Gwendolyn 1/8 (Alter) review
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Here’s Alter’s first figure from the game “Odin Sphere” (great Atlus game btw) .
Gwendolyn was already available as a 1/5 resin kit (the review is on here too) but this is the first one making the way to PVC .
And what a way to finish the year , Alter shows us again that they are the best figures makers .
Naturally this version is not as imposing as the previous kit but with the beautiful base and the nice “preparing to fly/jumping” pose , she stands between 30 and 40 cm ! (depending on how you put her lance) . So she IS tall , thanks to the best designed and painted base ever . And technically speaking , she is so detailled , the wings are absolutly stunning , with a clear material used and gradient colors in it . The clothes are great as well , the metalic parts are looking really metalic and her face and hair are painted to the perfection .
If you ever played the game , i think you can only see that she IS indeed Gwendolyn , the guys from Alter did really respect the chara design of the game and it’s another proof of quality . Another good point is that you don’t have to put the wings and stuff on the figure , she’s made in one piece , you just have to put her on the base and put the lance in her hands . It’s always nice to have a real PVC figure , instead of a PVC kit , like we are getting a lot lately …
Perfect work , great looking base + awesome/impressive figure + stunning painting and a great pose = a masterpiece from Alter . I have NO complains at all , Gwendolyn is flawless , at least if you like the style of the character . The only downside is maybe the fact that she may lean someday but she seems nicely balanced so i wouldn’t worry about that …
Best figure of the year BY FAR , and surely Alter’s masterpiece .
10/10
Now the pics , i hope you’ll make a good choice and buy her , before she’s sold out everywhere …
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Tuesday, December 30th 2008 at 10:42 pm |
I’m waiting mine to arrive, apparently HLJ still hasn’t shipped mine yet -___-, seems like they are on holiday till new year
Glad that the final product turn out to be very good, was waiting for proper gwendolyn figurine for ages
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Tuesday, December 30th 2008 at 11:10 pm |
What’s stunning about her is her wings. It’s so detailed, it’s almost perfect. No, IT IS perfect actually. ^^
Love the base. I wish more manufacturers would put more in effort into making bases as detailed as that.
Unfortunately, I already have my money reserved for other big orders. T_T
Looking forward to more reviews in the new year my friend. Holding temptation after every review is hard. >_<
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Tuesday, December 30th 2008 at 11:38 pm |
Though I don’t know her, but I do know this figure is AWESOME! =D
Really like how detailed her wings are and her cute face too… ^^
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 4:58 am |
What the hell happened to my previous comment?
Anyway what I said was roughly something along the following lines.
I did not take much note of this figure until I saw FBB’s review of her recently. I like E2046′s better, like you, but well, not that big into resin anyway. Her wings are always good, and this is by Alter. A wonder at 1/8 by itself thanks to Alter.
I have the game but never played it ever since its release lol. I cannot be bothered to play 2D RPGs, though I heard it was good too, and saw it in game action once. Gwendolyn is also blue. And with wings. Still I want to think about it seriously before I decide. She does look very nice indeed.
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 8:51 am |
argh, why do you tempt me so?! ^^; really love both takes on the character – must be great having both in your collection ^_^
damn, really just leaves me speechless so nice lookin ^^
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 9:58 am |
LOVELY pictures as always!!!!!!
She is on heck of a figure…
Now I want her…
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 11:13 am |
Oh my … such a beautiful figure … I am still deciding though as she is quite expensive for me to get since I miss pre-ordering her… *sigh* … this is torturous…
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 3:05 pm |
@ ron : hope you’ll get her soon !
@ optic : buy her , buy her , buy her , buy her , that’s enough tentation for you ? :p
@ kazearashi : awesome is indeed the good word ^^
@ Panther : was not in the spam box so your comment disappeared i guess :’( . you should play the game , as it’s one of the most beautiful game in the world , and i mean it .
@ meronpan : buy her :p , i love to make you buy things :p
@ Rin : thanks , and you really NEED her , because she’s the best from Alter
@ ELTboy : i hope you’ll buy her , she’s low stock at HLJ so don’t decide for too long and go for it ^^
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 5:02 pm |
Wow, that looks great…tons of detail in the wings. On another note, though, this is reminding me that I should probably finish Odin Sphere one of these days >_>
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Wednesday, December 31st 2008 at 9:09 pm |
Actually my comment was in the old post, before you renamed it lol.
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Thursday, January 1st 2009 at 1:22 pm |
Definitely have to agree with, this is by far one of the best figures of 2008 but her size can put her in jeopardize for not fitting inside a cabinet.
Odin’s Sphere is not my type of RPG
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Thursday, January 1st 2009 at 9:25 pm |
@ Eternal : i should finish it too someday ^^
@ Panther : i deleted it , sorry about that :p
@ Belela-san : yes the size is quite a problem , she is quite big . You should force yourself to play the game , it’s great ^^
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Thursday, January 1st 2009 at 9:59 pm |
Astounding Job of Alter!
I like E2046s Gathering Figure a tad better.Shes a gorgeous PVC figure nevertheless.I bet her box was impressive aswell
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Sunday, January 4th 2009 at 1:04 am |
@ Blowfish : her box was impressive by the colors and beauty of it ! most beautiful box for a figure ever !
it doesn’t look like a toy box like always but like a box for something precious , i was impressed !
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Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 10:26 pm |
wow best figure of the year! Then good thing I’ve got her ordered as well! there are just some figures every figure collector must have, and she seems to be one of those kind of beautiful figures. Btw why don’t’ we exchange links on our blogrolls?
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Wednesday, January 14th 2009 at 10:33 pm |
@ Dancing Queen : it’s only my opinion ^^
Glad you bought her too
I’ll add you of course , i forgot to do it before (because yes i do lurk on your blog as well ^^)
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