This post contains details on several figures made newly available for preorder in the past week or so, featuring a whole lot of Ikkitousen from Griffon, Amie Gran, and Musashiya, as well as a great looking Shana from Minhel of Blond Parrot, an ero loli Comic LO trading figure collection, Miyabiya’s Takashiro-sensei from Bible Black that we scooped back in January, the Sano Toshihide designed, Vispo sculpted Shiratori Amane PVC we’ve been tracking for ages, and a whole lot more!
Toys Planning’s Comic LO Figure Collection
- Source: Comic LO
- Release: May 2008
- Scale: non. (6.5 cm tall)
- Sculptor: unknown
- Price: 6,300 yen (box of 12)
- Notes: set contains a total of five [ERO] figures based on the work of Wanyan Aguda, Nagatsuki Misoka, OKINA, Ujiie Moku, and Oota Takeshi
Musashiya’s Ryomou Shimei VI cold cast (miniskirt police ver.)
- Source: Ikkitousen
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/5 (40 cm long)
- Sculptor: Karumagi Ushio
- Price: 23,100 yen
- Notes:
Musashiya’s Ryuubi Gentoku cold cast (white shirt ver.)
- Source: Ikkitousen
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/6 (27 cm long)
- Sculptor: ZOOM
- Price: 17,640
- Notes:
Yamato’s SIF EX Pretty Cat’s Show Time Lesson B (black lingerie ver.)
- Source: Pretty Cat’s Show Time artbook by Amaori Tatsuki
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/6 (13.5 cm tall)
- Sculptor: Kuramoto Ikuma (Millimeter Modeling)
- Price: 7,140 yen
- Notes:
Yamato’s Sylia and Moto Slave action figure set
- Source: Bubblegum Crisis
- Release: July 2008
- Scale: non. (Sylia is 11 cm tall, bike is 14 cm/15 cm in Motoroid form)
- Sculptor: Namiki Kusa
- Price: 7,140 yen
- Notes: Companion to the earlier announced Priss
Jun Planning’s Louise (bustier whip ver.)
- Source: Zero no Tsukaima
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/8 (17 cm tall)
- Sculptor: unknown
- Price: 4,515 yen
- Notes: comes with exchangeable wand part
Miyabiya’s Takashiro Hiroko-sensei PVC
- Source: Bible Black
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/8 (15 cm tall)
- Sculptor: Souden Sonamae
- Price: 5,670 yen
- Notes: bra and skirt are castoffable, originally scooped here
- Source: Spice and Wolf
- Release: April 2008
- Scale: 1/6 (25 cm tall)
- Sculptor: unknown
- Price: 9,240 yen
- Notes: based on an original Kuroda Kazuya illustration, castoffable
Griffon’s Ryomou Shimei (sword-wielding maid ver.)
- Source: Ikkitousen
- Release: May 2008
- Scale: 1/7 (22.5 cm tall)
- Sculptor: Akeji (ASCI L.E.D)
- Price: 6,825 yen
- Notes: looks castoffable…
Griffon’s R-Line Teni Combat ver. DX red color ver. PVC
- Source: Ikkitousen
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/7 (30.5 cm tall, base included)
- Sculptor: Yamamoto Masahiro
- Price: 7,875 yen
- Notes: castoffable, “damage version” dress part beneath
Griffon’s Shana (jean shorts and bikini ver.) PVC
- Source: Shakugan no Shana II
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/7 (18 cm tall)
- Sculptor: Minhel (Blond Parrot)
- Price: 6,825 yen
- Notes: partially castoffable?
Bandai’s Figure Meister To Love-Ru trading figure set
- Source: To Love-Ru
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: non. (12 cm tall)
- Sculptor: unknown
- Price: 6,720 yen (box of 8)
- Notes:
Questioners’ / Jun Planning’s Shiratori Amane PVC
- Source: Anata no Shiranai Kangofu
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/6 (21 cm tall)
- Sculptor: Katagiri Katsuhirovis (Vispo)
- Price: 9,800 yen
- Notes: castoff pictures here, original design by Sano Toshihide, available at a good price at Play-Asia (your purchase helps HD!)
Amie Gran’s pre-painted polystone Kanu Unchou
- Source: Ikkitousen
- Release: June 2008
- Scale: 1/7 (23 cm, base included)
- Sculptor: Ikeda Ryou
- Price: 14,490 yen
- Notes: comes with “damage version” alternate blouse and skirt parts, some assembly required
I rather like Jun Planning’s Louise… seems like about the best rendition yet, and it’s maybe the cheapest.
I preordered the Griffon Ryomou (Battle Maid) as soon as I finally got a decent look at her face. I wonder about castoff too, but it also seems like a prime candidate for the soft chest material.
If the Tenni had a little more detail in the sculpt (especially the hair and face)…
The Griffon Shana is a tough call, the pics that everyone got at WF made it look awesome, but the official pics released since then look… worse, Her eyes look different (especially pupil shape) in the official pics and her shorts look less castoff and less detailed. Part of this could be chalked up to the overly bright lighting that Griffon used on their most recent round of official pics (which make the Ryomou mentioned above look a bit washed out as well), but I doubt the pupil shape thing is that easily explained. Her jaw line looks a little different too… maybe that’s just camera angle.
I’ve already pre-ordered the Shiratori Amane PVC & the Takashiro Hiroko-sensei PVC figures. I like the Kanu, but a little too expensive right now with some of the other pre-orders I have.
I might cancel my pre-order of the Pretty Cat’s Show Time Lesson figure for this new version. I like the black lingerie on this version better . . .
The BGC figures are promising – though I find them a bit overly metallic and the design of the feet is too chunky.
Griffon Shana and Jun Planning’s Louise are maybes for me. But I already have too much pre-ordered for June as it is (and with this exchange rate). They do seem pretty nice though.
I’d get the Shiratori Amane but it’s a little too expensive for me right now.
-Yamato’s SIF EX Pretty Cat’s Show Time Lesson B
-Jun Planning’s Louise (bustier whip ver.)
-Griffon’s Shana (jean shorts and bikini ver.) PVC
-Questioners’ / Jun Planning’s Shiratori Amane PVC
These are only maybe’s due to money situations, but if I have the money, they’re all on my list! ^^
The Amane Shiratori and Hiroko-sensei figures are a MUST! I’ll definitely ask my local distributor for availability of these two figures! ^_^