I’m often drawn to figures in this category, they are pretty, attractive and distribute a summerly atmosphere.

My latest one is the Magic Bullets – Pin Up Girl from Kalmia Project, a figure based on the art of Sasaoka Gungu, before she was announced I already liked this sweet and especially nicely drawn illustration of her.

Her release date was in mid November 2016, my convenient excuse for reviewing her somehow late, was the slow Sal shipping, that took like 6 weeks. I liked Pin Up Girl because of her more creative, casual beach pose and tanlines, the figure is scaled 1/6, in her compact pose she measures 17 cm. She turned out nice and obviously elaborately sculpted.

She is a curvy girl with a more sturdier frame, as the tan lines indicates she might be an active swimmer. The figure has voluptuous thighs and strong looking arms. She has ample breasts as well. Overall she is very attractive and good looking. The figures hands and feet are extremely detailed, every single joint is clearly noticeable as well as the nails.

The skimpy bikini is probably not working for many sporty beach activities, but all right for relaxing at the beach.
The bikini accentuates the soft skin nicely, the triangle top covers the crucial areas and is slightly transparent without revealing too much. Nevertheless it’s a daring bikini, that tightly hugs her impressive boobs, the springy effect of her skin looks sexy. I also like the separate bikini holder straps, the distance from the body creates a nice and realistic look.

Unfortunately the ribbons at the front weren’t sculpted separately, they are part of the bikini and painted inside, on close inspection it’s slightly sloppy, although it’s just a minor thing, separate ribbons would’ve looked more airy.

The figure has beautiful dark purple hair. it is nicely sculpted with nicely separated strands and has a clean appearance, her extremely nice looking fringe shows a nicely applied reflection line that enhances the great look a bit more.

The face is compared to the illustration appears wider and the eyes slightly smaller. she also has a slightly more predator – ish gaze. Unfortunately, I’m a bit torn about the sculpting of her head, it feels like it’s limited to be pretty just from a few limited angles. Nevertheless from the right angles she looks sweet and unfolds her seductive charm.

In general bikini figures are made with an arched back, this figure though does the opposite, it does both, creating a more casual appearance and shows a belly fold, that again highlights the softly sculpted curves of her attractive body.The pose also accentuates her spine in an appealing way. The figures base is also nicely made and detailed, it’s resembling a real beach, there is a starfish and some blueish surge effect painted on it, the base looks really nice.

I also decided to get this figure because of her interesting tan lined skin. The skin color is nicely chosen, it gives the figure and exotic atmosphere, also the transition from tan to pale skin wasn’t done too sharp, it’s pleasing for the eye.

Final Words

Overall the Pin Up Girl from Kalmia Project turned out very good, she is a big figure with and interesting pose with nicely articulated limbs and joints. The figure also has a great looking curvy body, the sculptor did a great job with every area of her buxom body. Her skimpy skin revealing bikini also accentuates everything in a flattering way.

The Pin Up Girl also has very nice colors, next to her purple hair and general shading, her attractive tan lined skin is most obvious. Tan is a nice and barely used feature on a figure and a nice color palette for her was chosen.

She also comes with a very appealing base, I must have buried it under all this sand, but it’s a nice base, believe me.

One minor, although completely unimportant flaw are the front ribbons at her bikini. I’m only more upset that the face doesn’t convince me from every angle, although everything else is really nice, this bothers me.

Hey Followers, what’s up? It’s the end of November and a (probably) last time this year we will take a look at the recently announced anime and game figures that appeared at the shops, in autumn the number of appealing figures increase dramatically, so this post has many entries.

Ordered Items

Nanairo Reincarnation – Kotori Takigawa

This cute little maid in skimpy uniform really caught my interest, I just ordered her without a second thought. She has an adorable face with detailed facial features and also cute proportions with average sized boobs and soft curves all around she is a lovely figure.

manufacturer: Kalmia Project  – scale: 1/7 – release: April 2017

Super Sonico Nuresuke Satsueikai

It’s been some time since I ordered an interesting Sonico figure or saw one that wasn’t a prize figure. I’m still a Sonico fan and fortunately the figure manufacturers never get bored of. This figure wears a casual street outfit, ok she accidently was hit by water, but what would Sonico be without a bit of fanservice here and there. The figure has a nice big 1/6 scale, DRAGON Toys figures often turn out really nice and this Sonico should turn out great, as well.

manufacturer: DRAGON Toy – scale: 1/6 – release: February 2017

Peach Maid – Ami

Sorry I’m a perv (//∇//). Well, the first time I saw this maid figure at the last Wonderfestival, I already knew that I had to get her no matter what. In the first place, Ami has an amazingly nicely made face with a strong expression. On the other hand I also like all sorts of maids, even the half naked ones, I can’t deny that her ecchi bits were also a small convincing aspect.

manufacturer: Process/Native – scale: 1/7 – release: May 2017

Interesting

I haven’t ordered any of these figures yet, but I think they are very interesting and I like them. Tell me which figure you like, which not or which figure you would like to see in a review here.

Senran Kagura NewWave G Burst – Ikaruga – Circuit no Joou

Vertex announced a nice looking big scaled figure of Ikaruga in a skimpy outfit. She is one of my favorite Senran Kagura characters, she is a pretty girl and I also love long jet black hair.
The figure portrays her in a slightly bendover pose as grid girl with battle torn clothes. The characters in Senran Kagura are squishy in the right places and she is no exception. In 1/6 scale her attractive proportions are accentuated nicely, on their official blog Vertex also hinted her top is castoff able. On top of that Ikaruga also has a cute bashful smile.

manufacturer: Vertex – scale: 1/6 – release: March 2017

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Ranko Kanzaki Memories Ver.

I know someone who probably ordered this Idol figure at the speed of light ^^. I’m really convinced by ALTER’s Ranko figures, she has a cute face and wonderful red eyes.

manufacturer: Alter – scale: 1/8 – release: May 2017

Fate/EXTRA CCC – Saber Bride

I really like this figure adaption of Saber Bride a lot, judging from the promo pictures from Hobby Maxx. This Saber looks elaborately desinged with her dynamicly sculpted outfit and the pretty paintjob. I’m also enchanted by her sweet and gentle face. To get this figure with a stylish base you’ll have to buy her at shops like Big in Japan or Nippon Yasan for a little more.

manufacturer: HOBBY MAXX – scale: 1/8 – release: August 2017

Fire Emblem if – Camilla

Partially I like this figure because of her gorgeous color combination, purple, black and gold. The figure looks very pretty and somehow elegant. Her face also has a kind expression, like a lovely big sister. You know, I totally like these kind of hairstyles that keep on eye hidden.

manufacturer: Intelligent Systems – scale: 1/7 – release: September 2017

Sanfujinka Shikeishuu Byouin Jack- Asami Akabane

FREEing adapted a naughty nurse fantasy into a big 1/4 scaled figure, Asamai is a mature woman with a hot and curvy body, apparently she has really big boobs and in general her uniform is tightly fitting. As you can see her body is sculpted and painted in a quite detailed fashion. She also has a quite unique face with a lot of paint which is unusual for figures of that scale. I’m not a big fan of the long and thin nose, aside from that she looks very attractive.

manufacturer: FREEing – scale: 1/4 – release: May 2017

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Honoka Kosaka

Honoka was a bit plain for a leader personality in Love Live! nevertheless ALTER made a wonderful figure of Honoka, following the Love Live! School Idol Festival “tradition” the figure is elaborately styled and her outfit is brimming with details, it makes her something special.

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: June 2017

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Kotori Minami

I was happy to hear about the re-release of this cutest Kotori figure, I kind of missed ordering her in the first round. The sheduled release it not the best timing for me though, it should be happened 6 months later. I love Kotori and this figure of her is simply amazing.

manufacturer: ALTER – scale: 1/7 – release: July 2017

Dagashi Kashi – Hotaru Shidare

PULCHRA makes this creative eyecatching figure of Hotaru, chilling in a concrete tube, it looks like a promising sculpt with Hotaru looking like her anime counterpart with a nice face and a detailed outfit. I’m always very picky with figure adaptions from characters I really like, I didn’t like the Hotaru, that Max Factory showed earlier this year. This figure features one of Hotaru’s stylish outfits, I always liked the way she is dressed.

manufacturer: PULCHRA – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

Murakami Suigun no Yakata Original – F-ism Vol.20 F-ism Shoujo

What I really like about this figure are her faces, she actually comes with two different ones. The figure itself wears a pretty shool uniform, though for some reason she is wrapped in funny bondage ropes underneath, I’m not really a fan of it, but I could probably cut it off somehow, if I would decide to really get her. With optional parts you can make this figure more questionable, so I don’t feel too fond of this figure in the end, because it’s all too much, even though she has extremely beautiful eyes. Make a normal figure like that you demons!

manufacturer: Daiki Kogyo – scale: 1/6 – release: June 2017

Hdge technical statue No.15 GANTZ:O – Reika X Shotgun ver.

Union Creative is a more or less unkown company nevertheless they aren’t afraid of making such a challenging sculpt of Raika in a stunning and shiny black bodysuit. The face looks nicely detailed and attractive. One of the figures striking features is also this nice, plump butt.

manufacturer: Union Creative – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

Racing Miku 2016 Ver.

This is probably the cutest Miku figure I’ve ever seen, her face shows the sweet curiosity of a cheerful young girl. As far as it concerns me, she is also the prettiest Racing Miku, without any futuristic hullabaloo. She is sitting on a pile of tyres and has a nice and lively articulated pose. This Miku is a very appealing figure with vivid colors and an overall adorable appearance.

manufacturer: Good Smile Company – scale: 1/8 – release: August 2017

Excellent Model LIMITED – Active Raid: Liko

Liko is a kind of mascot from the Active Raid anime, I could’nt bear to watch more than 5 episodes, but it wasn’t the fault of Liko. MegaHouse turned Liko into an expressive figure, very detailed and with nice colors. I really like her pretty eyes and the nicely flowing hair.

manufacturer: MegaHouse – scale: 1/8 – release: April 2017

Oh My Goddess! – Belldandy – Me, My Girlfriend and Our Ride Ver.

I never took the chance to look at the Oh My Goddess! franchise, a few times I saw a Belldandy figure here and there. Here Belldandy  appears with a new look and artistic sculpt. Clad in a racing suit, she is a cheerful, sporty girl, sitting on a futuristic motobike like flying machine. I like it, the figure looks nicely detailed and the vehicle is extremely interesting.

manufacturer: Good Smile Company – scale: 1/8 – release: September 2017

Taimanin Yukikaze 2 – Rinko Akiyama Pole Dance Ver.

From the lewd ninja saga comes a creative pole dance figure of Rinko, she is a very pretty girl with a buxom body and a huge butt. The figure is really an ecchi gem as far as I can tell. She has an expressive face, a nicely detailed, purple bodysuit and the 1/7 scale is a nice size to show her amazingly sexy body. She also has another torso to display her with bare boobs.

manufacturer: Milestone – scale: 1/7 – release: March 2017

KING OF PRISM by Pretty Rhythm – Taiga Kougami

I like bishounen characters when they don’t look too girly or like one of these womanizer types with pointy chin. Taiga looks so cool also in this nonchalant outfit. Without knowing anything about his origin it’s a good looking figure with a really nice “bad mood” expression.

manufacturer: Flare – scale: 1/8 – release: May 2017

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk – Toudou Kirin

Ignoring the mainly disastrous second season, I liked Gakusen Toshi Asterisk quite a bit, also for it’s cute character desings. Kirin the shy girl with amazing sword skills was chosen to be the First, but hopefully not last adaption from that source. The attractive figure with it’s nice colors, especially the awesome shade of purple, portrays her serious and athletic side.

manufacturer: Aspire  – scale: 1/8 – release: June 2017

So we have reached the end of this oversized “New Preorders” post, maybe there was something interesting for you listed?, in summary the figure collecting hobby stays interesting, even with the current price level.

Next year I will post New Preorders 35, hopefully the manufacturers won’t announce more alluring figures this year…

The End

Hi dear figure collectors, a few days ago the Wonderfestival 2016 [Summer]  happened.

The Wonderfestival is a main event for figure manufacturers to showcase their upcoming and planned figures. Illustrations, early prototypes and colored samples are on display.

I’ve never been there in person, but it’s always a highlight for me. Especially this time it was one of the more awesome kind of Wonfes, I never listed so many figures I liked before.

In this post I will feature everything that caught my interest, normal and ecchi figures.

Please understand that I can’t write my impressions on every of these ~80 figures.

IS: Infinite Stratos – Charlotte Dunois – Laura Bodewig – Nekomimi Pajama

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: Tanaka Touji 

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Kousaka Honoka

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: Dutch, Teruyuki 

Shirobako – Yasuhara Ema

Hyakka Ryouran – Yagyu Jubei – Wedding Ver.

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Amato

IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Anastasia – Love Laika, Memories Ver.

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: unknown

IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Kanzaki Ranko – Love Laika, Memories Ver.

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: unknown

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu – Rem

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Fate/Grand Order – Lancer

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Takao – Heavy Armament Ver.

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: Hiroshi

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Murakumo

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Ayaki

To LOVEru Darkness – Yuuki Mikan

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Nakayaman

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Bismarck

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Sakaki Kaoru

GOOD SMILE Racing – Hatsune Miku Racing 2016

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Yoneyama

Aa Megami-sama – Belldandy – Boku to Kanojo to Norimono to. Ver.

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Suzu

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Ichinose Shiki – Mystic Elixir

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica – Miki Sayaka

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Gekijouban Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica – Tomoe Mami

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Jougasaki Rika

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

The Idolm@ster: Million Live! – Satake Minako

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Sagisawa Fumika

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Summon Night 3 – Aty

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Jigoku Sensei Nube – Yukime (Amakuni, Hobby Japan)

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: I-kon

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Ashikaga Chachamaru – Wedding ver.

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Kashima

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Ooyodo

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Bikini Warriors – Cleric

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Grizzry Panda

Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works – Saber – Haregi ver. 

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: Mai 2017 – Sculptor: Miyajima Katsuyoshi

The Idolm@ster: Million Live! – Amami Haruka, Kasuga Mirai, Shimamura Uzuki

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Totoki Airi – Princess Bunny

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Sword & Wizards ~The Emperor of Sword & Seven Lady Knight~ – Felicia von Flamberg

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica – Kaname Madoka

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Tales of Berseria – Velvet Crowe

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: unknown

Fire Emblem If – Camilla

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Monolith

Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise – Angela Balzac

Scale: 1/4 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Fate/Grand Order – Lancer

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: November 2016 – Sculptor: unknown

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Naka Kai Ni

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: unknown- Sculptor:  Mamiya Seiichi

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Ro 500

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2016 – Sculptor: Del, Mamiya Seiichi

Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic – Alice Cartelet 

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: unknown

To LOVEru Darkness – Yuuki Mikan – Maid Style 

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: 2017 – Sculptor: unknown

Show By Rock!! – Cyan

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: 2016 – Sculptor: Del, Mamiya Seiichi

Musaigen no Phantom World – Kawakami Mai

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? – Kafuu Chino –  Alice Style

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: March 2017- Sculptor: Kuma, Guhico

Senjou no Valkyria Duel – Selvaria Bles – X’mas Party

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Senjou no Valkyria Duel – Juliana Eberhardt – X’mas Party

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Shining Blade – Sakuya – Shining Beach Heroines

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico (Vertex)

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Shining Wind – Touka Kureha

Scale: 1/8 – Release Date: December 2016- Sculptor: Ranmaru

The Seven Deadly Sins – Mammon – Maou Mokushiroku

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk – Toudou Kirin

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Houkago no Pleiades – Subaru & Aoi – Swimsuit ver.

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Arakawa Takahiro 

Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm – Arisaka Mashiro – QueenTed

Scale: unkown – Release Date: 2016 – Sculptor: Arakawa Takahiro 

Monobeno – Sumi – QueenTed

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Taimanin Yukikaze 2 – Akiyama Rinko – QueenTed

Scale: 1/7- Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Pon

Original Character – I.V.E

Scale: unknown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Saori

Fate/Extra CCC – Saber Bride

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Dagashi Kashi – Shidare Hotaru

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

To LOVEru Darkness – Yuuki Mikan

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: PMG

Chunithm – Mishima Haruna

Scale: 1/7 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Hiro

On Page two, we continue with the NSFW content from the Wonderfestival. Please don’t skip here, the manufacturers put a lot of effort into these sexy and beautiful figures as well.

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Fault!! – Saeki Ai – Skytube – Wedding Version

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: EGG

Original Character – Skytube – Tougetsu Matsuri –  Ver.2

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Hiro

Original Character – Skytube – Yuki Itoguchi

Scale: 1/6 – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Zac

Ragna Strike Angels – Anemori Ayano

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Original Character – Skytube

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Original Character – Saionji Nadeshiko 

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Grizzry Panda

Boku Girl – Loki Asgard – Suzushiro Mizuki

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Chieri

Original Character – Hanasaki Marika

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Hashimoto Ryou 

Original Character – -Secret Stage- Hoshizaki Yua

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Kondou Takayuki

Original Character – Sonico

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Yamaki Chihiro

Original Character – Succubus-san

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Original Character – Oshitsuke Mune no Onnanoko

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Original Character – Cle Masahiro (Rocket Boy)

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Original Character – Ami

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Deira

Ootori Erii

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: Okayan

Original Character – Hyougara Bikini-san

Scale: unkown – Release Date: unknown – Sculptor: unknown

Maitetsu – Hachiroku

~Fin~

So what were your impressions of the event,

was there something you liked in particular?

The picture are from

Akiba-weekend – http://akiba-weekend.blog.jp/
Akibaphotography – http://www.akibaphotography.net/
Cut a news – http://www.cutanews.com/wordpress/
oyj12 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/95676094@N02/

thx for taking all the pictures

Today we’ll take a look at Igawa Asagi, the popular PC Game heroine, well her origin is a popular Hentai Game, most of the time Asagi is actually not really heroic. There is also an anime adaption, with an avantgardistic (crazy) visual presentation. Most Hentai don’t bother to add a more elaborate background story, Taimanin Asagi does to a certain degree. Aside from her job as Anti Demon Ninja, Asagi leads a normal life with a mindful boyfriend and a lively little sister, until her presumed dead arch enemy returns to seek revenge. After she gets a captive she is forced to do certain things, I rather don’t want to discuss in detail.

Do you actually have any interest in watching hentai from time to time?

I sometimes do, I actually prefer the friendlier settings with nice animation quality and some comedy moments, although the darker titles can be more interesting, when they have a true storyline and not only a lame excuse of an intro for abusing cute anime women, but that’s quite rare. In order to be able to write a bit more about Igawa Asagi, I watched the three Taimanin Asagi OVA’s, not entirely something I enjoyed… at least it had a decent ending.

Putting the background aside, Asagi is a really popular character created by studio Lilith. There have been two figures of her, one 1/6 scaled from 2009 in a white and normal version and a 1/8 scaled one from 2014, which was released recently. She will be reviewed today.

Asagi Igawa was released at the end of October and manufactured by Milestone. Milestone is a wholesaler of figures and other anime goods, most of their own figures are collaborations.The figure is scaled 1/8 and has a height of around 17 cm, she was delivered in a space saving pretty box, inside is the shapely figure of Lady Asagi, a rock debris base and a fancy sword.

I was joyously expecting the release of this figure, although I have preordered her rather late.

There were several things I liked about her, like the purple suit or the facial expression, I love slanted eyes combined with an adventurous, confident smile. The promo pictures were actually excellent, compared to what we usually see from other companies, like Alphamax, their figures are really nice, but the promotional pictures somehow never show it that well.

Asagi is a shapely woman with a sturdy build, one part about her is quite prominent, her large breasts, I guess she is the most stacked girl in my collection so far. Her proportions appear not really suited for combat, but Asagi is a very skilled ninja, the character design is distinctive with accentuated curves where it matters in the ecchi industry and a sexy facial expression.

What I like about this or the other Igawa Asagi figure is, that they portray her as action heroine, even though she’s a character based on a rather hard hentai series, they show her with some dignity and pride. This figure of Asagi looks very cool with her dynamic appearance.

I really like Asagi’s combat suit, it’s shiny and with metallic flakes mixed into the silver and purple color, I could probably have polished her a bit before taking pictures. The skin tight dress follows her body nicely and accentuates her rich curves. The suits design has a dynamic feel, the purple is decorated with silver parts and also fishnet elements.

Her hair is painted quite dark with a green bluish shading, the flow is nice and shows convincing strands, the two finer strands of hair complete the detailed appearance. The low hanging fringe makes her more attractive since it gives her a mysterious, sexy expression.

I ‘m very happy about the figures face, it shows a sense of strong willed, confident, maybe there is also a little arrogance mixed into the figures expression. She is someone you would call a tough women, but Asagi can also look very cute. The facial details look very good, also when considering that her head is on the smaller end of the 1/8 scale. Her face is very expressive and pretty, it shows green, slanted eyes, her lips also has some light lip gloss.

The figure has a nice looking sword with a straight blade, when putting it in her hand you can make it face backwards or forward.

The sculptor captured Igawa Asagi character nicely, but took some liberty with the shape of her boobs and maybe the size, in the anime adaption they appeared somewhat smaller.

No, I should rather say less big. A tear drop like shape would have been preferable, but I knew it before I preordered this figure so I should not complain. Actually it looks not too bad when you are into women with bigger boobs. On the other hand her proportions are actually balanced, Asagi has very wide hips, a voluptuous butt and strong thighs, so she won’t fall over.

Final Words

I like this figure, she is purple, fierce and sexy ^^ I love the detailed suit, that shines like crazy and adds a nice contrast to her bare skin. The figure also has a stylish, elaborate looking base.

As 1/8 scaled figure Igawa Asagi looks very appealing and convincing, the dynamic, also expressive pose make her look great on my desk and the face is actually very well done.Still I would have definitely liked her at a bigger scale, too.

On a technical level Milestone left a positive impression with solid craftsmanship and good choice of materials, there are a few things that could be improved, like a few very  minor over painting issues. The sculptor did a good job in reproducing the characters distinctive attributes, the curves are nice and everything is very detailed, like her finely sculpted fingers.

Part 24! It’s been a while since I preordered a figure, but I recently added 3 more lovely figures to my basket, additional I’ve listed a few figures I consider to preorder or not in this post.
I will also talk about a few cool figures that recently showed up, but aren’t up for ordering yet.

September was quite a crazy month, so many delayed items one after another, I had to edit my Preorder Roadmap around 6 times. Now October is a whole mess, but I believe in more delays.

Recent  Preorders

 I-168 – Chuuha ver.

Haha, I was impatiently waiting for preordering my Kancolle waifu, she’s among my top favorite characters in the game. Max Factory did a great job with her damaged state and the cute details like inflatable tube and the simple sandals. I – 168 is so sweet with her embarassed expression an her body looks great. It’s nice to see her in a shiny swimsuit and how it adds some contrast.

manufacturer: Max Factory release date: March 2015 scale: 1/8 price: 10.926 Y

Taimanin Asagi – Igawa Asagi

I really considered about ordering this attractive Ninja woman back and forth, as she was delayed to October I hit the button. Except Asagi, October was ought to be free of preorders, but it never goes as planned in the figure collectors world. You would actually think that a character from really naughty Hentai game, would get a really naughty figure, but her convincing curves aside she is presented as cool looking action heroine. My additional reasons for ordering are her really lovely face, the purple suit and her very promising promo pictures.

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

Comic Market – Event Staff Onna no Ko

Wing constantly increased their reputation as figure manufacturer and they became rather lively in announcing new figures. Back then there was this lovely official Comic Market mascot illustration, two Wonderfestivals ago it was announced that Wing would turn it into a figure, as soon as I got the news, I was really happy about that. I have to say that this adaption turned out very well, they captured both, the sex appeal and cuteness of the mascot and she looks gorgeous.  Nice hair, a sweet face with glasses, the pose and an odd, but pretty choice of outfit turn her into something really nice. She is also a big scale figure and is partially castoff able.

manufacturer: Wing release date: January 2015 scale: 1/6 price: 12.800 Y

Asuna – Titania version

I actually thought I could pass on this figure since I wasn’t that convinced by the promotional pictures and Asuna never was a character I cared about at first. In the story Asuna grow on me when she and Kirito took in Yui, the little cyber girl. As first user pictures of the figure appeared after release, I was quite surprised about the very adaption of the character. I’m really not into bondage or other tricks with ropes, but I’m a sucker when it comes to expressive faces and this Asuna  has it for sure. Her sorrowful  facial expression is beautiful and she even has Elf ears. Under her pure white dress, Max Factory gave this figure quite risky underwear, which is really in need for adjustment and reveals details I never expected from a figure of this company.

To have less pressure with incoming packages, I placed my order at a local dealer, where I realized that 10o,00€ are actually worth a lot of Yen. I paid a little much, but at least I won’t regret not getting her.

A number of people said that they disliked it when Asuna was kept hostage in ALO and also disliked the figure because it reminded them of that certain part, where Asuna was turned into the damsel in distress. Well, the figure is nevertheless beautiful in my eyes, they could have given her clothes a slightly lighter appearance, but we can figure that out when she arrives.

picture is from Garm_guarddog on Flickr

manufacturer:  Max Factory release date: released scale: 1/7 price: 10.926 Y

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

Original Character – Zettai Tora – normal version

This figure is a fresh GK adaption from Mouse Unit, now they have a PVC version of her ready for preordering. The girl looks a little bit bored, but she has beautiful hair, glasses and a great looking hat. Don’t ask me for what reason she has a tiger tail. This figure features Raita’s distinctive character design with a prominent sculpted ribcage and prominent nipples. She’s a big figure of a nicely sculpted beach woman with castoff feature, the price appears a little fierce, but buying from overseas is still somewhat cost efficient in the EUR regions.

manufacturer: Mouse Unit release date: January 2015 scale: 1/6 price: 14.800 Y

Grisaia no Kajitsu – Suou Amane

Grisaia no Kajitsu is a visual novel, it’s anime adaption will start to air very soon, while Im not sure how they want to adapt this complex material, Kotobukiya shows us one of the heroines of the game in a happy manner. Her background is rather difficult to explain in few sentences, on first impression Amane is a very kind and likes to take care of others like a mother. She’s not shy about showing her buxom body and seems to be quite carefree about morals in general.
This figure looks promising. the hair and face are close to the game design, I love her eyes. The pose is cute and playful, it’s rather cool that she’s 1/6, will give her a bigger impact as figure.

manufacturer: Kotobukiya release date: February 2015 scale: 1/6 price: 11.000 Y

Kasugano Sora

This figure was announced just ten months ago, I have the feeling that it has been longer.
I noticed her appeal some weeks ago, she looks really pretty in her cream white chinese dress and the fine strands of her hair. The soft bright colors of her are quite enchanting. Sora is obviously a younger character, together with blush and huge ribbons she’s also very cute.

manufacturer: ALTER release date: October 2014 scale: 1/7 price: 13.800 Y

Tamaki Kousaka Miwaku no Twister Game version

This figure is based on a GK which has been around for some time, only in parts though, Orca Toys came around the corner and added this Tamaki Kosaka (another one) to their catalog. The girl looks pretty alluring with her body and facial expressions. I like this creative pose, as well as the idea behind it, playing Twister seems to be more fun with Tamaki. The GK had a prettier bikini color, but Ora Toys actually produced some nice figure, this one turn out nice either.

manufacturer: Orca Toys release date: February 2015 scale: 1/6 price: 13.800 Y

Alisia Heart

I actually don’t know who this character is, but the short girl with the flowing red hair looks very nice all around. It’s the typical pretty Japanese Game design outfit, some armor, boots and for female characters there is a cute skirt added. The dynamic pose together with the pretty character design makes a nice package.

manufacturer: ALTER release date: December 2014 scale: 1/8 price: 10.800 Y

Upcoming figures I’m interested in

Featured and announced figures that will be made sooner or later.

Kiryuuin Satsuki – Senketsu version

Haha ok, this is honestly not the girl of my dreams (maybe nightmare), but from an artistic perspective this planned GK adaption is simply awesome. I hope GSC will produce the figure without big design changes, to make her more suitable for mainstream, the unique style makes her special and appealing. I also think that Senketsu, the uniform suits her perfectly.

manufacturer: GSC scale: 1/8

Sailor Sapphire Succubus

Hmm, this post turns out to have certain trend, but now I drop da bomb. …Well, there is nothing to sweet talk about, the figure is a daringly posed Succubus. I actually kind of like the design of Orchid Seeds currently in development prototype, while her exaggerated proportions are not what I demand, there is really something charming in her face that I can hardly resist.

manufacturer: Orchid Seed scale: 1/6

Moco

Captain Earth finished, time for figures! I already assumed that my beloved anime would get no scale figure at all, so as the news surfaced my heart literally skipped a beat. Embrace Japan will make Moco, the charming and enigmatic villain of the show. She is quite the hot lady, always wearing her eccentric, bold outfit. The alien really enjoys her human avatar and I really like her playfully sexy personality. I would be even happier when someone would make a figure of Akari.

manufacturer: Embrace Japan scale: 1/8

We reached the end of this post, I was happy to be able to place a few orders again and share my thoughts about some new figures. Was there anything that caught your interest?
Maybe you have already ordered something from that list, just tell me in the comment area.

Are you up for some more Wonder Festival 2014 material, in this second part we will take a look at the coverage from some more figure manufacturers which took part in the event.

It’s always a strange phenomenon at Wonder Festival, the less popular companies seldom get the attention from photographers as for example GSC, therefore we people in front of the screen must be happy with less quality pictures. Well, I guess it’s still better than nothing,

Kagura – Gintama – G.E.M. – China version

I already finished 3 seasons of Gintama, it is fun. Kagura is the cutest character in Gintama with her childish voice and bold language she is always fun. Here is a new version from MegaHouse, called “China”. The figure has a pretty dress and comes with traditional umbrella and a funny second face expression. Oh, obviously you can order her starting from today.

Haramura Nodoka – Saki Zenkoku-hen – Sekai Seifuku Sakusen

For some reason this Saki will only be made in 1/10 scale, still she looks very pretty as a whole in her classic sailor uniform. You can also preorder her since a few days.

Himemiya Anthy – Shoujo Kakumei Utena – ChuChu

Megane! Megane! I think this figure prototype looks quite appealing in her vulnarable pose. I’m not that familiar with Shoujo Kakumei Utena, but this girl is supposed to have a darker skincolor, I like that and I’m quite curious how she will look with some color.

Mori Yuki – Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 – Pilot Suit Version 2

I recently finished the OVA series and I liked quite bit, with a great visual presentation and a overworked storyline compared to the old (also great ) anime. MegaHouse made a number of characters of it. I got the nurse  recently and love it. There already was a figure of her, but here is a little more dynamic version of Yuki in a sexy pilot suit and a great facial expression.

Ishikei –  Original Character – C77 Guide Book Illustration

I was pleased to see that Wing got this adorable figure painted for the event, she turned out really nice and close to her illustration. Her face is cute and she is big, I will probably order her.

Saber – Fate/Stay Night – Last Episode

Saber is so popular all the time and she constantly appears in different outfits, this one is especially pretty and shows her in a peaceful manner. I always like to see Saber in alternative outfits that seem to be out of character. I love this friendly and positive appearance. I think it’s great how she stretches her open hand torwards the viewer, you just have to like her, awww.

Konjiki no Yami – To LOVEru Darkness – Childhood version

Yami-chan was still kinda happy and cheerful as a child, this figure shows little Yami in quite cheerful manner with a big smile. She is also a big scale figure.

I guess this is Alphamax first appearance at Wonfes, they gained a solid fanbase within a short time with their steady and increasing quality they can be considered as a promising manufacturer of sexy or hentai figures.

Himekawa Hayuru – Masou Gakuen HxH

This is just illustration status, but I like this project, the tsundere cat girls looks really nice here, I hope they can turn this into a convincing 3D figure.

Tony Taka – Original Character

Tony Taka is on close terms with Alphamax and his artworks are often used in their lineup, here is a cute christmas related cat eared girl with a very short skirt. The design is very cute.

Jack the Ripper – Fate/Apocrypha

I’m happy that Phat could show their painted prototype of this Garage Kit adaption, the small person with the big thighs was one of the figure related things I was looking forward to since some time. She turned out really pretty overall.

Ques Q has a lot of Kancolle stuff planned, like Destroyers like Hibiko or heavy cruiser  Atago, everything based on official ingame artwork, yu can expect a lot of figures from them.

Tenryuu – Kantai Collection

This is a 1:1 adaption of the official in game artworks of Kancolle and the prototype looks already great with all the details, Tenryuu is one of the tougher girls in the game, not really ladylike but she is really cool.

Kitakami Kai – Kantai Collection

I don’t know why they adapted Kitakami after all, but the promising prototype  doesn’t look too bad, actually it’s the opposite. She is a torpedo cruiser therefore she is equipped with lots of torpedo tubes.

Tutankhamun – Eiyuu Senki Gold

I like this one a lot, the design is quite adorable, the petite girl has an ancient Egyptian design and tanned skin, I will keep an close eye on this figure.

Super Sonico – Nitro Super Sonic

Actually, that was the only Sonico figure from this Wonfes that caught my attention, the prototype sculpt looks really good. She is big, curvy and the under bikini top grab is quite erotic. Hopefully the paintjob will bring out her full potential in the end.

Yagyu Jubei – Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride – Maid version

I loved the maid outfits in Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride, they were really pretty, it’s nice to finally see a figure, the dress and body look very nice, but they should work on the face before the release.

Shinonono Houki – Infinite Stratos 2 – Miko version

FREEing put a lot of work ininto their big IS girls line up, I already feared that Houki would be left out, but now she’s will be made, I’m happy because she wears my favorite outfit from this certain episode, the painted prototype looks great.

Hoshii Miki – The Idolmaster (TV Animation)

FREEing showed a lot of prototype figures of popular characters dressed in Yukata’s, Railgun, Idolm@ster and so on. I will look forward  to see them painted.

Penguin Parade seems to have improved since their first figures, I really liked how the faces of their Wonfes lineup figures turned out.

Ryuuzouji Akane – Walkure Romanze

Akane looks just beautiful and sweet with her facial expression, the bikini is mixed with samurai armor, what I like much more than the heavy European armor bikini mix from other Walkure Romanze figures.

Rias Gremory – High School DxD NEW

Most Rias Gremory figures so far turned out with rather unsatisfying results, for whatever reason. I am very impressed by the lovely, expressive face of this one, her little smile is awesome, I don’t mind the slutty dress that much even though she could wear more clothes ^. Oh, I really love her face.

Asuna & Yui – Sword Art Online

This was hard to find I thought, that there has been no progress on this prototype, but look it has been painted, the whole bedroom scene looks quite lovely and Asuna together with her “digital” daughter are a sweet set of characters placed together.

Tony Taka – Original Character

This is one of Taka’s more daring illustrations, that was used to create this quite “exciting” prototype ^^. Dragon Toy is a good company for figures of such kind, it will probably turn out quite nice after the paintjob has been applied.

Benifuji Yuria – Sakigake ⇒ Generation! – QueenTe

Another illustration status announcement, the character design is cute with the big eyes and striped bikni, the slimy liquid is a bit too bold in my opinion, but lets wait for a more advanced prototype.

Ok , that was all of my little Wonder festival 2014 summer coverage, in part 2 I wanted to show that also the smaller figure manufacturing companies were showing interesting content and figures at their booths. Also from this list I have figures I’d probably like to add to my collection.