~Liu MeiFeng 「Shuraki」 柳妹鳳~

Probably the most annoying figure yet I’ve come across thus far. Taking her apart and putting her back together took even longer than setting up and taking the photos -_-” Heck, stripping and assembling a rifle actually takes less time than what I spent struggling with MeiFeng T_T With my exceedingly short patience, I guess thats why as well I don’t mess around with Transformers, I’d probably bash my skull in while trying to figure out how Convoy or Megatron transforms

Suffice to say, towards the middle, I was almost hoping to break something so I can call it quits with her. So I guess fortunately for me, I managed to put her back together without losing my sanity and a figure I was quite happy to receive initially didn’t turn out to make me regret getting her ^^;

Right from the get-go, this is one really sweet figure. One metal rod and peg goes into her right leg, so whether she’ll lean is really something not to be worried about. Honestly, now that I’ve been through it, the only reason I would leave her in the box untouched is simply because it’s one major pain in the arse to take her apart >.<

But I survived the process, and now I’m a happy guy, and the struggle I had awhile ago seems so far away. Unfortunately, some little spots of paint on her hair got chipped away somewhere on the way to me so some parts of her hair are marred. But one look at that sweet face and expression and I can sort of live with the chips. In the beginning it didn’t seem like I would be able to get her anyway so I should just be contented I guess xD

Her hair is really awesomely done, in spite of the little mold line at the twirly whirly bun-like hair at the top of her head. Fantastically sculpted with lots of sweet detail, even while the whole figure is great in general, her hair really stands out.

Just the normal version of her shot since I really don’t want to go through the nightmare of putting her back together more than once, her clothing has a sweet paint job mostly and looks great. Some little parts have paint that run off, but they aren’t majorly bad, and aren’t in visually obvious places.

Mostly as you can see, the paint runs off slightly at the sides. Could be just my copy of the figure since these issues aren’t consistent, and like I mentioned, not too visually obvious when viewed from the front anyway.

Her weapons. I like how her blue one was done over the red/pink. It just doesn’t seem to have much impact for me as the blue did. Overall, I very much prefer Akatsuki’s weapons over MeiFeng’s.

Lovely, flowing lower section of her clothes. Paint job here is crisp and well finished.

Really lovely set of legs ^^ From the anklets to the thigh band to the little openings at the sides. I could really look at it forever and not grow bored xD

Absolutely sweet base. GSC really does the best bases as far as I’m concerned ^^b

I like this angle, so much revealed yet the mysteries still remain xD

Wanted to go for a rocky/mountainous theme but didn’t have quite enough rocks and steam to go about making one. So as usual, I present my lazy shots which actually could use some covering up but oh wells =D

A really great figure to get if you’re considering getting her. Those who missed the first run should look forward to getting the second run due in April. Despite being somewhat pricey for a 1/8 scale figure, she does come with a drama CD and a booklet so it’s not exactly like you’re getting gimped for the amount you’re paying. I honestly think I would have gotten her even if she didn’t come with those extras anyway

Manufacturer: Good Smile Company
Scale: 1/8
Released: Dec 2007
Price: 6476 Yen
Availability: Apr Restock @ HLJ

~ by shino on January 27, 2008.