Showing posts with label Yosuga no sora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yosuga no sora. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Alter's Upcoming 1/8 Kasugano Sora


Finally! A Sora with casual dress~ 8D

And it's from Alter to boot!

Well, though I am certainly wishing for a Sora in the said outfit for a long time now, I really still am on 50-50 with her. Why? well, from Alter's weirdly toned skin shots in the blog preview, this doesn't change that much and she's still a little off in skin tone for me, I mean, Sora's supposedly pale, really really pale...



So yeah, that's the only real thing bugging me right now and anyway, she's up for a November release for 7,800 yen. Official figure shots and info from Alter's page.

Posted by Murakami Night at 7:08 PM 0 comments
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Review: [MegaHouse] Brilliant Stage Kasugano Sora


Figure Information
Manufacturer: MegaHouse
Origin Series: Yosuga no Sora
Scale: 1/8
Height: Approximately 19cm tall
Original Price: 6,800Yen


Figure Box:

Well, to start off, this is probably one of those situation where I'll actually give praise to a box. Sora's box is pretty portable (I did manage to bring it on an island trip before along with two more nendos) and it just gives off that lively feeling colored with white and blue or rather skies. It's pretty neat considering it's figure line, Brilliant Stage, as it does give that brilliant feel. Anyway, but yeah, the box has a very nice appeal to me. ^^



Figure Details:

Well, I can't remember too well if this was Sora's swimsuit or just her in her underwear, but anyway, I'd choose the first. As like most swimsuit figures, it's really not much in the details of what they're wearing but rather more on body. But yeah, going to the bikini first, well, Sora's outfits are really cute and unique, and so is her swimsuit, it's a little similar to how her normal casual clothes is, lots of frills and some ribbons, similar to what she uses to tie up her twintails. Though it's a bit nice, but somehow, the frills do lack more crispness to it and while it is an underwear or a bikini, it could've used some extra folds or whatnot details IMO. Well, now to the main dish, the body.

While I actually feel something's lacking on what she's wearing, the very reason that actually made me buy this over a year ago was the body, basically, the details of her body, it's pure genius. The details on her entire body are ridiculously good, almost realistic if you ask me, it definitely gives off that feeling (try it, look at your body parts like elbows knees, observe them and see Sora's, you'll just get the wow factor). The shading on Sora's skin helped on emphasizing the realistic details which, of course, gives a major plus; aside from the skin tone, MegaHouse captures her skin color pretty well, it's pale as we all know it how Sora is.



Anyways, as you can see above, the base is pretty simple, a white circle with the series title "Yosuga no Sora" and its subtitle there, very basic but it's also pretty uncommon to actually see uniquely designed bases that's not produced by GSC, so, it's fine actually. Anyway, Sora's completeness include a towel, you can place in her hands; while the towel actually captures an actual towel's texture, the sculpt looks a little stiff though and could've used much more detail to look more realistic like her body.



Lastly, as a bonus, MegaHouse included Sora's black rabbit stuffed toy she usually carries around with her. You can display it separately or choose to just lay it near her foot, but still a pretty cute bonus though. ^^



Do be careful in handling her when you holding or doing something near the hair as her as ahoge is made up of soft material, so, any accidental force could break it. XD

Appeal:

Sora's pose and expression matches with each other very well. And believe it or not, even if the original art really had that towel in it, she'd perfectly be fine without it in this figure. A really cute pose she's got and also a somewhat calm and gentle face.



Her pose is actually quite angle friendly for (hobby) photographers, as she'd look nice in many angles, which at some point, is also due to her poses. Applying the towel would make it look more complete and somewhat gives Sora a more cute feel or sly depending on the angle.



As someone who's not really a fan of very skin-showy figures, Sora is indeed very fun to shoot especially if you can bring her to a beach or something XD



Final Thoughts:

Like I said earlier, I'm not really fond of skin showy figures but yeah, Sora is definitely one gorgeous swimsuit-type figure. Having ridiculously good human body details, Sora's really a win and is definitely one of the best of this type of figure in the 1/8 scale. And yes, I strongly suggest getting her and her price is much of a steal already too; aside from that, IMO she's the best Sora by far from all the releases so far but yeah Alter's planning on making from the series, so, we'll find out soon enough. And for those who wasn't able to get her, she's having a reissue in May and remember, her price went up as ridiculously as high as 18,000 yen before the reissue was announced XD



Rating (Out of 10)
Figure Details 8.5
Appeal10
Price 10
Overall:9.5

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Saturday, December 4, 2010

FREEing's Upcoming 1/4 Kasugano Sora -Gym Uniform version-


OMG~ Gigantic Soraaaaa~

So from FREEing's gigantic 1/4 lineup of figures, we now get the frail yet lovely Sora.

Pretty much like its Lucky Star predecessors, Sora's gym uniform is once again made up of real fabric and is therefore, another cast-offable giant brought to us by FREEing.



Well, if you ask me, despite how sexy Sora is, I'd rather keep the uniform intact, those are just nasty obvious seamlines in her skin near the shoulders.

Anyway, pre orders for her started just last Monday and this gigantic loli si set for an April release for 14800 yen, tax inclusive. More pics at GSC's page.

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Monday, March 22, 2010

The Adventures of Hachune-chan: The Beach

*Looks like Hachune-chan is on another adventure~*


Hachune-chan: Ooooh... I can't wait!


Hachune-chan: Safe trip! Now to board the ship~


Hachune-chan: So many passengers...


Hachune-chan: The sea is so pretty... Oh, the ship is about to leave!

*An hour and a few minutes later*


Hachune-chan: Helloooooo beach!!!!!!


Hachune-chan: ooof...


Riannon: Ara, are you alright, little one?


Hachune-chan:
I'm fine, onee-chan.
Is there something I can help you with?


Riannon: Yes, I'm looking for a guy with silver hair and dark clothes...
Hachune-chan: I see... Don't worry onee-chan, I will find him for you.

*meanwhile*


Arawn: Hmmm, interesting place... Ah, an interesting girl




Arawn: Hi there, miss, anything I can help you with?


Sora: Nothing...

*Moments later*


Arawn: she left...
Hachune-chan:
Isn't that who Riannon-nee was looking for?
And what's this!? another girl (O[]O)

*Hachune-chan decided to investigate and went after Sora*


Hachune-chan: Ano... Onne-chan... What did that guy want with you?


Sora: He... tried to make a move on me...


Hachune-chan: OH MY GOODNESS!

*Upon hearing this and not getting Arawn's story...*
*Hachune-chan went off to tell Riannon and so...*


Arawn: Ngiii, what happened to you Riannon?


Riannon: @_@ Arawn-sama is... DATING ANOTHER WOMAN!?
Arawn: Wait! WHAT!?


Arawn: Just what did I DO!?


Riannon: That is your punishment, Arawn-sama~
Arawn: This is a misunderstanding!!! I was just trying to help that girl!!!
Hachune-chan: Riannon-nee is... scary... OoO


Hachune-chan: Oh well, still places to go~~~

-End-

Omake:
Well, last weekend, the company went on an outing and the destination was Puerto Galera, it was a fun experience accompanied by a scary boat travel to the place since it was my first sea travel and the waves were strong. The beach was nice and sunset was the best I could use to shoot, I brought along Miku and my newly bought Sora as well as my sister's Tears to Tiara nendos for some fun shooting. XD



Extra Adventures:
The next day, we went to the Tamaraw Falls and also took some shots with Hachune-chan around XD The falls was really nice to see and wish I we could've gone in the bottom of it XD




Hachune-chan: Falls are great, aren't they?


Hachune-chan: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

The next stop and activity was Island hopping, wasn't able to go snorkling since the water was too itchy for me to handle but they say the sea urchins were huge XD


Hachune-chan: Wiiii, more places to go to~~



And finally the stop of the Island hopping was in an Island whose name I forgot XD Hahaha!


Somebody help Hachune-chan! She's drowning!!! XD

Posted by Murakami Night at 10:33 PM 3 comments
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