The Pola – Seaside Coincidence version which has been manufactured by ALTER, she is the subject of todays review. Pola is one of the protagonists of the Azure Lane mobile game, there she is a heavy cruiser of the Sardegna Empire.

Personally I think those 2D2 skins are totally getting out of hand with the shipgirls being flirty in such an aggressive and horny fashion. Even I get embarrassed by that. They desperately try getting laid by the commander, no I think they would be the ones on top. Maybe they need some soap in their mouth instead the commander.

Yeah, well that is the origin of the Pola – Seaside Coincidence version figure, a cute looking Pola with a yellow bikini and a dirty mind…

The figure was released in November 2023, the man who was in charge of her figure adaptation was Missile without a doubt, a very talented sculptor. The scale is 1/7 with an overall height of 16cm she comes without any additional or optional parts, you have a metal peg base and can just place the figure where it’s desired to be.

It was actually a figure I was looking forward to a lot, although on arrival I wasn’t that excited to learn that Pola is a figure of the small kind. In terms of height she is smaller than the Javelin – Beach Picnic! version with her overall 27 cm, even when you substract the umbrella their sizes still don’t match very well. Obviously Pola is a lot more well endowed, but even when taking into account that the Pola figure has a more compact pose it’s still very small for 1/7 scale.

I don’t want to be the nagging bitch here, since to be honest the small size really is the only downside of the figure.

The figures hair with it’s bold purple color is a real eyecatcher, there also is the cute twintail hairstyle with a little gradient effect that turns the hairs tips into transparency. Pola also has cool looking sunglasses, they can’t be taken off.

The manufacturer gave beautiful make up to the small figure’s head, you really have to look closer to notice all the little details on the face, I also really like the figures beautiful eyes, the decals have a really high dpi resolution and don’t look printed on at all. Her blush is super cute and so is that tiny open mouth of hers with the tiny front teeth.

The bikini version of Pola is quite enchanting, of course Azure Lane’s general character design follows a simple fanservice direction. The proportions are nevertheless beautiful and even when dressed one can figure out how the characters would look without clothes. Pola is thicc in the best sense of the word, a chubby body that isn’t looking unattractive. Pola has some pounds more, even considered to other “heav cruisers” girls. I adore her wide hips with the surprisingly big butt and the chubby thighs of hers. Her breasts have a sense of weight, a lot of weight apparently, Azure Lane character designers really pay attention to the soft looking breasts and the influence of gravity. The stomach is also nicely sculpted and replicates a nice softness.

She is wearing a yellow bikini with glossy texture, one could argue if it’s the right size anyway. Her breasts barely are supported by the bikini top, so we witness sideboobs, underboobs. The bikini bottom is also doing it’s best to stay in position. No one would wear stockings on the beach, but it honestly looks sexy.

Well, there is a starfish on her butt, I wonder if starfish would actually start to nibble on the human skin under those conditions, someone should take it off asap I’d advise.

The complexity of Pola’s pose make it so that her best angles are from behind, from the front the figure is nicely sculpted as well, but it looks a little strange when her head is turned backwards.

In the middle of the internet world being in a woke wave I really question some of the review sentences I generally use and have used , I don’t want to be considered a pervert, what I do here is pure admiration of the female body, shouldn’t make a difference if it’s a otherworldly 2D beauty or not mind you.

Final Words

Pola – Seaside Coincidence version is a very expressive figure with a beautiful face and an extremely attractive body. The yellow bikini is very pretty, the sculpting of the thicc body is amazingly nice, the details are all there but in the end the Pola is honestly a bit small. The figure deserved to be a damn 1/6 scale statue, not a barely 1/7 scaled beach queen.

AmiAmi still has her on sale when you like bikini figures in general this would be a nice addition in any way

Here are a few candidates that probably would make me happy to add to my big figure collection.

Pending Preorders (because of delays)

Spy × Family – Anya Forger x Yor Forger – Good Smile Company

This show is honestly pretty dumb by anime standards, but Yor is a style bomb, such a gorgeous outfit. Combined with little Anya it’s a nice concept. This figure will be released in the next week.

Azure Lane – Bremerton – Scorching-Hot Training, TF Edition – Mimeyoi

My Bremerton has been cursed by many delays already, I will be happy once she is shipped.

Latest Preorders

Narmaya – Granblue Fantasy – AmiAmi, AniGift

I ordered myself that probably overpriced figure of Narmya, although she looks cute and comes with a gigantic dioran base. I always loved Granblue Fantasy, but didn’t order any figure based on the origin, this is probably the best I could go for and so I don’t think I will regret purchasing her.

Seishori Sister Petronille – Regular Edition – Vibrastar

And here we have a fantasy style nun with a beautiful face, coincidentially it’s also made by Vibrastar.

Sister Olivia – Vibrastar

A slutty nun became a rather popular topic in the figure industry recently and I think that one is quite lovely. A two face option and a cast off feature, she also has inverted nipples. I like this expression a lot.

Sakura Kinomoto – Cardcaptor Sakura Anime 25th Anniversary – Furyu

This cute figure of Sakura is quite great looking and looks like the cheerful character from the anime. As late fan of CCS I have really fond memories of the show, even though it was an anime intended for the younger audience.

Kashino – Hot Springs Relaxation – Mimeyoi

This Kashino design is cute. Ok, the boobs look a bit difficult to handle, but I don’t mind, the figure looks great overall. It’s a big figure, but the pose would make it not impossible to display the figure somewhere . I don’t really understand the hype for 1/4 scale figures, the size is somehow problematic and not intended when you want to have more figures.

Miki Narahashi – Frog

A figure I have been watching the figure since the early prototype stage. I like the lewd volleyball theme, the girl looks great. Although with 39 cm and 30,000 Yen it turned out bigger and more expensive than anticipated, I’m still very interested.

Rikka Takarada – Wall Figure – Good Smile Company

I really like the idea of a figure on a swing, it’s an usual metaphor in the coming of age theme in anime. This figure of Rikka can hang around somewhere. Included is an installation set. Rikka looks adorable and the pose makes it even better, but the low price is still somewhat surprising.

Marin Kitagawa – My Dress-Up Darling – Max Factory

The figure looks great, but I’m not entirely convinced by this Marin figure, of course she shouldn’t be bad, since Chieri is one of my favorite sculptors, I should not be dissatisfied with the figure anyway.

Hatsune Miku – GT Project Racing Miku: 2023 Ver. – Good Smile Company

I like this Toridamono styled Miku, she appears really cute and funny with her fang and hyper expression. Of course we also have those lovely thighs and a great looking outfit.

Fuyuko Mayuzumi – Off.the.Re.cord Ver. – Alter

I honestly thought that was a figure of Yoshiko Tsushima, apparently it is not, but however I am always grateful when a GK kit is adapted into a PVC figure and this one was even chosen by Alter, it should be awesome in the end

RABBIT GIRL illustration by Gen Grandia – Hobby sakura

I really like the concept of this figure, but I have never heard of the manufacturer, what happens a lot recently, as old figure collector I’m more used to buying from manufacturers I grew up in this hobby. It’s a very styles and expressive design I should probably give it a try.

Suzu Kanade – Exorcist Ninja Costume Ver. – Union Creative

Suzu is quite adorable in her ninja outfit and her proportions are quite nice. The figure puts the focus on the wide hips and round butt. I only watched a few episodes of her origin, but it seems to be funny and entertaining.

Tsuduri Amagasa – Shy Girls in Love – Goldenhead+

I don’t know who this character is and I probably bought more than enough bikini figures recently, although this figure shows a different flavor with her strong expression and the intention of getting the sun lotion applied by somebody.

Fox Fairy, Mo Li – Animester

Another unknown manufacturer, but I like what they did here, a beautiful fox lady with a very expressive face and dramatic make up.

I have not much experience with Atelier games, several years ago I have been trying to play Atelier Totori, but I was unable to get used to the games limited time window to fulfill certain requirements, build a ship, bake cake, do alchemy, collect material, fight monsters AHHHHHHHH! It’s a shame nevertheless since I liked Totori and the adventure was cute .

I came back to the franchise for Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout which was a wonderful adventure game with a good and enjoyable battle system.

The first figure that I have ordered from the franchise is Lila Decyrus, I really liked her appearance and so I decided to buy the figure. I have a figure of Ryza on order, it’s the big one from Phat Company! it will hopefully be released in May.

ALTER released this figure of Lila Decyrus in March 2022, she was sculpted by Amato, she is scaled 1/7 and is measuring 23 cm in height.

Without a doubt the figure is perfectly sculpted and painted, she has a great looking and very detailed outfit and features a thick and sexy bodyline.

Aside from the mature presence of Lila, her beautiful hair is styled in a rather playful manner.

The hair appears soft and thick, the front hair is great looking with one eye nearly completely covered it’s adding a nice touch.

The character has a long braid at the backside and dynamically sculpted twintails at the sides, the transparency, gradient effect and the addition of some red stripes make it very pretty and elaborate.

Lila Decyrus is from the Oren race that lived in the Underworld, what should explain her pale skintone and furry forearms.

The Toridamono artstyle of the game is supposed to be cute and soft, so the stoic nature of Lila’s personality aside, she still has a cute round face.

The parted lips add a lot of detail to the face. It’s still a little bit too expressionless in my opinion.

Although the eyes are pretty and anime styled the figures gaze is kind of sad and it feels like something is missing.

The outfits combination of golden ornaments and dark blue colors is pleasing to the eye.

Lila is wearing body stockings, at certain areas the outfit consists of more sturdy material combined with armor pieces all around her body.

The outfit looks incredibly detailed, also the nice color selection and the creative design, are very well done.

The exotic design appears to be a battle uniform from the White Fang tribe from a far away country.

Her legwear is quite brutal and deadly with these long spikes on knees and shins, the metallic paint on them create a realistic appearance.

Her lower body is covered by a thin strap of cloth at the front and back, it’s only a bit disappointing that her buttocks are covered like that. On her 1,64 m character size Lila is blessed with very attractive womanly curves and so is her figure.

As fighter type Lila has a sturdy, compact body with indeed very big boobs and wide hips. The thighs volume is very prominent compared to the lower legs. I think this is a very nice figure, it portrays Lila’s character very well. Her detailed battle outfit looks gorgeous.

The natural pose is quite appealing in person. While I think that her face is accurate in terms of facial features and stoic expression, I can’t help myself but wanting to see Lila smile a little. Nevertheless, I still think that this one from ALTER is the best adaptation of Lila Decyrus.

It’s about Javelin – Beach Picnic! ver. from Alter

In the last year the focus of figure manufacturers finally shifted away from Fate/Go, to Azure Lane. There already were a number of nice figures from this franchise released especially Alter put its focus and fate towards Azure Lane characters with around 12 figures on their agenda already.

Azure Lane is actually a nice game with an interesting and ambitious storyline, it’s sometimes a bit difficult to follow with the scifi tech talk and theories about things,

that I have not on my mind in general. The big appeal point next to the motivating gameplay, is the female cast. They are all kind of gorgeous, most are rather curvy, Of course there are also other type of girls in the game with less extreme proportions.

The figure of Javelin – Beach Picnic! version was released in October 2022. She is scaled 1/7 with the ridiculously large umbrella spear she measures 27 cm in height.

Javelin is one of the starter ships of the game, she is from Royal Navy faction. She was sculpted by Makio Munetoshi. The overall design is mainly based on this L2D skin out of the game, except for the inflateable swimring and picnic blanket the figure looks like on the illustration.

Javelin is an insanely cute girl, she has a curious open mouth and beautiful blue eyes, that look extremely detailed and lively.

Her cheeks have some blush marks which add more cuteness to the figure.

Her hairstyle looks fantastic, the bangs and the voluminous wide and high ponytail have complex styling with sharp lines, but it still has a fluffy appearance, The lavender color is pleasing to the eye, the transparency effect ion it is actually magical.

Javelin is probably a teenage girl, but let’s say that she has the appearance of a young adult though. Although Javelin is not as well endowed as her big sisters, she has a beautiful bodyline with a cute little butt.

Her small chest combined with wide hips and lovely legs is simply wonderful. The bigger ship girls have quite sexy assets, but I can’t deny that I like the younger ship girls of the game a lot.

She is wearing an adorable but also obviously scantily clad, blue bikini. It’s frilly pieces are very pretty with their light opaqueness and delicate sculpting. At the left side is a big blue ribbon, attached to it is a sparkling gem-

The pose portrays her as bubbly, youthful girl who is really looking forward to the beach picnic, although she has to carry everything herself.

The raised arm with the picnic basket is very cute, another cool feature are the picnic equipment consisting of plates and fancy cups. you can’t do anything with them and it’s not so easy to see, but it’s nice to know that it’s there.

Javelin – Beach Picnic! ver. is both a very sexy and sweet looking figure. Actually, everything about her is beautiful, be it the adorable face, the bodyline with attractive proportions or the great looking hair. I also really like the design of Javelin’s bikini, it’s again a great combination of sexy and cute elements.

I have ordered the figure for 18.800 Yen without shipping. One hand it’s a lot, but compared to other recent figures, Javelin was affordable.

It’s generally very impressive craftsmanship that you can expect from the figures of today, especially when you decide to buy something made by Alter.

’m actually team Eriri Sawamura Spencer , but for some reasons I have decided to get the main characters cousin Hyodo Michiru.

Her name is Hyodo Michiru – lingerie version. The figure was released in Summer 2022. Michiru was manufactured by ALTER and Numakura Toshiaki was in charge of turning her into a three-dimensional figure by following the illustrations of Misaki Kurehito.

I’m a fan of the artists detailed artworks, all of the character creations are simply beautiful, delicate and expressive.

To me it’s a mystery why so many figures from Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata are around, there have been 2 anime seasons and a movie of it. I admit that I didn’t watch the latest season, which would be Saenai Hiroin no Sodatekata Furatto.

I’m not really interested in harem themed anime anymore, I don’t like to invest feelings and time into tedious harem settings where the wrong girl wins anyway, harem is not good for me anymore,

aside from some ecchi comedy moments, that we anime fans all love.

The trend definitely tilts torwards monogamous romance with animes like Aharen-san wa Hakarenai,

Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san and the extremely popular Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru, where the story focuses on two main characters.

The figure comes out of the box with a huge circular base with cozy, white fake floor on it, a fancy looking stool.

You simply put everything on top of each other, no further assembly is necessary and no cast-off option is implemented.

One of the less good aspects is the size, officially the figure is supposed to be scaled 1/7, but she looks very small for some reasons. The figures head would pass as 1/7 scale, but the body looks like 1/8 scale, especially her upper body appears small.

She has dark purple hair decorated with a pretty flower, the hair is not shoulder long, but with longer strands at the sides, which are framing the characters beautiful face, her kind gaze is just wonderful.

The iconic eye design of Misaki Kurehito really gives the character a lively expression, furthermore she has a cute nose, a wide smiley smile and little blush marks.

The lingerie in this figure adaptation looks more like a cheongsam, but the certain level of opaqueness makes it count as fancy lingerie.

The overall outfit is extremely elaborate with a lot of small and even smaller details, mentioning every part of it would probably take another 1000 words, so just look at the pictures to discover the great design of this figure.

The gentle purple color of her dress is really appealing, the soft folds are really well done and there is also a flower pattern printed on it. I’m really impressed by the silver lining on her dress, the precision is amazing. The cheongsam has several cutouts at the back and at the front, the slits above the thighs are perfectly placed. You also just can’t ignore Michiru’s cleavage. On the petite Michiru her well-developed breasts are rather impressive.

The outfits transparency reveals Michiru’s lower underwear just a little. Additionally, I like the pretty gloves and the stockings with big ribbon at the side, the shading effects also turned out very nice.

I really like the figures very well-articulated pose, where she is apparently patiently sitting on her stool gracefully.

With the arms placed between the slightly spread legs, hahaha in letters this sounds as if the figure would be a lewd one, what she actually isn’t. Come on look at her angelic face, she isn’t such a girl.

Even though Michiru’s outfit can be considered daring and she is an undeniable attractive girl, the whole figure appears very precious and vanilla, because of the graceful and cute appearance, the whole figure goes into a tame and romantic direction.

I’m really happy about the figure, her outfit looks fantastic, pose and body sculpting are both very appealing and the face turned out as cute as desired. Michiru is a good girl that happens to be dressed in a transparent cheongsam looking stunning and kind at the same time

Figures made by ALTER often promise an exceptionally nice quality and so I ended up ordering this Hachiroku. ALTER made a Hachiroku figure in a swimsuit version, her release date was in January 2022. She was sculpted with great care by the experienced Takaku & Takeshi. The swimsuit version is scaled 1/6 and measures 23 cm in height.

Maitetsu is a classic Visual Novel, every girl is cute and has an route of her own. The game is set in an alternative Japan with a few sci fi and fantasy elements. It’s a story about reviving the old railway system in a rural area of Japan.

The game is telling a lot of info about trains and it gets much into detail about Railroads and economics.
It was one of the newer VN’s that I have played recently, one of the things that stand out are the highly animated sprites, which let the characters do some animated movements what makes them appear more lively and adorable, it’s a great feature and increases the players motivation.

Hachiroku is not a human being, she is a 130 cm tall Raillord, (a mechanical doll with a soul, that is needed to operate a train, the JGR Class 8620 in her case. Surely our Hachiroku is not a real human, but she is also not acting like a robot, not in her behavior nor in her speech pattern, she has such a nice voice performed by Kiritani Hana.

In the game I really liked her charming personally and elegant demeanor. Her normal train conductor outfit is beautiful. This is not be first Maitetsu figure, there has been a beautiful figure of Hachiroku in her stunning train conductor outfit made by Aspire and a few bikini figures from Q-six. I still want the one from Aspire.

The swimsuit version was ought to be a figure with exchangeable body parts, but during production ALTER ran into problems, so in the end it was decided that two complete figures were made and put in the box to finish the production on time.

Of course it’s a nice thing for the buyer to get two figures in one package. There we have the happy Hachiroku in a frilly black swimsuit and train conductor cap. Next to her is her naughty “twin” wearing a scandalous micro bikini, yes I feel bad about it but with the adorable face I can’t leave her in the box.

The first thing that came to mind when I was unpacking the figure was “Wow, she really looks like in the VN. The face(s) have been made with great attention to detail. The shape of the face, the cute nose and the round and slightly elevated cheeks. The deep red eyes and cute blush give the figure a very lively and detailed expression, her lips are glossy but painted in a natural color which is a great additional detail on the figure.

The hairstyle is something classic what slightly resembles a hime cut with long hair at the backside. It’s coal black hair with semi transparent tips and a gradient from black to grey. As little mecha musume reminder Hachiroku is equipped with a few antenna like things that resemble train parts, on the left side of her head is even train pipe. Her necklace is designed like a railway signaling token carrier pouch, in the past those were used as security measures and to control which train is allowed to use a certain track section at a certain time.

I like the black colored swimsuit a lot with it’s smoke black color, brass lining and dots and the red ribbons. The frilly top and the short skirt attachment give it a cute appearance, although from a lower angle you can notice that the swimsuit isn’t all that innocent, since her buttocks are not covered very much. The effect of transparency and stretchyness is very well made and it’s overall a lovely design.
The other Hachiroku shows 99% more skin, her bikini only consists of tiny white triangles and black strings. I think the small bikini of Hachiroku (lewd) is looking a bit silly on the petite, infantile body and I have no idea why she would wearing it in the first place, it shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but it’s definitely odd to see.

Actually its nice to place both of them together, they have different poses, expressions and outfits. The dressed Hachiroku does a cute salute greeting, while holding an inflatable train under her arm. The nearly naked figures wears a nervous expression, who would not while being dressed like a …her hands are placed below her bellybutton with her fingers nervously articulated.

Hachiroku is a small sized heroine, still with feminine proportions, she has a flat upper body, the hips are as wide as her shoulders. Her round belly is slightly sticking out, I don’t understand why loli characters always have such bellies. Arms and legs are nicely sculpted as well as the fingers and toes.
The pretty transparent base shows sand and the ocean, each figure has it’s own base, it’s nice that both figures don’t have to share one, which also allows you to display both at the same time and also together.

As final thought, I really think that the Hachiroku – swimsuit version made by ALTER turned out as I expected, the figures are beautiful. the size is nice and the details are very nice, too. It’s even better since I got two figures in the end, although one of them has weird clothes. Both are actually cute, the one in the black swimsuit is still my favorite.

Alter released them in January 2019, it indeed would have been a good Valentines Day post, but I wasn’t happy with the pictures I took last year. This year I created a new set you will hopefully like.

For this review I got myself some help from Otaking, I think having another ones viewpoint of a figure is interesting and Otaking was willing enough to offer is help. As co-author he was quite helpful for me.

First a short hello from him.

Hello internet, I’m Otaking. You might have seen some of my comments on Wieselhead articles in the last months. Fabian invited me to co-write for him, so here I am.

I have this figure myself, but I haven’t taken it out of the box yet. Since the box is made of transparent plastic, I thought I don’t need to open it until I display what’s inside.

Unlike Fabi, I haven’t seen anything from Love Live!. So the first thing I thought upon seeing this product was ”either these girls are lesbians and like each other, or they are going to meet their respective crushes. And the pink-haired one is leading the charge, since the other is shy”. Then I found out how Nico is and I thought ”Tsundere!”.

I’m a big fan of the first Love Live! anime, I didn’t consume the content from other media of this franchise, but I was already happy with what the anime covered, I liked everyone a bit, some more and some less.

One of my instant favorites was Nico, the often grumpy idol expert, that could perform the cutest idol pose. Compared to the other mainly good girls, she was like a little demon, but actually really cared for µ’s and liked their school idol adventure with the others. Her relationship with Maki always has been a little tense.

It appears like Maki and Nico don’t really like eachother, so this figure combination is a little odd to me at least. Maybe in other media or in fanfiction they might find their way to eachother. Anyway that pairing is super popular. To see them as item with yuri goggles and the power of love everything is possible.

In the first place I only bought this figure pair because of Nico, but that doesn’t mean that Maki is unwanted for me. I think this combination of two characters is just so adorable, they are even holding hands oh my gosh.

Both figures were sculpted by the experienced Makio Munetoshi who designed quite a number of beautiful figures. Maki and Nico are scaled 1/7 and measure 21 cm in height.

The cute outfits are based on an UR card from the smartphone game, which I actually never played.

Both wear cute valentines day themed school uniforms, if you look closely enough you’ll notice all the small variations of Maki’s and Nico’s outfit. Nico wears a neckerchief, her blouse reveals her belly, she is wearing thigh highs while Maki has a tie, knee socks and her blazer has different pockets.

The main reason I bought this figure-combo was the oufits. They are not as elaborate as a japanese idol stage-suit, but not as simple as the regular school uniform. They are like a fancy version of the latter. You could almost imagine someone wearing this in reality, and it would still be very flashy – but could still be pulled off.  Here’s a history lesson for you readers – go look for “Mod clothing” and you will find clothing similar to what high-schoolers wear in the typical anime. It might be from where the character designers got the inspiration, other then from the actual japanese uniform.

As Fabi said, the uniforms are different to each other, which is all the better. Nico has a fuku-type shirt/blazer, while Maki has a more traditional european blazer, both with appropriate neck-ties for each. I love the gold loop-trimmings on the edges of the collars sleeves and skirts, they just give the clothes an extra edge of elegance. Since I haven’t opened mine yet, I’m looking at the prototype, and I see that the 2 stripes on the left arms are of different colours, to match each of the girl’s ties. One set is burgundy, the other pink. SO much attention to detail ! Also notice the loafers. They not only have gold soles (to match some of the details on the clothes), but also one heart on the right shoe.

One thing their outfit has in common is the length of their skirts, in this pose they are somewhat risky lol.

One last thing … I don’t know what kind of underwear they have on ! I still have that surprise waiting for me when I open the box !

They are innocently white lol

Anyway the burgundy red skirts have a pleated design and the golden lining is especially nicely done, Nico’s skirt says Happy Valentines and has a heart at the top, the level of craftsmanship is quite impressive.

It’s amusing how Nico looks all shy and flustered, while Maki appears chilled and relaxed. I like how it look like they want to hand over choco to their owner, in this case me.

As you probably noticed both girls have different kinds Valentine’s gifts, Nico has probably self made cookies and sweets in a transparent bag and Maki bought some fancy chocolate.

I really like the candy bag Nico is carrying. It looks really well made and detailed. I wonder if the material is rubber or plastic? It’s great how they inserted all those different sweets inside!

Nico turned out especially her short petite body is adorable, her thighs appear slightly plump and squeezed, combined with the thigh highs Nico’s legs look indeed very attractive.

Both stand on one big heart as base, the golden letters and glossy finish give it a high quality appearance. Of course you could only place one of the girls on the base, but when you would have so much dislike for either Maki or Nico, you should better buy a different figure.

Overall, I simply have one complain and that is about Maki, to me her winking eye is on the wrong side, especially for the light setting it is very difficult when the open eye is in the dark corner, they followed the illustration, but it would be much better when they hadn’t.

Final Words

Without a doubt ALTER’s Love Live! School Idol Festival – Valentine Hen figure pairing of Nishikino Maki and Yazawa Nico is a beautiful figure combination. They look like the anime characters or perhaps even nicer. Their outfits look great and everything is especially detailed. The cream white and dark red colors are a perfect color harmony that nicely match with the Valentines theme. It was a somewhat expensive purchase, but for the ~ 20.800 Yen you receive 2 beautiful figures from the Love Live! franchise in an enchanting holding hands pose.

Overall one of my favorite figures from my collection that have street-smart clothes.

When I looked at the latest figure listings at the shops recently I noticed one thing, they became so damn expensive! 13,000 Yen figures became the affordable category and the top category is close to 22,000 Yen. If this trend continues I don’t know what to do, completely turning my back to the figure hobby is not an option for me. Maybe a good time to take a closer look at my figure wishlist. There I noticed a few figures like Mefmera , Kouwan Seiki or Tomoe.

I also noticed VaistarStudio on Twitter some time ago, a super talented figure photographer, who also makes excellent stages for the figures, here I saw these figures and thought that Eila & Sanya looked quite great as pair.

The figure pair was manufactured by Alter. From base to shower head the whole combination measures 23 cm and the scale is 1/8. An less often used scale after 2017, since 1/7 is already the standard. What is odd about the figures is the release date, Strike Witches aired around summer 2010, but this figure combination is from spring 2016.

The figure couple is quite cute, I like the chilled pose of the girls under the shower installation.
First of all I like that figures are made as a pair, at the backside you see how their tails are entwined with eachother. The two girls holding their long drinks with ice cream and tiny straws. Alltogether a summerly atmosphere is created.

Eila has a beautiful face and a great smile, Sanya seems a bit nervous here, but also has a gentle smile on her face.

The bikini design is very skimpy with the low cut panties, Sanya wears a black bikini with soviet star and Eila’s is wearing a blue white bikini with striped top. Even with the skimpy bikini’s both figures aren’t what is considered sexy, the anatomy is like the whole franchise on the skinny side, although they have long legs and a nice looking midsection with cute bellybuttons.

I have watched Strike Witches season 1, season 2 and Victory Arrow, but I skipped Brave Witches, since I didn’t want to get used to new characters. Fortunately, a continuation of the old storyline is scheduled to be aired this year, named Strike Witches: Road to Berlin.

Eila and Sanya share a deep friendship watching them interact in the anime was always heartwarming and sweet. Eila is my favorite of these two, Sanya has a low profile, but that is also cute. Eila has the ears of a wolf and Sanya those of a black cat.

Final Words

Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen & Sanya V Litvyak – summer version is an interesting and charming figure combination.

I’m a big fan of such figure combinations and this one is done especially nice, both are cute figures with nice pose and articulation. In 1/8 scale everything is quite small, not to say tiny, but the general quality of the figures and the accessories is very high and is solid, although one should pay attention to not lose one those tiny straws. Obviously they aren’t very curvy figures what I would prefer nowadays, nevertheless they are very cute and have a nice holiday feeling.

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 ^^

As first review of 2019 I chose the stunning figure of Ashikaga Chachamaru made by ALTER. Ashikaga Chachamaru is based on an VN named Soukou Akki Muramasa, which has been released in 2009.

I actually have to admit that I don’t know anything about her character and only a little about the game she is based on, except from the several CG illustrations that are widely spread around the internet, there aren’t that many informations available. Soukou Akki Muramasa hasn’t been translated so far. The game itself appears quite dark themed, with it’s dystopian setting, it also has no problems with showing the heroines in roughed up conditions.

Nevertheless it’s a popular game with beautiful and attractive character designs, illustrated by the great Namaniku ATK. The game already provided over a dozen figures of mainly Muramasa and Chachamaru. ALTER’s Ashikaga Chachamaru is her 3rd figure adaption, she was released in early December. She has been sculpted by Amato, is scaled 1/7 and measures 22 cm in height. After putting the figure on the base no further assembly is required.

The figure has a very pretty face, the big amber colored eyes are quite expressive, I’m a fan of her thicker eyebrows. She has a slightly opened mouth with a little fang. A detail I also like a lot about the figure are the pointy ears.
Overall she has a friendly expression with a mischievous gaze, it’s really great how lively her face turned out.

Chachamaru hairstyle reminds me of everyone’s favorite vampire Shinobu. She has very long hair with pointy tips, it shows a lot of movement and is captured in a dynamic momentum. The hair is painted in a not too brash tone of yellow with darker shading here and there. The bushy fringe gives the girl a wild and attractive look.

The figures design captures Ashikaga Chachamaru in the middle of undressing with an alluring intention. She’s a girl of average size sporting an enchantingly petite an youthful body. Even though she is a petite girl, her back and abdomen shows a lot of definition. Chachamaru isn’t especially well endowed, she has a small chest and a sexy small butt.

In a way her fairy like built emits a sense of fragility, of course the figure itself is a sturdy one. Her legs are relatively long and the thighs have a nice volume. Chachamaru looks really attractive and the sporty appearance suits her nicely.

The figures halfway dressed outfit is very sexy. She has nothing to wear over her bra, I have no idea where her top went to? She wears a bra with opened up backside. She wears blue striped underwear in a girly design. with blue ribbons at the bra’s and panties front. The bottom part is a thong though. Chachamaru wears nicely designed hotpants painted in orange and brown, it shows great shading effects and realistically sculpted wrinkles.

In her hand the figure holds a long black belt, that was ought to keep the tight piece of clothing in place.
She wears sturdy looking fingerless gloves that cover 2/3 of her forearm, it gives the petite figure a slightly tough appearance. the right hand has a yellow rope wrapped around and you can notice Chachamaru’s tiny thumb.
Her black thigh highs accentuate her lovely thighs and trained calves, they also create the perfect zettai ryōiki.

Final Words
I like this figure of Chachamaru a lot, to me she is adorable and erotic, her facial expression is simply great. Together with hotpants and thigh highs her outfit looks cool. On first look there is the girly underwear but it turns out to include a set of thong designed panties. Despite from looking tough and used to fighting the petite character nevertheless triggers the “must protect” instinct.

Ashikaga Chachamaru from Alter is a wonderful adaptation of Namaniku ATK characters design. Her alluring expression is both, attractive and cute, it also conveys a feeling of danger. The figures slender and athletic body is really great. In combination with her skin revealing outfit, Chachamaru emits a lot of seductive appeal.