My figure preorder of Riannon from Tears to Tiara arrived!

My preorder for the Riannon figure from Tears to Tiara and a figure modelling book called "Figure no tatsujin" for sculpting anime figures from clay arrived last Monday.

Since I really enjoy and like the characters from the Tears to Tiara game for the PS3, I straight away preordered when I heard news that the characters would be made into figures. Since there were plans for 3 of the characters to be made as figures, I preordered all 3 of them. (^_^;)

When I made the preorder, the reference picture was from a resin kit sample, so I knew the picture would of course be nicer than what the final product would actually be like. Because of this, I doubted the quality of the PVC version.

When the PVC version reference pictures were released, I was disappointed as the PVC version didn’t look as nice as I had hoped. However, when I finally received the figure and had opened and saw it with my own eyes, I was suprised at how highly detailed it was. Strangely, it looked much better than the resin kit reference picture.

This figure is really awesome. The pose is very lively and the details are crisp and well done.

When I look at this figure and compare it to the Tamaki Kawazoe figure from Bamboo Blade also made by Kotobukiya, I really admire the quality of Kotobukiya figures.

Normally, I prefer and like Good Smile figures as I often read dannychoo.com and tend to be influenced by his figure reviews, but now I think Kotobukiya figures are a new favorite.

By the way, this morning, 1999.co.jp just sent me a notification email letting me know that my Octavia figure also from the Tears to Tiara game is now in stock, so I look forward to that being shipped here soon.