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[ERO] Figure Review: Orchid Seed’s Ignis the White PVC from Jingai Makyou

October 31st 2007 at 6:14 AM, by Shingo

When Ignis the White was first revealed back on February 14th of this year it really did feel like Valentine’s Day had come a day early. I was instantly smitten by the figure, the likes of which had previously existed only in my wettest of dreams - we had seen several figure incarnations of the Jingai Makyou heroine already, but none that dared challenge the monumental intricacy of her “undying flame” incarnation. Would the craftsmanship of Orchid Seed rise to the occasion and prove equal to the task of replicating this truly epic sculpt? Read on for the opinion of one humble fan…

Original Design: Niθ (blog)
Sculptor: Ishiyama Satoshi, Hiroman
Source: Jingai Makyou (eroge)
Scale: 1/7 (29 cm tall)
Materials: PVC
Release Date: October 28th, 2007
Production: Orchid Seed
Price: 11,700 JPY (tax included)
Current Availability: Play Asia (Hobby Japan limited black ver.)


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Heisei Democracy figure review: Orchid Seed's Ignis the White PVC from Jingai Makyou

Heisei Democracy figure review: Orchid Seed's Ignis the White PVC from Jingai Makyou

Heisei Democracy figure review: Orchid Seed's Ignis the White PVC from Jingai Makyou

Ignis is the fiery heroine of Nitro+’s summer 2005 smash hit eroge Jingai Makyou. While it’s now been more than two years since I played the game and a lot of detailed recollection has faded, the scene at the end when she returns from the dead like an avenging angel in a wedding dress to kick asses and take names accompanied by this BGM is unforgettable. Despite the game’s shortcomings in the plot department Ignis stands out as one of the most iconic 2D heroines of the decade, and the version of her depicted here shows her in her ultimate form.

Ignis, you rock my world

source image from Jingai Makyou

When beginning to assess this figure I have to start by commenting on the sculpt. This is the most epic sculpt of a bishoujo figure that has been mass produced this year, and perhaps in the past few years, requiring the combined efforts of two experts (Ishiyama Satoshi on the main body and Hiroman on the dress) to realize, and it is essentially a flawless victory. One could comment on the telltale Ishiyama traits in the face (slightly pinched nose and thin-lipped mouth), but they’re a known quantity I don’t think detracts from the overall scheme. They read the Niθ illustration like a book and produced what is sculpturally a perfect representation of Ignis in all her glory, and from that perspective this is one for the history books.

Before moving on to assess Orchid’s production a note should be made regarding the castoff process, which is truly an engineering marvel. The entire dress is held together by the bunch of flowers at the base of her back, which pins the two side plates together. Remove the pin and lift the two sides of the dress vertically and they come right off, pulling pegs out of slots that are holding the front and back together, which in turn fall away naturally. It’s an amazing feat of design, and another superlative element of the sculpt (though putting the whole thing back together again is admittedly a bit of a chore).

In terms of mass production the kit is more of a mixed bag. I have to hand it to Orchid Seed for starters for having the balls to attempt her PVC reproduction; the fact that they were able to manipulate the medium in such a gravity defying way and keep the whole thing from falling down around them is a testament to their proficiency with the raw materials involved.

I also have no quarrel with their rendering of the dress. There’s a bit of shoddy trim work visible on the many buckles and circular discs that intersect the straps on the front and back of her torso, but it doesn’t detract from the overall impression.

The biggest issue with the kit when it comes to production is the face. The Ishiyama face sculpt was mentioned earlier, but I don’t really think it’s the culprit; the sallow color of the PVC chosen for the skin, accompanied by a lack of shading, overly pronounced paint on the mouth, framed by the solid nearly neon shade of red they chose for her hair, all works together to convey an air of cheapness in the face production that is truly unfortunate.

This is all the more vexing because none of these issues are new. We saw the same problems in the last Ishiyama-sculpted Orchid kit we reviewed, as in those prior - an inability to capture the subtleties necessary for a truly knockout face, mostly due to the crap color of PVC chosen for the skin. All signs point to Chichinoe 2 suffering from the same vulnerability, and it’s almost to the point now where I feel like lodging a formal complaint. Could it be that hard to simply replace the PVC stock with something more like that used by the competition?

Overall this is a kit that is practically perfect in every way. Aside from a few production foibles in the face Ignis the White lives up to the anticipation I had for her, and ranks easily among the top five bishoujo kits of the year from any objective standpoint; a technical marvel that could only be improved by some tweaks in the paint department. Sadly those deficiencies keep me from rating the kit with the truly epic status it deserves - it’s a hallmark of Orchid Seed’s lineup, but not of PVC manufacture as a whole.

Overall Score: 9.5/10

+ epic sculpt accurately captures the essence of Ignis the White
+ ingenious castoff system allows for painless dress removal
+ looks phenomenal both cast on and off, like buying two different figures

o color palette is adequate, but not outstanding or particularly subtle
o some questionable trim work on buckles and discs

- Orchid continues to fail on PVC selection for skin
- tragically cheap-looking face as a result

This is a kit I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to any figure collector if you can come by her, though with the limitations of the paint job I wouldn’t advise paying much more than retail if at all possible. If anyone knows a place where she can be had for a reasonable price I’d be happy if you would post it to comments.

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30 Responses to “[ERO] Figure Review: Orchid Seed’s Ignis the White PVC from Jingai Makyou”
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Johno October 31st, 2007 at 6:44 am

I love this Ignis figure, best out of all 5 in my opinion. I’m still waiting on this one. Don’t know how long I’ll be waiting either, so it’s a terrible wait NOW to see how gorgeous this figure is.

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HammerOfChrist October 31st, 2007 at 7:11 am

Fantastic review, and I wholeheartedly agree about the face. It’s so lacking when you compare it to Max Factory’s incarnation. I hope that Chichinoe 2 doesn’t suffer this same fate, because the pre-production sculpt looked phenomenal.

Still, your review has me sold. I was on the fence on this one because of the price tag, but I can see it’s more than worth it.

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e-jump October 31st, 2007 at 7:31 am

awesome sh*t!!
whoever manage to get the black special edition w/ flamehaze hair is damn lucky.
P-A is offering the blonde hair ver., but it defeats the originality of ignis ;_;

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lu-k October 31st, 2007 at 8:39 am

Haha all those Ignis ^^

Great review, very complete! Can’t wait to receive mine :D

That blue ribbon is so gorgeous, never heard about it before. What a good surprise ^^

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Karura October 31st, 2007 at 9:07 am

I am impressed by this overall but sadly I can’t afford it, and I’m still waiting for the revelation that I have a previously unknown yet rich and generous relative to buy it for me.

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cloudkun October 31st, 2007 at 11:59 am

Oh man, thats a pretty nice figurine! Too bad HobbySearch and HLJ sold them out. Tried google it and found HobbyFan, the closest online available retailer. Anyone have experience buying from that store? Btw, the figure from HobbyFan is going to be out on end of next month :\

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Shingo October 31st, 2007 at 12:14 pm

I can’t recommend purchasing from HobbyFan, as they deal in inferior quality pirate kits alongside regular PVCs and it’s sometimes hard to tell which is which. I’d recommend only purchasing from shops that you trust to have obtained their merchandise legally, and in a way that compensates the original creators and copyright holders.

Just my two cents; I know it’s sometimes hard or impossible to find these things anywhere else. :/

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lostdog October 31st, 2007 at 12:38 pm

One of these days I’ll shit out an entire e-novel about my misgivings on the entire visual novel medium, but I’m happy so long as we get characters as well-designed as this one.

I would kill to see her in a 2D fighter or a 3D action RPG…

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Work_Ethic October 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pm

Wow—–that is one amazing figure. I have to say her butt is suprisingly good looking. Really the face isn’t such a big dealbreaker for me, I love the dimples on the nipples….really an impressive figure.

Great review.

I have order from HobbyFan and I have had abnoramally bad luck with them- out of the 8-9 times I have gotten stuff from them- every single time there was an issue. So, that in of itself I don’t order from them anymore. But my experience with them is extrmemely jaded. Now the inferior quality pirate kits?? Are you talking about the resin recasts Shingo? Or are you actually saying the regualr PVC’s are pirate kits? I have only gotten one PVC from HobbyFan and it was legit as best as I can tell.
But either way I am just curious about HobbyFan.

Anyway- I have changed to ordering my resin recasts from another source (that won’t be listed unless asked, I don’t think Shingo wants them advertised since they are entirely about resin recasts) and my PVC’s from either Play-Asia or Toyslogic or somewhere else if I can’t get them at either of those sources.

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blacklotus October 31st, 2007 at 1:29 pm

Thanks again to Shingo for a great review.

At first I thought HLJ didn’t have enough stock for me because when I checked my order status, it was indicated as ‘future release’, even though the figure was released 2 days ago.

Luckily, I received an email from them to say it’s being shipped via ems today. :D

As for Hobbyfan and other recast online shops, I agree to a certain degree. Sometimes for us outside Japan, recasts are the only way to obtain wonderfest/special event only kits at non-exorbitant evilbay prices, especially for resin products.

As for rewarding the original creators/manufacturers, I do purchase original PVC figures all the time. But when it comes to resin, I will pay standard retail prices for originals. However, lots of kits are limited release/events only. And I will never pay evilbay jackup prices for them. Anyway, there’s no telling if the evilbay seller is selling an original kit until one pays up and receive the kit. And i’ve bought several obvious fakes off evilbay over the years. That’s why when I purchase off hobbyfan or e2046, at least I know full well they are recasts up front and pay a ‘recast’ price. And most of the time, these recast quality are almost on par with the originals when it comes detailing, smoothness of surfaces, and good joints for the more popular kits. (ebcraft/Cobra-Kai Kiyori, Lineage Dark Elf, etc). Anyway, for resin kits, the final product depends greatly on the scale of the modeller, not the kit itself.

In my opinion, if the manufacturers are stupid enough to limit their own profits by producing only 50 kits to be sold only in a one day event in Japan when there’s actual demand for 50,000 kits internationally, don’t go blame the consumer for their own business stupidity. Go hire a better business manager. :)

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cloudkun October 31st, 2007 at 2:28 pm

Thanks for the reply guys, I found out Kidnemo is also selling it, they should be more reliable than Hobbyfan, right? Besides I got my Mabinogi Nao from them, distributed by AAAnime…

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Shingo October 31st, 2007 at 2:29 pm

>>lostdog
*cough cough*

>>Work_Ethic
I was referring to the resin recasts; I’m not sure whether they have the production capability to bootleg PVCs, though I wouldn’t put it past them.

>>blacklotus
I sympathize with your position and would probably do the same thing if I wasn’t living in Japan. That said, I can’t help but wish that Hobbyfan and similar outfits would try to negotiate with the companies and creators involved instead of just ripping them off. :(

If it were a simple matter of increasing production I’m sure circles would be more than happy to produce kits in higher volume, but the complicated maze of licensing agreements that must be navigated to legitimately sell the kits at events in the first place is a severely limiting factor. It’s an unpleasant state of affairs (and one that utterly ignores the market outside of Japan), but one we ultimately have to live with; this is why I’m happy every time a PVC version of a rare kit is announced, as it gives us all the opportunity to support the artists behind it.

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DJnerate October 31st, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Well, for that price she better be good. I’m still keeping my preorder on ice though, I’m still not convinced I absolutely want this figure.

Amazon had it at intermittently at somewhere around 10500 some time ago, but who knows when or it’ll be back.

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lostdog October 31st, 2007 at 3:44 pm

>>Shingo
So happy…

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blacklotus October 31st, 2007 at 5:07 pm

>>DJnerate
Grab it fast. She’s one hot pvc figure.
I myself wasn’t keen on her in her normal black butterfly dress. But this bride costume ver. is a definite buy for me. The castoffability is an added bonus. :D

>>shingo
While I cannot say if hobbyfan sells bootleg pvc figures since I don’t buy pvc figures from them, I do know that bootleg pvc figures exist. e.g. fate/stay night saber, ikkitosen figures and doa kasumi.

In Singapore, you have to be careful when buying from hobby shops. Besides the higher prices compared to webshops, they also sell bootlegs as originals, whether knowingly or not.

That’s why I stopped buying locally and shopped exclusively online from licenced webshops located in Japan.

I have no problem buying bootlegs provided the shops do not pass them off as originals.