In February 2016, I’ve reviewed the Shigure Kai Ni version, that focused on the character as warrior. Kancolle figures are generally bristling with guns and equipment for naval warfare, but this Shigure has none of such things.

Like the name implies, the Shigure – casual version is portrayed on her day off, she is wearing her winter school uniform with a jacket over it to match the autumn theme.  The Shigure – casual version was released in August 2018 and manufactured by GSC. The figure is scaled 1/8 and more or less based on an illustration that was in the Nyantype magazine from November 2016, sculptor Yuukoon had a bit of artistic freedom and turned it into a very nice figure.

Although the figure measures only 21 cm her portrayal and appearance are very expressive and nearly iconic. Shigure is very photogenic, she looks like right out of an outdoor shooting from a fashion magazine. Shigure is leaning on a fence, one you would see in a nature related park. She and the fence are attached on a round brown base, it has an appealing stone like texture, half of the base is covered by a cluster of as well as separate ginkgo tree leaves.

Shigure’s hair looks beautiful, it accurately follows her official character design with huge ahoge and the “dog ears”, it shows sharp contours and has a fluffy look at the same time. On the left side of her head is a nice hair ornament.

At 1/8 scale she apparently has a small head, but the figure has a very detailed face nevertheless. Shigure has beautiful blue eyes, the optional red framed glasses give Shigure a mature and also smart appearance, without them her face looks a bit “naked”. Her cheeks show some subtle blush and the slightly open mouth is cute.

The clothes of this Shigure are what you would consider casual, still many elements of a school uniform are present, although a casual look has been created. The jacket is quite nice, it looks cool how Shigure has one hand in the side pocket. Her red loosened up necktie is nice to look at. The very pretty square patterned skirt might be piece that isn’t looking like part of a school uniform. Overall the clothes look great and are nicely sculpted I like how the clothes follow the bodylines tightly and how the slender but attractive body is accentuated.

The figure is designed in a way that you could display her without skirt, wearing her black panties, but I thought it would be rather weird to only wear panties in the park. Her legwear consists of black kneesocks and brown loafers.

With the added items like bag and a retro camera around her neck, she could pass as a student of photography.

Because of her size Shigure might appear like a simple figure, but she isn’t. The pose were Shigure is leaning on the fence in an expressive way shows great articulation. I really like how her left hand touches the glasses frame with her hand, that said fingers and frame doesn’t align that well, there is 1-2 mm distance, maybe I was too dumb to get it in the correct position.

Final Words

This was my th review of a Kantai Collection figure, I really like my Shigure – casual version figure, that shows a different approach on the origin she is based on. It’s very nice to see one of the Kantai Collection characters in a different context than with weapons and machine parts, after all the character designs from the game are enchanting.

The appearance of this figure is rather mature. In this adaption Shigure is not brimming with a smile, of course her character is actually not the upbeat type. Here she wears a serious and yes, a somewhat blank expression. I think it fits the overall style of the figure. The figure has a cool pose a pretty looking outfit and an appealing base.

Good Smile Company planned a few more figures of Kantai Collection characters with a casual  look, tagged as “Shopping Mode”. These figures are based on Kaga, Haruna and Kashima.

Are you interested in some more casually dressed Kantai Collection characters?

Check out my other Kantai Collection figure reviews

Kashima – Amakuni/

Takao – light armament ver. – Max Factory

Yuudachi Kai Ni – Good Smile Company

Shigure Kai Ni – Good Smile Company

I – 168 – chuuha version – Max Factory

Kongo – chuuha version – Max Factory

Yamato – mizugi mode – Banpresto

If I would plan a trip to Japan, I would probably chose Okinawa before Tokyo. Bikini figure photoshootings are always a good excuse for me to play with sand XD I really like to prepare those indoor beach settings.

Today’s figure of choice is Gotou Jun from the Tenshi no 3P! anime. From what I heard it’s quite loliconic, so far I haven’t watched it. Maybe I should be glad about it. Anyway I don’t have to know the origin of the character, to purchase a figure of my liking. PLUM manufactured this enchanting figure of a young girl, I actually noticed that
PLUM makes all the cute and innocent loli figures on the market. It’s cool that they found their niche in that category.

Fortunately my sexual orientation is not pointing in any harmful direction lol. I think it’s ok to like loli characters for being cute and adorable like this. In general I prefer ordering figures of attractive Onee sans, but when I saw it, I really had to order this little angel with the sunflower in the hair.

The Gotou Jun – Summer Bikini version was released in March 2018. She is scaled 1/7 and measures 21,5 cm.

The figure has the typical appearance and proportions of a young anime character, a big head placed on a petite frame body. Gotou looks especially nice with the pastel tones of purple and the bare skin. She also has really pretty hair, too. A deep hanging fringe and cute long separate strands all around from the back you will notice how asymmetrical and unique her hairstyle actually is. The hair shows nicely decorations as well, like the semi transparent ribbon with jagged edges, it shows a nice dynamic movement, the added color in the element of the sunflower is also a quite nice detail.

Gotou portrays the image of a cheerful girl very well, her big purple eyes are very lively and the strong blush is a welcome feature, she also has this perfectly sculpted mouth with upper front teeth, to complete her adorable look.

The figure wears a short bolero jacket over her bikini, it’s frilly sleeves cover her wrists in a very cute way. It’s a cute bikini design, a bit skimpy, but not naughty at all, the frills here and there underline the figures cute direction. Around her left leg she wears a matching garter with a sweetly looking ribbon. The tiny feet are equipped with shoes for the beach, PLUM could have just made her go bare foot, but I’m glad that it was decided to give Gotou these shoes.

The figure has a rather simple standing pose although  the upper body involves more movement. The sculpting of her body looks very good, most of the focus has been set to her upper body and cute belly, the thin legs aren’t very interesting on their own, but together with the shading color that highlights certain areas, the figure is very appealing and pretty. It’s also really enchanting how she is standing there with the angled arms and fists tilted backwards.

Final Words

Alltogether I’m really happy about this purchase, I received a very cute bikini figure. She has a lovely face and her outfit with the bolero jacket looks great. PLUM manufactured the figure of Gotou Jun as enchanting and nice as the prototype already implied. Her probably shameless origin aside this little angel with her adorable pose puts a smile on my face.

Today I will show you GSC’s Miku in her Racing 2016 version figue adaption, although we have the year 2018 now.

Haha, but that has nothing to do with my little hiatus to be honest. Good Smile Racing is actually a real racing team founded and sponsored by GSC, as side effect, a new racing themed figure of Hatsune Miku comes out every year.

The release date was in January 2018. This figure has been sculpted by Nendoron and Urakawa Akinori, she is based on an illustration by Yoneyama Mai. This Miku Racing 2016 version is quite petite, she is listed as 1/8 scaled figure.

I don’t show much interest in figures of Hatsune Miku in general, this 2016 Racing version though really got my attention, she was so adorable and colorful on her pile of Yokohama tires, buy Yokohama. Racing version Miku’s tend to have a very futuristic grid girl design, the 2016 design features a rather normal outfit.

I also liked how Miku was adapted into with a cute sitting pose, I really like how she is placed on the pile of 3 tires. The figure has a sweet umbrella with a very detailed design. Altogether 3 speed stone animals are also included, optionally an energy drink can is balanced on the palm of the figures left hand with the help of a really thin peg,
I was a bit scared of breaking it, so this part isn’t present in many of my pictures in this post.

Miku is wearing a mainly white tube dress, it’s rather skimpy and underlines the characters petite body. The amount of revealed skin gives Hatsune Miku a slighty sexy touch.
The Good Smile Racing logo is placed over the chest area of the dress and the sponsors listed at her backside.

First lets take a look at Miku’s hair, it’s beautifully sculpted and has nicely curved twin tails with super curly tips. The color is pretty and the brighter highlights create a dynamic look. The long red ribbons make her hairstyle even cuter.

This figure portrays Hatsune Miku as really sweet girl, her facial details are especially adorable, big round eyes and an innocently opened mouth with a gently smile are going to melt your hearts.

Rainbow colors are a big topic on the Miku racing 2016 version, there are these lovely arm long gloves, the umbrella, her stockings with soft gradient from yellow to red, the stockings end with straps which are attached to her panties, it’s amusing to see such accesory on the overall innocent design of the figure, but it doesn’t look unnatural.

Another very good aspect of this enchanting figure is the complexity and the realistic presentation of the figures articulation. Starting from the placement of her legs, to the bend over upper body or the sweet outstretched arm. Thanks to her supporting hand, it is possible to place this Miku figure on other objects than her base.

Final Words

The Hatsune Miku – Racing 2016 version figure turned out especially nice, her pose shows a great realistic style articulation and she has lovely sculpted hair. Miku’s adorable facial expression creates a lively looking figure.
The petite appearance is adding a lot to her cuteness, the small size nevertheless still shows an amazing level of detail. I really like the in comparison simple or better said down to earth design of a grid girl outfit.
Preparing “Miku’s garage” was a bit more time consuming than I thought and heavily delayed this review.

As she was announced I was instantly drawn to the figures design, I especially liked her detailed and attractive facial expression with the beautiful eyes. Furthermore she was sculpted by Deira, who already did a very good job on the WHS Sorceress design. Maid Ami is part of the Peach Maid Figure Series, in her small box she has a nice looking chair and as alternative sit on device, a soft pillow also is included. As duteous maid Ami has removeable skirt and panties.

I was really looking forward to receive this figure, to my surprise Maid Ami turned out as 1/8 scaled fîgure, in general “Native figures” are scaled 1/7 at least. To sum it up, I was very surprised about the small figure with the big boobs.

Nevertheless after I accepted reality and the figures size, I came to the idea to use doll house sized items for her photosession, I became quite crafty to build a nice room for Maid Ami with wallpaper, curtains, a window and a carpet.

Let’s take a closer look at Maid Ami from the Peach Maid Figure Series, she has dark hair styled into a twintail hairstyle with a cute ribbon decorated frilly maid cap on it. The deep hanging fringe gives Ami’s expression something erotic and also mysterious. Furthermore the expression portrays the character in a sullen mood although she doesn’t seem to be disinclined by playing the ecchi maid. The figure is not just lewd she also has a partially cute appearance actually.
Ami has a very pretty face and very nice purple eyedecals with attractive reflection points.

Considering the figures small size, the mouth looks great and adds a lot to the figures distinctive expression.

Ami is a pretty young maid with an attractive and seductive body, she has nice legs, but most prominent are her luxuriant sized breast with nicely shiny and pointy nipples, which Ami give a gently push upwards. The figure has without a doubt a provocative pose, sitting on the front edge of the seat and her back leaned at the back rest. The pelvis is tilted forward and the legs are spread in an inviting manner.

The figure has sculpted genitals, the puffyness covers and prevents a too explicit appearance, I like it that way. It’s cute and I don’t have to feel too shameful about it.

By default Ami is a half nude figure, but the parts of her maid uniform are nice nevertheless. She wears a maid cap, a choker, arm and handcuffs, the top was probably lost somewhere in the action, it’s not part of figure at least.

The skirt is pulled up and is hanging over the chairs seat. She optionally wears pink panties, compared to the prototype the panties always look a little disarranged on the final version, but that is all right. A funny detail, that one might overlook on first sight are the holes and scratches in her stockings, a bit kinky, but it adds more detail to the figure.

Final Words

On summary Maid Ami by Progress looks really pretty and lewd lol. As expected from the sculptor Deira, the figure is very detailed and has an distinctive facial expression. It was my main reason for ordering that figure and I really love the scowl combined with the lively eyes. The figure has a nicely articulated pose, it is quite expressive and together with the nicely shaped body a beautiful and attractive figure was manufacturered. Well about the size, the 1/8 is just a bit lackluster, while sitting on her chair she merely measures 16 cm. Sexy figures should at least be scaled 1/7 to unfold their appeal and details. Ami actually is a very detailed figure, her body, the clothes and also the chair look really nice. Unfortunately the pretty figure is just so tiny in my eyes, it’s my fault for not checking the scale properly in advance.

On another note, unrelated to the appeal of Maid Ami, I think that this figure is a bit too raunchy for me, of course as straight male I enjoy pretty girls in ecchi poses, but I feel a bit shameful to display her in my house. I like all my topless figures and I also think that Ami has cute genitals, but alltogether this ero figure is just a bit too ero for me.

Yuudachi is based on Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ the once extremely popular browser game, it’s been a while since I’ve played, I honestly miss seeing and hearing all my cute shipgirls, but the game concept is so frustrating, starting from the login and going to the endless task of leveling up and always these long repair times after another failed map.

GSC created a wonderful figure of Yuudachi in her Kai Ni version, she was sculpted by Urakawa Akinori following an illustration of Kujou Ichiso. Yuudachi Kai Ni is scaled 1/8 and measures 22cm, I’ve purchased her for 12,980.00 JPY.

Yuudachi has a very cute face with detailed red eyes and a confident smirk. Overall she a a great and attractive expression. She has faint blonde hair, at the sides of her hair are flaps and wildly flowing strands placed further below with an orange gradient effect at the tips. On top of her head she wears a cute, small, black ribbon.

Yuudachi is actually just a Destroyer ship, the smallest type within a fleet, nevertheless her figure is combined with a big amount of parts. She has a really huge backpack that consist of one funnel with the decorative sail and red propeller, the backpack also carries her gun installations. The detailed guns can be rotated and elevated. At her legs the figure wears her torpedo launchers, on a closer look you see that the torpedoes Yuudachi is holding have funny faces.

The figure of Yuudachi is truly amazing, she is one of the more dynamic Kancolle figures, her pose indicatetes speed and agility and the girl really looks like she is having fun, the nicely made flame parts make her base look more attractive and underline the figures powerful pose. I guess Yuudachi is my favorite from all the Kancolle figures so far.

In the anime Yuudachi started as random Destroyer girl, cheerful and cute, but a rather bad student. After noticing how hard Fubuki tried to improve, she also wanted to get stronger, in the end she showed even more talent than the girl she admired all the time and became Yuudachi Kai Ni.

“I’ll show you the nightmare of Solomon” So lets have a short history lesson, but remember war is always a bad thing. Yuudachi is also referred to as Salomon no Akuma because of her historical counterpart.

In November 13th 1942 a group of the IJN fleet headed out to retake Guadalcanal, because of bad sight the IJN fleet and US fleet were on collision course and started engaging each other in close combat. Close quarter battles especially in he middle of the night are very dangerous for any ships, even with all the armaments, warships are actually very vulnerable under fire. Yuudachi was the first in the IJN fleets formation to break the enemy lines.

in between the US group Yuudachi fired everything at her disposal, creating confusion and damage on all the ships around her. With her fleets assistance Yuudachi actively sunk three ships, at the end of the battle she was damaged and unable to move, but really, most of the crew could be rescued by Samidare. Yuudachi’s actions prevented the IJN fleet from a disaster at least on that day. After the 40 minute long battle ended, the US group have been reduced to 2 remaining fully operateable ships, the chaotic close quarter combat proved that the ships of the IJN were actually really well made, but wasted in a war that never could have been won. Individual achievements, such as Yuudachi’s are quite rare in naval warfare. The other ships portrayed in Kancolle can’t really compete with Yuudachi’s war story.

It’s funny though that her “poi” which means something like “maybe” is related to rumors that other ships maybe should receive the credit partially. Anyway I actually don’t care about that, in the end or better said in her Kantai Collection fiction Yuudachi is a friendly and cheerful ship and it made this especially great looking figure possible.

Yuudachi is the second figure adaption of a Kancolle Shiratsuyu-class ship, the first one was Shigure, she also is a very nice figure, but compared to this exciting Yuudachi figure she is kind of plain, do you know how difficult it is to combine two figures in a picture, these two really gave me a hard time, their bases made it nearly impossible.

Final words

Yuudachi turned out very nice with her cute appearance and pretty black uniform, she is one of the prettiest Kancolle ship girl figures and unchallenged in terms of dynamic appearance, her standing one one leg and pushing forward in a bold manner pose looks cool and is articulated very well. The big mechanical backpack and surrounding flames the whole figure has an impressive, powerful look. Her figure is elaborately sculpted and extremely detailed, because of that some parts are really thin and the figure should be handled with care. Since the figure demands a bit of assembly work, I was a bit worried to break something, but everything fits neatly together.

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Kongo – chuuha version – Max Factory

Yamato – mizugi mode – Banpresto

Today we will take a look at the Gotou Matabei – Kenki version figure from ALTER, which was released in January 2016. She is scaled 1/8 and Takahashi Tsuyoshi was the sculptor in charge, he already made a figure of Gotou Matabei in 2011, which was a Hobby Japan exclusive.

Hyakka Ryouran was a rather hot and popular thing among figure interested people, even before the anime started to air it’s first episodes.  ALTER and the sculptors created some really spectacular figures, of visually attractive and fashionable dressed samurai girls.

On a sidenote, with Hattori Hanzo, my first Hyakka Ryouran figure I started to review figures.

The animes of Hyakka Ryouran were no masterpieces, but the interesting artstyle and the extremely likeable cast and their amusing interactions made it very entertaining for me.

In 2013 another lineup of figures from Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride appeared, although the latest figure adaptions recently subjectively got less attention, but that also might to do with the number of active figure reviewers these days, yes I’m looking at exactly you XD.

Gotou Matabei was a well thought out purchase, in fact it took so long, that I was lucky that the figure was still available after the release date, apparently she’s still in stock here.

Despite her size Gotou Matabei was a very silent character in the anime, but always loyal and supporting as guardian of Sanada Yukimura and member of the group.

Matabei has a pretty ponytail, the hairstyle is nicely done, it’s very detailed and shows a good sense of motion. Her anime hair color is silver blue, but someone decided to make it purple since her first figure adaption. Since I knew that in advance I won’t argue about it. In her ponytail ribbon a Tantō (short sword) is added, it’s a pretty decoration for her head.

The figure has nice facial features with a cute nose and expressive eyes, depending on the viewing angle, the figure conveys a feeling between embarrassment and poutful, the eye brows give her a cute touch. I didn’t really expect that she would be so much on the cute side.

What I really liked about this figure was the way Gotou Matabei posed, with the giant calligraphy brush , which is actually a weapon with a retractable spear head. I like the way she is holding her brush. Sticking out her beautiful plump  butt, gives her a slightly provocative and sexy touch. The ample curves around her hips are accentuated by strong shading.

My preferences of womans measurements is widely spread, nevertheless with my growing age I noticed that the interest in buxom women increased a little. Gotou Matabei is a big girl with a mature and  motherly appearance. I like that she has wide hips and bigger thighs.

In general the Hyakka Ryouran girls wear a combination of samurai era clothes and elements of modern japanese fashion, Matabei has a exceptional traditionally styled outfit.

The figure portrays Matabei in her transformed Kenki version outfit, she wears a traditional looking, short white jacket, held together by a black belt. Under her jacket she seems to wear a black bodysuit. She shows some cleavage with her nicely shaped and moderate big boobs.

The forearms are covered by black armguards. The lower parts of her mainly bare legs are covered by knee socks like shoes, I would prefer thigh high, though. Around her hips she is wearing a classic fundoshy not very elegant for a lady, but her marvelous round butt can be admired better this way.

Final Words

I really like the figure, she has a cute face, pretty hair and with her outfit, brush weapon and buxom body she is very pretty and interesting. I also like her articulation with a pose that is putting more focus on the figures backside, which is rarely seen. she is visually attractive and shows some sexy highlights. Also her size is nice for a 1/8 scaled figure with her sturdy physical appearance she is closer to 1/7 scale. Gotou Matabei Kenki version is a nice figure, like all Hyakka Ryouran figures, it’s nice that the quality is a reliable factor from ALTER, I don’t mind certain imperfections, but this figure looks marvelous from nearly every perspective.

Some weeks ago, the wonderful Shigure figure from Good Smile Company arrived. Shigure is from the browser game Kantei Collection, where she is a special Destroyer girl. After Kongou and also I-168 from Max Factory, Shigure is my third Kancolle figure, certainly not the last. Shigure is one of my favorite ship girls in my fleet and in the game I take good care of her.

A little WWII Trivia, the historical ship Shigure was considered to be a lucky ship, after she survived two mayor naval battles nearly undamaged while everyone else was destroyed.
The japanese navy did not perform that succesfully in the last two years of the war. I left my military interest in the past and Kancolle is mainly war fiction mixed with Sci Fi elements.

We focus on the pretty figure instead, Shigure is scaled 1/8 and was released in December 2015. The figure shows Shigure in her Kai Ni verrsion, it is based on her card in Bushiroad’s card game ‘Weiβ Schwarz’ it looks slightly more badass than her browser Game illustration.

In general my figures purchases appear to be rather focused on sexy onee – sans, rarely but sometimes it also happens that figures of my favorite characters are being made.

What I like about Shigure, she is a naturally cute ship girl. The figure doesn’t really show, but Ingame she has a really nice smile. I also like her softly, calm voice. Shigure is quite humble, friendly and polite. Judging from her appearance she is a younger highschool student.

A very appealing part of the figure is the beautiful face. The shape of her eyebrows and mouth give her expression a serious direction, still she looks quite enchanting. Her detailed eyes give Shigure some extra bishoujo points. Also the detailed brown hair is very nice, I like the short braid and metallic hair ornament. The hair accentuates her pretty face nicely.

Together with Yudachi and other Shiratsuyu-class girls, Shigure Kai Ni has the coolest Destroyer girls uniform design in Kancolle, I love the dark colors, the tie and the short sleeves.

The outfit of Shigure is mainly a normal dark school uniform, she only wears a mechanical belt where everything else is attached. Oh and her shiny shoes are equipped with cute rudders.

Shigure is not only a bishoujo character, she also some weapons and mechanical parts.
The things at her thighs are torpedo tubes, the backpack shows her 12,7 cm cannons and the smaller guns are 13 mm anti air guns. Shigure Kai Ni is not a simple figure to put on display as it is, sculptor Sai developed a nice idea about how to give the figure different ways to display.

You can have Shigure with bare fists, with one small AA gun and you can also put the backpack cannons in her hands with support arms coming from her back it looks really cool. It’s only a little complex at first, so it’s good that there is a manual included.

Final Words

Shigure Kai Ni turned out so nice, I’m really happy about having another favorite Kancolle character as figure. The sculptor and GSC created a convincing and very elaborate 1/8 scaled figure of Shigure, everything about her looks amazingly good, be it the sculpting, the articulation, the paintjob or the shading.

Shigure is a high quality figure, the great sculpting and the elaborate paintjob on her hair, her clothes and the mechanical parts is quite impressive…

the two main display options are very good, in both ways Shigure is an extremely appealing figure. With 12,7 cm guns in her hands Shigure looks very powerful and bulky with these weapons attached as backpack, she appears lighter and sporty.

Today the center of attention is Moco, Moco is a character from the anime Captain Earth.

The figure was released on the 17th July 2015 and manufacturered by Embrace Japan.
I ordered the Dengeki special version, which comes with exchangeable arm and head.

This is my first time receiving a figure from Embrace Japan, I’m grateful that a proper figure manufacturer was going to make a figure from an anime I love. Often it never happened.

There are animes I really like and there are animes I get crazy about, Captain Earth is the latter kind, I totally enjoyed it to the max. Captain Earth is a sci-fi action anime made by studio Bones, at first it appears like the typical mecha action show, but soon it focus shifts on the characters and the more complex scenario. The details of the story are rather difficult to explain in a post that is supposed to be a figure review, so in short Awesome!

In anime I totally enjoy things like friendship, first love, group dynamics and youthful spirit.

Moco is one of the villains of the Planetary Gears, a group of certain alien species in a genetically engeneered human bodies, created on earth. The Planetary Gears are like “Team Rocket”, although Moco and her companion Amarok do have more personality and dignity.

Moco is lovely villain, while the other Planetary Gears are pretty much ignorant towards their human shell, Moco shows interest in the human body and enjoys her human shape.

Aside from her evil intentions, Moco is a fun character, often portrayed as flirty, seductive and playful. When wearing such an outfit with pride she probably is eccentric to the bone, too.

On first look the figure of Moco appears somewhat small, she’s scaled 1/8 and measures 20 cm in height, also the slender body with long legs adds to the impression of  small. That aside the sculptor kuma created a wonderful looking figure with fine and nice details all around.

Moco has pretty pink hair with voluminous shoulder long twintails, the semi transparent rings look quite cool. The bangs could have been better integrated into the hair, but’s thats just a minimal letdown. Overall the hair is nicely done with sufficent details at the back and front.

The figure turned out really good also in regards of the face, Moco is wearing her utmost attractive, confident and also playful expression, the beautiful eyes really stand out.

The Dengeki special version arrived with a second face with alternative expression, which features a more lustful gaze, either way she’s wearing ckoker with a little heart attached.

Moco has a stylish and skin revealing outfit with hotpants, gloves, a short jacket with high collar, stockings and suspender straps, I see elements of circus and pin up in the design.

The color palette mainly consists of shiny dark purple and matte pink, which creates an interesting contrast to her skin. A cute striped top is carrying her noble bosom.

Her pushed up cleavage and how her suspenders stretch over her lovely thighs is really hot.

With her pose Moco amplifies her sparkling, hot body. The arched back and the tilted pelvis really give her a striking pose. From backside her buttocks are slightly revealed underneath her pants, Moco has no big butt, nevertheless it looks sporty and fitting to Moco’s appearance.

Her matte black base would win no innovational award, but it holds the figure fix in position.

Final Words

Moco turned out beautiful, I say Embrace Japan did a wonderful job with this figure.
With the smaller end of the 1/8 scale, fringe placement and simple base it’s not perfect, but the character of Moco was portrayed very well as playful seductress also an appealing pose was chosen to underline her attitude. The optional parts of the Dengeki special version are really nice and change the atmosphere of this figure completely. Moco is a very good figure, nice looking and without any mayor flaws.

Today I have I – 168 on review a figure based on the Kancolle browser game, the figure was made by Max Factory and released in early June 2015. I – 168 is my second Kancolle figure this year, the first one was Kongou, also a nice figure made by Max Factory.

The figure was sculpted by MimiShiki, a fresh sculptor. Like all Kancolle figures from Max Factory the scale is 1/8. I – 168 comes with a hexagon base, a swimring and two torpedos.

Many of the first Kancolle figure anouncements and releases followed the pattern of girls with massive guns. The weapons are essential aspects of the character design, but also the unique artstyle of the characters is something very appealing for me, I also like many of the Destroyer based girls. The recently announced Tatsuta and Tenryuu from QuesQ caught my interest.

I still play Kancolle, although not as dilligent as before, I have fun with it. I’m also still happy to see new figures of it announced from time to time. The anime which aired recently, did not affect the characters chosen by figure manufacturers. Well, who wants a plain Fubuki ;D

The manufacturers are quite eager to make a Shimakaze figure, this certain character already has around 6 scale figures. I would rather see figures of other cute Destroyer girls, actually.

I love the submarine girls in Kancolle a whole lot, they appear like Highschool first years, cheerful, bubbly and determined to their task. Sometimes they also are a little childish, but that is what makes them so irresistable cute. These characters also have bright, vivid colors.

I could say this about at least 5 more characters, but I – 168 (Imuya) is my waifu (｡’▽’｡)♡

Expressive faces always have been very important for me since I’ve started collecting figures, it’s something that makes figures stand out and what make them look lively. Imuya has such an adorable face with nicely printed eyes, it’s full with her surprised and flustered emotion.

I love the quite strong blushmarks and her little open mouth, that her eyes turned to the right also helps with creating her unique and cute expression.

I-168 is wearing a slightly tattered school swimsuit that represents her after receiving damage, in undamaged state the girl would wear a school uniform shirt over her school swimsuit.

With my little setting, I wanted to recreate the ocean with Imuya in open water.

The paintjob on the shiny swimsuit looks very good with shading to accentuate certain places on it. Over her already blossomed boobs is her name tag, I like the idea that all subsubmarine girls are wearing these school swimsuits as a kind of uniform.

Imuya has burgundy red hair, she is sporting a detailed ponytail hairstyle and a few larger single strands, at the tips it changes to bright blue and some transparency is used. The white ribbon resembles a marine propeller, I-168 shows real submarine spirit in every place.

Torpedo fire!!

The torpedos are loose parts, so you can play a little with I-168

The character has the body of a girl still in development, although she looks already great.
The pose compliments her lower legs and hipline, the body sculpting turned out amazing overall. The arched back in combination with the shiny swimsuit is pure Kryptonite.

Aside from being a dangerous submarine the figure gives a feeling of the summer season, a cute girl ready to rock the beach with a cool swimring and practical flip-flops, they look somewhat crude for a sweet girl like her, but somehow it all creates a fitting appearance.

 I love how she is drifting on top of her ring, she’s so cute.

 
The tentacles are always a funny element in certain kinds of pictures, I hopefully didn’t went “over board” with that.

Final Words

Since I’ve placed my preorder I was really looking forward to see I-168 in person, now that she’s here I’m practically overjoyed. Imuya turned out so sweet and adorable, her face and expression alone make her something special, when purchasing her you also get a nicely posed figure in a tight swimsuit and a cool base. For me the figure is an amazingly nice item. Also after a closer look, there is actually nothing bad to say. With this detailed expression, the overall technical execution on this figure, there is not much more, that I could have asked for.

There also was a 1/4 scaled Imuya, but the small one has a much better face in my eyes.

I expect that Max Factory will showcase a painted figure of  I – 19, another submarine based character to appear on the Wonderfestival this month. I also would like to see a figure of I -8.

Today, I will show you a figure from some time ago, Kongiku from the Oboro Muramasa video game. ALTER released her in  May 2013 as 1/8 scaled figure, earlier in 2013 they released Momohime the main heroine of the game. She turned out as very popular and I was among the many people that ordered her. I reviewed Momohime and liked her so much that I also dedicated a 2nd post to her. Strangely I didn’t have much interest in Kongiku at first.

Some weeks ago, I was looking at Pinkcheeks facebook page and saw a few amazing pictures of this particular figure, I asked myself if I shouldn’t have this figure in the first place, since the figure has certain attributes I like on figures, back in 2013 I wasn’t that convinced to buy her.

That was a bad decision from a financial point of view as well, not only because I missed a beautiful figure. Anyway I wanted to have this figure, so I paid the less nice aftermarket price.

I hardly know anything about the character of Kongiku, but she is a fox deity and a supporting character in the game. She has a striking character design and stands out as figure as well.

Lets start at the top of her, she has light grey hair with an pretty yet eccentric style, her fox ears are long and furry, the leaf on top is a nice, slightly funny detail ^^

There is a great gaze coming from her quite detailed face, the observing amber colored eyes are meant to be pointed torwards the viewer. With her gaze turned into a left direction, Kongiku is a really interesting figure with an elegant deity attitude. Details like jagged eyelashes, modest blush on her bright skin and beautiful lips give her a distinctive style.

The fox lady is wearing an orange kimono, it tightly hugs her appealing curves and shows the figures feminine appeal. The kimono shows autumm color and a vivid leaf pattern. The so called obi (sash) creates a pretty ribbon on the backside. The amount of detail and inner color gives the kimono a beautiful and convincing appearance. It’s tight around most of her body.

Around the collar it’s quite loose, revealing her neck and most of her upper body. The fragile appearance of her collarbones is incredibly sexy, I rarely seen them as pretty as on this figure.

Even with her mighty cleavage the Kongiku lady has the elegance and dignity of a fox deity.

Kongiku is a mature character with an attractive body, the complimentary tightness of her outfit lets the viewer imagine all of her sweet areas. Compared to her hips the size of her boobs isn’t really that exxagerated in my humble opinion. Her fairly sized bosom is accentuated by her arched back pose, it creates an uncommon look with her boobs in this high position. Friends of busty anime characters might be overjoyed by this beautiful lady ;D

While I have some buxom figures in my collection and on preorder, I’m actually not that fixated on an impressive rack, small or big, for me both can be something attractive.

Kongiku has nicely articulated hand and fingers, she is meant to hold the lantern hook and supporting the lantern from below. When the lantern hook is placed correctly, the lantern sits safely and won’t fall off easily.

The figure comes with special gimmick, a cute lantern, which can even light up, to my surprise ALTER included no batteries, good that it’s no rare and expensive type.  I rarely use long time exposure, so you can’t really judge the lanterns brightness, but it’s a decent light feature, in a nice bright blue color. Tuning the light on and off is a little annoying, but it works.

Final Words

Kongiku is a stunning, beautiful figure with a strong presence and very appealing appearance. The face is simply beautiful with it’s details and lively expression. This figure shows a fitting elegant and composed attitude. Her  erotic attributes have a tasteful level of sex appeal.
The diorama mini base with lots of details is definetely another plus about the Kongiku figure.

Actually this figure is quite close to something I would call perfect figure adaption, appearance, pose and quality are great. What could have been better are the black parts of her lantern, I’m missing some nice texture on it, instead of shiny plastic. On the good side they implemented a working light feature. Overall with Kongiku I received something very nice.

I had a lot of fun with taking pictures of this figure, so I’m also surprised to have made some quite nice pictures, actually I wasn’t sure about the combination of props and struggled a bit with setting up this quite large setup, but I was more worried than necessary