https://www.reddit.com/user/Suspicious_Judge6696/comments/1g40lzp/malice2/
One of the images didn't upload! It's a closeup of Malice.
Look what I managed to get :D I'm stoked! I legit thought I would never own any of these. I really thought it was too good to be true when I saw them for sale. These are the Epoch Capsule figures for Chaos Legion and they are RIDICULOUSLY hard to find for sale. I can't tell if they're harder to find than Galerians File A and B books, but they're near there, Someone sold the first half(Sieg, Siela, Guilt, Malice and Blasphemy) for 150-300$.
Someone bought just FIVE of these things for somewhere between 150-300$.
You poor soul. A moment of silence for that person. I mean I really like this things but I couldn't imagine spending nearly 300$ on them new let alone USED, damn.
How much did I get them for? 14$ for series 2 and 15$ for series 1! Series 2 was brand new and never been opened, still in the factory packaging. I think series 1 must've been used. I got them on FromJapan, but I did pay nearly 40$ per box just to make sure these things weren't going to be lost overseas because these were the only ones for sale when I bought them.
Also; series 2 came with the complete clear blue ones, but I didn't want to take them out of the packaging because I don't find the clear blue ones too interesting lol, and they are just duplicates of the colored ones. Series 1 didn't come with the blue ones, which makes me think that's why its used. But bizarrely series one had all the manuals.
Anyways prices aside; onto the figures
These figures are RIDICULOUSLY fragile :( like I didn't know it was possible for rubber to be this soft. I tried to get Blasphemy onto his stand and two of his bolts snapped off immediately. It might be visible in some of the images but they're legit barely sticking on. These figures are sticky for some reason, even the ones that are brand new and factory sealed. The paint or rubber seems to be melting on the inside of Delacroix's cloak for some reason?? There's a weird goopy spot that's translucent. The figures smell almost like air dry clay I had when I was a kid. Blasphemy was missing his peg for the stand, so I had to steal one from one of the blue clear figures. I pushed too hard on getting him into the stand, and the peg snapped off into the hole of the stand. I had to use pliers to get it out, so the peg is now shorter lol.
I was worried about tearing bits of the figures because of how fragile they are :( Speaking of which: Delacroix and Sieg are not on their stands because 1: I could not get Sieg to stand up without falling over. I'm not sure what's the issue. The image of Delacroix shows his sword outward at a slightly raised angle, but the arm on mine is lowered and cannot be raised(I tried) without bending his sword horribly which seems a issue with the Delacroix figure when googling images. Delacroix's sword actually had cardboard around it! It's a nice little protection on a fucking CAPSULE FIGURE of all things, he's the only one that had cardboard.
It's hard to believe these are simple capsule figures, they're pretty nicely detailed for capsule toys. I've had lots of american capsule toys and they're usually never this detailed. The figures are pretty accurate compared to the game models, it's kinda insane for capsule figures and something this small. The paint on Siela's dress for example is pretty detailed. Malice and Hatred are probably the most detailed. Malice even has the little runic markings on his forearm painted on!
The figures really capture the characters perfectly. I'm sad we'll never get bigger figures but these are so nice to have along with the strategy guides. I wish Nanobreaker or Galerians got figures. If you ever get ahold of these and plan to display them, super glue them into place. I'm not going to be displaying mine because 1: temperature melting, I assume, also light damage if you keep them under a light since they're soft rubber might happen. 2: Nowhere to display them and I'm not gonna have one decided to become a free individual and fall of its stand, and fall apart. Imagine if Blasphemy did that! I'd never find his bolts to reattach LOL.
My favorite detail: One of Delacroix's eyes is glowing red, the other is night, which seems to be a reference to the render of him where only one of his eyes is glowing! The characters being in renders from the actual game is one of my favorite details. Arcia has a lot of nice details on the guns. I dunno how they fit so many details onto such small figures, even the belts and little bone nubs and spikes on the legions are all in the correct areas. So often on US smaller figures they'll add random splotches in places on the outfits.
anyways; Tldr; I love them lol, but they're going back into their nice little sealed back where they can decided to melt further or something.
Thanks for looking!
Looks like your blasphemy figure lost a bolt too, I had to super glue mine back on, I also super glued Sieg to his stand for the same reason you mentioned.
Ultimately these are far from ideal but it's all we got.
Yes they did! Two actually ;_: I managed to grab them and put them in a bag so I can glue them on later. I'm sure the others are loose as well. OMG you have these?? Do you have all of them? At least it's not just me, I wondered if I was doing something wrong with Sieg's stand. Hatred seems the most stable, but he's also the heaviest. The thinnest parts of the plastic are warped, like Flawed's claws. Do you have Delacroix? did you stick him on his base too? I wanted to put Delacroix on his base but it bent his sword.
True, but at least we got SOMETHING and they're pretty amazing for tiny figures, as far as details go. Other obscure games aren't as lucky :( There's also several strategy guys from Chaos Legion that have nice large images and references of the characters. I found a promo pocket watch for Chaos Legion being sold on ebay for like 300 freaking dollars.
I only have one set (Sieg, guilt, malice, blasphemy, Siela), not the others.
I too was shocked this game actually got a figure set to begin with though there are some pretty major issues with them. It's better than nothing though.
That's amazing and interesting, but just a curious question, where did you buy them from? This game is really old, so it couldn't have been in the store right now?
I got these from https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en
They got basically anything rare and Japanese you're looking for that you can't find typically on Ebay, at least not without being marked up. I got a bunch of rare Galerians(another obscure game) books from there for pretty cheap. Though be warned, the shipping can be expensive. I think standard shipping can range anywhere from 12-25$(standard from ordering from Japan to the US for example). I usually choose to pay for the most expensive Fedex shipping just to make sure my small packages don't get lost overseas lol
Sadly I don't know of any store who would have these :')
Did you know there is exist a Thanatos perfect figure or something?
Never seen one :( I don't believe they made one, as this is the complete collection of figures(not counting the transparent blue versions). It amazes me they never made a figure of the MAIN legion!
I see :(, well if there is no figure of thanatos...i have to make my own then hehe...
Hah, I love that attitude!:D I had the same attitude when it came to translating the books!
best of luck to you, daring individual!