The TK Slicer Kyuuketsuki with Severed LW 53 Robot Head is part of threeA‘s Popbot line and is 1/12th scale, putting it squarely in their Action Portable category. It also scores a title that would give any other collectible a false sense of self-importance–but those other things aren’t designed by Ashley Wood, so they can suck it. All of it. That long-ass name is deserved! Anyway, I packed up a bag full of apocalyptic kill-machines and made my way to the outdoors in order to take a closer look at what Kyuuketsuki could do. You’re welcome to read along and look at all of the photos. Or don’t. I know you’ve still got a ton of porn left to conquer today. Same here. No judgement.
The sculpt for Kyuuketsuki will be familiar to collectors of threeA products. Simplified spiky hair and facial features perfectly mimic the look of Wood’s art and are attached to a slender body, with gloves and shoes keeping with the same style as the head. Cloth clothing covers his nakedness, shame, and articulation– and fit his body to a tee. I’m still amazed at how threeA’s magic elves manage to make the 6″ figures look exactly like their 12″ brethren while other companies struggle with cloth-goods as if it’s an impossible feat. The massive decapitated LW 53 robot head is a chunk of vinyl cyclopean goodness! Battle damage and bullet holes are tattooed across the helmet, with wires wound tightly in the gaping wound at the base.
As usual, the paint apps on these figures are exceptional. Mud, cuts, scratches, scuffs, and rust are all represented in a myriad of colors. The LW 53 head is a copper color and is highlighted with the white used in the eye and the tampograpgh on the side, which proudly proclaims “Flesh is Fuck’d”. Who can argue with that?
The articulation on the robot head is non-existent, but Kyuuketsuki more than makes up for it. The articulation for his body, however, is just as plentiful as it is on their 1/6th figures and includes a wide range of movement– which is increasingly necessary for this guy thanks to a huge backpack that causes him to tumble if not positioned juuuuusssstttt right. My only real gripe is with the tendency for one of the feet to pop off from the ankle joint at a moments notice– causing me to scramble to the ground like I lost a contact lens at a strip club.
Accessories are the word of the day with this figure. Upon opening the packaging, I noticed the toy’s serious lack of advertised explosives. As I have been shafted by companies (that shall remain nameless at this time, you’re welcome to guess, though) in the past when it comes to contents, my reflex rage-level began to rise at a pace normally reserved for the Incredible Hulk. However, I was just being a little anxious bitch as I quickly found a cellophane bagged taped to the back of the blister, chock full of grenades! Then came placing those grenades onto his M.O.L.L.E. straps, which wasn’t quite as tedious as I expected. His backpack “powers” the two swords and are connected to the hilts by thin wires that can be positioned however you’d like to make for more dynamic posing. The swords themselves are made to look like flat pieces of steel with coiled wire for grips and the one on my right hand doesn’t fit for shit. I have to twist it almost 90 degrees in order to make it hold.
I don’t own many of the 1/12th versions of threeA figures, (preferring the full 12 inches like any self respecting gigolo toy collector) but the ones I have, like Kyuuketsuki, are just as high-quality as their bigger siblings. Other than the occasional severed ankle, this guy gets around alright and is the mirror-image of a truly badass motherf**ker. For a look at more threeA products, stay tuned to FreakSugar, and check out threeAonline.