CHOCOBO

Hello readers, Happy New Year to all!

Let's take a look at something adorable for the start of the New Year. This is a Chocobo coin box. Most of you should know by now that this cute fluffy chicken comes from the Final Fantasy game series.

This is the pullout that shows other different types of coin boxes available. There is the Mog, Wizard, Troll & another version of Chocobo.

This is how the Chocobo I have looks like out of the container. It sure does look adorable.

The figure stands at just under 8cm in height and is fully made out of soft plastic. Lastly, there is a lid at the bottom of the feet for you to pull out your coins.

GRAY EDWARDS

This is the second Palisades Final Fantasy figure that I purchased, alongside Dr. Aki Ross. In the animated movie FF: The Spirits Within, Gray Edwards is voiced by the actor Alec Baldwin. Gray plays the Captain for a special-ops team known as Deep Eyes. This elite squad is a side branch of the United States Military Force (USMF).

Here's how Gary looks like out of the box.

The view from different angles.

Upon closer inspection it says: DEEPEYES Search & Delete Squad.

Gray comes with a few accessories. A G302D Serpent rifle, combat knife & the AN/SUS - 9C Nightmare tactical helmet. Like Dr. Aki, It's a pity the armor is sewn on & cannot be removed & interchanged with parts of other 1/6 figures.

Here's a closeup of Gray with the helmet on.

Fully geared up. I just find it weird that the combat knife sticks out like a sore thumb on the lower left shoulder.

In terms of stability Gray is rather solid & can be posed around freely. However, due to the design of the suit, it constricts the figure from doing many poses.

DR. AKI ROSS

I just purchased two units of Palisades figures recently. These toys come from the animated film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001). In this post lets first take a look at the lead character, Dr. Aki Ross. The film was made entirely from CGI & the voice of this character is played by Ming-Na Wen.

Here's a look at the packaging.

The first thing I wanted to find out is if the mold can be interchangeable with other 1/6 figurines. Upon further inspection, you'll see that the clothes are sewn tightly onto the armor.

The view from different angles.

A mugshot of Aki. United States Military Force (USMF) Science Division.

This figure only comes with two accessories, a hand  blaster & a container carrying a plant. In the movie, the plant actually plays host to the 6th spirit that she needs to protect in order to save the planet.

The container can be taken apart to reveal the plant.

One major problem with my figurine is that Aki doesn't stand still. Her legs & joints are very weak. Hence some of the angles were shot with Aki lying down instead of standing upright.

In a nutshell, I bought this figurine because I was an avid fan of the Final Fantasy series during my teenage days. Back then, a full fledged CGI film was almost unheard of with so much effort put into the making of this film in order to look realistic.

I have not much interest in 1/6 scale figures. Once I'm done with this review, sadly off she goes into my Toy Graveyard.