Bandai also includes the robe he is briefly seen in. Hypnos features the same head sculpt as Thanatos (they are twins after all) except with Gold colored eyes and hair instead of Grey. The bodies on these figures are fairly anorexic looking but that’s so the armor or cloths you put on them look natural. The figure is all plastic except for the feet which are made of die-cast metal to match the armor. The figure itself is a type 3 body with copious amounts of articulation. You pay a higher price for the quality, craftsmanship and attention to detail but it is worth it. So yeah Bandai loves the Saint Cloth Myth and Saint Seiya fan. Seemingly mundane items take on new meaning as the show goes on and Bandai plans ahead for the collector. Other examples of great accessories from previous releases would be Pegasus Seiya – Athena’s Cloth (shrunk statue of Athena holding Nike), Gemini Saga – Dagger (used in the attempted assignation of Athena and then later in the series used by Athena to commit suicide), Poseidon – Athena’s Seals (stickers you can actually place on sealed objects from the series), Aries Mu Appendix - Shaka’s Rosary (used to monitor the life and deaths of Hades’ 108 Specters and carried by Mu after the death of Shaka) and the upcoming Saori Kaiodo (Athena) – Sealing Jar (Used to hold Poseidon’s Soul) and the list goes on. I was so excited to see that in the box when I got my Hypnos. Hypnos is packed with the box/ark that young Pandora opens, freeing the God of Death and the God of Sleep from their 243-year imprisonment. Making sure to give the collectors the means to recreate famous moments from the series is high on the priority list at Bandai it seems. “Bandai pays a lot of attention to the little things” is something I say a lot in these reviews of the Saint Cloth Myth figures.
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