So it seems I owe you a few figure reviews, I can’t blame lack of figures since over a month ago my friend let me visit her place and photograph a huge amount of her One Piece figures. Plus a few other people have lent me a boat load of figures to review and I still have tons of Touhou figures to review as well! Things are still a bit crazy here but since I’ve got a spare minute I figured I might as well post this review for you all!
Ever since I did those past One Piece figure reviews I keep having people tell me I need to review Franky. That if I wanted a male figure that could cast off and be shirtless then I needed Franky. Well I can see why now! Franky here is a very outrageous figure for sure!
He’s got some huge Popeye arms for sure! He’s sure been eating his spinach! A-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah!
Are his arms supposed to be hairy? I’d assume so since I’ve never seen him in the anime… I’m still pretty behind, i started watching One Piece but only got through 3 episodes.
My friend did metion that his arms are machines or something of that nature, you can see the bolts on his shoulder and his hands come of too.
At first I thought his nose was covered in sunblock but then i realized it’s a metal nose! Plus I only realized now that his chin has three points to it! That’s gotta be a pain to shave in the morning!
He does have the best hair I’ve ever seen, if you can rock those badass sideburns and a pompadour and if your hair is blue? You’re a badass in my book!
Wouldn’t want to get into a fight with Franky but for sure his abs are pretty amazing! I now a few guys who would kill for those kinda abs! For me I’m not a fan of the huge buff guys, I prefer a lean buff like Bruce Lee.
Some cool star tattoos, but still won’t be as cool as Kamina’s Tattoos!
strange how only the lower part of his leg has so much hair, we all know that if he were really hairy his feet would be hairy too as well as his thigh! But then he’s an anime character, we can’t always expect them to be looking exactly like a real person would.
oops! his arm fell off! maybe from all his drinking! So this Franky is actually a pretty cool figure, the only issue I saw with him that my friend deals with is that he doesn’t really fit too well on his base, he’s a legitimate figure but for some reason he just doesn’t want to stick his right foot into the begs like he should. Maybe he’s just too stubborn? Other than that he’s really well made and is a show piece in any collection. If i collected One Piece figures he for sure would be a figure I’d own.
-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Megahouse
1/8 Scale
Initial release in October ’07
Price of 4,500 Yen
You should be able to find Franky at any one of these retailers! Also a tip? If you are looking for a hard to find figure, e-mail them! Lots of time certain retailers will do their best to help you find a figure! I know for sure OtakuFuel does this!
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6:40 pm on July 14th, 2010 1
Jesus his nose freaks me out to no end. Definite for only the most hardcore One Piece fans as it shows off the crazy character designing of Oda but somehow he’s still hella ugly. I do like the shade of blue that his hair is though.
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 14th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
yeah, the ugliness is hard to get over, but the blue hair is just so cool!
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6:58 pm on July 14th, 2010 2
Thank you for this awesome review
How was AX btw?
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 14th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
AX was amazing! between the May’n/Nakajima Megumi/Yoko Kanno concert, to having my own show, to seeing my boyfriend for the first time in two months to just hanging out with all my friends it was a huge blast!
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7:15 pm on July 14th, 2010 3
that dude has some of the biggest forearms. I am sure Popeye is a bit jealous right now!
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 14th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
i wonder who would win in a fight
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7:33 pm on July 14th, 2010 4
He is a pretty out there character in appearance and personality and comes late in the anime/manga. Supposedly Oda based him off of Ace Ventura. he’s one of my favorite character. Figure wise, I do like the detail. never knew he had bolts and tattoos on his shoulders, plus cast off! It looks kind of hard to put his right hand back in, with the chain and all.
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
i can see how he looks like ace ventura and his design makes more sense now
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9:21 pm on July 14th, 2010 5
With all the outrageous characters from One Piece, it’s pretty amazing to be a standout with that bunch. Great sculpt on this figure and I like how you took a lot of pictures. One recommendation would be to get some shots from the back so that there’s a 360 thing going on. Otherwise, good review on Franky, keep ‘em comin’. =)
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
i know! i keep forgetting back pictures on my figures, I LOVE faces so i forget to turn them around and i only realize it when i get home and am editing photos!
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9:55 pm on July 14th, 2010 6
Super Franky has got to be one of my favorite One Piece characters. Love that they included his cola bottle. But then, what would a cola powered cyborg be without his energy source?
Didn’t notice before but his eyes look a little bit like Kamina’s.
Great review as usual!
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
thats true, they do have the same basic eye design
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4:24 am on July 15th, 2010 7
Really good sculpt and some cool features, but not something I would get. And never really liked him in the anime either. Keep em rollin’ in. :3
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
will do!
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9:20 am on July 15th, 2010 8
LOL I was one of those ones that kept saying you should do Franky, I’m glad you did! I’m surprised you didn’t make any comments on the bulge in that speedo. That little bulge led to an awkward moment with me and my boyfriend’s mom. Also yes, Franky is a cyborg. His front is all engineered by him, but his back is vulnerable. Why? Because he can’t reach his back if he does all his own work
Although Franky doesn’t do much that’s perverted he is often referred to as a hentai for the way he dresses.
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
haha, well i felt the bulge spoke for itself and didn’t need me to comment on it too much
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8:28 pm on July 16th, 2010 9
Another great and outrageous and scary (at least what i think), though in Anime franky aint that scary.
regardless ahem… this one is still a good figurine hehe…
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
he’s a really great quality figure for sure
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11:23 am on July 17th, 2010 10
Yay~! I’ve been getting a connection error the last few times I’ve tried to come here with my laptop and I coudn’t for the life of me figure out why. Now that I’ve brought my desktop computer back to life I’m glad to see the problem resides on my freaky laptop and his random whims.
And I see I’ve missed a couple of One Piece reviews! I own both the Ace and Franky figures and yeah…. Franky creeps everyones guts. He’s just super perverted and creepy… thus he’s displaied on a top shelf so everyone can check out his pack… uuhhh… se… uhhh… six pack, yeah.
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Dancing Queen Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
yeah it seems some russian thing tried to take over my site and servers, we got everything fixed but it caused us and other people tons of issues
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