Bandai’s Chibi-arts line has included some of everyone’s favorite characters from Pretty Cure to Kaimen Rider W. Back in July of 2011 the Chibi-arts line added Eiichiro Oda’s popular Shounen Jump series One Piece into its lineup. The first character released in the lineup was the Empress Boa Hancock. It was only natural after Boa for Bandai to release the Captain of the Mugiwara crew the main character from One Piece Monkey･D･Luffy. Now let’s see if Luffy in chibi-arts form is a bust or a must have for a One Piece fan.



The first thing we are going to look at is Luffy’s box. The box is relatively small compared to a nendoroid box but, it does its job perfectly of securing Luffy and his accessories in place. On the top left hand corner you have the official One Piece logo printed. You can catch a glimpse of Luffy from the clear plastic towards the center of the box. Looking down on the lower right corner of the box you see a picture of chibi-arts Luffy in his “Kaizoku Ou” pose. You will also notice the Bandai logo which is underneath Luffy. The last thing you notice is Monkey･D･Luffy's name written in both English and Japanese along with chibi-arts right underneath it. The Toei gold sticker can also be seen on the left hand side. The sticker has a number 19 printed in the top right corner of it. It’s important to take note of the Toei sticker since there have been reported counterfeits of Luffy’s chibi-arts.



The side of the box has three head shots of Luffy with his three different facial expressions you can pose him with.



Finally we have the back of Luffy’s box. Here you can see the different ways in which you can pose Luffy along with his many accessories. One of the cool features of the chibi-arts figures are the character quotes that come with it.



Luffy’s chibi-arts comes with a lot of different accessories. You have 3 different faces, a plump torso, meat, a wooden tankard, 3 sets of arms, a red captain’s coat, and Luffy’s famous Mugiwara hat.





First thing we are going to take a quick look at is Luffy’s set of instructions. Bandai was very thorough with set of instructions. Everything is fully detailed. Luffy’s chibi-arts includes 2 different stands. One stand is made to display him wearing the Captain’s coat while the other is to display him without it. No stone left unturned as the saying goes.





Here are the character quotes I mentioned earlier. Luffy’s chibi-arts includes with three different quote bubbles and 1 question mark bubble. Among the three quotes is Luffy’s most recognized line 「海賊王に俺はなる！」～　I’m gonna to be the Pirate King!



The addition to the character quotes Luffy’s chibi-arts comes with 2 different sizes quote holders, 2 replacement joints, 1 base for the quote holders, and the pole to hold Luffy upright.



Let’s take a look at Luffy’s base. It’s a circular base with Monkey･D･Luffy. written in white. Along with Luffy's name the Straw Hats Pirates(Mugiwara no Ichimi) Jolly Roger is painted on each side.











Finally out of his box we can see a full 360 view of the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates (Mugiwara no Ichimi)Monkey･D･Luffy. Luffy is posed with his arms by his side but it looks like something is missing from the famous pirate whose bounty is 300,000,000(pre-time skip).





Here is Luffy with his trademark Mugiwara hat. Luffy just isn’t the same without his hat. One thing that did leave me a little disappointed was the lack of detail on Luffy’s hat. The hat doesn’t have any detailing like the MegaHouse P.O.P's do to make it look like it is in fact a straw hat.



With his arms raised in the air he can smell his next great adventure. Luffy is always ready for whatever may be in store for him and his crew.



Here we are going to take a closer look at Luffy’s smiling face. Luffy’s smiling expression is one of the 3 faces you can change him into. This is my favorite expression out of the three. There is just something that makes me melt whenever I see Luffy sporting that giant smile of his.



Moving down here we have Luffy’s red vest. You can see that the paint of his gold buttons does run a little into the vest. The camera does capture everything with its lens however; you can’t easy spot this paint blurb with the naked eye.



As we get to Luffy’s feet you can once again see a little bit of the paint from his sandal straps running into his feet. There is also a dark blue paint splotch on the left side of his jeans.





Here is Luffy with both his hands raised in a fist in his “I’m going to kick your ass” pose.





Luffy’s second expression has him pressing his lips together as if his sucking on something sour. It’s the perfect expression to place the “?” quote next to Luffy.





One thing Luffy’s loves to constantly do is eat till he becomes a plump gomu gomu boy. I love the fact that Bandai included a plump torso that you change Luffy into. Of course Luffy wouldn’t be Luffy if he wasn’t eating his meat. The quote just says it all. “Food!!! Meat!!!”



Here is a close up of his wooden tankard. The water looks as it is about to spill over.



Now we take a closer look at the stick of meat that Luffy is holding in his right hand. There is a little brown paint that spills over to into the bone of meat.





This is the face of someone who is very content. He just looks so adorable with his checks full of food and that silly grin.





Last but not least Luffy’s “I’m gonna be the Pirate King!” pose. Here you see Luffy wearing a red captain’s coat over his shoulders with his arms are crossed. This is my favorite pose from Luffy’s chibi-arts set.

Overall, I am very happy with the way that Luffy came out. There are a little bit of paint issues here and there on the figure but it wouldn’t stop me from buying the figure. The most noticeable paint issue is on the buttons on Luffy’s vest. Since I have him posed with his arms cross you can’t really notice the problem. This was my first chibi-arts and I can say he won’t be my last. His retail was 2,940¥. Although he has sold out in most retail stores he is currently available at BBTS for 33.99.