Review: Kotobukiya Kaguya

First of all, I know nothing about the Shining series. I saw so many of their figures keep coming out, I just thought I should get one.

Well, Kaguya has the aura of a dancer with that outfit of hers. The head dress looks good with many pearl like thingies around her forehead area. Her spirit stone hangs around her neck is translucent purple. Her green hair band coils down from the back of her head to the two ends of her hair.

Big fluffy red ribbon in front of her dress. Looks cute.

Another exposed belly button. High cut dress showing off her thigh. I'll get to that part later.

Basically the white dress she's wearing is actually made of hard plastic. The feeling is a bit like matt glass. Everywhere there's gold trimmings, a very nice combination of colors.

Nice wristband and armband. The patterns are nice, the colors and details are great. Nice finger nails.

The other side. Look at how slim Kaguya is.

Her hair runs to her lower waist, another red ribbon at the back of her head. The lines of her hair are nice, gives a smooth silky look.

I like this part best. Admit it, you're the same. The high cut dress showing her fair smooth leg. Her knee bending slightly inward. It's so long and slender.

The bottom back of her dress with gold repeated triangle patterns around it.

Green leg bangles with sandals. My kind of home girl. But one thing I don't quite understand why is there no nail polish at the tip. Then why bother to show her toes. I can't find her ankles either.

Multi-layered white round base. With nothing on it. With absolutely nothing on it.

She's sweet, tall, fair and fashionable. The paintjob's rough, but I can make do with that. I've always known Kotobukiya's figures are fairly simple, plain but at least the sculpting is nice. Wish they put in more effort to the details of her feet.

Review: Alter Dizzy

It seems Alter is now into massive figures. I'm always a fan of fighting games, and it sure pleases me to see a Dizzy here. Somehow I'm quite surprise that Alter made announcement of her making, because not too long ago Hobby Japan x Kotobukiya also did another version of her for Queen's Gate. Definitely I would prefer this version anytime. The proportions, the pose, Necro and Undine as her wings, a sweet face, this figure is way too cool.

Nice hair, really suits her expression here. Choker check, metallic buckles check, silver buttons here and there check, tempting collar bone check, exposed shoulders check. Hey, there's no belly button tickbox.

She looks fragile, not in terms of the figure structure, but her character design. Her hands are tiny, her thighs are slim, she looks so skinny.

Her back leaning forward, probably engineered to support her wings. Adds a little bit of innocence sexiness.

The highlights are her wings, Necro and Undine. Alter really captured Necro's sinister look. The dark green color scheme and shadings are well done.

Multiple layers of feathers. Having this much details really adds weight to Necro. When I was fixing him up to Dizzy, I could feel that he's about the weight as Dizzy herself.

Like Necro, Undine also comes in a single color scheme and lots of shading which makes her so elegant. I have to tell you guys she has a hot figure. You get to see 2 pairs of top for the price of 1, it's a bonus.

Her hair being spread out as feathers. The details are simply amazing.

Dizzy has this reptile tail coming out from her lower spine area. Characters with tail always gives a cute factor. Her hips are wider than I thought, better to have it than not. And yeah, you saw it right. She doesn't have anything to cover her behind.

A matching yellow ribbon of her hair band at the tip of her tail.

Outstanding shoes. White and blue really goes well together. The silver buttons blends her shoes as a set with her outfit and the plates at her front feet are in glossy finish.

A bicolor base with her name on it. Come on, say her name.

Alter never fails at giving masterpieces. I bought her for a hefty price when she's sold out everywhere but now there's a re-issue of her coming out after only a few months of her release. Ouch, my wallet hurts. Don't wait to get yours.

Review: Alter Houmei

Alter Houmei is massive. I felt in love with her the first sight I saw her, but held back a few times due to the pricey tag. Alas, impulse took over me and render my wallet dry. Traditional garments, white hair, translucent base and dynamic pose. She's a dream come true. She took me some time to assemble but I managed that somehow. Have to be forceful and rough during the process, but that's no way to treat a lady. Luckily there was no paint scratch.

I thought her crown was fixed on to her head at first. While moving the figure around to take these pictures, the crown seems to shift a little, then I realised it's magnetic. Cool. Underneath her kimono is a cheongsam with fantastic decals on them but I'm gonna leave them on, my nose can't take it.

Awesome sash. The same design as her cheongsam.

The pink robe is slightly translucent with a pearl finish. That's the part which took me the most time to put it on. It goes under her arms, clipped together with the other end to her back. Almost looking like Chang 'e here.

Her hair bands are of the same color as her base, which looks interesting. Her kimono slips right at the corner of her shoulders. Look at the details on her sleeves. The cranes look fantastic.

A great pose there. Her legs extending out, coiled around by the water, almost tempting me to lick them. Don't be silly, what's so great about licking a PVC.

I didn't notice the gold trimmings earlier at the end of her sleeves. The shades and detail are extremely amazing.

The lower half of her kimono is a huge clam-shaped dress. It's a hard plastic which goes around her waist and beware of it, you might scratch the gold paint on her cheongsam. First cranes, now peacock. It's so beautiful.

She's not wearing any footwears. Well, she's floating on water, so I guess she doesn't need those anyway. First time that I'm skipping the footwear portion in a review.

She doesn't have any pins to hold her onto the base. Just a groove with her butt shape to sit her tight. Actually I'm quite glad they didn't, otherwise there'll be some holes on her round peach butt.

The fan she's holding actually isn't really held up by her hand, the base plays a part in supporting it too. The details of the talisman looks great. Reminds me of Zhuge Liang.

The base is great. It's so dynamic and lively. First time I'm seeing a base which isn't in a plate form and it sure looks good.

Overall, Houmei's the best figure I got this year. Hurry up and get yours, you'll regret it if you miss her out.

Review: Alter Clalaclan Phirias Armor Version

She beats my every expectations. The fancy big box, the awesome details, the color scheme and definitely how much she weighs. The intention to buy her was never in my mind until Houmei arrived at my door and I thought why not get Clalaclan too. When I got my hands on her, she's jaw-dropping.

Her armor, gauntlets and boots are all glossy-finished, giving a visual difference between the armor and her underclothes.

The embroidered rose at her chest and hands area is simply amazing. Here you can see she's with her normal hand which can be changeable to one holding the shield. The non-armored portions are covered with a smooth blue and white color combination with extra terrific shadings.

Even her back looks great. Her hair's large and thick tied up with a blue ribbon at the end, something most figures don't have.

The legendary gigantic ruffles. There are so many layers of ruffles that the whole dress typically weighed more than the figure itself. I have seen ruffles but never one so bulky and detailed that it somehow looks like the real thing.

She holds a big cross as her weapon on one hand and a huge shield on the other. The gauntlets are beautiful and the hilt of her cross is very well sculpted.

I can imagine the pain if someone gets hit by this.

Here comes the shield. Superb masterpiece. They really take the effort to make every texture show.

The leather straps behind the shield.

Her boots go up all the way till her knees and moving up are her stockings held up by garters. Underneath she's wearing a white pinkish pantsu, which you don't get to see. Too bad, go ahead and imagine it yourself.

The boots are fantastic with all the small wings attached. Seriously speaking I have never seen any figure with that much details on their footwear.

A big white round base with her name on it. The logo looks cool as well. The only thing I'm afraid is the weight of the figure is too much to bear for the base. Even a simple touch could send her wobbling. I certainly didn't want to move her too much that she'll suddenly break and come falling down.

Overall she gave me quite a surprise. I didn't expect Clalaclan to hold so much details and textures. It's like I found a treasure unknowingly and she is not that expensive at all. Buying on impulse does great things sometimes.