Toy OTD: Cominica Japan Metropolis Maquette: Tima

I'm not a big fan of the film version of Tezuka's Metropolis manga - I thought technically it was amazing, but the story was weak. Still, director Ritnaro kept the essence of the Tezuka character designs, so the merchandise is still very cool!

Here's a resin staute of the main character Tima, the robot around which much of the story revolves. It's an appealing design, and the sculpt and paint work is quite nice. I do remember some fragility issues - originally I had wanted to buy a statue of Kenichi, but the figure came off the base too easily, or there was some damage to it that I hadn't noticed in the display case. If you can, be sure to check an item in this line carefully before purchasing!

The figure is 18 cm tall, and is from an edition of 1500 pieces. You can get one from kibidango.ch (for 49.90 CHF Switzerland Francs or 41.88 USD) if you can read German. I bought mine from Things From Another World, but I don't see it listed on their website.