Fate T.Harlaown Shin Sonic Form 1/7 (Alter) review
By James. Filed in Figures Pics, Figures Reviews |Tags: Fate Alter True Sonic Form, Shin
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Here’s finally one of the most preordered figure this year, the 1/7 adult version of Fate Harlaown by Alter. This version is MASSIVE and if you remember the “old” version , well she’s two time her size. The amount of details are doubled too and the overall quality got a big boost too. We can easily call this Fate the ultimate version, as i doubt we’ll ever see again a Fate so big and detailed.
Alter work on Fate is flawless, she is exactly like the proto shots and the paint work is just great. Lovely shiny paint and every clothes parts are finely painted without any mistake. It’s perfect and it’s what we should get all the time. Sadly not all figures manufacturers are as good in the painting details as Alter … Fate’s hair is impressive too and her pose is dynamic and sexy as the same time. This Fate is an otaku dream, you can’t even tell it’s only PVC (and ABS of course), as if you put her in the midle of cold cast kits or resins, she will still stay the center of attention. Yes, she’s THAT awesome .
If i had to find a bad thing about her, well it’s the base, the same one like the other Nanoha characters. But who cares ? She could have been even better with a designed base but oh well …
So overall, this new Fate is THE one to get and i’m impressed by Alter’s work on her. A new reference for sure.
Without surprise, Fate Shin Sonic Form gets 5 Exelica out of 5. I truly believe she’s the most gorgeous figure this year and she’s too impressive to miss. So if you love Fate, don’t miss her !
Hope you like the pic and i’m sorry about the comments, i made a mistake when editing and deleted them …
And go buy your Fate right now !
Another review at Blue Blue Wave
And the box review at Saku’s 
Meronpan’s back with a great review too here
Review is up at The Inferno Project here too
And another review at SonicVer2 here
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Friday, December 11th 2009 at 1:41 pm |
Superbe figurine !! Et tes photos sont trop belles. C’est un sapin que l’on voit derrière ? Tu as abandonnais le fonds noir je voir ^^ Cette Fate est une beauté !
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James Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
C’est mon sapin de noel qui a servi de fond oui :p
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Friday, December 11th 2009 at 3:06 pm |
Superbe bokeh, ça rend vraiment bien avec Fate… J’adore !!
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James Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Je trouve aussi que ca rend bien , comme quoi la seule solution que j’avais de faire des photos d’elle a été la bonne … J’ai pris les photos en étant pas confiant , au final le rendu est correct…
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Friday, December 11th 2009 at 6:02 pm |
Cette figurine est tout bonnement splendide!!! 20/20, elle mérite bien les 5 exelicas que tu lui as mis.
Je n’ai jamais vu une figurine aussi bien détaillé, surtout au niveau des cheveux, c’est impressionnant.
Quand à tes photos, je te dis “merci”. Elle sont superbe. La plupart des reviews/photos que j’ai vu de Fate m’ont déçu, en particulier celles de FooBarBaz.
Et puis, avoir pris ton beau sapin en “fond” était une excellente idée.
Je te le redis, tes deux photos sur fond noir sont parfaites!!! J’ai d’ailleurs pris la dernière comme fond d’écran.
T’es trop fort!!!
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James Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Clair qu’elle est splendide !
Et dire que je suis quasi dur que c’est Saber Lilly qui va etre élue fig de l’année alors qu’elle est a la ramasse techniquement par rapport a cette Fate …Bref mon vote va pour Fate sans meme réflechir
J’ai pas trouvé de reviews a part FooBar , si tu as des liens a me donner , c’est rare que j’ai aucun lien a poster sur mes reviews … Fait des photos de la tienne , hop hop !
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Chrono-Kun Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Je pense également que ce sera Saber Lily qui va être élue.
D’ailleurs, je crois que Fate ne sera même pas dans les 5 figurines les plus nommées. C’est dommage car elle le mérite.
Pour les autres reviews, de ceux dont j’ai pu retrouver les liens, il y a :
- http://www.cutanews.com/rv/rv_415_fate.html
- http://pillow100.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-1302.html (j’aime beaucoup celle-ci)
- http://whitemania.jp/dwarf_foto/2009/11/post_248.html#extended
- http://akibahobby.net/2009/11/alter_fate_review.html
- http://bluebluewave.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/alter-strikers-fate-figure-review/
Y’en a d’autres mais j’retrouve plus les liens.
Moi, faire des photos de Fate!? Ca va être difficile. Quoique, elle me redonnera peut-être envi de refaire des photos.
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Merci pour les liens mais je ne link que les blogs en anglais
(ou fr bien sur)
Saber Lily ne mérite meme pas etre dans le top 3 d’apres moi mais bon …
Friday, December 11th 2009 at 10:07 pm |
Now remind me to open mine asap. Nice pictures. Now I don’t feel poor for buying her.. I don’t regret it XD.
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Open yours , free her and she’ll be happy
btw your comment was again in the spam
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 6:27 am |
Magnifique !!! la figurine en elle-même est superbe et avec le sapin dans le fond, tes photos sont dignes d’un professionnel
j’aime beaucoup
je trouve que c’est une de tes séries de photos les plus réussies !!
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Merci , pourtant c’est la seul série qui a été faite en genre 10 – 15 minutes au lieu des 2 h habituelles … Comme quoi pourquoi se prendre la tete ?
Je remercie donc mon sapin , c’est grace a lui que les photos sont sympa
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 12:14 pm |
She’s so pretty! I like how Alter did her hair – Really looks like wind is blowing through her hair.
One thing, what did you use for background? Christmas tree? It’s a nice touch though. ^^
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Yes christmas tree lol
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 2:05 pm |
Her hair takes up so much space ^^;;. From the photos, she is worthy price since I haven’t opened mine yet.
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Open the box right now !
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 2:31 pm |
Elle est superbe, n’est-ce pas? Belles photos, super l’effet bokeh avec les lumières du sapin.
Cette année nous avons déjà été traitée à des figures vraiment superbes, Alter et GSC ont vraiment rehaussée la barre vers un niveau supérieur. Saber Lily et Yoko m’ont déjà épaté mais Fate est encore plus étonnante. Surtout que fate est vraiment impeccable, aucune faute de peinture, pas de petit coups ou taches, elle est top.
Merci pour le lien vers mon blog. ^^
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James Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Je suis pas si fan de GSC , je les trouve largement sur estimé … Je veux dire , oui ils sortent du bon , mais le niveau de peinture et la qualité du PVC utilisé est a mon gout en dessous d’Alter et Max Factory . Mais la n’est pas le sujet , j’espere que Black Rock Shooter me fera changer d’avis :p
Mais oui Fate est parfaite , elle devrait servir d’exemple niveau qualité . Dommage qu’elle soit si galere a prendre en photo :p
Pas a dire merci , ca m’embetait de pas avoir de lien a poster ce coup ci , donc j’etais content de voir ta reviews (avec de belles photos en plus)
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 8:26 pm |
Impressive photos as always! Love the night time photo shoot! I had to do a last minute cancellation on Alter Fate… sadly I no longer have enough room to display a figure this massive horizontally, plus, I think I don’t like the way they had her mouth open… would have preferred her with a different mouth shape.
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James Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Yeah she sure takes a lot of space :s
Your Dolfies needs lots of space too , right ? :p
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Saturday, December 12th 2009 at 9:38 pm |
So other than the weather, custom fees is something to hate about France as well? -_-
Unfortunately I have only enough room for ONE epic figure and I chose Nanoha. I even got a new bookcase JUST FOR HER so I already went the extreme here. lol
Great review, love the chrismasy background (I want some more pictures of ur tree
) and ur pictures make FATE LOOK EPIC.
Are u getting Nanoha as well? Fate will look twice as EPIC with her. xD
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James Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 6:09 am
The overall taxes you have to pay in France as well , you can hate those , really high :/
I did order Nanoha , i hope i’ll be able to pay her so i’m glad she was pushed back
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Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 5:32 am |
I am glad you were able to pay her
I was lucky because I didn’t want to order her at the beginning (she was too expensive for me), I preordered her anyway and right now she is very hard to find >.<
She is so impressive ! Nices pics. Good idea to have choosen the xmas tree for the background
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James Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 6:10 am
I got lucky , i got some computer repairs to do last week and with that , i was able to pay her
Take pics of yours , you didn’t take any pics for a long time :’(
Miku fanboy !
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jintoo Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I plan to publish a review of a figure from Kara no Kyoukai, so I should upload some pics very soon. I wish there were more crushing PC by you to make you work more xD
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Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 11:02 am |
My score for this Fate figure is also 5/5. ^^
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James Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Did you buy her ?
And i would rate her 10/5 if i could :p
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Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 10:11 pm |
Nose bleed. My Fate is back into the box on that day i brought her back. She’s going to hate me like my other girls do. D=
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James Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Yeah i saw the pics at your blog , i would love to see more pics by you so take her out of the box and go take pics :p
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Sunday, December 13th 2009 at 11:07 pm |
nice idea with the xmas lights background, love the effect ^^
no shots with her mondo zamber?
well worth the wait, can hardly believe she’s finally here!
meronpan´s last blog ..Fate T Harlaown ~ True Sonic Form ~ Alter
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James Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Well it was not an idea but my only choice if i wanted to take pics of her :p
She’s was too big for my studio and lens …
I can’t take any pic with her zamber with my zoom lens
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Thursday, December 17th 2009 at 7:43 am |
Very interesting background and I like how you used the christmas tree as the background. To be honest I’ve almost mistakened those shiny balls as city lights ^^;
From your and meronpan’s photos, Fate sure looks awesome. I think I won’t regret pre-ordering her in the first place, which arrived 3 weeks ago. Say, do you have anywhere to display her? I am still thinking about where I can put her once I come back home as I am currently away from home, so can’t see Fate myself yet… And thanks to her, I probably won’t buy anymore scale PVC figures anymore for the time being. orz
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James Reply:
December 18th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
i’m glad my pics were not too bad , wasn’t sure the results were going to be fine lol
i saw Fate’s box on your blog , i hope you’ll free her of her box soon and takes pictures too
As for display , i put her on top of a Detolf shelf ^^ no other choice lol
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Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 9:00 am |
Surely she’s gorgeous but i would probably not buy her for some reasons. And yeah customs taxes are high, what these taxes are for anyway ?
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James Reply:
December 20th, 2009 at 9:10 am
“what these taxes are for anyway ?”
This way they can go on vacation with all the money they take from us lol :p
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Katsura-chan Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Yeah, i am going to try working for customs and steal the money they take from all the figures fan so i can redistribute them. That would be faire and i would become famous :p
Ah ah anyway ^^ It’s maybe a bit early but i want to put a banner of you on my site. Can we do a banner exchange in some way or another ?
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James Reply:
December 24th, 2009 at 8:02 am
They do take lots of money from me :’( They should give it back as Christmas gift !
And i don’t do banner exchange , i just put the links of the sites i go to on my blogroll and that’s all . I’m not into the “link me and i’ll link you back” because it’s too “commercial” for me and some people only link people to be link back … So yeah , i link who i want and i don’t care if anyone links me or not ^^ but yeah it’s nice when people do anyway
Katsura-chan Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 5:26 am
okay okay … i’m a newbie so i thought it was a good think to ask. I understand you point of view, don’t hit me ha ha
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James Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Oh i’m sorry if you took this the wrong way , i was just saying my point of view , you didn’t do anything wrong at all
I just wanted to tell you that people doesn’t need to add me to get their ban here , i do it automatically if the site is nice enough for my taste
And yours is in my blogroll from the start
Friday, December 25th 2009 at 7:59 am |
1. You mention her lackluster base, and then you don’t provide a shot of it? For shame!
More seriously, I think she may not have a base with much effort put into it because she’s suspended in the air, so you should put her in such a height that the angle is not directed at the base anyway.
2. Your photos are interesting. With the “red” background, as I think of a background of dark with lights (an “Urban” background, so to speak) makes her colours pop, but since she is mostly on the darker side of things with the black and dark blue, I am not sure how much it works. Also, her hair, I’d have to see with a white background, because, as we’ve talked before, a dark shot makes the vividness truly jump, and it also makes things look too plastic-like at times.
A suggestion, always include one photo of the other type, that is to say, with a white/black background, just to let people glean more details.
Of course, a natural light photo would be great, if a hassle
I think it’s a pretty great figure, but the price, and the rods put me off it, even if I had the money. I just dislike rods. An issue, since I pretty like the upcoming Saber by Alter…
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James Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Well , as you maybe know (or not) , i only have a telezoom lens so for big figures , i can’t do any studio shots at all . That’s why i did this background . But i thought it worked well , as the colors are exactly like in “real” .
As for taking pics of each figure with differents background , i would like to do that but changing and setting it up takes lots of time (because of my small space) and with one it already takes me like 2 hours just doing it
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Guy Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:26 am
Yeah, even with my crappy setting and no skills it takes me considerable time to do photoshoots..
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James Reply:
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 am
I don’t have any skill either , just a very good lens ^^
Happy New Year Guy !
Guy Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Maybe with enough tips/questions from me you’ll have developed skill, to answer!
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James Reply:
January 6th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Lol yeah maybe
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Friday, December 25th 2009 at 4:21 pm |
Well You did nice pictures as usual there!
Is she the Fate that comes with that huge ass weapon?
So is that big box actually neccessary or were they simply going for the wow effect?
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James Reply:
December 28th, 2009 at 6:08 am
I couldn’t take pics with her big weapon with my lens
And yeah , the box was neccessary for the hair
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Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 3:18 am |
You have the greatest shot of this Fate I’ve ever seen.
Thank you
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James Reply:
January 5th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Hi
I don’t like any of my Fate shots but thank you !
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