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Another Rin Natsume from Little Busters and surely the best one of the bunch . Does it mean she’s a must buy ?
Sadly that’s not the case , she’s indeed the best Rin available right now , but just because the other are too plain looking …

Originally sculpted by French Doll (CerberusProject) as a GK , this Rin by Enterbrain is standing in an awesome dynamic pose , doing a nice over the head kick , while giving us a nice view of her pantsu . The paint job is fine , there’s nothing out of place and the colors are good , even if it’s not as precise than the work from Alter or Good Smile . The white base is similar to the one from Kotobukiya , so nothing spectacular .

I know i must sounds overly negative about this one but i don’t think any of the Rin available on the market is really worth the buy if you’re not a big Little Busters fan . The two Kotobukiya’s version are really plain and classical when the Enterbrain version is more dynamic with a less nicely painted face and eyes . Overall the Enterbrain one is the best , thanks to the great sexy dynamic pose and the better painting . But it would be nice to see Alter making Little Busters characters … but it won’t happen .

8/10 for Little Busters fans , 7/10 for everyone else .

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Here’s the most awaited second figure from Shining Wind by Max Factory . Last year’s (in fact October 2007) Kureha was a big hit and was (and still is) one of the most ranked figure in the market . Now more than one year later , Max Factory finally gave us their version of Seena . I personaly don’t like Kotobukiya’s Shining’s figures a lot , so it was without any thinking than i preordered this one , knowing it would be way better than Koto’s . And it is .

I know some people are going to be quite happy about one “detail” on Seena , Max Factory did keep her striped pantsu , and she’s not shy about showing it to us . Another thing that made me happy is the hat , it’s magnetic , so it’s easy to put on and off . I’m glad this magnetic feature is starting to be more and more used on figures , it’s going to be really important in the future , and it’ll be maybe the end of the actual cast of system that makes figures looks bad .

Back to the figure , no surprises with the sculpt or painting , it’s Max Factory as their best . The painting is great but nothing awesome like the latest work from Alter And Griffon , but the painting is precise , with shading everywhere . And there’s something about Max Factory painting , the figures never looks shiny or saturated . The colors are always just the way they should be , and i love that . You can always recognize a Max Factory figure by the paint , if you don’t believe me , just check your Kureha then the other figures in your collection , and you’ll know what i mean by that .

Seena’s face seems like the problem for some people from what i read , i do agree that it can look strange in pictures , but please look at the original artwork , and you’ll see that Max Factory did respect the original drawing and you can’t say it’s not Seena .

Another thing that i like about Max Factory is that the retail figures always look like the proto shots (even the unpainted one) . You can preorder it without hesitation , because you always get what you see .

Max Factory sure made us wait for Seena a long time but it’s not for nothing . Seena is far from a disapointement and is as good as Kureha was at the end of 2007 , maybe even better (lots of details on the clothes and the paint used for the armor part on her chest looks great) .

It’s a must have for all Shining Wind fans and for everyone else . She will looks great beside Kureha and her cute blue stripped pantsu is surely going to charm you . The only bad thing is that now we’ll surely have to wait for at least one year before getting the next girl in the serie .

9.2/10

I hope the pics are fine for you , tooks lots of time (4 hours) … But i love the result

Next review in two days i think , it’ll be Rin Natsume (yes , another one !) by Enterbrain . Better than all other versions available . And i want to thank you all again for all your comments , i’ll try my best to keep doing reviews .

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Here’s the review of Nanako Sakura , from the soon to be release eroge “Sakura Sakura” . This cute 1/8 figure being made by Megahouse , i had little doubt she would be a nice buy so i didn’t hesitate to preorder her . The proto pics were good so how nice is the retail version ? It’s what we’re going to see now .

Standing on her knees , Sakura is depicted with an expression that could be seen like “innocent” or “cute” , but knowing she’s from an eroge , i guess it’s safe saying that she’s more like provocative . When lots of (especialy swimsuit ones) figures are in the same kneeling pose , Sakura is different in the way that her pose feels “alive” , more dynamic and the way her hair is sculpted is sure helping it . And speaking of the hair , it’s surely what stand out the most in this figure , her pink slighty curled hair is looking quite great , giving a nice feeling to an already cute figure .

Megahouse is know to be a solid manufacturer , and all the figures from them are always nicely painted and sculpted , with no apparent flaws , and this Sakura , being in the “Brilliant Stage series” , is a fine exemple of what they can do . The overall look is good , with nice colors and the painting is nicely done , with shading on her hair , legs and clothes . One or two little dots of paint can be found at some parts but you have to be really near to see them .

So Sakura is a nice looking figure and people at Megahouse did a fine job , she does look like her 2D rendition and her provocative yet cute face is sure to charm lots of people . The only part than maybe going to stop some is the mouth , the way it is painted looks maybe a little strange . But it’s a minor grip and i’m fine with it . The cast off option is not really needed , and doesn’t add anything to the figure .

(The limited edition named “Platonic Side” is the one to get if you want to see more of Sakura and the mouth on this one seems nicer . I’ll be buying the Platonic Side version maybe soon , so stay tune for another review)

Overall a nice figure to add to any collection . Sakura is maybe my favorite girl from an eroge , love her design so i’m glad to have her .

8/10

Now for the pics :

“Cast off” pics now , beware :

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That’s all for today , tomorrow the review of Nanako Sakura

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It’s been a long time since i did an entry in my “Girls and flowers” series … So here’s finally the latest shot , with Fauna as the model (and Ryoko as a guest star) . Hope you like the pics , next week a review with Sakura Nanako . And i want to thank you all again , more than 50 000 hits now

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Today just some pics of the awesome Ryoko Bunny from FREEing . She is surely the most beautiful of all these 1/4 bunnies , nice for a minor character . Next week i’ll be restarting the reviews , there was not any good figure released lately but it’s going to change , with all the releases for march . Another reason to my lacks of updates is only two words : Street Fighter . If you find “PitaPowa” on Xbox live playing Sakura , that must be me :p

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Today it’s pics of the gift i got from my best friend , the awesome Highwind from Final Fantasy 7 . This cold cast figure of the plane was out originaly in 1994 then got remade in 2005 . Kotobukiya made it so detailled that it’s quite impressive for a thing of that size . The pics are speaking for themself .
So yes , i made that post to say thanks to my friend , you’re awesome and i’ll never thank you enough for always being there for me . Thanks for the gift and see ya really soon

For fans of cute and sexy figures , don’t worry , i’ll be posting two series of pics tomorrow

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Another great figure from E2046 , Magician Caroline is an impressive piece with her 28 cm size and her big and beautiful wings .
Sadly my pics are quite bad compared to this angel (is she really ? not so sure about that ^^) , as she looks way better in real . Some parts of her armor can be cast off (but no , not the “sexy” parts , sorry :p) with the great magnetic feature that E2046 always use , and her right arm with the claw gauntlet can be changed for a normal arm .

People at E2046 did a flawless work once again , as the painting is nicely done and the wings looks truly impressive , almost like real ones ! The painting used on the armor parts makes them looks like they are really in metal (that’s the type of paint Alter should have used for the Nanoha series …) and it looks awesome . Shading is used everywhere on the figure , and is nicely done too .

Overall an impressive and sexy figure , her wings are pure goodness for the eyes . Great work from E2046 .

Awesome looking figure with beautiful painting and awesome looking wings . A must have for all wings/sexy girls fans . Still available here : Magician Caroline prepainted

9.2/10

On another note , maybe you saw the new link on the left side of the blog , it’s a new site , a database of all PVCs , resins , kits , gashapons or action figures available . It’s really usefull if you’re in search of some figures but don’t remember the name or manufacturer . So go check figure-database.com now !

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Sorry for the wait , here’s finally my review of the most wanted Kos-Mos swimsuit version by Alter .

It’s a great figure , with no surprises at all . It’s all we were expecting from Alter : great finish and great overall look .
Kos-Mos stands at a big 30 cm and 1/6 scale . She is quite imposing and looks totally sexy in her awesome designed bikini (painted perfectly by Alter) and her alluring pose . Despite being a swimsuit figure , she is very detailed everywhere and the painting is precise and perfectly done .

I don’t have much to say about this one , i know that people complains about her hair but i like it , nicely made and good color , looks awesome near some light . Fans of Kos-Mos wont be disapointed with this one .

Great and sexy figure from Alter , with precise and nice painting and a kinda big size . A must buy for swimsuit figures or fans of Kos-Mos .

9.5/10

Pics with gray background were processed (that’s why they looks strange :p) , pics on white were not changed at all . Not really happy with my pics this time but oh well .