Suruga Kanbaru figma!
so she finally arrived earlier this morning, although...not how i wanted her to. just take a look:
Even on the inside the damage can be seen. Her cardboard decal is even slightly punched out.
Luckily the damages were only on the box and nothing else. Still, it's just disheartening to have a box in this condition on arrival.
So here's the casing for Kanbaru and her things. Quite a few bits and pieces here, so let's get rolling.
Her hand pieces. You'll notice she has two which have little pegs on them. Those are for holding her basketball in one hand or the other. You'll also notice that she has 2 pairs of open-hands; one is more relaxed while the other is the typical open-handed gesture you get in just about every figma.
Faces! Kanbaru is special due to the addition of her "Rainy Devil" face and coat (which I'll get to in a bit). Plus her default face, she comes with a confident face, a surprised face, and (again) the "Rainy Devil" face.
Most figmas have only two other faces, but Kanbaru gets three!
The "Monkey Paw" attachment. This part also comes with one extra hand part - clenched fist. I have yet to try this on Kanbaru, but I imagine it's very much like swapping Strength's (BRS figma) gauntlets for her normal arms and vice versa.
And now the "Rainy Devil" raincoat. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time in the figma line that uses actual cloth for an accessory. That piece of cardboard is what the coat was hugging to keep its shape nice and folded. It may be trash to some (the cardboard), but I see a new figma prop! (Target practice anyone?)
Kanbaru herself looks very nicely done and I see no error in design or paint work. I just wish the box she came in was the same...
Funny how your post about Suruga came before my yuri post, lol. That's too bad about the box, but ya, it's the content that matters... I suppose. I'm thinking Haruhi will be the first with something cloth in it, but I guess Suruga will be the first with actual cloth clothing. Whereas Index will be the first that's attached to her right away XD
don't forget figma sayaka's cloth cape!!!
the damage to the box hits me pretty hard though. as im collecting figures, i love their boxes as well. the boxes, to me, are collectibles on their own and can also be displayed as such. i have two boxes in this condition - Kanbaru's and my [Alter] Selvaria Bles box (most devastating for me, since it is such a great design).
i know what you mean with the box damage. I bought a lot of my figmas when i went to hong kong and naturally i couldn't carry them all on the plane. most of their boxes ended up like this but luckily nothing else was damaged!
How do you get them shipped? Maybe if you want to spend a bit more money for EMS then perhaps it won't be as damaged?
that's the thing...it WAS EMS D:
Jeez! That's horrible >_< Their packing wasn't good enough...
yeah. USPS usually has some substantial packaging. whatever fell or was pressed against the package was definitely large and quite heavy.
Now i want my suruga more than ever T^T
But it hasn't arrive yet T^T
Soon... soon mine will be here... i hope... lol
Kamen Rider Siren's cape (and I am guessing other capes in the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight SP line) was made of actual cloth, so this isn't the first time, no.
Hope you take some pics of her in Rainy Devil Mode.
oh, definitely. i was thinking about messing with me figmas just now. its been a while, so i might as well make a new "theme" for my figma diorama.