Comments on: Kotobukiya’s Mahoro w/Bike http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/ A Womans Take on Figure collecting Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:43:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gordon http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-488 gordon Tue, 06 May 2008 13:47:40 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-488 looks great. will be even better if there's decals on the bike. ^^ gordons last blog post..<a href="http://gordonator.blogspot.com/2008/05/dark-knight.html" rel="nofollow">The Dark Knight</a> looks great. will be even better if there’s decals on the bike. ^^

gordons last blog post..The Dark Knight

]]> By: hiro http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-475 hiro Fri, 02 May 2008 19:28:21 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-475 nice work, DQ, as always. you had to put the bike together? yeesh, what a pain. I have to disagree with a couple of my fellow commenters: I like the bright light. It pops up the details nicely, w/o a lot of distracting shadow. Maybe not "artsy-fartsy", but shows the figure well. I also would say that the character is not a motorcycle "type", especially in the anime. She's more likely to be found in a little roadster tooling along. I still love this figure/bike combo; looks really good. nice work, DQ, as always. you had to put the bike together? yeesh, what a pain. I have to disagree with a couple of my fellow commenters: I like the bright light. It pops up the details nicely, w/o a lot of distracting shadow. Maybe not “artsy-fartsy”, but shows the figure well.
I also would say that the character is not a motorcycle “type”, especially in the anime. She’s more likely to be found in a little roadster tooling along. I still love this figure/bike combo; looks really good.

]]> By: marvinryan http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-473 marvinryan Fri, 02 May 2008 14:36:05 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-473 Hi Dancing Queen, thanks for the plug. love the location you picked for the shoot. marvinryans last blog post..<a href="http://www.marvinryan.com/blog/2008/05/02/gundam-00-season-1-aftermath-tierias-fate/" rel="nofollow">Gundam 00 Season 1 Aftermath: Tieria’s Fate</a> Hi Dancing Queen, thanks for the plug. love the location you picked for the shoot.

marvinryans last blog post..Gundam 00 Season 1 Aftermath: Tieria’s Fate

]]> By: gundamjehutykai http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-468 gundamjehutykai Thu, 01 May 2008 23:28:12 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-468 I remember this figure back when she was a resin exclusive. A friend of mine showed it to me on a korean forum and there were numerous horror stories about how difficult it was to build simply because they were separate kits. the bike was not made for the mahoro figure (unlike, say, the vispo figures) so there were major issues getting mahoro and the bike to stay together. that, and it would have been much more expensive than this version. I'm guessing kotobukiya fixed those particular problems, but I'm not a PVC guy and I don't particularly like this rendition of mahoro Chalk it up to the PVC-ness. I would love to find a resin rendition of mahoro to paint sometime, though not this one. Can't handle machinery like the bike. too much detail. gundamjehutykais last blog post..<a href="http://gundamjehutykai.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/not-my-week-and-a-quick-user-guide-to-airbrushes/" rel="nofollow">Not my week… And a quick user guide to airbrushes.</a> I remember this figure back when she was a resin exclusive. A friend of mine showed it to me on a korean forum and there were numerous horror stories about how difficult it was to build simply because they were separate kits. the bike was not made for the mahoro figure (unlike, say, the vispo figures) so there were major issues getting mahoro and the bike to stay together. that, and it would have been much more expensive than this version.

I’m guessing kotobukiya fixed those particular problems, but I’m not a PVC guy and I don’t particularly like this rendition of mahoro Chalk it up to the PVC-ness.

I would love to find a resin rendition of mahoro to paint sometime, though not this one. Can’t handle machinery like the bike. too much detail.

gundamjehutykais last blog post..Not my week… And a quick user guide to airbrushes.

]]> By: lu-k http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-467 lu-k Thu, 01 May 2008 10:06:44 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-467 Great scene! The bike looks very nice, but I am a bit sad she is that small. If not I would have purchase her... even if it would be much more expensive ^^; Great scene!
The bike looks very nice, but I am a bit sad she is that small. If not I would have purchase her… even if it would be much more expensive ^^;

]]> By: Rin http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-464 Rin Thu, 01 May 2008 07:23:46 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-464 I liked this series. When I saw this figure at a convention last year, I was planning on getting it, but it cost $120. I was a bit expensive for me. So I didn't get, but I still plan on getting it. Nice pictures!!! Like how you went outside and did it on the street. I hope you were careful when on the streets while cars were driving by. I hope your feeling better... Rins last blog post..<a href="http://koiaichaku.com/?p=365" rel="nofollow">Fate</a> I liked this series. When I saw this figure at a convention last year, I was planning on getting it, but it cost $120. I was a bit expensive for me. So I didn’t get, but I still plan on getting it.
Nice pictures!!! Like how you went outside and did it on the street. I hope you were careful when on the streets while cars were driving by. I hope your feeling better…

Rins last blog post..Fate

]]> By: Belela-san http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-463 Belela-san Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:49:15 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-463 Nice shots, the background fits with the figure ^^ Belela-sans last blog post..<a href="http://animestuff.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/visiting-jikai-and-auto-expo/" rel="nofollow">Visiting Jikai and Auto Expo</a> Nice shots, the background fits with the figure ^^

Belela-sans last blog post..Visiting Jikai and Auto Expo

]]> By: shino http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-462 shino Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:58:05 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-462 Very cool setting! The bike certainly is very attractive and if this figure were available to me not too long ago when I was still not very selective about figures, I would probably have grabbed it ^^ Haven't watched the anime nor read the manga though, so even now when the figure is literally right before my eyes, I have no choice but to pass it up in favor of figures that I am familiar with (which sometimes leads to figures that are of poorer quality too at times ^^;) Very cool setting! The bike certainly is very attractive and if this figure were available to me not too long ago when I was still not very selective about figures, I would probably have grabbed it ^^

Haven’t watched the anime nor read the manga though, so even now when the figure is literally right before my eyes, I have no choice but to pass it up in favor of figures that I am familiar with (which sometimes leads to figures that are of poorer quality too at times ^^;)

]]> By: Adun http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-459 Adun Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:06:18 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-459 I was planning on getting this locally but unfortunately someone bought i before me and I'm too lazy to order it now. Always wanted one after seeing my friend buy the first production run. Even though it's 1/12, its actually quite large when combined with the bike. Good photos, but yeah, like ron~ said, lighting is too strong. If you want to take photos of figures outside, do it about an hour before the sunsets. Aduns last blog post..<a href="http://www.moemoerabu.net/2008/04/29/figure-review-tsukimiya-ayu-and-her-promise/" rel="nofollow">Figure Review: Tsukimiya Ayu and her promise~</a> I was planning on getting this locally but unfortunately someone bought i before me and I’m too lazy to order it now. Always wanted one after seeing my friend buy the first production run. Even though it’s 1/12, its actually quite large when combined with the bike.

Good photos, but yeah, like ron~ said, lighting is too strong. If you want to take photos of figures outside, do it about an hour before the sunsets.

Aduns last blog post..Figure Review: Tsukimiya Ayu and her promise~

]]> By: Dancing Queen http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2008/04/29/kotobukiyas-mahoro-wbike/#comment-458 Dancing Queen Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:48:29 +0000 http://www.howagirlfigures.com/?p=139#comment-458 @ron: oohh good tip! i'm still new to this photography thing. i'm trying to learn right now by trial and error so some of my pictures might not be as professional as i'd like. I'm planning on taking classes later on photography so i can learn more about lighting and such! @ron:
oohh good tip! i’m still new to this photography thing. i’m trying to learn right now by trial and error so some of my pictures might not be as professional as i’d like. I’m planning on taking classes later on photography so i can learn more about lighting and such!

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