This figure has been a holy grail of mine for many years. She is one of the scarce female characters in the 6" line of original Digimon characters from Bandai. She's a popular character and it's almost impossible to find her complete for under $100. Technically, she is a genderless being, but the genders in this franchise aren't exactly subtle. My favorite thing about her is the fox/kitsune motif to her design. Beyond her fox armor and belt buckle, her characters has four tubes attached to her belt (unseen on this figure) that contain four Kuda-gitsune spirits (aka Tube Foxes) representing the elements of Fire, Water, Wind, and Thunder. These colorful fox spirits wrap around her from four directions and make the figure look super awesome. Coincidentally, these fox spirits are the missing culprits of the "incomplete" figures you see all over eBay. I picked up my Sakuyamon loose, and the fixes seem pretty firmly attached (except for the yellow one that pops off), but my previous owner might have glued them for safety.
Digimon is a multi-platform franchise of digital toys, card games, video games, animation, and toys that has evolved over the years. The main incarnation features a lot of similarities to Pokemon, mainly in the "evolution" feature of its creature characters.
Sakuyamon is the Mega Form of Renamon (who looks like an upright humanoid fox). But the Sakuyamon form looks like a human shrine maiden wearing fox armor with a yin-yang motif.
I like he subtle fox sculpts in the Kuda-gitsune pieces.
I honestly thought they were just energy effects until I got the figure in-hand and noticed the little vulpine faces.
Sakuyamon also comes with her Kongou Shakujou staff.
This is made of a very weak and warp-able plastic. It can easily wilt under its own weight.
Sakuyamon is not very well articulated. She has swivel shoulders, swivel v-crotch hips, hinge-and-swivel knees, and gauntlet swivels. There is no neck, waist, elbow, wrist, nor ankle articulation.
Time for a Comparison Pic!
Cheers!
the weebles use to have a cartoon in the 2000 Weebles: Welcome to Weebleville! i think you would be interested in the figure there are a lot of furry girls.
ReplyDelete