Comments on: WHF Ariake 17 at a glance

By: Mavvy

Mavvy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:25:55 +0000

That Kamina pose is great. That is a must get for me.

By: Banner

Banner — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:33:57 +0000

I owned 2 copies of the high kick Chun-li. It’s a 1/4 scale and from toe to toe I’d say around a foot and a half to two feet in height. I’d be nice to see it done.

By: oopai power

oopai power — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:47:39 +0000

From Moeyo… The Chun Li figure is scuplted by Hamazaki Takeshi-san,… He has done the 1/6 Mai as review on HD before in Sep. He has sculpted another 1/6 Chun-Li before together with 2 other fighting-girls produced in PVC by MaxFactory

By: Shingo

Shingo — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:11:43 +0000

>>Anachronism, blacklotus
My guess is neither; I’d say rather that both figures are based on the same original illustration (I don’t have it handy, but it was posted to 2chan recently and seems to predate both kits). Japanese sculptors typically don’t rip each other off directly (to my knowledge), though they have been known to produce very similar kits based on the same original illustration (Yamashita Shunya’s Rickenbacker x Girl, for one, has seen multiple incarnations).

>>20Lizardmen
I definitely see where you’re coming from; the sculptor’s style isn’t much at all like her original design. I occasionally like that more “realistic” look though as a change of pace…

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:27:46 +0000

Thanks, oopai power-san and Shingo-san. No wonder the Chun Li kit looks familiar. Yup. It is a copy of the Cobra-Kai kit.

Anyway, I do hope for a legit PVC version of either one. 8)

By: 20Lizardmen

20Lizardmen — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:53:21 +0000

Shingo-san,

Ooops,my bad.Yeah,it ain’t by Yamashita Shunya,so I used the word “shunya-ish” but on a second glance, It ain’t even close to the stuff yamashita shunya does. Must have been all that booze from those holiday parties that got my senses all mixed up.

Anyway, even if it’s a Kanu Uncho figure,I’ll pass on this one.Somehow, it doesn’t look like a “kanu” figure to me.Some may like it,but some may not.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.

By: Anachronism

Anachronism — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:52:03 +0000

So, is someone ripping off Toushirou or is this a variant PVC-ification of his older kit?

I prefer this newer version, in any case; the older one looked too muscular to me. It was masterfully sculpted, though.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:54:17 +0000

>>oopai power It's the same pose, but I think it's clearly a different kit from the Toushirou sculpt. The one posted in his site gallery is a Daiki resin kit, not a PVC, and it was on sale a few years ago, not a coming release. You can find Daiki's product page for the kit here.

By: oopai power

oopai power — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:52:44 +0000

ok.. found out she is 51cm tall at 1/5 scale..Her outstretched thunder thighs probably adds 15cm to the height above her head…

By: oopai power

oopai power — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:47:02 +0000

Chun-Li is by Toushirou, as is shown in his gallery, being sold/produced (future PVC release) by Daiki kougyou? how tall is she… scale..1/4, 1/5 or 1/6?

By: cheez

cheez — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:42:58 +0000

Odin Sphere figurines? Hell yes. I shall eagerly await Velvet.

That Ringo also looks mighty nice, but I’ve still yet to get the rail-grinding Simca.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:52:41 +0000

>>viral I'll have to check when I get home, I have a photo with the full placard describing the figure. Eyeballing I'd say she's around 1/7. There haven't been any Lucky Star PVCs announced beyond the Nendoroids and the Petit Nendoroids; all the Lucky Star at WHF was resin. >>Banner It was the first time I'd seen that Chun Li resin kit, but it wasn't for sale; it may mean a PVC version is coming soon but I'm not sure. >>Claude The kit you're referring to is a PVC doujin figure produced by Keumaya. More information can be found here, here, and here.

By: Claude

Claude — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:18:39 +0000

Who is the busty knockout fourth down from the top? It looks like the sign behind her reads “Violet.” Any ideas who she is, who makes this piece, etc. etc.? Thanks!

By: Banner

Banner — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:12:17 +0000

Is that Chun Li Pvc? Cuz the resin has been out for years.

By: viral

viral — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:27:23 +0000

That “Anonymous” post was me. Just forgot to put the name.

>>Shingo
Yeah, I’m defitnetly going to preorder that one as soon as it’s available. Pretty funny since there really isn’t a lot of must have figures that I want, but that one is a must. By any chance do you know what scale that pvc is?

Also, I’m guessing that Lucky Star figure is only a kit? Man, there really needs to be a decent pvc for Lucky Star … ==;