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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 .