Holy sh!t, beautiful 
Well, at least that's what promo pics tell us

This is waaay better than the GSC version,IMO...Love the base with the sakura petals motif, its a nice touch...I just hope it remains in the final product...

bro, source pls...

Hit or miss (lately more miss hahah), mostly depends on which sculptor. My very first scaled figure is from Griffon (Kan'u Unchou from Ikkitousen). Lately their nicer figures only come from their lines. Most of their figures that went into "not so good" category usually sculpted by Ryoichi Ikeda; for some reason figures he sculpted always have bad faces, or rather, almost same faces.

Don't really have any tips, aside from going to myfigurecollection and see user-submitted images on the figure you are eyeing

I criticize them a lot, and it took me 3 figures to realize i should stop buying from them. The main issue i tend to have with them is the pathetic base, which can take up more space than necessary (they use the same base for every figure, only change the metal plate in the middle which contains the character's name and origin). Quality, u judge from which sculptor is behing it; and their best line of products are Touhou figures while their more mainstream character figures from anime are pretty half-assed, terrible.

On why they didnt gulung tikar, it's because their figures appeal more to newbies in figure collecting, those who have never tasted higher quality ones - they think that if it's genuine, it's enough. Griffon's figures are cheaper by other companies by 10-20%. their Asuna figures (already a few made) are at 7000-8000yen price range, well, close to Kotobukiya's one, but better ones, like GSC's version is over 9300yen and i expect Max Factory's version to exceed 10,000yen. And, the signs where Griffon's figures are not desirable, more than often after being released their price drop like crazy (and the newbies who want to save $$ will get 'em).

Over 10k yen, those are most likely Touhou figures, they do well with Touhou because their sculptor responsible for that series is good at it. Griffon has 2 good sculptors, forgot the name,  but they dun work on mainstream characters.

No idea if you noticed it, GSC, Max, Orchid Seed, Native, etc takes 5-8 months to release a figure after preorder opens. Griffon can take as little as 3-4 months. Either the quantity they make is little, or quality control is lacking, or both.

Nice...Do you have the other Sabers from this line...? I'm missing Saber Alter,and its proving to be impossible to find for my budget...

I preferred the GSC's line of Sabers, had the Saber Alter Vortigern and Lily Distant Avalon. Im waiting for Saber Extra, GSC 1/7 version> Well, if i have to wait years more, yes, i would wait on. Kinda confident GSC may make one, their Sabers are best sellers.

Sold out at amiami...that fast...

Sold out at amiami...that fast...