Why indeed, i don’t like saying the same thing again and again. It’s a figure from Alter so as always, i don’t have much to say about the overall quality. As for the figure itself, well it’s Nanoha but in her younger self this time. So lolicons friends rejoice !

This Stand By Ready version of Nanoha (coming from the movie) is without any surprise the best version of young Nanoha available, way better than the now old Good Smile version. Not as impressive as her adult version, she compensates this with the two forms of Raising Heart that can be displayed beside Nanoha on a little base. And the way she is standing high over the base mades her look like she’s really floating, a nice touch. Painting is as always with Alter perfectly done and there’s nothing wrong to signal quality wise. A great figure for all the Nanoha fans and lolicons out there (lots !).

Nanoha Stand By Ready gets 4.5 Exelica out of 5.

That’s all for now, thanks for reading/looking ^-^

And check Meronpan’s review of Nanoha for more detailled pictures.

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Here’s finally my (late) review of the big Nanoha from Alter. There are already lots of pics of her around and great reviews so you don’t need to hear much good about her, you already know everything. In fact, i’m pretty sure that if you’re a figures collector/you have lots of money/you’re a Nanoha fanboy/you just sold the house, you already got her in your collection.

So yes, like Fate, Nanoha is a masterpiece, eveything is finely painted and it’s for sure the best Nanoha available on the market. And i’m sure it’ll stay like this for a while. But i heard some people got problems with their Nanoha’s and i got one with mine too. The “pearls” on her dress and clothes goes off or are not correctly glued. On mine it’s the one on her left arm that is not correctly fixed. Still, it’s a minor problem compared to GSC “oh i forgot to write World is Mine on the base” problem …

Nanoha is a big and beautiful figure, perfectly painted and a must have for any figures collector or fan of the show. But keep in mind that maybe your Nanoha will have some little problems, nothing than can’t be fixed with some glue. And i hope you have lots of patience, Nanoha takes quite a while to be ready to expose, after taking out all the protections and everything.

Nanoha gets 4.5 Exelica out of 5.

And of course check the other reviews from Meronpan and Optic for more beautiful pics and more details on her.

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Here’s the most awaited second figure from Shining Wind by Max Factory . Last year’s (in fact October 2007) Kureha was a big hit and was (and still is) one of the most ranked figure in the market . Now more than one year later , Max Factory finally gave us their version of Seena . I personaly don’t like Kotobukiya’s Shining’s figures a lot , so it was without any thinking than i preordered this one , knowing it would be way better than Koto’s . And it is .

I know some people are going to be quite happy about one “detail” on Seena , Max Factory did keep her striped pantsu , and she’s not shy about showing it to us . Another thing that made me happy is the hat , it’s magnetic , so it’s easy to put on and off . I’m glad this magnetic feature is starting to be more and more used on figures , it’s going to be really important in the future , and it’ll be maybe the end of the actual cast of system that makes figures looks bad .

Back to the figure , no surprises with the sculpt or painting , it’s Max Factory as their best . The painting is great but nothing awesome like the latest work from Alter And Griffon , but the painting is precise , with shading everywhere . And there’s something about Max Factory painting , the figures never looks shiny or saturated . The colors are always just the way they should be , and i love that . You can always recognize a Max Factory figure by the paint , if you don’t believe me , just check your Kureha then the other figures in your collection , and you’ll know what i mean by that .

Seena’s face seems like the problem for some people from what i read , i do agree that it can look strange in pictures , but please look at the original artwork , and you’ll see that Max Factory did respect the original drawing and you can’t say it’s not Seena .

Another thing that i like about Max Factory is that the retail figures always look like the proto shots (even the unpainted one) . You can preorder it without hesitation , because you always get what you see .

Max Factory sure made us wait for Seena a long time but it’s not for nothing . Seena is far from a disapointement and is as good as Kureha was at the end of 2007 , maybe even better (lots of details on the clothes and the paint used for the armor part on her chest looks great) .

It’s a must have for all Shining Wind fans and for everyone else . She will looks great beside Kureha and her cute blue stripped pantsu is surely going to charm you . The only bad thing is that now we’ll surely have to wait for at least one year before getting the next girl in the serie .

9.2/10

I hope the pics are fine for you , tooks lots of time (4 hours) … But i love the result

Next review in two days i think , it’ll be Rin Natsume (yes , another one !) by Enterbrain . Better than all other versions available . And i want to thank you all again for all your comments , i’ll try my best to keep doing reviews .