I'm a huge fan of Akira, and when I first started collecting figures one of the first figures I got was Alpha's Kaneda. The one of him sitting on the red chair. Ever since I got him I wanted the Tetsuo to match, but haven't had the chance to get him. I spotted him once at a con for $40 which wasn't a… [more]
My friend and I on different etsy's of course are selling some cute Dollfie Dream Items! First up I've got some cute one of a kind headbands for Dollfie Dreams, only one of each color for sale and at a great price of $2.50USD Each it's impossible not to get them all! Click the images to get to the… [more]
Kyo-Ani's first step into making anime figures was such a lovely success. When Yuki was first announced I was apprehensive on getting her since Kyo-ani never made any figures before. It seems from their recent releases of K-on figures that this first beautiful release was a fluke since those suck,… [more]
Since I've been selling stuff on Etsy I've been looking around from time to time of items of my favorite characters, when I spotted Yoko on this etsy vendor I knew I had to have it! When I saw they did custom items I also know I had to have a Sailor Moon! Yoko is sooo adorable! You know how much I… [more]
Hopefully today is my last day being sick, i finally went to the doctors and got some awesome cough meds so i should be back to work tomorrow. Once again boredom took over and i did another shoot today. I did Fuka and Yotsuba today since i noticed there aren’t many reviews of either online. Both are real simple figures, neither awesome stand out, but i liked the Yotsuba the manga so much i just had to own them both. Plus the fact that both were pretty inexpensive was a huge plus.
This is really the only picture i took that i liked of Yotsuba. I’m not a fan of joins and they just stood out like a sore thumb in all the pictures.
Fuka’s design is quite simple. Nothing about her honestly screams sexy, but then thats Fuka. She’s not supposed to be sexy but more of the girl next door who is your friend and not an object of lust.kinda makes me feel bad for her?
I really liked this setting with the rocks but it was hard posing fuka in the rocks so i moved her to the same place i took pictures of Kotori but a little more over to the side.
Yotsuba decided to join in on the fun but she never stood still! She’d keep popping into the frame while i was taking pictures.
She just jumped in whenever she felt like! Oh that silly Yotsuba!
—final thoughts—
While i like both figures, unless your a fan of the series i wouldn’t recommend them. I don’t like the joints in Yotsuba, and posing (at least for me) had been quite difficult. It’s hard to keep her siting in one pose without gravity moving her down and falling over. Fuka is well made, no problems with paint and such. but the pose is boring, and nothing just pops out about her saying “OMG YOU HAVE TO OWN ME!” I got her for two reasons A.) Price was good, and B.) I liked her character. Other than that i wouldn’t have bothered getting her in the first place.
Figure Info-Fuka
Manufactured by Kaiyodo
non scale complete pvc figure
Initial release in Ocotber ’07
Price of 2,800 yen
Available at Kid Nemo Company (at time of posting)
Figure Info-Yotsuba
Manufactured by Kaiyodo
non scale complete action figure
Initial release in OSeptember ’07
Price of 1,900 yen
Available at Kid Nemo Company and HLJ (at time of posting)
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LOL!!! Funny!!! I liked the Yotsuba series. Nice photos. Not a big fan of the Fuka figure, but a fan a of Yotsuba figure. I liked how Yotsuba is in the background fooling around. Nice job!!!
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LOL @ pics with Yotsuba in it. How did u hang her up in the air?
anyway get well soon.
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Hmm, it seems kinda cheap that they didn’t even color in the whites of the eyes. They look kinda weird the way they are now. Like, jaundiced or something.
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lovely photos! the sun light covers the plasticky look perfectly
the price is really cheap too, makes me want to get them =\ but got lots of figurines for this may..
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Well, this is first time I’ve heard of Yotsuba figurines, and as you’ve said, they aren’t too much to look at. But it’s still entertaining what you can do with them. :3
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@Gordon:
I just held the camera in one hand and yotsuba in the other.
@Hung:
you know i never noticed it till now
@ron~ :
the price is the best part of these figures ^_^
@TheBigN:
how could you have not heard of them?!! they are everywhere!
yotsuba is great manga, and the figure seems like fuka: a kind of level-headedness about her. I am also no fan of jointed figures, except for the mikuru I have. see, she has on this long-sleeve, long-skirt outfit, so you can pose her w/o seeing those ugly joints.
You chose a nice background! I’d love to have those figurines, too. Yotsuba is so entertaining.
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Great post, I LOVE the Yotsuba figure so much but not a fan of Fuka. They are re-releasing Yotsuba right now and I can’t wait to get it in the mail. I absolutely LOVED the manga so I just had to have this even though just like you said, the figure is very simple and not the most amazing figure out there but still worth to have.