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Medicom RAH Emperor's Royal Guard - First Look!

Posted by Paul | December 05, 2008 at 06:43 PM ET

    The Medicom/Sideshow Collectibles distributed RAH 12" Emperor's Royal Guard has begun shipping and arriving at collector's homes. Check out some quick snapshots of this new excellently made figure.

The Emperor's Royal Guard is beautifully recreated in 1/6 scale. This is the first 12" scale Emperor's Royal Guard since the POTF era. It is nice to see another Imperial soldier recently reinvented to prove how far artistic sculpting and technology have come to create excellent collectibles. This figure doesn't dissapoint. This is a must have if you collect the RAH line.

The fabric used for the robes is very unique and leaves you with the thought that this is what the material must have felt like for the costumes used in the movie! The bottoms of both the outer crimson robe and inner burgundy robe have metal wiring sewn in the bottom for super posability. This seems to be a new standard for 12" figures, especially the high-end 12" figures. I actually have mixed feelings for this wire used in this particular fabric. The robes would have hung naturally on their own with a heavy drape and without the assistance of wire. But the wiring needs to futzed with and battled against in order to make it look good, almost as if the wire is working against you. And once you think you have the robes in a pose that you want, you may need to start all over again, because that darn wire doesn't seem to stay put and alters that natural flow and drape every time you touch it.

 

          

This figure is currently out of stock but a Wait List is available at Sideshow Collectibles. The RAH line is a very impressive set of figures. I am a big fan of Japanese imported collectibles and this is another beautiful piece to add to my collection. Although many collectors display the RAH figures with their other 12" figures, this collection is really a line to itself. They are in a smaller scale and are a bit shorter than your other 12" figures - but not enough to detract from their extremely high quality.

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