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Revoltech Evangelion "The end of the system" EVE set

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Why would they include

Why would they include Eva-04 and all the Rebuild versions of the equipment from the battle with the 5th Angel in a set based on End of Eva? This set makes no sense...

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Posted by Prometheum5 on 12 February, 2009 - 12:17
The set is listed

The set is listed as:

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン-最後のシ者- Revoltech Eve set

I took that to mean it was from "end of" but I could be mistaken.

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Posted by JoshB on 12 February, 2009 - 13:34
Two things about Unit-04 I

Two things about Unit-04 I just noticed: both the hands and knee guards have been repainted red; traditionally they are gray and all-silver respectively.

I'm wondering if this is just another attempt to make a quick buck by making a different set with most of the same parts and adding one variation.

We never saw what Unit-04 really looks like. The version we have come to know is a genuine repaint... For marketing purposes only, Bandai didn't want to waste money on making a new head sculpt if it was never going to appear in the show, so they just used Unit-03's head and added new colors.
It is rumor only that Units-03 and -04 look identical physically while their coloring is different.

Many people are wondering if:

1) we will finally get to see Unit-04 in "Evangelion 2.0- You Can [Not] Advance", even if it is still destroyed?
2) it will look as it does now, or with a new design like Units-05 and -06 have been confirmed to be?
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Posted by EVA_Unit_4A on 12 February, 2009 - 13:58
Please pardon my ignorance

Please pardon my ignorance if this has already been stated elsewhere before, but is there a particular reason why these Revoltech EVA figures are so damn...human-shaped??? I've seen the anime. A few times. The mecha were sorta hunched over/slouched...things...with long, lanky arms and whatnot. Very creepy-cool.

Like this.

These look way too humanoid. Not at all how they looked in the show. That's lame. What gives?

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Posted by Sanjeev on 12 February, 2009 - 19:00
I'd say that alot of it has

I'd say that alot of it has to do with posing the figures, but I agree with you that the Revy figs are nowhere near as lanky as they look in the anime.

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Posted by Prometheum5 on 12 February, 2009 - 19:54
These new EVAs

I was thinking the exact same thing as Prometheum5. Unit-04 has nothing to do with "End" and that is all the Rebuild equipment.

And, EVA, even if it is just an attempt to make a quick buck...I'll probably still go for these, heh! I need a new Revoltech Unit-04 because mine came practically broken, and I don't think it's possible to have enough Unit-01 toys. Oh, and I want a Lance that'll be in-scale to Revoltech EVAs.

Sanjeev, you've made an interesting point too. Fun as I've found them to fiddle with, it's very difficult to pose Revoltech EVAs in such a way that they have the proper creepy-coolness going on.

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Posted by Gareth Infinity on 12 February, 2009 - 20:01
Updated Title

Ok, found a better translation - this one calls it the "End of the System" set. Not sure what that relates to, but there you go.

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Posted by JoshB on 13 February, 2009 - 08:14
I hope they arent some

I hope they arent some limited edition revoltechs that goes about 190 dollar in ebay like that stupid metallic gurren lagann,geez some idiot selling it about 200 dollar in ebay!!

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Posted by Bahim Z 360 on 17 February, 2009 - 05:50