Figurine: Nagato Yuki - e2046
Guess which figurine just arrived in the mail a few days back. (The photos didn’t turn out well. Mostly because this time round, I only had one light source, and yuki’s very sharp nose casts very bad shadows)
This is obviously a copy of the Yuki figurine that Bubba sculpted that I mentioned previously.
Like the previous e2046 gathering package that I bought, this one came in the exact same packaging. The outside is wrapped in 2 layers of bubble wrap. In the box, the figurine is surrounded by layers of styrofoam. Previously, the parts came in small ziplock plastic bags. This time, they came contained in just normal plastic bags (like your normal figurines) Surprisingly, the head and arm were not glued. (apparently because it might be fragile and damaged while broken, although I thought the padding was good enough)
Assembling the pieces together weren’t too bad. The arm fitted on easily enough, although the seam might be a tad more obvious than normal. The head was a tight fit, and required much force. However, the hole at the base for the figurine was not of suitable size at all, and required manual intervention.
The painting of the figurine remained top notch in my opinion, (like most gathering pieces) Hopefully you can tell from the photos, even though the lighting made it quite bad.
E2046.com this time offered changeable tops using “magnetic technology”. The magnetic parts work well enough, and changing the tops were VERY easy.
It comes with a pink or white top, or you can leave it with the tubetop it comes painted with. Now this part has various problems. Firstly, the seam connecting the two pieces end up being horrible. Secondly, no matter which top you put on, you’ll ALWAYS see the tubetop. (the original had no tubetop, and came with a pink top) Thirdly, I don’t recall seeing an obvious nipple on the original. (not sure if it’s noticeable in the photos, but definitely is on the figurine itself)
E2046 staff like to ask which top people prefer. I’ll vote for the pink one, especially since it goes better with the bottom. (I kinda think the extra tops are well…. extra.)
Other bad points. The figurine does not balance well on the base. For mine, while both feet are flat on the base, the heels do not touch the base. (extra stress) And depending on how you tip it, mine ends up standing on the toes at times. I’m afraid it ends up tipping excessively forward. (although add in the point that I had problem getting it into the base, it becomes not a small thing anymore)
Others mentioned gaps between the hands and the body. Mine has the same gaps, but I don’t know what’s the problem there. I thought the original had the same gaps.
All in all, a very good quality figurine as usual. Although the impact isn’t as high as the haruhi bunny one. Thus some might find the cost a little prohibitive. (S$200)
Anyway, it’s going to stand proudly beside my haruhi figurine now.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
The tube looks decent. But the face sucks really. It looks like a doujin drawing.
May 12th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I never saw it that way, but now that you’ve mentioned it…
May 12th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
The colour is a bit off…. look too pale.
May 12th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
that could be due to my lousy photo taking. should have gone into the sun.
But it IS on the pale side. The first photo is my most accurate colour-wise I guess.
May 12th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Personally I don’t like this figure of Yuki all that much. The face looks really flat and her eyes give a sense of emptiness which also doesn’t make it look that great.
May 14th, 2007 at 6:09 am
Great photos. Her waist line looks great.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
it doesn’t look too yuki..
May 15th, 2007 at 3:47 am
Haha you are all ruining it for TedFox! I kinda have to agree with tj_han, though…
May 15th, 2007 at 9:57 am
It’s alright. I tend to agree with them too. Doesn’t mean i’ll enjoy it any less. heh
May 15th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
wow nice pictures. But she’s really expensive huh. I prefer the latest Yuki sitting down hugging the guitar
May 16th, 2007 at 12:57 am
i looks like the casting suffered fom shinkage, which is why her face looks weird. The tube tob/interchangable shirts took away from the original design and her nose looks a lot bigger too :(. It’s a good paint job but e2046 should have assemble this figure the way it was suppose to be IMO.
July 17th, 2007 at 10:34 am
gotta get that shit
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
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