little more, but I'm not sure why it wasn't matching the left arm in the first place.Overall though, Eren had the potential to be a slightly nicer Figma than Mikasa.
There was just one problem. About two seconds after I took him out of the blister packaging, his leg fell off.
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| I find this hilarious |
I'm actually not sure if I even reattached it correctly. Eren can still stand on his own, but he's a little pigeon toed. There's also a pretty big gap in his thigh just above the belts that you can see in the pictures above. It doesn't affect his articulation range too much though. I just have to baby the leg a little bit more than I normally do when posing.
Anyway, Eren has the same accessories as Mikasa, so I'm not going to go over them in big detail here. The 3DMG is still awesome, with great details and no problems to report. I had no problems with the hands this time. This time they’re slightly bigger and with different poses than Mikasa's that reflect Eren's personality a bit more, like hands with slightly bent fingers for a pre-transformation pose.
The cape, like the 3DMG and its effect parts, are identical to what came with Mikasa. However, this one doesn't like to sit straight on Eren's shoulders for whatever reason, and refuses to align with the hole on his back. While Mikasa's cape allowed for pretty good range with her arms even while wearing it, Eren's pops out of place with any movement. It gets frustrating easily if you're going for a specific look.
However, the best part of the figure is how expressive it is. Eren's default and alternate faceplates are very well done with his "shocked" look being easily exploitable. He also has the first Figma faceplates I've seen with distinct sculpting instead of the standard "flat face with tiny bump for anime nose" that they usually get. There are even ridges between his eyebrows on his shouting face! That nice extra attention to detail gives the figure a lot of personality.
Overall, while I really enjoy this figure there's not much aside from the sculpt and the faces to differentiate it from Mikasa's release. The accessories are literally exact copies of Mikasa's, and I have to admit that I'm a little disappointed that there isn't anything character-specific, like a bloody hand or the basement key. At this point there's no reason to expect anything different from the upcoming Armin and Levi releases either, so unless you're a hardcore fan who feels the need to have all the characters, I'd say to just get your favorite.
If you want Eren, a second release of this Figma officially came out last week, so extra stock from online figure retailers should be showing up soon. In the meantime, don't cave to scalper's prices!
Images by me.
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