I’ve been a fan of the Guyver manga for many years now. It tells the story of a young man able to transform into the ‘bioweapon’ named Guyver and fight many different monstrous foes. Over the years I have aquired the various DVD series as well as a slew of different figures/models/toys.
Last year in Japan I purchased three figures from the recently launched (and quite expensive) Max Factory ‘Bio Fighter Collection’
From right to left they are Guyot (a Zoalord; one of the baddie leaders), Aptom (one of the good guys) and ZX-Tole (one of the more powerful, non-leader bad guys).
Recently, whilst trolling ebay, I found that Max Factory had released a new figure in the line. Behold, Pluqstahl:
As with all figures in the line, he comes with a range of accessories. In addition to the cloak and armor pieces (removable), he also has four sets of hands and the ‘lightning drive’ attachment.
I bought him of course, and yesterday he arrived safe and sound from Hong Kong. He is the most expensive ‘action figure’ I have ever bought. I’m very pleased with him as well – he’s second only to Guyot in my opinion in this line.
Incidentally, Pluqstahl (as Max Factory calls him), is another of the evil Zoalord leaders. His powers included the ability to control very powerful lightning and summon great storms. He was killed several volumes ago in the comic after a battle with one of the good guys (Dark Gigantic). He did not die at our heroes hand though, but as a result of an attack by three other Zoalords. It was suggested these three were rogues who were planning some nefarious act. Friedrich von Purukshterl therefore, could be considered one of the ‘good’ bad guys. Here’s what he looked like in the manga:
