Revoltech Yamaguchi NO.117 Alphonse Elric

Revoltech's human designs often fall a bit short for me, but they do excellently well on non-human designs. Alphonse is a great example of their best design, as this figure is immensely poseable and sports an incredible likeness to the anime character. The paint application nails that Alphonse should be shiny and metallic in lots of light, but darker and a more brooding metallic blue when the light isn't cast on him. The points of articulation allow for significantly better poses than the Play Arts/Kai alternatives (which is immediately apparent from the pictures here on Amazon), and he has excellent attention to detail with both the familiar cross on his shoulder and even a tiny blood seal on the back of his "neck" area. There are very few downsides to this figure, but I figure I'd go ahead and point them out. The first is that Alphonse's head seems -slightly- tinier than it should be in scale with the rest of his body. The proportioning on the head is something I think they did their best with, however, as if you bother going back and looking at the anime, it's almost as if his head changes sizes depending on how focused in on it they are or how much they want to draw attention to his character. Very minor gripe, here, and is probably something they couldn't have really done anything about. Another small nitpicks is that his alternate, "embarrassed" head can be very difficult to put on, due to the fact that the neck joint it attaches to has TWO ball joints for maximum articulation, and tends to move all over the place when you're trying to fit the peg into the receded hole on the alternate helmet. The last complaint (which, again, is hardly a complaint depending on what you want out of the figure) is that his overall size is not quite in scale with other figures. He's definitely a hulking figure, but Alphonse is -huge- in the anime, and he only seems relatively kinda big to other figures in the 5-7" range. Overall, though, excellent likeness, excellent paint application, excellent articulation. He comes with a stand, but is surprisingly easy to get into a number of highly articulate poses (that no other Alphonse figs come near) without it due to very good weight balancing.

I am one of those guys who collects figures. I own several different brands of these high quality, extremely detailed figures soooooo I know what I'm talking about, you can trust me. This is a review of Revoltech's Alphonse Elric figure, From the popular anime/manga series Fullmetal Alchemist. (My favorite anime of all time.) The detail on this figure is AMAZING I remember the first time I removed his head to swap it out for the cute one and saw that HE HAS THE BLOOD SEAL INSIDE! I mean, they didn't have to put that there, the head obstructs the view no one would ever see it, but it is there. I know it, and now you do to. Another amazing this about this figure is that his EYES ARE POSABLE! Yeah I said eyes. I had no idea, I had watched a youtube review and several other reviews, no one seems to mention this. I don't blame them, this product does not come with instructions, the back of the box shows it, but the words are in Japanese sooo... yeah. I will provide picture to show how is works exactly. As far as accessories and extra parts, Alphonse come with less that his older brother. He comes with the same "dirt slidey effect" that makes it look like he's sliding in dirt, 4 extra hands and an extra head that looks super cute. No alchemy effects... which is strange considering that one of the poses on the back of the box uses one... but a little higher on the box it shows what is included and there are no alchemy parts, so it's not like the part is missing. Strange... One of my favorite things about Revoltech Figures is the little box that comes with it, the "Revolcontainer." it is used to store parts with out having to dig out the original box from you closet (every one saves original boxes right?!?) to swap out hands or the helmet. The one thing I don't like is that the extra Head DOES NOT fit in the Revolcontainer! So now I have a container containing almost nothing, just 4 hands... seems like a waste, I think I'll use it for another figure that has more spare parts... Anyways... 5 stars! I recommend this figure, but I have to warn you he will be lonely without his brother Edward... Buy both of them!

The Revoltech series of figures are well-known for their unique build. Each figure's articulation joints are made of a small piece that is like a combination of hinge and ball joints. This leads to some fantastic articulation, as well a build quality that feels both sturdy and delicate at the same time. As you would imagine, with the smaller joints like the wrist and neck, the joint pieces get smaller, and as a result they begin to demand your utmost care when manipulating the joints or interchanging the various parts. But a steady hand and some deep breaths will get you - and your figure - through in one piece. Or to say it simply: The Revoltech figures are not simply a child's toy. These figures are for serious collectors who intend to display them. The Alphonse Elric figure is an exception to some of these rules because of the bulky nature of the sculpt. Al's legs from waist down are not at all made up of the typical Revoltech joints, but instead are made of traditional hinge and ball joints. This does not effect the overall poseability of the figure. Meanwhile, the upper half of the figure is what you'd expect of the Revoltech figures. The sculpt on this figure is great, and the colors are well done. They aren't as vibrant as you'd find in the "Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood" series but instead mirror the more subtle nature of the original anime series. The level of detail in the figure is wonderful, and I can't tell you how tickled I was to see the blood seal on the inside of Al's collar the first time I removed his head. The figure comes with a number of hands, and an interchangeable head, as well as a few "set piece" accessories and the Revoltech "box" used to store the various parts. I'm very pleased with this figure, and would recommend it to fans of both anime series or the manga.

Definitely recommended for anyone who likes FMA or just collecting Revoltech figures.This figure is absolutely amazing in my opinion, it's fairly larger than some older revoltech yamaguchi figures I have (EVA Units 00, 01 and 02) and the joints are less visible, which is perfect to display it. All the pieces fit perfectly and are easily exchangeable. Although you can the stand that comes with it, you can also just pose it without it if you get it in the right position. I've read that some people has taken issue with the back of the breech cloh being jointed but it helps improve mobility. Also, another issue people have: the color. It's not gunmetal as in the anime, I'll give you that. Still it's pretty close so that most people won't notice the difference or rather won't care about it. The spikes around the elbows and above the feet as well as the horn are pointy and it gives it that much more feeling of being almost the real deal, but be careful if children are going to handle it.

This figure is perfect, I recommend it to any Full Metal Alchemist lover. The level of detail is great, you can even see the Blood Seal if you remove his head! Alphonse is highly posable ( as shown in the pictures) and has a nice matte touch.It can stand on it's own without support.It doesn't come with Ed's alchemy effects, but it has a nice mud-like splash for his feet.The cloth is made of softer plastic, so you can bend it for poses.The best detail is the head : you can actually pose his eyes as you wish ( which I find pretty cool). The figure is very sturdy. 10/10 would perform Human Transmutation again :D

low quality figure came with a broken leg idk if its revoltech or the sellers fault

This thing is epic, and made me squee. Yes, a grown man squee - like when a monster truck rolls by, and I feel like a ten-year-old, again. Seriously wonderful addition to my shelves, and any FMA fan's shelf.

the color displayed is a lie, very blue tinted in reality