K-Mu and I had compiled the information for this toy line a couple of months ago in Tsuki-board's Database.
It's only now that I've decided to write a commentary about this vintage Dragon Quest toyline which was produced by Enix way back in 1993.
Pardon. ^^;
It all started with that curious-looking blog entry in the Official Square-Enix Figure Project Diary depicting the Roto's Armor. This is where that curious-looking blog entry used to be.
At first I thought that Square-Enix will be making a sort of Sochaku Henshin or Busou Shinki line, but turns out to be that one of the marketing employees just dug out an elusive item and couldn't resist but post it in the blog site.
Out of my curiosity; I put up the very image in Tsuki-board's album along with the database entry for Roto's Armor.
Later on; K-Mu, a loyal collector of Saint Seiya Myth Cloth toys in Tsuki-board; commented on the picture of the Roto's Armor. He informs me that it is the first figure of what turns out to be a vintage toy line: 伝説の鎧 (densetsu no yoroi)
The Densetsu no Yoroi or Armor of Legend toyline mainly features the themed Armory of the first three volumes of the Dragon Quest Legend Items Gallery: Roto, Tenkuu no (Zenithian) and Met King.
The first three items consists of an articulated human figure and the normal-colored armor sets which will be later rendered metallic on the seventh to ninth repaint versions.
I will include a comparison with the Legend Items Gallery item if there are any.
001 - Densetsu no Yoroi Roto's Armor (2003)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
Legend Items Gallery: Roto's Armor, Roto's Shield, Roto's Helm and Roto's Sword. (2003)
Picture is from Miracle Zombie's Site
007 - Densetsu no Yoroi Roto's Armor Metallic ver. (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
002 - Densetsu no Yoroi Zenithian Armor (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
Legend Items Gallery: Zenithian Armor, Zenithian Sword, Zenithian Helm and Zenithian Shield (2004)
Picture is from Miracle Zombie's Site
008 - Densetsu no Yoroi Zenithian Armor - Metallic ver. (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
003 - Densetsu no Yoroi Met King Armor (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site)
Legend Items Gallery: Met King Sword, Shield, Helm and Armor (2005)
Picture is from Miracle Zombie's Site
009 - Densetsu no Yoroi Met King Armor - Metallic Version (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
The fourth to sixth box set from the Densetsu no Yoroi line featured extra weapons and armor sets, excluding a human base action figure.
004 - Densetsu no Yoroi Dragon Arms (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
Legend Items Gallery.
(Pics from Miracle Zombie's site)
Dragon Shield and Dragon Killer (2003)
Dragon Staff (2004)
005 - Densetsu no Yoroi Legend Arms (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site)
Legend Items Gallery
(Pics from Miracle Zombie's Site)
Falcon Sword (2003)
Power Shield (2005)
006 - Densetsu no Yoroi Sacred Arms (1993)
Click here for the review and source (Japanese Blog Site).
Legend Items Gallery
(pics are from Miracle Zombie's site)
Demon Axe (2003) -- Seriously, what is a Demonic Weapon doing in a Sacred Set? 0_0;
Expel / Fuujin's Shield (2004)
CONCLUSION
With more than a decade of time difference between the Enix Densetsu no Yoroi sets (1993) and the Square-Enix Legend Items Gallery series (2003-2006; 2010); we could see real improvement in terms of the paint and plastic quality of the Japanese toy industry.
With the 1990's focusing on the loudness of the gleam of the Metallic paint job and the "Monobloc" (think of the chairs) look of the normal paint job. 2000's on the other hand had focused on blending more than 100 layers of paint, giving the wood real wooden effect, lessening the loudness of the gleam on the metallic paint job but making it look more like steel; but the best improvement is that they had learned to blend opaque and translucent elements.
DRAGON QUEST BANZAI!!!
XDDD
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