Sales: Megahouse Figures

Well, a friend of mine has given up his collection and here they are.

All of the Queen's Blade figures by Megahouse. I went to his place and they were already back into their boxes. The figures are space taking with all their big weapons, so after displaying it for a few days, he placed them back to make room for other figures instead.

The qualities are great, and it's by Megahouse. So you could expect there's some standard over here.

You can find them in my Products page and the asking price. I have these in MISB condition from my own collection, so pick your choice.

Review: Kotobukiya Maxima

I was taken by surprise. Right after I did the review on Kaguya, it sort of left an impression on me that Maxima's going to be somewhat or rather similiar with the paintjob and the lack of certain details. But Maxima's quite a flawless figure, being from the same series and company.

She comes with accessories like her katana and a thin piece of card. The card is completely held on by only friction between her two fingers. The card is small but you can see some really nice details over here.

  

Just a normal long ribbon tying her hair in a pony tail manner. Look, there's earrings too.

Her dress is all black with white printings. It feels like a smooth leather-like texture, not to mention the tribal printings are astonishing. The criss cross front adds some interesting factor to her dress. She's wearing a white lace short dress underneath which is removable if you like. Her pantsu has a very interesting cut-out, which once again I'm not showing. Very well designed.

Her shoulders are covered by the same material as her dress which I don't find covering anything else. It's to show off 2 perfect circles from all sorts of angle. The laces alongside her dress looks great.

Nobody can get enough of that bare back.

The tip of her dress are multiple sharp points with a sword and wings on every one of them, crusader style.

Metallic silver hilt. To put the sword on, you just have to separate the tip and the handle. Nice. On her sword guard you can see a 6-pointed star on it and the blade coming out from the center of it.

The blade of her katana sure is long. On the top of the blade, I could see a cut out nip. At least they could do some sanding there.

Again with the big ribbon on waist concept. Her hair ribbon comes all the way down to her dress with heart-shaped ends.

Nice matching boots. Although there's no details of the ankles as well, but boots are meant to cover the entire feet to the mid shin area, so it's logical that I can't see any ankles here. Convinced?

The same base as Kaguya. Same stage.

Honestly, Maxima is quite a well done figure considering it's produced by Kotobukiya. Accessories to a figure is always a plus point. The paintjob definitely is better for Maxima. I have no problems recommending her.

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.