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.

If I would plan a trip to Japan, I would probably chose Okinawa before Tokyo. Bikini figure photoshootings are always a good excuse for me to play with sand XD I really like to prepare those indoor beach settings.

Today’s figure of choice is Gotou Jun from the Tenshi no 3P! anime. From what I heard it’s quite loliconic, so far I haven’t watched it. Maybe I should be glad about it. Anyway I don’t have to know the origin of the character, to purchase a figure of my liking. PLUM manufactured this enchanting figure of a young girl, I actually noticed that
PLUM makes all the cute and innocent loli figures on the market. It’s cool that they found their niche in that category.

Fortunately my sexual orientation is not pointing in any harmful direction lol. I think it’s ok to like loli characters for being cute and adorable like this. In general I prefer ordering figures of attractive Onee sans, but when I saw it, I really had to order this little angel with the sunflower in the hair.

The Gotou Jun – Summer Bikini version was released in March 2018. She is scaled 1/7 and measures 21,5 cm.

The figure has the typical appearance and proportions of a young anime character, a big head placed on a petite frame body. Gotou looks especially nice with the pastel tones of purple and the bare skin. She also has really pretty hair, too. A deep hanging fringe and cute long separate strands all around from the back you will notice how asymmetrical and unique her hairstyle actually is. The hair shows nicely decorations as well, like the semi transparent ribbon with jagged edges, it shows a nice dynamic movement, the added color in the element of the sunflower is also a quite nice detail.

Gotou portrays the image of a cheerful girl very well, her big purple eyes are very lively and the strong blush is a welcome feature, she also has this perfectly sculpted mouth with upper front teeth, to complete her adorable look.

The figure wears a short bolero jacket over her bikini, it’s frilly sleeves cover her wrists in a very cute way. It’s a cute bikini design, a bit skimpy, but not naughty at all, the frills here and there underline the figures cute direction. Around her left leg she wears a matching garter with a sweetly looking ribbon. The tiny feet are equipped with shoes for the beach, PLUM could have just made her go bare foot, but I’m glad that it was decided to give Gotou these shoes.

The figure has a rather simple standing pose although  the upper body involves more movement. The sculpting of her body looks very good, most of the focus has been set to her upper body and cute belly, the thin legs aren’t very interesting on their own, but together with the shading color that highlights certain areas, the figure is very appealing and pretty. It’s also really enchanting how she is standing there with the angled arms and fists tilted backwards.

Final Words

Alltogether I’m really happy about this purchase, I received a very cute bikini figure. She has a lovely face and her outfit with the bolero jacket looks great. PLUM manufactured the figure of Gotou Jun as enchanting and nice as the prototype already implied. Her probably shameless origin aside this little angel with her adorable pose puts a smile on my face.

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

---

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

---

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

---

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?

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.

<!––nextpage––>

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

This post will contain a few more ecchi figures, I will start with looking at Orchid Seed figures.

Maken-Ki! – Nijou Aki 

I watched Maken-Ki! some time ago and also follow the new season, while it is going a bit crazy about cup sizes of the dreadknought class I enjoy it a lot. The characterdesign is cute with some of the girls being more buxom all around. I’m happy that a well established company is making a Maken-Ki! figure. Nijou Aki is the friendly school nurse with an amazing body, a promising figure.

sculptor:  Serow  – release date: no data – scale:  1/7

Dragon’s Crown – Sorceress 

Orchid Seed also showed an early prototype of the so polarising Sorceress in all busty glory ^^. Actually I’m much more drawn to great looking face and the cool hat, she will be a stunning figure in the end. I have to say it turned out much better than the one from MegaHouse, don’t know why they are giving so strangely tilted heads to their Dragon’s Crown line up. Also good news that she is sheduled to be finished or at least ready for being preordered this year.

sculptor:  Osiris  – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/7

Triage X – Sagiri Yuuko

I’m not that familiar with the manga Yuuko comes from this manga, but like Highschool of the Dead, it’s also illustrated by Satou Shouji. Im not super interested, but for some reasons I like the concept.

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale:  1/7

Kantoku – Original Character 

This among many, many, many, many many of the unfinished prototypes from Orchid Seed are something I’m really looking forward to, seeing it from a positive side I think we won’t have to wait much longer, at least not longer than we already did. The clumsy Kantoku girl is really sweet with her baking tools and ingredients.

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Sex Life – Saotome Maria – Toshihide Sano 

This illustration picked my interested, I guess it’s a new one, portraying a most beautiful woman in white transparent lingerine, I’m totally enchanted by the facial expression.

Illustration status

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Sansei Muramasa Oasis ver.

Sansei Muramasa became more popular these days, Wing also had two figures of her, maybe I should have listed one. I already have the beautiful maid figure of her. Having her in a more skin revealing manner might be nice considering that she’s smokin hot, it depends on the face, if I will be interested in purchasing her or not.

sculptor:   no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Saki Zenkoku-hen – Kunihiro Hajime 

It’s a funny loli in a cute swimsuit, I was surprised about her cuteness as I found her illustration, the big ribbon is kawaii, she might turn out as an appealing loli figure.

sculptor:  Grizzly Panda – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

The Seven Deadly Sins – Beelzebub

That is probably the last 7 sins figure I’m planning to add to Leviathan and Mammon, Hiroshi managed to give her an interesting straight pose, I like the position of her arms, the cute outfit with the clear parts it’s a real eyecatcher, also the red wings are lovely.

 sculptor:  Hiroshi – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

To Heart 2 – To Heart 2 Dungeon Travelers – Komaki Manaka

Kinda ridiculous that I found no illustration of Manaka in this particular outfit ^w^

sculptor: no data – release date: 2014– scale: no data

Tears to Tiara II – Tart 

This is going to look nice with the flag and all around.

sculptor: ko_nen – release date: 2014  – scale: no data

Dragon’s Crown – Tiki – Dwell 

The painted Tiki looks more like a Garage Kit, but I assume they were in a hurry to present her painted, the final figure should be without so much gloss. I like her wild twintails and the petiteness of her fairy body. The Gremlin eyes give her a darker presence than expected.
There is already a release date for June.

sculptor: M.I.C. – release date: june 2014 – scale: 1/1

Original Character – Kondo Yume 

Oh I love her characterdesign, she is cute, quite petite and also wears glasses. Unfortunately with pulled down panties, a family pack of condoms and sextoys in her bag the lewdness of the figure  is so bold, that probably have to pass on this purcase. Too bad, but Native has more great  slightly less bold figures planned like the two illustrations below imply.

sculptor: Fio  – release date: no data – scale: no data

Original Character – Saito Masatsugu

This is a really cool looking concept  of a sexy nurse, she looks great with her playful smile and the nonchalant seductive pose. If they will deliver her with this gyn chair I just want to sink into the floor, but at least she is wearing panties ;D I would like to see her figure soon, Native.

Illustration status

Original Character – Mebae

Whenever Native will produce her figure, it’s going to be an instant favorite of mine. I like, no that would be an understatement, I love simply everything about her design. So great!

Illustration status

Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm – Kazama Kotaro

I like the characterdesign quite a bit, a very cute outfits with these long sleeves.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Space Dandy – Honey – Excellent Model

You can also have a figure of Space Dandy himself, Space Dandy is a cool dude, but in this case waitress Honey would be my choice. Honey is an attractive girl with this certain style of the 60’s. For some reason MegaHouse prevented frontal shots to be taken. And you ?

Dandy or Honey?

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Suisei no Gargantia – Amy – Grace

From Suisei no Gargantia we get Amy and her furry rodent, I always like such happy figures with a cute and carefree expression, also the rest this figure looks nice … Meh I want Bellows.

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 – Tieria Erde – RAHDXG.A.NEO 

I don’t care anymore. trap or not, I’m going in XD

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale:  no data

The Idolm@ster (TV Animation) – Hoshii Miki

This is an adorable and funny Idolmaster figure, I don’t like Miki that much, but I’m looking forward to see this figure painted, might look very nice.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA – Prisma Illya – Anime ver.

Yes, there already was a Manga version of Illya, I think the new version looks a bit better, it’s a more energetic pose, the head is bigger and her little girl appearance is cuter.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko – Tsutsukakushi Tsukushi

Nothing special, but her jersey jacket looks pretty cool.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Hataraku Maou-sama! – Sasaki Chiho

Chiho chan is a cute girl, sprting the Mc Ronalds beach uniform. The sculpting of her small yet curvy body looks very well done, you can enjoy all her little extra meat here and there.

sculptor: no data – release date: June 2014 – scale: 1/7

Highschool DxD – Toujou Koneko

This is surprisingly seductive, but more promising than all the Rias Gremory figures so far.

sculptor: no data – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/8

Sword Art Online – Asuna & Yui

Penguin Parade surprised with a rather awesome figure combination inspired by Sword Art Online. Asuna in her pajamas  interacting with her adorable “cyber daughter” Yui on the bed/ couch/ whatever. This is so sweet and looks very promising, I hope theywill sell this as a set.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS – Minato Tomoka – Bunny Style

Let’s finish this post as questionable as it already started, but with a small girl in a bunny suit. The second season of Ro-Kyu-Bu! was not that enjoyable as befor, somehow I managed to finish it, but it was rather lackluster. Tomoka is probably the most likeable character with the innocent, little crush on her coach. The figure appears cute with the shortness of her body and the expressive pose, also  Tomoka’s nice hair. The colors should look good on her, I assume.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/7
 
I could have finished this part #2 a bit earlier to be honest, but anyway the first Wonfes of 2014 was a great event for many figure friends and me, lets hope that we’ll see them finished soon.
A few figures already went up for preorders and I assume the rest of the already painted samples will follow soon.

We already took a look at a few figures from the summer Wonder Festival in part 1, with a little delay, I present you the second part of  Wonder Festival 2013  summer event. Maybe the topic lost it’s hype appeal by now, but I still want to list the remaining figures that caught my attention, so here we go with the featured figures from a number of popular manufacturers.

To save some time, I haven’t left a comment on everything , but I’m interested in these items.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica – Kaname Madoka

Is there really a need for more Madoka figures from GSC? sure this appears more creative and dynamic than the first batch of figures, but still it’s a little odd.

sculptor: Hiroshi  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Shimamura Uzuki 

Whoops this wasn’t made by Phat Company, my bad ^^

*lol* Idols can be so ridiculously cute, I already love this happy, happy darling. Her frilly multi layered skirt, the exposed belly, the short sleeved blouse, everything radiates sweetness. Normally I don’t care about figures “without” eyes, but I don’t care, Uzuki is on my list.

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Magi – Labyrinth of Magic – Morgiana

Magi was a cool anime that will continue soon, aside from shounen cry baby Alibaba’s depression, it was totally awesome. Alibaba got no figure, but Morgiana an Alladin. The character designs were very appealing and therefore I think these figures will be great.

Morgiana is simply beautiful

sculptor:  Inada Masaki – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/8

Magi – Labyrinth of Magic – Alladin

Alladin is so cute, I bet he’s a girl

sculptor:  Inada Masaki  – release date: December 2013 – scale: 1/8

Dragon’s Crown – Amazon

In the official illustration the Amazon character looked a little deformed to me, here MegaHouse gives her more appealing shape, even the face seems softer now. I like the design a lot even though I prefer it more petite in general, the Amazon is sexy with her muscles and overall appearance.

sculptor: Kibayashi Norio  – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/7

Busou Shinki – Altlene

I totally wished for a PVC adaption of these two elaborate Garage Kits, my heart literally skipped a beat as I saw Altines and Altlene on Wonfes. I like the Busou Shinki anime quite a bit, the tiny, kind robots were really adorable. This might be really cool, I slightly prefer Altines to be honest.

sculptor:  Grizzly Panda – release date: February 2014 – scale: no data

Busou Shinki – Altines

sculptor:  Grizzly Panda – release date: Jauary 2014 – scale: no data

Vocaloid – Hatsune Miku – Senbonzakura

sculptor: no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! – Tendou Mana

sculptor:   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

 Mouretsu Pirates – Katou Marika

sculptor: Otsuyama Houjun  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~  Shimakaze

This character is quite popular in Japan now, I guess she’s from a funny game with battleships. I also like her appearance.

sculptor:   – release date: no data – scale:

The Seven Deadly Sins – Lucifer

*lo* not every figure of the Sins has an own prototype, but they already start with swimsuit figures, I actually wasn’t interested in Lucifer, but as swimsuit figure I like her quite a bit.

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

The Seven Deadly Sins – Belphegor

Belphegor is my most favoríte design after Leviathan,  she looks like a cute animal mixed with a cute girl （‐＾▽＾‐）The clothes or what is left from her outfit are attractive, hehe these stripes around her legs make me dizzy. The sitting pose already creates a number of photographic possibilities in my head.

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

The Seven Deadly Sins – Belzebub

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Date A Live – Yoshino  ~Swimwear~

I’ve never seen this anime, but the figure is cute, she even wears a full swimsuit.

sculptor: Tsunako – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

The 1/5 scaled Sonico will come out this year and the Cheerleader Sonico will be ready for preorders soon, aside from that they updated and worked on a few prototypes from previous Wonfes events.

Lineage II – Dark Elf 

Max Fatories Dark Elfs looked good, but rather scary for me. I’m curious how this will turn out.

sculptor: Iwanaga Sakurako – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Succubus

A sexy, sailor seifuku Succubus, this combination is brought to you by anime culture XD Im not sure about getting something like this, but it’s interesting and the 1/6 scale is cool. The censoring might be a bit misleading, she’s wearing underwear, there is nothing coming out *lol*.

sculptor: Mohio – release date: no data – scale: 1/6

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Panty Anarchy

I like how this turned out, Orchid Seed rarely makes figures in this scale, but this doesn’t look bad, maybe I can put her next to my Stockings figure.

sculptor:  Tanaka Masanori – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

 Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko – Touwa Erio

Was Erio sexy in Denpa Onna? Yeah I think she was really sexy and seductive. Orca Toys captured this part of her very well and I’m quite interested.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Original Character – Suzuki Margit 

Can Native figures never wear panties?  Obviously not, aside from that I really like this figure, she is cute on her chair. With the glasses and the lab coatshe looks a bit like a shy yet adorable laboratory girl. She partially stimulates hides her genitals with a test tube, this might appear a bit too bold.

sculptor: Kawanishi Ken – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT – Kashiwazaki Sena

A buxom 1/4 scaled Sena figure isn’t bad at all ヾ(＾-＾)ノ.  I imagine that this figure will look beautiful after it got painted. Sure it’s just another swimsuit figure, but Sena is the prtotype of a natural bikini beauty and she’s big and sculpted in a nice pin up pose.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/4

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico – Tiger Parka 

For some reason I honestly dislike this figure, I dislike it as much as I like it, actually.  A cheerful Sonico with a “casual” outfit is nice, but here she looks so exaggerated happy that it nearly looks faked. When I had sorted out my thoughts about her, I might place my order.

sculptor: Hirohi – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Evangelion Shin Gekijouban – Ayanami Rei – Race Queen

Yes this is a prize figure, but woah this Rei looks good, I really like her face and the classic pose.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Vividred Operation – Isshiki Akane – CharaGumin 

Even though Akane turned out as a rather silly character, she is really popular among figure manufacturers. I think Volks figure is the best so far and captures all of her personality, too bad she’s a Garage Kit, but maybe I will try to acquire her nevertheless.

sculptor: Zoukei-mura – release date: August 2013 – scale: 1/7

related post

Wonder Festival 2013 Summer – part 1

–

Wonder Festival 2013 Winter – part 1

Wonder Festival 2013 Winter – part 2

Ey, ey oh! whats up people

Here we have a new Preorder Post with a few new purchases and many other alluring figures where a decision hasn’t been made so far.

There also was a delay for the Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA – Prisma Illya figure from Phat Company, that should actually be released in this month, unfortunately she was pushed back to April, which already is a quite busy month. I will also receive the Azusa doll in April, I’m still searching for a fancy outfit for her, even though the stuff she comes with is already pretty nice.

 New Preorders

I restricted myself a little bit, at least for once and also tried to prevent myself from loading too many figure preorders in the first half of the year, since I know what great things can be expected to be released in this year. Hmm yes these three are mainly sexy choices.

Katsuragi – Senran Kagura – Phat Company

After all the good impressions of Phat Company’s Hibari, this was a nearly no brainer for me. Even though the still running anime didn’t met my expectations, I still think that the girls are cute and have an appealing characterdesign. Katsuragi is quite creepy as a person you wouldn’t see that from her look, but anyway as energetic blonde with a bright smile and big boobs I want her in my collection. Next to Hibari’s design I like Katsuragi the most with her blue skirt and the  killer boots. As well as Hibari, Katsuragi is also scaled 1/8 the release is sheduled for August 2013

Sayaka Yumi – Shin Mazinger Zero – Ami Ami Zero

This figure has been a bit longer on my radar, I was captivated by the design and the lovely curves of Yumi. Her suit and the base have a sci fi fetish look, the base looks like a sex toy, but from what I know about Mazinger Zero it is none, it’ more something like a command center.

I was a big fan of Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-Hen which aired a few years ago. This figure of Yumi isn’t based on it, at least not in that outfit. I like the skin revealing outfit and her face, Yumi’s looks so damn great, well I also like that she features the style of old school manga very well. The figure is scaled 1/7 and has a length of 260 mm, in the final product, she will have alternative face parts. The figure is very detailed and for some reason her discounted price is relatively high with 9500 Yen, oh well I had ordered her for a higher price, thanks exchange rate.

Ami Ami Zero is popular for delaying their products, hopefully this figure will be more or less on time, she is sheduled for June 2013 *fingers crossed* kyahh I’m really excited about her.

Irma – Queen’s Blade – MegaHouse

 Hmm why the heck, have I ordered Irma actually!? You can only guess why Megahouse made a figure from the original Queen’s Blade at this this time, it seems that Tier from Tentacle Armada wasn’t the only one who wished for a figure of Irma, since the feedback was quite positive.

Wll, there are certain things that make this figure that appealing, Irma has an attractive petite bodyframe, still in a trained way, but she’s more slender than most Queen’s Blade characters. She also has this super dynamic pose and also a lot of details are on her body and outfit.

I really like her look, the body with the perky breasts, a nice back and a bubble butt compared to her body. Her dark skincolor makes a great contrast to her hair, actually. I would have sightly preferred a different face expression, but oh well the overall appearance is very good.

Irma is scaled 1/8, castoffable and her release date is sheduled for July 2013.

Maybe Baby List

Touko Aozaki – Mahoutsukai no Yoru – ALTER

release – July

Sometimes you will get overly excited about a certain figure that you’ve seen in an early production status, only to feel dissapointed when it can finally be preorderd. I think her dress turned out beautiful, the green is gorgeous, but whats with the face, it looks so plain, pale and undetailed, at least in these first promotion shots. I don’t feel like throwing my money torwards her in advance anymore. Maybe I will be convinced another time,but not for once.

Yuki – Maid Yome – Orchid Seed

release – September

This ero figure is very popular at the moment and Im starting to fear that she will be sold out before release, which happens not that often with figures from Orchid Seed. Yuki is a bold figue without pantsu and have you noticed where her fingers are? actually I didn’t pay attention to it at first. Hehe, it should be fine when displayed normally. The figure looks very pretty, I like the flushred cheeks and her cute moaning mouth. You can display her with the “wet t-shirt” look with her boobs exposed or just admire her plump butt. So far I could resist preordering her, since I’ve planned to get her at a later date, but Im not sure how long this composure will last.

Nymph – Sora no Otoshimono forte – PLUM

release – April

Nymph seems to be the most popular Sora no Otoshimono character at least on the manufacurers side, Kotobukiya already made a second one as well as PLUM, which can be seen here. They’ve put her into a innocent white school swimsuit, that compliments her butt nicely. The 1/6 scaled figure of Nymph has a cute energetic pose, her face doesn’t look like exactly like in the illustration she is based on, beside that it appears like an adorable figure. In worst case just display her from the enchanting backside ;p As I was checking on her at Ami Ami, the site said it’s sold out. I’ve waited too long! but maybe I’m able to get her on or after the release date.

Hibiki Ganaha – THE IDOLM@STER – Kotobukiya

release – April

Kotobukiya is pretty serious in adapting the Idolm@ster characters in the Angelic Island versions, where they put the girls in beach fashion. I already found the majority of them pretty adorable like Haruka, Makoto and Yayoi even though I haven’t bouth them in the end. Hibiki is no exception in terms of cute bishoujo appeal, her face is very pretty and her fang adds a little more playfulness. I’m also a fan of dark hair and the kind of earings, Hibiki is using, lovely ^^.

Rumi Sumida – Gutto-kuru Figure Collection Sweet 02 – CM’s Corporation

release – May

That face expression is priceless and let’s this figure appear super adorable, I really like the lovely expression and interesting pose of this figure. Also her school uniform is appealing, I like the colors, the stockings and her sneakers. The only problem is that I have no experience and no trust in CM. I have serious doubts, that they will deliver a quality that satisfies me and with that in mind she is a few thousand Yen too expensive, still I would like to have her in my collection, since she looks so appealing in these promotional pictures. On second look her butt could be a bit bigger, but that is my least important concern and something I could live with.

Preorder Roadmap (updated)

As announced in the previous Wonfes 2013 winter post, here is part 2 with a few leftover figures from other manufacturers like; AmiAmizero, Arcadia, CM’s Corporation, Gift, MegaHouse, PLUM and Ques q that also caught my interest with a few figures. Afterwards I’ll take a short look at the prettiest Garage Kit figures of this Event. In the last block I will take a look at some illustrations from Native, Orchid Seed and others, that might be turned into figures soon.

I won’t go into detail with my opinion about each item like in the last post, everything listed here is interesting and appealing to me.

Katsuragi – Senran Kagura
sculptor: Ozawa Shingo – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Kyouno Madoka – Rinne no Lagrange
sculptor: no data – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/7

Yumi Sayaka – Shin Mazinger ZERO
sculptor: Melting Neuron – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

 Original Character – Masamune Shirow
sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Original Character – Sumida Rumi –  Gutto-Kuru Figure SWEET #2
sculptor: Urushihara Satoshi – release date: June 2013 – scale: 1/8

Mamiya Marie – Starless
sculptor: no data – release date: 2013 – scale: no da

Sonico – Tiger Parka version
sculptor: Hiroshi – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT – Kashiwazaki Sena – Odoriko version
sculptor: I.con – release date: June, 2013 – scale: 1/8

 Irma – Queens Blade
sculptor: Roin – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

 Yoshino – Date A Live
sculptor: no data- release date: no data – scale: no data

Toradora! – Aisaka Taiga – Swimsuit version
sculptor: Yuma – release date: July, 2013 – scale: 1/7

Percival – Eiyuu Senki
sculptor: Taka – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Kashiwazaki Sena – Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
sculptor: Inada Masaki – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Ikaruga – Senran Kagura
sculptor: Gentlemen Club 3 – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Fiona – Border Break
sculptor: Takeuch Gotaro – release date: August, 2013 – scale: 1/7

Garage Kits

Unknown

manufacturer: unknown – scale: unknown

Saya no Uta – Saya
manufacturer: Epoxy Parfait – scale: 1/10

Original Character – Ciel
manufacturer: QuailEGG – scale: non scale

Hyouka – Chitanda Eru – Red/Black
manufacturer: Acetone – scale: non scale

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai – Kashiwazaki Sena
manufacturer: Flower Shop – scale: 1/7

Original Character – Zettai Tora
manufacturer: Mouse Unit – scale: 1/7

Busou Shinki – Altines
manufacturer: Grizzry Panda – scale: non scale

The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena – Labrys – Creative Action Figure
manufacturer: Cerberus Project – scale: 1/6

Illustrations

Sorry that these are mainly illustrations for ecchi figures XD

Illustrations from GSC

Love Live! School Idol Project – Kousaka Honoka

Illustrations from PLUM

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia – Saber – 1/7 – Maid ver.

Illustrations from Orchid Seed

Original character Shintaro

Comic Penguin Club – Mizuno Ai

Original Character – Comic Aun 15th Anniversary Cover Girl

Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norowareshi Densetsu no Shoujo- – Kagarino Kirie

Illustrations from Native

Original CharacterMebae

Original Character Mebae

Illustrations from Mouse Unit

Original Character – Lime-chan

Today I’ll let down my pants, only in the figurative sense, of course

Inspired by Adam’s Figure Financials posts I decided that I wanted to create something similar by the end of this year. I’m fully aware that a detailed look at the figure expenses of this year might be a shocking experience, but join me  and face the ugly truth in this post.

Let’s take a look at the things I’ve bought this year, overall it were 27 figures that I’ve purchased and received this year, 1 less compared to 2011. Since I already sold 2 figures I end up with a number of overall 25 collected figures in 2012, it was one of my goals to stay under 28 figures.

monthly figure expenses

In the diagram below every bar shows what I’ve spent each month, surprisingly I ordered nothing in February and May. With 4 figures, I kind of overdid it in June and October, it were expensive months, but this also partially happened because of unforeseen events. In November I also ordered 4 figures, but these figure were from the aftermarket and comparatively cheap.

I won’t write down the entire sum I’ve spent this year, it would be a too big shock for me XD

manufacturer appointments

It looks like I chose ALTER for most of my purchases, their figures really caught my interest even some older figures from them. Surprisingly GSC, which I really can’t stand or better said it’s the constant hype about their products. Anyway I went out of my way and ordered four of their figures, I really like Sayaka and Shinobu. I also got really nice figures from Max Factory.
For some reason I only ordered 3 (4) Orchid Seed figures, maybe that will change in 2013.

I also tried different companies, that I’ve never bought from before, like Alpha Max, Native, Daiki Kougyou, PLUM, Phat Company and Volks who will relase their Nagisa figure soon. Unlike my bad experience with Griffon, these companies provided solid quality and very good figures.

Shop appointments

new exclusive and old figures comparison

Aside from 15 new figures, I bought 5 Exclusive figures (Sonico – Bath Time version,
Noel Vermillion, Miku Hatsune – Cheerful Japan, the Sonico Nendoroid and Nagisa).
The 7 old figures were Max Factories Tamaki Kousaka and Haruhi Suzumiya Gekisou version, Echidna from Megahouse. From ALTER I ordered the Louise Francoise – school uniform version, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia – Saber Maid R and non R version and Fauna at last.

I spent a lot for the Tamaki figure, but in other cases there were a number of significant price drops at Mandarake and AmiAmi preowned in this year, these prices were so low that I couldn’t resist these figures I always was slightly interested in. Asida from Echidna, who had a stained butt (it wasn’t me XD) I made no bad experiences with these aftermarket figures.

additional costs

When looking a these numbers I’m quite surprised that the custom fees only take ten percent of the spent budget, hehe four times my packages weren’t charged. 17 percent for shipping also appears lower than expected, this year I used more SAL shipping and domestic shipping, when more figures arrive in one month it makes no sense to use EMS for all orders. I used EMS 11 times, SAL 12 times and domestic shipping for local shops was used 4 times.

favorite figures of the year

Ok, enough of these dry statistics lets end this post with my personal favorites of the figures I’ve purchased this year this year.

Bakemonogatari – Oshino Shinobu (Good Smile Company)

This was my first GSC figure that I actually like a lot. The donut eating loli vampire Shinobu from Bakemonogatari was very well recreated in this figure, be it the adorable and cute face, the petite appearance of her body. Also the outfit with the cool motorcycle helmet and the light looking summer dress are also a convincing part of her. While not being sculpted perfectly sharp, the donut bed like base with it’s overload of details is a nice addition to the figure.

Another nice detail is that she can be taken off her base and be placed nearly everywhere.

Ikki Tousen Xtreme Xecutor – Kan’u Unchou (Daiki Kougyou)

I saw, drooled in excitement and ordered ^^. This figure appeared convincing for me from the day she was announced. I like Ikki Toussen quite a bit, but I never bought a figure of it before.

With this figure Daiki came especially close to my image of Kanu. Her powerful fighting pose and the well trained, attractive body were quite appealing. The figure of Kanu has a kinda angry determined face expression, while I prefer cute expressions in general, I was fascinated by the look of this figure. As my first experience with Daiki Kougyou, Im quite satisfied with their work. The sculpting and the painting on clothes and figure turned out very well

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Sansei Muramasa – Maid (Max Factory)

This was quite maid year in terms of figures for me, but Sansei Muramasa throned above all of them. I was interested in her since a certain Wonfes a few years ago. I am totally happy that I was convinced to get her in the end. Her appearance of a grown up and very attractive dark skinned elf is really enchanting. Muramasa has a beautiful face, the eyes are very expressive and also the unique combination of a slightly embarrassed and pouting  face expression are nice.

Her dress is lovely with the detailed ruffles and also the color combination of cream white and silky shine black a quite classy, elaborate look is created. The figure also offers a cool looking base with red floor and a pretty table where parts of the included coffee dishes can be placed.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai – Takayama Maria (Max Factory)

Im still not a fan the Maria character, but she’s cute loli anyway. As image for the sculpting and painting Max Factory relied on the illustrator of the Novels, Buriki who has a quite unique style.
I really love how the face of this figure was adapted, she has super detailed eyes, blush marks and a cute open mouth with a sharp little fang. This Maria Takayama is a high quality figure with great looking body sculpting and an overall lively and playful appearance.

The dress is a little odd for a figure of a young girl, but is is very well done with pretty gloss and detailed shading effects. With a happy Maria inside the dress actually looks more cute than lewd.

To Heart 2 – Kousaka Tamaki – (Max Factory AquaPlus)

I saw this figure in the past, but in this year I noticed how appealing this figure actually is and was searching on the aftermarket. friend on MFC helped me and so I got my Tamaki Kousaka.

Not a cheap deal, but it was worth every cent. She looks a little different compared to her visual novel and anime origin, but in this case that is nothing bad.  On her fluffy, round base Tamaki radiates a romantic, cozy atmosphere what is quite charming in my eyes. The long red hair is pretty, the round face with the big eyes, rosy cheeks and the gentle smile on her mouth is really enchanting. The combination of a quite innocent appearance and an attractive curvy body works very well with this figure. Overall, the sculpting and paintjob of her are really top notch.

I still think that her boobs are too big, but with a cute face like this I accept this “minor” detail ;D

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico –  Bath Time version (Native)

This was my first figure from Native actually, more importantly is that she’s a huge 1/6 scaled Sonico. I liked the creativity of pose and base a lot, these three little bathing friends are really cute accessories. The figure also has a very detailed and convincing face expression. I also like that they added more meat to this sculpt of Sonico like the Tsuji Santa artstyle always implies.

The figure can be displayed naked, not to the extent of most Native figures, but in my opinion  she looks best with one of her towels applied.Minor flaws are too faint blush marks and a  not that sexy looking butt, but nevertheless she is without question one of the best Sonico figures so far with the  Sonico – Bondage version from Orchid Seed following close afterwards.

Senran Kagura – Hibari (Phat Company)

I was quite happy as the cute GK of Hibari was quickly adapted to be turned into a PVC figure.
I didn’t had that much trust into Phat Company to begin with. But after unpacking her I was very much delighted, she looked very well done and came without major flaws. I love the cheerful face of Hibari with her flower eyes and the happy open mouth. I also liked her busty schoolgirl appearance dressed up in cute sportswear, like the jersey and the short bloomers that accentuates her meaty thighs. Her loose socks and the shoes are also a very cool detail.

Since I awaited this figure from Phat Company with lowered expectations my joy about her very good quality and looks were kinda amplified and Im still very happy about her purchase.

Do you have favorite figures from the ones you’ve bought?

Final Words

So far I always planned my purchases on a monthly basis, so that I won’t overstep my budget, in this post it was  interesting to take a look at the overall purchases of my figure hobby in this year. It appears like a lot of money and it probably is, but the truth is that there were more nice and pretty figures that I wanted to get n 2012, but I wanted to show at least a little retention.

Next year will be full of nice figures as well and I already preordered a few things, but lets see what and how many figures I will add to my next orders.

And you, Do you take a look back at your purchases and expenses of this year?

I there anyone who spent more? please let me know.

A figure that was manufacturered by PLUM, it’s Astraea from the Sora no Otoshimono anime/manga. Her release date was in December 2011. On first sight, I got quite interested in this figure, but my opinion of Plums craftsmanship so far was just based on this Nymph figure and honestly it wasn’t that convincing to me.

So as their Astraea was announced I decided to wait a bit more with the purchase, I also expected that she might end up in the bargain bin like Plum’s Nymph before, but the opposite happened, at the shops I use more regularly the figure was already sold out that was fast.

Astraea is scaled 1/6 and has impressive dimensions, she is 23 cm in height and 22 cm in length, from wing to wing she measures around 30 cm. You should have seen the huge box.

Astraea’s character at first appeared in the 2nd season of the Sora no Otoshimono anime and in chapter 22 of the manga. She is a close combat Angeloid Type Delta. She is a little airheaded and has limited intelligence, but she is equipped with high combat abilities and can show emotions unlike Ikaros. She is 159 cm in height and her bust measures 103 cm.

Later on on she became part Tomoki and his friends. I really like this cute big boobed girl with her cheeeful personailty. She is gluttonous and always scrounges off food from Tomoki.

It seems like a lot of people bought this figure but actually not a single one wrote a review (correct me if I’m wrong), which was another reason for me to track this figure down.

Fortunately I could find it the figure a few month after release at Plamoya, sometimes they have nice discounts, no Im not sponsored. During the shipment I started to doubt my decision, I didn’t know what to expect from Plum or this figure, would I be satisfied with her?
Anyway Im glad that I ordered Astraea, I would have regret it if I had passed on her.

The base is made of ABS and is connected without a peg, you just have to hook it under the backside of her top and gravity does the rest. It is quite stable and the figure has no holes at the back. You can also display her without the base, she just needs a little support from behind.

Hair & Face

Her straw blonde hair looks very well made, the strands as well as the shading are clean and nicely done. Further below the hair is splitted into two huge braids with detailed tips. The voluminous hair part isn’t made in one piece there are 4 smaller seam lines, but it’s no big deal.

On the promo pics the figure seemed to have a rather aroused *kyaaah* face, but in person it turned into a somehow cute and surprised look from most angles, overall her face is very well recreated, the red eyes are lively and have a shiny finish, underneath are some nice blushmarks which were used in a more sublimal way. The figure has an deep open mouth with a nice upper front teeth line. Her naughty °v° mouth would have also been nice, but Im fine with °@° as well.

Body & Outfit

Astraea has a quite buxom body, she is probably the figure with the most impressive bosom in my collection, but she’s still within my so called “not bigger than her head, please” rule.
Im wondering if I can bend this rule enough to make the bath time Hinako figure fit into it XD

Astraea also offers a wasp waist, and a quite big butt for anime figure standards. Nevertheless calling her chubby would be incorrect since her abs appear very well trained. Other amenities of her are the  lovely meaty thighs, the long blonde hair and the beautifully sculpted wings with the diffuse and soft shading. Astraea herself has a delicious pale skintone with subliminal shading.

The figure also has  a nicely designed outfit as well, it is a mix of warrior and cheerleader clothes. The armor parts, the tight corsage and the playful skirt are a fitting combination overall. With her outfit, the buxom body and the sword shield combination, she looks like a Valkyrie. Astraea seems much more like a close combat warrior than her Angeloid friends Ikaros and Nymph.

The clearly outlined and strong colors, work very well with the haircolor and the skintone.

Around her neck she is wearing a  detailed choker in shaded gunmetal color with a few single sculpted chain links. It looks definitely more detailed than the one of Kotobukiya’s Nymph.

PLUM’s Astraea has a castoff feature, but it’s just limited to her skirt, sadly no bare boobs XD. The body separates right under her boobs, you should pay attention to put the two parts of her body back together firmly or you will have a weird looking gap. It’s not like the skirt would cover much in the first place, but I enjoy the clear view at her broad hips and narrow waist.

Depending on the viewing angle at the figure, the crotch is sometimes more or sometimes less visible. Astraea wears innocent white panties but is showing some kind of a small camel toe.

I guess I would have also bought this Astraea in a more simple standing pose, but PLUM went for a more elaborate pose which was based on the illustration below. It isn’t really clear what is happening, either someone is peeking under her skirt or Astraea did something clumsy. Anyway the sculpting is very well done an Astraea is presenting her nice attributes towards the viewer.

This figure is also equipped with a few weapons, the huge thing is a oscillating photon blade called ‘Chrysaor‘, and the shield is known as ‘Aegis L‘. You can display her with and without them, the sword can be placed in her hand and you can exchange the shield hand with a normal one.

Final Words

As some of you maybe already expected, Im really satisfied about how this figure turned out, with 1/6 she’s is a figure of the larger kind and leaves a good impression like that.

With PLUM as a rather new figure manufacturing Company you would probably like to know about their quality, in terms of Astraea I can say that she’s a great figure, they did a great job with the smooth sculpting, of the body and the outfit, it shows nearly no signs of seamlines.
The paintjob is applied in a quite clean manner with next to zero overapaintnig issues. Also her shading looks very good. There is really not much to complain about Astraea.
PLUM’s upcoming Erio and the recently announced God Eater Burst – Alisa from Wonfes also appear quite promising.

On a side note, it was somehow difficult to photograph a figure of such a size and pose, finding the right combination of aperture and distance for example. Im more used to smaller ones and most of my props were just too small.