Up til now, the popular REVOLTECH line of figures has been all the work of one man, Yamaguchi Katsuhisa one of Kaiyodo's leading sculptors and modelists. After all it was Yamaguchi who was responsible for the creation of the Revoltech line as well as Kaiyodo's famed "Monoshaft Drive" Technology which made Kaiyodo famous to many action figure collectors. It has been a great ride for Revoltech this past year, Yamaguchi has brought us 20 some figures this year alone for his Revoltech Line.

Well this year Kaiyodo plans to up the ante of this Popular new format of figures, This May marks the first release in the all new line Revoltech 2G (2nd Generation) Unlike the first Revoltech Line which focused exclusively on Yamaguchi this new 2G line will focus on Kaiyodo's other famed artists, giving these other masters a shot at immortalizing beloved characters in the Revoltech style. The first release will be the Very popular Saber from Fate/Stay Night sculpted by fan favorite Tomohide Enoki who has done tons of work for Kaiyodo in the past several lines including Hokuto No Ken, Tiger Mask, Trigun, Chobits, and most recently the very impressive Fate Stay Night Bustup Figures.( Looking at those Bustups you can see why he was given the task of doing our Beloved Saber, this guy is a Master!) Future releases will include Rei and Asuka from Evangelion among other popular characters. I am very curious what other artists will be on this project but seeing how many licenses Kaiyodo has had in the past, I bet we'll see tons of awesome new lineups from this 2G line. Saber will be released this May in Japan and will retail for 2499yen (Tax included) She is quite impressive and is also the most expensive of the Revoltech figures so far. Regardless this is a Must get for Saber fans!! Let's hope more Fate Stay/Night characters are coming!!

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Pic source- ORGANIC and Japanese Wonderfest Coverage