We have been expecting the LEGO style Saint Seiya Gold Saints minifigures from POGO for almost a year. Last year POGO released the minifigures of Saint Seiya PG8128 with six figures. As for Gold Saints minifigures, these were original design by POGO with twelves figures. POGO had the largest variety of Lego style minifigures because the boss was willing to create molds for new designs. Gold Saints unfortunately had the curse of POGO which was A grade design with C grade quality figure.





PG-8212 and PG-8213 Gold Saints Minifigures by POGO:

PG-1866 Gold Saint Aries Muu

PG-1867 Gold Saint Taurus Aldebaran

PG-1868 Gold Saint Gemini Saga

PG-1869 Gold Saint Cancer Deathmask

PG-1870 Gold Saint Leo Aiolia

PG-1871 Gold Saint Virgo Shaka

PG-1872 Gold Saint Libra Dohko

PG-1873 Gold Saint Scorpio Milo

PG-1874 Gold Saint Sagittarius Aioros

PG-1875 Gold Saint Capricornus Shura

PG-1876 Gold Saint Aquarius Camus

PG-1877 Gold Saint Pisces Aphrodite



A brief background for those who aren’t familiar with Saint Seiya. Gold Saints (黄金聖闘士ゴールドセイント Gōrudo Seinto) are the most powerful, almost-invincible warriors in Athena’s army, since the mythological ages. They wear the 12 Gold Cloths that correspond to the zodiac constellations.

First three Gold Saints, Aries Muu, Taurus Aldebaran and Gemini Saga. The helmets and armors were gold painted, and there were printing on the arms, side of the legs, and on the belt. There was no painting on the body. The helmets were made of soft rubber. Aries Muu’s helmet kind of interfere with the armor and couldn’t be pressed all the way down. For Taurus, the helmet gold had color tone difference with the armor.

Just to illustrate the point of no printing on the body. Always put the armor on!

Next three, Cancer Deathmask, Leo Aiolia and Virgo Shaka. Cancer’s hair were painted as gold together with the helmet instead of blue as in the anime. We almost thought the Gold Saint had turned into Super Saiyan. Leo’s chest armor was out of proportion and hair was painted gold as well. Virgo who always asleep were alright in term of design.

Gold Saints Libra Dohko, Scorpio Milo and Sagittarius Aioros. Again, the pain point was the gold colour hair for all of them. Libra had a unique shield.

Last three, Capricornus Shura, Aquarius Camus and Pisces Aphrodite. We got a defective armor for Aquarius. To reduce chance of getting defective copies, one shall always order multiple copies of same POGO minifigures. Also Aquarius couldn’t stand properly due to oversize helmet that shift the balance.

The Gold Saints won’t be complete without Athena. The Goddess was who they protect and fight for. You could add PG-1150 Athena to your collection.

In summary, POGO Gold Saints had the unique molds for all twelves Gold Saints minifigures. They came with printing on arms, side legs and belts. The hair pieces were of soft rubber type. The biggest pain point was the gold sprayed hair which failed to bring out the personality of each Gold Saints. Also, one may encounter uneven gold paint coating and different tone of gold between hair piece and armor. Still, if you’re big fan of Saint Seiya you would still get POGO PG-8212 and PG-8213 Gold Saints Minifigures as there were no alternatives right now. Most figures could be bought from Aliexpress for under USD2.00. We do wish POGO could improve on the quality, like painting on the hair. We don’t mind paying a little higher for better quality.

You could try to compare the POGO Gold Saints with the image below and see whether the design match closely.