Here we are with my newest photo shoot! Max Factory’s Shirakawa Kotori. She was a figure i had to add to my collection and i’m glad i was able to get my hands on her. I had finally seen Da Capo and loved Kotori as a character and knew i had to get this figure. She’s an older figure and but you can see that Max Factory had Quality as a priority from the start with their figures.

I’m still quite sick but i can’t sleep, i know i need as much rest as i can get but i felt like i was wasting a perfectly good day. So i went out and did this shoot today. The first picture is actually her in a flower pot of my mothers but none of the other pictures came out as well as that one did.

I then took the rest of the pictures in a planter in the middle of my yard. Thankfully my mom has an amazing green thumb and there are a plenty of flowers and greenery to work with.

I notice the majority of my pictures have to do with floweres but they just look so great.

Obligatory Panty shot!

Even the detail on her boots is amazing, by the way she’s screwed into her base.

All in all she’s an amazing figure. if you liked Da Capo she’s a figure to own.

Figure Info

Manufactured by Max Factory
1/8 scale complete pvc figure
Initial release in July ’06
Price of 4,500 yen
Available at Kid Nemo Company (at time of posting)

You can also see more Kotori at Hontou Ni Taihen desu, Moé Moé Rabu, and Tea Shop Beloved.

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Max Factory 1/8 Shirakawa Kotori

I had technically paid for her in December but i didn’t receive her till January of this year, for my first figure of the year i have to say that it was an amazing figure. I had finally set out to watch Da Capo and when i did i, (like most people) loved Kotori. She was such a sweet character and while Junichi may have chosen Nemu, we all chose Kotori. As for the actual PVC version of Kotori, she’s a good quality figure, my only thought is she is super tall for a 1/8 scale figure. Standing next to a few of my other 1/8 scale ladies she seems tall, she’s as tall as a few 1/7 scale figures I own but then her proportions don’t match the 1/7 scale figures. Overall any fan of Da Capo must own this figure, get your own here.

Max Factory 1/8 Fauna

I had been dying to own this figure since her release back in December. I have a strict rule of only buying figures from series i have seen/liked. It’s my best way to avoid getting too many figures on impulse. I have to honestly say i wanted her solely for the castoff feature. But she is an absolutely beautiful figure, and i’m glad i was able to add her to my collection. Technically she was an impulse buy as well, but a well thought out impulse buy. I was about to buy her online from HLJ when we drove up to LA to visit a friend, we then went to a local mall and walked into an anime store and they had Fauna. I just had to have her, plus the fact that if i got her from HLJ shipping would have made it so much more expensive and this way i avoided the shipping costs…

Sega Moon Rabbit Weapon Meena B

A super impulse buy, Meena only cost me a grand total of $10. I hadn’t even seen Densha Otoko yet but i loved the character design and since she was a cheap i got her. Lucky me i later saw Densha Otoko so i have a reason to own this lovely lady… My only complaint is that the paint on her neck is is totally messed up, but then for $10 i have no complaints. If she cost me a penny more I’d be pissed but hey you get what you pay for right?

Good Smile Company 1/8 Teresa Testarossa

I’ve had in my collection Good Smile’s Kaname Chidori since last year and never had her partner in crime Tessa. Honestly the Good Smile versions of these FMP ladies are the only good figures ever made from this awesome series. If anyone dares to try and say the Atelier Sai figures are better I’ll track them down and stab them myself, with their own Atelier Sai figures… I love this tessa and i was honestly really lucky to find her. I’ve heard people who own this figure complain about how she falls off her base but i haven’t had any issues with that.

Max Factory 1/8 Sawatari Makoto

I love this figure, she just captures Makoto’s personality so well. While most people didn’t like Makoto in Kanon, she was my favorite character in Kanon. Her sculpt is beautiful and her paint is juts exquisite. Makoto was one of my most anticipated figure of ’08, when i saw she was being released i just knew i had to have her. I was willing to cancel every other figure order just to own her if i had to. Get your own here.

Kaiyodo Buster Machine #7 Nono

While I’ll be the first to mention I’m not a fan of Kaiyodo’s Bome series, I did however like this figure. I have a few personal issues with paint, eyes, pose, and shading. The Bome figures tend to go on their own tangent and don’t follow character designs. The eyes never look the way the original character’s eyes look, the paint is usually really matte like and blotchy, the poses tend to be boring and safe, and the shading of the figure is never done well. On my Bome FMP figures and my Bome Kiddy grade figures they have almost no shading done on their bodies and the “shading” on their hair is ridiculous. For a bome figure this Nono is pretty good but i wouldn’t recommend it honestly.

Good Smile Company 1/8 Alicia Florence

Saved the best for last! Honestly while i was super excited about Fauna and Makoto, Alicia tops the cake. Her pose is excellent and Aria Sacho looks so cute, I have just recently fallen in love with Aria and this figure was just the thing to get. Something about this figure just captures Alicia’s personality, beauty and grace. hands down any and all Aria fans need to own this figure, i just hope that Good Smile Company

1/8 Asahina Mikuru

Now I Got Mikuru first out of all my Max Factory figures. My first worry was that she may be a leaner, but its 7 months later and she’s still not leaning. What I love the most about this figure is her face, while she’s not exactly smiling or looking her happiest, this is what Mikuru looked like the majority of the show. Frightened and embarrassed from all the crazy outfits Haruhi put her in. The detail that MF puts into their figures is amazing, and you can really tell just form this figure alone. In Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu they mention that Mikuru has a small mole on her left breast, well this figure has that mole! It’s teeny tiny and unless you’ve seen the show you might not notice it. But that kinda detail is what makes Max Factory an amazing company!

1/8 Asakura Ryoko

Not my favorite character of Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu, but once I got Haruhi and Mikuru I knew I just had to have the complete set! I knew that I had to have all 5 ladies standing together on my shelf! Asakura is really well made, what I love the most is her hair. The color, the shape, the way it flows, It’s breathtaking! I also love how MF did with changing from her bag to her knife. It changes her completely! Either she’s innocent a demure just holding her school bag, or she’s plotting something very evil when she’s holding her knife.

1/8 Nagato Yuki

Now I almost missed out on Yuki, I didn’t get her the first order she came through because well, I didn’t think I needed her. I had my heart set on getting the E2046 Yuki, but I ended up canceling her since I really couldn’t afford a $100+ figure at the time. So once they decided to do a re-release of the MF Yuki I knew I had to get her. Plus I already had the pre-order in for Askura, I knew I had to get the whole set! So then Yuki came into the picture as well. I will have to say I was blown away by this figure. The promotional shots did not do her any justice. She is amazing and with the changeable torso it makes me feel like I have two different figures.

1/8 Shirakawa Kotori

Now as I mentioned I jumped on the Da Capo bandwagon a little late. I was super worried that since I did, I wouldn’t be able to get my hands on this lovely figure but lucky me I found her online and for cheap!!! She is an amazing figure and from what everyone’s comments on that post she seems to be the figure that made people take notice of Max Factory and their ability to make amazing figures. There is pretty much nothing wrong with her at all, perfect paint, amazing pose, great face. The way the folds on the seifuku just match with the way she is posed, she’s a top quality figure and I’m super proud to finally have her in my collection! Plus i love character with pink hair so even if i never did see Da Capo i might have seeked her out anyways .

1/8 Suzumiya Haruhi

Now truly this figure spawned my hatred to Atelier Sai, when you have a less than wonderful figure that cost you and arm and a leg, then you get an inexpensive work of art. You kind of get mad that you paid so much for the first one that was horrible. I at first loved my Atelier Sai Haruhi Bunny, but it was only because I had never seen anything better. Then I got my MF Haruhi, I was blown away by the detail, the paint, the face, the pose, everything this figure had that none of my other figures had. She really was the figure that made my small collection grow to the size it is now. If someone could make something so amazing I had to have more!

1/8 Van

I don’t own many male figures and that is pretty sad. I’m all for the coalition to add more male figures to Max Factory’s line up. I still have yet to see GunxSword and while this is technically my boyfriend’s figure I officially stole it from him! Well I did buy it in the first place while at Anime Expo! I’m sad though I did over pay for him by a lot. I paid $70 for him when the next day at the same booth they had him for $40. Well my boyfriend moved from one place to another and he’s been at this place for 4 months now and has yet to remove any of his figures from their boxes!! These Wonderful figures are meant to be displayed and enjoyed! If by me? Then all the better!!! So I took them all from him and set them up in my house now! So Van is on display once again and just seeing him makes me want to run out and watch GunxSword so I can fully appreciate his badassness!!!

Regrets:
I’ve said it before and i’ll say it again, i wished i ordered Fauna!!! She’s my only regret this year! But i’ll get her once i get a job!!!

I finally got my Kotori in the mail today! She’s amazing! Yes I did jump on the Da Capo bandwagon a little late, but oh well. I was lucky to find her really, I stumbled upon a website called Entertainment Earth and they are having a blowout sale! So I got my Kotori here for $20.30! Yes I know, seems fishy but I gave it a try since they have a 90 day return policy, I thought “hey, if it’s fake i’ll just return it!” Well lucky me she’s the real thing! Now this isn’t the best picture but i just had to take one now. It’s done with my own personal camera but i’ll steal my dad’s Digital SLR once it’s sunny outside and do a shoot with her^_^. I will say i like how it came out with the flowers in the background. Even though it’s just my bathroom…