Realization (toyline)

Realization
Manufacturer(s)	Bandai Co. LTD.
Country	Japan
Type	Action figures

Realization is a high end collectible toyline produced by Bandai which consists of toy licensed characters being artistically re-imagined by changing a bit of visual aesthetic and placing the characters in a Edo era Japan setting, changing them entirely.

The toy line is divided into two categories: Movie and Manga, the Movie line has characters from film and television while the Manga line involves characters from comic books. So far, the toy line mainly consists of characters from Star Wars and Marvel Comics respectively as its primary focus. The art designer of the figures is Takayuki Takeya, whose body of work includes designing creatures and heroes for tokusatsu TV shows and films such as Shin Godzilla and Kamen Rider. He is also one of the design artists of Bandai's S.I.C. toyline.

List of Realization Figures

Star Wars

Image	Figure Name	Item model #
	Samurai Major Darth Vader (2014)	BAN92046
	Samurai General Darth Vader (Death Star Armor)	BAN96411
	Priest Darth Maul	BAN17573
	Akazonae Royal Guard Figure	BAN96412
	Kanreichi Ashigaru Snowtrooper	BAS55074
	Yari Ashigaru Stormtrooper	BAN03739
	Teppo Ashigaru Sandtrooper	BAN92048
	Teppo Ashigaru Sandtrooper Special Version (2016 SDCC Exclusive)	BAN07986
	Onmitsu Shadow Trooper	BAN05200
	Taikoyaku Stormtrooper	BAN03737
	Yumi Ashigaru Stormtrooper	BAN03738
	Ronin Boba Fett	BAN96410
	Ronin Boba Fett Prototype Armor (2017 SDCC Exclusive)	BLFBAN16567
	Honyaku Karakuri C-3PO	BANS55038
	Ronin Jango Fett	BAN07787
	Ashigaru First Order Stormtrooper	BANS57044
	Samurai Taisyo Kylo Ren	TBA
	Ashigaru Daisho Captain Phasma	TBA
	Ronin Mandalorian and Grogu (Tamashii Nations Store exclusive)

Upcoming/Unreleased Star Wars figures

• Ronin IG-88 (Announced at Tokyo Comic Con 2018)
• First Order Stormtroopers Heavy Gunner and Kumigashima (New York Toy Fair 2019)
• Shogun Ackbar (Tokyo Comic Con 2019)

Marvel Comics

Image	Figure Name	Item model #
	Samurai Spider-Man	BAN06234
	Ultimate Onmitsu Black Spider-Man	BAS55101
	Samurai Iron Man MK. III	BAN11205
	Kotetsu Samurai War Machine	BAN19825
	Samurai Captain America	BAN19194
	Kabukimono Deadpool	BDIMV225867
	Muhomono Wolverine	TBA

Upcoming/Unreleased Marvel Figures

Tonosama Black Panther (Tokyo Comic Con 2018)

Prototype sketch of the Realization Daredevil Figure

Prototype sketch of the Hulk Realization figure

Iron Man MK VII

Trivia

• At the 2017 Tamashii Nations World Tour event in New York, both Daredevil and Hulk figures were shown as concept art along with 3 figures that eventually went into production: Black Spider-Man, Wolverine and War Machine. Both the Hulk and Daredevil figures have yet to be made at this time.

• To promote the Marvel part of the toyline, a limited edition comic set in the Marvel Realizations universe was given out to attendees of the 2018 San Deigo Comic Con who purchased a Marvel figure from either the S.H. Figuarts line or the Realizations line
  • The cover of the issue is an homage to the cover of Avengers #4 from 1963.
• An R2-D2 Realizations was teased at one of the Tamashii Nations events in the form of concept art, but has yet to be made.

  

• The Meisho label of the Edo themed sub group toyline is in reference to a term which translates to "pictures of famous places", which adds layers of allusion to works of fiction or history that bring forth nostalgia through story telling or art such as ukiyo-e. It also may refer to the name of an empress of Japan who lived and reigned during the Edo period.