Dark Saber Maid (Alter)

Ok so quite a few VERY nice reviews of Dark Saber Maid have already been floating around for a while. But despite that I really couldn't resist taking pictures and throwing my opinion into the pot too. This figure was too photogenic (and expensive *cough*) for me to skip a figure shoot of. These pictures are some of my favorites, if you'd like to read the full review with all the pictures go here!

What REALLY sold me on this figure was her pose, it shows her rebellious/darker nature in a subtle way. The way the pail is thrown over her shoulder, and the angle she is holding the mop at makes it lovely and dramatic. If this figure had simply been a repaint of the original I would have skipped it for sure, I’m not big into repaints. This figure has a rather large base, but I love the pose so much that it doesn’t bother me too much. My ONLY complaint on the base would be that it doesn’t match up to her original version’s base well at all. The original base is a plain white circle that makes it hard to display them side by side in a way that I think looks nice. I actually currently have my two Saber maid beauties on separate shelves. Although Dark Saber Maid is right next to my only other dark maid, Roberta of Black Lagoon!

Basically it's a wonderful figure and it's a shame it was an exclusive release. Her being exclusive probably put a lot of figure collectors (especially international ones) in a tough decision over if they could afford her, and if so what else has to be sacrificed. I'm very happy with my purchase. I'm a huge sucker for Saber (ESPECIALLY Dark Saber), Maids, and Alter so this figure had all the right stuff in all the right places for me. In situations like this I'm willing ro accept having to spend extra to get the figure.