The moment they showed us preview pictures of this figure at Wonder Festival I knew I had to own her! What’s not to love? Adorable loli in a Sukumizu (Japanese schoolgirl swimsuit) that has Hello Kitty on it! SO much adorableness it’s overwhelming!

Such a sweet face!

She comes with a cute little iPod and hello kitty headphones!

Best part? She comes with a yellow moped that’s Hello Kitty themed! GAH!!

I would totally drive around on this!

Griffon Enterprises did a good job on the pain, sculpt and more, yet as always my biggest complaint is the HUGE base (not pictured) it’s not only an eyesore but makes it hard to display her since it takes up so much space! When you’re like me and your collection is just already taking so much space having figures with large ugly plain bases is a pain! When will Griffon learn!!!??!?!?!?! Minus the base the figure is spectacular! I’m very glad I have her!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
non Scale
Initial release in June ’11
Price of 7,000 Yen

She was recently released however you should still be able to get er at anyone of these awesome retailers!

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Oh more Touhou for you all! I’ll try to mix it up for the next review and have something non-Touhou to review for you all! For now it’s Flandre Scarlet, and she is stunning! I adore this figure! She’s got to be my favorite of the entire Griffon set of Touhou figures.

Adore her face! I love the fang she has is so cute! I also adore how they made her hair so wavy and pretty!

Her wings are also just soooo pretty!

I love the colorful parts on her wings, no idea what they are! But i adore them!

Ohh Bloomers! so much cuter than panties! who needs Panties? We girls should all switch to bloomers! Who’s with me?! hehe

Love her red eyes as well, so vibrant and so adorable!

I know she’s crazy, but she’s cute too! Plus what girl isn’t a little bit crazy?

Adore the fluttering of her skirt in the wind!

Flandre is stunning, however it’s not just the figure I love but her overall design but we have to give credit where it’s due and that’s to the designer of the original game and character. I adore Flandre and I really feel this figure does so much for her and really is just so cute! There are few figures that I see that i wish were in my own collection and Flandre is in there for sure.

Also don’t forget to catch me on AX Live! Every Wednesday at 7pm PST! We’ve been doing Figure Giveaways recently so make sure to check out the show to be able to win some awesome figures!!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/8 Scale
Initial release in March ’10
Price of 6,800 Yen

Really i don’t see any reason to pass up Flandre, she’s so amazing! Get your own at any one of these awesome bootleg free retailers!

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Have you missed me? Oh I’ve been ever so neglectful of you all and I feel terrible because of it! My last post was over a month ago! I guess some things have just been getting in the way lately of me having time to really sit down and put up new content and reviews for you all! Hopefully however I’ll be getting back into the groove of writing up reviews for you all!

Here we have Izayoi Sakuya from Touhou Project. She’s the combat version so not from the 1/8 version of the figure set that has been released but a new cooler version of these figures in a combat style pose.

Love the vibrant red eyes, how it contrasts so well with her hair color and her overall color scheme.

For being the “combat” version I’m surprised she isn’t in a cooler style combat pose. She seems maybe ready to fight but not really in the fight yet, I’d love to see a cooler pose, as in maybe in the middle of an attack, maybe already attacked. Like perhaps having some clothes torn off, a more aggressive face and just overall more “Action-y.”

I do however adore the base and clock detail, would have been even better if it were a working clock!

The blade detail looks so amazing, also love the fluttering of her sash that comes from her bow.

Closer look at the detail of her blades, they look just so cool, and ever so deadly!

Such a serious face but then partly blank if you asked me, she seems just ambivalent to the idea of fighting, instead of looking angry and having a reason to need to fight.

Sakuya is a loaner figure from my brother, so while I wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of purchasing her I do adore her. She is a figure that after seeing her I’d love to have my own. She is so stunning and is really a piece that just attracts the eye. Sitting on the shelf in my brother’s apartment my eye is just drawn to her and I just end up looking to this figure first. Truly a figure that should be in any Touhou fan’s collection, she’s amazing and I don’t have many complaints!

Also I’m now the official Figure correspondent on AX Live! Check us out every Wed. @7pm PST! a few weeks ago we were doing some figure giveaways, so stay tuned for more giveaways on AX Live! You’ll have to catch the show and participate and call in through Skype but it’ll be well worth it!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/7 Scale
Initial release in May ’10
Price of 8,800 Yen

Sakuya is really amazing, try any one of these amazing retailers to get your hands on your own!

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So it seems that I’m reviewing figures in themes as of late. How do you guys like it? Should I maybe mix them up a bit or are we liking the idea of themes? I’ve got plenty of Touhou figures to review but then I also recently got a batch of more One Piece figures for you, would you rather I finish these up then the One Piece or should I just mix them up however? I’m enjoying the themes, keeping figures grouped together that normally would be! Well for now It’s more touhou with Alice Margatroid!

The touhou world is a bit confusing to me, It’s so well detailed and each character has such a long history to them, I figure I’ll forgo explaining the teeeny bit I know from what my brother explained and I’ll just leave this Wiki for you!

For the figure itself Alice is very cute, I wonder if her design is based of Alice from Alice in Wonderland at all with the blue dress and blonde hair.

To my understanding this is Hourai, some form of a doll with her that she uses for attacks I think. She’s very cute and reminds me of Reinforce from Nanoha, at least in this figure form she reminds me of the Reinforce that comes with the Alter Hayate.

Love the color combination, it’s very pleasing to the eyes.

She also comes with a book, no idea what she uses it for.

It really is detailed really well, but you can see that the sculpting oh her fingers had a few hiccups and how her middle finger has a few lunps, nothing too bad but I noticed it in these photos.

Cute puffy sleeves.

Some adorable bloomers, and I wonder is she supposed to be floating or flying somehow? Her feet aren’t really “touching” the base.

I love her flowy hair.

Not much to say about Alice, she’s a bit plain. She’s cute and pleasing to look at, well detailed and overall a great figure. Does she stand out sitting on my shelf with the other figures waiting to be reviewed? Not at all. Would I purchase her not knowing what series she’s from or anything of her background? Not really. But if I were a HUGE Touhou fan would she be a part of my collection? You betcha! She really does have a cute face and if I were getting the whole set It’d be a crime not to include her with the rest of the bunch!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/8 Scale
Initial release in February ’10
Price of 7,200 Yen

She’s a little harder to find but do check out these fine shops to see if they carry them! I do think Toylet has her but I’m not entirely sure.

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My brother is a HUGE Touhou fan so of course he had to get his hands on these awesome Griffon Enterprises Touhou Project figures. First review up is Marisa, I’ve also got a Reimu figure so expect her review up soon!

Love her outfit, love the big hat and the bloomers! Her character design is just so adorable!

She’s really well made and there is a huge jump in quality from these figures to my older Eureka Seven figures from Griffon.

They’ve really upped their game and I gotta say that once I can get the funds to start collecting figures again I’ll be keeping an eye out for Griffon figures.

Her mouth isn’t as nicely detailed as i’d like, She does have some issues there but then open mouths can be hard to master.

Her pose as well is very cute and I love how she holds her broom.

Very nice shading with her clothes.

The bloomers are a nice touch instead of having just teeny panties.

Great detail on the broom.

Love how the base has her name, The plain bases bug me but the name tag gives it something special.

A truly lovely figure that any Touhou fan would love to have in their collection. My Hint of the day is to check out AmiAmi.com They’ve got her up for pre-order
-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/8 scale
Initial release in August ’09
Price of 7,140 yen

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Got new Light Bulbs for better pictures the other day so to celebrate i decided to do a small review of Talho. First off as the title says, she’s listed everywhere, even on her box as 1/6 scale. Let me tell you now, NO WAY IN HELL IS SHE A 1/6 SCALE! She’s not even a 1/7 scale. Yet she’s still too big to be a 1/8 scale. Did Griffon think they would fool me? MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA THEY CAN NEVER FOOL ME!

Now other than the problem of size, she’s actually a nice figure. When i first got into Collecting anime figures i had a strict rule of only collecting figures of characters i liked.

While it was a good rule for me since i was just starting out. it was also kinda bad since then once i finished a series, any series really. If i liked a character i would immediately look for a figure of that character. Also nice detail on her tattoo.

Talho was no exception and since i liked Eureka seven so much i just had to get my hands on a figure of her. Hey i even wanted to look like her and went out and got my hair cut just like her when i finished this series.

There were a few figures, but only this Griffon figure caught my attention. Not to mention all other Talho figures at the time were long sold out.

The pose and the body proportions i felt were much closer to her Anime Counterpart than the others.

There aren’t really any major problems with this figure. There are some seam lines on her clothes that are noticeable on her right side pictures above.

You can see a bit of panty in this shot. Also there is a piece of string that was dangling off her gun case on her right leg, didn’t notice it until now…

Since she’s getting dressed, or undressed, all depends on how you look at it. You can see a bit of panty from on top.

Her shading is also done pretty well. While her character is a bit pale so it’s expected for her to be a bit paler, they did well on shading her stomach, legs and arms.

I honestly think the only thing i don’t like much is her face. Not the sculpt, but her expression. She could suffer to be a bit happier… Plus while she has a pretty decent sized rack, no cleavage at all!

Very Nice detail on her backside as well. Her skirt is wrinkled up just right! Really, if that were a real skirt it would have that fold at the bottom just like that!

Nice detail on her boots as well. You can’t see it too well in this photo but they did a nice job on shading her boots to where there would be some wear in them.

Not the best base I’ve seen but from what I’ve seen Griffon tends to use the same kinda base for all their figures. At least her name is spellt right!

My final verdict is that this Talho figure is nice, her detail doesn’t compare to that of maybe a GSC, Alter or Max Factory figure. But i personally think it’s the best Talho figure on the market. The detail is nicely done and there aren’t any real major problems or flaws that scream “OMG stay away i’m the worst figure ever!” If you’re a fan of the series and have been looking for a Talho figure, then this is the one to track down!

Figure Info-

Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/6 scale (but is really more of a 1/7 scale)
Initial release in December ‘06
Price of 5,600 yen
Discontinued at HLJ