Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack.
It's thin and tall~

Upper body

Head

Arms and back

Legs

Various head and face combinations are possible.

The color separation on the face is impressive, but... it's a bit creepy;;

The pupils, whites of the eyes, teeth, tongue, and more are all color separated.

6 hand types in total.
The ones holding meat and a barrel of beer are fun.

Gum-Gum~~
Parts are included to recreate those stretchy, extended limbs.

Each part has markers like R and L to tell left from right.

You can swap out the butt parts to attach it to a stand.

Articulation is great, as expected.

The waist articulation... isn't quite as flexible as I expected.

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - The front of the foot does bend once, but the sandal part keeps falling off, which is a little

The front of the foot does bend once, but
the sandal part keeps falling off, which is a little annoying..

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - On top of the replacement limb parts, there's also a built-in gimmick that extends the joints t

On top of the replacement limb parts, there's also a built-in gimmick that extends the joints themselves.

You can partially extend the limbs above and below the elbows/knees like that.

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Fun pose holding booze and meat (1/5)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Fun pose holding booze and meat (2/5)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Fun pose holding booze and meat (3/5)

Fun pose holding booze and meat

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Gear 2nd! pose (1/4)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Gear 2nd! pose (2/4)

Gear 2nd! pose

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Action poses using the replacement arms (1/6)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Action poses using the replacement arms (2/6)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Action poses using the replacement arms (3/6)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Action poses using the replacement arms (4/6)

Action poses using the replacement arms

All four limbs swapped out for replacement parts

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Gum-Gum Double Punch~! (1/4)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Gum-Gum Double Punch~! (2/4)

Gum-Gum Double Punch~!

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - You can take off the red vest too. (1/4)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - You can take off the red vest too. (2/4)

You can take off the red vest too.

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Stretch those limbs action (1/4)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Stretch those limbs action (2/4)

Stretch those limbs action

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Thanks to the swap parts, you can recreate all kinds of fun poses. (1/4)

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy - Thanks to the swap parts, you can recreate all kinds of fun poses. (2/4)

Thanks to the swap parts, you can recreate all kinds of fun poses.

Together with MG Figure-rise Son Gokou / Kamen Rider.

Following the Dragon Ball and Kamen Rider series, Monkey D Luffy from One Piece has been released as the 3rd entry in the MG Figure-rise lineup. As a Gum-Gum action character known for those stretchy, extending limbs, the dynamic nature of the character seems like a great fit for the MG Figure-rise concept.

First off, the overall proportions, sculpt, face, head, and straw hat are all really well done. It's clearly a different product from Son Gokou and Kamen Rider — and maybe because of that thin, elongated build, the basic articulation feels a step above the previous releases too.^^

Luffy's signature limb-extension gimmick is built in, so you can pull off Gum-Gum action to a certain degree, and on top of that, replacement parts with even longer limbs are also included. Since the replacement parts look cleaner overall, I find myself reaching for those rather than using the extension gimmick when posing. The manual's action poses are the same way. Thanks to both the extension gimmick and the swap parts, you can pull off a pretty wide variety of fun poses. That said, since the replacement parts are quite long and have some weight to them, when you fully extend the legs, the hip joints sometimes can't hold up and sag downward.

Another standout feature of the Luffy kit is the color separation on the face. The pupils, whites of the eyes, teeth, and even the tongue are all carefully color separated, so the face looks great even in a straight build — it almost feels like they were inspired by Kotobukiya's Hoihoi-san series. "This is how you do color separation! Who needs paint~"

As the most dynamic kit in the MG Figure-rise lineup, it seems like a fun build worth trying at least once if you're a One Piece fan. And while we're at it, I'd love to see a female character like Nami even if her limbs don't stretch...^^;

MGFigurerise Monkey D Luffy | 2010. 11 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.