超時空シンデレーラ
The most wallet-draining figure in my arsenal has finally arrived to me earlier this week! ^_^
PO placed with Tokyo Hunter (Incidentally a fellow countryman... :Dc) since the 1st moon of the Earth cycle, this Limited Action Figure Collection (LAFC) Ranka Lee (Macross Frontier) Stage Dress Version was a joint collaboration between Hobby Japan and Megahouse (Meaning you can only PO her thru the Japanese magazine AND only in Japan) and was slated to be release in end of June but was postponed to a month later... ^^;

Thanks to the effort and willingness of Joseph aka Tokyo Hunter to follow my request, Ranka-chan was spared the harsh handling by the Postal Dudes on my island, for they are known to trash and mistreat all my previous daughters (Hold-ups and kidnappings... DX)... 0_0
Anyways, it's time to bestow my newest daughter with my magic touch... XDc

Obligatory box shots! ^_^ In truth as a limited item, I am quite disappointed with the lack of effort spent on the box art itself... I mean, printed in a single monochromatic orange colour!? DX As an otaku graphic designer myself, this unimaginative design kinda breaks my heart... @_@

Well, at least I got myself Ranka-chan's signature on the box... XDc

The usual warnings and copyright thingies on the side of the box... That aside, I like the choice of box design, which strays away from the traditional top-bottom-flaps type... ^_^

It may not be apparent here but there's a silver matte holo sticker (The one with the word "MACRO"...) at the side of the box indicating this product's authenticity, not that there'll be any bootlegs of our Super Dimensional Cinderalla anyways... XDc

Tada~~! And the Open-the-Box (No pun intended, comrade LEon! XD) ceremony! XDc Ranka-chan and all her extras are firmly secured onto the top layer via bondage... 0_0 Nice platform design in cool green there! ^_^

What makes this box unnecessarily thick in size is the introduction of a bottom danbooru layer, which in my case is a blessing as I got myself some omake hidden underneath there with the help of comrade GundamJehutyKai... Teehee! ^o^ Normal mail orders don't come with these special gifts of which we'll talk about later... :3c

And here she is, the Super Dimensional Cinderella, Ranka-chan desu yo! <3
Flying thru the stars~!

Service~! Service~!
Panchira x Zettai Ryouiki x Knee Socks x Knee Pits... ^_~ Tsk, tsk, comrades lightningsabre and gordonator... :P

Lovely dress there, Ranka-chan!
She wore this dress during her Miss Macross preliminary as well as her subsequent live concerts! ^_^

Here's some close-ups on the sculp of the action figure cum doll... I've always love Megahouse's head sculp that stays true to their anime counterpart (My first experience being my first musume, Lacus-chan...), especially their choice against using wig type hairs similar to Azone's (My second musume Horo...) as it will be troublesome to try to keep their hairs in place and shape... ^^;
Also worth mentioned are those mesmerising painted eyes, very anime accurate or at least far more superior... :3c Fine details on Ranka-chan's mic as well, just look at that ribbon!

Quite the details on Ranka's face sculpt... Notice the white speck thingie on her cheeks? Intentional to bring out her cuteness... XDc

She sports a chibi ahoge as well :3c A little on the fragile side tho... D:

All the details are there on her dress, pretty pink flowery ribbon on her frilly skirt...

The patterns on her knee socks...

Knee pits (Seems there's quite a lot of talks on knee pits these days, especially after Amagami SS's Haruka arc... ^^;) for comrade lightningsabre... Not a really good one as jointed figures usually have bad knee pits, or so he said... XD

And DA boots! Sweeeet~!

Let's sing along with Ranka in her debut single! ^o^
Composer: Matsumoto Takashi
Lyrics and Arrangement: Kanno Youko
風の輪が拡がる Kaze no hirogaru
触れ合った指先の Fure atta yubisaki no
青い電流 Aoi Denryuu

孤独な加速度が Kodoku na kasokudo ga
一瞬に砕け散る Isshun ni kudakechiru
あなたが好きよ Anata ga suki yo

宙の浮く涙 Chuu no uku namida
悲劇だってかまわない Higeki datte kamawanai
あなたと生きたい Anata to ikitai

流星にまたがって Ryuusei ni matagatte
あなたに急降下あーあー Anata ni kyuukouka ah ah
濃紺の星空に Noukon no hoshizora ni
私たち花火みたい Watashi tachi hanabi mitai
心が光の矢を放つ Kokoro ga hikari no ya wo hanatsu

内側に潜って Uchigawa ni mogutte
考えが読み取れる kangae ga yomi toreru
不思議な夜 fushigi na yoru

無限のリピート Mugen no ripiito
憎らしくて手の甲に Nikurashikute te no kou ni
爪をたててみる Tsume wo tatete miru

So moe I died again and again and again and again... In case you don't know how to do the hand sign, click here for an easy instruction... ^_^
身体ごと透き通り Karada goto sukitoori
絵のように漂うをーをー E no you ni tadayou wo wo
けし粒の命でも Keshisubu no inochi demo
私たち瞬いてる Watashi tachi matataiteru
魂に銀河雪崩れてく Tamashii ni ginga nadareteku
魂に銀河雪崩れてく Tamashii ni ginga nadareteku

So you've been wondering what's the omake underneath the second layer of the box... Ranka-chan will show you her secret - by strip teasing! XD

Humming "Aimo" while removing her clothing items one by one... :P

Yes, she does wear her shitagi under her stage dress! XDc

The light yellow strapless brassiere and pantsu comes together with the figure itself... ^_^ You may notice how "perky" she is... ^^;

What's this? A dakimakura? ^_~

Something written on the orange thingie... "Special Sales"... Mmm...? Xdc

It's her alternate carrot costume for when she's promoting the giant rainbow carrots (And singing "Ninjin Loves You Yeah!") in a Zentrand Mall! :3c
The costume is an omake you can get only if you bought both the LAFC Ranka Stage Dress Version and Sheryl Stage Dress Version together. As I only bought Ranka, this is where comrade GundamJehutyKai comes in: He wanted Sheryl but has no love for Ranka while me vice versa, so we combined our purchase to get me the extra costume! XDc Thanks again, comrade GundamJehutyKai!

Looks kinda silly when she puts on her Ninjin helmet! XD
The skin-tight black suit kinda brings out her shapely body and perky... mune... *^_^*

All and all, a fine figure herself!
Considerations being made to had her tag along with me in my AFAX trip in a few moon's time... :Dc











This ver. has a very long neck.
All Obitsus have long necks...
Awesome photo shoot, and I absolutely love your cute "KIRA!" animation. XD <3
3Q na!
Ranka!!!! Wink!! >w<
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Congratulations! She has finally arrived after you first said you were going to get her many, many months back. (^.^)
I was tempted to get her as well, but then I realized that I was already satisfied with Megahouse's Completed PVC version of her, being not that huge of a MF fan (but still a fan nonetheless!!!). Just saving up my money for something big coming out later this month. (^.^)
But you cannot pose the PVC beyond her default pose! XDc
Something big eh? Now you arouse my curiosity... ^_~
Sheryl Forever!! Ranka Never!!!
Glad to see that you got your little prize safe and sound. Finally took my Concert Sheryl out of her box for the first time earlier this week to do a quick collection shot.
My Sheryl army is now 8 strong with 1 support mecha! need... MORE!!!
What Ranka never!? T^T
Looking forward to your Sheryl post! ^o^
You heard me! Ranka is out of her league!! ^.^
May have to wait a fair bit for a concert sheryl post tho. I don't think I even did a full post on my casual wear Sheryl when I got her! Will probably get around to it eventually though.
Sheryl Casual was so... Last year! XDc Your backlog reviews are piling!
so true. But then Reviews were never really a focus for me. I'll probably just do a few pics, post and leave it at that