Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Upper body

Head

Legs

Hands included: 5 total.

You can swap out two different looks by changing the bangs and the arm/leg parts.

Swapped into the breezy sleeveless and bare-legs look.

Upper body

Legs

Bangs

The shoes are slightly different too.

Articulation is about average,
but it's interesting how far the ankles can bend backward.

Rock Man Roll - Cute poses using the winking face and finger parts. (1/3)

Cute poses using the winking face and finger parts.

Rock Man Roll - One of the basic poses. (1/4)

Rock Man Roll - One of the basic poses. (2/4)

One of the basic poses.

Peek-a-boo~

Rock Man Roll - Poses in the summer costume. (1/4)

Rock Man Roll - Poses in the summer costume. (2/4)

Poses in the summer costume.

Welcome pose.

Rock Man Roll - Tried recreating the poses from the manual. ^^ (1/3)

Tried recreating the poses from the manual. ^^

Together with Rockman.

Just like Hoi Hoi-san, Rockman is also getting a series of character kit releases — and Roll, a female character, has been released as the second kit in the lineup.

The cute skirt and adorable look might remind you of Hoi Hoi-san, but once you actually build it, the feel of the kit is quite different. Hoi Hoi-san emphasized cuteness through SD proportions, but Roll comes in regular manga-style proportions rather than SD, so the articulation is a bit better and the overall proportions feel more balanced. On top of that, the joint strength and ground contact are also improved, making it a more polished figure to play around with.

Much like Hoi Hoi-san, Roll is a character that wins you over with cuteness and charm. Being able to swap between winter and summer costumes is a lot of fun, and the three facial expressions have a wider range than Hoi Hoi-san's and feel much more "manga-like." The swap parts do add a few more pieces to the count, but it's still very easy and enjoyable to build. The snap-fit is well done too, so it holds together fine without glue, and nothing falls apart when you pose it around.

The overall kit quality is a step above Hoi Hoi-san, and thanks to the three-dimensional, attractive proportions that look like they jumped straight out of a manga, it's a really fun kit to build, pose, and display. You might think she's an obscure character, but honestly, she's cute enough on her own merits to stand on her own — this is a great kit I'd happily recommend to anyone looking to try their hand at character model kits. :-)

Rock Man Roll | 2011. 1 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.