When 3.75" action figures have translucent parts, my mind instantly goes to MicroMan toys - specifically the resurgence of products in the early oughts. For the first time since the original prolific toyline began in the 1970s, there was an abundance of female characters. They all had translucent bodies and an abundance of metallic armors and weapons. I was rather obsessed with them and managed to collect nearly 20 ladies. But they were very expensive and tricky to display, so I made to sad decision to sell them all. Now twenty years later, these Aquatech variants of the main five Armorsaurs pilots take me right back to that early fascination with the small lollipop-colored toys. I know these toys have only been on the shelves for a few weeks, but I'm already very excited to see what the future of this line holds. I hope they keep a steady stream of new figure variants coming, and maybe even new characters is the show introduces them. I could easily get hooked. Let's check out the Aquatech Paloma below!
A major gimmick with these pilot figures is the "Armor-Up" feature where the pilot body is covered with ports wherein a wide assortment of accessories can be mounted. Each figure comes with one main (painted) weapon and a translucent sprue with 24 additional accessories. Each pilot's sprue is unique, but they are interchangeable between characters if you want to mix your colors.
I'm not very good at being creative when there are accessories with hundreds of display options.
So I put on as many accessories as I could for an armored-up look. This is around 20 pieces attached.
Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!
Here is the Standard Single-Pack Paloma with the Aquatech Paloma from the 5-Pack.
And here are all the Aquasaur female figures so far: Paloma, Aquatech Prisca, Aquatech Paloma, and Prisca.
And here are all the character from the Aquatech 5-Pack: TJ, Prisca, Liam, Paloma, and Joon.
Cheers!
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