Figures of Hoshizora, Rin and Yazawa, Nico were also part of this lineup of three.

In general Hanayo is a shy and demure person, but she is an ambitious Idol fan. Deep down she wanted to be part of µ’s very early, but thought that she wasn’t good enough and had the wrong personality for it. Rin and Maki litterally had to drag her to the roof to make her decide to join the group, but actually Hanayo took the final step. Episode 4 of Love Live! School Idol Project season one was really great. Eventually, Hanayo can overcome her shyness and is able perform on stage with everyone on a same level. I really like Hanayo for everything she is, her looks, the cute behaviour and funny antics. Oh and her obsession with rice is just hilarious

Hanayo looks perfectly like Hanayo in this figure adadaption from the good looking hair to the chin she has a pretty head. She is very charming with her beautiful eyes which are precisely printed and a cute mouth with her gentle smile.
I was really happy that Hanayo came with glasses, I like such figure a lot, Hanayo is my 2nd figure with such a feature.

Often in anime media you see glasses as kind of beauty defect and to be exchanged with contact lenses and characters suddenly getting prettier, to me such such things are unnecessary, wearing glasses doesn’t mean that you are an ugly duckling. I always thought of glasses as fashionable item, also before it became an hipster item for people that don’t need it. Aside from being a big help for people with bad eyes it can give a certain look interesting or also attractive look to a person. Hanayo can also be displayed without glasses, but why should I do that? she looks gorgeous this way .

Hanayo’s regular school uniform set looks lovely, it was adapted faithfully and looks elegantly casual, the dark blue blazer with it’s dark shading has a convincing look, also the white collar and sleeves from the shirt below give it a lively appearance. Her skirt is painted in a lighter blue color it has a nice pattern, although it’s not as detailed as the blazer, it also looks good. The number of details and the texture give her outfit a very good and dynamic look, the cute ribbon around her neck and the golden buttons add the finishing touch to her appealing uniform. Hanayo likes to wear panty hose, the brown one suits her very well and the dark shading at the right places accentuates the girls beautiful legs.

The cute Hanayo is a modest figure, nevertheless with some tricks here and there the sculptor managed to accentuates her pretty body with the help of her clothes. The blazers sits quite close to her body, which highlights her narrow waist and wider hips. As already mentioned the pantyhose also makes her legs very pretty, haha I really like her cute thighs. Alltogether the outfit and bodysculpting gives Koizumi, Hanayo an attractive but also still a decent appearance.

The chosen pose of Hanayo is very nice, the lively articulation or her body, limps and hands is cute and appealing.

Final Words

This figure of Hanayo turned out lovely, sweet and lively. Even though when ALTER plays in another league with their fancy Love Live! School Idol Festival figures, FREEing also did a very good job with their Koizomi, Hanayo in her regular school uniform that follows the anime design closely, considering the price it was a real surprise for me that the figure turned out so nicely made. I did not always have the best opinion of the smaller scale figures from FREEing, but sculptor Yokoyama and the manufacturer apparently did an excellent job, since this figure here is surprisingly detailed and elaborately sculpted, a pretty uniform, a sweet pose and most importantly a beautiful head make an appealing figure out of her. As fan of Hanayo I’m extremely satisfied with this figure and happy about my decision to order her.
 

Welcome to New Preorders part 30, my figure ordering slowed down a little in recent related posts, still 30 is quite a number worth mentioning. I placed 2 figure orders since part 29, so today we will mainly take a look at the figures that recently were listed in the shops.

Ordered Items

So here are the figures I’ve ordered recently …

Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- Yudachi Kai Ni

manufacturer: GSC – scale: 1/8 – release: october 2016

After Shigure Kai which was covered in a previous post on this blog, it didn’t took long for her “classmate” Yuudachi to be officially presented by GSC. The “Nightmare from the Salomons” looks absolutely stunning with her confident pose and expression ready for battle. Aside from looking cool with her detailed mechanical backpack , Yuudachi still shows lots of cuteness.

Natsu no Kemono – Chitose – Character’s Selection

manufacturer: Rocket Boy, Native – scale: 1/6 – release: june 2016

I couldn’t resist to place an order for this darling (⁄ ⁄^⁄ᗨ⁄^⁄ ⁄). She obviously has her naughty bits and details, but she also creates this sweet and romantic atmosphere around her. This lovely facial expression is just marvelous. I also love her soft skin look and her butt is terrific.

Interesting figures

I haven’t ordered these figures, but at least I find them overly interesting and like to list them. Tell me which one you like or which not, or which figure you would like to see in a review

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Riina Tada

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/8 – release: august 2016

I ordered Idolmaster Cinderella Girls figures before the anime got popular, I honestly tried to ignore the anime when it aired. Recently I just watched both seasons and surprisingly my enjoyment was very, very high and many characters grow on me. Soon I started noticing the figure adaptions, too. The figure of Tadaa Rina is the first one that I find extremely appealing.

I liked the group of her and Miku a lot, there is also a Miku figure matching Riina’s visual style, but her priority is less high for me. Riina looks super cute and also will come with an e-guitar.

Strike Witches – Charlotte E. Yeager Bunny style

manufacturer: Aquamarine- scale: 1/8 – release: July 2016

Useless 10bit video releases prevented me from watching the latest Strike Witches animation, but whatever. The figure of Charlotte looks adorable with cap and bunny suit combination.

The friendly face, her ample busom and alternative hand options are nice, she has rather detailed fingers. Until Miette-chan reviewed a figure made by Aquamarine, I had no real opinion regarding their quality before, but apparently their latest figures are good quality.

Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- Akitsushima

manufacturer: Funny Knights – scale: 1/7 – release: june 2016

I’m not familiar with this relatively new ship from Kancolle, but damn I love her design. Akitsushima is a very cute girl with a lively personality. Her face is appealing as well; purple eyes and a pretty smile. The nicely designed uniform, but also her mechanical ship parts look cool and interesting. It’s also really cute how she carries the big plane around gently.

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: Kaede Takakagi

manufacturer: Wave – scale: 1/8 – release: july 2016

I like that this figure of Kaede has the appearance and charm of a real lady, a young lady ;D Oh my! her face and make up look so gorgeous. Her outfit might be simple from a certain standpoint, in my eyes it really got class and suits the attractive Kaede in a casual manner.

Super Sonico with Macaron Tower

manufacturer: Alphamax – scale: 1/7 – release: august 2016

That is a super adorable Sonico figure, a sweet face which shows her love for macarons ;D
She is wearing an extremely cute, nice pastel colored, frilly bikini. Also her curvy and buxom body appears to be nicely portrayed in this figure adaption. I already have a number of cute Sonico figures, so I rather feel like not getting this one.

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Nozomi Tojo

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: june 2016

I doubt that we will see a nicer figure adaption of Nozomi, ALTER makes stunning Love Live! School Idol Festival figure. Nozomi wears a spectacular and elaborately designed costume, it also ccompliments her womanly body. I’m not sure if the closed eye was a good design idea,, I would be happier with both of her pretty eyes opened.

Figures I should have ordered already, but other shit came up

Here are figures I also would have liked to order, but other things happened. Preorder slots were already full or I simply noticed the figure too late.

Amagi Brilliant Park – Isuzu Sento

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: june 2016

I feel so sad that I can’t fit her in my current preorder roadmap,  in june I already have two exclusive and expensive figure orders  that prevent any further figure in that month. I hope something will be delayed sooner than  later. Buuuwahhh Sento is so pretty ੨( ･᷄ ︵･᷅ )ｼ..

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata – Katou Megumi

manufacturer: Aniplex – scale: 1/7 – release: september 2016

I honestly didn’t notice her during the limited preorder time XD Hopefully I can find her after release.  The figure is very sweet, she has a lovely expression and also an alternative face.

Mahou Shoujo – Suzuhara Misae – Summer Sailor Uniform

manufacturer: Orca Toys – scale: 1/7 – release: february 2016

I’m not especially fond of characterdesign of Raita, I don’t like certain ssmall aspects of it. The figure was freshly released and owner pictures showed that Misae looks great ♡.

That is the end of my small New Preorder overview post. Was there something you already preordered or plan to order soon? Let me know your story in the comments. see you soon ^^

Today, we will take a look on the latest figures that popped up at the shops recently. It has been a while since the last “New Preorders” post, I totally forgot it to be honest. It feels like prices for our precious figures climbed even more in the meantime , the Dollfie/BJD hobby I recently got more interested in is not so much more expensive, anymore.

 Ordered Items

Even though I struggled with Preorder decisions, there still were figures I considered convincing. Strangely two are ecchi and exclusive, I hope the manufacturers will show their figures from the past Wonderfestival soon, so that my preorder roadmap looks less ecchi.

Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata – Eriri Spencer Sawamura

In the end I’ve betrayed Utaha senpei with Eriri ;D I just ordered this figure of Eriri, I love her expression and the detailed paintjob. And when you can take off the jacket, she just gets more beautiful, it’so nice how the shirt accentuates her petite body and she has good thighs.

manufacturer: GSC release date: April 2016 scale: 1/7 price: 10.800 Y

Original Character – Kankoshi Momoi – simple version

There where 2 versions, one with gynaecological chair for around 17.000 Yen and one with a beanbag for 12.000 Yen, since I was mainly interested in the figure I decided for the simple version. I like these design of the nurse, she is very pretty and I’m enchanted by the playful expression. The figure has pretty bare boobs, I’m ok with displaying figures this way haha.

manufacturer: Native release date: November 2015 scale: 1/7 price: 12.037 Y

Asmodeus – Maou Mokushiroku – Koori Shiri Ice Cream no Bushi

The third run of the 7  Deadly Sins is more interesting to me, the bigger 1/7 scale brings out the characterdesign even more, be it the pretty demon girl faces or the attractive bodies, but also the poses appear more dynamic. I already ordered the Leviathan – Maou Mokushiroku figure and now Asmodeus. I like the creative idea of a figure lying around in a tasty sundae.
Asmodeus looks super hot with the boots and her prominent butt and I like these fine hair strands and the face. Please don’t mind this bizarre ice on a stick, I guess it’s removable.

manufacturer: Amakuni release date: March 2016 scale: 1/7 price: 12.000 Y

Kantai Collection – Yuudachi Kai Ni – Parfom –

Yuudachi is the prettiest Destroyer girl and this action figure caught my interest. This 14cm deformed styled figure is called Parform, it’s a poseable figure with many interchangeable parts and three faces. The figure looks really pretty and the posing options are probably fun.

manufacturer: Phat Company release date: October 2015 price: 5.500 Y

Interesting figures

I haven’t ordered these figures, but at least I find them overly interesting and like to list them. Tell me which one you like or which not, or which figure you would like to see in a review

Hyakka Ryoran – Matabei Goto Kenki Ver.

I was watching this figure since some time, it’s a interesting somehow cute figure, the pose is fun when Matabei is carrying an oversized brush. It’s her Master Samurai appearance and the brush is actually a spear. The pose is also nice because you can admire her great looking butt and her cute sulking face expression at the same time, maybe thats also the reason for her sulking. Matabei appears older than her Samurai Girl friends, at least she has a sturdier frame. Her butt has a good size from time to time I like a bit more butt in my figure collection.

manufacturer: ALTER release date: November 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 13.824 Y

Captain Earth – Hana Mutou

I already mentioned that I’m a big fan of Captain Earth, I already received a figure of the Villain Moco. Hana is a good girl with a strong tan and beautiful blue eyes. She is without a doubt a pretty girl an her simple dress underlines her innocent nature.

manufacturer: Aquamarine release date: November 2015 scale: 1/7 price: 14.940 Y

Kantai Collection – Tatsuta

Ques Q turned the two sisters into appealing figures based on the official art, both sisters are somewhat dangerous, Tatsuta is a charming yandere in an elegant outfit. She looks really pretty, the black cutout dress nicely accentuates her chest covered with a white shirt.

manufacturer: Ques Q release date: November 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 12.700 Y

Kantai Collection – Tenryuu

Tenryuu is the more aggressive, intimidating, tomboyish sister, her design is more all out, but her outfit is also quite appealing, personally I prefer Tenryuu a little bit, she is just so cool.

manufacturer: Ques Q release date: November 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 12.700 Y

Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [LocoDol] Yattemita. – Yui Mikoze

Without knowing the origin I think the concept is pretty funny. The sporty, curvy girl watching you from inside the mascot costume. You’ll also have secondary option to display, after her mascot job is over. The sweaty look is somehow cute and her stretchy sport dress is sexy.

manufacturer: Phat Company release date: December 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 14.904 Y

Fire Girl – Homura Hinooka Swimsuit style

The first time I saw this figure, I really liked her colors and the face, she’s a simple yet also stylish swimsuit figure. She’s pretty, but still I think she needs more volume around her thighs.

manufacturer: Aquamarine release date: December 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 14.040 Y

Maid-san to Boin Damashii – Mikage Kuroki

Sexy meido incoming. This is a really good looking figure especially with glasses she’s such a hottie. Her body is nice, also with a lovely backside with smaller boobs that would still be a wonderful figure, though FREEing made her ultra busty, which is not everybodies cup of tea.

manufacturer: FREEing release date: February 2016 scale: 1/4 price: 22.800 Y

My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU 2 – Yukino Yukinoshita

Kotobukiya makes the best promo pictures for their figures, Yukino looks great with her pale skin and moon blue eyes. The expressive pose with her sitting on the chair also adds a lot to her appeal. She’s cool, beautiful and wears a nice uniform, black hair is always win.

manufacturer: Kotobukiya release date: December 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 9.936 Y

Maken-Ki! – Aki Nijou

I like the cuddly girls of Maken-Ki! I was super surprised as preorders opened last week, in general Orchid Seed takes longer to paint their prototypes. Aki sensei is the cute doctor, I wanna pinch her cheeks (these in her face, ok) I like her face, hair and  alluring presentation.
In the anime she is refered to as K cup, I’m not sure if the figure really has that proportions.

manufacturer: Orchid Seed release date: February 2016 scale: 1/7 price: 12.960 Y

Grisaia no Kajitsu – Yumiko Sakaki

Yumiko the tsundere heroine from Grisai, coincidentially I played the Game not long ago and had fun with her arc. Her sweet side makes her really adorable. In her bashful pose and cute bunnysuit she also looks great. Holding a giant carrot makes it an even cuter figure.

manufacturer: Orchid Seed release date: January 2016 scale: 1/7 price: 13.824 Y

Although I’m mainly a collector of attractive Bishoujo figures, Nendoroids always have a place in my heart, my last purchase was Takamachi Nanoha – Nendoroid #263 , recently two other for me very appealing Nendoroids were announced.

Nendoroid – Love Live!: Kotori Minami Training Outfit Ver.

I like the training outfits much more, since they don’t look like carnival XD Every girl comes in an unique outfit with a special character specific item. So far I like the Kotori Nendoroid the most, even though I have other Top 3 characters, she’s just too cute.

manufacturer: GSC release date: December 2015  price: 3.500 Y

Nendoroid – Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- Oyodo

The is something I really like about this Oyodo Nendoroid, maybe it’s the hairstyle in combination with the black color, the glasses or the cheeky face. Either way she really comes with a load of useful accesories next to her already huge “backpack”.

manufacturer: GSC release date: January 2016  price: 5.000 Y

So apparently that were all the things I was interested in, maybe you liked a few of them, too. Or did you discover different figures recently that might have triggered your interest?

Hi there, I added 4 new items to my Preorder List and so it is time to take a look at the recent preorders, further below I will also show you other recently announced figures I’m partially interested  in. Under Preorder Roadmap you can see all of my preordered figures for 2014.

The prices are retail prices, without the discount most figure related shops have to offer.

Recent  Preorders

Kongou – Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~

For gods sake I still wasn’t able to get in this stupid online game, even with all the “tricks”. Just how difficult can it be ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ !!? Even without being able to play the game, I love the visual style of Kantei Collection. Combining a cute girl with a classic battleship from WWII makes you nearly forget about the tragedy that befall this and many other ships. Back to the admirals darling, Kongou looks simply gorgeous, considering that she is only scaled 1/8 this figure is super detailed, the few damage effects on her and the clothes give her some sexy appeal .

Max Factory also makes three of the cute submarine girls, I -19, I – 168 and I – 58

manufacturer: Max Factory release date: September 2014 scale: 1/8 price: 13.704 Y
 

 Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico – Beach Queens

As Sonico fan, I just couldn’t ignore this new Beach Queen, Wave sculpted her nicely with all of her convincing physical attributes, just look at her thighs, she’s pure dynamite. I also like the little red crab which will be included .

manufacturer: Wave release date: September 2014 scale: 1/10 price: 6.000 Y
 

Ikaros – Sora no Otoshimono Final 

Recently I have finished the manga from Sora no Otoshimono, it ended pretty unspectacular, you should expect nothing from a harem setting in the end. The authors just don’t have the guts to let the main character pick one girl. One of Sora no Otoshimono’ good part is the appealing character design and likeability of it’s characters. Kotobukiya decided to make a figure of Ikaros under their 4 Leaves lable. She looks lovely from head to toe, I just love her puppy eyes. From the backside she also convinces with her detailed braids.

manufacturer: Kotobukiya release date: August 2014 scale: 1/6 price: 12.000 Y
 

Kashiwazaki Sena – Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT

I ordered this figure as soon as she was available, sure she is huge, but I’m sure that I will like this curvy girl, the sculpting is so well done. Also her face is convincing, Gift did a very good job at recreating the face of Sena with all of it’s details, while other companies failed at it so far.

manufacturer: Gift release date: June 2014 scale: 1/4 price: 13.000 Y

Finally a release date

Kirigaya Suguha – Sword Art Online

manufacturer: ALTER release date: 1th May 2014 scale: 1/8 price: 7.800 Y

I’ve been waiting ages for Suguha to be released, at first she was scheduled for November 2013, but now the day of her release is close. The figure has a nice natural sitting pose where she is placed on a cute veranda, I guess she will be a cute companion for outdoor shootings.

Interesting figures

I haven’t ordered these figures, but at least I find them overly interesting and like to list them.
Feel free to tell my which one you like or which not, or would like to see in a review

Cecilia Alcott – IS: Infinite Stratos 2 – Bunny ver.

manufacturer: Freeing release date: October 2014 scale: 1/4 price: 18.333 Y

As it was already announced at last Wonfes, FREEing is going to turn all IS girls except Houki into large scale figures. I always checked out FREEing’s big figures at Tentacle Armada and thought that they are pretty. Nevertheless, when looking at Cecilia I’m kinda impressed how faithful she is to her anime appearance with blush and a lively expression, she looks quite gorgeus. Let’s hope that there will be no cutbacks on the details in the final product.

Original Character – Kondo Yume

manufacturer: Native release date: September 2014 scale: 1/8 price: 10.185 Y

It is mean that Native mixed this adorable cute character design with so much lewdness, ok the illustration was already like that. Yume is really cute, she is petite, pretty and yeah she even has glasses. I like her type quite a bit, there are a number different ways to display her.

These battery powered things in her bag give me the creeps and actually are superfluous for me and I will let them stay in the box. Aside from that, she comes with a mattress and pillows. I’m probably going to order her, even when it takes all of my courage to do so. You can order her from the 25th April 2014 at your proxy of choice or directly from Native.

 
 Taimanin Asagi – Igawa Asagi

manufacturer: Milestone release date: September  2014 scale: 1/8 price: 9.000 Y

Oh I nearly forgot to add Asagi, this is the second figure that I’ve seen of this character. I like the design of her. Her origin is quite  hard stuff, I’m not talking about fights, I took a look in one part, it was not really my thing. Anyway I’m happy that she is made modest in a cool pose

Sonsaku Hakufu – Ikki Tousen

manufacturer: Dragon Toy release date: August  2014 scale: 1/6 price: 14.500 Y

I have a week spot for the latest Ikki Toussen figures from Daiki/Dragon Toy. The latter one made this super pretty Hakufu figure in damaged clothes, I think she would look good next to my Kan’u , both have a similar style and very good body sculpting. This hole in her shirt will be a bit difficult to cover, I assume, that I can worry about that later ;D

Souryuu Asuka Langley – Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q – Jersey ver.

manufacturer: ALTER release date: September 2014 scale: 1/7 price: 10.800 Y

Thats probably the most fashionable Asuka figure to date, the hat alone is awesome, ALTER included a different posing option to recreate two different, appealing poses. Overall she looks very good and has a cool expression, I would consider to add her to my collection.

Mikasa Ackerman – Shingeki no Kyojin

manufacturer: GSC release date: October 2014 scale: 1/8 price: 12778 Y

Ackermann looks really good as figure, she has cool clothes is super detailed and a without a doubt pretty face. Well, even though I like this story Mikasa comes from a lot, strangely I don’t feel much for anyone of the characters.

Kinomoto Sakura – Card Captor Sakura – Nendoroid

manufacturer: GSC release date: September 2014 scale: Nendoroid price: 4.444 Y

Better late than never a Nendoroid of Sakura appears, I just watched the whole Cardcaptor anime like two years ago, it’s the perfect example of a very nicely concluded anime. You could order her from the 25th April 2014 , I probably will.

Mankanshoku Mako – Kill la Kill – Nendoroid

manufacturer: GSC release date: August 2014 scale: Nendoroid price: 3.889 Y

This is a real comedy Nendoroid, I like her funny expressions a lot, she will also have special bendable arms. The special edition comes with a beaten up face, which is just creepy X<.
 

Urusei Yatsura – Lum Invader – ARTFX J

manufacturer: Kotobukiya release date: September 2014 scale: 1/7 price: 9.000 Y

Upcoming figures I’m interested in

Kousaka Honoka – Love Live! School Idol Project

manufacturer: GSC scale: 1/8

Love Live is such an entertaining show, there are my animes related to the Idol culture, but Love Live is special. Sparkling animations and character designs, mixed with a number of different, but likeable personalities. GSC chose Honoka as figure to be made, she looks great so far. Actually I like the “big”girl, but the one that steals my heart is the little devil, Nico.

Koshimizu Sachiko – iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls

manufacturer: Phat Company scale: 1/8

This is so good, an enchanting yandere type of Idol, I love her cute demonic expression, it’s a rarely used theme, her pose is also unique, I hope the final figure looks as shiny as this.

Tachibana Makoto – Free!  ALTAiR

manufacturer: ALTER scale: 1/8

Well, here we have a sexy boy, oh my I’m watching too many sport anime lately. I never watched Free! for it’s lack of female characters, well I have heard that the female swim coach was pretty. Makoto is not really the bishounen type, but I think he looks pretty cool in this pose and outfit. Preorders haven’t opened so far.