Hey everybody BAM Collectibles here back for another statue unboxing review for you! If ever
there was a character in Naruto that deserves more statues to be showcased of him it would be
Minato! Today's statue is made by one of the oldest studios that's been around SxG Studio. On the front
of the Styrofoam here we will see the edition size plaque that came with the statue. This is
also one of four statues that they will be creating to complete a full diorama of team
seven, stick around to the end to see a preview of the other characters that they will be releasing.
There is SxG's logo with 279 which is my specific edition size and the Minato on the
front which is kind of a silhouette version of his actual pose in the statue to come.
Again on the bottom of the base we'll see the logo for SxG they really like
showing their logo and I'm really happy they decided not to go with a round plate style
base instead this is more like reminds me like a pride rock from something from the Lion King.
In order to take away from the monotony of just a giant rock they do have some what look to be like
branches or large looking vines I'd probably say branches that are surrounding the tree in
multiple different sections. The rock for what it is is painted really well we have multiple
different colors that they shaded all throughout. I would say this looks like an actual real life rock.
Now there's tons of different notches that are sculpted all throughout because
there's going to be a lot of different effect pieces that are going to bring this more to life.
Because the nature of branches being you know thin and long they did sculpt a few
of them separately. Here is one little piece that they sculpted. There's a magnet on the
very end of that of course to attach it to the statue and then we do have a larger one
that's going to be sitting more on the top portion of the rock. We'll see that magnet
impacted onto the notch and one complaint that i do have about these branches is they look wet
and glossy I think they should have went for more of a realistic natural flat looking tone of paint.
One thing to note is the large branch that I'm stalling right here does have another purpose
where something is going to be leaning and resting on it and this brings me to the different effect
pieces that they sculpted kind of to accent Minato in this statue. His teleportation Jutsu is something
that's really difficult to right bring to life because it's something that happens in an instant
so in order to do that we will find all sorts of different yellowish colored clear resin pieces
sculpted all throughout that are going to be fitting it's a lot of these different
notches and grooves that were carved out on the tree branches and the rock. Pretty ingenious if
you ask me because it really does accent the statue well in the end. There will also be some
larger pieces sculpted that will put on Minato himself as we go into the character sculpt.
Before we do jump into that I did want to show you this last effect piece that they sculpted for the statue.
To me it's a little controversial because this is not an ability that's tied to Minato
it's more something that Kushina used to you know bound the nine-tailed fox and supposedly seal him
but I guess they included this to tie in her into this statue. Either way if you stick around closer
to the end I'd love to hear your thoughts if I should keep them on or take them off because again
sometimes less is more and we'll see the chain is actually resting on that branch we installed.
In comes the 4th Hokage himself and we'll see such an interestingly sculpted pose for right
this is something you don't normally see someone crouching downward like this but it'll all come
together when you see the pictures later of the four characters they're showcasing. We'll see some
notches in his sculpt as well which later effect pieces will be installed onto it. There's the notch
that really connects him to the base that's really the single point of connection that will allow him
to be installed onto there. You'll notice the left arm was sculpted separately and the right hand as
well and then we take a look at the back we'll see two different kunai pouches or Ninja Tool
pouches in the back. My guess is to hold all the different teleportation kunai that he uses
and the bottom of the cape has a nice vibrant purple look. This cloak is so timeless and epic I
swear you know we got to see the Fourth Hokage at the very beginning the first episode we didn't get
to see him clearly but you always wanted to know what he looked like when you finally saw him with
this outfit right it is so incredible I'll never not love it! In fact Sage Mode Naruto is my favorite
form so probably one of the reasons why is because his cloak resembles that of Minato's. So for the
head sculpt i think they did a great job with this keep in mind it's at such a different angle
because he is kind of crouched downward but look at the eyes the way that you can see
the glossiness on there great touch by SxG. In his right hand is none other than the Flying Thunder
god Kunai or the Flying Raijin Kunai. Easily one of my top three favorite ninja tools in the series I
guess if you don't count the the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist being ninja tools but besides this
and awesomest blades those are two favorite weapons of mine and then we have the left hand
over here we have that effect kind of already pre-glued on there so you cannot remove that.
His hand is in that downward position because this is going to help to balance the statue
being that it only connects with the foot and then this hand kind of braces it into place.
Taking a break real quick to remind you that we have the limited edition
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quality overall let's get back to the unboxing. As you want to guest in the shoulder socket and the
wrist jacket are none other than some magnets impacted so they just go in there with ease.
Freaking sweet pose that they chose for this there is no other statue that I have or own
that has a character in this pose so I love how unique that feels and then again like I
mentioned there's several different effect pieces that were sculpted separately we'll
go ahead and get all of those attached now. One of the most impressive things by the studio is you
don't need blue tack to attach these separate pieces, friction alone holds them into place.
All right then two more pieces were provided by the studio to install onto here. So one is a little
bit more longer than the other but both of them have very similar shapes. Just like the others no
blue tack required gravity holds them into place very well. I'm curious to see what you think about
removing them and if it's better. As you saw in the opening here is a silhouette of the statue
just incredible with that backlight behind it but even more incredible right when we turn
the lights on here's a full look at it let's go ahead and take the chains off real quick.
Let me know what you think as I've said before in other reviews sometimes less is more
so if you have a piece that you don't like you're not feeling it heck take it off who's gonna know.
All right and time to bust open our Naruto CCG pack if you are not aware and you haven't heard
i am willing to trade uh statues for Naruto card collections hit me up on my social media
if you have a decent sized collection with quite a few super rares we'll see what we can work out.
There is our foil for the pack Choji, there's Naruto and hey by the way I'm going to be doing a video
soon showcasing all the super rare cards that I'm going to be sending in to be graded I hope
you will enjoy look forward to that it's quite a collection I'll be sending in so it's gonna
be fun. Here are a preview of two different ones that I have that are all sleeved up and ready and
they're you know kind of a softer hard case in the penny sleeve but I'm curious to know which
card do you think I should display next to this statue is going to be the one on my left with the
blue tag with a more dynamic or the one standing there on the right? Let me know in the comments
below which one you like or you would choose. As I said in the beginning this is one of four statues
we can see kakashi obito and rin are going to be included in this series in the near future. They
also teased us with the next team to be assembled let me know in the comments section who you think
this group of individuals are. Here is the final and my favorite angle to look at Minato at.
I hope you enjoyed this unboxing today if you did be sure to smash that like button and hey
leave a comment below you know I love to talk to everyone as much as I can and I will see you
in the next unboxing video. As always everybody do what you love and love what you do, BAM out!