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Sen-Ti-Nel announced the release of a new Evangelion RIOBOT figure of the Eva Unit-01 that turns the iconic mech into an armored samurai. The figure costs 33,000 yen (or approximately $234.65) and is set to release in Japan on February 28, 2025. [Thanks, Inside!]

The figure is available for pre-order until September 17, 2024 from Amazon Japan, which offers international shipping. The new Eva Unit-01 figure sees Shinji Ikari's signature mech turned into a samurai warrior wielding a katana. The general purple and green color scheme remain, while including some red accents in the form of a belt around the mech's waist and the back. Golden details are also included in the form of the mech’s horn as well as armor details.

Additionally, the two pylons on the back of the mech include short wakizashi blades. The figure sees the robot wearing different shoulder as well as chest and waist armor plates, alongside samurai armor shin guards, and zori Japanese straw sandals.

You can take a better look at the new Evangelion Eva Unit-01 RIOBOT samurai armor figure here:

As a reminder, the Evangelion Crossing Expo is currently undergoing at the Roppongi Museum in Tokyo, Japan until October 22, 2024. The expo features over 4,000 pieces of Evangelion merchandise on display.

The new Eva Unit-01 RIOBOT Samurai figure from the Evangelion anime series costs 33,000 yen (~$234.65,) is available for pre-order until September 17, 2024, and has a scheduled release date of February 28, 2025.

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Sentinel has revealed a new Riobot action figure that will depict Shinji Ikari's Evangelion Unit-01 with a Japanese Musha warrior attire. The company also announced that Takashi Okazaki, the manga artist and illustrator best known for Afro Samurai, is working on the design of the new figure. Its official name will be "Multipurpose Humanoid Battle Weapon Musha Unit-01."

Riobot is a line of robot action figures published by Sentinel. The entries in this line are mostly inspired by the Super Robot Wars game series. The company has featured units from not only the Original Generation series but also the shows that have appeared in the crossover games, such as Cross Ange and Getter Robo Armageddon. Sentinel also released action figures based on other robot-themed titles like Voltron: Legendary Defender and Me & Roboco.

Sentinel has yet to confirm the new action figure's release window and pricing. So far it has only announced that it will open orders for the product on July 26, 2024.

Here is Sentinel's announcement tweet for the new Riobot action figure on its official X :

There have been more collaboration figures themed after Evangelion units revealed earlier. In late May 2024, Bandai unveiled a static figure based on the Godzilla vs Evangelion crossover. After closing its pre-orders in late June 2024, Bandai will formally release it in September 2024.

Sentinel will start accepting orders for the Evangelion-themed Multipurpose Humanoid Battle Weapon Musha Type-01 Riobot action figure on Friday, July 26, 2024.

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