In today’s update: an encyclopedic digest of coming PVC figure offerings, including all sorts of Fate, Genshiken’s Ohno (beach volleyball ver.), some hot Gun x Sword designs from Max Factory, a new swimsuit Mizuho from Goodsmile, various Irohas, new trading figure sets from Super Black Jack’s Rio and Akane Maniax, Queen’s Blade’s Reina, REC’s Aka, a brace of Witchblades, etc. etc., along with a few new resin kits and an event report from World Hobby Festival Ariake 14. Scans included!

- Genshiken’s Ohno Kanako (beach volleyball ver.) PVC, coming in August from Kotobukiya

- FA4 Type Moon Collection, coming “this summer” from Alter
- Hollow Ataraxia’s Karen Hortensia PVC, coming in September from Alter
- Fate’s Saber (dark swimsuit ver.) PVC, coming in July from Clayz
- Fate’s Iriya and Hollow Ataraxia’s Karen PVCs, coming from Kotobukiya in August and September respectively
- Fate’s Saber on a design from Cerberus Project, coming in PVC from ebCraft in July

- Bandai’s HGIF Gainax Heroines 3 trading figures, coming in June

- Max Factory’s designs for Wendy and Fasarina PVCs from Gun x Sword, due out later in the year

- Kurushima’s Hakufu (bikini ver.) resin kit from Ikkitousen, coming in June

- Goodsmile’s Mizuho PVC from Onegai Teacher, coming in August
- Max Factory’s Nanbu Chitose PVC from Amaenaideyo!!, coming in August
- AT-G (Goodsmile)’s Lucy Maria Misora PVC from To Heart 2, coming in August

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- [ERO] Volks’s X-Brand presents Shiiko from Ikinari Happy Bell and Hanawa Kouyou from Jingai Makyou, both in resin, and both on sale now (theoretically… curse you Volks and your shitty availability)

- Queen’s Blade’s Reina as PVCified by Megahouse’s Excellent Model CORE division, due out in August (sure to be a hit along the lines of their Sengoku Cannon Koyori)

- June Planning’s Aka PVC from REC, as sculpted by T’s System, coming in August

- Hobby Japan’s Ruri PVC from Nadesico, available only via mail order (alas)

- Max Factory’s Elwin PVC from the Tony-designed PS2 game Shining Tears, due out in September

- Kotobukiya’s Kusugawa Sasara PVC from To Heart 2 xrated, coming “this fall”

- May 5th’s World Hobby Festival Ariake 14 event report

- Witchblade PVC offerings from Organic and Kotobukiya, due out in the summer and fall respectively
I ended up without the time to list everything in the “various” pages, so if something catches your eye that you’d like more info on feel free to post a comment. From tomorrow I’ll be hopping back on the Hobbynet train, hopefully too many things haven’t fallen through the cracks in the interim…
TYPE-MOON Figurines:
OMG SD ME WNATS
Karen’s SMOKING HOT.
O_O Arc And CIel And Ryogi and…and…and…*drool.
Shana figurine: Awful, just plain awful.
Kooh figurine: OMG KOOH ME WNATS
RO figs: OMG SD
Binchotan diorama: O_O
Lavie is too shiny.
There’s nothing that’s going to keep me away from purchasing both those Masane figures when they’re finally released, (so beautifully detailed.)
I’m having a really difficult time preordering the DK Iroha. None of my stores seem quite able to get a line to the distributor in Japan. Pain in the arse…
Oh god Fasalina~
I’ve told myself I was going to stop buying figures but damn!
That Ohno figure is all kinds of sexy. I’ll make it mine.
>>DrmChsr0
The Shana figure is certainly nothing to write home about, alas. Some good Fate stuff coming out, though… I wonder when we’ll get rumblings regarding Type Moon’s next project.
>>pKjd
Damn straight. :3 They’re both looking great at this stage, though I think I’ll reserve final judgement until we get some shots in color.
>>Agent Wax
Daiki Kougyou has only recently begun its foray into PVC, and they don’t seem to operate within the same distribution model as Kotobukiya or the Goodsmile trifecta yet… hopefully time will remedy this.
>>Jymbo
My thoughts exactly. If the final product is anything resembling that rough production sketch it’ll be a hard kit to resist (despite my not having watched enough Gun x Sword to meet her in animated form ;_;).
>>wildarmsheero
Ohno-sama BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!
how much is the Leina one gonna go for? The witchblade ones are damn tempting.
I’d really like to get my hands on that first Karen figure. I wouldn’t mind those Rei and Asuka figures, either.
nevermind i found out how much :).