Phat Company decided to make figures of Juliana Eberhardt and Riela Marcellis, based on these illustrations. Riela was released in December 2022, she was sculpted by Yadokari, who already worked on many stunningly beautiful and promising figures, it’s worth to take a look at his past and future works.

Riela is the typical happy girl at the beach, even playing with a ball. The figure has very long hair, generally I would say it’s red, but there also is this crazy gradient from red to light blue.

There is a side ponytail on the left side of her head, it’s slightly shorter and the strands just end slightly under her hips. Her hairstyle also features cute bangs hanging down between her eyes.

Riela is real cutie with big round, red eyes, it’s good that they point to the left as it gives her a stronger expression and a very lively appearance. Her face has a cute looking nose and also a pretty open mouth sculpt; the front teeth line is showing and lipstick has been applied to her lover lip. The general make up coordinate is beautiful and the subtle blush makes this figure quite adorable.

The beautiful bodyline features big boobs with a sense of natural droopiness in the sculpt. More attention grabbing are the very wide hips, the big butt and the thick thighs of hers. All Raita girls have long legs and also this character is no exception in that regard either. The beach ball blocks a lot of her sexy body, the belly is covered by the ball and the butt is covered by crazy colored hair strands. aybe I should have tried taking it off.

The figure is wearing a pink bikini set that has a polka dotted pattern printed on it with a pink pareo wrapped around her hips.

It is a little unfortunate that the material of the bikini top appears thicker than it would have been necessary and it generally a bit roughly made. That problem actually only appears to be present at the bikini top, though.

At her feet she is wearing stylish sandals. smaller details like the rings around her right ankle and around the left wrist add a more lively appearance to the whole figure. The outfit is accompanied by a pattern matching ribbon and flowers in her hair, you can’t be on holiday without the typical hibiscus blossom in your hair.

We have a happy beach girl figure of Riela Marcellis, on the good side she is indeed very cute and shows very good body sculpting with a sexy bodyline. The sculpt is cleverly blocking any scandalous angles of Riela with strands of hair and a beachball, like the illustration already indicated. The quite nice figure suffers a little by the generally thick appearance of the clothing, this is holding down the figures potential a bit, since she is not a castoff-able figure there is no need to make these parts extra sturdy.

Finer sculpting of the outfit parts would have elevated the figure a lot more, otherwise this figure is big, pretty and cute that I like to have in my collection.

Some months ago Phat Company announced to make figures of Riela Marcellis and Juliana Eberhardt in the future. I was hoping that they would make the cuter Riela first, but no they made Juliana first. Riela Marcellis was listed in the shops, she will be released around November 2021.

This figure was manufactured by Phat Company and released in February 2021. Juliana Eberhardt is scaled 1/7 and measures 250 mm. I like bikini figures like her, the tropical flair, with a cute bikini and vibrant hair and you guesses it already, a dynamite body.

The sculptor Yadokari did a wonderful job with this adaptation of the Juliana Eberhardt character in beach outfit, her face is beautiful and the body looks simply great.

Senjou no Valkyria shows the trademark character design of Raita. In the past I kept telling myself as well as my friends, that I am no fan of Raita’s style design, but when looking at my figure collection I’m probably a big fan.

Raita design features beautiful woman, the trademark are a little extreme proportions. The obviously visible ribcage combined with a huge bosom, in reality a probably impossible combination, but it’s still an appealing style, also with the otherworldly long limbs. The characters have wide hips as well, which is something I really appreciate.

Juliana has an impressive hairstyle dyed in a striking shade of magenta, the dozens of strands are following an onion shape, as if they were elevated by a gentle sea breeze.

Her face and it’s facial features are really looking great, the beautiful blue eyes, the thin eyebrows and cool looking make up around the narrow yet wide eyes. Her head is tilted upwards, she is without a doubt looking down on me, but it’s sexy, isn’t it? The funny thing about this figures design is the stuck up and bitchy expression of Juliana, I really think this is something unique so far.

In general the figure gives you that certain proud ojou sama vibe, I don’t know if she is a person who genuinely enjoys a day at the beach, but at least she tries to show her best beach wardrobe.
The outfit is this neck holder style bikini. The bikini is skimpy, but not in a lewd way, the short pleated skirt makes Juliana appear a little more dressed. She has fashionable summertime sandals with a little heel, not that ungraceful flip flop junk.

The figure has proud what made camera focusing a little difficult when they stick out like that, albeit I would say that the nearly realistic illusion of weight and droopiness is very well done on Juliana.
On thing, unfortunate about the figures massive hair is blocking the view on the extremely nicely sculpted backside of the figure.

There is no cast off option for this figure, the head can be taken off though, to reveal the stunning backside, it’s a beautiful sight. The other parts of her body is really nice as well, the nice body sculpting features smooth and delicate shoulders and nicely carved out collarbones. There is the ribcage showing under her skin, it might look strange to some of you, but I am already used to it, in any case it’s a curvy figure. The thighs and lower legs are nicely shaped. Juliana has a beautiful butt and the nicely shaped buttocks flashing underneath her skirt.

The figure has a nice holiday atmosphere and tropical vibe featuring Raita’s special style. It’s a big figure with a distinctive appearance. Juliana Eberhardt is a stunning bikini figure and the bitchy expression is really refreshing.

The quality has lots of light and a little shadow, some things are made very smooth with attention to every detail and some other things are painted with a rough brush and look chunky,
I’m not happy about how those earing’s look on closer inspection. A few areas on the head are also a little rough, but everything is still at an acceptable level for me.

Today, I will present you a newU Preorder post. Uhh, what has the Figure Hobby turned into, it is more expensive than ever before, release dates became unreliable and updated dates are pushed around more regularly than ever.

Although with all those negative aspects one can not complain about the lack of beautiful figures.
This month was full of very nice figure announcements, which actually needs to the next problem…

Which one should I purchase!?

Rikka Takarada – I Believe in Future from GSC

From the SSSS Gridman show that I liked just a little bit, main heroine Rikka appears in an nice pose with parts of the base flying around her. The cute expression aside this figure is a rather ecchi creation, some will like it some won’t.

The figures proportions seems to be more inspired by pixiv artworks than how the girl looked in the anime, but that is fine since I love nicely shaped thighs like that. There aren’t many figures around with such voluminous thighs and I really like the figures expression, so I would be very happy to order the figure here. She is scheduled to be released 2021, that is for sure a long time, but I would not have to worry too much about expenses for 2020.

release date: April 2021 – list price: 19,800 Yen

Chino – Summer Uniform from PLUM

Plum just makes the best figures of young girl characters and this Chino could be easily one of their best.
The sculpt and overall presentation are so enchanting, everything about her is just so sweet and happy.
Her summer uniform accentuates her cuteness once more and everything looks quite lively.
I think from all the figures listed in the post her preorder will be set by me soon.

release date: 03 2020 – list price: 14,850 Yen

Hurdle Girl Illustration from Skytube

An figure adaptation based on a character drawn by Kekemotsu, the color palette is strong, the bold yellow jacket for example is striking. I approve about hurdle running in a black bikini and I also really appreciate that they combined the rather daring outfit with a very sweet facial expression and the golden eyes are beautiful. It seems to be a pretty figure of a nice, sweet girl in a skimpy outfit and a great looking butt.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 19,580 yen

ARMS NOTE Kouhai-chan of the Swimming Club from AMAKUNI

I would really appreciate it if AMAKUNI would start giving bigger promo pictures to the shops, it’s just so tiny!

Ahem, while I don’t know a lot about ARMS NOTE, this stunning figures positive aura is contagious, really love the golden eyes and the happy fang. The tan suits the figure very well, especially in combination with the blue sports bikini.

release date: 09 2020 – list price: 13,618 Yen

Kantai Collection Suzuya [Xmas]mode from AMAKUNI

I forgot about Kancolle to be honest, still remember the characters that were dear to me, but I only play Azure Lane nowadays. Nevertheless this Suzuya figure is especially pretty in the nicely textured red christmas dress, the exposed shoulders and overknee black santa boots.

release date: 09 2020 – list price: 14,500 Yen

Ore o Suki nano wa Omae dakekayo – Sanshokuin Sumireko from Aniplex, Aquamarine

Her anime is on my “going to watch” list, but I really know nothing about this character. Nevertheless her figure appears to be very nonchalant and attractive, also her pose looks cool. The alternative top looks very interesting together with this school uniform, I really like the long skirt version in blue.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 13,182 Yen

Teletha Testarossa: Maid version from Phat Company

In 2018, 13 years later FMP received a new season, not as great as I wanted it to be, you can’t just use content from 13 years ago and expect people to be all excited about a so so adaptation that ended with a cliffhanger. I did finish the light novel because of it and at least Tessa got 3 more figures because of it, but I think this one was the nicest.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 16,280 Yen

Iya na Kao Sarenagara Opantsu Misetemoraitai Hon Chitose Itou STD version from Alphamax

The angry panty flashing girls are surprisingly popular and this character even got the second adaptation. doing something you don’t like, but still doing it nevertheless is a weird fetish. Anyway a scornful maid is somewhat interesting. There are 2 versions available, one with castoff option and one without, in any case you get the 2 faces, one that shows you even more disgust, you swine!

release date: 06 2020 – list price: 19,580 Yen

Asuka Soryu Langley -Gothic Lolita Ver.- :Re from Kotobukiya

This figure is apparently a reissue from a figure first time released in 2004, the new Asuka figure has a nicer anime style face and a few more smaller differences made, I really like the base with the stairs, the gothic lolita dress is nice anyway.

release date: 05 2020 – list price: 12,800 Yen

Sansei Muramasa – Character’s Selection from Rocket Boy

I really like Sansei Muramasa, but this here is the tainted love version apparently, bondage, chain around the neck, it’s all quite kinky. The figure has an alternative face plate and alternative hip part. I’m really not sure about purchasing this figure, it’s a bit too erotic and display in the open might be interesting.

I know the origin of the figure and while most visual novels have sexual scenes, but Soukou Akki Muramasa is very grim and not vanilla. Still seems to be a great looking figure just not really my cup of tea.

release date: 08 2020 – list price: 17,500 Yen

And now I will show you my latest preorders concerning 2020. The ambitious plan is to order only 8 new figures in 2020, delayed figures doesn’t count at this. I admit with those delays together it looks like I lost control ahahaha.

Asuka Langley – RADIO EVA Original Color

A quite nice figure adaptation of Asuka. There are 2 color variations of this Asuka figure, I decided to get the less saturated one.

Lacia – Black Monolith Deployed version

I’m outing myself … as fan of the Beatles anime, a big reason was the charming Lacia voiced by Touyama, Nao. The figure doesn’t show Lacia’s pretty smile but at least she looks like from the anime. I decided against the cheaper version, I rather want the cool one haha.

Takimoto Hifumi – Witch version

Ummm, why did I buy a figure of Hifumi, I think it’s a very cute figure with the breezy witch outfit and the gigantic hat.

Juliana Eberhardt

I became quite a fan of the odd Raita design, while the body proportions look something special, I’m really addicted to great faces Raita creates. Great coincidence that I also love summer and bikinis, Phat Company also announced a figure of the more friendly looking Riela Marcellis. I will definitely order her, too.

Matoi – Nidy-2D version

The nidy version is so adorable I decided to watch a few episodes of the anime Phantasy Star Online 2 – Episode Oracle, before I would order this Matoi, unfortunately also there she is a cute angel, although she didn’t wear this great outfit so far.

I wish everyone a wonderful start into 2020, I look forward to another year of exciting figures in 2020.

I know it’s been a while, maybe directing my attention to gaming wasn’t the right decision, although I had lots of fun. Anyway, I think it is time to write a review. Today, I present you the Asuna – Swimsuit version from Phat Company.

Its Asuna from the always popular Sword Art Online, while it often had some annoying moments, the latest anime adaptation Sword Art Online: Alicization really impressed me recently. I really like the story and with the new character Eugeo, there finally was a buddy that was on equal with Kirito. I can hardly wait for the 2nd season of it.

This Asuna was an exlusive release, manufactured by Phat Company, she was released in march 2019.

This Asuna swimsuit version is obviously very pretty, based on the style of illustrator abec. I won’t say that I’m a big Asuna fan, nevertheless I currently own 3 figures of her, I already have the Titania version from Max Factory and the Undine version from Emontoys. I was instantly drawn to this Asuna figure from Phat Company with her cute look.

A nice feature of this figure is the beautiful face with it’s smooth facial features and the nicely sculpted mouth. Her eye decal is rather big even for anime standards, one eye is closed, her winking eye gives Asuna’s expression a playful but also teasing character

This figure of Asuna has a complex hairstyle, a spiced up version of the hairstyle she often has in the anime.
Most obvious are the super long strands at the sides of her forehead, the back hair is braided but ends in a long ponytail, the flowers in her hair and the red ribbon at her ponytail are cute details. The braided part of the hair could have been a bit more crisp, but overall it looks very nice.

The figures bikini is very cute, it has a simple combination of red and white colors, but that is nothing bad, the design with all the frilly details and ribbons is really adorable and matches the cheerful atmosphere of this Asuna figure. She is scaled 1/7 and measures 23 cm in height.
I really like the parero with its fine red lining and the realistic wrinkles you see. The scrounchy around her wrist so sweet and girly. Optionally her parero can be taken off, although without the parero the figure appears a bit naked, since the bikini bottom looks plain.

Pose is nicely articulated, it shows very dynamic movement and it really seems like Asuna ishaving a great time at the tropical beach. The body of this figure is beautiful, at least the upper body is great, a friend said that Asuna should actually has a less endowed chest, but I yhink it’s still in the zone. The lower body and legs received less attention to detail and appear a bit too skinny when taking the figures pretty belly into account.

Final Words

Phat Company and sculptor Murakawa Shoushin adapted a lovely Asuna figure by following abec character design of Asuna. Her face turned out very cute and expressive. This is a very sweet figure with a dynamite body, although the dynamite mainly refers to her upper body, but thats ok. That way Asuna is the pure beach princess wearing a very cute bikini with even cuter details.

The figure was released on January, 28th. On time without further delays, which became rare in this industry.

Takagi-san was sculpted by Itandi, the figure is scaled 1/7 and measures 16cm in height. She is sitting at her desk, it’s a great idea to present the figure in such a picturesque way, combined with the detailed school furniture.

I instantly became a fan of Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san, I like “first love” settings a lot, because iat the young age it is pure and very sweet. The manga based anime adaptation is a romantic comedy that consists of short stories.

The main characters are Takagi san and her friend Nishikata. Takagi san often lures Nishikata in for him embarrassing situations, not in a mean-spirited way, but much to her amusement. The poor guy often tries to counter her teasing, but that always ends in defeat for him. While being no match for her pranks, Nishikata would never abandon her. Her affection towards him is obvious, he has yet to realize his feelings for the charming young girl Takagi san.

The desk and chair look very good, like a realistic miniature of the mass produced school furniture that you would probably find in every japenese school. I like how the book and workbook are placed on her desk and the super detailed writing in them is also very cool. The smaller utensils on the table also look nice and adorable.

I actually fell in love with the charming young lady, her laughing is really enchanting and she has a beautiful smile. Nishikata and Takagi san attend the same class, but she seems to be more mentally matured and smarter than him. Nevertheless she finds interest in him and enjoys when they spend time together. To lure him out of his comfort zone and shell she uses her teasing and pranks, to some it might look mean, but it’s just her set of tools to get close to him.

The figure is an adaptation of her first appearance in the anime, where she observes what Nishikata who sits next to her is plotting. It’s a casually charming pose and the figure wears a curious expression on her beautiful face.

The manga, that is illustrated by Yamamoto Souichirou features a very cute character design with a big head, the simple yet pretty hairstyle reveals a big forehead, she also has nice thin eyebrows and big hazel brown eyes. The mouth is wide, it’s level of detail is really great. Her lively face is adorable and has a certain mischievous element.

Takagi san wears a nice looking sailor based school uniform with a white blue design, the short sleeves indicate that it is the summer version. There’s also the red tie and the other things a school girl should have.

The figure is sculpted with an convincing articulation, her arms rest on the table with the right hand she supports her head. It’s nice how her left forearm rests on her workbook, the workbook has been sculpted with an cavity for it.

Final Words

I’m really happy about this really great figure of Takagi san ♡. Itandi and Phat Company really pulled it of to adapt the sweet 2D character into a figure. It’s been some time since I’ve watched an anime as sweet and enchanting as Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san. I’m quite pleased about everything about this figure. Unfortunately I’m too old for her, but fortunately it’s just anime and I can happily accept her with open arms as my waifu, she is a lovely character with a wonderful personality. I would buy a matching figure of Nishikata, would be cool if Phat Company had plans for it.

A second season of Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san is at least planned.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a “New Figure Preorders” post, around 12 months ago I published part #36, *OMFG* Don’t worry though, I did not lose interest in the figure hobby at all. I currently have 9 lovely figures on order.

Ordered figures

Katsuragi Misato

Hooray, a new figure of Misato is a great thing, Rei or Asuka never where my favorites in Neon Genesis Evangelion, they were interesting but really weird. I always was drawn to Misato. This figure of her is dressed in a bikini, but nevertheless she still partially wears her usual uniform. In this attire It might not show the Misato figure of my dreams, but she looks great.

release date – November – 2018

Kuramoto Erika – Mahou Shoujo

I had to get this beautiful Erika figure from Native. What is more important for me than the dynamite body is her pretty face with the enchanting smile. Compared to her official illustration this figure is based on, there are small, but great improvements, the face is so much better and the boobs are less big. Hopefully there won’t be another delay.

release date – October – 2018

Asuna – Undine version

Ah, this blue haired and pointy eared Asuna looks so cool. I like the serious expression and her stunning uniform with the nice colors, it will be my first experience with Emontoys, I have good expectations.

release date – October – 2018

Ashikaga Chachamaru

When ALTER announced their Chachamaru I was so happy and excited, the figure looks great with the expressive golden eyes, furthermore she’s half nude and seductive. It’s not their first fanservice figure, but it is still surprising to see such figures from ALTER.

release date – December – 2018

Nishikino Maki x Yazawa Nico – Valentine Hen version

This is a great two figure set, one I really like. The outfits are pretty and it’s sweet how the figures are connected.
I admit that I’m not the biggest Maki fan, but together with Nico it is a very nice combination.

release date – December – 2018

Takagi-san

I feel quite excited about this one. I developed quite a crush on Takagi-san when Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san was airing, her anime was just wonderful. Phat Company makes this great looking figure of her sitting on a detailed school desk. I just love her sweet, confident and flirty expression.

release date – January – 2019

Sakuya – Onna Kyoushi version

A figure of a sexy teacher? … here is my money. No, seriously this a nice looking figure, she has a beautiful youthful face and is quite attractive in the business dress. Together with the glasses and playful pose the figure should turn out really nice.

release date – April – 2019

Asuna – Swimsuit version

Yes, I ordered another Asuna, I never knew I was a fan of her XD Of course Asuna always has been a pretty character, but really earned my sympathy by the end of Sword Art Online II. I’ve always been a fan of swimsuit figures and this one looks especially nice and detailed, I didn’t mind the exclusive price tag.

release date – March – 2019

Sakurauchi Riko

The Love Live Sunshine figures from With Fans! so far looked quite stunning, Riko is especially nice in my opinion, a pretty girl in school uniform. Her face and expression are so sweet, her hair with the flowing strands is also nice looking.

release date – March – 2019

Interesting figures

Recently I find it quite challenging to place more preorders for 2019, one reason is that I can’t decide between all those beautiful figures, another reason are the terrifying prices of figures, I would like to prevent getting more than 2 figures in the same month. Here I’ve listed figures for 2019 (2018) that I like and like a bit more. Lol deciding is difficult.
 

C.C – Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Seems like Union Creative makes many popular characters from popular animes of the past, I always wanted a figure of C.C. in her attractive straitjacket.

release date – October – 2018

Tomoe – Queen’s Blade

This a quite interesting figure in my eyes, she has a photogenic pose and without a doubt she also has a very nice body. Orchid Seed implemented a variety of different display options and the nice figure measures 29,5 cm.

release date – December – 2018

Narberal Gamma – so bin version

The concept of this figure is really awesome, when I saw that price of her, second thoughts were instantly kicking in, I’m no fan of the character nor do I like the bunny ears that much. Of course it’s still an impressive figure on it’s own.

release date – December – 2018

Kohinata Hikari

I’m a really big fan of Amanchu, it’s a really sweet show about the friendship between Hikari and Teko and character development. Before I would order Hikari though, I would like to know if also a figure of Teko is planned. Beach outfits are great and all, but the Amanchu school uniforms are wonderful, too can’t I have figures with those.

release date – January – 2019

Ade-sugata II

Ahem, normally I’m not interested in bondage girls with sex toys, here things are a little different, since this character is beautiful, perfect brown skin an adorable turtle face and she looks just gorgeous. I would really like to order her but I don’t like these ropes for me it is truly a shame to see such a beautiful figure tied up and what not.

release date – January – 2019

Mimori Hinagiku

I like the cute Miko, that act’s a bit naughty, castoff she is less interesting in my opinion, but the general is very nice.

release date – April – 2019

Kaname Madoka – Magia Record Mahou Shoujo Madoka ☆ Magica Gaiden

I just had to wait several years, to see the cutest standing Kaname Madoka figure to date. She is so enchanting in this adaption, I need her, even though she is sold as limited exclusive.

release date – Summer – 2019

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière – Finale Wedding version

Man, a pretty bride figure of my first anime waifu ever and I still hesitate to place my order

release date – March – 2019

Sawara Ayaka

The stunner from the previous Wonfes some months ago, BINDing’s Sawara Ayaka. It was love on first sight, then it turned that she will be scaled 1/4 and cost around 28000 Yen. I’d really had preferred a 1/6 scale, on the positive side she is probably the best detailed 1/4 scaled bunny girl figures ever, I mean she looks totally great, I might order her.

release date – May – 2019

Ochi Ripca

I don’t know about the manufacturer FOTS, but I like the concept of this figure. This prototype looks more like a 3D model, but in the end it should be a figure. She’s been planned to be a big 1/5th scale figure that measures 17 cm.

release date – September – 2018

Vampire – Azur Lane

It has been a while since i’ve seen a figure of a flirty vampire loli, I like it. This cutie is based on the game Azur Lane.

release date – July – 2019

Hello fellow figure collectors, on February the 18th was the annual Wonder Festival Winter event, the first Wonder Festival of 2018. The figure manufacturers exhibited their current projects and planned figures for the future.

I had a very positive impression of this years event, I hope you also liked it. It was a nice mix of quite different figures from different origin. I was really happy about the new Sairenji Haruna from Alter, the charming Takagi san, an 1/6 scaled Rico from Made in Abbys and finally a beautiful figure of Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière as bride.

Of course there were many more eye catching figures, also in the ero category the manufacturers did not disappoint.
I decided to make a listing of everything I considered interesting, to cut down my work, I will write not too much.

To LOVEru Darkness – Sairenji Haruna

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Ashikaga Chachamaru

To LOVEru Darkness – Momo Belia Deviluke – Babydoll Ver.

Overlord II – Narberal Gamma – so-bin Ver.

Love Live! School Idol Festival – Nishikino Maki – Yazawa Nico- Valentine Hen

Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory – Teletha Testarossa

Louise Françoise Le Blanc de la Vallière – Finale Wedding Ver.

Xenoblade 2 – Homura

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Saratoga

Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san – Takagi-san

Magical Record Mahou Shoujo Madoka ☆ Magica Gaiden – Futaba Sana

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Jougasaki Mika – Glorious★Glow

Blade Arcus From Shining EX – Sakuya

Happoubi Jin – Original Character

A.I.Channel – Kizuna Ai

Fate/Grand Order – Saber EXTRA

Fate/EXTRA – Saber EXTRA – Idol Koutei ver.

Taimanin Asagi ZERO – Igawa Asagi

Azur Lane – Akagi

Made in Abyss – Rico

Queen’s Gate – Alice

Original Character – Kasshoku China Musume

Original Character – Skytube – Omamori Hinagiku

Original Character – Skytube – Gal Sniper

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Kanzaki Ranko – Unmei no Machibito Ver.

Youjo Senki – Tanya Degurechaff

Ane Naru Mono – Chiyo

No Game No Life – Shiro – B-style

Youkoso! Sukebe Elf no Mori e – Evelyn Celebrían

Original Character – Saitom

Original Character – Peach Maid Figure Series – Mayuri Maliani

Original Character – Health Care Girl – Saitom

Original Character – “Witch of October 31st” Miss Orangette

Original Character – Hosoyama Shugo

Kuroinu ~Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru~ – Olga Discordia

Tonari no Ie no Annette-san – Annette – Poledance

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Sansei Muramasa

Original Character – Mitiking

Original Character – Momi

 

 
The pictures are from the following sources:

Akiba Weekend

Cut A News

Akibaphotography

Kuri Anime Hotline

figure news

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I really appreciate the effort of those people, they make the Wonderfestival events accessible for us.

Dekacchu is a lineup of super deformed characters manufacturered by Phat Company, the Kirari version I got is the Limited Exclusive version. It is an adaption of the official card from the iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls game. Yagumo Kengou turned it into something deformed and chibified, the final Dekacchu figure was sculpted by Kaiya Hajime.

Moroboshi Kirari is based on iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, the figure was released before the anime adaption aired.

I actually don’t care much about the ongoing idol hype and the expensive merchandise, I mainly find it cruel that the voice actresses are “forced” to dance like their anime characters, only to give fans the total idol experience climax. Anyway some animes with this setting can be quite nice, the lively Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2 as example.

Fortunately a friend convinced me to watch iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls in the end, I hesitated quite a bit, all the things like being fake and the idols not writing their own songs, you know. To my surprise Cinderella Girls was a nicely directed anime about girls that try to make their personal dream come true. Partially it also became quite dark themed.

While watching Cinderella Girls I met the wonderful Kirari, I instanly fell in love with her. She is a beautiful tall girl with a great and cheerful personality, she loves cute things and girls. Kirari is always cheerful and friendly. At the beginning she was thinking that the she could be too tall for being a cute idol, soon she could accept her being taller than the other idols though.

The always positive girl makes her own outfits, they have the tendency of looking overwhelimgly cute and girly with lots of details attached, I admit that I like them, combined with her attractive womanly body these outfits look really great on her. Her caring attitude towards other idols make the 17 year old girl appear like the big sister type.

The Moroboshi Kirari – Lovely Princess version is an adorable figure. The Dekacchu figures are super deformed adaptions of the characters with huge heads and rather chubby appearance, nevertheless they look very good. The figure has nice smooth, orange helmet hair with some indicated curls, she also has small arms and legs.

The cards outfit was adapted faithfully, it’s a dream of pastel color tones, mainly green, blue, yellow and pink, Kirari looks lovely in these clothes. The manufacturers quality looks very impressive on this figure, despite the deformed proportions, the paintjob and the details have been carefully applied. Also the proud bosom of Kirari was adapted.

Moroboshi Kirari – Dekacchu – Lovely Princess version is a cute and rather big figure, obviously she is static and can’t move, but she has a great presece, she could be placed everywhere inside the house and make it 200% more

“Happy! Happy!”

This deformed figure from Phat Company was my first choice to get my hands on Kirari figure I really like, my biggest wish is that ALTER would decide to make a Kirari premium figure, like for Kanzaki Ranko and Sagisawa

Anyway, I ordered two nice Kancolle figures, one Hatsune Miku and another Love Live! School Idol Festival figure.

Since I ordered a number of rather fanservice centered and expensive figures this year, I planned to focus more on the casual figures that are offered. This post slowly shows that change.

ordered figures

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Kashima

Kashima is of course a very pretty character in the Kancolle game, having a training cruiser as her base. I was really impressed by the elaborate look of the prototype, the figure looks amazingly pretty with her sweet face, the especially nice curves and fashionable uniform. The skirt is of ridicoulusly short length, but reveals Kashima’s wonderful legs.

Kashima is a sad example for the exploitation of fictional pop culture characters, a friend once showed me a four panel manga about that featuring Kashima, after realizing the bigger picure behind it, it made me feel quite sad and guilty.
I will talk about this in detail when I will review this  figure. To protect her dignity a little, I ordered this figure.

release date: ~ February 2018

GOOD SMILE Racing – Hatsune Miku – Racing 2016 Version

I’m not really a fan of Miku, but I also don’t dislike her, I liked a few of her figures in the past. The best aspect of the Miku 2016 racing version for me is the cute and colorful concept. Her outfit looks less futuristic compared to other “racing versions” here she is dressed as nearly normal grid girl sitting on a pile of tyres. The addition of red, orange and yelllow colors make this figure look very happy. Also her face looks very adorable and portrays Miku in a happy mood.

release date: ~ December 2017

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Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Shigure – Casual Ver.

The guns on the Kancolle figures never were of much interest for me, I always was more interested in the character design, I actually thought that it would be nice to have the lovely characters dressed as normal girls. You probably can imagine how happy I was when GSC announced this figure. On top of that Shigure is one of my favorite characters from Kancolle. This is an amazingly pretty figure dressed in an outfit suited for autumm. The red glasses are a nice addition, as well as the vintage camera. The figure is nicely articulated, being placed on a fence with a leaf covered base.

release date: ~ June 2018

release date: ~ March 2018

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Nendoroid – Little Witch Academia: Sucy Manbavaran

Yes, a Nendoroid. Of course I would like to have scale figures from Little Witch Academia, since I really liked this hilariously crazy anime. The unnecesary final arc aside, ït has been a while that I liked an anime that much. I chose the character of Sucy because I like her the most, her sarcastic remarks and Schadenfreude about Akko’s adversities.

release date: ~ April 2018

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Interesting figures

SHOW BY ROCK!! – Cyan – Limited Edition

I recently noticed this nice figure of a charming cat girl playing the guitar. Cyan already was released. Since a few delays occured I have available budget o get another figure this or next month, Cyan would be something I’d like to have.

release date: ~ October 2017

Date A Live – Kurumi Tokisaki

I never watched Date A Live to be honest, but this concept of Kurumi as an attractive girl posing on a big cat tree.

release date: ~ March 2018

Granblue Fantasy – Narmaya

Manufacturer Broccoli decided to make an extremely complex figure adaption of Narmaya, a quite awesome figure with an awesome base. As to be expected it also is a really expensive figure. Could someone please make a figure of Lyria?

release date: ~ May 2018

Eromanga Sensei – Sagiri Izumi

Awww I really like this figure of Izumi with the Super Soaker gun, it might not be state of the art quality, but even with a few cutbacks this figure would be really lively and adorable.

release date: ~ November 2017

Koakuma Kanojo – Akuno Mika

Haha, earlier I’ve mentioned that I planned to buy less ecchi figures and then they show me something like this beautiful purple haired girl in a bikini XD Well, she should be released next month, one more sexy figure in 2017 won’t hurt anymore anyway lol. Mika looks really cute with her short, curvy body and the extremely adorable expression. Furthermore she is scaled 1/5 which is pretty big.

release date: ~ November 2017

THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Anastasia Story of Revolving Stars Ver

Seeing ALTER going crazy with their prices for the Cinderella Girls, GSC shows us with this beautiful Anastasia, that they can make a gorgeous figure also for an affordble price. The figures costume looks beautiful and Anastasia is also posed in a dynamic way.

release date: ~ August 2018

Is the order a rabbit?? – Cocoa

Manufacturer PLUM is focusing on figures of loli characters and apparently does a good job with it. I recently saw this super cute Cocoa san, she was my favorite character in the fluffy anime “Is the order a rabbit??”. They made her so adorable, I really consider to get her. I would like a to have an extremely cute figure again after a while.

release date: ~ October 2017

Original Character – Kaguya

The Raita proportions are quite a challenge for the idol outfit, the boobs are too big and the skirt is too short. Nevertheless what I like about it, is the nicely designed and creative idol outfit and the characters pretty face.

 release date: ~ May 2018

THE IDOLM@STER – Haruka Amami

In the IDOLM@STER anime (2011) Haruka really was my favorite, unlike this terrible Miki XD Ok first I think that is a great figure, I’ve heard a few people complain about the figures eyes being too far apart, nevertheless the figure is already sold out on AmiAmi. I think she is cute, I only feel a little sad about the fact that every figure of Haruka has a wide open mouth.

release date: ~ April 2018

White Elf – yapo Original Figure

I really like the Elf archetype, pointy ears are pretty. Unfortunately in terms of figures Elves are rarely seen. Magic Bullets recently announced their “White Elf” based on an illustration of yapo. I like the pose and figures design a lot.

release date: ~ February 2018

Hitori no Shita THE OUTCAST – Fu Houhou

This certainly very pretty figure has a quite different look and atmosphere than the happy, colorful or ecchi figures we see all the time. One of the reason could be that it’s adapted from an anime produced by an chinese studio.

release date: May 2018

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~ – Ooyodo

I like Ooyodo for being a modest ship girl from Kancolle, she has a cute uniform and just shows a minimum of her apparently nice legs. Amakuni really makes all the beautiful Kancolle figures and Ooyodo is no exception.

release date: August 2018

And so my personal overview about the current preorder situation comes to an end, unfortunately it’s difficult to decide to preorder anything, since many figures are appealing and pretty. Haha and most of all I have limited space and budget. How do you actually cope with the pretty figure avalanche?

Take a look at my preordered figures of this time…

Sonico – 10th Anniversary Wedding Ver.

Yeah, I had to get Sonico, captured in her happiest moment. The sweet bride is scaled 1/6 and with the elaborate dress she is an extremely beautiful Sonico figure, the smile is really lovely and nearly grabs all the attention, still even on the day of her wedding, Sonico chose a skimpy outfit to please her fans. The sculptor also gave her a buxom dynamite body, more voluptuous than usually shown, she has big boobs, delicious thighs and also an remarkable big butt.

Sonico also comes with an alternate expression that shows her with closed and a kiss mouth, there also was a special version with human sized wedding rings and marriage certificate, but I’m not so rich nor so obsessed about Sonico.

manufacturer: GSC – scale: 1/6 – release: January 2018

Saber – Type-Moon Racing ver

Ah, that Saber is a Saber I like, as Grid Girl she looks very cheerful and cute, I love her expression with the turned eyes and open mouth smile, the breezy outfit looks great on her and reveal a bit more of Saber’s sporty body. The additional Excalibur umbrella is a nice eyecatcher, although there will be the option to pose her left arm differently. It’s actually my first preorder of figure made by the manufacturer Stronger, I’m expecting a really nice looking figure.

manufacturer: Stronger – scale: 1/7 – release: August 2017

Suma May – Issho ni Shiyo

The figure is based on a shorter ero manga scene, but May is so beautiful, that I just had to order her. She is a pretty blonde girl dressed in a super villain like dress. Her slightly flustered and embarrassed expression is great, especially when it is combined with her attractive body that portrays her soft curves which are also accentuated by her dress.

manufacturer: Dragon Toy – scale: 1/6 – release: June 2017

Original Character – Hanasaki Marika

I also have pre ordered this cute and cuddly figure, she has an adorable and great expression and the pink hair has a pretty, rather innocent looking style. The extremely attractive figure obviously has beautifully shaped thighs and a soft and beautiful round butt. I like the figures half nude presentation, with the loose white shirt and somehow pulled up panties, she looks barely dressed or nearly nude, depending on ones perspective. Marika is not only a figure, she also has a complete bathroom wall diorama base and the bathroom lamp also is fully function able.

manufacturer: Native – scale: 1/7 – release: October 2017

Original Character – Slingshot Swimwear Girl

The last ordered figure recently looks like a good mannered ojou sama, although the thing she is performing currently are not very ojou sama like. Well, social media offers many ways to express oneself, in her case I won’t judge. She has a pretty, self confident expression and a really stunning body. After I placed my order for this figure, I noticed that I bought a number of this kind of figures recently and started to feel a little ashamed about it, I always had interest in these naughty figures, but I ignore the completely lewd ones though, since they are not that interesting and appealing to me. What I like about the so called “naughty figures” is that they combine elaborately designed expressions with really attractive and detailed bodies, I like both aspects. In my opinion there should be more dressed figures with such interesting and elaborately made faces, too. You can try to look for such figures, good luck with that haha.

manufacturer: Rocket Boy – scale: 1/6 – release: August 2017

Interesting figures

Lets take a look at a few selected figures that were recently listed in the shops and left a positive impression. Among the listed items are a few things I totally would like to have, but I have to see how my current pre orders turn out.

Aty – Summon Night 3

I always liked the characterdesign of Aty, the figure adaption from ALTER already was great, but it did not have the sweet expression of this one we are seeing here. Another great aspect of the new figure is the size, Aty is scaled 1/5.

manufacturer: Phat Company – scale: 1/5 – release: October 2017

Kanzaki Ranko – Idolmaster Cinderella Girls – Bara no Yami Hime Ver.

This figure of Ranko looks amazing in every regard. Of course, I expected her to be expensive, but she actually turned out even more expensive, that I had to reconsider my preorder plans for her, at the moment I don’t see it happen.

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

Albedo – Overlord

My first impression on Albedo was not so good, but after a second look, she appears to be very pretty, I still find her pose to be a bit unfortunately chosen, her face seems to be pointing at the cealing, with such a beautiful head the figure should be looking at the viewer. Anyway from a photographers perspective she might be a good purchase.

manufacturer: GSC – scale: 1/8 – release: December 2017

Mai Kawakami – Myriad Colors Phantom World

Kyahh! she looks so nice and pretty! Mai Kawakamai unfortunately was really used as fanservice machine in the her first episode, even I felt sorry for her ;D In a normal anime you should not sell off your characters like that. She really is a nice girl with a kind personality that deserves a modest figure adaption, too. Frankly speaking the figure also highlights the fanservice aspects, but it’s a pretty figure of Mai with an adorable face, pretty hair and a very attractive body.

manufacturer: Ques Q – scale: 1/7 – release: October 2017

Oppai no Kakikata – Hazumi Oomune illustration by Nekoume

The quite busty figure is very charming, the huge breasts are not the only appealing points of her, the character design by Nekoume is quite lovely with the cute face and hairstyle. As additionally feature she comes with this friendly face and a different bashful expression, the figure also has glasses, to my surprise everything about her outfit turned out to be castoffable. I feel a bit shy to add another fanservice heavy figure to my preorders, but she looks so nice.

manufacturer: Alphamax – scale: 1/6 – release: October 2017

Jack-O – GUILTY GEAR Xrd -REVELATOR-

I admit that I never saw this Jack-O character before, but when I saw the figure I was quite impressed by how cool and pretty she looks, everything about this figure looks really cool and stylish, I like the outfit and her expressive face.

manufacturer: Aquamarine – scale: 1/7 – release: September 2017

Belphegor  – The Seven Deadly Sins – Maou Mokushiroku

The “Sin Nanatsu no Taizai” anime finally started and it’s more arthouse like, as I would have ever expected, the characters were nicely adapted and bring the figures we all probably bought in the past to life. Did you know the very first figure of them were made in 2013? The later Maou Mokushiroku versions continue to be very interesting and Belphegor looks also very pretty even though or especially in the naughty pole dance context.

manufacturer: Orchid Seed – scale: 1/7 – release: December 2017

Izetta – Shuumatsu no Izetta

I don’t know how it had been for you, but while I followed the war adventures of Izetta I was always worried sick about her, like a parent, I imagined really terrible things happening to her. Fortunately Aoshima / Funny Knights made this happy looking Izetta riding on a machine gun. They really adapted her dress nicely and put her into an dynamic pose.

manufacturer: Funny Knights – scale: 1/8 – release: May 2017

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