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Asuka Langley Shikinami from Neon Genesis Evangelion (Test Plugsuit Version)

written on December 26, 2010 by Tier

Alter Asuka Langley Shikinami from Neon Genesis Evangelion Figure Review

Alter released their second Rei Ayanami figure back in 2008. Collectors waited for an Asuka counterpart but none was forthcoming. That was strange because when you have Rei, you have to have Asuka too. They need each other, like Mario and Luigi, peanut butter and jelly, Asians and rice, schoolgirls and tentacles. Time passed and Alter’s Rei faded from memory until they finally got around to making a movie version of Asuka. And yet, it doesn’t really feel like a counterpart to me. She’s stylistically dissimilar from Rei – she’s got a perch of stone and twisted metal rather than just a flat black plate to recline on, and from observing her, it’s easy to discern how Alter’s production quality has improved since Rei’s release.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, asuka langley soryu, bodysuit, epic ass, Figures, neon genesis evangelion, Review | 34 Comments

Buddy from Voices from Har Megiddo

written on November 26, 2010 by Tier

‘Tis the season to be thankful and hopeful here in the United States, and I’ve had a lot to be thankful for in my life. Some of the things that I’m thankful for are my figures and dolls – which are the entire reason this website exists, my camera equipment that gives this site its content, gaffer’s tape – an absolutely vital aid to my photo shoots, hip hop, tentacle porn, Wikipedia, and Fate Testarossa’s thong – sadly ignored these days. The things I’m hopeful for are that Irma and Subaru get figures, that Good Smile Company doesn’t screw up Rin and Saber Alter next year, that the Lakers’s team plane explodes in mid-flight, and that this ridiculous postal embargo blows over. I was also very hopeful that Alter’s Buddy figure would turn out well, as she was one of the figures I was looking most forward to. Now that she’s here, I have another thing to be thankful for.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, buddy, Figures, panties, Review, scythe, voices from har megiddo | 48 Comments

Sasami Sasasegawa from Little Busters!

written on October 15, 2010 by Tier

I guess it’s no shame to admit that I’m a typical shallow, hormone-driven male. When I assess a figure for purchase, I first judge it on whether I like the character but since I’m not familiar with most of the characters that are turned into figures, I mainly judge on looks. In this particular figure’s case, “looks” means panties. I know nothing about the character or where she comes from, but I know that she’s flashing her panties with a smile, and that’s enough to meet the requirements for my collection.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, little busters!, Review, sasami sasasegawa, school uniform | 30 Comments

Fate T. Harlaown from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (Shin Sonic Form Version)

written on August 12, 2010 by Tier

Now it’s time for a tale told by an idiot who proved his idiocy not just once but twice: first by passing over this figure, and then, having changed his mind months later, paying twice its list price for it. It ain’t no thang to me, though, as I’ve come to terms with my limited mental faculties and I’m not about to let something like common sense get in the way of me owning this figure. I’m a year late and quite a bit more than a dollar short, but all that matters now is that Fate is in my collection.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, Alter, fate testarossa, Figures, magical girl lyrical nanoha, Review, sword | 32 Comments

Momohime from Muramasa: The Demon Blade

written on August 6, 2010 by Tier

I was very surprised when I saw the first pictures of Alter’s Momohime figure; she was one of those characters that I had hoped would get a figure but didn’t expect to. Alter had already shown some love to Vanillaware’s properties, having produced Gwendolyn over a year before and having announced Mercedes by then, but I had thought that they would unveil a figure of Velvet next. Instead, we got a figure of Momohime, and I’ve got no cause for complaint as it is a gorgeous figure indeed.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, momohime, muramasa, ninja, Review, sword | 55 Comments

Sankt Kaiser Vivio from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

written on August 1, 2010 by Tier

Let’s get back to more interesting things. I’ve skipped all of Alter’s preceding Nanoha figures other than the original Fate Testarossa, but I couldn’t pass up Vivio. I wonder how popular Vivio is; almost all of the Nanoha girls had reviews up on the web right away, but I don’t think I’ve seen any of the odd-eyed girl. It is time to remedy that.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, Alter, bodysuit, Figures, magical girl lyrical nanoha, Review, vivio takamachi | 30 Comments

Senhime from Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls

written on July 14, 2010 by Tier

The girls-with-melee-weapons trope is one of my favorite themes in anime. My very favorite? No, that would be tentacles. But it’s close, I cannot deny that. There have been a bunch of figure series centered on this concept, with the Queen’s Blade franchise perhaps being the most successful – though personally, I will always regard that figure line as an abject failure until someone makes a figure of Irma. There’s also the Shuraki series, though that ended without a figure of Monicadred, the white-haired loli girl. Now we have the Hyakka Ryoran Samurai Girls series. I don’t know what a Hyakka Ryoran is, but it’s plainly obvious by the second half of the name that the originators clearly understand what audience they’re going for.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, hyakka ryouran samurai girls, polearm, Review, senhime | 45 Comments

Kanu Uncho from Ikki Tousen

written on June 15, 2010 by Tier

Although I like Kanu Uncho, I wouldn’t call her one of my favorite anime characters, particularly given her questionable characterization in the last two seasons of Ikki Tousen. Nonetheless, I own more figures of Kanu than any other character, and Alter’s version is number six in my collection. I’ve had it sitting in its box for a couple of months now, and today seems like an auspicious day to write about her since I want to watch basketball and I think I can bang out this review real quickly.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, ikki tousen, kanu uncho, Review, school uniform | 35 Comments

Ryomou Shimei from Ikki Tousen

written on April 17, 2010 by Tier

I hadn’t planned on picking up any of Alter’s other Ikki Tousen figures, but Amiami had Ryomou and Kanu in stock the other week and with their shipping discount promotion still ongoing, I couldn’t really think of any reason not to buy them, so I did.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, Alter, Figures, ikki tousen, maid, Review, ryomou shimei | 25 Comments

Kakouen Myousai from Ikki Tousen

written on April 12, 2010 by Tier

Ikki Tousen is a staple source for anime figure manufacturers, and with the manga still ongoing and its fourth television series currently being aired, it can be expected that they will continue chucking them out. For years, fans of busty kung fu girls with exploding clothes have been fed a steady diet of Kanu Unchou, Hakufu Sonsaku, and Ryomou Shimei, with Orchid Seed being the latest to exhibit a figure of the latter. Now I’ve got no problem with that, being that I lived off of chicken nuggets and hot dogs back in school, day in and day out. However, even one with a diet as poor as I hungers for something different every now and then. Sometimes, a man wants steak tartare. And with that admittedly discursive and not entirely relevant introduction out of the way, we have here a figure of Kakouen Myousai, the humorless, dress-wearing enforcer of Kyosho High.
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