There are a number of nice figures that are going to be released around autumn 2019. For me t’s quite hard to decide which one I would like the most. Buying more figures than 15 is definitely out of question though.

Lucoa – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid -Casual Wear ver.

I really like the Lucoa character and this figure of her is a nice adaptation of the curvy dragon. It is quite nice how the 1/7 scaled figure stands there with a cute pose and the main outfit from the “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” anime.
She is announced to be released in August and her official non discounted price is 17.800 Yen *omg*

Emilia – Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World

Well, I rarely seen a show more broken than Re:ZERO XD not because it was bad, but because it’s a story with highly disturbing events. I don’t want get reminded of it. Nevertheless this Emilia looks wonderful and her buddy Puck is the cutest. This Emilia is going to get released in September. Her figure is scaled 1/8 and the official price is 13.800 Yen.

Akagi – DreamTech – Azur Lane [Rakuen no Higanbana]

I’ve never seen a bikini figure with a more perfect psycho expression on the face than this Akagi and she looks great that way. The figure seems to be really nicely sculpted,also pose and outfit look terrific. She is going to get released in September and the official price asked for her is also 13.800 Yen

Super Sonico China Dress ver. – Emon Restaurant Series

Can’t have enough Sonico figures, can I? With this alternative hairstyle and tight china dress the figure looks quite… tasty. She is looking cute and has the obligatory big boobs and wide hips of Sonico. She is scaled 1/7 and will probably be released in October and officially costs 12.800 Yen.

Atago – Manatsu no Koushinkyoku ver. – Azur Lane

I think this Atago looks better than her recently listed sister Atago even though she is way more expensive. The figure has a beautiful head with a great flirty expression and nicely shaped body. The white bikini and beach accessories gives her some elegance. She will be released in October or by the manufacturers habit some time LATER. Officially this Atago costs 17.800 Yen and is scaled 1/7.

Akiko Takatsuki – Midareta Tanaoroshi

Actually this post feels a bit unnecessary, since the figure I probably like the most from the list is Takatsuki Akiko from Daiki Kougyou. It’s an adaptation from illustrator Ojo and I really like the unique facial features of the figure she is is beautiful and a little lewd, I like that She is castoff able, too. my only bothering thing is the towel on her head. She is also going to get released in October With an 1/5 scale the figure is rather big, her price is about 18.000 yen.

You see, I have a few problems to decide to preorder the last figure for 2019.
Whom from the figures listed would be your choice as last figure order of 2019?

The prices became too crazy recently I also think about only ordering 8 figures for 2020, the stress on the budget has been too high for the past 3 months and space is another factor, so I realized that I can’t continue like in the last few years, so the plan is to only order 8 a year, I hope I can endure that ^^

Haha I found an old review Draft in my post folder, since some time I planned to publish it, but today is the day where I will show you an edited and updated version of this review.

The figure in this review is Alice which was made by Alpha x Omega, I thought that the first review from years ago was no good and didn’t want to leave it like that and trashed it.

Alice is a 1/8 scaled figure with a height of 145 mm, she was manufactured by Alpha X Omega,
(a collarboration between Alter and Megahouse) and her release was date in August 2008.

This Alice is one of my older, favorite figures, the combat loli whose origin is the Queen’s Gate Battle book series, also had a mayor role in the PSP Game Queens Gate Spiral Chaos.

The full name of this character is Alice Faye and she is known as a human treasurehunter, her weapons are two really customized Mauser C96 guns and a whip. She looks very young and has a petite body, but one of her special abilities is that she can grow into an adult woman when she wants to. There was also a figure made of Alice in her adult form from Megahouse.

The characterdesign of Alice was made by Nishii here are some Illustrations from the book.

As Alice was announced I was drawn to her unique and beautiful appearance, as fan of twintails it would have been a shame not buying her, even when her loli appearance in such a revealing outfit threw me into doubt, back then where I just started with collecting figures and had only a little experience with less modest figures. Compared to back then, nowadays I couldn’t care less about her being a seductive loli, like I also don’t care about busty figures

The head of this figure is very well sculpted, her face has a nice tone and blushmarks, her facial expression depends on the viewng angle, it differs from cute, fierce to serious. Alice has beautiful piercing red eyes, which add a lot to her expression. The flow of her long hair is very detailed with these freely sculpted strands it appears very light. The hair has a few more unclean spots all around, but it’s not such a big deal from a normal distance. The hair has a nice color and shows some shading. Another eyecatcher are these scary black puppets at her twintails.

I modified a jacket into a cute and more innocent dress to give her a different appearance.

The unique bend over pose with the crossed arms looks cool. Alice’s body is quite petite, she has small arms and short, thin legs. As to be expected from a loli character, her breasts are small but have painted nipples from the backside her butt looks quite interesting with Alice’s white panties in need for adjustment and one of her buttocks is visible, I like this part of her.

It seems that the outfit is a bit inspired by Batman ;D, it’s just coincidental. Her corset dress doesn’t really cover much of her body, although it looks really cool. The black corset is very well sculpted with some silver colored buttons and rivets. The corset can be equipped with long brown weapon holsters, it is is partially castoff able, not that the corset would have covered much anyway .

Overall Alice’s outfit is really cool further details are the black gloves, the bat winged arm rings and the thigh-high stockings which are accenting her legs nicely. The half-boots with the white skull heart decals are also very cool. The weapons are two Mauser C96 guns with sawed off barrels and army knives attached, even these weapons show an incredible level of detail.

It’s a bit difficult to put them in the hands of the figure you’ll need a lot of force for it, so at first I decided not to use them. Later I could put the weapons in her hands somehow.

The base is a transparent round disk with her name carved on it, by todays standards this base is really simple, but in 2008 such things didn’t really matter as long as the base full filled it’s purpose of a secure stand for the figure.

Final words

Alice is a cool looking combat loli with a load of nice details everywhere. The paintjob is very well done and the hair is beautiful. The face didn’t really matches the cuteness from her illustrations, albeit her face looks still pretty and very well sculpted. Her petite and small body is really appealing especially with that great outfit she is wearing. After quite some years of owning her, there no turnoffs or damages, it’s a great figure and still one of my favorites. The pictures I took are from different dates between 2008 and 2014 and made with different cameras.

See you next time

It’s about time to get this review done, I received this figure some weeks after release, but now is the time for Harada Makoto the lively nurse of the great Space Battleship Yamato.

The figure was manufactured by Alpha x Omega, most of the other Yamato Girls Collection figures were made by MegaHouse. Makoto is scaled 1/8 (22cm) and was released by the end of March, I got her in May for a good bargain. She was sculpted by the talented Tanaka Sen’u who made many great ALTER figure.

Months before the new adaption Yamato 2199 aired it’s first episode, I coincidentally started to watch the old Space Battleship Yamato from around 1970. While it is old, it was a great experience for me, the first few episodes started really bumpy as if nobody believed this show could be a hit, but Soon it started to work as the epic space opera it was supposed to be.

Anime has come a long way and of course Yamato 2199 is a fresher version, starting from the really impressive animations, deeper characterizations and a more advanced storytelling. I also watched the live action movie from 2010 recently, but this was rather dissapointing experience and the nurse there wasn’t hot at all. What a sad adaption

Harada Makoto got more screentime in the OVA series without trying to spoil anything I have to say that she gets a really sweet scene. MegaHouse made a lot of figures for Yamato 2199, also the bearded Captain, but like always the women are in the majority, with their nice suits.

The figure has a short bob cut hairstyle, it’s a lovely style for her character, it also is a not so commonly used hairstyle on figures so it’s nice to have it on Harada Makoto. The hair has a red tint of brown color with dark shading at the outer regions. The sculpt has many singled out strands which look nice and detailed. On top she has a gigantic ahoge, it’s rather flexible so the risk of breaking it is low.

I really like the appearance of Harada Makoto and how her figure turned out, her facial sculpting is beautiful and not flat all.  The eyes look especially pretty, a lot of detail is shown and the sparkling effects bring out her lively spirit. I like her a lot with slightly opened mouth when she looks a little surprised, you can also change her expression to a more happy one, unfortunately you can’t swap the faces separately, they make a fix unit with the torso.

The figure has a white base with medic logo, it is connect to the figure via one foot so that it supports Makoto’s dynamic pose. You can put a transparent arm into the base to let the figure interact with the moveable sake bottle. Harada Makoto comes with an exchangeable torso that has her arms in a different position and shows a different facial expression.

Harada Makoto was my favorite from the figure lineup in terms of appearance, her face is cute and there might have been two more obvious reasons. While Mori Yuki stands for beauty and elegance, Makoto is the cute and cheerful somewhat buxom type of character.

In the OVA series all of the adult women had a slender, but shapely build and so does the figures, considering the 1/8 scale, the details and curves are very well done. Makoto has nice thighs and a cute backside. Makoto is a slender person with a large bust, even though she’s in space, her fairly sized boobs don’t defy gravity and show a rather natural shape and position.

Should I start to worry that all my recent figures have an above average bust size? Has anime twisted my perception with all the busty heroines everywhere? You wouldn’t guess what I ordered a few days ago, Oh XD. Well, in real life a large bust is not so important to me.

Why am I telling this kind of information here, please nevermind…

Every position among the crew has a different color, the nurse uniform is pink, it’s a really cool color. The uniform has a pretty, detailed and futuristic design, I like how it appears to be put together from several pieces with these deeper engraved lines. it’s a little different from the uniforms of the other female crew members, instead of a full body suit, Makoto’s dress is separated so that she can shows skin, she’s also wearing thigh highs and high heel boots.

The glassy effect looks really good, the thick black stripes are matte and create a nice contrast against the pink areas and also accentuates her thighs and also partially her buttocks. Around her waist she has a belt with very detailed bags full of medical stuff attached to the sides.

Somehow most, no actually all figures from the Yamato Girls Collection lineup were cursed by massive price drops, it’s strange since the figures are all really pretty, maybe an explanation for the felt, not so big success is that an OVA series can’t reach the same popularity as a weekly anime show, no matter how good it is. Maybe they just produced too many copies.

Cheap figure deals are great, but not for the ones who ordered for full price. MegaHouse still produces new figures for the franchise, so maybe they aren’t bothered by these price drops.

Final Words

This figures always caught my interest, I didn’t preorder her, since I was really busy with putting my preorders over the first quarter of 2014. In the end I’m happy that I’ve bought her.

Makoto Harada turned out as I’ve expected, I was still surprised about her nicely shaped face and adorable expression(s), she’s really cute and has a nice looking body. I like her outfit a lot, the light pink makes her even cuter, also the candy gloss of her suit is also great and very smooth when taking a closer look. Also her jump in the air pose is really nice and appealing.

I also like the figure of Melda Dietz from this Yamato Girls Collection line up… maybe.

which torso and face of Makoto Harada do you prefer?
I like the one with the arms behind and the surprised mouth.

For another opinion about Harada Makoto check out Reflective Boundary