K-ON!! Yui – PM Figure “Windmill” by SEGA
Hi a new figure has finally arrived the Hirasawa Yui "Windmill", a premiun prize figure manufactured by SEGA.
In this figure adaption she is shown in her official Happy Tea Time band t-shirt which she sported at the last performance
on the school festival with Mio, Ritsu, Mugi and Azusa in episode 20 of K-on !!.
Ah that scene afterwards was such a big tearjerker.
As I first unpacked her I felt a bit dissapointed with her, Yui was so unexpectedly big, I expected something more close to 1/8.
I guess I became a bit spoiled with the level of detail from my high price figures.
Well, while doing the shooting with Yui, I slowly got the feeling that Yui actually is a very nice looking figure
I never thought about buying a Sega figure before, I couldn’t find this Yui figure at japanese shops and ordered this figure at an US-shop,
later she appeared on Mandarake for around 1600 Yen, I paid a little bit more, 35 $ + shipping (rage!)
Despite beeing a prize figure Yui comes with a nice looking box, she is a fully assembled figure, already fixed on her flip-flop colored base and with her beloved guitar “gitah” in her hands. This “Windmill” Yui figure is quite big, she measures 21 cm which lets her look like 1/7 +
Yui raises her plektrum in the air like she wants to ROCK!, her movement with the spread and slightly crooked legs is captured very nicely, well her back is more leaned forward, but thats mainly because of the weight of her guitar, I suppose it’s a quite heavy instrument for a girl of her size. Yui’s guitar is the Les Paul Standard Sunburst made by Gibson, they did a very good job in recreating the details of this popular guitar model, the plastic has a nice polished wooden look, the turning knobs are on the right placed and also the belt around Yui’s shoulder looks cool.
Yui has a wild waving hairstyle with several detailed strands and her 2 yellow clasps. There are also some shading effects which have been rarely used on the rest of this figure. They gave her face a nice open mouth and some cute blushmarks and nice eyes, overall she resembles Yui very well, maybe her eyes appear a bit too big.
What do you think?
The reason why I have ordered this figure adaption and not one of the other Yui’s is mainly based on this cool looking pose and partly based on my aversion to western styled private school uniforms, they are so plain and bourgeois. With the white HTT t-shirt her outfit has more credibility, now she really looks like a member of a band. Thats the spirit of Rock n’ Roll!
Yui is a premium prize figure and in terms of quality she’s actually a very good figure. At first I was a bit dissapointed because of her big size, but after the shooting and some days on my desk, she grow on me a bit more.
Well, you can clearly see where Sega cut the budget for prize figure Yui, aside from the hair this figure has no shading and the good sculpted guitar has no strings, nevertheless it’s remarkable, that a prize figure comes with such a good quality.
Well for the price I’ve paid I would had expected a decent figure, but when you’ve just paid 1500 Yen this is more than a very good deal.
Size comparison: http://otakunoark.blogspot.com/2011/09/sega-game-prize-hirasawa-yui-windmill.html
Usually I always thought "SEGA figures are for those who can't afford Koto's & Alter's figures". But SEGA's figures aren't that bad in terms of quality. In fact most of the time they are better than the big boys. A simple scratch can ruin Alter's figure paint but not for SEGA's figures. Weird o_0
nice background.
Very nice photos :)