Nicolas D. Wolfwood (Bloody Version) (Diamond Import Version)
Company: Kaiyodo
Sculpted by: Maisaki Apsy
Designed by: Yasuhiro Nightow
Release Date: 1994(?)
Price: ¥3,600
Scale: non-scale (18.5cm)
Material: PVC/ABS
When I first heard about this Nicolas D. Wolfwood figure & saw it on the net back in my high school years, I wanted it. However, it was very hard to find. Even my trip to Hong Kong didn't help with my search. When the reissues were announced in 2004, I brought my Nicolas from an online auction. The one I got is the bloody version which is the rare variation version. This is the Diamond Import version. I don't know if this is the reissue or original release version since I got it when the announcement was made.
Some of the pictures aren't clear & good. If I have time, I'll redo the bad ones & repost them.
Nicolas D. Wolfwood Bloody Variation Version out of the package
Nicolas D. Wolfwood has 22 points of articulations to pose him. Until you play around with him, it's not really a lot & it's really limited to my surprise.
Included with Nicolas are 2 extra sets of hands (1 to hold the Gun Cross Punisher & 1 holding a cigerette), a base shaped like a cross., Gun Cross Punisher, a portable confession chapel, 1 extra head, 2 guns, chains & equipment to wrap the Gun Cross Punisher, 1 cloth to wrap the Gun Cross Punisher, & a gun. Not much as the Vash figure, but it's somewhat a decent amount of accessories to play around with. There is an instruction sheet explaining how to wrap the Gun Cross Punisher. The instructions are in Japanese, but there are pictured diagrams showing you how it's done. I haven't done it yet, so I can't comment how difficult or easy it is to do it. From the looks of it, it requires a lot of work.
Nicolas from different sides
The whole figure of Nicholas is clean with the exception of the blood wounds.
As mentioned there are 22 articulation points that Nicholas has. They come from his arms & lower parts of his legs only. This is really limited in terms of the poses you can do. His head can't be adjusted, so he's always looking downwards.
The guns need to be put on properly to prevent them from falling off. They can be a bit tricky to put on due to the hand design.
Now for the details. I find it weird for male figures to have fingernails shown & you would rarely see any. For Nicholas, there is & it's painted. The colour is a light whitish blue. It just looks too weird for me. By the way, the nails are painted quite evenly with some minor bleeding. The size & shape of them when comparing them to other fingers aren't the same.
The blood wounds look a bit strange when you think about it. The wounds are big & covered in blood. It makes Nicholas look like he was hit by a missile or bazooka bullet. Although the bloods colour has a nice clear dark red, I think it shouldn't have been painted on the whole wound. It would have been nice to see some flesh colour there. By nevertheless, the blood wounds really give the feeling of Nicholas battle results.
There are a lot of crosses that come with Nicholas. The base, the Gun Cross Punisher, & 2 small ones to make a scenery. The paint job of the 2 small crosses aren't bad. But I felt it look a little too new. It would have been nice if it was a duller colour to give it some age.
The Gun Cross Punisher is impressive done in terms of its shape & colours used. It's painted very well with minimum bleeds. But don't expect much from this thing. It only has that bazooka mode with no bullets to shoot with. It doesn't have that handgun storage component, but it's understandable given it's size.
The paint job on Nicholas' clothing has a lot of bleeding than I would image. Although it's mainly 1 colour throughout his suit, the accessories on there has a fair amount of bleeding. Look at the cross cuffing on his sleeve. Although the bleeding isn't major, it's there. Now look at the top part of his body. The white shirt collar bleeds a lot to the jacket. Even his cross necklace suffers some bleeding & unevenness.
A wandering priest
The facial expression of Nicholas is dark for a priest & it's not bad. Paint job still suffers over here. Look at his sunglasses on his top right. There's quite a lot of flesh colour there. His left side has some, but not that much. It would have been nice of Kaiyodo to give some articulation points on his neck so you can adjust it vertically at least.
Overall Conclusion
Nicholas D. Wolfwood Blood Variant Version is a pretty good action figure in terms of style. Problem with this figure is the 22 articulation points not being in some parts of his body such as his head. If you are a Trigun fan, this is worth the investment to pick up with it's Gun Cross Punisher & the accessories for it. As of now, Nicholas has never been put back into his blister card. However, I have played around with him in changing his accessories at times.
Nicholas gets a score of 8/10. The style he has is pretty cool, even though you can pose him in different positions. Although there isn't a lot of accessories, the Gun Cross Punisher & it's covering materials adds a bit of style to the figure. The lost points came from the limited articulations & the body parts that allowed it. When you hear 22 points, you think it's a lot. But when you see where those points are & how limited it really is, it can be disappointing. I felt Vash has better articulations that Nicholas, even though he has 17 points & can't move his legs.
With the reisusses out there, Nicholas shouldn't be too hard to find. Regardless of what version you are looking for, it should be a breeze. This applies to the Diamond versions however. For the Japanese versions, I don't really know. The Japanese did reissue Nicholas around the same time as Diamond, but I don't know if they are any floating around. With the sellers mixing the 2 versions together, it's hard to distinguish which version is which until you actually see or get the product in your hands. Either way, the price of this item shouldn't be as high when it first came out since there are many of them in the market now.
In terms of which version to get between Diamond & the Japanese one, I have no idea. I haven't seen the Japanese version before, so I don't know what the quality is. The Diamond version I have isn't too bad. However, the corners & other areas aren't sharp like other Japanese products that I have experienced. If you are using your budget wisely, get the Diamond version. If you want originality, get the Japanese one.
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Last updated on October 29, 2005
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