I’ll be frank, this Nyx figure was kind of an impulse buy. I say “kind of” because I probably wouldn’t have bought her if she wasn’t on a 50% off sale at HobbyLink Japan (or “HLJ” for short). Along with her, I placed another order that was the Elina figure (was also on sale) from the previous review. But I don’t regret having both of them because MegaHouse always delivered a great job for the Queen’s Blade line of figures and it was no different this time.
“Honoo wa subete wo hai ni suru. Atashi no kako mo tsukushite kureba ii noni……”
Original Design: Kuroki Masahiro
Sculptor: Kibayashi Norio
Source: Queen’s Blade (Visual Combat Book) [sample]
Scale: 1/8 (Aprox. 21 cm)
Material: PVC
Release Date: December/2007
Production: MegaHouse [link]
Nyx is the daughter of a lower class laborer at the Castle of Count Vance. She is very shy and insecure and was always humiliated by her peers. One day she found an evil artifact, the living staff Funicula, that gave her unlimited powers. She can’t control it well and Funicula is always “punishing” her (read tentacle raep). She hunts villains to burn down their homes but usually ends turning an entire village to ashes.
Her dress is one of the easier (if not the easiest) to cast-off and cast-on. No rubbing, no (paint transfer) pain.
On a side note, Nyx is also one of the few figures from Queen’s Blade that didn’t get a limited edition.
Nyx is very elegant. Her dress and pose give her the “Ojou-sama” feeling. The long and pointy greenish things attached to her dress are supposed to be feathers or so do I think.
The figure is a perfect transition from 2-D to 3-D. The sculpt and the colors are right on the spot.The original character design is from Kuroki Masahiro, also known for the designs of the Mahou Shoujo Ai series (Eroge).
The staff, Funicula, is quite heavy. Good thing it stays on the base.
In an interview, Kibayashi Norio said he wanted to sculpt Nyx making a troubled face while Funicula was groping her ass… Kaneko Hiroki, the creator of the Excellent Model Series said “Boring!” and this is what we got.
As always, for more photos (including castoff), check the following blogs: AkibaHobby [link], foo-bar-baz [link] and Moeyo [link].
Omake:
Because HLJ automatically combines unshipped orders by default, Elina and Nyx crossed half the globe together. That’s very ironic since Nyx hates Elina’s guts.
I recommend checking HLJ [link] and its sales pages from time to time for great deals (up to 70% off)! They also have the “Early Bird Discounts” for pre-orders.
I’m still not planning to collect all Queen’s Blade figures (Echidna, Mellowna and Menace are out of my list). Price-wise, the figures produced by MegaHouse are the most affordable for importing. The ones produced by Griffon Enterprises are out of question… They’re huge on the 1/6 and 1/7 scales and the price is about 3x higher than the ones I’ve been buying!
Cya!
Tags: Figure Review, Figures, HobbyLink Japan, MegaHouse, Nyx, Queen's Blade, Review
March 15, 2009 at 6:10 am |
I had her for a long time now, it was almost an impulse buy for me way back then as well. Now paint has rubbed off on her boobs from the inside of her clothes. :\ I am scared of removing it with a thinner since I might remove the paint off the PVC as well.
March 15, 2009 at 2:28 pm |
Hmm… Now I’m worried. I thought there wouldn’t be paint transfer because her dress is very easy to remove and put back. I had this kind of problem with Annelotte but only because her skirt is very, very hard to put back and spent three hours trying, but that’s another story. I can’t recommend anything now, I’m not going to try anything for a while. In the worst case scenario I think it’s better to know how to repaint the skin too if the thinner damages it.
December 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm |
No need for thinner, just get some polishing compound at your local hobby store. It’s like very fine sandpaper in a tube–a little bit on a paper towel or something should easily take care of small amounts of transferred paint, without damaging the underlying paintwork.