mmm sorry if the pantsu shot caught ya off guard :P  The out of character pic is from gelbooru. (out of character because she looks shy/embarrassed, not because she’s showing her pantsu :P)

If you’re unfamiliar with ToLoveる, Lala is introduced in the first chapter/epsiode when she teleports nekkid into Rito’s (the male lead) bathtub.  With him in it, of course.  aaand that pretty much sets the stage for the rest of the series.

Lala arrived early last December so… wow, almost half a year late with this one ^^;

When I was ordering I was mostly a sairenji fan, so I wanted the Megahouse version to match (seifuku).

Still stand by that decision, but GSC’s version is still very tempting.

Alpha Omega means Alter + Megahouse == good stuff, and I wasn’t disappointed.

As usual the close up shots reveal my imperfect dusting job.

Well, actually it looks okay above I guess.  But in the other pics with different lighting, it was terrible ^^;

No peeping :P

Lala no oppai.

Base is boring as usual, but I can hardly expect anything better nowadays ^^;  Either it’s drop dead gorgeous, plain, or retarded like haruna’s ^^;

At first, rooting for rito and sairenji I wasn’t such a fan of lala getting in the way…

Definitely grew on me over the last few volumes though.

Was satisfied with how the pics turned out this time.  Perhaps could’ve used a bit more light and definitely needed a diffuser for my secondary light, but if you can ignore that… ^^;;  Taking Blowfish‘s advice to take ron~‘s advice to take lu-k‘s advice on achieving black backgrounds, I increased the distance of the figure to background by a lot.

Pink pantsu

I would say I’ve never been a fan of the lumpy kinda hair… reminds me of the recent Alter Louise release.  From the front it looks fine, but from the top/behind it leaves a bit to be desired.

Made a wallpaper… though I have a feeling I’m prolly the only one who  uses ‘em :P  Think this is my favorite pic of the bunch.

From our recent wallpaper discussion looks like most of y’all don’t appreciate text, but I figure I gotta brand my stuff sometimes :P Plus it’s in the corner and easily removed with your favorite editor.

We’ll finish up with an obligatory group shot.

Verdict?  A solid Alpha Omega release.  Can’t go wrong if you’re a fan of the character.  If not… I still think she’s pretty good, but not terribly exciting or jaw dropping.  After all she’s just posing in seifuku like countless other anime characters ^^;

James had a much more timely review… I’m sure he’s not the only other to do so.  Let me know if I overlooked yours ^^ oo and looks like James also added a review of the shueisha lala & sairenji xmas outfit releases just now ^^

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Update: Forgot to mention!  blaaaa had a problem with her support foot!  One of the two pegs in her foot snapped… noticed when it wasn’t completely flush.   orz  She was still standing, but because of the break, leaning back ever so slightly and her foot came off the base a little.  Decided to super glue it down to avoid further damage caused by the imbalance.  Disappointed to have to deal with that sort of problem in a recent release… I wonder if manufacturers forgot to consider the base when taking anti-leaning precautions… ;_;

Alter KOS-MOS, Alpha Omega konjiki no yami and Griffon’s sasara! Of the three, I’m especially relieved to get konjiki no yami, as my original pre-order was canceled on me. Thankfully she turned up at Hobby Search (sold out again almost instantly shortly thereafter ^^;) and now she’s here, taiyaki and all!

As I’ve probably mentioned elsewhere, I’m not much of a Xenosaga fan, but love the idea of KOS-MOS.  Thank goodness for re-releases!

Really had to get this version of konjiki no yami for the taiyaki ^_^

I remember when my collection was starting up I saw len-vesper‘s post at dannychoo.com for kotobukiya’s take on this figure. I commented how it seemed a little much for me – the maid + sukumizugi combo. Seven months later, here I am with Griffon’s version ^^;

All three gals look great, really happy with today’s lewt!

Hope to catch up on reviews during the break (heh, how many times have I said that before… ^^;;;)… right now I really need to pack.

About a week left for the contest, I’m excited to see how this turns out! ^_^

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I think I’m setting a personal record for consecutive non-figure-review posts…  I swear I’ll get back on track soon…

As pictured above, Lala came in.  Really happy to have her, and my first impression was damn, looks even better in person.  Unfortunately it also reminded me of how I don’t have 金色の闇 (konjiki no yami) to keep her company, since Kid Nemo went all awesome sauce on me and cancelled my order >_<  Been looking around but haven’t found her in stock anywhere.  Ugh.  If you know of a place, local, overseas, Japanese site or whatever, let me know, I’m considering all options at the moment…

On to the small favor, got a request from Shiddo almost a week ago for shots comparing hayate to needa/nanael for sizing purposes.  Was more than happy to comply but alas didn’t get to it as punctually as I planned.  Better late than never I guess.  Here’s the crew side by side…

Zoomed out a little more to see the extent of nanael’s wings and nida’s gun…

And finally the bases…

Hope that helped, ready to buy Hayate now? ^_^

It’s late again and I have lots of meetings tomorrow so gotta run… ;_;

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Update: gah, again had to add the links to the full size pics.  Guess I should poke around the support forums and see if this is a known issue or what…

素敵だろう？ She’s great, isn’t she? ^_^  My first Alpha Omega, and definitely a great figure to start with.

Mmm be forewarned, we’re dealing with a castoff loli… don’t come complaining to me if you happen upon suppadaka Alice pic when someone walks up behind you :P

Rizfisukumizukonalice

I’ve never really understood the whole Queen’s Blade thing… (well, in this case, Queen’s Gate)

SOS Swim Team out to investigate

As far as I can tell… you buy a (slightly? very?) ero book…

Find another person who has bought a similar ero book…

Then you… play some sort of combat game…?

...battle damage? :P

(pics from official site)

Well, anyhow, back to Alice ^^;

I’m glad her corset thing is pretty easy to work with… was so much better than the shuraki stuff ^^;

More shiro pantsu

Not that I even would but I’m definitely not in a position to be displaying her in marumie mode.

Any Alice owners with her out ‘n about with only her pantsu?

A handful of parts to take care of after getting her unpackaged...

I’m not sure I was using the right method get her knife-pistol-things in her hands… swore I was gonna break something again.

Was soooo relieved when both were situated safe and sound.

Didn’t know her tail could come off and is only loosely wrapped around her foot. I tried like hell to get it to go through the little loop in her clothing (it seemed like that’s what it was there for?) but couldn’t get it to fit.

おしり！ oshiri! ...errr, sorry if that was a little sudden :P

Alice & Char ^_^

Attaching the holsters was kind of awkward but I think they’re finally in place now. As briefly mentioned in the last post, I got a tripod! As such I was fooling around with more of my cameras settings to see I couldn’t get some better results.

Woo! No flash for once, thanks to a 5 second exposure ^^

Look ma, no shadows (well, at least none from a flash ^^;)!

Hmm guess she's not any less immodest with her full outfit ^^;;

Saber, stop that!

I’ll have to follow up with more shennanigans later.  In the meantime, if you haven’t already, stop by happy soda, exelica meteor, foo-bar-baz, and dannychoo to get your fill.

hmm wordpress added polls so i’m editing this in to try it out ^^;

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