if banpresto prize release sure get. No money & space for bigger size figure.

Or the guys at Koto simply suck in designing figures (the engineering and physics aspect), the plastic that supports her foot seems to be a separate part that was screwed in from the bottom, then they glue her foot into the peg. Why not just mold the protruding plastic peg and the plastic part surrounding it together with the base as a single piece? Then embed one or two average length metal rods inside the peg. Given they mass produce the figures such a design would add more than USD 3 dollars into their production cost.

personally feel that it may be checked at the same place (China) , both JP and Asia ver.
if didnt pass certain criteria then will be distributed as Asia ver, passed are shipped to Japan
only those that they feel confident enough to pass JP ver QC were shipped to Japan for QC
else it will cost for the return shipment to china as Asia ver.

Good question. I personally dont think they will ship it back to China or something - but it may explain the offers/discounts in AmiAmi's preowned or bargain section, for example. Personally i feel that they are actually new although opened before, but the japanese QC team are not happy with the level of QC for that particular item, although it's supposed to be very good already. That also explains why a lot of Kotobukiya figures end up in bargain bin.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Jun 11 2014, 04:30 PM

naah , that's probably just because most of them are subpar and no one wants them

LOLOL That's harsh. Some of their MuvLuv girls are quite nice (although QC issues are present in some units), also offer all the way down to 3800yen+. Maybe Koto overestimated the popularity/demand of MuvLuv's characters.

Alamak got such problem kah? How come miss Oli is such poor made figure.

Who else got this problem....?

Kotobukiya shot themselves in the foot (pun intended). I have to make her go back in the box, dismantle the whole figure after i take enough photos. It's a love hate relationship; she's one of the most beautiful figures i have seen Koto made, but, but, THAT FARKIN' FOOT PEG I ruined her foot a bit by decorating it with a shitload of glue which spilled around a bit.

If it was Good Smile and you email them a complaint they might even send you replacement parts for free. Kotobukiya, from what i heard, usually refuses to entertain customers' emails regarding quality issues. I wouldnt be so pissed if this was a 8000 or 9000yen figure. But to think they didnt use metal rods for a heavy figure costing almost 14k yen...

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Jun 11 2014, 07:01 PM

I think for those PVC figure fans who want to collect Olivia, saw your post like this, they might stop to do so, hahaha~
it might affect the price of this Olivia.

I already spoiled Griffon's reputation as much as i can last year (the link below). Should i do it to Kotobukiya this year? Need ideas though.

http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/889411

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Jun 11 2014, 08:38 PM

I need to thank you first for your info previously on Japan PVC figure rating, as I saw you rate Kotobukiya very low rate, when Oliva comes out, this does hold me back from placing the order

LOL, you are one of those very few who believe what i say when i criticize Koto (most of them will be: "You serious or trolling? Koto stuff not bad ah!"), just speaking from my experience. I actually though Dark Olivia is koto's turning point, to deliver better figures. They almost got it right there, only to ruin something that's actually important.

To be honest, in terms of beauty and looks, Olivia is probably the most detailed figure ever made by Koto i have seen so far. Probably my luck wasnt good enough, but she is still darn beautiful to look at. If there is one figure of theirs im still interested in, it's that nun with guns Killmaria Aideen. But since she's a Shining series character i'll wait and see for the price drop. I didnt rate Koto too low though; she's a Tier 2, just below the top guns like Alter, GSC, orchid Seed, Max Factory, Native. There are 4 tiers in total on my figure company rating.

I didn't jz blindly believe what you said.
I got a Orchid Seed and a Max Factory figure, I can see from their quality, like what you said, Orchid Seed is higher than Max Factory.
I also been seen some Koto's product, honestly saying, that is a toy level work, but not a figurine level.

the price difference also heaven and earth
Anyway, personally I highly recommend Master Stars Piece line from Banpresto.
The superb quality and huge size vs the small price, just blow me away!

Mine so far solid as a rock (put her in detolf since got her from release...mayb 3 months d?)despite not so gentle handling by me ^^
Yours?

This post has been edited by zito9: Jun 12 2014, 06:58 AM

eh, figurines are toys la hehehe

Still in the box...no place

1/4 wow, simply amazing.. shipping fee also amazing



This post has been edited by jayjay11: Jun 12 2014, 12:16 PM

WALAO, WHY HER I LOVE LAURA

Both are equally good, but when it comes to body anatomy of course the guys at Orchid Seed are the boobmasters