After 4 months of waiting for my pre-order to come to me, I FINALLY have the Black Rock Shooter, Figma, action figure! This figure is absolutely amazing, for being made in China the quality is top notch. The detail throughout the figure is that of a hand painted statue, which is what I compare this figure to. With too many points of articulation to list, Black Rock Shooter can be posed almost endlessly. In regard to the articulation, moving parts include the normal arms, legs and head; followed by her pony tails, bottom of her coat and even her stands are adjustable.

Black Rock Shooter is packaged in a great picture box with images of the figure on most of the sides.

The back of the box features some info in Japanese and pictures of some poses that the figure can be set in (these pictures help to give ideas and start you off, there must be hundreds or thousands of poses that the figure can take).

Opening the package reveals a secure set up of an easily opened “nest” for the figure and accessories. Black Rock Shooter includes the figure of the character with plastic “protection” embedded with-in the figures joints, simply tear it away by pulling it apart and not pulling it on one side and putting pressure on the ball joints, (don’t worry, its not so fragile that it’ll break apart, just be gentle).

The figure will appear as a highly detailed statue as mentioned before with her coat painted in a glossy black resembling vinyl as is the rest of her outfit of little shorts and a string bikini top. The stomach has 2 detailed scars and the hair is 2-toned in black and blue.
There are 3 faces included that take a little thought to switch out, after removing the hair (her bangs) which can be switched with the blue flaming eye, addition, the face pulls away. The first face is a gentle look with her mouth closed and soft well-detailed eyes. The second face is more of a “battle cry” with her mouth open and her detailed eyes in a focused and intense manner. The third face has her eyes closed and that is the “Magical Girl Anime” face as I’d call it.

Black Rock Shooter comes with a lot of hands! There is actually a “tree” that holds all but the 2 she is using at the moment. There are matching pairs of each, some opened and some for gripping—others are closed fists. The gripping hands are specific for the gun and the sword, but they can be used vice-versa.

Two stands are included, one to hold her by pegging through a hole in her back and one to hold the gun that includes a collar. Both stands are fully adjustable, just don’t lean them forward too much or there will be a tip-over.

The weapons include a sword called the “Black Blade” and a huge, over the top gun called the “Rock Cannon”–which all 4’11” girls need! The cannon is longer than the figure is tall and is detailed pretty well. If you look down the barrel, you’ll see the detail of where the blast would come out as being a smaller hole than what is showing on the surface. The sword has great detail down to the wrapping of the handle and the two tones of the single edge.

Other odds and ends that Black Rock Shooter comes with are 2 metal chains which wrap great around the cannon and you can basically tie her up too—oh those Japanese and their bondage games!

A 50 minute DVD is included which is the OVA of the Anime Black Rock Shooter which has beautiful animation and music—hail the all-region DVD player!

Black Rock Shooter is probably one of the top 5 of my action figure collection, the long wait, the delays and the fact that I bought 2 (one to keep packaged and one to open) make it all worth while. The website where I bought it from doesn’t seem to have it anymore.

I also have a Black Rock Shooter “Doll” which I took out of the plastic just for this picture.

As for how I rate Black Rock Shooter. So no one thinks I’m being biased I’ll explain. The detail tops just about any figure on the market including everyone’s beloved Hot Toys and McFarlane toys—this should piss some people off, hee, hee…
Also, the amount of articulation is just over the top, if you get bored of the way she is posed, you can choose an almost endless array of poses to make a new statue.
She’s not just a statue, she is an action figure—however, for the price, I wouldn’t play with it too much or give it to kids—or open it, or breath around it…

So enough of that banter, I give Black Rock Shooter…

GRADE: A+

For more on Black Rock Shooter, follow the link:

Black Rock Shooter: Sexy Anime Style At It’s Best! – Latest Nerdy Pop Culture News – NERDSociety.com

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