After some lazy days, I actually was more busy lately, I am back with a fresh figure review, our model is Sallya, some might know her as Tharja for me she is the cute daughter of Ming.

Sallya was a highly anticipated figure for me, she was actually planned to be released in December 2013, but figure manufacturing is no easy thing so lets not talk about spilled milk.

Sallya is one character of Fire Emblem: Kakusei, a tactical role-playing game available for some Nintendo device, I haven’t played it and probably won’t find the time to do it later.

I could not comprehend the potential of this figure until a painted prototype was shown.

Max Factory hired Shining Wizard to turn a chunk of PVC into the glamorous Sallya we see today, GSC also was somehow involved in the production, maybe they were in charge of giving the figure some minor flaws haha. The figure is 205 mm in height, it is in an accurate 1/7 category, she comes with cape, additional collar, a pile of books and a red skull, not to forget the round base with it’s velvet like flooring. She was released in mid march 2014.

The first thing I noticed when I unpacked her, was that the figure and her table had no pegs at all, everything sits loosely on the base, what looks like great freedom for the figure, is terrible when moving her around, one wrong move and everything falls over like the proverbial card house. Although everything is perfectly stable when Sallya is at her final display destination, at the end of the day  it’s a daring decision to give her and the tableno supporting pegs at all.

Hair & Face

Sallya has beautiful hair in a dark aubergine color with many detailed strands and a deep hanging straight fringe, you would call this hime cut Her hair has some golden decorations.

Her face is closer to realism than anime style, Sallya’s face posesses a “real” nose, slanted eyes and detailed lips with some shiny effect applied, the figure has an exceptional beautiful and expressive face, I love her eyes, since they show so much personality.

Sallya sama is such a tease with her inviting no I actually should call it challenging pose and body language, that would make men hard race. I like this self conscious sex appeal of her.

Outfit & Body

Sallya has the look of a character from a typical fantasy setting, she’s like an suspicious magician, but her design also shows elements that remind me of some oriental influences. Her dark colors and the self confident appearance make her look like a villain of some sort.

There is a lot of gold everywhere on her outfit, this underlines the elegance of this figure.
This lady wraps herself in a supertight dark brown bodysuit with one finger gloves, the way the paint has been applied gives the illusion of a slight transparency, which is really nice.
The figure is wearing a long cape over her shoulders on default, the outside is navy blue and the inside is covered in bordeaux red, the long cape convinces with it’s detailed folds.

Over her super thin suit Sally wears surprisingly thick golden panties with a fashionable loincloth attached to it, the thickness appears to be a bit odd, is it a kind of chastity belt?

Without cape the figure looks a lot more energetic and playful and I actually prefer it this way. Sallya has some feline characteristics in her appearance, she is a very slender woman, but she is super attractive in her sporty shape, also the body sculpting is top notch and pleasing to the eye.

Sallya is fully a clothed figure, but that doesn’t make her any less seductive, she is leaning bend over on her pile of literature and sticks out her butt and beautifully shaped legs, her arched back has a nearly unhealthy bow, but a flexible body has more advantages than disadvantages, be it in daily life or other situations *cough*.

Even when her pose is pert and has a lot of sex appeal, please don’t think of Sallya as man eating vamp. I think you can clearly see that she took her alluring pose only for one person, it’s the feeling of close intimacy that Sallya has in her pose and that gives her a certain appeal.

Flaws

I received a very clean copy of Max Factory’s Sallya overall, there is not much to complain about in terms of quality, but one thing that definitely deserved improvement, are her finger(s) the back part of her thumbs is too fat, not really sexy in my opinion. The second thing is that the ring which should wrap around her middle finger just sits on top of it. I really have a soft hard spot for these kind of gloves, it’s disappointing to see it turned out less appealing.

You would actually expect that such things are solved within the delay period, but it seemed that other things were more urgent to fix before the figure was shipped out of factory.

Final Words

The term hot is often achieved with figures that are revealing lots of skin, of course that’s not a bad thing in particular, I just want to point out that Sallya has a different kind of sex appeal. She has a super seductive pose and even when not much of her skin is revealed she is utmost attractive. Sallya looks fantastic with her self conscious attitude and expressive eyes of a predator. All the nicely sculpted elements of her body, except the chubby thumbs make her a super pretty figure. She also gets extra points for her as good as perfect with these many realistic characteristics and the sharp expression thats gives the figure a unique personality.

Prior to this shooting I acquired a number of items, but bringing all of them together in the end was a more challenging task than expected, good that I had a plan B, maybe this is a candidate for “a look back…”, Sallya is definitely a model with stunning photogenic qualities.

More about her can be seen and read at Otagamers and also on Reflective Boundary

More pictures Bang Bang Bang XD

We arrived at part 20 of my New Preorders we could celebrate a little jubilee. Several times I talked about cutting back, but don’t blame me, blame the manufacturers for throwing pretty figures in my direction. All in one I ordered 8 new figures, 2 prize figures are among the selection.

Lets start with the stuff I’ve preordered recently

Araragi Tsukihi is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by GSC

I badly waited for this figure to be announced, surprisingly I nearly haven’t noticed her announcement, if it weren’t for the tweet of a fellow figure collector. There was also a nice surprise with figure, there are two color versions. one is based on the Blu Ray/DVD cover,
where Aragi Tsukihi is wearing a pink Yukata, the other “exclusive” version is based on her outfit from the anime in a teal like color, both looked very good but I ordered the pink one.

The release date is sheduled for December 2013, December is already a full month, otherwise I would have gotten both versions for sure. I made bad experience with waiting for GSC’s Bakemonogatari to hit the bargain bin, so I ordered this little sister on the first day possible.

Tharja is scaled 1/7 and manufactured by both Max Factory and GSC.

Her origin is the Nintendo Game Fire Emblem: Kakusei I don’t know anything about it, but I do know what I like. To be honest I didn’t see much in her as she was still a grey prototype. Now that she’s painted I love what Shining Wizard did with her, these colors, the textures and hell that subtle sex appeal of her is just awesome. Just look at her beautiful face with this teasing yet playful expression. Her clothes with the golden applications  are very pretty and have a certain charme. Tharja reminds me a bit of  a female villain from a sci fi saga like Flash Gordon.

Stop your villanious act cute daughter of Ming! Her release date is planned for December 2013.
 

Miyuki Mana is scaled 1/7 and manufactured by Max Factory

It is fascinating how loyal Max Factory is towards this figure lineup  from the old Game from 2010…  how was the title again Se Kirara. Don’t get me wrong all of this figures are lovely,
but I could resist most of them. Well Im still on the face about the lovely Kawamura Yuu.

What caught my attention instantly without a second doubt was the megane Bishoujo with braids Mana. I really love her sculpt, the tall and slender body is quite attractive, also the pose where she seems to fight against the physical force of wind has a nice sense of dynamic. I definetely not forget to mentione Miyuki Mana’s beautiful face. Next to her deep hazel colored eyes it features a cute worrying expression, it appears like she’s bothered if the person in front of her has seen “it” and *damn* these glasses ^^ Oh right her release date is in September 2013.

Kirigaya Suguha is scale 1/8 and manufactured by ALTER

Oh another “little” sister, I hope this is no trend. Here is Suguha from Sword Art Online, the sweet girl who was one sidedly in love with Kirito. I think she deserves a better guy, me
ALTER loves their sitting figures for sure, I also like these figures they are cute and offer many display options. I just couldn’t resist her expression, it looks just too good to pass.

I wouldn’t have mind to get Suguha as the charmingly busty alter ego Leefa or a figure like in the illustration that I have used in the header, but keeping it casual is no bad decision either.
The figure is sculpted in a nice natural sitting pose where she is placed on a cute veranda while she playfully reaches out with her leg to get someones attention. I also like her outfit which consists of short shorts and a red jersey. The release is planned for November 2013.

Inaba Rinne is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by MegaHouse

Rinne is from the anime Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter, I have no real idea about it but it seems to be a shounen show with cars and mechs. What did the deal was the pretty face of this figure the rounded shape and the big eyes let her appear quite adorable and she has an extra face.

It’s kind of remarkable, that a figure with no really good or decent illustration material (there are many horrid indecent ones, though) gets such a nice figure treatment.

Compared to the anime it’s not 100% spot, but I think it’s far the better, in 3D Rinne gains a lot more appeal since the sculpting is a lot more detailed. This happens when Kibayashi Norio a sculptor of many Queen’s Blade figures, works on a character from an anime for the younger audience. Rinne seems to be fashionable teenaager with cool clothes and a cute side ponytail.

This happy and cute girl has a quite dynamic pose and the vibrant color sheme is another good reasons for purchasing this anime figure, her release date will be October 2013.
 

Hasegawa Kobato is scaled 1/8 and manufactured by Kotobukiya

I already knew that I wanted to get her and I was lucky enough to place my order. Kotobukiya got really cautious in not producing too many copies of a figure, like many other of their recent figures Kobato was sold out very fast. The figure was restocked a few times, but it was sold out even faster, even though this makes figure collecting more thrilling, but it’s actually annoying.

I think this is a super sweet image of a goth loli, Kobato is petite, adorable and her outfit offers a bit of  mild sex appeal. This figure is very close to Illustation which was chosen for Kobato, the face, the blush and the beautiful hair turned out great. Her release date is in late November.

Sonico Prize Figures

A number of recently announced Sonico figures turned out not convincing enough for me. Surprisingly Taito and Furyo created something that caught my interest instantly for the price I didn’t hesitate for long, I think they look quite elaborate and interesting for figure of the prize category. I also like that there are some change in the presentation of the Sonico character.

There is the Sonico Sweets Time version, where she is hanging on the sofa in a very casual way. The sculpting looks really good as well as the  articulation of her body. This figure is from FuRyu and release is planned for November 2013. If this turns out good I’ll be really happy.

Sonico Space Police version is manufacturered by Taito and will be released in October 2013.

I especially like her as Space Police officer, she looks so happy here what is unbelieveable rare.
I know that there will be some more quality compromises, but the sculpts look really good, creative and they resemble Sonico very well. I have relatively high hopes for the one from Taito.