DX Empyrean Ninja in two different configurations of the same figure (of many, there are multiple body parts, weapons / accessories available to choose from) I am considering scavenging some filler thigh and upper arm robot pieces to make a second and possibly a third cyborg galaxy-guy.
Tried to capture how this looks by photographing it outside, but phone and my fragile physical form both got too hot to use outside for an extended period. I love the deep red against the glitter filled smoke pvc. Maybe harder to see here are the bright blue eyes.
I generally prefer opaque figures, but this one is pretty uniquely put together and a nice variant to the mortal combat / power ranger sort of look of my others. The fact that the katana, bo staff and swords are all of the same translucent pvc is pretty dang fun.
I am amazed that some of these are still available in the spy monkey store – I’d have thought they would sell out within an hour of release like some of the other designs. Maybe they did a bigger production run?
I am so impressed with the detail on both the sculpt and the paint job. Both are cast in the classic “army man sand/desert tan” pvc plastic, but everything is well within lines, no production errors, flash or sprue misprints common in some injection molding and tampo type printing.
I would love to get a set of all battle tribes sculpts in army man green, “flesh”, “firefighter red”, “cowboy yellow”, and “police blue” and “spaceman white” to supplement my “ninja black” ones.
If I had a wishlist for a glyos figure, it would be a battle tribes scale classic fantasy woman series to go with in Rogue, Barbarian and Mage styles. I have plenty of aliens, robots and muscle dudes, it would be nice to add some 1:18 scale human, orc, goblin and dwarf women to the mix.
