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		<title>Review EN: Sagittarius Seiya &amp; Aiolos – Super Figure Art Collection – Medicos.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I told myself I should do something for the 2nd &#8220;anniversary&#8221; of the blog. I was thinking of writing a review of a figure&#8230; but which one ? o.O and then I knew it could not be done without moving from my armchair T.T I finally choosed a figure that I was selling: the Sagittarius [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1171&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>I told myself I should do something for the 2nd &#8220;anniversary&#8221; of the blog. I was thinking of writing a review of a figure&#8230; but which one ? o.O and then I knew it could not be done without moving from my armchair T.T<br />
I finally choosed a figure that I was selling: the Sagittarius by Medicos. I changed my mind and decided to enjoy it (it&#8217;s in my Detolf right now). Someway this review were kinda improbable few times ago <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">General specifications.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Name:</strong> Sagittarius Seiya &amp; Aiolos (Super Figure Art Collection)<br />
<strong>Manufacturer:</strong> <a href="http://www.medicos-e.net/" target="_blank">Medicos Entertainment</a> (Medicos shortly).<br />
<strong>Distributor: </strong><a href="http://www.hap-net.com/" target="_blank">Happinet</a><br />
<strong>Price:</strong> 7800 yens excluding taxes / 8190 yens including taxes<br />
<strong>RPP in EU:</strong> imo from 65 to 75 EUR if you search a bit.<br />
<strong>Release date (Japan) :</strong> January 2009<br />
<strong>Œuvre d&#8217;origine :</strong> Saint Seiya &#8211; Knights of the Zodiac.<br />
<strong>Scale:</strong> none &#8211; <strong>Height:</strong> 25 cm<br />
<strong>Type:</strong> PVC Figure<br />
<strong>Sculptor:</strong> -<br />
<strong>Box size:</strong> W23 cm x D7.5 cm x H29 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The Sagittarius in Saint Seiya.</span></strong></p>
<p>The Sagittarius cloth has a particular importance in the story: the saint (knight) who were chosen to wear it is Aiolos. Nonetheless he cannot do it to protect the Goddess Athena&#8230; right now he just can help the bronze saint by lending his gold cloth to Seiya (firstly in the 38th episode).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/sagittarius_chars.jpg" alt="" /><em>From left to right: Aiolos &amp; Seiya wearing the Sagittarius cloth.</em></p>
<p>The Sagittarius cloth does not only protect the body; it also has a weapon: the golden arrow (and of course the bow to fire it). This offensive possibilty was decisive in several battles (eg the movies).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Aiolos" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/aiolos_meikai.jpg" alt="" /><em>The golden Sagittarius arrow.</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The box and its content.</span></strong></p>
<div id="boksu" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>General color tones are brown. The sides of the box are decorated with kinds of arabesque. The front side let us see the figure with Seiya&#8217;s head through a rectangular window. Aiolos&#8217; head (alternative head) is also seeable at the left top in a medallion window. The rear of the box shows the official pictures of the figure on a blue background (for a &#8220;Cosmos&#8221; atmosphere).<br />
As I am concerned, I do not like so much the colors of this box. They are in the same tones of the figure itself but I prefer the shining yellow of the Myth Cloth&#8217;s: I am rather thinking of something brilliant with it.</p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><em>Boxes of the Medicos and the MC on the left.<br />
Content in the thermoformed shells on the right.</em></div>
<p>The box has an optimized volume: it is compact, the way the elements are placed limits the void space. For example, the base is in a &#8220;wall position&#8221; and the removable wings are on the left side.</p>
<div id="wings" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/wings.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/wings.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/base.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/base.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The assembly.</span></strong></p>
<p>An instruction paper sheet (of course in Japanese) is provided:</p>
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<p>First the figure has to be set on the base: the base is black disk (Ø=15cm) with 2 assembly pawns. It is a really basic shape but it can be easily customised by putting on a paper sheet.<br />
Without wings the figure makes me think of Leo Aiolia with his Lion cloth&#8230; so let&#8217;s add the wings:</p>
<div id="m2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>And finally the bow: it clashes with the right wing -.- Rubbing between both elements has to be limited not to damage the paint. I use their flexibility and bend them a bit to assemble them.</p>
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<p>As previously explained, Aiolos and Seiya wore the Sagittarius cloth. Medicos lets us choose by providing two heads: Aiolos&#8217; head (face with green eyes) and Seiya&#8217;s (face with brown eyes). Changing the heads is extremely easy <a href="http://jintoobloog.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/review-en-aozaki-touko-kara-no-kyoukai-alter/" target="_blank">on the contrary to Touko Aozaki&#8217;s</a> <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' />  In a fact the assembly of the head on the body is &#8220;loose fit&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m6.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m6.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>I prefer Seiya&#8217;s head: I guess I am not enough used to see Aiolos because his head seems strange to me. I would say that I do not recognize his hair.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The pose of the figure.</span></strong></p>
<div id="p1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4895531746/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894937841/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Aiolos/Seiya stands upright with a noble attitude. He seems to be waiting&#8230; or he may want to intimidate anyone.<br />
The big size gives an imposing stature to the character.<br />
Both faces express different feelings. They&#8217;re important to appreciate the figure: Aiolos has a kind of smile on the mouth while Seiya is very serious. This threatening attitude makes me definitely prefer him.</p>
<div id="p3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4895533960/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894939695/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p4.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>The right hand is opened&#8230; without anything inside. It is regretful: I would have liked the Saint to hold the golden arrow. He also could have clenched the fist&#8230; I would feel less this emptiness. I will probably make on my own this arrow with paper/cardboard. The post should be updated with pics with it <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="p5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/95963&amp;ref=user%3Ajintoo" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p5.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/95964&amp;ref=user%3Ajintoo" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p6.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Details &amp; quality.</span></strong></p>
<p>I am torn between 2 sides: on the one hand I see nice details, on the other hand I see the poor level of what Medicos uses to do i.e. ugly figure <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
To be more exact I would say that the details of the body (parts that are not protected by the armor) and the face are rather sophisticated while the armor is detailled with a lower work.</p>
<div id="d1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>As example to explain the non-armor was a good surprise for me, I would say the hair is detailed until locks with color gradations. Shapes of the Adam&#8217;s apple and the nails have been sculpted o.O<br />
I also like the way the biceps are half covered with the armor.</p>
<div id="d3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d4.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d4.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>On the contrary to that, the armor is simply sculpted&#8230; and it is completely faithful to what is seen in the anime. And it has to be said that drawings are not elaborate to make the animation easier (if there were details, they would have to be drawn for each frame). So arabesques are at the minimum. In comparison to the Myth Cloth toyline, there are decorations on the skirt-sides and on the crown while it is not the case for this Medicos version. The way I explain it can make you think it is a flaw but once again, it is completely faithful to the anime chara-design.</p>
<div id="d5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d5.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d5.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d6.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d6.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>The paint on the armor is rather uniform except on some locations like the bow that has slight color gradations. Nonetheless the paint is completed with some kinds of &#8220;panel lines&#8221; that define for example all the feathers of the wings.<br />
The used paint is matt on the contrary to the Myth Cloth&#8217;s that is brilliant. It&#8217;s ok for me: even if the luxury side of the reflecting surface is lost, the Medicos catches less fingerprint and it is easier to clean.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d7.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d7.th.jpg" alt="" /></a><em>Clash of the bow with the left wing.</em></p>
<p><a title="Sagittarius Seiya - Close up by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894961855/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4894961855_24b1f04975.jpg" alt="Sagittarius Seiya - Close up" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">My point of view.</span></strong></p>
<p>To summarize:<br />
+<br />
The size of the figure.<br />
The glamour of the Sagittarius and its symbol.<br />
Compacticity of the box.<br />
-<br />
paint, sculpting ? lack of detail ?<br />
no arrow !!! T_T</p>
<p>I use to trust some manifacturers (Alter, Max Factory), but the toyline &#8220;Super Figure Art Collection&#8221; is the luxury line of Medicos Entertainement, so we could expect a correct result (&#8217;cause it&#8217;s rather expensive). And yet convincing me was not that easy because most of Medicos figures are ugly <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I guess this figure is not so successful because Saint Seiya fans are mainly collecting the Myth Cloth toyline. It is true the Medicos is less playable: it does not give the pleasure to mount the armor on the character or on the object but it has the advantages of the PVC figure (it has not the horrible joints of the articulations).<br />
I also owned the PVC figures of Megahouse and I prefer this Medicos because it symbolizes the special constellation the was the most desired in the first Saint Seiya chapters (my childhood in fact).<br />
So I would recommend it to the Saint Seiya fans and tell them not to focus ONLY on the Myth Cloth <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Review FR : Sagittarius Seiya &amp; Aiolos &#8211; Super Figure Art Collection &#8211; Medicos.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[En instance de mise en vente, j&#8217;ai finalement décidé de garder et de profiter de cette figurine. Je ne regrette pas ma décision Voici donc une petite review personnelle de ce Sagittaire de Medicos pour le 2ème anniversaire du blog Informations générales. Nom : Sagittarius Seiya &#38; Aiolos (Super Figure Art Collection) Fabricant : Medicos [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1140&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>En instance de mise en vente, j&#8217;ai finalement décidé de garder et de profiter de cette figurine. Je ne regrette pas ma décision <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Voici donc une petite review personnelle de ce Sagittaire de Medicos pour le 2ème anniversaire du blog <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Informations générales.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Nom :</strong> Sagittarius Seiya &amp; Aiolos (Super Figure Art Collection)<br />
<strong> Fabricant :</strong> <a href="http://www.medicos-e.net/" target="_blank">Medicos Entertainment</a> (Medicos pour les intimes).<br />
<strong> Distributeur : </strong><a href="http://www.hap-net.com/" target="_blank">Happinet</a><br />
<strong> Prix d&#8217;origine :</strong> 7800 yens HT /  8190 yens  TTC<br />
<strong> Prix de vente conseillé en France TTC :</strong> imo 65 à 75 euros en cherchant bien.<br />
<strong> Date de sortie (Japon) :</strong> Janvier 2009<br />
<strong> Œuvre d&#8217;origine :</strong> Saint Seiya &#8211; Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque.<br />
<strong> Echelle :</strong> NA &#8211; <strong>Taille :</strong> 25 cm<br />
<strong> Type :</strong> Figurine PVC<br />
<strong> Sculpteur :</strong> -<br />
<strong> Dimensions de la boîte :</strong> L23 cm x P7.5 cm x H29 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Le Sagittaire dans Saint Seiya.</span></strong></p>
<p>L&#8217;armure du Sagittaire joue un rôle particulier dans l&#8217;intrigue : son véritable porteur est Aiolos. Toutefois, ce dernier n&#8217;étant plus capable d&#8217;accomplir son devoir de chevalier qui est d&#8217;assurer la protection d&#8217;Athéna, il aide donc les chevaliers de bronze en prêtant cet &#8220;habit sacré&#8221; (VF Abel) à Seiya (pour la première fois dans l&#8217;épisode 38).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/sagittarius_chars.jpg" alt="" /><em>De gauche à droite : Aiolos &amp; Seiya portant l&#8217;armure du Sagittaire</em>.</p>
<p>Outre la protection du corps, l&#8217;armure du Sagittaire possède une arme : la flèche d&#8217;or (et l&#8217;arc). Cette possibilité offensive a notamment été décisive dans les 4 premiers films.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Aiolos" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/aiolos_meikai.jpg" alt="" /><em> La flèche d&#8217;or du Sagittaire.</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">La boîboîte et son contenu.</span></strong></p>
<div id="boksu" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/box_2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Les couleurs sont dans un ton marron. Les contours sont ornés de motifs décoratifs de type arabesque. L&#8217;avant laisse apparaître la figurine avec la tête de Seiya à travers une fenêtre rectangulaire. On voit en haut à droite la tête d&#8217;Aiolos (tête alternative) dans une fenêtre médaillon. L&#8217;arrière de la boîte reprend les visuels officiels de la figurine sur un fond bleu (ambiance &#8220;Cosmos&#8221;).<br />
Personnellement, je n&#8217;aime pas les couleurs de la boîte. Elles sont certes dans le ton de la couleur de la figurine mais je préfère le jaune pimpant de la figurine Myth Cloth : on pense alors que l&#8217;or a un aspect brillant.</p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><em>Boîtes du Medicos et de la MC à gauche.<br />
Contenu dans les coques thermoformées à droite.</em></div>
<p>Le volume de la boîte est vraiment optimisé : elle est compacte, les éléments y ont été placés pour limiter le vide. Le socle est placé en &#8220;wall position&#8221; derrière la figurine, et les ailes sont amovibles et placées sur le côté.</p>
<div id="wings" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/wings.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/wings.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/base.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/base.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Le montage.</span></strong></p>
<p>Une notice (en japonais évidemment) se trouve dans la boîte :</p>
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<p>Il faut d&#8217;abord placer la figurine sur le socle : le socle est circulaire de 15cm de diamètre et tout noir&#8230; du socle rudimentaire, mais on peut aisément le personnaliser en y apposant une feuille avec ce que l&#8217;on veut faire apparaître.<br />
La figurine sans les ailes me fait penser à Aiolia et l&#8217;armure d&#8217;or du Lion&#8230;  ajoutons donc les ailes :</p>
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<p>Enfin l&#8217;arc : il y a un clash entre l&#8217;aile droite et l&#8217;arc. Il faut limiter les frottements entre les 2 éléments lors du montage de l&#8217;arc dans la main gauche, sinon on peut abîmer la peinture. Je joue sur la flexibilité de l&#8217;arc dans la main et l&#8217;aile pour arriver à mes fins.</p>
<div id="m4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m4.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m4.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m5.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m5.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Comme précédemment expliqué, Aiolos et Seiya ont porté l&#8217;armure d&#8217;or du Sagittaire. Medicos nous permet de choisir en fournissant 2 têtes : celle d&#8217;Aiolos (visage aux yeux verts) et celle de Seiya (visage aux yeux marrons). Le changement de tête est extrêmement facile <a href="http://jintoobloog.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/review-fr-aozaki-touko-kara-no-kyoukai-alter/" target="_blank">contrairement à celui de Touko Aozaki</a> <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' />  L&#8217;assemblage de la tête sur le corps en armure n&#8217;est pas un ajustement serré.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m6.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/m6.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Je préfère de loin la tête de Seiya : je pense que je ne suis pas assez habitué à voir Aiolos car sa tête me paraît vraiment étrange. Je ne reconnais pas sa chevelure.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">La pose de la figurine.</span></strong></p>
<div id="p1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4895531746/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894937841/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Aiolos/Seiya se tient bien droit dans une attitude noble. Il est dans une position d&#8217;attente ou d&#8217;intimidation (puisqu&#8217;il a l&#8217;arc à la main gauche). La grande taille de la figurine est un avantage et donne un statut imposant au personnage.</p>
<p>L&#8217;expression de visage diffère d&#8217;une tête à l&#8217;autre. Elle est essentielle pour l&#8217;appréciation finale de la figurine : Aiolos esquisse un léger sourire alors que Seiya est très sérieux. L&#8217;attitude plus menaçante de Seiya me fait préférer le visage de ce dernier.</p>
<div id="p3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4895533960/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894939695/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p4.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>La main droite reste ouverte&#8230; sans rien. C&#8217;est un peu dommage : j&#8217;y aurais volontiers placé une flèche d&#8217;or. La main aurait pu également serrer le poing pour faire moins vide. Je prévois en tout cas de réaliser une petite flèche en papier/carton. Je mettrais à jour cette review avec des photos le cas échéant <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<div id="p5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/95963&amp;ref=user%3Ajintoo" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p5.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/95964&amp;ref=user%3Ajintoo" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/p6.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Détails / qualité.</span></strong></p>
<p>Je suis vraiment partagé car j&#8217;ai vu d&#8217;un côté des détails réjouissants et de l&#8217;autre côté, j&#8217;ai retrouvé le cheap de ce que fait habituellement Medicos (des figurines moches).<br />
Pour être plus exact, j&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression qu&#8217;on peut distinguer 2 travaux de qualité différente : un pour le corps et les visages et l&#8217;autre pour l&#8217;armure.</p>
<div id="d1" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Le corps non-recouvert par l&#8217;armure donne l&#8217;impression d&#8217;un souci du détail : je pense notamment à la chevelure où les mèches sont sculptées pour redétailler les cheveux. J&#8217;ai également repéré la sculpture de la pomme d&#8217;Adam sur le cou et les ongles sur les doigts o.O<br />
J&#8217;aime également la façon dont le biceps est à moitié recouvert par l&#8217;armure.</p>
<div id="d3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d4.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d4.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>A l&#8217;opposé de ça, l&#8217;armure est sculptée de façon simple (mais pas grossière). Elle est très fidèle à ce qui est vu dans l&#8217;anime. Or dans l&#8217;anime, les dessins ne sont pas détaillés pour faciliter l&#8217;animation. Les arabesques sont assez minimes. A titre de comparaison, la figurine de la gamme Myth Cloth a des décorations sur les parties latérales de la jupe et sur des ornements sur le diadème, ce qui n&#8217;est pas le cas du Medicos. Je le présente comme un défaut, mais je répète que l&#8217;ensemble est fidèle au chara-design anime.</p>
<div id="d5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d5.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d5.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d6.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d6.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>La peinture de l&#8217;armure est uniforme sauf rares exceptions (comme notamment de très légères variations au niveau des reliefs sur l&#8217;arc). Elle est toutefois complétée par des sortes de &#8220;panel lines&#8221; délimitant par exemple chaque plume des ailes.<br />
Vous noterez que la peinture utilisée est d&#8217;aspect mat contrairement aux Myth Cloth qui sont brillantes. Ça ne me dérange pas et je crois que même si on perd un côté plus luxueux de la surface réfléchissante, le Medicos prend moins de traces de doigts et est plus facile à nettoyer.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d7.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Sagittarius_Medicos/d7.th.jpg" alt="" /></a><em>Clash entre l&#8217;arc et l&#8217;aile gauche.</em></p>
<p><a title="Sagittarius Seiya - Close up by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4894961855/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4894961855_24b1f04975.jpg" alt="Sagittarius Seiya - Close up" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Mon avis.</span></strong></p>
<p>Voici un bref récapitulatif :<br />
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La taille de la figurine.<br />
La classe du Sagittaire et tout ce qu&#8217;il représente.<br />
Compacticité de la boîte.<br />
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peinture, sculpture ? manque de détail ?<br />
pas de flèche !!! T.T</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai pour habitude de faire confiance à certains fabricants (Alter, Max Factory), mais cette gamme des Super Figure Art Collection correspond à la gamme de luxe chez Medicos Entertainement et on pouvait donc s&#8217;attendre à une figurine correcte (heureusement vu le prix). Et pourtant, me convaincre n&#8217;était pas gagné car j&#8217;avais vu les nombreuses figurines de Medicos : <a href="http://philosophie.blogs.liberation.fr/noudelmann/2009/02/plus-bte-que-lu.html" target="_blank">plus moche, tu meurs !</a></p>
<p>Je pense que cette figurine est un peu boudée car les fans de Saint Seiya sont plus tournés vers la gamme Myth Cloth. C&#8217;est vrai qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y a pas la jouabilité et le plaisir de monter les parties de l&#8217;armure sur le personnage ou sur le porte-armure, mais le Medicos a les avantages de la figurine PVC par rapport à la figurine articulée (il n&#8217;y a pas d&#8217;horribles joints d&#8217;articulation).<br />
J&#8217;avais déjà possédé les figurines PVC de Megahouse et je préfère ce Medicos car il représente le héros avec la constellation la plus adulée des chapitres de Saint Seiya &#8220;oldies&#8221; (mon enfance).<br />
Je conseillerais donc aux fans de Saint Seiya de décrocher un peu des Myth Cloth pour s&#8217;ouvrir sur cette figurine <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Angel Beats! &#8211; 4 episodes [no spoil]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new anime season has begun this month with Angel Beats!, K-on!! (be careful: there are 2 Exclamation marks &#8217;cause it&#8217;s the 2nd season), Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Rainbow, Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Hakuouki, etc&#8230; Angel Beats! was one of the most expected because members of its staff had already worked on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1116&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>The new anime season has begun this month with <em>Angel Beats!, K-on!!</em> (be careful: there are 2 Exclamation marks &#8217;cause it&#8217;s the 2nd season), <em>Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Rainbow, Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Hakuouki</em>, etc&#8230;<br />
Angel Beats! was one of the most expected because members of its staff had already worked on famous series like <em>Clannad, True tears </em>or <em>Canaan</em>&#8230; no, I&#8217;m jokin&#8217; for <em>Canaan </em> <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  So I follow every week this serie. There were already 4 broadcasted episodes and I liked.</p>
<p><span style="color:#003399;">La nouvelle saison d&#8217;animes a débuté ce mois-ci avec <em>Angel Beats!, K-on!!</em> (attention, il y a 2 point d&#8217;exclamation car c&#8217;est la saison 2), <em>Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Rainbow, Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Hakuouki,</em> etc&#8230;<br />
Angel Beats! était l&#8217;un des plus attendus car le staff associé avait réalisé certaines séries avec un certain succès comme <em>Clannad, True tears </em>ou <em>Canaan</em>&#8230; non, j&#8217;déconne pour <em>Canaan </em> <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  Je suis donc de façon hebdomadaire cette série et pour l&#8217;instant, je ne suis pas déçu avec les 4 premiers épisodes déjà diffusés.</span></p>
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<p>Format: 24min x 13ep.<br />
Official website <span style="color:#003399;"><em>site officiel</em></span>: <a href="http://www.angelbeats.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.angelbeats.jp/ (JP)</a></p>
<p><strong>Synopsis</strong><br />
Otonashi-kun wakes up in a school where everyone is dead (the scientific proof for his death is given in the first episode <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> ). He joins the SSS and lives a more out-of-school than school after-life. Yurippe the president of this group explains the system of this world: if someone follows the regular school rules, he/she disappears. That&#8217;s why SSS members make life hard for the student council that leads an &#8220;angel&#8221;.</p>
<p><span style="color:#003399;">Otonashi-kun se réveille dans une école où tout le monde est mort (la preuve &#8220;scientifique&#8221; qu&#8217;il est bien mort est même donnée dans le 1er épisode <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> ). Il est enrolé dans la SSS pour mener une après-vie plus extra-scolaire que scolaire. Sa présidente Yurippe explique le fonctionnement de ce monde : si une personne se conforme aux règles scolaires, elle disparaît. C&#8217;est ainsi que les membres de la SSS mène la vie dure au conseil des élèves représentée par un &#8220;ange&#8221;.</span></p>
<p><strong>Opening &amp; ending themes.</strong><br />
The opening theme is &#8220;My soul, your beats!&#8221; sung by Lia and the ending one is &#8220;Brave song&#8221; sung by Aoi Tada.<br />
The OP has an introduction with piano and we can see in the meanwhile Tenchi playing the piano: she plays the real notes! The way she sways while she&#8217;s playing makes it a bit realistic. The general feeling that I have while hearing this is hope. There is a special OP for the 4th episode <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<span style="color:#003399;">Le générique de début est &#8220;My soul, your beats!&#8221; et celui de fin est &#8220;Brave song&#8221;. Ils sont respectivement chantés par Lia et par Aoi Tada.<br />
L&#8217;opening comporte une introduction au piano et on peut voir Tenchi jouer les véritables notes au clavier. La façon dont elle se balance rend les scènes plus fluides, réalistes.<br />
Mon sentiment personnel à l&#8217;écoute de la chanson est l&#8217;espoir ! Notez qu&#8217;il y a un OP spécial pour le 4ème épisode <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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<p>The song of the ED is sadder. Someway I am always sad at the end &#8217;cause I&#8217;ll have to wait for next week&#8230; no need to give more pain &gt;.&lt; The song is nice anyway. All the characters appear on a static picture.</p>
<p><span style="color:#003399;">L&#8217;ending est vraiment triste&#8230; on est probablement triste car l&#8217;épisode se termine et il faut attendre une semaine.</span><span style="color:#003399;"><br />
Tous les persos apparaissent sur une image figée.</span></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/ed.png" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>My point of view. <span style="color:#003399;"><em>Avis personnel.</em></span></strong></p>
<p>I can&#8217;t remember how many times I saw seikufus or school uniforms in an animes&#8230; I was bored at the beginning: I got the feeling to watch a remake of Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu. I became interested at the 3rd episode because personal stories of the characters are described.<br />
<span style="color:#003399;">Je ne compte plus le nombre de fois où je vois un seifuku ou un uniforme scolaire dans un anime&#8230; je me suis un peu ennuyé au début: j&#8217;avais l&#8217;impression de regarder un remake de Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu. J&#8217;ai en fait commencé à accrocher au 3ème épisode où on s&#8217;intéresse plus particulièrement aux personnages.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em><img class="alignnone" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/catch.png" alt="" /><br />
Submission hold (wrestling)<br />
<span style="color:#003399;">prise de soumission (catch)</span><br />
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<p>With funny and more serious scenes the story is revealed little by little&#8230; but I don&#8217;t think it will end properly in 13 episodes: I am already anticipating but I am sure there will be a 2nd season. At the end it seems to be the kind of anime that I like (for the moment) O.o<br />
<span style="color:#003399;">Sur des séquences humour et plus sérieuses, l&#8217;intrigue se dévoile peu à peu&#8230; mais je ne pense pas qu&#8217;on puisse finir correctement en 13 épisodes : j&#8217;anticipe déjà mais je pense qu&#8217;il y aura une saison 2. Au final, il semble que ce soit finalement mon genre de prédilection (pour le moment) o.O</span></p>
<p>As you can see on the following pics, there are several references.<br />
<span style="color:#003399;">Il y a plusieurs références que l&#8217;on reconnaît aisément:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/girl_who.png" alt="" /><em>the girl who leaps through the&#8230;</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/kon.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-922" title="K-on!!" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/kon.png" alt="" width="500" height="284" /></a><em>K-on!</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/terminator.png" alt="" /><em>Terminator.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/iBook.png" alt="" /><em>We&#8217;ve got iBooks, we&#8217;ve got money!</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/gendo.png" alt="" /><em>Gendo Ikari&#8217;s attitude</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/win.png" alt="" /><em> Does it display Blue Screens of Death?</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/anime/angel_beats/headphone.png" alt="" /><em>Casting for the next artbook headphone girls.</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the beginning of my collection (2007), I had  several blues. I told myself several times I would stop. Once I even told myself I would stop if I found 10 reasons to. I found 10 reasons but I was still collecting&#8230; I am really weak. This reasons were: 1 &#8211; the custom duties (in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the beginning of my collection (2007), I had  several blues. I told myself several times I would stop. Once I even told myself I would stop if I found 10 reasons to. I found 10 reasons but I was still collecting&#8230; I am really weak. This reasons were:</p>
<p>1 &#8211; <strong>the custom duties</strong> (in France)&#8230; it&#8217;s rather &#8220;classical&#8221;. It&#8217;s true we should pay the VAT (about 20%)  but the administration costs are too high. Besides, note that the custom officers have specific method to convert currencies and the value is sometimes much expensive than the real rate.  The final price can have+50%. What a shame.</p>
<p>2 &#8211; <strong>the exchange rate</strong>. The Global Financial Crisis completely devalued the  Euro. It makes the prices more expensive. Some other crisis (eg the Greek crisis in February 2010) do not help and I have always the feeling to be in a unfavorable context.</p>
<p>3 &#8211; The deliverymen and the local post <strong>do not take care about the parcels</strong>. That&#8217;s a kind of urban legend: do they play soccer with the parcels? Anyway, several times the deliveryman fold my parcel to make it enter in my maibox and the box of the figure was damaged. Baka baka baka !</p>
<p>4 &#8211; the differences between the prototype and <strong>the final version</strong>. Sometimes the painting or the sculpting are not like on the pictures of the prototypes&#8230; and they&#8217;re not better of course. Then it can be too late: either the parcel has already been sent, or the shop does not cancel orders. Examples:  Shiki Ryougi (Kimono) by GSC for the painting and Canaan by GSC.</p>
<p>5 &#8211; the disappointments with the <strong>second-hand buying</strong>. I bought once a toy that was dirty. I was really pissed off. The real problem is the sellers: some sellers do not describes the defects, some other increases the price or just disappear. They are just perverted collectors imo. Anyway I prefer to pay more and get a new item because of that.</p>
<p>6 &#8211; <strong>the quoted values</strong>. Prices increased for for rare figures (eg Konjiki no Yami and Alice by Alpha x Omega). That is sometimes scaring. As I am concerned I wait for good opportunities: maybe someone who is not focused on earning money? Well anyway I had so many other preorders to pay, and I was not worried with that. Someway that&#8217;s the game: one of the pleasures to collect is to see the PVC figures to have a higher price.</p>
<p>7 &#8211; <strong>the inflation of the release prices</strong>. The products are more and more expensive&#8230; I understand for some gorgeous PVC figures: the sculpt is sharper so it is harder to produce, etc&#8230; but there are some common toys that has the same content and they are more expensive. Example: Odin Seiya Myth Cloth costs 6,000yen while a Gold Saint costs 4,000yen.</p>
<p>8 &#8211; <strong>lost parcels</strong>. I never received some parcels. I thought about several reasons for that because one day someone gave me a parcel that he received in his maibox: the deliveryman gave it to the wrong person. Baka baka baka. Maybe some people just kept them instead of trying to give me them back <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>9 &#8211; <strong>no more money</strong>. Everybody needs money&#8230; and particularly Hikkikomoris. It has been proved in <em>NHK ni Youkoso!</em></p>
<p>10 &#8211; <strong>no more space</strong>. I know some people throw the boxes and I can&#8217;t : it is a part of the figure imo. So I have all my boxes in my room <span style="font-size:9px;">and my bro&#8217;s room</span> and we can&#8217;t call it a room anymore. The only way is for that was to sell but I am always buying more than I sell.</p>
<p>Lately the 8th reason became <strong>&#8220;stolen parcels&#8221;</strong>. The delivery manager brought an empty cardboard with my name and said it was found in a garbage. There are 4 stolen parcels for sure (Registered SAL) and maybe more for the SAL Small Packets. I am really outraged. I don&#8217;t know what I did to earn this. I have to write emails, to go at the postoffice, to go at the police station but I feel so blue. The stolen amount is really high and I do not know if I will get any reimbursment.<br />
This story is unfair and makes me wanna be NEET&#8230; oh gosh I am already.</p>
<p>My mailbox is not safe anymore. I do know how I can receive parcels right now (EMS is too expensive). Anyway I am not in the mood to collect. I don&#8217;t say I will stop: I will limit my orders and will sell. So stay alert.</p>
<p>I wish none of this 10 reasons would be yours but as I am concerned I guess I should go back to my basis: just watching animes, reading mangas and playing video-games.</p>
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		<title>Review EN: Asahina Mikuru Adult ver. (Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu) – Max Factory</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a review of Mikuru Asahina adult version by Max Factory. I didn&#8217;t see lots of her&#8217;s: foo-bar-baz&#8230; and that&#8217;s all General specifications. Name: Asahina Mikuru Adult Ver. (朝比奈みくる 大人Ver) Manufacturer: Max Factory (page of the figure). Distributor: Good Smile Company (page of the figure). Price: 7,429yen excluding taxes / 7,800yen including taxes. Release [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1081&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Here is a review of Mikuru Asahina adult version by Max Factory. I didn&#8217;t see lots of her&#8217;s: <a href="http://www.foobarbaz.jp/figure/review2009/f_max_mikuru_adult/" target="_blank">foo-bar-baz</a>&#8230; and that&#8217;s all <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">General specifications.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Name:</strong> Asahina Mikuru Adult Ver. (朝比奈みくる 大人Ver)<br />
<strong>Manufacturer:</strong> Max Factory (<a href="http://maxfactory.cms.drecom.jp/newproducts0905_02.html" target="_blank">page of the figure</a>).<br />
<strong>Distributor:</strong> Good Smile Company (<a href="http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2310/Mikuru+Asahina+Adult+Ver.html" target="_blank">page of the figure</a>).<br />
<strong>Price:</strong> 7,429yen excluding taxes / 7,800yen including taxes.<br />
<strong>Release date (Japan):</strong> June 2009<br />
<strong>Original:</strong> The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu)<br />
<strong>Scale</strong>: 1/8 &#8211; <strong>Height:</strong> 20 cm<br />
<strong>Type: </strong>PVC figure<br />
<strong>Sculptor:</strong> Chieri<br />
<strong>Box size:</strong> L14 cm x D12 cm x H26 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">About Mikuru Asahina.</span></strong></p>
<p>Mikuru is the most MOE member of the SOS Brigade in the anime <em>The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya</em>. She travels through the time but I won&#8217;t say anything more &#8217;cause it&#8217;s confidential, shh <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  She&#8217;s far from the image that I had of time travellers (Michael J. Fox or Christopher Lloyd from one of my fav SF movies).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Shhh" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/screenshot_ep10.jpg" alt="" /><em>&#8220;Shh, that&#8217;s a secret!</em>&#8220;</p>
<p>Mikuru is rather clumsy and looks like timid and that makes her even more adorable (as well as her natural advantages).<br />
This Mikuru from the future appears in the 10th episode of the 1st season. She is clumsy as well but she is more confident. It&#8217;s the first time Kyon meets her and he has doubts about her true identity, that is why she wants to prove she&#8217;s really Mikuru by showing the beauty spot she has on her left breast.<br />
The following review is about the PVC figure of &#8220;Mikuru Asahina&#8217;s temporal variation&#8221; as Yuki Nagato says.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The box and its content.</span></strong></p>
<p>The box is &#8220;small&#8221; \o/ that&#8217;s something good for me &#8217;cause the space is more and more limited in my room and the boxes of my BRS by GSC, Saber Lily by GSC and Fate T. Harlaown True Sonic form by Alter do not help <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
The colors are ok: there are parts of the pink H (H for Haruhi) on a white background. There are also some samples of cut official shoots. The box has classically windows to let us see the content. The pictures on the rear shows clearly the possibilities to mix the faces and the different positions for the arms.<br />
The cardboard is rather thin&#8230; in short, that&#8217;s a classical box at Max Factory.</p>
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<p>There is the round brilliant &#8220;Kadokawa Production&#8221; sticker (it can be a criterion to identify bootlegs but noone spotted any bootleg for this figure).<br />
Both thermoformed shells contain the figure with the &#8220;wink&#8221; face by default, the base, 1 right arm and 2 alternative faces.</p>
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There is an instruction papersheet that says that the shoulders have articulations:</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The figure.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>The base.</strong><br />
It&#8217;s just a light-green disk: I won&#8217;t give the RAL or the Pantone references but this colour reminded me the pistachio ice-cream&#8217;s one. At the beginning I thought it was ugly, but the light colour makes the base become a bit invisible in an environnement with light colours and that&#8217;s the case at my house. It is also possible to customise the base by laying a papersheet on the base after having cut holes for the shoes.</p>
<p><strong>The chara-design, the faces, the posing.</strong><br />
Mikuru from the future is dressed like a &#8220;working girl&#8221;: a shirt with a skirt. My boss is dressed with something like that but her skirt is longer. I prefer shorter&#8230; I prefer Mikuru&#8217;s one (L).<br />
She has sober pumps. It seems to me that she wears pantyhose because the colours of the legs is darker than the arm&#8217;s one.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_a.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_a.th.jpg" alt="" /></a>Mikuru stands up straight and her legs are crossed (that&#8217;s so feminine :p). There are 3 possible epxressions of the faces: by default there is the winking face&#8230; I really like winks: it shows a kind of special relationship (&#8220;Shh, that&#8217;s our secret&#8221;).<br />
One of the face has a smile while the other one looks angry (she frowns). This frowning face would shows that she is upset by the fact that Kyon does not recognize her.</p>
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<p>There are two possibilities for the right arm: the one has the up forefinger, the other one holds the shirt. I would have preferred the arm with the up forefinger to be made in order to let Mikuru say &#8220;Shh&#8221; with the forefinger on her lips =/ The way it is for the figure is not exactly the purpose.</p>
<p>Besides the arms are articulated: they can slightly rotate. The movement of the right arm is limited because the elbow trips over the hair. The left arm can rotate more&#8230; until she torn the shirt (I did not do it!). This mechanism is used to adjust the opening of the shirt.</p>
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<p>In comparison with a static PVC figure, this mechanism has some drawbacks: by removing the front hair block to change the face, the left lock can rub the left hand and rotating the left arm makes the fingers of the left hand rub the breast (it&#8217;s less seeable when the shirt is closed).</p>
<p><strong>The quality and the details.</strong></p>
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<p>About the shirt: the shirt on the body is made of a supple material. It&#8217;s a kind of plastic/rubber like Akatsuki Mishiro&#8217;s seifuku (Shuraki Trinity Box 1). There is no painting on it but it has been modelled to make the shape of some details like buttons or folds.<br />
Then the sleeves are made of classical painted PVC: the folds are well-sculpted but the paint is so simple (no real colour gradation). It&#8217;s the same for the skirt: nice folds on the front and on the rear but the painting looks like so simple. BUT nice thing: the buttocks are well-molded <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>There is the nail-polish&#8230; on the contrary to Touko <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
The bracelet is not molded in the wrist like Akiha Shishidou by GSC: it&#8217;s a ring that can move around the left arm. It&#8217;s nice but it can slightly rub (not as much as the mechanism that rotates the arms).</p>
<p>The hair is so-so: there is a slight colour gradation between the top of the head and the hair on the back. The locks of hair are not detailled but I must admit the original chara-design&#8217;s ones were like this.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_details.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_details.th.jpg" alt="" /></a>The joint of the front hair block is seeable, and for one of the face I did not succeed to completely push the hair block (but I did try a lot).</p>
<p>Let us come to the pretext to have made this figure: the beauty spot! We have it: it just a little black spot (what a surprise)&#8230; be careful people who do not watched the anime, IT IS NOT A DUST !!! Do no try to remove it <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Personal point of view.</span></strong></p>
<p>I would say there is a mix between a PVC figure and an articulated figure (more PVC figure of course). Max Factory has the experience in producing articulated figures (with its successful toyline figma). I felt this influence with the changing face system: other manufacturers would have made alternative heads.<br />
But that&#8217;s not the main interest of this figure, it&#8217;s just something curious in comparison to classical PVC figures.<br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="MIK..." src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_S1E10.ban1_480.jpg" alt="" />What&#8217;s interesting would rather be the character herself. Following the example of <a href="http://www.daikikougyou.com/yuki/yuki.html" target="_blank">Yuki Nagato as spaceship captain by Daiki Kougyou</a>, I like that kind of version because it is a variation of the character, but this version is not pure fan-service (outfits that wouldn&#8217;t have anything to do with the character) because she appeared like this in the anime even if it was during a very short moment. But I did not (yet) buy Yuki Nagato by Daiki because of the scale (1/6): it is too huge for me <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="...URU" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_S1E10.ban2_480.jpg" alt="" />The general quality is satisfying but the price is high: it&#8217;s probably because of the evolved articulated PVC system. In my opinion, this figure is not a must have because she has (I&#8217;ve got the feeling I am going to repeat myself regarding what I said in Touko&#8217;s review -.-) a so simple oufit.</p>
<p><strong>Additional pictures:</strong></p>
<p>Asahina-sensei for a lesson about NSFW contents on the left and Mikuru as Supergirl on the right <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Review FR : Asahina Mikuru Adult ver. (Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu) – Max Factory</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voici une review de Mikuru Asahina en version adulte par Max Factory. Je n&#8217;ai pas vu beaucoup de reviews d&#8217;elle : foo-bar-baz&#8230; et j&#8217;n'en ai pas trouvé d&#8217;autres Spécifications générales. Nom : Asahina Mikuru Adult Ver. (朝比奈みくる 大人Ver) Fabricant : Max Factory (page de la figurine). Distributeur : Good Smile Company (page de la figurine). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1072&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Voici une review de Mikuru Asahina en version adulte par Max Factory. Je n&#8217;ai pas vu beaucoup de reviews d&#8217;elle : <a href="http://www.foobarbaz.jp/figure/review2009/f_max_mikuru_adult/" target="_blank">foo-bar-baz</a>&#8230; et j&#8217;n'en ai pas trouvé d&#8217;autres <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Spécifications générales.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Nom :</strong> Asahina Mikuru Adult Ver. (朝比奈みくる 大人Ver)<br />
<strong>Fabricant :</strong> Max Factory (<a href="http://maxfactory.cms.drecom.jp/newproducts0905_02.html" target="_blank">page de la figurine</a>).<br />
<strong>Distributeur :</strong> Good Smile Company (<a href="http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2310/Mikuru+Asahina+Adult+Ver.html" target="_blank">page de la figurine</a>).<br />
<strong>Prix d&#8217;origine :</strong> 7429 yens HT / 7800 yens  TTC<br />
<strong>Date de sortie (Japon) :</strong> Juin 2009<br />
<strong>Œuvre d&#8217;origine :</strong> La mélancolie de Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu)<br />
<strong>Echelle </strong>: 1/8 &#8211; <strong>Taille :</strong> 20 cm<br />
<strong> Type : </strong>Figurine PVC<br />
<strong>Sculpteur :</strong> Chieri<br />
<strong>Dimensions de la boîte :</strong> L14 cm x P12 cm x H26 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">A propos de Mikuru Asahina.</span></strong></p>
<p>Mikuru est le membre le plus MOE de la brigade SOS dans l&#8217;anime <em>La mélancolie de Haruhi Suzumiya</em>. Elle voyage à travers le temps mais je n&#8217;en dirai pas plus car chut, c&#8217;est classé confidentiel <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  J&#8217;avoue quand même qu&#8217;on est bien loin de l&#8217;image de Michael J. Fox ou Christopher Lloyd dans un de de mes films SF préférés.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Shhh" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/screenshot_ep10.jpg" alt="" /><em>&#8220;Chut, c&#8217;est un secret !</em>&#8220;</p>
<p>Mikuru est assez maladroite et a un air assez apeurée, ce qui peut la rendre craquante (en plus de ses attributs naturels).<br />
Une Mikuru venant du futur apparaît dans l&#8217;épisode 10 de la saison 1. On lui retrouve la même maladresse mais elle est plus sûre d&#8217;elle. Kyon la rencontre pour la première fois et doute de son identité, c&#8217;est pourquoi elle veut le convaincre en lui montrant un grain de beauté sur son sein gauche.<br />
La figurine de la review suivante est à l&#8217;effigie de cette &#8220;variante temporelle de Mikuru Asahina&#8221; dixit Yuki Nagato.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">La boîte et son contenu.</span></strong></p>
<p>La boîte est &#8220;petite&#8221; \o/ fort heureusement parce que dernièrement, avec les boîtes de figurine comme BRS de GSC, Saber Lily de GSC ou Fate T. Harlaown en True Sonic form d&#8217;Alter, ma chambre a un nouveau visage puisque j&#8217;y garde mes boîtes.<br />
Ses couleurs sont bien choisies : des bouts de H roses (H pour Haruhi) sur un fond blanc. On retrouve des morceaux de la figurine détourée des shootings officiels. On a classiquement des ouvertures pour laisser apparaître le contenu. Les photos sur l&#8217;arrière mettent en évidence la modularité de la figurine.<br />
Le carton est plutôt fin&#8230; bref, du classique pour une boîte de chez Max Factory.</p>
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<p>On retrouve le petit sticker rond et brillant de &#8220;Kadokawa Production&#8221; (c&#8217;est un possible critère pour détecter des contrefaçons mais personne n&#8217;a vu de bootleg de cette figurine pour le moment).<br />
Les 2 coques thermoformées renferment la figurine avec le visage &#8220;clin d&#8217;œil&#8221; par défaut, le socle, 1 bras droit et 2 visages alternatifs.</p>
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Il y a également une petite notice qui précise que les bras sont articulés :</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">La figurine.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Le socle</strong>.<br />
C&#8217;est un disque de couleur vert clair : je ne donnerai pas de référence RAL ou Pantone mais c&#8217;est une couleur qui me rappelle celle de la glace à la pistache. J&#8217;ai trouvé la couleur moche au départ, mais la teinte claire rend le socle moins visible dans un environnement de couleurs claires, ce qui est le cas chez moi. Il est totalement possible d&#8217;habiller ce socle à sa convenance en posant simplement une feuille après avoir fait une petite découpe pour les picots de fixation des pieds de la figurine.</p>
<p><strong>Le chara-design, les visages, les poses.</strong><br />
Dans sa version du futur, Mikuru est habillée en &#8220;working girl&#8221; : un chemisier avec une jupe. Ma boss était habillée dans le même style sauf que sa jupe allait jusqu&#8217;au dessus de son genou. La jupe de Mikuru est plus courte (L).<br />
Elle porte aux pieds de petits escarpins. Il me semble qu&#8217;elle a également des collants car la couleur des jambes est différente de celle des bras.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_a.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_a.th.jpg" alt="" /></a>Mikuru se tient debout bien droite avec les jambes presque croisées (ça fait féminin :p). Il y a 3 expressions de visages possibles : il y a le visage par défaut avec le clin d&#8217;œil&#8230; les clins d&#8217;œil me font vraiment craquer : ça connote une certaine complicité (&#8220;chut, c&#8217;est notre secret&#8221;).<br />
On a un visage avec un sourire et un autre plus colérique où elle fronce les sourcils. Pour ce dernier visage, elle serait contrariée que Kyon ne la reconnaisse pas comme expliqué plus haut.</p>
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<p>Il y a 2 possibilités de bras droit : l&#8217;un a l&#8217;index levé, et l&#8217;autre attrape le pan de la chemise. J&#8217;aurais bien aimé que le premier bras soit réalisé de sorte à ce que Mikuru fasse le chut avec l&#8217;index devant sa bouche =/ La main est à la droite de sa tête : ce n&#8217;est pas tout à fait le même état d&#8217;esprit.</p>
<p>En plus de ces modifications, les bras sont articulés au niveau des épaules pour tourner légèrement. Le bras droit a une mobilité réduite car le coude bute sur les cheveux. Le bras gauche a plus de latitude : il est limité par le déchirement de la chemise (ok, j&#8217;ai pas forcé, hein). Ce système sert à régler l&#8217;ouverture de la chemise.</p>
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<p>Ce système évolué par rapport à une figurine PVC statique a ses inconvénients : en retirant le bloc cheveux frontal pour changer de visage, la mèche de gauche peut frotter sur la main gauche et à chaque mouvement de rotation des bras, les doigts peuvent frotter les seins. En ce qui concerne ma Mikuru, il y a des traces sur son sein gauche (ça se voit moins quand la chemise est fermée).</p>
<p><strong>Les finitions et les détails.</strong></p>
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<p>Je commence par le chemisier. Sur le corps, il est en matériau souple pour permettre l&#8217;ouverture : c&#8217;est une sorte de plastique/caoutchouc un peu comme le seifuku d&#8217;Akatsuki Mishiro (Shuraki Trinity Box 1). Pas de peinture mais il a été donné quelques forme à la matière pour faire apparaître des détails tels que les boutons et des plis.<br />
On retombe sur du PVC classique au niveau des manches : il y a de beaux plis mais la peinture est simple. Il en va de même pour la jupe : des plis à l&#8217;avant et à l&#8217;arrière, la forme des fesses a bien été moulée <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Le vernis à ongles est bien là&#8230; contrairement à Touko <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Le bracelet n&#8217;est pas moulé dans le bras comme pour Akiha Shishidou de GSC : c&#8217;est bien un anneau autour du bras gauche. C&#8217;est vraiment sympa mais ça peut frotter (mais c&#8217;est moins &#8220;dévastateur&#8221; que le système d&#8217;articulation des bras précédemment évoqué).</p>
<p>Les cheveux sont moyens : il y a un très léger changement de teinte entre les cheveux sur le crâne et ceux qui partent dans le dos. Les mèches sont moyennement détaillées mais il est vrai que le chara-design d&#8217;origine était également de ce type-là.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_details.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_adult_details.th.jpg" alt="" /></a>La connexion du bloc cheveux frontal est visible : pour un des visages, je n&#8217;arrive même pas à l&#8217;enfoncer jusqu&#8217;au bout pour un des visages, ce qui laisse une ptite &#8220;tranchée&#8221; sur le haut de la tête <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Venons-en enfin au prétexte de cette figurine&#8230; le grain de beauté ! Il est bien présent : c&#8217;est juste un petit point noir (oh surprise)&#8230; pour les noobs d&#8217;Haruhi, CE N&#8217;EST PAS UNE POUSSIÈRE !! N&#8217;essayez pas de le faire partir <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Avis personnel.</span></strong></p>
<p>Je dirais qu&#8217;il y a eu un mix entre figurine PVC et figurine articulée (plus de figurine PVC évidemment). Max Factory bénéficie de son savoir-faire en figurine articulée avec la gamme figma et j&#8217;ai senti l&#8217;influence de cela à travers le système de fixation de visages (d&#8217;autres éditeurs auraient fait des têtes alternatives).<br />
Ça n&#8217;est pas l&#8217;intérêt principal mais c&#8217;est une curiosité par rapport aux figurines PVC classiques.<br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="MIK..." src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_S1E10.ban1_480.jpg" alt="" />L&#8217;intérêt réside plutôt dans le personnage en soi. A l&#8217;instar de <a href="http://www.daikikougyou.com/yuki/yuki.html" target="_blank">Yuki Nagato en capitaine de vaisseau spatial par Daiki Kougyou</a>, j&#8217;aime l&#8217;adaptation car il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une variation du personnage, mais cette version n&#8217;est pas du pur fan-service (un costume qui sortirait d&#8217;on ne sait où) car elle est bien apparue dans l&#8217;anime même si c&#8217;était pendant un court instant. Je n&#8217;ai par contre pas (encore ?) acheté la figurine de Yuki Nagato par Daiki car l&#8217;échelle de 1/6 ne me convenait pas.<br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="...URU" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Asahina_Mikuru_Adult_MF/mikuru_S1E10.ban2_480.jpg" alt="" />La qualité générale est satisfaisante, mais je trouve le prix d&#8217;origine élevé : c&#8217;est probablement dû au &#8220;système modulaire&#8221;. Pour moi, cette figurine n&#8217;est pas un must have du fait qu&#8217;elle n&#8217;a pas (j&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression de me répéter par rapport à la review de Touko -.-) un chara-design d&#8217;origine évolué.</p>
<p><strong>Autres images :</strong></p>
<p>Asahina-sensei pour une leçon sur les contenus NSFW à gauche et Mikuru en Supergirl à droite <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>[Anime] The reverse watching chain.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The titel of this articles comes from some rememberings of my school courses (the reverse supply chain in logistics courses). Don&#8217;t be afraid of that, I just want to explain an easy concept.<br />
At the beginning of my toys/figures collection, I bought products following a &#8220;normal chain&#8221;:<br />
I watch an anime -&gt; I like the anime -&gt; I have a favorite character from this anime -&gt; I buy a figure of this character.<br />
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J&#8217;ai choisis ce titre en me rappelant de quelques souvenirs de cours de logistique (la reverse supply chain). N&#8217;en soyez pas effrayés, le concept qui se cache derrière est vraiment simple.<br />
Au début de ma collection de figurines et de jouets, j&#8217;achetais les proders suivant une certaine logique :<br />
Je regarde un anime -&gt; j&#8217;aime l&#8217;anime -&gt; j&#8217;ai des personnages préférés dans cet anime -&gt; j&#8217;achète une figurine de ce personnage.</em></span></p>
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<p>Lately I didn&#8217;t know which anime to watch&#8230; and I was guided by some crushes on PVC figures: Canaan by GSC made me watch <strong><em>Canaan</em></strong>, Akiha Shishidou by GSC made me watch <strong><em>Sora Kake Girl</em></strong>, the prototype of Mikoto Misaka made me watch <strong><em>Toaru Majutsu no Index</em></strong> and <strong><em>Toaru Kagaku no Railgun</em></strong> (21 episodes to be more exact), and the one of Senjougahara-sama made me begin <strong><em>Bakemonogatari</em></strong>.<br />
It&#8217;s half-scaring and half-understandable. Someway I would say that my interest for the Japanese culture &#8220;evolved&#8221; <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' />  What about you? :p</p>
<div><span style="color:#000080;"><em>Dernièrement, je ne savais pas quel anime regarder. J&#8217;ai au final fait des choix en prenant en compte des coups de cœur pour des figurines: Canaan de GSC m&#8217;a fait regarder <strong>Canaan</strong>, Akiha Shishidou de GSC m&#8217;a engrainé à <strong>Sora Kake Girl</strong>, le prototype de Mikoto Misaka par GSC au dernier Wonderfest m&#8217;a décidé à visionner <strong>Toaru Majutsu no Index</strong> ainsi que <strong>Toaru Kagaku no Railgun</strong> (21 épisodes en fait), et j&#8217;ai commencé <strong>Bakemonogatari </strong>à cause/grâce au proto de Senjougahara-sama.<br />
Vous trouvez ça effrayant ? D&#8217;un point de vue personnel, je le considère comme une évolution par rapport à mon hobby pour l&#8217;univers de la japanimation. Qu&#8217;en est-il de vous ? <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>Papercraft: school bag (Sora Kake Girl)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this new category, I did a LVL noob papercraft: the school bag in the anime Sora Kake Girl. I had the idea to design it by seeing the Figma / Nendoroid Bag on Tsukiboard. source blog figma. Besides I watched lately the anime so I knew there was this bag I designed it for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1045&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>For this new category, I did a LVL noob papercraft: the school bag in the anime Sora Kake Girl. I had the idea to design it by seeing <a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/40946" target="_blank">the Figma / Nendoroid Bag on Tsukiboard</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="School Bag (Sora Kake Girl)" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/nanoha.jpg" alt="" />source <a href="http://ameblo.jp/figma/entry-10440309153.html" target="_blank">blog figma</a>.</p>
<p>Besides I watched lately the anime so I knew there was this bag <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  I designed it for <a href="http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2351/Akiha+Shishido.html" target="_blank">the 1/8 scaled Akiha Shishidou by GSC</a>, but feel free to be inspired to do whatever you want.<br />
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I had to find several relevant screenshots to do it: I had to define a proper size and to know what to draw <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/screenshots.png" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/screenshots.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>I made 2 versions: the full one and an economical one. Here are the links to download them:<br />
<a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/Papercraft%20-%20School%20bag%20(Sora%20Kake%20Girl).pdf" target="_blank">Download the full version.</a><br />
<a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/Papercraft%20-%20School%20bag%20(Sora%20Kake%20Girl)%20-%20eco.pdf" target="_blank">Download the light version.</a><br />
The full version has also the verso side of the straps&#8230;<br />
The economical version just needs a half-page (you could print it twice if you feel you will fail). For the economical version, I also wanted to cut the bottom but it is necessary for the pantsu shots otherwise it would be opened and the inside is not so beautiful <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>A rather thick paper is usually required for papercrafts but for this one I used the one that was in my printer: classical paper at work office (or at school).</p>
<p>After having used classical scissors, you will get this:</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_1.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_1.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Then, cut the areas that I circled in red:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/cut.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>You could use box cutter: I did it for my tests. But a utility knife for handcrafts and model making is much better. I forgot I had one &gt;.&lt;<br />
After having fold and assembled both parts, you should get something like this:</p>
<div id="assembling" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_3.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>First close the left strap loop (the strap that will come on the left shoulder). Close the whole school bag but not the right strap.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_4.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_4.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Slip on the left strap around the left arm. Place the bag under the ponytail.<br />
Try to make go the end of the right strap between the hair and right shoulder&#8230; it is not easy. I used once <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tweezers.jpg" target="_blank">tweezers</a> to grab the end of the strap (for the test).</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/45818" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/papercraft_5.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Close the right strap loop. Adjust both straps and the bag and it should be ok.<br />
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Be careful during handling the figure!</span></strong> I remind you the figure has a one foot stance: I still fear it bends too much and breaks <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_mad.gif' alt=':x' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/45819" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/view_1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a title="Papercraft School bag (Sora Kake Girl) by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4351410638/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4351410638_fde9eb21bb_m.jpg" alt="Papercraft School bag (Sora Kake Girl)" width="240" height="180" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/pantsu.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/papercraft/1%20-%20school%20bag%20-%20sora%20kake%20girl/pantsu.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></p>
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<p>I also thought of Yuno (ferret) who&#8217;s going out of the bag. I would have liked to do something similar with <a href="http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/2352/Nendoroid+Imoko+Shishido+Maidroid+Ver.html" target="_blank">the nendoroid of <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">fried potato</span> Imochan</a>. But I did not receive it yet (I ordered it with a lucky restock at Hobby Search).</p>
<p><strong>TIPS</strong><br />
The papercraft can be assembled without any glue. Nonetheless the corners are not sticked and they sometimes tend to make the bag open. I guess using glue would be cleaner (in that case, you couldn&#8217;t have to use the square for assembling (you can cut them).<br />
I would recommand the economical version (I used it for mine) &#8217;cause I am afraid of the paint of verso side mark the white cloth of Akiha.<br />
I drew the handle on the top face but it would be possible to create one. I choosed no to do it because the  bag is so small: tiny fingers would have been necessary to assemble it.</p>
<p><a title="Akiha Shishidou GSC by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4351410718/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4351410718_ddc2d2e7c0.jpg" alt="Akiha Shishidou GSC" width="375" height="500" /></a>Well, I must admit I&#8217;ve never seen someone so glad to go to school&#8230; unless she&#8217;s leaving school?</p>
<p>It is not much but I guess this is a nice accessory for the PVC figure <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Extra pictures while designing it:</p>
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		<title>Review EN: Aozaki Touko (Kara no Kyoukai) – Alter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touko is so smart, that she makes me wanna smoke like her&#8230; then should I sue Type-Moon, Kodansha and Ufotable if I got a lung cancer? General specifications. Name: Aozaki Touko (蒼崎橙子) Manufacturer: Alter (page of the figure). Official price: 6,800yen excluding taxes / 7,140yen including taxes. RRP in Europe: 70~80 euros Release date (Japan): [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1018&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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Touko is so smart, that she makes me wanna smoke like her&#8230; then should I sue Type-Moon, Kodansha and Ufotable if I got a lung cancer? <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">General specifications.</span></strong><br />
<strong>Name:</strong> Aozaki Touko (蒼崎橙子)<br />
<strong>Manufacturer:</strong> Alter (<a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/06_3/index.html" target="_blank">page of the figure</a>).<br />
<strong>Official price:</strong> 6,800yen excluding taxes / 7,140yen including taxes.<br />
<strong>RRP in Europe:</strong> 70~80 euros<br />
<strong>Release date (Japan):</strong> July 2009<br />
<strong>Original:</strong> Kara no Kyoukai ~ the sinners of Garden (<a href="http://www.karanokyoukai.com/" target="_blank">official site</a>).<br />
<strong>Scale:</strong> 1/8 &#8211; <strong>Height:</strong> 15 cm<br />
<strong>Type:</strong> PVC figure.<br />
<strong>Sculptors:</strong> Tsuyoshi Takahashi (Ichigo no Eiga Ippai no Sake) &amp; Toshiaki Numakura<br />
<strong>Box size:</strong> 26.0 x 22.0 x 16.0 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">About Touko Aozaki.</span></strong><br />
Touko appears in Kara no Kyoukai. KnK is a novel serie that has been adapted into animated movies (I expressed my thoughts about KnK <a href="http://jintoobloog.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/kara-no-kyoukai-the-garden-of-sinners/" target="_blank">in a previous blog post</a>). This figure has the chara-design from the movies. In fact the original Touko from the novel is different: she has blue short hair while the movie version has red long hair.</p>
<div id="chara" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/siori3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/novel_aozaki.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/dvd4_aozaki.jpg" border="1" alt="" /><br />
On the left: Aozaki Touko from the novel (source http://www.typemoon.org/kara/index.html)<em><br />
On the right: cover of the 4th movie DVD Garan no dou.</em></div>
<p>I will just add that we could consider that Touko has a kind of double personality. She says in the 4th movie &#8220;I may look like a different person tomorrow&#8221; but you definitely should watch the movies to fully understand it. Both personalities are easy to distinguish: just check whether Touko has glasses on her nose or not.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/dvd4b_aozaki.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The box and the content.</span></strong><br />
<strong>The box.</strong></p>
<div id="boksu" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>The box has a black background. There are some red/orange textures that remind me the colors in the building of the 5th movie (Paradox Spiral). The box has 1 front window and another one on the top side. The result is really sober.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box3.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box3.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>There is no Kodansha sticker on my box but there is AAA Anime&#8217;s one (American retailer group) on the bottom side. There is also a &#8220;sales <strong>outside</strong> Japan only&#8221; sticker that striked me <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' />  I will deal with it later.</p>
<p><strong>The content.</strong><br />
<a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_content.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_content.th.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
The content is made of the figure with 2 different heads, a chair, a base (12cm x 15.5cm), and a cigarette. What&#8217;s most important on the instruction papersheet is the explanation about how to unmount the head&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/notice.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/notice.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Both heads express different feelings&#8230; and of course they show both attitudes of Touko:<br />
Toshiaki Numakura has sculpted the head with the glasses. He has also produced <a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/02_2/index.html" target="_blank">Yomako Sensei (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) by Alter</a> and we can easily recognize his style with the glasses :p</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Toshiaki Numakura" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/sculpt_toshiaki.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Tsuyoshi Takahashi worked on the serious face: eyes are less big. The sculpting is &#8220;thiner&#8221;. He has also worked on <a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/10_3/index.html" target="_blank">Kakouen Myousai (Ikki Tousen) by Alter</a>.<br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="Tsuyoshi Takahashi" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/sculpt_tsuyoshi.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>I also wanted to show this duality in my few pictures, that is why I used 1 different background for each face.<br />
By the way I would like to give you a method to switch the face: in fact, the ponytail of the serious face touches the collar of the shirt. When placing/removing the serious head on the body, I woud recommand you to use a little plastic paper: just put it between the ponytail and the shirt. I would say that manipulating Touko&#8217;s red ponytail and her body with the white shirt, it is like eating pasta with Bolognese sauce with a white shirt&#8230; there is a high probability for the shirt to be dirtied at the end <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">The figure.</span></strong><br />
<strong>The base and the swivel chair.</strong><br />
The black plate is dispensable&#8230; if the figure with the chair is placed on a flat surface.<br />
Despite that I like it &lt;3 It&#8217;s possible to realize what&#8217;s the required area to display Touko.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_socle.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_socle.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>The titel <em>Kara no Kyoukai: 空の境界 The Garden of Sinners.</em> is written on it. In fact the plate has a granular surface (matt color) while the titel looks like polished (a glossy look).</p>
<p>On the contrary, the chair is essential to display the figure&#8230; unless you&#8217;re going to create a DIY-chair or something else instead.<br />
I also read in <a href="http://www.cyandora.net/" target="_blank">rowyn&#8217;s</a> review that there were a real version of the swivel chair <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' />  It&#8217;s <a href="http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Eames-Aluminum-Group-Chairs" target="_blank"><em>the Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair</em> by Herman Miller</a> (available on Amazon for 1700$).</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/40144" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/hlj_ikea.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong>The pose.</strong><br />
Touko sits on her chair and hold a cigarette in her right hand. She makes herself comfortable on the armrests. We can feel tension in her look and more particularly for the serious face.</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/41816" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/general1.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Aozaki Touko by Alter by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4307106623/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4307106623_b68045c587.jpg" alt="Aozaki Touko by Alter" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>The head that Toshiaki Numakura sculpted (face with glasses) expresses something sweet. The rounded sculpture gives to her a kind of good nature. By looking at her smile, I imagine Touko is talking to Mikiya and is making fun of his naivety.</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/41817" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/focus2.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>The head made by Tsuyoshi Takahashi has &#8220;sharper&#8221; lines: it gives to her a more serious mood. The eyes are smaller and her look is more attentive. Her ponytail is also contrasting with the one made by Toshiaki Numakura: the hair is rippling while the previous one was shapeless. The mouth is not smiling: Touko could be breathing out smoke or speaking.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Aozaki Touko by Alter by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4307106159/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4307106159_f0ca89aedc.jpg" alt="Aozaki Touko by Alter" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Touko&#8217;s body is balanced with the left leg forwards and the right one backwards. This position directs her body on the right and that becomes coherent with the heads insofar as the eyes are looking at the right.</p>
<p><strong>Quality / details</strong>.<br />
Alter globally did a satisfying work despite some criticizable points.<br />
Let us start with the positive points. There are a lot of details that were taken care of: the watch at her left wrist (you can read what time it is: 10:10 which is the usual time to display watches), the shoes whose fasten system has been sculpted, and the cigarette of course. The earrings and the necklace have not been forgotten.</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/image/jintoo1264532787.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/details.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>I also liked the assymetry for the shoes (they are kitten heel slingbacks to be more precise): the sole is close to Touko&#8217;s heel for the left foot while the right shoe is falling under gravity, so the foot and the slingback are completely seperated.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_shoe.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Bolts for the assembly of the chair have been sculpted too <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_chair.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>For this simple clothes (a shirt and trousers), several folds appear: that proves the sculptor tried to do something detailled. The assembly-joints of the shirt (connecting the arms and the body) are &#8220;hidden&#8221; in the seams (it is a classical trick).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m coming now to the negative side:<br />
Despite a nice sculpting, trousers have no strong colour gradations&#8230; well I am a bit harsh &#8217;cause it&#8217;s hard to modify black, but I feel unsatisfied about that. I don&#8217;t know exactly how it could be better but it&#8217;s just my feeling.<br />
Otherwise the rear panel of the trousers on the left leg is flat. It is not so seeable since it is on the rear but I would have liked understood why it is this way (maybe it was to facilitate the removing from the mould?).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Kara no Kyoukai movie: Aozaki Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/Film1_Aozaki.png" alt="" /><em>Kara no Kyoukai movie: Aozaki Touko</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">The nail polish is too pale.</span> There is no nail polish ! &gt;.&lt; On the picture above, you can see that the nail polish has near the same color as the earrings.<br />
The position of the glasses on the head is not well-adjusted for my figure. In fact the glasses stand on the end of the nose and it is not the case for the official pictures of the prototype and some pics of reviews. I guess it is due to the hazards during the production.<br />
Nonetheless I ask myself several questions: is there any selection? Are the best pieces selected for the Japanese market? In fact my box was resealed: it had 2 adhesive tapes (one were cut). Did a quality control define my figure not good enough? I am just imagining stuff but the sticker &#8220;sales <strong>outside</strong> Japan only&#8221; makes me think so <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_side.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_side.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">To conclude&#8230;</span></strong><br />
For this price, getting Touko is pure fanboyism: not seeable pantsu, no elaborate chara-design (only a shirt and trousers). She is bought because she is Touko&#8230; 2 Touko in fact <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Touko looks like a common woman but she is smart as a glamorous model for me <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  Despite the simple design of her clothes, Touko expresses strong feelings with both faces. Maybe I would prefer the serious face because I feel she immediately set a heavy atmosphere. But I like both anyway ^^ I complained in few lines above the glasses was not correctly sticked: it&#8217;s regretful but someway it gives to her a more friendly expression =)</p>
<p>Like some other people, this figure made me think of the figure of fantasy for the secretary aka Mirei-san (Shunya Yamashita) by Kotobukiya&#8230; of course beause of the chair, but it is definitely the only thing they have in common. They express different feelings: Mirei inspires sensuality while Touko is more serious.</p>
<p>As I am concerned, I bought Touko at the end of 2009 because I was interested in Kara no Kyoukai (she was a character that I liked) on the one hand. On the other hand, I had a kind of crush on mature women (at that time I also bought <a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/figure/6027_asahina_mikuru" target="_blank">Mikuru (Adult) by Max Factory</a>. I hope you won&#8217;t have this kind of buying mood for the sake of your purse <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
I will end by saying that the sticker that should have been on the box is &#8220;Sales fanboys &amp; fangirls only&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Review FR : Aozaki Touko (Kara no Kyoukai) – Alter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touko a tellement la classe que je pourrais me mettre à fumer pour faire comme elle&#8230; et ensuite, j&#8217;attaquerais Type-Moon, Kodansha et Ufotable pour mon cancer du poumon Spécifications générales Nom : Aozaki Touko (蒼崎橙子) Fabricant : Alter (page de la figurine). Prix d&#8217;origine : 6800 yens HT / 7140 yens TTC Prix de vente [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jintoobloog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4516192&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=jintoobloog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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Touko a tellement la classe que je pourrais me mettre à fumer pour faire comme elle&#8230; et ensuite, j&#8217;attaquerais Type-Moon, Kodansha et Ufotable pour mon cancer du poumon <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Spécifications générales</span></strong><br />
<strong>Nom :</strong> Aozaki Touko (蒼崎橙子)<br />
<strong>Fabricant :</strong> Alter (<a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/06_3/index.html" target="_blank">page de la figurine</a>).<br />
<strong>Prix d&#8217;origine :</strong> 6800 yens HT / 7140 yens  TTC<br />
<strong>Prix de vente conseillé en France TTC :</strong> 70~80 euros<br />
<strong>Date de sortie (Japon) :</strong> Juillet 2009<br />
<strong>Œuvre d&#8217;origine :</strong> Kara no Kyoukai ~ the sinners of Garden (<a href="http://www.karanokyoukai.com/" target="_blank">site officiel</a>).<br />
<strong>Echelle :</strong> 1/8 &#8211; <strong>Taille :</strong> 15 cm<br />
<strong>Type :</strong> Figurine PVC<br />
<strong>Sculpteurs :</strong> Tsuyoshi Takahashi (Ichigo no Eiga Ippai no Sake) &amp; Toshiaki Numakura<br />
<strong>Dimensions de la boîte :</strong> 26.0 x 22.0 x 16.0 cm</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">A propos de Touko Aozaki.</span></strong><br />
Le personnage de Touko apparaît dans Kara no Kyoukai, une série de romans qui a par la suite été adaptée en film d&#8217;animation (j&#8217;ai fait part de mes impressions sur les films <a href="http://jintoobloog.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/kara-no-kyoukai-the-garden-of-sinners/" target="_blank">dans un précédent billet</a>). La présente figurine reprend le chara-design issu des films. En effet, Touko a originellement les cheveux de couleur bleue alors qu&#8217;elle apparaît avec des cheveux &#8220;rouges&#8221; (entre guillemets car je simplifie, la couleur est carmin : <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmin" target="_blank">voir nuances de rouges</a>).</p>
<div id="chara" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/siori3.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/novel_aozaki.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/dvd4_aozaki.jpg" border="1" alt="" /><br />
A gauche : Aozaki Touko du novel (source http://www.typemoon.org/kara/index.html)<em><br />
A droite : couverture du DVD du film 4 Garan no dou.</em></div>
<p>Je terminerai cette présentation du personnage en précisant que Touko a une sorte de double personnalité : Touko dans le film 4 &#8220;il se peut que j&#8217;ai l&#8217;air d&#8217;être une personne différente demain&#8221;. La distinction des deux attitudes se fait aisément : il faut simplement repérer si Touko porte ses lunettes ou non.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/dvd4b_aozaki.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Le packaging et le contenu.</span></strong><br />
<strong>La boîte.</strong></p>
<div id="boksu" style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box1.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box1.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box2.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box2.th.jpg" border="1" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>Avec un fond noir, la boîte est vraiment sobre. Il y a des motifs rouge/orangé qui me font penser à la couleur à l&#8217;intérieur du building du film 5. La boîte comporte 1 fenêtre frontale, et 1 autre sur la face supérieure.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box3.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_box3.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Il n&#8217;y a pas d&#8217;autocollant Kodansha sur ma boîte, mais il y a celui de AAA Anime (distributeur américain) sur la face inférieure. Il y a également un sticker &#8220;sales <strong>outside</strong> Japan only&#8221; qui m&#8217;a choqué. J&#8217;en reparlerai par la suite.</p>
<p><strong>Le contenu.</strong><br />
<a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_content.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_content.th.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
On retrouve dans la boîte la figurine avec 2 têtes (la tête avec des lunettes par défaut), un fauteuil, une base (12cm x 15.5cm), et une cigarette.<br />
Une petite notice spécifie également comment retirer la tête, et que le fauteuil a des éléments mobiles (les roues entre autre).</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/notice.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/notice.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Les 2 têtes sont vraiment différentes, tout comme les 2 attitudes de Touko :<br />
Toshiaki Numakura a sculpté la tête avec les lunettes. Il a également réalisé <a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/02_2/index.html" target="_blank">Yomako Sensei (Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann) par Alter</a> et on reconnaît aisément le style similaire avec les lunettes :p</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Toshiaki Numakura" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/sculpt_toshiaki.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Tsuyoshi Takahashi s&#8217;est occupé du visage sérieux: les yeux sont moins larges que ceux de la version lunettes. La sculpture est plus &#8220;fine&#8221;. Il a également travaillé <a href="http://www.alter-web.jp/figure/09/10_3/index.html" target="_blank">Kakouen Myousai (Ikki Tousen) d&#8217;Alter</a>.<br />
<img class="aligncenter" title="Tsuyoshi Takahashi" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/sculpt_tsuyoshi.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>De fait, j&#8217;ai voulu reprendre cette dualité pour les photos prises en choisissant des fonds différents pour un visage et l&#8217;autre.<br />
Concernant le changement de tête, il faut être méticuleux sur le montage/démontage. En effet, la queue de cheval du visage sérieux est en contact avec le chemisier lors du montage final. Pour éviter que les 2 frottent, je recommande de placer un petit film plastique entre les deux pendant l&#8217;opération. J&#8217;estime que frotter la queue de cheval contre la chemise  blanche de Touko, c&#8217;est comme manger des spaghettis à la sauce bolognaise avec une chemise blanche : il y a une grande probabilité de dégât sur la chemise <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">La figurine.</span></strong><br />
<strong>Le socle et le fauteuil.</strong><br />
La petite plaque noire est complètement dispensable pour peu que la figurine avec son fauteuil soit posée sur une surface réputée plane.<br />
Je l&#8217;aime bien malgré cela. Il permet de se rendre compte de la surface nécessaire pour la figurine.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_socle.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_socle.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>On retrouve l&#8217;inscription du titre de Kara no Kyoukai : 空の境界 The Garden of Sinners. La surface a un aspect granuleux (teinte mate) alors que l&#8217;inscription est comme polie (surface plus réfléchissante).</p>
<p>Par contre le fauteuil est indispensable&#8230; à moins que vous ne trouviez un autre accessoire pour le remplacer. J&#8217;ai pu lire dans la review de <a href="http://www.cyandora.net/" target="_blank">rowyn</a> que ce fauteuil existait réellement. Il s&#8217;agit du <a href="http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Eames-Aluminum-Group-Chairs" target="_blank"><em>Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair</em> de Herman Miller</a> (dispo sur Amazon pour 1700$).</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/40144" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/hlj_ikea.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong>La pose.</strong><br />
Touko est assise sur son fauteuil en tenant dans sa main droite une cigarette. Elle prend ses aises en étant presque avachie, elle est notamment posée sur les 2 accoudoirs disponibles, mais son regard est très intense (c&#8217;est vrai pour les 2 visages).</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/41816" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/general1.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Aozaki Touko by Alter by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4307106623/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4307106623_b68045c587.jpg" alt="Aozaki Touko by Alter" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>Le visage sculpté par Toshiaki Numakura (avec les lunettes) exprime quelque chose de plus doux. Une certaine bonhomie conférée par la sculpture arrondie. En regardant son sourire, je me mets à imaginer une possible scène où Touko se moque un peu de la naïveté de Mikiya.</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/41817" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/focus2.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Celui sculpté par Tsuyoshi Takahashi a des traits plus &#8220;saillants&#8221;: cela donne un air plus sérieux. Les yeux sont moins larges, elle a un regard plus concentré. On note également un grand contraste au niveau de la queue de cheval qui est sculptée avec des mèches ondulantes alors que la queue de cheval sans lunette est plus &#8220;grossière&#8221;.<br />
Pas de sourire sur la bouche: elle est ouverte comme si Touko expirait de la fumée, ou comme si elle discutait.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Aozaki Touko by Alter by yuki55, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki55/4307106159/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4307106159_f0ca89aedc.jpg" alt="Aozaki Touko by Alter" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p>Touko s&#8217;équilibre sur le fauteuil en plaçant une jambe droite à l&#8217;avant et la jambe gauche vers l&#8217;arrière. Cette configuration des jambes oriente naturellement son corps vers sa droite et c&#8217;est bien la direction dans laquelle son regard va.</p>
<p><strong>Qualité / détails</strong>.<br />
Globalement, Alter a fait un travail satisfaisant sur la réalisation malgré quelques points critiquables.<br />
Commençons par ce que j&#8217;ai apprécié: une attention particulière a été apportée à de nombreux petits détails tels que la montre au poignet gauche où l&#8217;on peut lire l&#8217;heure (il est 10h10, l&#8217;heure usuelle à laquelle les montres sont arrêtés pour la présentation), les chaussures dont la boucle sur la petite lanière a été sculptée, et la cigarette bien évidemment. Les boucles d&#8217;oreille et le collier n&#8217;ont pas été oubliés.</p>
<p><a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/image/jintoo1264532787.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/details.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>J&#8217;ai bien aimé la dissymétrie pour <a href="http://www.chaussurespaul.com/glossaire_dico.php" target="_blank">les espèces de découpés</a>. En effet, au niveau du pied gauche, la semelle est proche du talon alors qu&#8217;elle est tombante au niveau du pied droit, il y a ainsi 2 parties distinctes: une pour le pied et une pour la semelle de la chaussure.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_shoe.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>On a même des boulons de fixation du fauteuil qui ont été sculptés :</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" title="Serious Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_chair.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>Sur une tenue des plus simples, le souci de qualité est bien là dans la mesure où le chemisier et le pantalon comportent de nombreux plis. Les coutures du chemisier correspondent aux joints d&#8217;assemblage des bras (astuce classique).</p>
<p>J&#8217;en viens maintenant aux détails qui m&#8217;ont déplu :<br />
En terme de couleur, il n&#8217;y a pas de grand contraste pour le pantalon malgré la bonne sculpture. Le pan du pantalon au niveau de la jambe gauche à un plat sur le derrière&#8230; ça ne se voit pas trop puisque c&#8217;est l&#8217;arrière du pantalon mais j&#8217;aurais voulu comprendre pourquoi c&#8217;était comme ça (je pense qu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une facilité de démoulage au niveau de la fabrication).</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Kara no Kyoukai movie : Aozaki Touko" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/Film1_Aozaki.png" alt="" /><em>Kara no Kyoukai movie : Aozaki Touko</em></p>
<p>Le vernis à ongle est trop pâle, voire inexistant alors que comme sur l&#8217;image ci-dessus, il est de la même couleur que les boucles d&#8217;oreille.<br />
Enfin, les lunettes sont mal ajustées sur ma figurine. Touko les porte sur le bout du nez alors qu&#8217;elles sont bien mises d&#8217;après les images de l&#8217;éditeur. Après avoir vu quelques reviews, je me suis rendu compte que ça n&#8217;était pas toujours le cas. J&#8217;en déduis donc que cela est dû à des aléas de production.<br />
Toutefois, je me pose des questions : y a-t-il une sélection des pièces ? Y a-t-il un tri qui pourrait destiner les meilleures pièces au marché japonais ? En effet, ma boîte avait été reconditionnée : il y avait 2 bandes de scotch sur la boîte, avec une bande coupée et une autre qui rescelle le contenu. Un éventuel contrôle qualité, aurait-il défini ma figurine comme moins bonne ? Le sticker &#8220;sales <strong>outside</strong> Japan only&#8221; a bien évidemment contribué à cela.</p>
<p><a href="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_side.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://jintoo.free.fr/collections/reviews/Aozaki_Touko_Alter/aozaki_side.th.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:17px;">Pour conclure&#8230;</span></strong><br />
Pour ce prix là, acquérir Touko est vraiment du fanboyisme: pas de pantsu, pas de design élaboré (simple chemisier avec un pantalon). On l&#8217;achète parce que c&#8217;est Touko&#8230; 2 Touko (2 visages) qui plus est.<br />
Touko semble être MME tout_le_monde, mais elle a vraiment l&#8217;élégance d&#8217;un mannequin glamour. Malgré le design des vêtements simple, Touko inspire 2 sentiments forts selon le visage&#8230; personnellement, je trouve que le visage sérieux dégage une aura plus pesante par son regard plus intense. De fait, j&#8217;aurais peut-être une légère préférence pour ce visage, mais j&#8217;aime beaucoup les deux malgré tout. Je me suis plaint quelques lignes plus haut des lunettes qui étaient mal positionnées : je suis contrarié certes, mais le regard de Touko est changé en conséquence et elle regarde désormais par dessus ses lunettes.</p>
<p>Comme beaucoup d&#8217;autres, cette figurine m&#8217;a fait penser à la figurine du fantasme de la secrétaire aka Mirei-san (Shunya Yamashita) par Kotobukiya. Le fauteuil y est pour quelque chose&#8230; et c&#8217;est leur seul point commun car les impressions à la vue de l&#8217;une et l&#8217;autre sont complètement différentes : Mirei inspire la sensualité alors que Touko est plus sérieuse.</p>
<p>En ce qui me concerne, l&#8217;acquisition de Touko en fin d&#8217;année 2009 correspond à mon intérêt pour Kara no Kyoukai d&#8217;une part et également un intérêt pour les figurines de femmes mâtures. En effet, j&#8217;ai commandé à la même période <a href="http://myfigurecollection.net/figure/6027_asahina_mikuru" target="_blank">Mikuru (Adulte) par Max Factory</a>. J&#8217;espère que ce genre de pulsion d&#8217;achat ne vous prendra pas pour le salut de votre porte-monnaie <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Je terminerai donc en disant que le sticker qui aurait dû être collé est bien &#8220;Sales fanboys &amp; fangirls only&#8221;.</p>
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