I recently purchased a 1:6 Version of Evangelion's New Age Evangelion assembly model. In fact, this is not the first time I have heard of this series, this series is to drive some new technologies, in the form of assembling rather than PVC handmade to show beautiful girls. I'm curious.
Carefully studied Bandai's publicity, found that this Figure-rise LABO series, has been engaged in the fourth issue, the theme of each issue is not the same, the role of the first issue is the heroine of "Tron Gundam TRY", Hoshino Fumina, this role is also a popular character in the Sunrise animation, Bandai will naturally take his own works to try the knife. The theme of the first issue was "How to Restore Real Skin", while in the first issue, the official used special techniques to present the natural shadow of the skin. It is even possible to restore the true texture of the skin.
The second character is Hatsune Mirai. The release date is 2019. The theme of the second bullet is "color", which uses new technology to restore bright colors that ordinary PVC cannot achieve, thus creating a vivid look and feel.
The character in the third issue is Nan Xiao Bird in the first season of "Love Live!", and of course, he is also a character of his own. The release date is 2020. The main point of the third phase of the technical strategy is to achieve three-dimensional clothing through new technologies.
The fourth issue is Asuka in Evangelion. The theme of this issue is "Achieving a Texture that Fits Skin and Clothing". Everyone knows that Asuka in Evangelion wears a tight suit, this special combat costume is made of general PVC material, and it is more difficult to show that sense of fit.
The assembly process is not very difficult, and it is quite simple compared to the Gundam model. After completion as a model, it does look more like "handmade", the ratio is 1:6, only about 500 yuan of the price to buy this ratio, and this workmanship is indeed worth the money. Because the price of the ratio of 1:6 is generally around 1200 yuan... And the actual effect
The shiny feeling of the uniform on Asuka's body is very good, and the "fit" of the official propaganda seems to be very good. In comparison, the texture of the hair is still the feeling of handmade, of course, the theme of this issue is not how to restore the texture of the hair, but also look forward to bandai toy department can continue to develop, if you can play at a super low price to the general texture of the real person, it is really fantastic.
This Asuka is not without shortcomings, many friends complain that her skin tone is not natural enough, there is no natural kind of gradient, I hope Bandai can also be improved in the future, personally on the restoration of Asuka's face shape, or more satisfied.
On the whole, the biggest charm of this series is actually not how the so-called black technology of Bandai has brought how amazing the effect, or at the size of 1:6 to suppress the price at the same time, maintain a fairly good look. For 7,000 yen, you can buy a high-quality 1:6 lot (model), which is still worth it. And in fact, this is a "thankless" thing, because the average manufacturer will not invest extra money to develop the so-called "black technology", that is, Bandai such a wayward and rich conglomerate will do it, reducing the cost of consumers, a gratifying result.