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Greeting, my friends!
You are watching a new video review by Heroes For A Day!
I’m Argyris, and this time, it’s not a DC, Marvel, Game of Thrones or Transformers.
It’s a Castlevania figure!
Castlevania, the all-time favorite video game franchise for about 20 or 30 years.
And of course, it’s the main protagonist -or antagonist, if you like- Dracula.
The figure is by NECA; it’s not a new piece, to be clear. I don’t know its availability.
It depicts Dracula as he appeared in ‘Symphony of the Night’.
(and I don’t remember when it first came out)
It’s a nice, stylized figure.
Let’s see it closer.
It’s Dracula, with his long hair, goatee and his really awesome red and black attire.
His cape could be made of softer plastic, but it is still nice looking.
It’s a beautiful, nicely detailed figure.
You can see the golden accents.
You can see the lining in his coat.
There’s an issue though with the cape. The stiffer plastic makes the figure a little backheavy.
Plus, the clothes obstruct the articulation.
The leg cannot move freely because it has little space.
Same with his right arm; the left one can move better.
Yet he remains awesome looking; he is one of the first figures I ever got.
He looks magnificent, especially now that he’s back in fashion
with the Castlevania revival by Adi Shankar.
The Netflix series was really good. Watch it!
And of course we look forward to the second season.
If I recall there was another edition of the figure,
where Dracula had an angrier face and an open mouth.
Among the accessories is this little stand with clear plastic
to hold some of the other accessories, like this bat.
It is placed there (no comment on the insinuation of this…)
These kinds of stands are made for accessories that are supposed to fly,
with the clear plastic serving the purpose of this ‘effect’.
Another accessory is this ‘eye’ thing. I never really got what it is exactly,
with the chain and the pointy end.
This has also a peg hole, so it can look like it’s floating.
And last, this pocket watch.
Is it supposed to go on his hand like a rosary? Whatever…
A really nice figure. Typically it’s an action figure, but if it weren’t limited in articulation,
it might work out better for some collectors.
For those who’d like to keep it in this pose, it’d work out fine. It’s a nice design.
From the same video game entry, Alucard, the main protagonist and Dracula’s son, was also produced as a figure.
And we hope to see more of him in the 2nd season of the Castlevania Netflix series.
So, that was it.
See you next time, if and when it comes…
The Heroic Continues!