A new source of figure news emerged today in the form of a “maker blog” under the auspices of long running garage kit and figure magazine Replicant. They started things off with a bang, featuring several entirely new scoops from makers Alter and Yamato. New offerings from Alter include a Numakura Toshiaki-sculpted Tsuruya-san from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, produced in conjunction with Chara-Ani and scheduled for release in November, a Yagyuu Satoshi-sculpted KOS-MOS Ver. 4 figure from Xenosaga, produced in conjunction with Beagle and also due out in November (with an official page up at Alter as well), a Tsumatsuka Hiroyuki-sculpted Exelica from Trigger Heart Exelica due out in December (this one’s been in development for awhile), and a Death-sensei from Peace@Pieces and sculptor Morikawa Hiroaki that’s due out in November. On the Yamato side, we have news of a Yoshizawa Mitsumasa-sculpted Poison from Final Fight coming in November, and an F-Face Fiana action figure from Votoms coming in September. Pictures below:






Further shots of Alter’s KOS-MOS Ver. 4 can be found here. None of these quite make automatic preorder status for me, but several are rather tempting… with all of these big announcements a few weeks before Wonder Festival it makes me wonder what they’re saving to show at the event.
damn, that Exelica figure looks really cool…even though I don’t know the series. That Tsuruya-san figure would be right up my friend’s alley.
Whoa! Consider my financial situation nuked!
Tsuruya-san I’ll most likely preorder. Exelica looks interesting but need to see more photos and price. KOS-MOS v4 I’m definitely pre-ordering as I love the pose and always wanted a KOS-MOS in my collection ;)
KOS-MOS and Exelica are auto-preorders for me. Tsuruya-san is pretty good, and I might jump on it later on.
finally! a tsuruya figure! GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve had my eye on that Exelica figure for quite a while now, ever since it was announced on Warashi’s site. Hopefully I’ll be able to afford the damned thing; it looks really good too.
Tsuruya-san – tomatch the FREEing one I’ll be getting.
KOS-MOS – to pair up with the other Alter one I own.
Death-sensei for the sheer intricacy of the thing! ^^
Of course, I’ll need to wait three years for HLJ to have these ready for preorder (still waiting for them to hurry and list Shana by Max and Clalaclan), so I may have to just order from Hobbey Search…