Category Archives: Figure Review

Cecilia Alcott from Infinite Stratos (Bunny Ver. 2nd Version)

written on August 31, 2018 by Tier

All of my figure preorders scheduled to ship in August have been delayed, except for the big-ass, half-meter tall statue of Taki from Soul Calibur; a strange turn of luck, that, being that was the one preorder that I was sure would get pushed way back, as often happens with big-ass statues. I’m not sure whether I will review it, anyway; therefore, we’ll spend the next month going through the backlog and looking at some older figures. First up is Cecilia Alcott, the British girl and love interest from Infinite Stratos. We looked at her castmate Houki quite a while back, and with FREEing rolling out bunnygirl after bunnygirl, I think it’s worthwhile to talk about their products in general, in case anyone who doesn’t own one was interested in picking one up, such as their upcoming Kurisu Makise.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/4 scale, bunny suit, cecilia alcott, Figures, freeing, infinite stratos, Review | Leave a comment

Ade-Sugata I from the Art of Mibu Natsuki (NSFW)

written on August 26, 2018 by Tier

Native has recently been busying themselves with rolling out new figures for preorders. Undoubtedly the most anticipated is Olga Discordia, and for obvious reasons, but another dark-skinned girl has become available, and that’s Homare’s Ade-Sugata II. That name implies that there was an Ade-Sugata I, and of course there was, and that’s who we’re looking at here. Ade-Sugata isn’t an actual name; rather, it means something like “charming body” or “alluring figure” or somesuch. That this character has no name is going to make it harder to talk about this figure, but we’ll make do as best we can.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, ade-suguta, bondage, Figures, magicbullet(s), mibu natsuki, Native, Review | 8 Comments

Yukina Himeragi from Strike the Blood

written on August 18, 2018 by Tier

We’ll take a short break from all the lewd, explicit porno figures that we’ve been looking at and instead cover something that’s maybe a half step removed from being a porno figure. This is Yukina Himeragi, the lead girl of the poorly-reviewed anime and light novel Strike the Blood. Normally I prefer to buy figures whose characters I know something about, either with respect to their personalities or the source material that they come from, but in this case I have to admit I had scarcely heard of the character or the series. In all frankness, I really bought this figure for three reasons; her lack of clothing, her distressed expression, and her thematic resemblance to this Kuroyukihime figure, which I like a lot.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, ascii media works, Figures, panties, Review, strike the blood, yukina himeragi | 8 Comments

Jin-Lian from T2 Art Girls (NSFW)

written on August 12, 2018 by Tier

As good as Ping-Yi is, I felt that Jin-Lian would be the true prize of the series. With high expectations comes the possibility of bitter disappointment, but I felt that SkyTube could pull it off, seeing as how they have become one of the preeminent figure manufacturers in the hobby. And pull it off they did; after seeing Jin-Lian with my own eyes, I can confidently say that this is one of the best anime figures ever made.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, alphamax, Figures, hentai, instrument, jin-lian, Review, skytube, t2 art girls, tony taka | 14 Comments

Ping-Yi from T2 Art Girls (NSFW)

written on July 22, 2018 by Tier

Apparently I haven’t reviewed a Tony Taka-designed figure since Freesia, which is confounding since I think I have at least a dozen Tony figures in hand and in the review queue. Clearly there is much work to do; we’ll start by taking a look at Ping Yi, a figure from SkyTube’s ostensible premium line.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, Figures, hentai, ping-yi, Review, t2 art girls, tony taka | 20 Comments

Yayoi B. Lutwidge from Hapymaher (NSFW)

written on July 16, 2018 by Tier

Mangagamer released the English-language – and uncensored – version of Purple Software’s Hapymaher last week and being that this figure of Yayoi was released ten months ago, now seems as good a time as any to take a look at it. Another justification for doing this review is that Native recently released their own take on a heroine from another Purple Software game and though I skipped over that figure, it’s interesting to compare how these two characters turned out. And well, the quirky characteristics of this figure are reason enough to do this review now. I’d imagine we might not see another figure like this again.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, alphamax, Figures, hapymaher, hentai, Review, skytube, yayoi b. lutwidge | 13 Comments

Scathach from Fate/Grand Order (Roomwear Mode Version)

written on July 12, 2018 by Tier

Fads come and go. Over ten years of collecting girly anime figures, I’ve seen series like K-On!, Black Rock Shooter, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, and Ikkitousen have their day before fading off into memory. However, there is one series that has never seen its star dim and that, of course, is Fate/stay night, and all its myriad slash-random word spinoffs. The coterie of sexualized heroines have always found an appreciative audience, regardless of the ludicrous interpretations of their historical backgrounds. A Saber figure was one of the earliest figures that I owned, there is a veritable (and assuredly metaphorical) boatload of Fate-series figures in my review queue right now, and their ranks will only grow in the years to come. I have little doubt that should the universe someday collapse back into an infinitesimal singularity, the last atom to go will be the injection molded tip of Saber’s ahoge.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, Alter, fate/grand order, Figures, Review, scathach | 10 Comments

Archeyle from Elf Village (NSFW)

written on July 4, 2018 by Tier

Archeyle isn’t the first, nor the second or third, Vertex figure I’ve purchased but somehow it’s the first one to be reviewed here. Oddly, it’s also one of two half-naked blonde elf girl figures to be released at the end of July. You really can’t go wrong with happy, thong-wearing blonde elf archer girls … can you?
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, bow, elf, Figures, hentai, Review, thong, vertex | 16 Comments

Oshitsuke from the Art of Ishikei (NSFW)

written on June 27, 2018 by Tier

We have for our examination today the latest and greatest from those inscrutable minds at Rocket Boy and Native. Unfortunately this lady has no name, being that she is simply given the title OSHITSUKE; doubtless lowbrow observers will snicker at the phonology but true collectors are certainly possessed of more refined sensibilities. Her sobriquet is perhaps more properly rendered as Oshitsuke Musume, which means something like Pressing Girl, which of course is basically what she is doing, at least in one of her poses. We will just call her Oshitsuke today, which doesn’t really make much sense but it’s not our fault that Rocket Boy did not give her the dignity of a name.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, Figures, hentai, ishikei, Native, oshitsuke, Review, rocket boy | 15 Comments

Mai Shiranui from The King of Fighters XIV (Amakuni Version)

written on June 20, 2018 by Tier

Mai Shiranui has been a favorite muse for figure manufacturers for well over a decade now, and for good reason; she is one of the earliest female fighting game heroines and stars in one of the most long-running game franchises, with The King of Fighters celebrating its fourteenth core game release in 2016. Her exuberant personality and agreeable appearance are also obvious explanations for her enduring popularity. Curiously, she’s scheduled to get at least three – and perhaps four – figure releases this year; quite a respectable quantity for any character. One is a large 1/4 scale figure from Chinese maker Infinity Studio; it’s of rather unconventional design being that she appears far more realistic than the anime-style designs that have represented her since her Fatal Fury days. Another is an exorbitantly-priced 1/6 scale figure from Gantaku, which looks to be very much in the same style as Alphamax’s polystone figures, before they switched gears and become a purveyor of high-quality pornographic PVC figures. The third – which hasn’t been shown off yet – is one that will supposedly be done by Kinetiquettes based off of an illustration drawn by Stanley Lau. But of the ones that have been sculpted, this one – by Amakuni – is in my view the best of the group.
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