Hey everybody welcome back to BAM Collectibles! Today we're gonna be
showcasing and unboxing...if you can't tell...one of my all-time favorite
characters from Naruto, Gaara! This statue is made by Singularity Workshop which is
becoming one of my all-time favorite places to buy statues. They are on a roll
with having already put up for pre-order Rock Lee, Madara, Naruto, Sasuke, and all
the Hokages have been announced already. One of the things that I'm most excited
about for this statue is the fact that it's from the original Naruto series.
Don't get me wrong I love me some Naruto Shippuden but I love the original series.
That's where I got hooked, that's what I grew up with and that's where I fell in
love with this great show. With everything out of this glorious white
styrofoam let's jump on into taking a close look at this statue!
The bottom has some rubbery round pads with that black felt. One thing that I always enjoy about
Gaara statues is the fact that it always features sand and with sand come some
awesome texture on it. It actually does have a sandpaper feel to it.
Now this statue doesn't come with a round base to keep it stabilized so this rock does
have some weight to it to be sure that he doesn't tip over when being showcased.
This next piece was rather troublesome for anybody that purchased the statue.
Everyone that I know that purchased this one had this piece right here break
unfortunately upon arrival. What's nice because of the texture of the sand I was
able to glue things back together and from a distance you can't see it you can
only really see those cracks and broken pieces when I get up and close like this.
On the inside here you will see a notch with a steel rod poking out that's what
helps it attach to the side of the base. Overall I love the sculpt and flow of
this sand it's a perfect accent piece that goes along with the base.
My goodness did singularity workshop do an incredible job with this head sculpt.
Heck not just the head sculpt the whole thing is absolutely perfect let's dive
right into some of these details. Here's the steel rod that holds and attaches the arm to the base.
The way that shukaku is forming around his body is just as
disturbing as it was when watching it in the show. The way that they captured kind
of that psychotic bloodlust face that Gaara has during this fight is just immaculate.
His arm is missing because it was sculpted separately we'll showcasethat in just a moment.
It's so good!!!
I have two complaints about this statue and here we'll showcase one.
Overall I'm just not a fan of the skin tone that they chose for Gaara.
Now one could argue well he has sand
armor so maybe that's why it looks so close but I kind of wanted his skin tone,
his natural skin tone, to stand out a little bit more than what it does on the statue.
My second complaint would be that this base is made of a rock
instead of a tree forest like the scene from the show.
His arm has a nice little magnet which helps to snap right into place.
Now his tail is next-level it's so cool how it's just coming right out of the bottom of his gourd.
I haven't really said it yet but I really don't think I need to based
on what you see before your eyes the paint job on their statues are flawless!
Look how clean, even just that little red wrapping around the gourd.
The tail sculpt is surprisingly complex. The dark blue paint helps to bring out different
details in the tail that's a staple for Shukaku.
There's a hole at the top of the gourd which will allow for some sand
particles to be flowing out of it as you'll see in the moment.
The sculpting on this piece just blows my mind!
I know most of the stuff is
sculpted in a 3D art program but it's incredible how good of a job they did
with making this look so real. It looks like Gaara kind of took control
of the sand and begin to whip it right out as if he's gonna use it against an opponent.
I did end up securing this piece with a little bit of extra blue
tack sticking it right on the end like a skewer and it helps it stay in there
with a little bit of extra security.
Let's go ahead and take a look at all the Gaara collection together!
It's always fun to bring everybody out together like this so you can see how they look.
Gaara did come with an edition size coin. It has a nice silhouette portrait of his face.
On the back of the coin you have the studio's name and logo, Sabaku no Gaara,
and then you have the edition size which is he's 295 out of 299 made.
So with all the fam together I wanted to talk about each statue really quick.
the statue on the left is made by Cloud Studios.
I did an unboxing for this a few months ago and I loved how it came with two different
forms where he could sit on the cloud and you can also put him on top of here with a different change out head.
Kimimaro VS Gaara will always be one
of my favorite fights I'll never forget seeing Rock Lee on the ground so
vulnerable and I could not believe that the one that shattered his leg was the
very one that came to save the day. Over on my right side is Gaara and Shukaku byLB Studios.
I so badly wish that someone will make all the tail beasts in this size.
It's an interesting statue because Gaara really doesn't feel like the main
focal point but he is in there I love the way that they have him surrounded by his sand.
Shukaku eyes do light up but I do not have the batteries in there
because I didn't want them to corrode over time. Let me know in the comments
below which one of these three are your favorite version!
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