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Series: Onimusha 2: Samurai's
Destiny
Craftsmanship:
9.0 out of 10 -
Excellent McToys sculpt and detail -
Surprising amounts of articulation and poseability -
Huge amount of accessories
Playability:
7.0 out of 10 -
Plenty of articulation, but a lot of it useless -
Can't use most of the accessories - Excellent durability, especially for a McToy
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Yagyu Jubei (Onimusha 2)
From
the upcoming Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny, the main character and
samurai warrior Yagyu Jubei is one of the most popular in McFarlane
Toy's action figure series of the same name. And not without good reason
– besides the great sculpting for which McFarlane has set its
standard, Jubei features a wonderful amount of articulation and
poseability, as well as an armory to make the most bloodthirsty samurai
proud.
Standing
6" tall, Jubei is decorated in some of the coolest samurai clothing
to date. Of particular notice is his sweet samurai jacket, decorated in
insignia and flames, which would have a nice high street value if it
were real. The detail all over Jubei is accurate and very appealing; the
mesh of colors is awesome, particularly the stunning reds, dark blues
and golds. The paint application is good all over, with no smudges or
overspill. The likeness to the videogame character is also very high –
and Jubei is quite the bad-ass, with a mean attack expression on his
face.
Jubei is articulated something nice; with what Omni calls the MGS2 articulation, Jubei weighs in with 19 points of articulation. His shoulders, legs and ankles are complete with ball-joints, although the movement of the shoulder joints is limited due to his shoulder pads. The rest of his articulation is a symmetrical blend of cut and peg joints, which work well to get Jubei into a few nice poses – although having only one hand to hold weapons, his left, is annoying. His other hand has a strange black symbol in the wrist, which I imagine has significance in the game, but is unable to hold anything. An interchangeable hand which could hold weapons would have solved this and made Jubei more playable and poseable. Another important |
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point to his articulation is how durable
he seems compared to other McToys. Even with all of his joints and armor pads
nice and solid -- he's able to stand up to some heavy play.
Accessories is where Jubei really stands out in this line. Although other figures from Onimusha 2 have maybe a couple of weapons, Jubei has a full arsenal. To begin with, he carries an awesome samurai sword and scabbard; the scabbard has a strap that fastens around Jubei's waste to fit in a nook in his jacket. The sword can be separated into three pieces; the handle separates into two to fit |
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in Jubei's hand, and the
blade attaches them together – he looks awesome wielding it, and so he
should, considering it's the only weapon of his he can actually hold.
This is a bit of a waste, considering all of his other weapons, but
since he looks so bad-ass it's okay. Secondly, Jubei has a gold-handled
double-pointed battle sword, which looks awesome and deadly. Even though
Jubei can't handle it, it would look great with another figure. Also
included is a nice long spear, with pointed spikes at either end, and
a large two-bladed battle staff, which looks like it could be wielded or
thrown Xena-style. Finally, Jubei has a nice bow and arrow set, with
real string for the bow and a double-pointed arrow that actually fires
– a nice yet scary addition for the samurai warrior. If kids weren't
careful with this, I imagine they'd easily put out an eye, as the arrow
shoots at the speed of light, able to topple heavy figures with a single
shot. Either way, Jubei supports a nice lot of weapons, able to arm an
army of your figures; and for these alone, Jubei is worth getting.
If
you're only getting one Onimusha figure for your collection, I'd much
recommend Jubei. Although his playability is somewhat stunted by only
having one hand able to hold his sword and not having him able to hold
any of his other weapons, he's still got some poseability left in him
and he looks nice amongst other samurai figures (the Samurai Spawn
figure series, for example). His other weapons can be used for other
figures or just kept for his own little samurai arsenal – overall,
this is a fine figure and a must for Onimusha and Samurai fans.
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