Finally the so late Shana by Griffon is here . The original release date was june and she got pushed back so many times that i can’t believe she’s here … Usually when figures are pushed back for so much time , it’s to makes improvements on it , to make it looks better . Well i guess people at Griffon’s doesn’t thinks the same …

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As you can see with the pics , she does not look like the proto , but i can’t exactly say what is different . Maybe it’s just the lightning or the angle , but well … five months late for what ? Can’t see the improvements …

Anyway it’s not all that bad , as for a Griffon figure , she’s really nicely made . The painting is great and the overall quality is maybe even better than the Max Factory one . Yes , really . So this Shana is one of the best Shana out there (quality wise maybe the best) but we can’t say we have lots of awesome choices …

The base is , like always with Griffon , the black base with the metal plate on it … but this time , it looks totally out of place … A beach base (or even better , a flame theme base) would have been much better ! (and they had time to change it …)

But all is not that bad , this Shana is nearly perfect quality wise , the pose is cute , the hair looks awesome and it’s sexy enough to please all the Shana fans out there .

For Shana fans : 7.5/10

For non Shana fans : 6/10

Technical note : 8.5/10

An impressive looking Shana , perfectly sculted and painted but not everyone is going to love the overall look . The black base is not a good point this time .

Prototype version of the Shana made by Griffon (pic from Amiami)

Pic taken by Shingo from Heisei Democracy at the last World Hobby Festival .

It’s surely closer to the retail version and it’s currently the fig i’m waiting the most .

What’s yours ?

I hope i won’t be disappointed as i think it’s going to be my first Griffon fig :p .