Review date: 9/17/2005

Manufacturer: Fox Shuppan

Released: 2005

Availability: HARD

Type: PVC Figure

 
 
Personal Story:
I saw this figure while browsing around and it caught my eye. I had no idea what anime or series it came from. I decided to get it out of pure impulse. I like babes in swimsuits. :P
 
Introduction:
This figure is made by Fox Shuppan. This figure is based on the character Ritsuko Kubel Kettenkrad from the anime, Kujibiki Unbalance. It depicts Ritsuko wearing her class president hat in her school swimsuit.
 

Sculpt:
Lovely. I really like the look of the character's pose and face. She looks elegant, which is surprising for a character in a swimsuit. The helmet on her head is pretty funny looking. I haven't seen the anime so I can't really judge the accuracy of it. It looks nice on her head though. It has some nice details like grooves and other such details. The face is great. She looks like a porcelain statue as a result. I have to commend the sculptor for making her look so sweet. She has a sweet "I'll kick your ass" attitude. Judging from the images online, I think the sculptor designed the face himself. I also like her mouth which is very delicately sculpted. It doesn't look like the same face from the anime but I don't think they were going for accuracy. The hair is fairly nice with some movement and is quite accurate.

The pose is just as lovely. I like the simplicity of Ritsuko holding her hat. I don't know why, but I really love the simple standing pose. It works great. The hand is fairly simple and not heavily detailed but I like the pose of the hands themselves. The body is nice too. She's quite busty but I'm glad they made it look a little realistic with the swimsuit covering it quite well. It doesn't look like the swimsuit was painted on. I also like the little details like the creases and that little indentation for her navel. Cute and sexy. The legs and feet are VERY simple. The pose for the legs themselves is great but I have to admit that there's nothing really great about them sculpt-wise. It seems the sculptor put more work on the upper half of the figure. The body sculpt is excellent overall.

The figure has ZERO articulation which is obvious. The base is just as simple. It's a big round dish. The interesting thing is that the figure was packaged with her base connected to her feet already. I think that was a great idea so I didn't have to bother working with the base myself. The figure stands very well on it.
 

Paint:
The paint job is neat and clean. I thought it was flawless looking until I spotted a major defect on mine (more details below). The color scheme for the figure's skin is very pale and nice. It's matted looking and gives her that look of a statue. The face is very clean and the eyes are excellent. The hair is a bright yellow with little bits of airbrushing for shadows. Looks nice. I also have to mention that there's some dark brown airbrushing on her helmet which look great too. It gives the helmet a very realistic heavy look. I also like the little emblem. It's tiny but they painted it with all the same details as the source. Cool.

The paint on the swimsuit has a very nice dark blue scheme. There is some minor airbrushing to accentuate her curves. There is also some airbrushing on her legs but they look simple and not very realistic looking. The black letters on her boobs look okay. They look like they were written on which is cool. The fingernails and toenails were painted with a white color which I thought was an interesting choice.

The main defect I found was on her left arm. There were two big paint drops there. Not only was it distracting but it was a huge defect that was overlooked. I wasn't able to fix it unless I plan on damaging the paint job. It's too bad cuz if it didn't have that defect, I would've given this figure a Flawless award. Oh well, it's probably an isolated incident.

The base has some text indicating the name of this figure which I found interesting. It's very well designed and I like the look of the text. The text is clean and well implemented.

 
Overall: A+
A very nice lovely figure. The simplicity works and I think the overall sculpt is solid. Anyone who's a fan of the anime or is a fan of an anime babe in a swimsuit will enjoy the figure. I wasn't a fan and it caught my eye. :)
 

Where can I find this?
She's new (as of this review) so some online stores may have her. But because the anime isn't very well known, you might have a hard time finding it.
 
Other Images:


The figure in its box. Very nice design with nice photos of the figure around the box. The big window allows you to display the figure if you plan on keeping her in the box. As you can see, the figure is packaged with her base on her feet already. Very unusual.

 


"Oh la la..."

 


The side. The pic doesn't show the defect I mentioned in my review, sorry.

 


The other side. Looks cute from any angle.

 


The base. Very nice graphic design.

 


The back.

 
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