For visual highlights of one of the largest hobby conventions in the world, unencumbered by burdensome text, you’ve come to the right place. A more studied (and wordier) report will follow as time and sanity permit.
What you won’t see here:
- Pictures of PVC kits slated for future release that were announced prior to the event (with a few exceptions) and PVCs that are currently on sale
- Pictures of items marked “DON’T TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS”
- Pictures of kits already scooped in reports on prior events (with a few exceptions)
- Pictures of stuff from most of the big, prolific circles (t’s system, Cerberus Project, S-MIST, etc.) because they’ll be online elsewhere courtesy of Japanese bloggers and I’ll probably just link them later.
- Pictures of robots, mecha, vehicles, monsters, male characters, etc. etc. (again, with a few exceptions). I am but one man in the very vast wilderness that was Wanfesu, so for better or for worse, bishoujo figures are the name of the game here. For what may turn out to be a broader look at the event, I recommend the visually stunning (if somewhat uninformed) glimpse provided over at dannychoo.com.
Note 1: Some items in the “anime” section have yet to be animated, but are currently known to be in preproduction (or in wishful thinking, in the case of Yotsuba).
Note 2: Aside from the pre-painted kits (labeled as such), all other figures shown here should be assumed to be unassembled, unpainted limited edition polyresin “garage kits”. Further details regarding upcoming PVC releases will be listed here as soon as I’ve had the chance to canvas the more definitive Japanese sites; details on individual garage kits may be available upon request (depending on whether I can track the maker down or not).
Note 3: This is by no means a complete representatation of what was on sale, but I think it’s a decent cross-section that gives a feel of the sheer enormity of the event.
Note 4: Gamera loves you.
Meta
Anime
Game
Original
Misc. / Unknown
Pre-painted kits (PVC, polystone, cold cast)
Ero (18+)
Seem a bit overwhelming? That’s because it is. The mind reels… I’ll try to parse this all down into something intelligible in the next few days. In the interim, the writeup from last year’s event might clear some things up.
Gamera is made of meat.
Woah!
I desire the Eva and Kamichu models…
GRRRR…
Damn this month for being expensive…
awesome pics shingo! hot diggity damn! i must have both Sei figs! and prolly Natsuki too. The Meg (in Jo-inspired outfit) is quite cool too. other figs i’m digging: the aria chicks, talho, natsu (from rival schools, lehas and garnet. good ero shots too, loved the Rider shots, jokei kazoku and isoroku
I have to say, that Ignis figure from Alter is looking mighty nice, even if it is unpainted. I’ve never played the game (or any ero game, for that matter), but there’s just something about her character design that catches my eye. And from what I’ve seen in the past (KOS-MOS, BakuTen), Alter’s figures generally don’t disappoint.
I do think it’d be interesting to see an Ignis figure based off of the cover of the OST (good music in there, by the way), but something like that seems like it would be a nightmare to sculpt.
awesome pictures shingo! the Ignis figures look to be a must have. Where you able to check out Konami’s MM vol.2?
>> shoujo
>> Damn this month for being expensive…
Amen. ;__;
>> R8
Aha, that’s Natsu from Rival Schools, is it – fixed, moved her to the game section.
It may just be the fact that I’ve been following them obsessively over the past year, but I noticed a LOT more eroge characters this time around. …Ithat’s probably the reason, isn’t it. -_-
>>VanRaily
Agreed on the Ignis, even if the Max and Alter versions look like the same kit in different poses I’m not complaining. :3
I picked up the OST after being blown away by the in-game music, and was a bit disappointed by its overall quality, but some of the tracks really do shine. I’d love to see a figure based on the cover:
http://www.nitroplus.co.jp/pc/gallery/index.php?no=36
I think seeing it sculpted as a resin kit is a definite possiblity – there are those out there with the skill. Painting such a kit, however, is another proposition entirely. :(
>>ChillyWilly
Thanks! Re: MM vol.2, I may not have been looking hard enough, but I didn’t seem them there. They were at the event last summer though, iirc – pictures have been floating around for awhile.
“Painting such a kit, however, is another proposition entirely.”
And thus the reason that I stopped buying anything that required me to paint it. I do injustice to anything that I touch with a brush.
Going completely off topic…your comment on the quality of the OST has intrigued me. Having never played the game, how does the OST differ from the in-game music? Just the recording quality, or the material itself? I don’t have anything to compare it to, but my only problem was that none of my favorite tracks last long enough. Well, that and the fact that the casing seems designed so that you can never, ever take your CDs out–I wrestled with that thing for like 3 minutes for just the first disc. You could throw it off a building and I guarantee nothing would come loose.
>>VanRaily
Regarding the Jingai Makyou OST: the recording quality is pristine, I certainly can’t find fault there. My first listen-through was colored by the impression left over after playing through the game, though, and there were a few tracks in the game I was really looking forward to hearing on the OST that on first listen they seemed to have left out (most notably a longer remix of Ignis’s theme that plays when she appears in avenging angel / wedding dress incarnation at the end of the game).
It may not have been a real remix – just a rephrasing in the context of a particularly awesome scene that made me think it was a new piece of music – but after listening through the OST I was left with a sense of frustration in that it seemed incomplete. That, and the “none of my favorite tracks lasting long enough” bit. Still a great album all around, worth it for the long version of the opening theme alone.
Laughing at your comment on the case – true, it’s a sturdy bastard. Nothing says “quality release” like a little more attention payed to packaging (or incurring wrath by prolonging the time it takes to get to the goods)…
[edit] here’s a link to the OST with samples for those wondering what the hell we’re talking about.
heh, if you’re fixing the sections, then i just want to mention that the lehas chick i mentioned (girl in blue w/ glasses) and roxy (girl w/ starry breasts :D) in your original section are from the Magna Carta Korean game :).
Ah, I know exactly how you feel about tracks being left out. I don’t know who decides these sorts of things, but for some reason it always seems to be the best tracks that are the ones dropped. Hellsing comes to mind…
By the way, which track would Ignis’s theme be? I’m quite curious, given your praise for it.
And I agree about the opening theme. It’s quite a good listen.
>>R8
Thanks, I’ll fix them when I get home from work. I didn’t have much time to double-check these and went mostly by memory, which is hardly proving to be reliable… :V
>>VanRaily
Ignis’s theme is track 7 on disc 1, aka bgm04.mp3 on Nitro+’s sample page. The vocal line is awesome, but it’s one of the too-short tracks on the disc – I was really hoping for the expanded version that I may or may not have dreamed up while playing the game.
This is making me want to go back and play over the end again to see whether I was just hallucinating or if the track was in fact left off of the disc. If the latter is true it seems nonsensical, and a crime for a two-disc set that should have ample space. I wonder if they might be saving it for a later compilation (or one that’s already been released, I haven’t followed Nitro’s recent audio scene very closely).
Those Bakuretsu Tenshi models look mighty fine. Are they garage kits or prepainted figures?
Ahhhh, that track. I do believe that it was that one (or rather, its sample) more than any other that pushed me to buy the soundtrack. Great stuff. I find non-lyrical vocalizations (I’m sure there’s some sort of term for it, but it escapes me) of that nature rather pleasing on the ears. I wish more soundtracks would follow suit, except make it more than 2 and a half minutes.
Anyway, thanks for the clarification.
Perhaps a stupid question but, is those figures for sale or only on display?
thanks for the amazing pics. this year’s WF figures are really amazing. if i were rich, i’d buy most of them, lol. there are some outstanding figures there!
do you have any idea if those figures based on Kim Hyung-Tae’s art will be mass produced? and some of ero figures arte way sessy. *droool*
oh btw, is that doll with the white hair holding the little figure also for sale? all my questions refer to the Original section.
>> Agent Wax
Everything that’s not in the “Pre-painted kits” section should be considered an unassembled, unpainted garage kit. Alas. ;_;
>> VanRaily
I’ll see if I can’t dig up the game when I have some free time and see if there is in fact an alternate version of the track in there somewhere… if so, I may grab a .wav of it for the time being until it’s released somewhere purchaseable. I’ll let you know what I come up with.
>> Gogo
The vast majority of the figures pictured here are theoretically available for purchase. I say “theoretically” because they’re produced in ridiculously limited runs, and only available for sale direct from the circle on specific days they’ve acquired a license to sell on (in the case of copywrited characters). Your best bet at this point to acquire any given kit would be to hit up Yahoo Auctions. :(
>> LiK
Aside from a Magna Carta trading figure set that came out awhile ago I’m not aware of any mass-production of figures based on Kim Hyung-Tae’s designs. It’s a damn shame, hopefully something will be coming soon. The doll with the white hair could possibly be had for the right price, but I’m guessing that price would be somewhere above the 100,000 yen range.
>>Shingo
hot damn, around $1,000 USD eh? that’s way over my limit. i wonder if that guy would negotiate? it’s a lovely item tho. wish i can get one to display. ^^ i agree about Kim’s figures. i hope some company mass-produces those as PVCs. they’re great and very accurate. i gotta go to WF one of these days.
It amuses me how people will still make figures of the Daicon girl.
>>Shingo
Everything that’s not in the “Pre-painted kits” section should be considered an unassembled, unpainted garage kit. Alas. ;_;
Alas indeed. Those this rule apply to the ero models as well? My heart’s been stolen by:
http://heiseidemocracy.net/images/features/wanfes06w/ero/068.jpg
Looks familiar to me but I can’t place the series … :?
>>Agent Wax
The figure in question is Arimiya Sumire from Jokei Kazoku ~Inbou~, a damn fine game (for what it sets out to do) with some of the best designs I’ve ever seen, period. I’m hoping Silkys can coax the artist back for another round… I was anticipating that figure when I first found out it would be coming out at Wanfesu, but it was sold out by the time I got to the table. There’s a slim chance for a wider PVC release, but I wouldn’t hold your breath waiting for it. :(
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