Amazing Yamaguchi : Revoltech NR101 Armored Titan (Reiner Braun) (Reissue)- Bonus Version [Attack on Titan]

Description

The Amazing Yamaguchi No. NR101 Armored Titan (Reiner Braun) Reissue by Kaiyodo is a masterfully engineered action figure that captures the sheer mass, raw power, and defensive might of one of Attack on Titan’s most iconic characters.

Designed by legendary sculptor Katsuhisa Yamaguchi, this figure perfectly translates the heavy, armored aesthetic of the character into a toy that can strike incredibly dynamic, fluid combat poses. The reissue ensures that collectors who missed its initial release can finally add this cornerstone titan to their shelves.

🎨 Anatomical Sculpt and Design

• Layered Armor Plating: The sculpt replicates the Armored Titan’s signature look—hardened, skinless muscle fiber overlaid with segmented, bone-like armor plates. The gaps between the armor pieces reveal deep red muscle tissue, giving the figure an incredible sense of texture and depth.

• Intimidating Silhouette: The figure features massive shoulders, a barrel chest, and a thick, powerful neck, accurately capturing the “unbreakable wall” presence Reiner commands in the series.

• Premium Material Blend: Built using a tough, high-grade blend of PVC, ABS, and POM plastics, ensuring that the heavy armor plates look rigid while the internal joints stay incredibly secure during posing.

• Scale and Size: Standing at approximately 6.7 inches (17 cm) tall, it is slightly bulkier and taller than standard human figures in the line, giving it the appropriate weight and shelf presence for a Titan.

⚙️ Key Product Features & Articulation

• Yamaguchi “Flexion” Joint System: Despite the bulky armor design, which would typically limit a figure’s movement, Katsuhisa Yamaguchi utilized sliding plate mechanisms and ball-hinge joints. The armor plates on the chest, shoulders, and thighs slide independently, allowing the joints to bend deeply without breaking the sculpt’s silhouette.

• Charging & Wrestling Optimization: The engineering is specifically tuned to pull off the Armored Titan’s signature combat moves. It can easily achieve a low-crouching football tackle sprint, a heavy three-point stance, and complex grappling or suplex poses.

• Movable Eyeball Gimmick: A signature feature of the Amazing Yamaguchi Titan line, it includes a small tool that lets you manually adjust the direction of the eyes. You can set his gaze dead ahead for a terrifying charge, or angled downward to stare down smaller scout figures.

📦 Box Contents and Accessories

The NR101 set is packed with options to customize your display for different battle scenarios:

• The Armored Titan Base Figure

• 2 Interchangeable Face Plates:

  • A standard, stern combat glare.

  • A “Roaring” open-mouth expression perfect for charging scenes or power-up poses.

• 4 Pairs of Interchangeable Hands: Includes clenched fists for striking, open grappling hands for wrestling, and semi-closed gripping hands.

• Hardening/Breakage Effect Parts: Detachable armor pieces or effect details that simulate the armor being cracked or shattered under high-impact blows (like Eren’s hardened punches or thunder spears).

• Heavy-Duty Articulated Stand: A clear display base with an extension arm to support the figure’s hefty weight in mid-air leaps or running poses.

🔍 Collector’s Verdict

The Amazing Yamaguchi Armored Titan is widely considered a triumph in action figure engineering because it solves the puzzle of putting hyper-articulation onto a heavily armored character. It is a mandatory companion piece if you already own or are planning to get the NR100 Female Titan or the Eren Yeager Titan.

Reiner Braun is one of the most tragic, psychologically complex, and deeply compelling characters in Attack on Titan. Initially introduced as a dependable, “big brother” figure to the 104th Cadet Corps, he is later revealed to be the Armored Titan—the spy responsible for breaching Wall Maria and kickstarting humanity’s nightmare.

🧬 Character Profile & Personality

Reiner’s character is defined by a tragic duality born from the guilt of his undercover mission:

• The “Soldier” Persona: While infiltrating Paradis Island, Reiner integrated so deeply into the military that his mind split to protect itself from his war crimes. He genuinely cared for Eren, Armin, and his comrades, acting as a brave, honest, and protective mentor.

• The “Warrior” Reality: Underneath the soldier facade is his true identity as a Marleyan Warrior. Driven by a ruthless sense of duty to complete his mission at all costs, this side of him is fatalistic and burdened by crushing guilt.

• Mental Trauma: The strain of playing a double agent caused Reiner to suffer from severe dissociative identity disorder (split personality). He often forgot he was a spy, genuinely believing he was a human soldier defending the walls, leading to immense psychological breakdowns.

🩸 How He Got the Armored Titan

Reiner’s journey to becoming a Titan Shifter was fueled by a desperate desire for acceptance and a tragic twist of manipulation:

• The Stigma of Birth: Reiner grew up in Liberio’s internment zone as an illegitimate child born to an Eldian mother and a Marleyan father. Because cross-breeding was strictly forbidden, his mother convinced him that becoming a honorary Marleyan “Warrior” was the only way their family could legally live together.

• The Training Unit: Reiner joined Marley’s Warrior candidate program at a young age. Physically and tactically, he was the weakest of his peers (which included Annie, Bertholdt, and the Galliard brothers), relying mostly on his unyielding fanatical loyalty to Marley.

• Marcel’s Manipulation: Reiner was not originally chosen to inherit a Titan based on skill. His fellow candidate, Marcel Galliard, intentionally sabotaged his own brother Porco’s reputation and praised Reiner to the Marleyan military. Marcel did this to protect his brother from the “curse” of the 13-year lifespan.

• The Inheritance: Thanks to Marcel’s intervention, Reiner was chosen over Porco and injected with the serum around the age of ten. He transformed into a Pure Titan and devoured the previous holder to officially inherit the Armored Titan.

🛡️ Powers and Abilities of the Armored Titan

Standing at 15 meters tall, the Armored Titan functions as a living siege engine and the ultimate defensive weapon among the Nine Titans:

• Organic Armor Plating: Its defining trait is the hardened, bone-like skin plating that covers almost its entire body. This armor acts as an impenetrable shield against standard Scout swords, cannons, and Pure Titan bites.

• Wall Breaker Momentum: Despite its heavy weight, the Armored Titan possesses high agility and speed. Reiner can shed armor segments around his joints (like the back of his knees) to sprint at immense velocities, generating enough momentum to crush reinforced steel gates by simply tackling them.

• Claw Generation: Reiner can harden the tips of his fingers and toes into sharp claws. This allows him to easily grip and scale massive vertical structures, including the Great Walls of Paradis.

• Consciousness Transfer: A highly unique survival trait, Reiner can temporarily transfer his human brain functions into his Titan’s nervous system. This allows him to survive otherwise fatal blows to his human neck—such as being decapitated or stabbed through the throat—as long as his Titan body remains intact.

📦 Premium Collectible Highlight

If you want to bring the unstoppable force of Reiner’s Titan to your shelf, the latest reissue from Kaiyodo is engineered specifically to capture this power.

Amazing Yamaguchi Revoltech Armored Titan (Reissue)

This 6.7-inch action figure solves the problem of putting hyper-articulation onto a heavily armored character.

• Sliding Armor Tech: Features independent sliding chest and thigh plates that move out of the way when you bend the joints, preventing the sculpt from breaking.

• Dynamic Posing: Perfectly engineered to achieve a low-crouching football tackle sprint or heavy wrestling grapples.

• Gimmicks: Includes a manual eyeball-rolling feature and a roaring faceplate to capture his unhinged combat energy.