~Alice Carroll 「Aria・アリア」 アリス・キャロル~

Got her since she was on sale, as well as I never did have anything Alice, even though I arguably liked her the most in Aria somehow. Never did try too hard to get the Alice by Solid Works since putting her together with the rest of them would prove to be somewhat difficult. So just made do with the Punit, and it’s a lot cuter too :p

Same deal with Suigintou, with her feet clamped together and held ala trading figure style. Fabric for clothes, and very annoying head gear that never stays in place when the figure is shifted -_-” Big heads are cute, but they’re a nightmare for head gear I suppose :/

In the pictures, her left hand is supposed to support her oar, but couldn’t quite manage that with mine. Guess the inconsistencies of mass produced figures rears its ugly head again. At least the right hand grips the oar just fine. Odd how the base is so small that when the figure is placed on it, the ARIA logo gets obscured by her boots. And while Punits are relatively small and easy to display, I failed to calculate how much space the oar would take up ^^; Should have gone with the Solid Works Alice after all maybe :p

Could have gotten Akari as well, but since I already have the Solid Works version of Akari, I just went with Alice this time. Personally, the Punit Akari didn’t quite work for me as well. Alice was the one for me xD

Hair is considerably done a lot rougher than was Suigintou’s. With some excess spots here and there which thankfully get covered up somewhat by the beret.

Since Suigintou’s clothes were mostly of suede-type material, it wasn’t really obvious back then. But for Alice, the stitches seem to me to be of 1:1 scale on a small figure, so it becomes rather unnatural somewhat. It isn’t badly done by any means, and I guess it can’t be helped, but it certainly can be a cause for complain for some.

Pretty painful patch of hair to behold, but the idea of this shot was actually to show the sleeves with the Orange Planet logo and her glove and cute stubby fingers :p I could have sworn I did a shot of her right hand as well, but that photo somehow disappeared ^^; Computers been acting pretty funky lately as well :/

Stitches were made on the lower half of her uniform to give the clothes more of a “flowy” look.

Oar is decently done, as well as her boots. Can’t complain much about them.

Nothing too elaborate, and not too many shots this time as well. Hopefully in some shots you’ll be able to picture a sunset, but that’s a long shot really :p

It definitely won’t be easy to plonk 5700 Yen + shipping on this figure. Unless you really like Aria (or Alice), or she’s on sale, or you have money to burn, or you’re a completist and you stupidly got into the Punit series :p For me, she’s cute and worth it despite some flaws (not too mention she was on sale!), but I highly doubt that applies to everyone out there. So far the Punit collection has been fun for me, it’s something nice to add to a collection, but it wouldn’t be something that I would claim to be “necessary” in every collection.

Manufacturer: Mega House
Scale: Non Scale
Released: Feb 2008
Price: 5700 Yen
Availability: In Stock @ HLJ

~ by shino on April 16, 2008.