Hey everybody BAM Collectibles here back for another statue unboxing review for you!
Kimimaro is one of those characters in
Naruto just like my boy Zabuza that I wish would have gotten more screen time
and we would have got to see more of them.
His unique Kekkei Genkai in the show made him one of the coolest characters they ever created.
I purchased this statue about nine months to a year ago it was actually one of the first I
ever owned that didn't have a round plate base on it.
For many many years I just love the Tsume style of bases so this one really broke my mold and I have
to say it really started a trend with what I began to value and like.
This statue altogether is insane with the amount of details that they packed into it.
Sprinkled all throughout the base is tiny grass patches as well as the
shading and the overall just grungy look of this rocky base is just incredible.
One of the perks of not having a plate style round base is the fact that you
save on weight when shipping a statue. This statue was lighter than most that I
do ship because it didn't include that.
As seen in the intro this statue has
tons of bones that are just coming all throughout the ground from Kimimaro using his ability.
The very top of the bone has a hollow center and it looks like it's red marrow that's painted on to it.
Adding some rock debris on the side
really gave it that effect of as if it's shot straight from the ground.
Even though I just showcased one of the bones I wanted to show off this one particular
just to show how much time and effort was put into some of these.
The bone has what I would say a pearlescent look to it and that has all the different colors
and shading there are marks on the bottom of them that help you match to
different parts on the base you know where they go.
A few of the bones do look
a bit different in that they've been sliced and also there is some holes in
them this will later support the spinal bone whip that he uses in battle.
The thickest and tallest bone does have a piece that is removable from the top.
This will later actually help me when I display it in my case so I don't have to
have as tall of a requirement when putting it in there. The bone itself does
look a bit odd because it is actually being sliced by the bone whip which we'll take a look at later.
The character sculpt for Kimimaro is done in multiple
different pieces because there's so much going on here so excuse me if this looks
a bit morbid with it being half a body but this is the only way I'm gonna be
able to show off all the details like this. On the waist are multiple strong
magnets that will help attach the rest of the different parts of the body later
Just like the base the overall coloration on the bottom part is very
dirty that's where the tails gonna go later also he has this thick metal rod,
the soles of his feet are very detailed. If you haven't been able to tell already
this statue is very different from some of the others I showcase where they look
like they jump right out of the show while this one is more of a realistic
interpretation of the character. Oh my this tail blows me away with all the
details they added on to it. There is a strong magnet in there that like I said
attach it to the back and if you look to each individual bone that is popping out
of the tail that is so gross and realistic looking. Having that dry blood
at the very bottom of the bone is what makes it look extremely real.
Attaches on very easy like this and at first I was kind of nervous thinking of
a very long tail like that hanging on by a magnet alone but thankfully the very
next piece will introduce does help brace it on there even more so.
The top portion of his outfit was also sculpted to be very dynamic just like the bottom part.
There's also that purple rope which is kind of a symbol that most people who
follow Orochimaru do wear.
This top portion connects via magnets on the left and right side.
and as I mentioned before if we turn this around and look to the
back the tail is mounted very securely by that one bone kind of sitting into place.
If I jiggle it here...nothing happens.
Buckle up! The top portion of Kimimaro is so intricate and detailed. Zooming in you
can see him pushing his knuckles right out as if he's about to throw him just
like he throws his fingertips in the show. The CM2 or Curse Mark 2 mode for
each individual who uses this almost looks like a rotting flesh tone to it which is so odd.
If there's someone out there who gets queasy a little bit too
easy looking at some of the points where this bone is coming out of his body it's
actually really gross looking. They spared no expense on the back even
though you don't really see it that often you can see these bones coming out
of the spine and all these holes here will later be used to insert some larger bones.
His left arm only has this metal rod because we will be installing the
large bone drill soon. His face looks incredible and if you flip him on top
you can see the classic Kimimaro part in the middle of his hair.
Here are the three sized bones that we used to mount to the back of Kimimaro.
I'm all going to be installing a set up one on camera just to share with you
Incoming his large bone drill that he used during his fight with Gaara towards the end.
Like I said previously there's an overall pearlescent look to the way
that this bone is colored. Whoever sculpted this drill did such an
incredible job there's so many different layers to it between the paint shading,
all the different textures on it as well as some of the cracks in the bone there.
It's just an overall very impressive piece to see and showcase.
Here is how everything looks assembled. If I work all right I think there's 12
pieces total that it took to make all this come together.
As if this statue wasn't already dynamic and intricate enough let's go ahead and
add that cherry on the icing on the cake with the bone whip.
There's four different sections in total that are pieced together via small steel rods and
whatever material they used in this it was a little bit flexible so you could
bend and move it just a little bit.
The paint application also what the spinal bone whip is really cool.
Here's again showcasing how this has a little bit of
flexibility to it it's not as fragile as you would imagine it being
The installation process is a bit complex so I'm gonna add some close-up shots so you
can see how it all works.
Such an awesome statue when you get everything assembled like this.
Both statues that you see here are paired together in my display case.
The left statue you see over here is Cloud Studios Gaata and I love how it comes with the Shukaku
Ultimate Defense. This is the e^x version of that statue.
Now Kimimaro is actually probably in more of a 1/7 scale while Gaara is a
true 1/8 scale so he is a bit smaller than him but it really doesn't matter
once you get them side by side and as I'm going to show later how they look in
my actual display case it is not bad at all.
Here is how everything looks inside of my display case. Unfortunately I had to
remove the large tip of the bone piece as you see here as well as one of the backbone
pieces of Kimimaro to be sure that everything fit nice and snug.
I love just the balance of all these three together.
Seriously huge thank you to all of my members who have decided to join in the
past two weeks. If you have not considered or check out the video that
outlines that please do if you have any questions let me know but again thank
you so much for your awesome support in this memberships roll out!
I'm not sure I said this yet but WM studio is the individuals who are in charge of making
such an awesome statue. They have another one of Kidomaro coming out in the
near future hopefully more later. If you're someone who has been enjoying my
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encourage you to do so I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this statue and
as always everybody do what you love and love what you do! BAM out!