Box

For the front and the sides they went with a mostly greyscale photo:

And then a colour shot of him on top:

Felt it was rather interesting to do the art this way but does make for a striking box. The texture of the box is plasticky – I’ve seen people comment it feels cheap and I agree. The cardboard isn’t of a premium thickness, but the main issue in my opinion is that it was a poor choice of cardboard texture. It makes it feel like a cheap plastic folder – the kind you’d get from Daiso. There are parts that have gloss on them like the feathers on the front of the box so I don’t think they were cheaping out on the box design overall.

It also has a nice liner:

We’re greeted with a silhouette of the figure with logo and chains. Wasn’t initially going to include a photo of the liner in this review, but thought the detail here warranted showing it off.

Technical difficulties

When taking him out of the box one of his wings flopped off:

Er, that’s not supposed to happen. Reading the My Figure Collection comments for this figure, I’m not the only person this has happened to. Guess the QC didn’t double-check the glue on the wing pegs. From the grey smudging, I’m guessing gluing was attempted but didn’t see any evidence of residue otherwise. Pretty sure the pegs are not supposed to be friction-fit into the wings themselves.

Thankfully AmiAmi supplies you with plenty of paper, so I was able to tear a corner off and use it to gently plier out the loose peg and glue it back into the wing. Then delay the photoshoot a few hours whilst I waited for it to bond…

Clothed spin-around

Wing fixed, we can now take a good look at him as he comes out of the box:

Upon getting him out of the box his small size is immediately noticeable, compounded by the chosen pose. He’s pretty much a palm-sized figure and I don’t exactly have large palms. I like the way his wings are posed around his body and the way he has a lead attached to his clothing – wish this was an option you could clip to the other body piece.

Clothed close-ups

Face:

He has a concerned expression to fit with the “tied up” theme, along with flushed cheeks and droplet on his face. Sweat? Tear? Whichever you like. The eyes are nicely detailed and the purple colour is up my alley. The hair unfortunately lacks paint detail in the bulk of it, and in my opinion the shiny grey is odd. I’d like to see a bit more shading here and a different finish for the hair.

Clothing-wise, everything is painted neatly and there is a nice range of textures- from the metallic shiny of the clothing fabric to the shininess of the belts.

Hair from the back:

They’ve given him braids, but… ehh. The mould really isn’t selling them. There is more shading back here, but it’s not really making up for the overall finish and moulding. The two manacles look good, but one major issue – there isn’t any way of connecting them to anything without supplying your own part. His arms are nicely painted and so are his fingernails.

Side of the top:

Not sure if the pattern is supposed to represent something but does add detail to the top. Looking up close I’m not sure the inner and outer parts aligned properly but not really noticeable at a viewing distance. As this part I believe is supposed to be fabric, alignment between the pattern and the fold isn’t necessarily to be expected. In the ring they’ve snuck in a purple gem detail to give it a bit more colour.

Wings:

The sculpt isn’t super-detailed here – we just have large, coarse wings with no feather patterning but the feathers are sculpted on both sides. The paint has a few colours in it which helps add depth to the wings and not make them feel plasticky.

In the lower picture we can see where his skirt has lacing detail, which is a nice addition, plus his painted toenails.

Back:

He has a cute tie at the back of his top. Plus the super short skirt that covers absolutely nothing. They’ve sculpted some creasing back here to give the impression that it is tightly pulled over his backside, however this illusion is somewhat broken by it being a loose floating part.

Looking at this skin we can see some subtle shading – this does help add depth to his skin and I do like the gentle shading.

Feet:

Here we can see his delicately-sculpted toes and the fact they’ve actually painted the strap from his stockings around his toe. I do like this attention to detail. There is a bit of a gap where his crotch is, but that might have been me pulling at it before I did the photoshoot.

Changing of the parts

In the box he comes with a replacement crotch and upper body half. Despite already knowing this I still turned around the upper body part thinking it was a lower half at first – and I know I’m not the only one to do this. So here it is the right way up:

The skin shading is nice on this part, and we have shiny nips. Yay for male figure with nipples.

As can be seen here, there is a lot of reassembly to be done – remove arms, head, wings and lower body. The removal went smoothly, but getting his head on and wings in were a struggle. And I really didn’t want to risk being too rough with the wings with the earlier issue – I did heat up the body which helped some, but didn’t quite get the wings fully in. Likely with enough persistence I could get them fully in, but just would rather not risk it.

And now we have some leggies:

I don’t know why this amuses me, but it does. Without the skirt on, we can now see why he has some of a skirt – it works to hide the joins between the front panel of the underwear and the waistband.

In this half-assembled state we can also gain an appreciation of the skin shading – is one of the standout features of this figure in my opinion. They did well to highlight his body shape without going overboard.

Close-up before we change out the crotch:

It does look a bit gappy here, but I think that may be my fault. Wasn’t particularly noticeable until editing the photos so don’t think it’s a big issue. Though the underwear join will still show – if you don’t like this, can hide it with the skirt.

This figure doesn’t have a full SFW option – his manhood can be seen pressing up to his underwear. The effect is nicely done and looks like skin under fabric – I have seen other figures that fail to replicate this effect so kudos for UnBound doing a good job on this. Oh, and the dust “pube” isn’t included – sorry, that’s dust floating around the room.

The tattoo is cleanly printed but isn’t very detailed. Would have liked to see a bit more flair here, but it’s fine for what it is.

The crotches connect via a magnet:

We don’t see this much in licensed products, so nice to see it becoming more common. And if you’re curious, yes the chain he comes with is magnetic and can stick to the shown magnet 😆

And if you’re scrabbling around in your box going “where’s the penis?!”, it’s hidden under the cross. I think this is the other reason that people think the upper half is a lower half at first – you’re expecting to unbag a penis and you get…. a chest piece. But no, you have to dig deeper into the box to find the “goods”.

Installing the second option:

As expected of this body type, he has a dainty member. He has a very dark tip and pale shaft. I like the way they’ve done the underwear – they’ve made it fit in with the figure and be revealing at the same time. Whilst a fully naked lower would’ve been nice, this does keep the figure cost down by not having to have another lower body part.

And before we fully assemble, here he is without the wings:

If you just want a cute male figure without the wings, this works from the front. I’ll think you’re missing out, but if you prefer your men to not fly away this is an option. I’m sure there will be at least one person out there who’ll display him like this.

Less clothed spin-around

Whilst I call this his “naked form”, he’s definitely not fully naked, with the underwear, leg and arm coverings. But if you prefer your men less clothed, this “mode” definitely provides. The strap across his chest does well to hide the join and fits with the theme of the figure.

Base

The base is a fallen cross in some kind of courtyard to fit the theme of the figure:

I like the weathering and crumbling effects. I’ve seen some people complain about this base, but I like it. There is paint detail here, but the stone isn’t super-stonelike. Though to me that just makes it feel more like a modern, veneered type construction.

Close-up on the paving:

Plenty of shading to be found here. For me, I don’t mind the very defined edges, but I can see people not being a fan of how sharply the edges are defined, especially around the stairs. For me, I don’t mind it being a vignette.

In the top-right near the stairs there are some round dimples – these are for his toes to help hold him in place. There’s also a dimple for his knee by the raised tile plus two more toe dimples near the base of the cross. It’s not a sturdy hold, but does make it so he’s harder to accidentally skid across the base.

Base display spin-around

Now to put the bits together!

The base compliments him well in my opinion – it really does add to the piece especially with his small stature. Often with freestanding figures I’ll display them without base, but this one I’ll make an exception as the base adds to the figure.

And a bonus shot with him with his skirt on:

I did try to get it to sit under the tattoo – it would fit under it but it “pings” up. Probably fixable with some heat, but not bothered enough to try. I’ll be displaying him without. Not having it clip in does mean he’s displayable without it, but any deformation and it doesn’t sit in the right spot. Not 100% sure what the best solution would be to make it friendlier to fit overall, but if you do want to display him with skirt you may need to deal with it not sitting exactly in the right spot. And displaying him without means you do have the gaps in the underwear.

And pondering that – maybe bigger gaps in the underwear would be the answer – the skirt could peg into the gaps and then supply a couple of wing-shaped bows to plug in the gaps when he isn’t wearing his skirt would look cute and hide the join. Have seen this on other figures, usually on their armbands when casting off.

Base and chain

The instructions say “you can place the chain freely”, and I suggest you should – the suggestion in the instructions is to wrap it around the cross, but doing that it is barely visible. One thing I will point out is the chain is magnetic so there is likely to be iron in there – this means if you’re in a hot and humid country you may want to periodically check for rust or place it on the base only if you don’t want to risk the figure. UK has the humidity but not the heat – not personally had issues with figure chains rusting. I have imported some from Japan that did have rust, but the rustiness hasn’t increased on figures with the imported rust. The chain I believe is painted so that will also help not having it mar the figure. The rusted chains I’ve “inherited” were unpainted.

Tied to the cross:

Chain me up:

It is disappointing that his manacles don’t allow you to attach the chain nor is there any connecting loops provided. I would’ve liked for the latter to be provided – easy and cheap to supply a pile so there isn’t any issue if the connectors break. Can understand the manacle loop being all as one part – it does make it far more delicate to have a joint or gap here which may break during assembly. Have had to assemble manacles with a gap before – it’s very nerve-wracking as it’s so easy for it to go wrong and break. Plus there can be issues with the chain slipping back out again.

From the front, the chain display looks good, but from a side angle you can see his manacles aren’t attached to anything and that looks a little goofy. So if you have him displayed where you can see the side and want to use the chain, you may want to consider supplying your own jewellery rings/clips.

Conclusion

Overall I’m happy with this figure and hope to see more male figures by this brand. They do have one in the works, but awaiting for pre-orders to open for that one. Especially for a first figure, this is a solid piece and would recommend to anyone interested in it. The use of textures and shading is great, the sculpting is fairly solid and he’s cute overall. On the downsides, he is pretty small so may feel rather petite amongst bigger figures and the wing sculpt is rather on the basic side. There’s also some minor technical issues with the fitting of parts – notably that wing joint, the way the skirt sits and getting the parts into the unclothed top half. I don’t think any of them are dealbreakers personally, but can see these things being of a big annoyance to other people.

For anyone pre-ordering from this brand, I’d bear in mind he was delayed by a year. Whilst we don’t know if this will be a trend going forward, you may want to consider buying in stock if delays may affect your enthusiasm.

As of time of writing, he’s still in stock at AmiAmi if you want to grab him.