Chitty-chitty Bang-bang! [ FIGMA 164 ]

Hi guys, back with another review of another figma–hopefully, I’ll get this whole review thing right soon enough. Not because you love me or anything, but because I really cannot shut up about toys.

But anyway–here’s Figma 164, or Henrietta, Gunslinger Girl.

Alright, first thing I noticed was that her ribbon here is black–not the red one on the figma. So here’s another picture of her with the red ribbon.

Okay, so a little background about Henrietta–she’s a little girl with a big bad past and now she’s toting guns like Pecos Bill. I’d write down the horrible past, but I’m in shock about it. So. Onto the actual figure.

Henrietta is my third figma, and by now, I realized that not all figmas are created equal. Henrietta’s built is delicate, much like the newer version’s these days. However, considering how clumsy I am, I’d say they’re still as durable. From outside, she has the standard-sized box covered with themes from her anime. Let’s open her up, shall we?

Tada~! That’s a lot of accessories. Here’s the whole list of things that Henrietta comes with: the actual figure, two face plates– really happy and serious, an extra front hair piece without the headband, a gun (doy), a violin case that can hold the gun, a chair, six pairs of hands, a sitting position and two bent-leg positions–aaaand your standard figma stand.

Whew!

Okay, confession time: Between work, playing with toys and what’s left of my social life, that doesn’t leave me much time to watch anime, so I’m not the type of collector that collects what she watches. I’m more of the type that picks up toys on whim, then if it’s interesting enough, I pick up the anime afterwards. So when I was at the store, it was a toss up between Henrietta, Tsuruya-san, uniform ver. and Nagisa Momoe.

However, the sitting/bent legs position and the violin case that holds her gun kind of sealed the deal.

Tada! I mean, how cute is that!?

Anyway. okay, let’s go through our usual standards, ne?

The Paint Job/ le travail de peinture:  10/10

Hohoho~ yes, I’m actually kinda easy to please. Just give me clean lines, no bleeding, and I’m happy with you.

Okay, well, Henrietta’s paint job isn’t that hard, really. I mean, there’s basically five colours on her: auburn, black, gray, skin and red. I don’t know about your figures, if you picked up one, but the paint job on mine is purrrrrrfect. I am extremely picky with paint jobs–and I am happy with hers. That should tell you something. I’m pretty pleased that they also put up a tiny piece of plastic between Henrietta’s white uniform and her red ribbon so the red wouldn’t sully the white. Fantastique!

THE SCULPT/ la sclupture: 10/10

Can you tell that I’m pretty happy about her? You can’t blame me though. Look.

So as I’ve told you, I initially got her because of that bad-ass violin case. However, once I opened it up, I completely fell in love with her. I mean. Look at that face. She’s beautiful. I love how serene and calm it is. AND SHE CAN STAND ON HER OWN–EASILY. As you saw in the previous picture, I put the stand in front of her. She doesn’t need it to stand. I put her to the shaky table test and she stands solidly if you pose her right. That’s pretty amazing.

Okay, now let’s take a look of her from her sides.

Pretty simple figure–I thought she’d be a little boring because she’s so simple, but I’ve come to learn that they look and photograph better because the colors and accouterments  don’t distract from the overall figure.

Posing/Playing/Accouterments: 10/10

Honestly, I’m trying to not be overly excited about this figure, but when I started playing with her, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to show you all the poses because there are just so many poses you could do with her, thanks to that sitting position. I’ve already run down the list of parts she comes with, but here’s another photo of them.

Since I showed you how she looks like from all sides while standing up, here she is, sitting down.

She looks very nice and behaved when she’s seated like that, and I love that the sitting position fits perfectly into the chair. Some figmas are hard to seat, but thanks to her sitting position skirt, she can sit pretty.

Here’s another thing I love about her. She can stand WITHOUT THE STAND even when holding her violin case–even with the gun in it. Very well balanced figure right there.

Here’s the gun in the violin case. How. Cool. Is. That. It snaps open and close easily and it looks really elegant.

And now, the squatting position Henrietta’s famous for.

This girl’s squatting position can rival Spidey’s.

Shit’s going down, bro!

The hand’s from another figma–I’m a little surprised that she didn’t come with this pointy-fingered hand type.

Need I say more? The bent lends and the violin case are a deadly awesome combo.

Oh, here’s another cool thing. From the right angle, the sitting position can look like the wind blowing on her skirt. Cute, ne?

All in all, I’m pretty happy about Henrietta. This figma was really amazing, and well done.

The Night Wasabi Almost Killed Me [ FIGMA 037 REVIEW]

Aaaand a quick review of Figma 037, Tsuruya-San Maid Ver.

So I needed a toy badly–toys are my stress reliever, and a friend of mine was lovely enough to sell me his Tsuruya-San. I was desperate, and I really wanted a new toy to play with, so I took him up on it and brought Tsuruya-San home.

Mind you, I got her second hand, so all the spare parts are in the Figma bag.

Tsuruya-San comes with the ff: Ten hands, a winking face and a naughty face, yakisoba on a plate, two glasses of water, chopsticks, a tray, a front hair piece for Mikuru, an extra piece of hair to plug in the hole from behind her hair and of course, the regular figma stand and bag.

While I was waiting for my friend to show up, I read up a little on this figure. One of the most interesting things I saw about her was that her boobs were soft. You could actually press them. Not that I planned to, but that was something new.

Here’s the back of the box. Quick explanation of the front part for Mikuru, you can lend Mikuru the body if you have other Mikurus lying around and let her use the front part that comes with Tsuruya because it has a maid hat.

And now for the actual figure review.

The Paint Job: 10/10

The first thing I look for in any figure, Tsuruya-san’s outfit is pretty simple, so I do expect the paint job to be perfect. Tsuruya-san did not disappoint. The lines are crisp and clean and there’s no bleeding on mine.

As you can see, clean lines all throughout.

Admittedly, when I first saw it, I thought they messed up her bust part, but they didn’t. Perfect paint job all throughout. Even the details on the maid’s headband.

THE SCULPT: 7.5/10

Her hair is really well sculpted. It looks dynamic from any angle, which is pretty amazing. As you can see, there’s a glob of hair right in the middle which you can pull off to reveal the hole you place the stand peg in. I’m not one for stands, so the fact that she can stand on her own gets her plus points.

The front part of her hair is made of soft material which makes it easier to pose her around. Not shown on the picture–her apron is also soft and bendable.

Here she is side ways, doing some sort of weird Michael Jackson thing. Haha.

Three-fourths, left side.

Right side.

Three-fourths right side.

The Accessories: 8/10

Nothing much to see. Everything’s pretty simple when it comes to the sculpt. I guess the most complicated thing is the yakisoba noodles, but it looks fine. I both love and hate that they included chopsticks. SO TINY. An eight for the effort.

Yes, I repeated a picture. But look at that winking eye real closely. Closer. Closer. I dunno if you can see it, but I hope you can–they actually made a little bump right beneath the winking eye line to make her a little more realistic. That, I absolutely love.

Here’s her naughty face and claw like hands. Oooh, and cameo by Figma 214–Shimakaze! I was actually kinda slow in picking up Tsuruya-chan until I came across this face plate of hers. Then I was like, “DUDE, I GOTTA GET IT!”

Play-ability: 9/10

I’m giving her just a nine out of ten because she can’t sit down. Poor girl will never be able to sit down with that skirt.

She can kneel though, which is a good thing. She kinda looks like a neko-chan right here.

Oh here’s another feature I love about her–her bends backwards, so it doesn’t get in the way of posing, unlike Shimakaze’s hair. 😦

Joints aren’t that obvious. Joints aren’t a big deal to me, I kinda expect them, ’cause they’re, y’know, toys, not real people, but it’s nice when they’re not obvious.

Let me just state an obvious fact right here–she can stand on her own, and I’m happy with that.

Negatives:

I don’t know about yours, but for some reason, if I use the winking face, the front part of the hair doesn’t fall off. But if I use the naughty face–POOF! It falls off easily!

Selling point: The naughty face & her boobs.

Verdict: Totally fun figma, and if you’re a Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya fan, get it. Get them all. She’s versatile, easy to photograph in lots of places and fun.

So I brought her to dinner, and it just so happens that I had Japanese food for tonight–yay! Or so I thought. Tonight I learned that wasabi can kill you. Little background here, I LOVE WASABI. I put it on everything. So tonight, when the waitress ((I think she remembered me ’cause I asked for too much wasabi)) dumped almost a tablespoon of wasabi in front of me, I was totally happy. I kinda just sprinkled it with soy sauce. I was fine for the first few bites, but then the soy sauce totally kinda evaporated or was absorbed by my food or the wasabi. The next thing I knew, I couldn’t breath, like my throat got some wasabi in it and was so irritated that it tried closing itself up. Thankfully, it was only like that for a few seconds, then I was back to downing wasabi like it was nothing–only a little more cautious. So, two things tonight: Tsuruya-San Maid Version is fun, I might get the whole gang because she’s just so much fun, and the other thing–wasabi can kill, don’t underestimate it.

NOTE: Her hair. T_T It is sharp and I’ve cut myself several times. Srsly, what is NOT trying to kill me today?

Love lots,

L

Blogging. Again.

So yes, the last post for my figures was December 2013.

 

 

Yes, I get it, you are not amused, Shimakaze.

Well, long story short, I realized that my first few figures were bootlegs. Now being an artist myself *cough*cough* I know what it feels like to not be paid for your hard work, so I decided to only get originals. Thus the long hiatus. But now I’m back, baby! And since I can’t just click and shut up, you’ll be reading walls of text with no pictures at all.

 

I kid. And to show I’m really just kidding, here, have a photo.\

 

 

 

NAKED BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

*Ahem* Anyway, so from now on, this blog is going to be about anything that makes me happy–particularly, toys, comics and cartoons. Once in a while, I’ll throw in something else, but this blog will be mostly for those things. I’ll make it more organized in the days to come, but since I’m catching up on lost time, let me dump a butt load of photos here for you. Enjoy!

 

Yes, I can hear the St. Seiya fans screaming at me. I’m sorry. Kinda. I’ll put up more sexy St. Seiya pictures soon.

 

Cheers,

-L