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Fate Testarossa from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Swimsuit Version)

written on December 21, 2011 by Tier

Alter kicked off 2011 with Fate Testarossa and yet another figure of the blonde mage is among those that will close this year. In fact, Alter released five figures of Fate in 2011 alone, demonstrating that she is one of their favorite characters. Their love affair with the lightning wizard will surely continue unabated, as Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force is still untapped and more significantly, the second movie is on the way, with a new costume for Fate. Admittedly, it looks quite like her old costume with just a few changes but that certainly will not deter figure makers and Fate’s fans will certainly not object.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, Alter, fate testarossa, Figures, magical girl lyrical nanoha, Review, swimsuit | 38 Comments

Haruka Morishima from Amagami

written on August 9, 2011 by Tier

Here we have a figure from Amagami SS, a school romance show featuring a male lead who sleeps in a closet. Ordinarily, I’d rather have nothing to do with a harem-based school romance show, given how bad Princess Lover! was and how bad Mayo Chiki! is looking to be, but one guess should suffice to divine what aspect of this figure enticed me enough to buy it.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, amagami, Figures, haruka morishima, Max Factory, Review, swimsuit | 38 Comments

Xecty from Shining Wind (Swimsuit Version)

written on May 26, 2011 by Tier

It’s not uncommon for figures to get delayed, but some delays are just inexplicable. Like Xecty’s, for instance. I ordered her last summer during Hobby Search’s EMS shipping discount sale. And then I waited. And waited. I mean, this is a swimsuit figure, it’s not like they haven’t made them before. I guess the factories must have been too busy rolling out nendoroids and Figmas.

With some things – like the novel A Dance With Dragons – my enthusiasm is undimmed by delays. And with other things – like Starcraft II – I find myself not caring at all when they finally get released. Xecty falls in the second category – when Hobby Search sent me her bill, I was like, “Aww man, I ordered this?” I left her in her box until a few days ago and needing something to review, decided to take her out. I was a bit conflicted on how I feel about her, but seeing her now, she’s a nice figure. Special? No way. But nice, yeah, I can agree with that.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, elf, Figures, Max Factory, Review, shining wind, swimsuit, tony taka, xecty | 24 Comments

Eleanor Mercer from Honey Blonde (NSFW)

written on April 19, 2011 by Tier

Orchid Seed Eleanor Mercer from Honey Blonde Figure Review

Many of the figures I reviewed early this year were fighting girls but now we are seeing a glut of swimsuit girls. Following Nadeko is Eleanor Mercer. Like Nadeko, Eleanor sports a sunny expression that is sure to cheer up everyone. Unlike Nadeko, Eleanor radiates pure sex appeal – or wanton sluttiness, depending on your particular lexical inclination. Nothing wrong with that, of course, and because of that Eleanor offers an impression distinct amongst all the other swimsuit figures on my shelf.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, eleanor mercer, Figures, hentai, honey blonde, Orchid Seed, Review, swimsuit | 49 Comments

Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari

written on April 14, 2011 by Tier

Many of the figures I buy tend to fall into at least one of two categories – usually they are holding some kind of weapon or they are dressed in an overt sexual manner. Nadeko could technically fit into that second category but even so, she stands apart from many of the figures I own because I didn’t buy her for her sexy swimsuit. I’ve been looking forward to Nadeko for a while and though spring isn’t really the most appropriate season for her, I’m happy she’s here since this is another great figure.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/8 scale, bakemonogatari, Figures, Good Smile Company, nadeko sengoku, Review, swimsuit | 32 Comments

Tamaki Kousaka from To Heart 2 (Sports Lessons Swimming Version)

written on March 27, 2011 by Tier

BEAT Tamaki Kousaka from To Heart Figure Review

I sometimes give my figures informal nicknames, particularly if I have multiple versions of a particular character. I’ve got E.T. Miku, transvestite Yoko, gangsta lean Saber (review pending for over a year), and now I have this figure, which I’ve taken to calling fat Tamaki. It’s not a very charitable nickname and its accuracy is questionable as well, but the main thing is I had planned to cancel this figure. Unfortunately for me, Hobby Search revised their cancellation policy while I wasn’t paying attention and so I was stuck with my order. I guess I could’ve simply refrained from paying; I don’t think Hobby Search would have carried out any reprisals against me, since I’ve purchased the equivalent of an economy automobile from them these last couple of years. However, I did appreciate some aspects of this figure and now that I have her, there are some things I like about Tamaki, and some things I don’t, which is better than how I expected to feel.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, beat, Figures, Review, swimsuit, tamaki kousaka, to heart 2 | 26 Comments

Kureha Touka from Shining Wind (Swimsuit Version)

written on October 10, 2010 by Tier

At first, I wasn’t too enthused by Max Factory’s line of swimsuit-clad Shining Wind girls and I’m not really sure why. It’s a terrible thing when a man can’t get excited by cute underaged girls in tiny bikinis, however, and I finally decided that Kureha and Xecty had too much appeal to pass on them. It would’ve been cooler if they’d picked out some suits out of Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, though; Kureha looks pretty good here, but she’d be bangin’ in the Venus or Mach.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/7 scale, Figures, kureha touka, Max Factory, Review, shining wind, swimsuit | 38 Comments

Revy from Black Lagoon

written on July 29, 2010 by Tier

Here we go, AK-47, the very best there is! When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room … accept no substitutes.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, black lagoon, Figures, gun, new line, Review, revy, swimsuit | 43 Comments

Elwing from Shining Wind (Goddess of Forest Version)

written on May 9, 2010 by Tier

You know, character introductions can be really tough for me to write sometimes, especially when I don’t know jack about a character’s background. When I do, it’s pretty easy, but for a character like Elwing here, I don’t really know anything about her and I’ll sit in front of the keyboard trying to come up with something witty to write, but in this case, I want to go back to playing video games and admiring my new pillowcase, so I’m just going to say that I like Tony Taka’s art, I like big figures, I like cheap figures, and I like figures where the subject isn’t wearing many clothes. Put all those together and you’ve got my attention, and that’s why I have Elwing.
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Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1/6 scale, elf, elwing, Figures, Kotobukiya, Review, shining wind, swimsuit | 16 Comments

Sora Kasugano from Yosuganosora

written on February 6, 2010 by Tier

Cuteness isn’t something that I usually account for when I’m deciding which figures to buy. I much prefer sexy to cute, and many of the tropes associated with young, loli-type cuteness in anime – short stature, pigtails, an undeveloped rack – don’t really do much for me. Nonetheless, when MegaHouse announced that they were putting out a figure of Sora, I was captivated by the publicity shots, and I decided right away to put in a preorder.
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