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Another day, another Revoltech. Today I'm taking a look at the movie version of the AV-98 Ingram 1 from Patlabor, or Mobile Police Patlabor. There have been several different versions of this robot design in the Revoltech series, but I think this one probably stands as the most efficient. I have a full review with pictures and more over at the usual.



Infinite Hollywood: Patlabor Ingram 1 (Movie Edition) Figure Review

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Unless you're an anime fan, you probably won't be ale to tell the differences in the models of the Ingrams. The movie version is slightly different, but it's pretty close overall. To me this looks like classic Alphonse, (the name the driver gave her Ingram) but there are probably minor differences throughout. There is even the name Alphonse written in tiny letters on the side of his chest.


This is definitely a more modern anime giant robot. He has lots of sleek curves and pointy tips just for the sake of having pointy tips. Despite the fact that I think sometimes the genre has gotten too cliched, the Patlabor Police robots are really a great design and this Revoltech greatly mirrors that.


Just because the design of the Ingram is a classic, doesn't mean that the Revoltech would necessarily be any good. However it's pretty apparent that lots of love and attention went into this figure. The Ingram is loaded down with extra little paint details and some of them are really tiny.


Much like Robocop the Ingram can store it's pistol in a built in leg holster. Revoltech has incredibly replicated this ability by including a opening panel on the leg (on a revolver joint no less) and an extra arm that is the "extending" arm that the Ingram uses to grab it's gun.


It's almost scary that Kaiyodo can get that into their 5 inch Revoltech figure but McFarlane can't get that into the 8 inch Robocop toy. If you ever wonder why Japan is so far ahead of America in terms of toys, this goes to show you why. It's an attention to detail and a love for the products that they make.


Despite being a giant robot, this guy very much feels like a COP! The built in arm shield instantly reminds you of a riot squad and with the amount of posability combined with the weapons and little details like the badge and Police logo, you can't help but pose this guy into positions that you might would pose Charles Bronson... Well, if Charles Bronson was a robot.


Size wise, this guy is pretty small. He's even shorter and more pequeño all over than King Gainer. He feels more like he'd be GI Joe scale than Marvel Legends scale, but some of that is design. Don't let his small features turn you away though, because this is one of the coolest toys out there.

Articulation:
Take a look at most robot toys in America, even the ones that are designed in Japan like Transformers and you'll see that mostly, they don't have a lot of posing opportunity. The Revoltech Ingram defies all that. You can get this guy into a ton of realistic poses that you can't get most human figures, much less robots.


Sometimes people don't think much of the Revoltech joint. They believe that perhaps it's more hype than reality. When you see it in action, on a figure like this which would usually be an almost immobile clump, you really get the brilliance of the engineering. There is such solid work here.


The head is on a combo Revoltech joint, which means it basically has two revolver joints on it. This allows you to get all the movement of a ball joint, but also added poses. He can move his head like a chicken and this has become affectionately known as "chicken neck" by some fans. I can't recall a single other toy that's not a Revoltech that I have in my collection that can do that. The shoulders and upper arms are done via cut joints, which typically is a bad thing but these have been cut in several different areas to allow you a lot of the same range of motion as a ball joint would have. The elbows are revolver joints while the hands are simple peg joints.

There is also a revolver joint at the waist which really amps up the posing opportunity. He has cut legs and thighs, but again these don't work quite like your standard cut joint. Revoltech's patented revolver joint at the knee and ankles round things out.

Accessories:
In my King Gainer review I mentioned that Revoltechs typically come with a lot of accessories. Ingram is one of those perfect examples. There is so much stuff here to cover and surprisingly it's all really good stuff as well. This guy has extra hands, but thankfully they aren't on a Revoltech joint, which means they are pretty easy to swap out.


Ingram has the aforementioned extendable arm, two extra sets of hands for a total of three sets of hands. They are fists, one open hand and one pointing hand, two gun holding hands. Despite the fact that gun holding hands are made to hold the gun, you really have to wedge it in there. I actually ripped my gun's trigger piece a bit pulling it in and out. Alphonse also has an extra head where his eye visor is "squinting" and a bonus set of antennas.


Perhaps the most incredible accessories are the guns. You get a really cool shotgun that has actual PUMP ACTION as well as three versions of his pistol. The detail on the pistol are really out of this world. This thing is the size of my thumbnail and it has as much detail as guns we typically see on 8 inch figures.

The three versions of the pistol are cocked and ready, one with a peg to attach to the inside leg holster and one that's in the process of being loaded. It even has BULLETS IN IT! Out of this world. Also included are two billy clubs, one that's folded up and one that's unfolded. Finally he has the standard Revoltech stand with the extra basing piece. A total of 15 accessories.

For more photos, score and information about this toy check out Infinite Hollywood: Patlabor Ingram 1 (Movie Edition) Figure Review