Nevertheless, today I will write a figure review of the never fading Saber character, a few weeks or more ago I’ve received Saber – Type-Moon Racing ver. The figures design is based on the Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime adaption, I dont remember any grid girls, but Takeuchi Takashi came up with the illustration for this figure.

Saber – Type-Moon Racing version was manufactured by Stronger, actually my first time that I`ve ordered a figure from them. Saber was released in late September 2017. She is scaled 1/7 and comes together with an umbrella, with the umbrella the figure measures 24 cm. Her sculptor was Musasabi YU-ko a fresh person with relatively few works.

I’m actually a Fate Stay Night fan, I always enjoyed the adapted animes in terms of story and setting, basically Saber isn`t my favorite character, only in the Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime, where she had a really great character episode I began to appreciate her character, Saber going shopping with her friends, playing baseball and having a picnic. As normal girl Saber is quite lovely.

Her usual appearance is that of a stoic armor clad Knight, but with the expanding Fate universe and more games, different Sabers appeared with different looks and quite different personalities, in Fate Go they overdid it a bit with the Saber based characters nevertheless. Why did I decide for this Saber, when there are like 200 figures of her around?

I really like unusual Saber designs that portray Saber in a good mood and without armor, so far I’ve bought the
Saber – Fate/Hollow Ataraxia – Maid R and Saber EXTRA – Fate/EXTRA – Swimsuit version from Alter.

The Type Moon – Racing version was just such a vibrant and lively figure adaption I just couldn’t say no to.

The Saber figure has nice hair, sculpted in detailed and dynamic manner, it also has a appealïng tone of blonde. The ahoge is a seperate piece that had to be pressed into her head, at first I wondered what the tiny plastic bag was for.

Her face is accurately adapted from the Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works anime, but it’s additionally beeming with happiness. Saber has sparkling eyes and a very cute appearance. The detailed open mouth with upper front teeth line looks really nice, Overall this Saber has a pretty face with an enchanting and surprisingly upbeat expression.

Saber’s is rather skinny or better said sporty with her abs well trained and a modest chest. Based on her character data, Saber is no tall girl, but with those long legs this figure is looking quite tall. The sculptor gave her well defined and attractive buttocks from my perspective her butt is nevertheless small. I actually wouldn’t mind if she was a little chubbier than she is in this adaption, the figure is very pretty and a bit of variety in ones collection is positive.

I also would like to mention the petite hands with nicely articulated fingers of this figure, they look quite realistic and the fingernails paint has been carefully applied. Saber comes with an exchangeable left arm, one has a gripping hand.

The Saber racing version has a stunning outfit with a cool white jacket with short sleeves, the golden enblem is a nice additional eyecatcher. The hotpants adds a bit of fanservice, but reveals no too much of her firm butt. Her trademark color, royal blue was used on her attractive tube top, the end of the sleeves the hotpants and the blue ribbon at the back of her hair. Around the hotpants she wears a nice white belt. The thigh high boots are really cool with silver heals and toe cap, the long zipper at the front goes all the way up, around the upper part the boots are a little loose.

The shiny finish on her clothes looks high quality and creates a very nice contrast to the skintexture, it’s quite nice that metallic paint was used on the smaller details. The shading effects on the white clothes turns out quite nice.

A cool feature of the Saber – Type-Moon Racing version is her big “escabrella” it’s quite funny that they turned her pretty Escalibur into a fancy looking umbrella. It has a nice pattern and quite detailed framework, If you ever zapped through the sports channel you will see grid girls holding the umbrella over the pilots, to protect them fromn the sun. The grid girls on TV are always pretty, it feels a little odd that the pilots are always just focused on the race, though.

Her base looks a little cut into pieces, the reason for that is simple, there are 2 more figures from the Type-Moon Racing lineup, Tohsaka Rin and Saber/EXTRA, if you buy all 3 you can complete the “puzzle”.

Final Words

Without a doubt this is a great figure, the concept of sporty Saber is very convincing with her cheerful expression she has a youthful atmosphere. Her slender body and articulation show a lot of feminine attractivity. A great aspect of the figure is the awesome outfit with it’s really nice details. Stronger apparently makes great figure and the Saber – Type-Moon Racing version is one of them.

Today I have the Saber super moveable Nendoroid on review (another nendo *lol*)
I have good news for my readers who dislike Nendoroids, that was the last
Nendoroid Review for once next time I will return to PVC figures =D .

This Nendoroid  has the same look as the 1/7 scaled Saber Triumphant Excalibur,
from Good Smile Company which was released in October 2010.

Her origin is the popular Fate/Stay night franchise which consist of some Games,
an anime and lately even a Movie called Unlimited Blade Works was made.
Saber is a strong and brave servant whio was summoned by Emiya Shirō

I always was more a Rin fan than a Saber fan and so far I owned no single Saber Figure.
So this Saber Nendoroid was a pure Impulse buy,I saw it at AmiAmi Shop
and thought “Ah how cool” after checking the price, Saber landed in my shopping cart.

So what is included in the box:

• Saber and base

• two spare faces

• four spare hands

• three swords

• two scabbards

And here comes the freak face of Saber

I think the swords and scabbards have special names but I don’t have them in mind.

Good Smile Company made many Saber Nendoroids, the special feature of this one is that it is “Super Moveable” which means that Saber has nearly the same articulation like a Figma.
You can give her nearly every pose which comes to mind, she has joints at her neck, shoulders, elbows, legs and feet, you can also spread the skirt to the sides. For posing noobs like me these kind of posing freedom is a bit over the top, but I think more Nendoroid experienced or more creative people will have their fun with such a variety of possible poses,the only limiting factor is her head and the length of her arms.

Saber is the first kind of moveable Nendoroid, so I didn’t know how her moveability would turn out, there were some comments on MFC about loose parts and joints, but I only discovered that her right arm comes off easily when you pose it.

Another nice aspect of this Nendoroid is the base, it’s connects at the back of Saber. It supports Saber very well and helps you to create cool and dynamic poses. I think the connection at the back is the best way to display a Nendoroid. Honestly I’d like to drill a hole in the backs of my two older Nendoroids and equip them with such kind of bases.

The quality of GSC’s Nendoroids was always very good, after I bought Saber and Amano Tooko which was released at around the same time, I can say that their quality has even increased, the parts fit together perfectly. The paintjob is nearly flawless the same goes for the sculpting.

Talking about quality have you heard about the commotion about BRS Anime Version? As GSC was getting flamed when it came out that they forgot to put the star decal on her jacket and gave her beige colored shoe soles, personally I don’t really care about the beige boots nor the missing star I didn’t even know she had a star there until Wednesday. That they’ve forgotten to put on the star is a bit embarrassing, but even if I am no fan of  Good Smile Company I felt a bit sorry for them. I will cover my impressions about the BRS Anime Version figure in the next review.

Back to Saber’s outfit, it is very nice and detailed, as I said before she has the same. Outfit as the one of the 1/7 scaled Saber Triumphant Excalibur Version. The blue combined with the silver colored parts looks really good, especially the detailed silver colores armor plates are very cool and and I like the slightly shiny metallic paint. The different layers of her skirt which consist of the outer armor, the blue dress and the white underskirt looks really nice together.

I tried to switch the head with another Nendo, but the neck of Sumomo was a bit too thick, to fit in Sabers body so I had to switch the neck peg.

Final Words:

This Saber Nendoroid is a very nice and cool Nendoroid, she offers you a lot of freedom for creating cool and dynamic poses. I am really astonished about the moveability of such a small figure. The paintjob of her outfit looks great with the combination of blue and silver colors. The three different faces are also nice and have diversified expressions, my favorites are the kind and the serious one, Sabers eyes look very nice. Also the sculpting of this Saber Nendoroid is accurate and very well done.

Another Review of her can be found at nendonesia.com