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Possible the most cursed photographs I've taken in a long, long time.
So Hentai Woody has been in my photos since 2017 when I bought him from some dude in the parking lot of a mall in Richmond, BC. Since then, he's taken some trips with me, as well as taken a beating.
The Kaiiyodo Revoltech Woody 1.5 is worthy upgrade to the original set. It's not a new version, but rather it's the first one with some cosmetic updates and a slew of new accessories in the form of the Green Alien and several new faces.
Keep in mind that the MSRP on this one is also significantly higher than the first one, which was reissued a few years back.
Cosmetically, it's a bit subtle but the short version is that the skin is no longer glossy - it's a matte flesh tone (I don't think the flesh colour is painted) with some better rouge applied for the cheeks. Bandana is a darker red. Buttons are silver as opposed to flat grey. I think the pants are about the same colour but the boots are a lighter brown - I think this colour extends to the hat too.
One change I wasn't expecting is that unlike the Revoltech of yesteryear, the joints on the new Woody aren't ratcheting - they're friction based like with Figma and Figuarts. That means that you'll be able to get new Woody to pose a bit easier, and with less restriction, though the joints aren't exactly as smooth as the other two. No articulation was lost, but it just seems to take more effort to get things into position.
Speaking of smooth, I noticed swapping out pieces wasn't as easy as with the old figure. Now part of that is due to play wear I'm sure as well as questionable QC on the part of Kaiyodo. But the other part of it is, I feel, mould degradation and Kaiyodo having to do things to get it back into shipshape again.
Interestingly, the peg hole sizes have all changed. The new hands won't work on the old body, and I noticed I couldn't get Lenny the Binoculars on the new set to fit in the hand of the old one (there's a peg to slot it in).
The new selection of faces is nice and gives me the option of doing some interesting things (though let's be real - we both know which face is going to stay on.. but the option is there.). All faces still retain the ability to adjust the eyes which, as always, adds to the fun of photographing Woody.
The Green Alien is semi articulated. Shoulders and neck. It's nice but really won't do much for me unless Hentai Woody 2.0 needs a Serf to do some work.
Paint and Build are pretty much what you'd expect for a Kaiyodo product. They've never really been known for being top of the line from that regard, but they're usually competent. So long as we don't revisit the paint work of that IM3 Midas, we'll be OK.
DSC_0988
Possible the most cursed photographs I've taken in a long, long time.
So Hentai Woody has been in my photos since 2017 when I bought him from some dude in the parking lot of a mall in Richmond, BC. Since then, he's taken some trips with me, as well as taken a beating.
The Kaiiyodo Revoltech Woody 1.5 is worthy upgrade to the original set. It's not a new version, but rather it's the first one with some cosmetic updates and a slew of new accessories in the form of the Green Alien and several new faces.
Keep in mind that the MSRP on this one is also significantly higher than the first one, which was reissued a few years back.
Cosmetically, it's a bit subtle but the short version is that the skin is no longer glossy - it's a matte flesh tone (I don't think the flesh colour is painted) with some better rouge applied for the cheeks. Bandana is a darker red. Buttons are silver as opposed to flat grey. I think the pants are about the same colour but the boots are a lighter brown - I think this colour extends to the hat too.
One change I wasn't expecting is that unlike the Revoltech of yesteryear, the joints on the new Woody aren't ratcheting - they're friction based like with Figma and Figuarts. That means that you'll be able to get new Woody to pose a bit easier, and with less restriction, though the joints aren't exactly as smooth as the other two. No articulation was lost, but it just seems to take more effort to get things into position.
Speaking of smooth, I noticed swapping out pieces wasn't as easy as with the old figure. Now part of that is due to play wear I'm sure as well as questionable QC on the part of Kaiyodo. But the other part of it is, I feel, mould degradation and Kaiyodo having to do things to get it back into shipshape again.
Interestingly, the peg hole sizes have all changed. The new hands won't work on the old body, and I noticed I couldn't get Lenny the Binoculars on the new set to fit in the hand of the old one (there's a peg to slot it in).
The new selection of faces is nice and gives me the option of doing some interesting things (though let's be real - we both know which face is going to stay on.. but the option is there.). All faces still retain the ability to adjust the eyes which, as always, adds to the fun of photographing Woody.
The Green Alien is semi articulated. Shoulders and neck. It's nice but really won't do much for me unless Hentai Woody 2.0 needs a Serf to do some work.
Paint and Build are pretty much what you'd expect for a Kaiyodo product. They've never really been known for being top of the line from that regard, but they're usually competent. So long as we don't revisit the paint work of that IM3 Midas, we'll be OK.