Dark Elf (NC Japan)

Trying out the white satin… left a bit to be desired.  Well, actually in the above pic I didn’t mind it so much… some of the later shots… err well you’ll see.  On with the review!

Dark Elf was released… gads, well over a year ago – May, 2007 with a rerelease in April 2008. It was a limited run and I was lucky to snag mine from Tokyo Hunter last June.

She comes as pictured, her mantle castoffable and her sword blades attach to a handle that’s permanently attached to her hand.

Her pose and face are probably what did me in.  At the time I was just getting my collection started… played with fire and got burned :P

mmm just look at those eyes, love ‘em.  ack! no, not danny’s definition of eyes! (though those are nice too ^^;)

You is liking elves?

…I think it really is the nice work on her face that makes this figure for me.  The detail on the armor is nice, but not jaw dropping.

Something about the paintwork just seems a bit… rough?  From a distance it looks pretty good, but up close… I dunno, feels like it’s lacking something ^^;

According to the Good Smile page she wields the “Sword of Miracles”… never played Lineage II… is that a good weapon? ^^;

Definitely follows the RPG traditions… females armor ratings are invesely proportional to the amount of skin covered ^^;

*sigh* there’s that crease in the fabric i was talking about -_-  guess i could’ve photoshop’d it out, but that’s not a very good long term solution.

A guess a little break from the usual moe every now and then isn’t so bad.

Despite the effort put into the human mage base, I actually prefer the simple logo of the dark elf base.

Taking a look at the cast off mantle and sword blades removed…

oshiri shots!

Has she put you under her spell? Or perhaps you rolled a 20 on your saving throw? :P

Not quite a full party… ^^;

Yet another recurring theme… food in hand!

The dark elf prefers… ichigo gyuunyuu!

Worth the original price?  Probably.  The premium for obtaining a limited release from a third party?  ehhh probably not unless you’re a lineage fan.  ^^;

foo-bar-baz gave this release a full 5 stars!  He obtained his during the original run, so I wonder if it’s a difference in the runs or my photography abilities that makes his look so much better.  Possibly a bit of the former and a lot of the latter ^^;;

以上！

Two things I shoulda taken care of a long time ago:

1.  A domain!  Been considering a lot of things figured I better snag one I liked before everything was taken.

2. To match the domain, a new name for this blog!

I assume not too many actually ｋnew what the heck the previous name was ( いつも　いつでも　いつまでも – itsumo itsudemo itsumademo – always, wherever, forever).  As such, I don’t think many associated this blog with that name, especially with my much more recognizable handle, meronpan ^^;

So then!  This time around I actually have a banner graphic with the blog name in romaji so people can read it.  Also, rather than being a totally obscure reference to lyrics from eroge music, haruhi/lucky star/shiraishi fans should recognize the name. ^__^

In case you don’t, this should help jog your memory…

Haruhi

Lucky Star ED

Existing links should all work, so no need to worry about those.  For those who have graciously added me to their blogroll, I’ll try to stop by and humbly request a name update m(_ _)m

In other news, tried out the white satin with Dark Elf… not quite sure what I think about it yet… definitely don’t like the results as much as the Nanael shoot… meh, well here’s a sample:

Batter up!

Perhaps if it was more uniformly wrinkled… and the crease certainly doesn’t help.  What think ye?

At any rate, あらためて、よろしくお願いいたします！ aratamete yoroshiku onegai itashimasu

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in the meantime, got my dark elf out of her box and was messing around with macro setting on my camera… almost 20 shots and here’s the only three that were almost passable -_-;;;

More in depth coverage someday… we’ll see if I can salvage the remainder of the weekend…