Yuki Nagato - My First Figma

Continuing on from the previous post, today I'm semi-reviewing another one of my first figures. This time around it's my first Figma, and this marks my first PVC figure and also the figure that I personally regard as my first true figure as well. It was on a cloudy day last year that she arrived in my mailbox, and today was a cloudy day too. Yuki Nagato, from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was the figure that started my obsession with figure collecting. Ink-Eyes couldn't compare with the excitement I had when I got my first Figma. Joints didn't bother me, in fact the articulation of Figma is what drew me in the most. I was all too paranoid about the joints, the hand pieces and everything about it at first though. I was afraid to break her, this wasn't like the action figures I collected as a child. I recall, back then I didn't know many stores and I pretty much bought from the US ones because I was afraid of overseas shipping and delivery times, so she was bought from Kid Nemo. I've stopped buying from Kid Nemo after some dissapointments with orders not working out, but back then I loved them.





Yuki came with 2 faces, both pretty much the same, 2 hair pieces, one with and one without glasses, 2 sets of shoes, the indoor and outdoor ones, 10 hands, a chair, and one opened and one closed book, along with the normal Figma stand and bag. I didn't manage to get one of the special ones with a scarf, but oh well. I didn't think I'd get into figures as much as I did when I got her, but I found out soon after I had her in my possession that she looked pretty lonely all by herself. It was then that I decided to order Haruhi as well. Well, Riiana also wanted the Haruhi Figma since I got the Yuki one for me. There weren't very many Figma to choose from at that point in time, so I had to stick with what was available that wasn't limited edition. When I first got Yuki I didn't have a blog yet, and I also only took a few crappy quality pictures of her just for fun. I didn't realize that soon I'd be blogging, and soon after that I'd be reviewing figures on a regular basis. Didn't take long before I learned how to take somewhat decent pictures of figures, I just hadn't done it before, so it took a few photo shoots to learn the basics. Thus why until now, you've never seen an actual review of her. I know there are already probably hundreds of reviews of this figure out there, but this is a special figure to me, so I'm doing this for myself, as well as to share with those of you who bother to read this wall of text.





Again, the custom base cover is not made by me. You'll be seeing more of these in the future and I suppose I have to credit each time just in case you didn't see the last one. I got the cover for this Figma base from this post over at DannyChoo. One of these days I might see about using the template of those bases to make some for the Figma that don't have any made for them yet.



Of course, the moment the Evil Witch Version Yuki Nagato was announced I knew I had to have her. Even though I already had a Yuki, the accessories convinced me to buy. Although she is a simple figure, she holds a special place in my heart as my "first" figure, first Figma and the one that started my obsession with collecting. I plan on reviewing one more figure that never saw a real review, Haruhi Suzumiya. Whether or not I do it in the next post or later on in the future I'm not sure of. I still plan to do a Ryoko Asakura vs. Yuki Nagato post also one of these days. Well, I hope I didn't bore you too much, but I thought it'd be nice to give my Yuki the attention she deserved when I got her but didn't receive.

Yuki Nagato Evil Witch Ver. Figma

I got Yuki Nagato Evil Witch Ver. Figma a couple days ago now, but I just didn't find time to write up a review until now. Just in case there's someone who doesn't know who she is, she's from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I ordered her from my trusted favorite store, Hobby Search. Alright, now since that's out of the way it's time to talk about her.

First off, this version of Yuki comes with a load of extras. You have 14 hands in total. 2 magic wands, 1 guitar with strap, 1 cat, 2 tea cups, 1 tea pot, 1 cat, the mage hat and cloak, a sign with 4 stickers (2 different ones, with two each of them), and an extra cloak piece. Alright now to break it all down. The cloak is made of hard plastic, so it's not like the skirts and other parts of figmas that are usually flexible. The cloak also comes apart, it's in two separate pieces, as you can see in the pictures. One piece allows for somewhat of free movement of only one arm, the other covers one arm, and the third piece allows for somewhat of free movement in the other arm. I'll tell you now, the cloak is a pain in the ass. There is a hole in the back of the cloak, but the cloak snaps in two pieces, this hole is where the stand goes through and into Yuki's back. Trying to align the hole can be a problem. Trying to get her head on her after putting the cloak on can be a problem. It's just a slight annoyance though, nothing that I haven't already gotten over. It was a bit frustrating at first. Her hat doesn't really snap in place but I don't have problems with it falling off too much. It's got a groove in it sort of to help it rest in place, it's just not very secure. The guitar is cool, although it doesn't have strings on it, which some people might not like. It makes sense not to have them on it though. The magic wand is thin and looks easily breakable, which I assume is why you get an extra one. It has it's own special hand to hold the wand with. Not too much to say about the tea set and cat, aside from the cat's tail doesn't move. I like how she's in the school uniform without her cardigan on. With all the extras she's really fun, you just gotta get used to the cloak. I prefer her with it though and she looks great with my other figmas. I hope they release Haruhi in her bunny outfit to go with this one, and maybe a maid Mikuru, but I'm not so sure they'll do it with all the Haruhi figmas that they've already made. Keep your fingers crossed or whatever it is you do if you're a Haruhi fan, it's still quite possible. Anyways, overall she was a bit harder to work with than other figma, but she is so loaded with extras that she's worth it. She's especially worth getting if you're a fan of Yuki Nagato herself. I, myself, am definitely a fan. This will be the second Yuki figure I own now, along with the original (and very first ever if I'm correct) Figma.

Book not included with this version of Yuki, it came with the original. Haruhi also not included. I had originally only intended on doing a normal review but I felt like playing a little. For anyone who might be reading my blog regularly, what would you like to see more of? Do you like my surprise appearances? I'm still pretty new to blogging so I'd like your opinions. When I do my little review things, would you like more pictures or more information? Just looking for a little feedback so I can take note for future posts. Hope you enjoy!