Figma Reimu Hakurei from Touhou
From the bowels of Comiket 77, Actar returns triumphantly with the Early Release of Figma Reimu Hakurei from the unbelievably popular Touhou Games. Yes, Games. Many people think that Touhou is an Anime, Manga, MAD creation, etc… Well, while it is also all of these, Touhou is actually a series of Doujin vertically scrolling shooting games (and a number of fighting ones) where you play as a number of residents of Gensokyo. Touhou prides itself over its exceedingly huge and well developed story and universe with a myriad of unique and interesting characters, most of which are supernatural beings. The main special aspect of Touhou, is the amount of fan input. Nearly all fiction has been fan created, with little being ‘official’. The creator himself has expressed a desire for it to remain so, thus the lack of a officially licensed Touhou Anime.
To find out more about Touhou, do check out the Touhou Wiki.
The figma figure itself, as stated earlier, is a special Early Release. However, the term ‘Early Release’ is deceptive as the ‘Regular Release’ will be an online exclusive to Japan. This could possibly be due to ZUN’s, the creator of Touhou, desire to keep it from getting too popular outside of Japan and thus creating the misconception that Touhou is an official Anime or Manga, destroying the whole ‘fan’ aspect of Touhou.
But, I’m starting to get off track. So, back to the figure.
The box itself is the square Figma box, meaning more accessories, meaning a happy Actar. The Hakurei Shrine can be seen on the box design.
The inner cardboard backing contains a cardboard punchout that is meant to give your Di;stage base a Reimu flavor. Nice to see that they are making some use out of the backing.
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Reimu, the Wonderful Shrine Maiden of Paradise, is the sole Miko at Hakurei Shrine and is called upon to deal with problems and resolve ‘incidents’.
Due to the fact that the ‘official’ Art of the Touhou characters differ from Game to Game, fan work to fan work, there isn’t any set design for any of the characters. Figma Reimu is definitely very Anime inspired and I’m perfectly alright with it, since I prefer the ‘Anime’ style over the realistic or Manga style.
Just look at that level of detail! Gorgeous paint apps that is only made better by the fact that they are practically flawless.
Her undergarments are also highly detailed and unique to the Touhou figmas.
- Accessories
So, aside from the usual base, stand and bag, Reimu comes with:
- Gohei
- Two exchangable hands holding 1 and 3 Ofuda respectively
- Sake Bottle
- Cup
- Exchangable hand holding bowl
- Broom
- 2 exchangable faces featuring a serious and drunk expression.
- A rack of exchangable hands
- Photos
Figma Reimu is one of the most versatile Figmas I have ever seen. Not only does her superb articulation help her pull off a number of dynamic action poses, she can also convey a myriad of expressions and emotions.
TSUNDEREMU???
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In conclusion, I have to say that I’m extremely impressed with Figma Reimu. While not a huge Touhou fan by any means, I’m happy to say that Figma Reimu is most likely going to be my absolute favorite Figma figure. Why? Her stunning and vibrant color scheme, detailed and intricate sculpt and paint job, versatility of the figure in terms of poses, the list goes on.
Honestly, I can’t recommend her enough for regular non-Touhou figure fans, but for Touhou fans, she’s a MUST GET. Sadly, as I stated previously, she will be an online exclusive to Japan, so a proxy or auction site’s your best bet. (^.^)
More details coming up in the next Actar’s Reviews episode!
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At this point in time, I would like to seek some advice regarding the lighting. Notice in some of the pictures, mainly the landscape ones, the colors are very washed out while in the others, the figure is very pronounced, which is good I suppose.
Any tips to help me improve the lighting of my pictures? (^.^)
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Agreed. Only true Touhou fans understand.
What, no shimapan?
I also have her on order via proxy agent. Now that you mention it, when are they releasing the online exclusive as this maybe my proxy's source. Hopefully, the Marissa figma will not be an exclusive too, but I guess that maybe wishful thinking.
Marisa's little tag said "Gift", so she's most likely going to be exclusive.
So far, the nendoroids, and figmas for touhou are exclusives.
Indeed, nearly all Touhou merchandise is limited to Japan...
This is one problem to figma's. the joint parts.
The joints are nothing compared to...well everything else that has joints <.<
Except Busou Shinki, they have good joints too~
yeah..but i wish if figma has to sell some extra joints,no problem..
Get or not to get..get or not to get...still cute ^III^
Awwww man this figure is just so awesome looking figma did a really great job on her from the details to the accessories. It's ashame that it looks like she might be an exclusive tho we all have our ways of acquiring them I still hate having to do so. Your so lucky to get her so early^_^ and great shots by the way.
You're trying to kill me. :P
Ebay is too evil and poxy services are too expensive so I probably will have to go to Japan 2 years later to get this, if they still have it by then that is...
The proxy service I used was quite cheap actually, looks like I need to contact her and inquire about the Marissa figure.
Which one would that be?
Some back-lighting would work, a cheap 'n dirty method is a plain old bedsheet. filtering the light, to reduce glare, try from the sides with a brighter light thru thinner cloth. I'm looking at picking up a Canon Rebel at tax time, so I'll be experimenting also.. Otherwise, I like what you've shown here.. Clarity of the production colors are nice and crisp, I'd buy her..
Mmm... Thanks for the advice! (^.^)
okey, who do i have to kill to get one of these?
Actar obviously, we can confirm he has one. XD
Indeed, if you can successfully kill me, I'll leave you all my figures, merchandise and possessions. (^o^)
I'm green with envy, so much so that I'm oozing out green goo. I still have to wait a few more days for mine.
I picked up a book called "Digital Photography for Dummies" (all in one) (ISBN 978-0-470-40195-8) That not only has great info in cameras, but a good section on lighting and picture composition. It's a bit heavy, but it has a lot of good info.
I paid $47.99 CDN at Chapters for it.
I so would like to get both this Figma and Marissa, but what can you do? Hopefully, I'll score them next year if I get to Japan.
I preordered Reimu from Otacute a while back. Not the cheapest option, but undoubtedly the easiest!
It's interesting you mention the art style used for this. To me it looks like her face was done by the same person who worked on Figma Miku. It appears when they don't have one canon design to work from they resort to an "in-house" art style.
I had already decided I would buy Reimu figma regardless of the price. Now that Actar has allowed me to have a closer look I know I was right with that decision.
DO WANT!
I just noticed he has two Reimu figmas. So jealous.
Yes, but the other one's not for me, thus I didn't mention her in my loot post.
My main gripe over the pictures is the oversaturated red hues. Custom white balance would be ideal.
She looks really great! Figma have done a good job with both the figure itself and the extra parts. I can't wait for the web shop release so mine will be sent out - I'm not a Touhou player, but she's such a great little action figure that I couldn't resist ordering her.
She looks great, I'm glad that I preordered her ^^ I hope they come out with the other characters from Touhou. I'm not a Touhou player either but I just couldn't resist getting this figma.
This was the reason I got it.
I'm waiting for Figma Sanae to pop up, I mean, a Reimu, Marisa and Sanae Nendoroid, and Figma Marisa and Reimu. It's just a matter of time I hope XD.
DUDE!!! Did you shop that???