It’s black, blue, white, and a beast. It’s the Black★Rock Shooter Beast Figma. I pre-ordered this limited figma and artbook set in September of last year and finally received it a couple weeks ago. It took me a bit of time to finally take photos, but here it is.
I really love the whole look and feel of the Black★Rock Shooter line. So far they make up the bulk of my figma collection. They’re a great creative inspiration for me, but they also just look plain cool. When I saw this Black★Rock Shooter Beast figma, which is based off an image by the BRS creator, huke, I really wanted to get it. Unfortunately, it only comes in a limited set with the artbook. However, I’m glad I took the plunge and picked it up. She’s definitely one of my favorite figmas thus far.
It comes in this fairly unassuming brown box with only the logo and name on it to let you know what’s inside.
Inside is the artbook and another box that holds the figma.
Here she is with all her bits and bobs along with a little card that has a cute illustration of the “beast” character. She comes with a fairly typical assortment of items. Only one optional face, but they included a couple sets of hands, a gun, sword, crown, optional hair piece with the iconic blue flame and a standard figma stand. Another face would have been nice, but still, it’s a decent set.
She has a lot of nice detail. The zippers are painted silver, the black and white stripes are clean and there is even some grunge detail on some of the armor bits on her legs. The arms, hands and some of the legs are glossy black while other parts, like the shirt and skirt, are matte. It makes for a nice contrast.
Her back has a unique coat of arms emblem. The detail is really impressive at this scale. I also love the blue star on the zipper by her waist — nice detailing.
The sword is semi-transparent and I love the text on the back. It’s actually in English and it isn’t gibberish. This really impressed me. It reads like instructions on how to use the “device”. Very cool!
She features typical figma posability. The hands can’t move due to the long sleeves. The feet also don’t move much. She has transparent blue spikes on the back of her legs that fold out. The skirt/belt is a hard rubber, but it doesn’t have much bending range due to the connected part in the middle. Everything else uses the typical figma joint, including the twin tails on her head.
The artbook is very heavy and well made. It’s full color and, as the title says, contains selected works by huke, the creator of Black★Rock Shooter. As a fan of his characters, I really like this book. It contains a lot of painted-style images of his characters as well as some design sheets.
Black★Gold Saw, probably my favorite BRS character.
All in all I’m really happy I got this set. I’m glad I was able to add this limited figma to my collection. She really stands out. If you can get your hands on one, I’d recommend it. Especially if you like artbooks and are a fan of the BRS characters.
What about you? What are your favorite figmas or characters? Do you have a large amount of just one character or series? Do you have any limited figmas? Leave a comment.
Sick packaging. I really like the art style in the book as well.