Figure collecting: 2023 display breakdown - mecha and futuristic stuff

(Original post here - full list of breakdowns can be found under tag #2023 displays)

Third breakdown - left upright cabinet, third shelf.

From left to right, roughly: Max Sterling (Robotech), Tekkaman Blade, Anavel Gato and RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis" (Gundam 0083), Captain Harlock and Emeraldas, KOS-MOS (Xenosaga), Vash, Nicholas Wolfwood and Legato (Trigun).

Obviously this is my most atypical shelf as I specialize in collecting male figures, not gunpla / mecha, however I have a certain fondness for sci-fi anime having been raised on things like Gatchaman from the time I was a tyke. This shelf obviously has room for growth, but I have multiple Gundams en route as well as another Tekkaman Blade kit to assemble, so it’ll fill in more noticeably this year.  

List of figures on display via MFC, here

Figure collecting: Captain Harlock with the Throne of Arcadia

(Been kicking into high gear on figure purchases so I can minimize stuff being shipped (and lost) in December.)

So here’s yet another “I didn’t know it existed” aftermarket purchase, Hot Toys’ 1:6 scale Captain Harlock with the Throne of Arcadia, made to coincide with the 2013 Space Pirate Captain Harlock film.  The throne sits 15″ tall (Harlock is about 12″ tall standing), so this is a pretty substantial addition as I tend to collect smaller figures.

The throne is so awesome, it gives me vibes of Dracula’s chair in the Castlevania animated series (if Drac’s chair was on steroids).  If I had a 1:6 scale articulated Alucard, he’d be sitting in this instead : )  There’s a figure-only version of this set too, but the extra cost for the throne is worth it, otherwise he’s just a pirate standing there.

Nice face sculpt... a little broody, a little blank.  I sure am weak against brooding guys and scars and eyepatches ^_^   Yes it’s rather Westernized but understandably they needed to update it from the older (animated) versions of Harlock (the one I’m most familiar with is Arcadia of my Youth (screenshot below)).

I think I need to buy a mini wine glass for him to hold, that would be the perfect accessory...