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Review, Gallery & Video: Getter Robo Revoltech No. 031

I'm Not Fat! I'm Big Boned!!!
by Gatack
September 17, 2007

It's all about Mazinger. At least that's what it appears to be in the super robot "hierarchy." He's very important in the history of robots, anime, manga, and toys. No denying that. However he's not my number one favorite. He's in my top five somewhere but not my fav. That honor goes to the Ken Ishikawa/Go Nagai creation, the historic Getter Robo (it was the first gatai Super robot). More specifically my favorite, is the Getter Robo 01 from the "CHANGE!! Shin Getter Robo" OVA from
1998.

The Getter from the OVA has a modern yet retro look to it. Mainly in a time of really buff or sleek looking robots, the getter is unique because he's fat (some might call him retro, which he is, but make no mistake; his lima bean body won't be confused with the buff and muscular mecha bodies like Shin Getter or Mazingkaiser). He's this portly looking horned robot that can kick your ***.
That I like.
Kaiyodo has done figures of the OVA "fat" Getter in the past (I'm sure he's got an official name but I've been calling him "the fat Getter" for about a decade, so I'm sticking with that). One as a regular, unspectacular figure and the next was from their now defunct Robot Museum line. Now Kaiyodo is at it again with the Revoltech line. Having already done Shin Getter one, two, and three, Kaiyodo took a stab at doing the popular 1998 OVA Getter. We all knew this would appear eventually; it was only a matter of when. When seems to be now as finally the Getter has hit the streets.

The sculpting of the fat Getter 01 is perfect, go home.

What, you want more? Fine. Katsuhisa Yamaguchi is, as you know, pretty damn legendary in many ways. One of those ways is his sculpting ability. He's done everything from Hokuto No Ken (the very first 200X Raoh and Kenshiro) to the previously mentioned Super Robot Museum line (that's just the tip of the iceburg). I can say with full confidence that there isn't an sculptor out there whose style is more suited to sculpt the OVA Getter than Yamaguchi. While I lovingly call him the "fat Getter" he's quite dynamic. As you can tell by looking at him, the Getter 01 is a very simple design (Hey, he's a 70's super robot; he's not Gaogaigar). The head of the OVA Getter is very interesting since it has a more alien look to it thanks to several panels that go around its face. As you can tell, the head of the Getter Revoltech is small, so adding these very important panels is a must (and oddly enough the 70's TV show had the panels in the form of a happy face). The spiked needles for ear/antenna, the eyes, and (very) minimal panel work are there as well.

To read the rest of the review and view all the images please click this link...

http://www.centurysendsavior.com/KaiyodoGetterREVO031.html