This figure I didn’t pre-order. Initially I planned to skip it as ODD had some other releases coming up that were more my jam. But then the Chinese Crackdown hit, ODD split up and this became the last release of “old ODD”, and their upcoming designs were scrapped. The ODD brand continues – but as part of Apex (formerly Fish Head Man). Not to be confused with Apex Innovation.
As the release drew nearer, I decided I wanted to get it even if it was just to review it. However listings on Taobao were dry – previous ODD releases there was a decent amount of leftover stock. I’m in the ODD WeChat group, and one person was offering up a preorder – they ordered her twice by mistake. I did consider adding my hat into the ring but ultimately decided not to, especially as someone else chimed in with “why not list it in Xianyu?”. And that got me browsing… and finding a couple of people offering their preorders up on Xianyu. Initially I tried a cheaper preorder but the seller never responded to the shopping agent. The second one was for MSRP (CN¥1,280), and they came back quickly. Yay!
One nerve-wracking wait later… it was at the proxy! I went for the usual closed-box inspection, so then I spent the next 2 weeks fretting I screwed myself over and that there was potential there was nothing in the box especially as it was lighter than I expected. Thankfully my random fears were unfounded, and arrived just fine. Outside of the small brain, this piece is smaller than my other ODD pieces. She was listed at 20cm, but sometimes small facts like that don’t enter into my brain somehow.
Shipping-wise, the box was 36x29x20cm and 1370g. Overall she cost CN¥1,425 (£153) with shipping and service fees. One advantage of the small size and weight was international shipping was really cheap.
Box
For the main image we have this on two sides of the box:
No, that’s not me failing at photography – the image is pixelated and blurry on the box. Looks like they took one of the promo images and resized it. Well, at least it lets us know what’s in the box roughly.
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