
Ten people have been injured in an escalator accident at Wonder Festival, at least one apparently severely injured with a broken leg; the escalator is said to have been overloaded, although staff were present.
Some 50 people on the errant machine were knocked down, and looking at the heights they could have fallen from, it is fortuitous that no fatalities ensued.
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The gorgeous new Melissa Seraphy nendoroid figure was touched upon earlier, but what has to be the definitive and by far most amusing review/figure manga is brought to us by Choudai, creator of the noted (or perhaps notorious) Fate condensed/milk saga. Be sure to check it out if you’re looking for some figure news with a different slant…
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Some detail emerges of Goth Punk Mikuru, the spiritual companion to the splendid Gothic Lolita Haruhi. As with Haruhi, it is undeniably a top rank figure of excellent craftsmanship and artistry. Why the recent sudden flood of interesting Haruhi figures? Sheer popularity, it would seem.
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One of the more strikingly erotic figures to come out recently – 野山野林檎 / Noyamano Ringo, of Air Gear, in her hentai kamen, or pervert mask, version (mask below). Maskless version is rather good, too. The care which has gone into sculpting straps taut against flesh is rather obvious; best to have a closer look then…
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As if swimwear Fuuka and Ena weren’t enough, Yotsuba&! fans now have 7-11 Fuuka and 7-11 Danbo (Miura in a cardboard robot suit), both released as promotional limited run to promote 7-11’s online store (7-11 being the leading convenience store chain in Japan). Fuuka even gets one of her terrible T-shirts as an extra.
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With the recent intensification in Nendoroid releases, it seems a look what the latest crop offers might be in order. Some rather nice puchi renditions are on display, so without further adieu…
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Queen’s Blade & Queen’s Gate and the general phenomenon of “game” books seem to be picking up steam lately, but one area in which they have been strong for a while now is in excellent figure adaptations; here is one of the latest, catching my eye admittedly due to flatness, but also due to some rather strikingly executed design. Behold, the One who Opens the Gate: Alice.
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One for the Tony fans, which is probably everyone. Genmukan (Tony illustrated eroge) maid character gets a figure incarnation, which is strikingly erotic. Set to go on sale August, in the ¥7,000 ballpark, by new maker Native.
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Touhou Project’s 博麗霊夢 / Hakurei Reimu gets some extraordinarily erotic, yet entirely tasteful, figure treatment with this fine garage kit. Figure is by 猫の事務所 / Neko no Jimusho. She truly has a magnificently sculpted back.
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Finally, an exhaustively close look at one of the most striking Haruhi figures to be released; Goth Loli Haruhi, as the name suggests, features Haruhi stylishly bedecked in a frilly and monochromatic outfit owing much to Victorian fashion. The figure just went on sale, and by the preorders alone it looks to be one of the most popular Haruhi figure incarnations to date, and perhaps with good reason.
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Finally, this technology is applied to the world of anime figures: doujin figures are born. You may be familiar with the rapidly developing technologies of personal fabrication, where “3D printing” allows objects to be cheaply fabricated from 3D models created on computer. You may also be familiar with the intriguing and highly innovative company, FigurePrints, offering 3D prints of your World of Warcraft characters (though with a huge waiting list) – I must admit it occurred to me on seeing those that they would make a essential addition to the world of anime figurines, and it seems that this development has finally taken place, provided by Tsukulus.
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Something for fans of excellent artist Okama catches my eye: food themed dominatrix ナスビ様 / Nasubi-sama (Eggplant-sama) finally nears the release of her figure incarnation. And with a level of exposure I do not recall seeing in the artbook either… More of her and the excellent Food Girls artbook below.
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