Some photos i took of One Piece Scultures Volume 2. Luffy & Mihawk. Got them from 1Up in 4 business days and i like these 2 figures very much. The first photos that got out for these figures didnt convince me but im hoping these will help out some of you who are in doubt of getting them or not. Im uploading bigger resolution photos to MFC at the moment, should be up in a few hours. Meanwhile these should do the trick. :) I hope you enjoy!
Quick review: Luffy's is great, i see no faults in him, even if in the first pictures i saw online he looked a bit retarded, its totally not like that when you see him in person trust me. I also left a photo of his GLM counterpart so you can compare sizes, its always the last photo. Same with Mihawk with a GLM of Zoro. Mihawk's figure is small, indeed it is. But there is a reason, see Scultures boxes are smaller than the GLM ones. They had to make him smaller to fit everything there and Mihawks box was already super packed, there was almost no room for bubblewrap! This is because you have to assemble a couple of rocks to the base and some weapons and they represent quite a nice volume. The only chance Mihawk would be bigger is if they released it as a IK or Scultures BIG, and as far as we know, only Zoro and Wiper are getting a BIG version. Also i wished the skin colour of Mihawks was more natural…its very pasty greyish white almost like he is dead but that doesnt ruin it totally, he's so small you dont notice it alot, so im fine with it.
I dont regret buying these 2 at all, in fact i think they are quite better than Volume 1 and i didnt regret those, even if Nami was missing her tattoo. If Banpresto keeps rising up in the next volumes we might just get an awesome Wiper like we're all wishing for. :) Without further delay, check the pics after the spoiler.
Luffy:
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Mihawk:
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Also wanted to point out that….. people seem to be bashing Banpresto alot recently about quality etc. Remember these are the figures that you can get in local shops in Japan for 800yen. Comparing them to Altair and other brands that sell figures for 4k-8k yen is a bit silly in my most humble opinion.