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Max Factory’s newest line of poseable action figures are set to rival Kaiyodo’s Revoltech series.

Technorati tags: 2008, Action Figure, Anime, Blog, Collectibles, Figma, Hangmen, Japan, Max Factory, Superior Internet Content, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Weblog, Youtube, Yuki Nagato.

My latest haul from XL-Shop two weeks ago. I ordered Figma Yuki Nagato and Revoltech Fraulein Rin, along with a couple of modeling necessities.

Nagato comes with a stand, a chair, two different books (one closed, one opened), a set of hands, a different pair of shoes, a spare face and an alternate front hair with glasses. Being the first Figma figure in my collection, I have to say that I’m quite pleased with how the overall product turns out. Some parts of Nagato’s clothing (jacket, skirt) are made from soft plastic material, which not only gives it a better feel but improved flexibility as well. Nagato is DFC, hence she doesn’t have any ‘life-like texture’ on her chest.

Unlike Revoltech’s figure stand which either clips onto the figure or attaches itself on the figure’s feet, Figma’s figure stand is attached through the back via a visible hole. The hole at the back of the figure can be a bit of an eyesore but ignorable if you ain’t picky about action figures (I know some PVC figure elitist despise anything with dolljoints).

Various random poses and pictures, from left to right:

- PROMOTIONS!
- I tried to imitate Kamina’s “Your drill shall pierce the heavens!” pose, but failed miserably.
- Upskirt! Nagato’s pantsu is made out of soft plastic material to mask the joints around the figure’s hips.
- Nagato lieks books.
- Nagato reading books. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

- Nagato really lieks books.
- Nagato packing heat. Her hard plastic hands (as opposed to Revoltech’s soft plastic), while having dynamic hand gestures, does gave her a difficult time gripping objects properly.
- You might probably be able to guess which picture that I attempt to emulate the pose from. Another angle here.
- Nagato doing what she does best: reading books for long periods of time while also becoming a piece of decoration in the background.

- Yuki Nagato is keen to show you how the face-swapping procedure is done.
- Just pull out the front hair and the face gently, and you’re done.
- “Stay the hell away from me, vile demon!”. Nagato scared the daylights outta the GM.
- Much better.

The figure’s stand allows Nagato to pull off some rad (yes, I’m old enough to remember that word!) moves, like a flying drop kick.

GM receives the smackdown.

Nagato savors her victory with a winning pose. Haven’t watched wrestling since 1999. All the moves you see here are made with fragments of what’s left in my old memories of World Wrestling Federation matches (couldn’t use Youtube for reference cuz’ my Internet fails at the time).

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Random Youtube video of the day:

Some dude’s insane collection. Whoever owned all this must’ve been rich enough to afford himself either a spacious apartment or house. That or he’s just financially suicidal, living on tap water and food donations.