NEW PRODUCT: VTSTOYS: 1/6 KENSHI Kenshi Sword Heart Action Figure - Normal Edition/ Final Battle Edition (VM-043)

VTS TOYS 1/6 (VM-043) KENSHI: Launched Now!

Presenting to you two different character designs.
The first is the normal version, which presents clean costume in normal state. We have made a head sculpt faithful to the actor's likeness, including unique facial features and iconic scars. Secondly, we have recreated the fluffy long hair, and also made two different styles of hair ends, so you can better pose the figure in various styles.
The costume might be simple but really tested patternmaking. We studied the structure of Japanese clothing, displaying its appearance without affecting poseability.

As for the special weapon Sakabatō (Reverse-Blade), we faithfully created the reverse blade with alloy to recreate its exquisiteness.
In addition, we also equipped the character with a skewer of dango, which he was holding when first seen in the movie.
This item received a major upgrade for the forearms and hands. In consideration of the unsightly exposed joints of traditional arm and wrist, we have specially developed new arms with connected hands and forearms. The skin texture, blood vessels, tendons and other details on them are clearly made, which greatly improves overall aesthetics.

Another highlight of the normal version is the special base. With design taken from the first movie, this is the first mass production of such special and complex scene of bamboos and bamboo leaves. We hope this mass-produced product can bring you the sophistication of custom-made base. On the base are the different shapes of the Buddha statue and lamp post which are also full of details.

The second version is the final battle style in the third film of the series.
In this look, we recreated the character's hairstyle, faithful to his appearance in the final tragic showdown
The biggest difference in this is the damage to the whole body, the production of bloodstains and smudges. We referred to the movie materials and made a lot of clothes damage on left and right arms, back, neckline, etc. A variety of coloring methods are used to recreate the blood and stains on the body at the end.
Corresponding to such stains, we also made bloodstains and stains on other parts of the body, especially the hands. We specially recreated the hands in different degrees of injury, as seen in the movie.

For this design, we made a new base of the final battle scene.
We produced many flame shapes with high-cost high-quality translucent parts and embedded LED lights, so that the flame light up to present best effect.
Not only that, we made other parts of the base by integrating details from various places in the movie, with complexity definitely adding a lot to this item.


Normal ver.:
NO.VM-043A

-Exquisite realistic head sculpt (with two types of hair ends)
-Muscular highly poseable body
-Special hand with forearm (L+R, 8 in total)

Costume:
-Dark underwear
-Bright red coat
-Light grey hakama
-Tabi socks

Weapon:
-Alloy Sakabatō (Reverse-Blade)

Accessories:
-Dango
-Bamboo Leaves Base

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Final Battle ver. (bloodstained battle damaged):
NO.VM-043B
-Exquisite realistic head sculpt (with two types of hair ends)
-Muscular highly poseable body
-Special hand with forearm (L+R, 8 in total)

Costume (bloodstained battle damaged):
-Dark underwear
-Bright red coat
-Light grey hakama
-Tabi socks

Weapon (bloodstained battle damaged):
- Alloy Sakabatō (Reverse-Blade)

Accessory:
-LED Light Up Final Battle Base









































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Beautiful! I love Rurouni Kenshin/Samurai X manga/anime/live action! This one is based on the live action movies, the actor's name is Takeru Satoh. I think the headsculpt is a little too "hard" and needs to be softer to match the real life actor's babyface looks. Plus even in the original manga/anime, Kenshin didn't have a "hard" face, he was always a babyface even in his most powerful moments.

The gist of the story is that Himura Kenshin used to be an assassin swordsman for the Japanese government and he killed a lot of people. Feeling guilt, he vowed to never kill people again, which went against the entire point of cutting down people with his sword. The answer was to use a sword with a reverse edged blade, which meant that the blunt side of the sword is what hits people so that attacks will just knock them out, and the sharp edge was faced towards him. He lives on as a homeless wanderer until he meets a group of people who take him in. Unfortunately for him, both good and bad people who have grudges with him who survived the war either want revenge on him for various reasons or use him for their own means and he has to deal with them with his new philosophy in life.

Live Action Movies:

"The Beginning" Prequel



Part 1 Movie



Part 2 Movie



Part 3 Movie



"The Final" Movie



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Anime 1996



Anime Remake Or Maybe Continuation Teaser 2022

Looks pretty cool and I really like the bases. Looks like a lot of manufacturers are using the seamless wrists for samurai type figures. I have the Musashi from poptoys and they do look great in many samurai poses. However getting them to hold onto a sword with both hands can be challenging without wrist articulation.

PS I never watched/read the series, what is the origin/significance of the Dango accessory? Does he like eating it?

Yup, those little round things are just snacks they usually eat when walking around town whenever they're not in their friend's restaurant. Even the little Nendoroid Kenshin toy has it lol!



I'm also curious about those "arms" without moveable wrist joints. I never got to buy the 1/12 scale Musashi because I was concerned with hands you cannot move. The Dasin Kenshin is awesome though, one of my favorite toys of the character.

Well the poptoys version, which I presume is probably the same on these is one molded piece, so absolutely no movement at all as it's pretty stiff. It's fine if the figure is holding sword with one hand, but it doesn't necessarily line up when doing a two handed pose all the time. The original ones on the custom figure of al pacino from heat (kojun was the maker) where I saw it first many years ago had wires and made of some type of silicone was able to move. It also had movable fingers.

I have an earlier figure with seamless forearms and it looks great. The problem is that the lack of moveable wrists seriously limit the options for posing - especially since these themes require them to hold a weapon.

Two very cool sets. While the genre is not really my cup of tea, the product appears to be beautifully designed and executed. The attention to detail, wear and tear, weathering, etc., are very impressive, and so are the bases (more often than not a dud). The swappable lower arms complete with hands are beautifully done, although I'm not a fan of that approach on principle.

I like everything about these figures. Except the price tag.

I definitely want to check out the live action version.