I haven't been a fan of Yamato's work for quite some time. When I first started collecting figures they were more readily available and I owned a few but after I started finding better quality pieces I sold them all since they were so horrible. I haven't bought a Yamato figure in so many years but recently… [more]
One of the awesome things I love about Etsy is fniding other talented people who make amazing things you end up buying. One thing I spotted was this adorable dress for a Dollfie Dream. But Alas since Yoko is such a busty girl it's hard to find outfits that fit her and I almost passed. That was until… [more]
Going to already warn you this is a very picture heavy post. Over 100+ pictures but really not as many as I wish I took. We left LAX at 12:42pm on Tuesday the 20th of March. Only to arrive in Japan 12 hours later Wednesday the 21st of March at 4:30pm. We lost a whole day on the flight but the flight… [more]
More plushies! I love getting custom orders and I love when they are characters I want to make that's even better! I have so many ideaas for new plushies to make, but orders come first so if there is a character you'd like then make that custom order! Of course this time it's the adorable Kagamine… [more]
Ok, so for this review I’m half-assing it this time! I apologize but things have been busy and while, I have actually gotten a few new figures of my own, yet It’s been hard to find time to sit down and do another review! I’m doing my best for you! Here we have the first Sega set of Gurren Lagann figures of Yoko and Nia.
As we should all know by now, Sega’s quality in these figures isn’t really up there. But with a retail price of 1,500 yen you can’t expect the best quality figures. That being said I love Nia’s eyes! They got them spot on! Her hair is lacking in the blue undertones, here it looks even a bit green and doesn’t have enough of the blue we come to expect with Nia. Her pose is generic and isn’t too spectacular. Some hiccups in the paint and the sculpt is sub-par, but again for such a low price you can’t expect the best.
With Yoko here I feel they got her body proportions a little off, but then most figure companies tend to change her body type per figure and she never looks exactly the same. Her pose, like Nia’s, is also quite boring and generic and doesn’t really scream “badass girl with a gun” when you see her, heck she doesn’t even come with a gun! I feel they got her eyes done well but something about her smile is awkward as is her eyebrows, giving her a confused look when you look carefully. One thing that bugs me with this Yoko figure is they don’t seem to do much with her long hair, it just drops down next to her and doesn’t flow or have a feeling of movement. I also wish they would have picked a better color for her hair, standing next to my other Yoko figures her hair seems to be almost too red.
With both figures if it weren’t for the fact that I’m just a huge fangirl I would never have bothered. I have very few Sega figures since the quality is just so little/non-existent. The few figures from Sega I own are figures characters I truly love like Sakura and Tomoyo from Card Captor Sakura. So owning the Yoko and Nia figures isn’t a stretch for someone like myself who likes to go after owning them as well! Would I recommend them to anyone? Only if they really wanted a Yoko or Nia figure for cheap, and even then I’d still say to just save your money and get the Uplark Nia for if you want a Nia figure and for Yoko there are so many other figures much worthy of your hard earned money.
-Figure Info-
Yoko
Manufactured by Sega
non Scale
Initial release in August ’09
Price of1,500 Yen
Nia
Manufactured by Sega
non Scale
Initial release in August ’09
Price of 1,500 Yen
You can still find these figures, for those on a budget it’s the best set to get your hands on!
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I’m with you on this set. The quality is just not so hot, especially compared with other recent releases. At least they’re better than the beach set. Those were *really* bad. I don’t know why Sega can’t maintain their quality, their DOA Shunya Yamashita figures (the Kasumi set and the Kasumi/Ayane bikini set) were great for prize figures, but a lot of their other stuff just falls flat.
I’ve got the swimsuit figures as well and they really aren’t that great
Well I’ve always said Sega’s quality isn’t up to snuff but they don’t look bad really.
yep yep yep, for people who want figures but don’t have the funds, they are a good choice
I own this set, I really like them. But as you said if you’re choosing between the UpLark figures and these…the decision is obvious. The quality of the UpLark Nia is great, way better than the Konomi one in my opinion.
I dint even bother with the konami Nia and really if it weren’t for the fact that I want all the yoko figures I’d get rid of the konami yoko too.
Well Id rather say that they look quite nice for SEGA figures.
I own the Aerocat Rei/Asuka and the ShunYama Kasumi/Ayane sets and the latter one falls far behind the two you showed us.
very true, for some sega figures they aren’t half bad
Not too shabby for the price tag
exactly my thought!
nice pair of figures you can go wrong with both Yoko and Nia
very true