1/6 Yan Toys JR09 Emperor's Royal Guard

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Product list:

Helmet*1

Body*1

Hand*8

Sword*1

Cape*1

Red robe*1

Red trouser*1

Boot*1pair

Platform * 1
 
Is this a re-release of the same knockoff guard from last year? That one seemed to be a pretty small release number.
 
Is this a re-release of the same knockoff guard from last year? That one seemed to be a pretty small release number.

Checking Big Breda's review of the earlier release, they look like they could be the same:




Kit still has the other set, listed as "FHD02 Red Guard".

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The newer version has a body and stand.
 
I think this confirms they're from the same source:

FHD01 was the Emperor kit, which came with a stand:

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The stand is the same style used by Yan Toys and their extended family (Mars, Saturn, S-Hero, DAF, Bee and Six Feet Lane Studios).
 
Any issues with the previous release? Looks like a carbon copy of the HT version. Now that I finally have a Palps in the collection I may grab a couple of these.
Only issue was a line on the robe where a layer underneath was glued to the outer fabric. Takes a lot of futzing to hide the line. The pics of this new version seem to lack it so maybe they fixed it. Other than that, pretty similar to HT
 
I never got the set that’s been available for a while. Maybe I’ll get this instead since it’s a full figure. Have one Guard but a second would pair nicely.
 
When will someone make a Senate Guard? As long as they don’t do the open face version with the plume, they should be relatively simple. I always liked how they evolved the design language.
 
I got two of the last Royal Guard sets; one was fine, but the collar folds on the other’s robe were completely mangled and look terrible.
 
According to Kit they were once connected, as were/still are all the companies in that list. Yan's connection to the 'family' still lingers through their choice of stand.


That's so weird... wasn't there a Yan Riddler and a SixLane Riddler? Also, a Yan Penguin that got cancelled but the Mars/SixLane is still coming?

Strange family...
 
That's so weird... wasn't there a Yan Riddler and a SixLane Riddler? Also, a Yan Penguin that got cancelled but the Mars/SixLane is still coming?

Strange family...

It definitely is a strange family, and there was possibly a falling out between some of them.

The link was described as Mars being connected to DAF, which is a group comprising the other names (apart from Saturn which is a straight up alternate Mars 'brand'). The DAF group is funded by several investors.

I don't know the present status of them all, which is why I referred to them en masse as an extended family. Some may currently be 'estranged'.
 
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