Borrowing heavily from Ridley Scott's Gladiator, Pangaea Toy's Gladiator General features an impressive likeness to Russell Crowe's Maximus Decimus Meridius. Product images were released at the end of 2014 with the figure going up for pre-order in February, and the figure began shipping in July 2015.
Multiple editions of the figure were released, in the form of an Arena Version (PG02A), Final Battle Version (PG02B) and the Deluxe Version (PG02C), that comprised accessories from PG02A and PG02B.