When the Nippon-Yasan sale hit, this figure was the first thing I grabbed, before leafing through the rest of the sale, and making final decisions on what figures I’d buy and which ones I could let slide. I did see this for sale in the last N-Y sale, but stupidly passed on it. So it was nice to have the chance again!
Due to her canonical age, here’s a picture of her face for the blogbot:
Someone linked this figure in a Discord chat, and I decided I wanted it. Shortly after, I found it a bit cheaper on Mandarake (below the customs limit, yay!), so went for it:
Cute demonic things are my weakness! Also loved the pumpkin. Her pose is also very cute, and I love the design of her top.
Left:
Cute bow on the pumpkin :). Here you can see a couple of marks – probably the first thing I’ve bought from Mandarake where I could find marks. They’re not hugely noticeable though.
Here is a close-up of the bow:
The bow has been nicely sculpted and painted.
Here is a close-up of the pumpkin face:
The eyes and mouth are clear plastic, and you can just about see her legs through it. There is a nice gradient of orange on the pumpkin itself.
Right side:
Not much excitement here, so here’s some words on the base. The base itself is translucent grey plastic, with a peg that sits into the pumpkin. There is a pattern on the base, but honestly I don’t like the look of it overall. With her on the base, it doesn’t look so bad imo.
Back:
Her wings and hair are nice, and the pumpkin looks lovely and shiny from this side. Here you can see the stand piece that holds the pumpkin (and her) up.
Pleased with this figure, for the price I paid.
This figure I was thinking of preordering, but saw one come up at a good price on MFC, so I went for it. Negotiated a bit more of a discount, due to peg damage (yeah, and it’s deffo not one I’m fixing with a bit of glue…).
Aand this arrived:
Not surprised the Hermes lady skedaddled that day, and didn’t check to see if I was in (though she doesn’t normally).
By the merciful Postal Gremlins she was fine though:
There is one paint scratch in her hair, but the seller’s shots don’t show that part of her hair, so not sure if that happened in transit or not. Due to the scratch’s location, it was probably prior to transit ><.
But… she’s definitely a stunning figure. And that peg ain’t gonna be fixed – it’s a hollow peg, which allows for a metal reinforcement rod to sit inside of it, so it’ll need re-architecting to act as a peg again. She stands reasonably well as-is though.
Alleyne’s left:
I love the leaf details on her arms. The colours work well together and they’re nicely detailed.
Alleyne’s right:
I like the way her hair flows over her arm. Her body sculpt is very much in evidence here – muscly and looking realistic.
Her back:
Her hair flows nicely down her back, and she has some detailed butt-leaves. Unfortunately with the leaf-panties they’ve only put in one peg, so they’re very difficult to get off – had to watch a video to see how it was done, as I don’t have her instructions. Also, due to the way they come off, it’s likely to be paint transfer city, so not in a hurry to do that. Already had to remove some transfers from her hair and chest leaves, and I know there are a couple on her backside. I have the feeling that she may have not been cast off before, hence the parts rubbing some, and transferring paint.
Whilst I was in the process of buying yesterday’s figure, I got a message from another MFC user, offering me more loots :D. I’ve bought a number of their figures previously, so they gave me first dibs on some figures they were giving away, in payment for the postage.
This was the first of two things I was interested in:
When I was unboxing her, I found out that she is also cast-off, which was a surprise. It did say on the MFC page, but I didn’t notice.
Here is her left side, which is her main viewing angle:
I like her purple dress, and the detail of the sculpting in her hair.
Looking at the front:
She has a cute face, and the maid outfit works well.
Her right side:
I like the bows she has spread around her outfit – here you can see one on her arm. She also has some hairclips in her hair, one of which is visible here.
Her back:
Her ribbon looks nice on her back, and her outfit looks a bit more revealing from this angle.
Underneath view:
Some flatness to be seen. She balanced surprisingly easily like this.
Now for her cast-off “mode”:
Whilst you can fully cast her off, her midriff looks a little strange to me, with the ridge under her corset.
Close-up of her chest:
Nicely sculpted, but her nipples aren’t particularly painted. Would’ve been nicer if her nipples were a bit darker, but hey, better than the bright pink some cast-offs get.
From the back:
She looks surprisingly good from the back, considering the front. This angle works, and I don’t have any major complaints.
Here is how I am likely to display her – half dressed:
The skirt matches up with her corset, removing the odd look. Her chest looks good, without it looking like she’s oddly dressed/covered.
Close-up of her front without her top:
The ring in her collar acts as a subtle hint she’s more of an entertainer than maid, but doesn’t really attract the eye if she’s not cast-off.
From the back:
All options seem to work just fine from the back!
I like this figure, glad I chose to get her. I was on the fence about her for ages, but she looks better in person than I imagined.
Saw someone selling their collection on MFC, and asked about buying this figure. One of the figure’s accessories was broken, so he charged the lower price for her.
Here she is with her clothes on:
And here’s a photo of her with the unbroken gun that attaches to her waist:
Honestly, I think the guns look a little weird, so I’m happy to display her without them. They attach to her top, so you can’t display them with her, if she’s cast off. In this shot, the breakage that occurred during shipping also shows >< – her left cuff. Due to it being shadowed by her pose normally, the glued bit doesn’t really show.
She has very nicely moulded hair, and I live her hair accessories. All are nicely painted and sculpted.
Here is the gun from the side:
The gun has a peg on the back, which is how it attaches to her clothes. Bit of an odd way to attach. I think it would’ve been nicer if they had pegs on the sides, so that it could dangle downwards/backwards.
So what’s she like without the gun?
The hole is visible, but not a biggie. Top looks nice.
Top from underneath:
There’s a lot of nice detail on the top, and is a viable display option, unlike some cast-off figures.
Side shot:
Here are some pics of her top whilst she’s not wearing it:
Bit hard to take pics of her wearing it due to her pose, but it’s a very nice top, and clips together well. Have had issues with other pegged cast-off clothing, but this one seems to work.
So, with some space still left in my box… I went for the totally random. I looked at the pics of this figure on Mandarake, checked them out on MFC, and decided to go for it, despite zero familiarity with the source material.
Here she is out of the box:
She does come with a round, wooden-style base, but it was on the large side, and I wasn’t particularly fond of it, so I left it in the box. Which was not easy to do, when the box was falling apart, due to a lack of glue!
One downside of this figure became apparent immediately after taking it out of the box – it is prone to paint transfer. There was a white line on her skirt, and the burgundy paint had transferred to parts of her skin. So she had to spend some quality time with an eraser, but it all cleaned up well.
Here is her left side, partially showing her face:
One thing I saw someone comment on was her eyes – which you can sort of see here. They’re much more detailed than your average anime-styled figure, which gives her an interesting look. The cloth round her arm is sculpted nicely, and flows well.
Here’s a close-up of her face:
Her eyes are very much doll-like, and I quite like the look. I think with some more work on her skin, it’d be a neat effect, but I don’t think they quite got the finish right, so she’s ended up slightly too shiny. Maybe a bit more shading would be needed too.
Her other side:
From this angle, her hair doesn’t look very detailed, but it is in places. Her skirt flows well over her foot.
Her back:
I think she looks really nice from this angle, as well as the front. The “metal” disc dangling down is a separate part, but is not designed to be movable. It’s made out of plastic, so you can wiggle it a bit, but not reposition it. It lies nicely on her skirt, so there’s no real need to.
This is the Raspberry Pi that controls the maglock on the parcel box, plus makes the calls from the door intercom.
Found this figure some time ago, and had it in my “to order” list. I did plan to order her in November/December, but then I spent too much and left it. Finally went for her in January.
Here she is on her mirror base:
I rather like the mirror base – I’ll probably use it for her, but if she ends up somewhere where the mirror base doesn’t work for her, I’ll use it for some other figure.
Here is what she looks like from the top with the mirror base:
Giving you all the angles, if she’s cast off.
Here she is not sitting on the base:
The side joint in her outfit has a habit of being a bit loose. In regards to the paint job, the shading on her right knee is a bit odd.
Close-up of her face:
Certainly a smiley, happy demoness! I like the way she has a tiny li’l ponytail tucked away there.
Her left & right sides:
She looks nice from the sides, but she does have a floating hand. I may fix this at some point, but there is a chance it may fix itself. The joint for her clothing is visible in the second pic – at least it’s positioned where it doesn’t really show if you’re not casting her off.
Her back:
I really love these transparent wings. And her tail is cute. From the back, she looks the same, cast off or not. The red nicely complements the purple and green of her outfit.
In my large Mandarake order, this was the only thing that wasn’t Devilman-related. Have had this in my Mandarake wishlist for a few months, for when I was ready to do an oversized order. Note this is a cast-off figure, though she does have her nipples covered, even when cast off.
Here she is, looking at her stand:
The top can be cast off, and the wings weren’t initially attached to the stand – the stand itself has two clear pegs to push them onto.
Here’s a close-up of the heart on the stand:
I guess the stand is OP :P.
And here she is on the stand:
She fits quite nicely on it, and I plan to display her on the stand. The first thing that hit me was her hair – it’s very green and to me, looks like a failed dye job. Looking back on the MFC pics, maybe some aren’t quite as distinct as mine, but one or two of the pics I looked at, there was probably some heavy post-processing. Other oddity for me is the hip crease – didn’t notice at first, but looking at it, I find it a bit strange, even if it would be accurate.
Here is her back, with her top on:
I expected her to be holding her top, but she’s not. There’s not much flexibility in the top, so this is how the figure is meant to be. Her pose from behind has “life” to it, but she works better from the front imo.
Had my eye on this figure for some time, but she wouldn’t fit in a SAL small packet, so it was a long time before I ordered her. Despite this, she was a bit bigger than I was expecting.
Another figure from Devilman :). This time it’s Welvath:
Note: this post will feature boobs scattered throughout. If you’re at work, you’ve now been warned.
After failing to buy the default (green) version from Mandarake, I decided to pick up the black version (limited color ver) in my large SAHRA order. Some time later, the green version popped up on Yahoo! Auctions Japan, so I decided to go for it, via Buyee. After bidding slightly more than intended, I managed to win her, and worked out cheaper than buying her at Y! marketplace/Amazon.
As I ordered the limited color version first, I shall talk about her first:
Was hard to get the focus correct when photographing her, due to her monochrome nature.
Though for a monochrome figure, she reflects the light well to give her detail:
The back moulding gives you something to look at.
I found this mildly interesting :).
Here are all three of the Micos I now own:
There is a fourth silver one, but I’m unlikely to buy it, mostly due to availability, and owning the limited black ver kinda covers the monochrome angle.
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can switch around their Tollgs for an interesting look:
I do rather like the purple Tollg on the black Mico.
Here are the three tubes:
The darker one belongs to the black Mico, middle one is the default one, and the blue one goes with Acid Purple Mico.
Here are the tops of the tubes, showing the matching details:
Not decided if I’m going to display them in proximity of each other or not – will probably come down to space constraints.
Bought this pair from a seller on eBay.
This figure I was thinking on and off about buying, but pulled the trigger as I was buying the other items from the seller. She’s an original character, so isn’t in any anime or the like. So here she is:
She’s cute-looking and quite tall. She’s listed on MFC at 29cm tall, and I’d agree with that. I like her cute halter top, and her pose feels natural. The body paint is not the best imo, but I think it may have partly suffered with time. The body texture appearance is on the plasticy, unreal side though. Most of the painting is well done though.
Here’s a side shot, showing more of her face:
Yeah, I’m lookin’ at you. From the front-angle she’s giving a smile, this angle looks like she’s aiming to be sassy, lol. I like the way they’ve put wrinkles in her clothes, to give them a more natural appearance. With her arm, you can “feel” the way she twisted into her pose.
A closeup of her face:
Yep, definitely smiling. Nice detailing on the eyes, and the way the top hangs.
Here is her back:
Her tail has plenty of shading on, and the creases are also present on the back. Her hair colouring has also been done strikingly from the back – this is definitely a figure that’s been designed to be looked at from both the front and the back – a feature I appreciate, even if I don’t use it all that often!
I like this figure, but feel the skin paint lets it down a bit. I don’t have another figure to compare it to, but feel like the shades may have separated over time, however, this isn’t the only issue with skin painting imo.
So this is a character from Devilman. One day I’ll watch the shows and read the manga so I know all about these characters… what I do know is this one is symbiotic with a demon, which is the purple part, and it is called Tollg.
So here she is, straight out of the box:
Pretty decent for this kind of figure, lacking if you’re not into this older style of action figure. She does have a hat that I dismissed at first, but after putting it on, she does look pretty nifty with it:
There will be no back shots at this stage… as she has a bare butt.
She also comes with an “experimental chamber” you can put her in:
Which I think looks pretty cool :D. Then again, I’m a weirdo. I also love the blue colour. And, hey, the experiments aren’t bad too!
Here’s a closeup of the details on top:
And here’s the back:
Not much to see, barring the battery compartment. I do have the cover – it was elsewhere when I was taking photos. Two AA batteries just fit in there. Took a fair bit of effort to get them in properly, so that the flap will shut – the feature can work if the battery is slightly out, but the cover wouldn’t fit back on like that. Needed to use a doodad to push battery next to the spring as far back as it would go to squeeze the batteries in there. Not sure how getting them out will go…
Now why are there no pics of the light feature? One, it’s not too impressive to look at – it’s two LEDs, one at the top, one at the bottom. Though the main reason I didn’t try to photograph it, is the LEDs are only on when you hold down the button at the front. Part of me is tempted to mod it so there’s a sliding switch at the back, but I’d have to take it apart to see the feasibility. Also there’s the temptation to wait – if I have a place near a power source, I could potentially wire it into a lighting system.
The remainder of my photos are NSFW, so here’s my conclusions. The articulation on this figure is largely pointless – it’s not very interesting, and the paintwork means moving her arms makes her look funny, though this is hidden by the symbiotic Tollg, when she’s wearing it. The hat looked kinda crap in the box, but looks better on, which was nice. The chamber is a solid addition, though mine had some mild scuffing, despite the outer box being sealed. Naked, she has the orangiest nipples, but she’s erm, accurate in other places. All in all, I like this figure, and I think I paid a fair price for her.
