Magna Carta
Review date: 9/25/2005

Released: 2005

Very nice! The sculpt is dead on to the original illustrations. It was a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure if they would be able to capture the look of the original art, but they did. I was floored. The most impressive figure is Rith. Her face, pose and overall body sculpt is awesome. The leg sculpt impressed me the most since it looks EXACTLY like the original art. I also like her outfit and her little braids were sculpted too. Very sexy. The next figure I like is Eonis. Her face and boobs were really well sculpted too. She looks accurate to her illustration which isn't easy. She's just as sexy in her revealing outfit. :)

On the other hand, Maya's face sculpt isn't as accurate as the other girls but her outfit is dead-on. The least accurate face sculpt is for Calintz (the only guy in the set). They managed to have a fairly accurate body sculpt but his face was a failure. Shame. I also didn't like his soft sword which came out warped. I don't understand why the sword is soft since Maya's wing was made from a harder plastic. Oh well. The bases for Eonis and Maya are really creative. It works really well with the figures. The bells on Maya's base and the engravings on Eonis' base are very well done. Solid.

The paint job is equally impressive. The colors look amazingly accurate and is amazingly clean for a bunch of trading figures. These character have a lot of intricate designs on their outfits so I was surprised that they managed to apply on those designs so cleanly. Eonis' shoulder tattoo is well done, the designs on Rith and Calintz' outfits are VERY accurate and the paint scheme for Maya is nicely applied too. Great quality all around.

Only two things bothered me. I wish they made more characters. Four characters is a pretty low amount of figures for a set of trading figures like these. And I wish they included a trading card with the original art for comparison. It would've been a nice bonus. It's a minor quibble.

Overall: A+
An awesome set of figures. They look amazingly accurate to the source. They turned out better than I thought. Calintz' soft sword was the only real weak link in the set, but the rest is great. For fans of these characters or of the original art by Kim Hyung-Tae, these are truly must-haves. Excellent.