Kit Review

Straight build

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Upper body front and back

Fluttering scarf...

Cute head

Legs

Weapon accessories.

The shield can either be held in the hand or mounted on the back using a separate peg.

Hands come in 3 sets total.

Since the eyes are covered by sunglasses, only the mouth area can be swapped out..

The 3 face mouth expressions are subtly different from each other.

Leftover parts from Rockman

Scarf

Rock Buster forearm and shield mounted on the back

Articulation is the same as Rockman.

Rock Man Blues - Holding the energy pack (1/3)

Holding the energy pack

Rock Man Blues - Striking a pose.. (1/4)

Rock Man Blues - Striking a pose.. (2/4)

Striking a pose..

Rock Man Blues - Blues Buster action (1/4)

Rock Man Blues - Blues Buster action (2/4)

Blues Buster action

Rock Man Blues - Blues Buster, fire! (1/4)

Rock Man Blues - Blues Buster, fire! (2/4)

Blues Buster, fire!

Together with Rockman and Roll.

The basic structure is similar,
with mainly the head and chest shape changed.

Following Roll, Blues from Rockman has now been released as well —
and it's basically a kit with nearly the same structure as Rockman. The differences are the molded color,
the head shape, the upper body form, plus the addition of a scarf and shield. Considering there are quite a few more extras included,
the price is still kept at ¥3000, which is nice.

Both the molded color and the build feel are quite excellent, similar to Rockman,
and the articulation is identical too. The energy pack and Rock Buster accessories are also
pretty much the same, just with different molded colors. The added scarf isn't a soft part,
but it still looks good enough, and the shield is designed so it can be mounted
either in the hand or on the back.

With Rockman, the hip joint connector felt a little weak for some reason.. but on Blues it seems slightly improved — the fit is tighter.
I'm guessing there may have been some mold revision, and because of that, the overall quality
feels just a notch better than Rockman in some ways.

The kit quality itself is more than passable.. but the downside of this kit is that Blues just doesn't have the same character appeal as the main hero Rockman. It looks really great displayed alongside Rockman and Roll.. but if you had to pick just one of the three, this one would most likely be the last choice.
(If it were me, I'd probably go with Roll.. ^^;)

Rock Man Blues | 2011. 1 | ¥3,000

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.