Robot Heaven

As some of you may know, I harbor dreams of converting our gallery into a robot toy showcase. If actual robots ever catch up to the eye-glazing, panty-wetting splendor of of their tiny toy counterparts, you can bet I'll stick some of those in there as well; but for now you'll probably only see my secondhand Roomba.

Recently you've probably seen some good-looking, affordable little robots and figures with similar packaging coming into the shop. I have a weakness for these great toys from Kaiyodo which are part of their Revoltech line. The unfortunate moniker aside, the RevolTech Joint is an innovative joint system that gives the figure a high degree of articulation, allowing for many dynamic and varied poses.

We currently have the adorable Toro figure, the REVOLTECH SHIN GETTER 1, a couple of REVOLTECH NGE EVA NEW MOVIE figures, the REVOLTECH GAIKING figure and more on the way. 

Kaiyodo began releasing the Revoltech figures in May 2006 with an ambitious schedule of releasing 2 new figures each subsequent month. The subject matter for the Revoltech line can be broadly split into 3 categories: Real Robot, Super Robot and Humanoid, with the Real Robot line being the best served at present. Thus far, only mecha/characters from anime and video games have been covered, but what else do you really need?

Check out some of the forthcoming Transformers figures, Starscream and Hot Rod:

 

 

If you want one of your very own I need to know about it ASAP. These little beauties usually retail for under $30, so please email serious inquiries (including all your contact info) to info at starclipper dot com. Thanks kiddos.

-AJ