Saint Seiya Saint Cloth Myth SCM EX Sagittarius Aiolos Review

This week’s Thursday Review coincides with Christmas 2025, so it feels like the perfect time to feature something special: reviewing my copy of SCM EX Sagittarius Aiolos. I’m not exactly a diehard Saint Seiya fan, but owning the figure of my zodiac constellation feels satisfying and I’m glad that constellation happens to be Sagittarius.

A few years back, I did pick up the SoG (Soul of Gold) version of Sagittarius Aiolos. While it looked impressive, the articulation left me wanting more. That eventually pushed me into “double-dipping” for the EX version, hoping for better handling and poseability.

Overall, the SCM Sagittarius EX does perform better than the SoG release. The articulation is smoother and generally easier to work with, though the improvement isn’t as dramatic as I expected. The heavy diecast parts make the figure feel premium and display beautifully, but they also limit what it can do as an action figure. Whether he’s wearing the wings or the cape, EX Aiolos still looks majestic and thankfully, the EX wings are far less cumbersome than the SoG ones. But if you want ones with better playability close combat Gold Saints like Leo Aiolia or Capricorn Shura are better picks.

Having recently finished the original Saint Seiya manga, I do feel a sense of disappointment regarding Aiolos’s treatment in the story. For a character of his caliber, he gets shockingly little screentime. As a Gold Saint, Aiolos is portrayed as powerful, virtuous, and even worthy of being Athena’s next Pope. His loyalty is unquestionable: he gave up his life to save the infant Athena, and even after death, he lends Seiya the Sagittarius Gold Cloth at crucial moments.

Spin-offs have tried to give Aiolos some of the spotlight he deserves, but in the main series his presence is more symbolic than active and that feels like a missed opportunity. At least Sagittarius Sisyphus from The Lost Canvas gets more room to shine with heroic feats. I wouldn’t mind double-dipping again if they release a solid SCM version of him. Perhaps I might even consider to give the Blokees rendition a look.

Since I only collect Sagittarius Saint Cloths for my Saint Seiya display, I never originally planned to pick up a Seiya figure even though he’s the main character. The main reason I eventually caved was curiosity: I wanted to see whether SCM rendition of Seiya could wear Aiolos’s Gold Cloth, just like he did several times in the story, most notably during the Poseidon arc.

Unfortunately, the Tamashi Nations' SCM version doesn’t allow that kind of cross-compatibility, so recreating those scenes isn’t possible. Even so, I still make good use of both figures by posing them together for thematic pairings. If Aiolos had lived to mentor Seiya, I imagine Aiolia might have felt a little jealous seeing his older brother had soft spot toward Saori’s chosen champion.