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]
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