Preorder listings went online today for newcomer figure brand First Class‘s second bishoujo PVC project, Shining Force EXA‘s Cyrille (regular ver.) and Cyrille (olive nekomimi ver.). Both versions are due out in June at 6,090 yen and 1/8 scale (26 cm tall, base included) with a sculpt from Mamecchi; the cat ears on the nekomimi version are removable, and the kits are otherwise identical beyond a slight difference in facial expression, so the production of an obviously more feature-poor standard edition is a bit of a puzzle. In other First Class news, a page is up on their official site for their Genjo Sanzo PVC from Saiyuki. He’s due out in May at 6,090 yen (non-scale, 200 cm tall) with a sculpt from BIRTH, comes with a LED base, and is available in advance preorder from Animate in white and denim versions (full preorder coming soon). Cyrille images below:
We first saw Cyrille at Wonder Festival 2008 Winter:
I would really like to get this one, but I’m not sure I can pull the trigger. 2 of the 3 sites I use most/exclusively for my figure preorders have it listed already, but both are listing prices that are just not reasonable for a 6090yen figure. I realize the dollar is weak against the yen (and all other currency), but the prospect of $68-$70 before a $7-$10 shipping hit is not pleasing. Not to mention each lists only one version (with the same standard name) and each has a picture of a different version up, so it’s pretty likely there will be changes for clarification on top of all of the above.
…tough call.
Good to see their newer PVCs look much better than the first. I’ll probably end up getting Sanzo =)
This one looks so nice! But, yeah, gotta save for some other items.
@psuedokings / everyone else:
I used to order stuff straight from Japan then the dollar took a royal dump and I’m at a bit of a loss. What are some good, reliable sites to (pre)order from?
@rishidan – well I’m getting the Cyrille figure from a place called bigpfeiffer – they’re canadian but will deliver to me in NH. Shipping from Japan got too expensive and a friend of mine recommended them. There are lots of options out there – with me it’s a trust issue though.