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Alter’s Yui Pre-order Out

AlternateSam — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:58:40 +0000

Alter announced the release of Yui PVC for pre-order today.

Yui was just released for pre-orders to complement the one released of Mio about 2 weeks ago. Her electric guitar looks pretty detailed and the paintwork is excellent as expected from an Alter’s PVC. The only drawback I can see is that it looks a potential leaner with the weight all balanced on the ankle of her left leg. I supposed they will have to find a way to prevent the leaning from occurring.

You can pre-orders yours at either HobbyLink Japan or HobbySearch.

Hirasawa Yui Alter Ver. (PVC Figure)
Release Date: Dec 2009
Scale: 1/8
Price: 6,800 Yen

Yoko Littner 1/8 PVC

AlternateSam — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:51:22 +0000

Its out and what a beauty it turned out to be! Here are the photographs I promised. Really happy that I stuck with this Pre-order for so long.

The details on her is amazing. The pistol that was attached separately had amazingly fine details on it. Her cloak had bullet holes etched and have dirt scruff marks which just made the entire thing looked extremely realistic. The figurine’s stand is out of the world with the details, one of the best I ever seen for figurines’ stands, when they are usually just a flat dull plastic.

This one, on the other hard, blended perfectly into with the figure and can be said to be really part of the background, not just a generic stand. It looks like this is the trend that the better PVC figurines companies are following nowadays as the GoodSmile Black Rock Shooter figurine looks to have a similar ultra-realistic stand as well.

One of the best PVC figurine I have ever seen and one of the highlights of my collection so far. Its so good that you can actually spend hours just looking at it and admiring the workmanship.

Alter’s Yoko Littner OUT!!!

AlternateSam — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:23:55 +0000

I’ve just received news that my pre-order of Alter’s Yoko Littner is ready for collection. Will do a quick update after I collect it this weekend.

Picture via eltworld.wordpress.com

Alter’s Yoko Littner vs Kotobukiya’s Yoko

AlternateSam — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:38:25 +0000

I’m really having a hard time deciding between these 2 figures that were just released for pre-orders. Both looked great but I do not want to have 2 similarly-sized Yokos competing for attention on my shelf.

The Alter’s version is Yoko in her ‘dream’ life as a bounty hunter on a normal world. Whereas, the Kotobukiya’s Yoko is Yoko with Boota, 2 different faces and 3 different hair clips.

Have a look yourself. What do you think? Me, I’m now slightly partial towards Alter’s Yoko Littner mainly due to their usual excellence in paintwork. However, the number of accessories that the Kotobukiya’s Yoko comes with is so tempting!

Alter’s Yoko Littner.

Kotobukiya’s Yoko

Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan

AlternateSam — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:22:42 +0000

The pre-orders for this figure are out and I got to say it looks really nice. Retailing at 7,800 yen which is very reasonably for something of this scale and quality. The Alter figurine here is well-painted as usual and I’m very tempted to get it.

Another picture of it, this time a full-body shot.

Meanwhile, I have already ordered this from BT a few weeks ago.

Hopefully I can collect the Yoko Nendoroid when it reaches next week although it might encounter some delays as usual. Looks like another great work from GSC.

Yoko Theme Song
TTGL Theme Song: Libera Me from Hell