First previewed here!
PG1343 - Yusuke Urameshi
PG1344 - Kazuma Kuwabara
PG1345 - Karuma
PG1346 - Hiei
PG1347 - Genkai
PG1348 - Koenma
PG1349 - Itsuki
PG1350 - Toguro Ototo
Well let's talk about the overall quality right from the start. POGO hasn't been known for good quality for a very long while now, and this set doesn't change anything. The plastic, for the most part, feels alright though but other brands are definitely better. Some of the legs also felt overly stiff while the others felt overly loose. The figs make use of thick printing wherein you can feel the lines if you touch the prints with your fingers.
While these do use that horrible thick/3D printing on the figs, these ones have noticeably thinner or more defined design elements as opposed to what we've seen from POGO's other figs. I still hope they stop with this kind of method and instead create the usual printed minifigs instead, and I know they can since their other figs make use of this regular printing method.
We already talked about overall quality above, so now we'll look at individual characteristics. For Yusuke, that hair piece might not be ideal for his character design, and POGO makes up for it by adding hair prints on his head; the design fits well enough but its flatness doesn't make Yusuke stand out. Kazuma is alright, but his torso seems paler than the head mold which sucks because there's that lack of consistency; I'm glad he came with that rather clever energy sword though! Karuma is arguably my favorite mainly because of that red hair piece! I believe that's the first time we're seeing it! The vine is also a neat addition despite being not straight unlike in the anime(?).
Side views.
Back views. I love the hair. It's not great, but it does the job well! It's tempting to replace my Marvel Medusa's hair with that!
What you see is what you get. Hiei's flesh on the torso also isn't too consistent with the head piece, but I think other brands (including TLG) have done worse.
I just wanted to show you guys how much better the thick printing is this time (better, but still not good!), but for smaller design elements such as eyes and eyebrows, it's still way horrible enough as you can see.
Another issue that's becoming more and more common: unproperly molded hands! Sometimes it looks cool, but it's just proof of how bad POGO quality control is. What's more sad is that POGO has stopped providing extra hands with their figs for a long time now.
Side view.
View of the back. Despite the not-so-good printing methods, I'm glad POGO has been printing on the back and even side legs.
The thick prints are more apparent on picture on Toguro, but in person you'll see it almost as soon as you hold them. I wish Toguro was bulkier, but hey, it's a minifig, what more can they do?
Back view.
In case you're wondering as well, none of them had alternate faces hence the reason for keeping the hair pieces on even when shoing the back side.
So yeah, it's not a great set, but it might be good enough for Yu Yu Hakusho fans. Maybe even MOCers for the unique parts included! Filipino collectors will probably love these though, since Yu Yu Hakusho, aka Ghost Fighter, was a huge hit back when it was televised here; no wonder AngeloMarcus Greenhills got stocked up on these so quickly!
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