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Vash the Stampede, also known as Humanoid Typhoon, is the most wanted man in all the badland. He is also the main character of the anime ‘Trigun’, which is one of my favorite anime of all time. In Trigun, Vash is searching for his brother Knives, while dodging bullets from bounty hunters, fighting off Gung-Ho Guns, and chasing after donuts. Trigun the anime may have been over decade ago, but recently Vash came back in big screen. Trigun: Badland Rumble is theatrically released anime, in which Vash gets mixed up in battle between bounty hunters and big hulking robber known as Gasback. To promote the movie, Kaiyodo released Revoltech version of Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D Wolfwood.
Wow, look at dem box!
When I got Vash for the first time, the box size threw me off for a second. Couldn’t be helped since this was first revoltech I got since revoltech Optimus Prime. But I can understand why they had to opt for bigger box.
First of all, Vash comes with lot of accessories. 11 hands (including fists), 2 extra faces, clear plastic stand, unique bullet-hole pillar stand, foot stand, gunshot effect, and orange accessories box.
Second, Vash is TALL. He’s taller than the tallest revoltech I had before Vash came in, which is Krauser II (by 1 inch). Heights aside, Vash looks fucking amazing. There are details everywhere on his body, from belt buckles to metal kneecap, everything is molded in and painted superbly. The molded-in folds on his coat makes overall aesthetics look dynamic, and paint-apps are applied to near-perfection. This is level of detail work I’d expect out of SIC-line (or something close to it) and Kaiyodo has done it. Good work, sirs.
Vash’s two extra faces consist of serious face and sunglass face. Both faces are done well, especially the smile and serious faces, as the spot under Vash’s left eye is included in both faces.
One thing that doesn’t seem to change is revoltech figure’s ability to produce so many poses. With Vash, it goes the distance, as the coat tails are articulated as well. It also helps greatly that Vash’s hip joints are revol-joint as well, which greatly helps with posing. Mixed with various hands, Vash can produce tons of poses, silly, badass, and his signature poses. One drawback with Vash is his stability. He can stand up still, but it takes some fiddling and/or using his coat tail to stabilize him.
The foot stand is a great idea, albeit it succeeds halfway. Because it’s a peg-on, the foot has to be flat on top of the surface. Sometimes, because of ankle joint’s limitation, the foot tends to tilt backwards. In that case, the foot stand becomes useless because it becomes unpaged. So the stand is useful on certain cases, as a stand. However, you can also use the foot stand as special effect, such as jump effect, or dash effect.
I love the hell out of the bullet-hole pillar stand. It’s unique and sculpted well, not to mention colored well too. You have to peg the bottom onto the V-shaped clear stand base, and then peg Vash’s right foot on the peg in the mid-right of the broken pillar. The problem is that the pillar doesn’t peg onto the V-shape base well. It’s not loose, but given its shape I was hoping it was more tight-fit, since Vash tends to lean backward using this stand, and often the pillar would get disconnected form the base.
When it works, Vash looks extremely marvelous. It’s almost like a high-detail statue.
Yippie Ki-Yay!
VERDICT: 
5 LOVE AND PEACE out of 5
Being a huge Trigun fan, this was no-brainer for me. After getting it though, I got lot more than I imagined. Everything from top to bottom are great, and there are so much you can do with this figure. Highly recommended to everyone, and be sure to support Trigun : Badland Rumble when it arrives stateside.
