Entry Grade

Izuku Midoriya

Release 2020.11
Price ¥1,500

Straight build

This kit is Izuku Midoriya released as an EG (Entry Grade), and just like the Pac-Man one, it comes with a separate numbering of EG EX3 rather than the standard EG numbering. Izuku Midoriya is the main character of the manga and anime "My Hero Academia," and it really does feel like his costume from the source material has been faithfully translated into plastic form.

The contents are similar to the fixed-pose EG Dragon Ball series, but since the head and waist can rotate, you can get a few different poses out of it. All other joints are fixed, making it a figure-style plastic model, and it's a kit that can achieve a surprisingly high level of visual quality with just simple assembly. That said, the eyes and eyebrows use clear seals, and stickers are applied to some parts where color separation wasn't done.

Since it's a fixed-pose figure plastic model, there isn't a whole lot to explain — what matters more is carefully checking the photos to assess the quality of the overall appearance. Beyond that, since the source material isn't quite as universally known as Dragon Ball, this might be a character that some people have never heard of. On the flip side, if you've enjoyed My Hero Academia, this seems like a figure plastic model that's well worth having a good time with. :-)

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.