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Lylibellule西連寺春菜 Sairenji Haruna
Posted by meronpan on May 6, 2009
Time to finish up my ToLoveる themed posts with a mini review of sairenji haruna.
It’s a mini review ‘cuz well… maybe it was the mediocrity of the figure or that I was tired or something but just wasn’t getting the usual motivation.
A slightly older release (…July of last year?) by Shueisha. At the time I was focused on getting her and lala in their seifuku for a matching set. Probably would’ve passed if it weren’t for set completion sickness.
She’s not terrible or anything, but for me she’s not really anything special either.
A kind of blank look on her face along with a sort of timid pose… details are ok I guess, but you can see how her hair isn’t particularly thrilling. Kind of thick bangs there… I do like her eyes though.
I think my favorite part of the figure is the skirt.
Hair seam, seams where her arms connect…usually that sort of stuff doesn’t bother me too much. But when there’s not too much else to grab my attention, that’s when I get nitpicky ^^;
White pantsu…
I guess at least she wasn’t too pricey. And from some angles she seems to look better… kinda like the below shot mebbe…?
Unfortunately, as you may already be aware… there’s the base issue.
Ugh the base. It’s huuuuuge! For dainty little sairenji! It looks comical being so big. orz
Ah well. So as not to end on a sour note, here’s a group shot of my seifuku figures:
There’s at least one missing… can you guess who? Sorry no prize :P
Lovelyduckie covered her back in september, also lamenting the huge base.
Haven’t seen any other haruna releases that blew me away so at least I’ve completed my set as best I could for the time being.
In summary, a pretty mediocre release for my tastes, especially when you take a look at that base.
以上！
lylibellule said
I didn’t buy this figure. It is not a success, as you say it. Pretty but too simple. The finish is average.
And the base is really too large compared to the size of the figure.
I hope that alpha-Omega will carry out a “haruji” worthy of this name!
meronpan said
uuuu i’m actually hoping a better figure won’t come out or i’ll be forced to buy it :P
sonic_ver2 said
She’s … well… not too special, i guess… She looks too normal for me. Why do i get the feeling that her face looks kinda weird?
meronpan said
for me it seems like they were going for a shy look but it looks more like a blank stare…
aaroninjapan09 said
I’m glad I passed over that figure. To me the face is the most important part of a figure, and that figure is a total miss.
And gosh that base is huge, although it is pretty. I do wish bases labeled their characters more often.
meronpan said
ah my stupid set completion complex ^^; i shoulda passed too.
lovelyduckie said
I ended up pulling away from all To Love Ru figures, I realized the figures were indeed gorgeous but I was being too impulsive in ordering them. I get the most pleasure out of figures of characters I know and really love, and it didn’t look like I’d be getting to To Love Ru anytime soon. I still admire Yami’s character design though. Like you said I had bought this Haruna but then sold her off. The base hurt me to look at.
meronpan said
yami’s great ^^
i think it was ‘cuz i liked haruna so much i had to have a figure of her and settled for this one ^^;
Shiddo said
hmm while Lala was quite nice Sairenji is fail imho. Uniform is ok… body ok but face and hair ~_~ I mean those eyes are somehow nice and deep but its totaly not like Haruna ~_~
Also colors of skirt and ribbon seems to be somehow light and off compared to Lala (correct colors)
But I understand…”For sake of set” traps are evil!
meronpan said
if only they had done something interesting with her hair… i think i woulda done a lot for this release…
Shiddo said
missing: Louise, Nagato, Ryoko and Flame Haze Shana nendo? ^^
meronpan said
you’re very thorough ^^ yeah, i think that’s all of ‘em
Yi said
Contrary to some, I actually thought the face is pretty nice. I kind of like her timid pose + timid/ blank expression. Can’t say the same for the hair though. The oversized base is also kind of annoying. Even if it’s not really good, it’s still definitely not a bad figure.
meronpan said
yeah, not terrible or anything. just wish it was a little better, ya know? ^^; ugh those bangs orz
Q said
It’s not like it’s bad, but how it turns out to be very so-so and not a lot to stand out is the let-down of this figure, especially if one puts it next to any other figures from other big brands. And yes big base is quite an eyesore in some ways -_-;;
meronpan said
yeah, that’s a great way of putting it… she doesn’t stand out at all! aaaa kawaisou~ haruna…
really wish i could make my own bases. would fix this and improve a lotta other figures ^^;
T.I.P. said
Sairenji isn’t really my cuppa tea, so I skipped on her figures. Maybe GSC have some plans for a Sairenji figure? I would love to add her to my matching pair for the sake of set completion. ^^; I would say you’re missing MF’s Yuki Nagato.
meronpan said
i’d love to add a better version of her but don’t want to spend any more on toloveru figures for a while if i can help it ^^;;
indeed, yuki was among the missing. i was pretty bad at getting everyone together ^^;
Leonia said
First of all, I don’t like Haruna, a too simple, an too much erased character. Now, the figure is faithful to the character, simple, without being extravagant (as for Lala). But I don’t like ^^ I prefer Lala and Yami (and especially Yami whom I finally received yesterday ^^ She is too beautiful! But i prefer Alpaxomega version ^^)
meronpan said
awww no haruna love? ^^; i feel sorry for her trying to compete against alien babes :P
grats on yami! kawaii~ na~ na? na? ^^
Blowfish said
Im in the same situation as you.At first I cheered for Sairenji but Lala is simply Lala ^^
I hate those big Griffon bases.>They take up so much space it isnt funny
meronpan said
maybe sairenji will get some sort of special powers or something… well, i guess she has her rito-weapon berzerker mode… ^^;
the sasara base is actually sized normally… they must’ve mixed up bases or something it just makes no sense ^^;;
optic said
The base is more than enough to make me dislike the figure. To plain, too big and for a scale size of her, a waste of space.
meronpan said
now that you mention it, yes the waste of space! that’s almost worse than the aesthetics for me since everything’s so cramped right now ^^;