Goodsmile updated their official site yesterday with listings for a trio of My Otome figures consisting of Arika Yumemiya, Tokiha Mai, and Rena Sayers. They’re all set for December release from Art Storm brand Lilics, set to retail at 6,800 yen, and clock in at a whopping 33 cm in height (non-scale). This price/size ratio is no doubt due to the fact that they’re made from “soft vinyl”, a … crap, I don’t really know anything about soft vinyl other than that it’s a type of PVC, it’s what monster models and designer toys are made out of, it’s easier to work with than the material that standard PVC figures are made from, and that there’s a hipster/otaku culture devoted entirely to vinyl figures that I know nothing about. Paging CMWilly? (no more)
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meh. All the faces look pretty ugly to me.
Not too bad, but I have an aquaintance who will be severely sad about there being no Natsuki Kuga on the list of figures there.
Well, I for one may be interested in at least looking at these, but not yet (gotta afford the other 30 or so preordered figures I have!) :P
Good lord, Arika looks really sassy with that pose. Must have!
lol, soft vinyl has a bad tendency to warp in heat, a friend of mine collects Medicom and Hot Toys figures, and he’s already had problems with some of of them.
Hmm, I expected more from Lilics/Artstorm…Rena’s face really looks plain…
It’s not just My Otome actually.
The Mai is from My-HiME, the Arika is from My-Otome, and the Rena Sayers is from some Cyber Formula series.
wow those are probably the 3 characters from the series id be least interested in buying a figure of. id like to see a decent nao figure.
>>SDS
It seems that Mai and Rena were both in My Otome as well.
The artist tends to reuse characters in different settings, so Mai in otome is the long lost Meister and Rena is Arika’s mother, but they both had roles in previous series, and that’s where their outfits come form.
Indeed; the series is called the “Hisayuki Character Collection My Otome”, which is why I stuck them all under the My Otome label. I think it’s a justified description.