Rin Natsume 1/8 (Kotobukiya)
By James. Filed in Figures Reviews |Tags: Little Busters
Another great work from Kotobukiya , it’s really nice to see them working that hard , before they were making no always great job , especially on the painting , now it’s like they’re getting better and better each time . The paint work , sculpt and pose on this one is juste nice . Nothing special to say but it’s way better than their past work with Key’s characters , like Kanon and Clannad … So if you’re a Rin fan , you can’t miss buying that one 
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If you need more pics you can find great reviews at shino and super rats
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 3:13 pm |
Love the scary cat face. ^^
The lighting looks bright than usual.
Indeed, Koto figures are getting better. ^^
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 4:19 pm |
lol last 2 pictures ftw. that face caught me off guard (I’m not familiar with the character). that alone makes her awesome XD
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 5:04 pm |
Kotobukiya sure makes progress (fortunately!), but I am still not really into their very own style. Kotobukiya anime figures are easily recognisable, exactly like GSC ones are.
So, I hope Rin will have the Max/GSC treatment, like Ayu and Makoto had, since I prefer their way to carve bishoujo faces ^^;
Besides, I ordered Nono… so there are some exception, but maybe because it is not the same scale. Like for latest Misato and Rei… but somehow, all 1/8 Kotobukiya figures still look “poor”. Just a personal thought, sorry ^^;
The funny thing with your pictures is that I tend to incline my head in the same direction Rin is going to… magic of dynamism hehe ^^
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 5:45 pm |
You did manage to get her after all! Nice! ^^b
As with lu-k, I do think Kotobukiya has a somewhat distinct style and does pale in comparison to the major manufacturers. Though I tend to buy a whole lot of Kotobukiya characters since they seem to pick up the characters that I really enjoy. And I don’t think Koto can get any worse than Solid Works stuff, so it’s safe to stick with them at least ^^;
But Koto has really improved a fair amount, which is great considering their prices are rising too ^^;
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 6:16 pm |
The Angry Face is awesome!
She definately looks worth the money
I havent got any Koto Figure so far.
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 8:52 pm |
@ optic : too much lightning , i have a hard time with ly setup lately
@ Persocom : lol yes , it’s kinda special :p
@ lu-k : i agree with you , but still , they’re getting better ^^ and lol about you inclining your head to look at the pics :p
@ Shino : yes i finally got her
like you say , sadly their prices are rising , and that’s sad :p
@ Blowfish : i’ll be scared if i saw a real girl with that face
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 9:25 pm |
Rin always reminded me of Kyonko… ><
I wanted to see if I could possibly get this, but it was sold out on Hobby Search.
She’s one of the reasons that I want to play Little Busters.
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 9:44 pm |
@ Orange : it’s the only reason i love Little Busters :p
I have the game but in japanese , it’s hard and not really nice so i stopped … i can’t wait for the anime version ^^
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 10:52 pm |
I’ve had Rin on my desk for over a month. So cute.
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Monday, August 11th 2008 at 11:33 pm |
Yes i know , your pics made me buy her ^^
Did you get your Ringo yet ?
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Tuesday, August 12th 2008 at 1:17 am |
@James: Given that KyoAni has animated all the big Key games, this will probably be animated too.
I expect it to be out… next fall maybe?
You could always try using AGTH and a machine translation, but then again, it probably won’t make things better.
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Tuesday, August 12th 2008 at 4:09 am |
her pose is quite worrying, she might lean over time =\
I’m still waiting for better little buster figurines
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Tuesday, August 12th 2008 at 11:28 am |
@ Orange : it is indeed going to be animated very soon
. i tried the program but for Little Busters , it’s still impossible to understand 
@ Ron : i don’t think she’ll lean
not sure they’ll be better Little Busters figs …
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Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 6:01 pm |
I’ve download the Little Busters trial version in english. She is a great character, not a stereotypic fighting girl.
I don’t like the Key’s chara design on Kanon, Air and Clannad,on this game it’s look better ^_^
Really nice figure <3 Simple. I love the skirt XD
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Tuesday, August 26th 2008 at 6:28 pm |
@ NancyMitsuki : I do like Air and Kanon design a lot
But i do agree that the chara design of Little Busters is better
I have the game but in japanese so i can’t really play it :’( . Sad that such great games doesn’t exist in english version …
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Thursday, January 29th 2009 at 3:05 am |
The reason you probably like the design is they used a different artist this time for the girls. I still like the design for the guys in little busters; same artist. I like the style for the guys, or maybe its just the writing.
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