Dragon Ball Super GX Materia Goku Black

GokuBlack figure

About the figure

GokuBlack figure

This is a figure made by Bandai Spirits for their DragonBall Super GX Materia.
The particular line of figures has alot of different pieces. The GX Materia figures of Banpresto have an amazing detail on them
however, most of the have a unique aspect of conisting of special attacks, or special effects. In other word when spectating a new
GX figure, the hero being depiction will most likely have a special attack attached to them, whether it's krillin shooting his destructo disc
a saiyan firing a ki blast or something else.

This figure, depiction the character of Goku Black whilst in his Super Saiyan Rose form and it's under the name GX Materia Goku Black Ssj Rose
which was released in 2021 .
The figure is approximately 26 cm tall and it comes in multiple pieces.


Goku Black is an interesting character who was beloved by the community for a majority of reasons. Within the upcomming years, many sculptors tackle Goku Black some having succesfull results and others simply decent. As mentioned this figure was made by the one and only Bandai Spirits which is a studio famaous for their results and succesfull capture of expressions The figure Captured Black attacking someone or rushing towards someone. His body language depiction his attackng speed and manages to capture the entire essence of how evil Goku Black is. Not only does he move towards an enemy with his Sickle of Sorrow in his hands but also has an expression that looks down to whoever is rushing towards. Goku Black was a beeing that consider himself the ultimate God who wasn't thinking of anyone being in the same league as him and every one was inferior to him.

The face of Goku Black looks menacing. He is the complete opposite of Goku, he is evil, a killer and merciless. A quick glance to his expression can show all of them The smmirking smile and the additional lines above the eyes, nose and chin add to a more powerful impact to his expression. Comparing him to the Colosal figure the lining and shadow made this expression far more better. Goku Black's hair are superb. He has a total of 27 spikes above his head and yes they were counted. Unlike other super saiyans , Goku Black's has 6 spikes pointed down infront of his face. All of the spikes are sculpted with care to show the additional depth of his hairline. There are two different variations pink, a lighter version of pink can be seen to the front most of the time while a darker version can be seen in the back side or in-between the spikes of the hair indicating depth. Black has very detailed ears, with the left one wearing a potara earing, that combines the colors of gold for the chain and green for the main part of the earing. A fantastic detail is the fact that the earing seems to be in a flow motion due to his movement. The last detail that can be seen of Black's head is his pointy eyes and nose whose coloring have been done very well done.
On top, Goku Black wears a black long sleeve shirt and a sleeveless purple-grey Gi which he wears similary to a karate Gi uniform. The black shirt of Goku Black is slightly wavy at the edges of his hands, in the inbetween of his biceps and brachioradialis. Due to his posing and supposed movement, the shirt gets closed to his hands and there's a decent amount of lines to indicate his muscles especially on his right hand. Although he wears a long sleeved shirt Blacks muscle design can be clearly seen in plenty of parts of his body such as arms and neck. At the center of his shirt, inside the grey gi's V the black shirt is more wavy. The black shirt also has a colar, that covers the neck, nevertheless lines and shadows are used to show details such as veins and bone structure. The color palet of his shirt combines black and dark grey. The various lighter colors are mainly seen on the wavy areas and near main muscle areas. The grey gi, is worn very similar to a karate gi. The right side goes inside and the left side comes and crosses from above, however his movement shows the momentum caused by his movement and thus the gi can be seen flown.

Goku Black wears a Red belt around his waist. Very similar to the black shirt the Gi is very wavy and combines 3 different color pallets, these being light grey, dark grey and a slightly violet color . The front side is light violet grey while the back side is mainly dark grey. The shadowy color of grey is mainly seen to the wavy areas on the fornt side.The Belt extremely similar with the rest of his clothing is wavy and combines 2 red colors. Last but not least his arms. His arms are very deteailed. From his palms to his fingers, the detail is very obvious. From the outside of his right palm, it has lines designed to indicate the bone structure of his fingers. The fingers of the left arm on the other hand have the lines shaped and also have his nails sculpted. The painting helps to showcase them. The time ring on Black's right hand can be seen and it's weird shaped is sculpted.

On the lower half Goku Black wears his Black trousers and white boots. The trousers are very wavy. The amount of waves on the pair is astonishing. These waves are mainly created because of his pose, the way he wears his boots, because he wears big size trousers to allow him to fully move and because the figure indicates a clear Wind pressure being applied to him. The trousers do look symmetrical despite of their style, which is honestly really hard to pull off. The colors of the trousers resemples the one of the black shirt. On his feet Black has his pointy white boots. The soles of the boots are grey and unlike other figures he does not have lines on the sole. Near his ankles the boots create small waves and have plenty pf other lines indicating that they have been damage during the battle. The base of the figure is approximately 8 cm long making its radious 4 and it's half a centimeter tall. Underneath it, the figure consist of the Bandai logo, the manufacturer's name, in this case Bandai spirits where it was created and a number which is believed to be the ID of the product.

The last piece of the figure is the Sickle of Sorrow AKA Black's scythe. Keep in mind this is not a weapon nor a tool but instead is Goku Blacks energy blade in a different form. The schythe as listed, comes in two pieces, the upper and lower part. It is approximately 21 centimeters tall on it's own and can be placed within Black's palms. The scythe is pointy in the bottom and top of the scythe with plenty of 'bumps' on it's grip. The blade part of the scythe is filled with spikes. The coloring of the scythe combines violet and purple coloring alongside various rhinestones that allowes it to look mysterious and gorgeous.

Overall

Overall Dragonball Super GX Materia SSjR Goku Black by Bandai Spirits its an amazing figure. The size of the figure is really nice as its huge and doesnt necessarily take alot of space. Black on his own is 17 cm but with the base he rises all the way up to 22cm(size my differ based on where the scythe is pointing). His expression is amazing,deadly and sadistick which prety much sums up Goku Black. The Scythe is very different that the other figures currently available which is really appreciated. Furtermore the posture works for both normal and profile which is something worth mentionning. The details are beyond normal as it has alot to it.

About the Series

Dragon ball super is the official continuatuion of the original Dragon ball Z series which ended back in 1997. The sequel to the original manga and anime made by the creator
Akira Toriyama. The manga is illustrated by Toyotarou and overviewed by Toriyama, while the anime was being produced by Toei Animation. The series continues the adventures of
Son Goku and the events taking place after his victory over Kid Buu. New enemies,new characters, new stories and new powerful transformations are to be expected while the Z warriors
tackle the realm of the gods.

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