Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Various angles (1/7)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Various angles (2/7)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Various angles (3/7)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Various angles (4/7)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Various angles (5/7)

Various angles

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Detail shots (1/4)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - An extra right arm is included to recreate the Alterous Mode, and the parts at t

An extra right arm is included to recreate the Alterous Mode,
and the parts at the bottom are bonus parts for the original gimmick.

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - You can detach the forearm from the Alterous Mode right arm, then attach the bon

You can detach the forearm from the Alterous Mode right arm,
then attach the bonus parts to mount it on the left arm as an original gimmick.

Claw articulation on the original gimmick

Two Giga Destroyers and a clear stand are also included.

Weapon gimmicks visible when opening the mouth or chest hatch

The stand joint parts are secured by fitting them between the tail and the body.

Wings with PET parts

You can choose between green or red for the chest sticker.

Leftover parts

Limb articulation

You can pull the shoulder out slightly to extend the range of articulation.

Left hand claw articulation

Wing articulation.

There's a wire inside the tail, so you can bend and hold it in natural poses.

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Giga Destroyer attack pose (1/3)

Giga Destroyer attack pose

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Alterous Mode action pose (1/3)

Alterous Mode action pose

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) - Original gimmick pose (1/3)

Original gimmick pose

Together with Mugendramon.

This kit is Metalgreymon (Vaccine) from the Figure-rise Standard series. In the lore, it's a cyborg-type Digimon with half its body mechanized, and its asymmetrical left and right arms are one of its defining features. It comes out as a kit with a strong presence thanks to its large size, excellent color separation, and great sculpting.

Right off the bat, the parts lineup is relatively premium. The six PET wings have colorful patterns printed on them, and both thick, vivid PET stickers and regular stickers are used together. The color separation is also excellent — the head in particular is broken down into multiple layers, covering not just the outer armor and teeth but even the red inside the mouth. Thanks to that, even a straight build gives you a head that's both menacing and packed with detail.

Overall articulation is decent, though the lower body joints feel a bit lacking compared to the upper body. As you can see in the review photos above, this kit's proportions require you to carefully balance the center of gravity when standing it upright on the ground. The surface area of the feet touching the ground is also quite small, so you'll really want to pose it on the stand. To mount it on the stand, you need to temporarily remove the tail and fit the dedicated joint parts between the tail and the body. Fortunately, the hold is solid enough that it seems more than capable of supporting the kit's size and weight.

Joint strength overall is solid, but the hip joints tend to pop out frequently during posing. It feels like a structural issue with the hip joint itself, so there's not much you can do about it — you'll need to push the hip joints back in regularly whenever you're posing the kit. That said, the joints on the arms, wings, and elsewhere are plenty sturdy, and once it's up on the stand, you basically don't need to worry about poses holding.

As for accessories, the kit includes two Giga Destroyer missiles and a dedicated clear stand. On top of the massive right arm for recreating Alterous Mode from the show, original gimmick parts are also provided. By removing the forearm from the Alterous Mode right arm and attaching the claw parts and such, you can mount it on the left arm like a weapon. Apparently, this way of combining it onto the left arm is an original gimmick created specifically for this kit — meaning it doesn't exist in the original work.

So among the various Metalgreymons out there, it's meaningful that the Vaccine type has been made into a plastic model with quite impressive sculpting and visuals. The design's nature means the center of gravity isn't the most stable, which is a bit of a shame, but the excellent sculpting makes up for it to a decent degree. Either way, if you're a Digimon fan, this seems like a kit well worth picking up. :-)

Figurerise Standard Metalgreymon (Vaccine) | 2023.11 | ¥6,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.