Hey everybody BAM Collectibles here back for another statue unboxing review for you!
Shisui Uchiha is one of those characters in the Naruto series that I
wish we had so much more time with and information about.
Though his lifespan was short I do believe that he had very significant impacts in the shinobi world.
On the front we can see Shisui's nameplate which I'm so happy it is in English
sometimes they do put it in Japanese so that is nice. This statue is very heavily
reliant upon the large diorama of the base to give it that overall epic feel.
You can see with all the different shades of gray and the rocks that they
have multiple layers of paint as well as the center where it looks like kind of a
heat or a large explosion is happening. That as well includes a lot of different
layers of paint that bring out that bright orange yellow texture.
To further add to the base they did include these green chakra pieces that were sculpted
separately with magnets impacted on the bottom. My favorite part when Studios do
decide to use magnets is I think overall it gives it a nice slick feeling so when
we're gonna attach these later you'll see it a 100% looks like it was a part
of the base it wasn't even sculpted separately. While I'm attaching those I
want to have a short conversation about the pronunciation of a specific word...Susanoo or Susano.
Typically the Japanese way of saying it is Susanoo and the English way of saying it is Susano.
In my last statue unboxing video of Surge Studio Itachi, linked above people raked me over the coals for
mispronouncing that word. How do you pronounce it? Is it number one, Susanoo? or number two, Susano?
Either way I don't care it all is the same dang thing to me haha!
For curiosity only let me know in the comments below how you pronounce it, either number 1 or number two.
The Susanoo statue itself is sculpted into multiple different parts.
On the bottom of the left foot you'll see a peg
that's how he's ultimately going to connect to the base and there's a magnet for extra security.
They spared no expense as far as the details go and the clarity of the resin is top-notch.
As with the chakra pieces on the base you will see a lot of different magnets on this
that will later connect all the other parts of the body.
Unboxing statues from the studio SxG these days is so interesting because I remember their
early statues and how bad they were. The level of clarity for the resin, the poses they chose for the characters,
the overall paint job, how the statue assembled
it used to be so bad so they have come such a long way as a studio.
To support this wing is that steel rod as well as a magnet that will go to the back of the Susanoo.
On the very tip of the wing you will see this was sculpted separately and attaches itself with that little metal rod.
As I said earlier the clarity of this resin is on par with what you would expect for all cutting edge statues.
As much as having the left wing look like the right one with it being long and
extended I'm actually happy that they wrapped it around like this.
For most collectors having the space to display your statue is one of the most important
things and to have it be even more wide than it already is would have been tricky to display.
Unlike the other wing this one has a notch in it which it
will connect to the other wing instead of using a magnet to connect to the Susanoo's body.
One thing that I did forget to mention in the beginning of the video
is the fact that this Susanoo is not really a form that shows up in the anime.
I'm a huge fan of the Ninja Storm games as they look like they
popped right out of the anime and this is an appearance that showed up and I
believe it was Ninja Storm 3. Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, had his
hand in creating kind of a what-if scenario if both shisui and Itachi had their complete forms of Susanoo.
Close up look at the left hand I love all the different
shading they had in here. You can see that this was primarily casted
as clear and they painted in some dark and lighter greens into it
One thing I love about the complete Susanoo's is the fact that it does
look like samurai armor when you get close up to the details.
The right arm does have a hole inside of the hand that is going to be used to hold the handle
of the drill or sword like weapon that the Susanoo wields.
You let me know if you think it's a drill or a spear I'm gonna go with a spear.
It's just really long as far as the tip goes it's huge though when you
look at the size of this thing! The magnet you see here is one of two ways
in which this will be mounted to the base that's the most secure way this
little back part is where the handle will go and as we'll see in just a
moment there was kind of a little notch in which will rest inside of a rock to help balance it.
For as large as that spear was it's kind of puny to see how small this handle actually is.
It is kind of tricky to be able to capture
how all this comes together but I hope some of these close-up shots do aid in
being able to understand the assembly process for a statue.
Getting to see the complete thing come together like this really makes your mind think that what
if he would have lived? What would he have become? How strong would he be?
stronger than Itachi? on par? Speaking of him let's take a closer look at his
overall sculpt which i think is perfection!
All throughout you can see those fiery bits of green chakra that are connected to the body some are glued
on there while others are on via magnets. A close-up of the shirt you can see all
sorts of different textures involved in there it's incredible when you touch it
you can actually feel all of them as well. The back sheath is removable which
is nice because that's a pretty fragile piece. The sword is as well that does not
go inside of the sheath but it does connect nicely to the hand.
The headsculpt on him turned out perfect as well. If you look at the eyes they're
great, the headband, the coloring, it's always refreshing to see when a studio
does put the right amount of time into making the head sculpt look accurate.
As I mentioned before these pieces are sculpted separate which is nice because
those will be highly breakable during shipping.
Two small final chakra pieces were sculpted separately that go around the feet of Shisui.
For the certificate of authenticity it did come with a thin metal slate with a
silhouette of Shisui on the front and on the back is going to be SxG's
logo and the number 188 which is my specific statues number.
I was messing around moving my lights all around to see how nicely would reflect off of the resin.
In my last statue unboxing video that I mentioned before of Surge Studio's Itachi
it did come with this crow on a branch and in that video I made the
mistake of not talking about what this is specifically because I didn't even
know a friend pointed it out. Look at the eye there and what do you see...?
That's none other than the eye of Shisui that was given to Itachi before passing!
It's none other than the crow that came out of Naruto releasing Itachi from the Edo Tensei
and allowing so many other events to happen in the show.
In the beginning of the video I did tease as if the Susanoo does light up unfortunately it doesn't.
That's a major flaw let's talk about it
This is what the statue could have looked like if SxG decided to take some
extra time and put LEDs inside of it.
These days and most statues clear resin
is used when they want to illuminate the statue.
I got a little crafty took one of my light bulbs that I use to light my statue unboxing's and
I kind of bent it downward like that and stuck it behind the wings so you can't
really see it from the front part but that's how I used to illuminate it right
here and you can see what it could have been. Is it a bad statue because it
doesn't come with it no way it's still an amazing piece!
Couldn't resist whipping out Itachi for size comparison so you can see how they look next to each other.
So fitting to have them side by side because they did consider each other as brothers.
I did pick this statue up from GAC, Games Animation Collectibles.
If you're looking for awesome Naruto statues or
many franchises please visit their website and check out what they have in stock.
After having seen this statue in person
everybody's gonna have a different opinion on different statues.
I have to say for myself personally I enjoy waist up Susanoo's. While the complete form of
Susanoo's are incredible I have to say I prefer the waist up ones.
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