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Having learned from my Alberta experience, I actually didn't buy a whole lot when I went out West this past week, really brining back three large items and one small figure... along with some produce.
Having to drag items across two flights and about 600 km of driving, I naturally went for the more uncommon of items, the first of which is this Queen's Gate x Tekken PVC scale statue of Lilii Ryona of Tekken 6.
Queen's Gate is actually related to Queen's Blade in that characters had illustrated books for desktop battles. The difference is rather than featuring original characters, Queen's Gate was written to be a portal of sorts that brought licensed characters from other universes into the fray. Memorable ones include Kasumi from Dead or Alive, Mai Shiranui from KoF and Dizzy from Guilty Gear.
While the rules of battle applied to these guest characters, sadly the nudity rule did not. This of course, also extended to character goods, which is why you generally won't find cast off of any Queen's Gate entries, with the sole exception of Alice, who crossed over from the Nitro+ universe where they really don't have a problem with that sort of thing.
Lily is a fighter, IIRC, that premiered in Tekken 6, and is the guest character from that franchise. Sculpted in a very ecchi kicking pose, this is about as perverse as you're gonna get, and if memory serves me correctly, this is probably the most exotic of the statues.
It seems this particular statue is of Lili in her P2 colours, which is some sort of limited release. I would have preferred the white P1 colours, but a win is a win.
Getting these statues were also a bit more annoying that it needed to be because they were mail order only at the time, though they didn't really cost that much more than your typical 1/8 Queen's Blade entry.
While great detail has been put into the sculpt, in particular the legs and groin, the face and hair are somewhat of a letdown in comparison to the rest. Having said that, this is an old statue, released in 2012, though I think this might be in the ABC/PVC era. What is more important to note is that while Hobby Japan may have released this piece, the Queen's Gate statues were produced by a wide variety of companies, and as a result may not have consistent production values as compared to Megahouse, who were the most consistent at their releases.
There was an additional mini stand included to, from what I can tell, prop the leg up. Based on the pose, I can see this becoming an issue so props for being proactive, though again, it may never be an issue due to the use of ABS.
The paint work is also evidence of its age. It's not terrible, but compared to modern statues, even the Kotobukiya Bishoujo line, things are looking a bit sloppy here - remember these were premium statues.
To spice up the the statue a bit, there is actually kicking effect included, which matches the little energy twirl on her left foot, which is attached to the base. It doesn't change things tremendously, but it's nice to have.
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Having learned from my Alberta experience, I actually didn't buy a whole lot when I went out West this past week, really brining back three large items and one small figure... along with some produce.
Having to drag items across two flights and about 600 km of driving, I naturally went for the more uncommon of items, the first of which is this Queen's Gate x Tekken PVC scale statue of Lilii Ryona of Tekken 6.
Queen's Gate is actually related to Queen's Blade in that characters had illustrated books for desktop battles. The difference is rather than featuring original characters, Queen's Gate was written to be a portal of sorts that brought licensed characters from other universes into the fray. Memorable ones include Kasumi from Dead or Alive, Mai Shiranui from KoF and Dizzy from Guilty Gear.
While the rules of battle applied to these guest characters, sadly the nudity rule did not. This of course, also extended to character goods, which is why you generally won't find cast off of any Queen's Gate entries, with the sole exception of Alice, who crossed over from the Nitro+ universe where they really don't have a problem with that sort of thing.
Lily is a fighter, IIRC, that premiered in Tekken 6, and is the guest character from that franchise. Sculpted in a very ecchi kicking pose, this is about as perverse as you're gonna get, and if memory serves me correctly, this is probably the most exotic of the statues.
It seems this particular statue is of Lili in her P2 colours, which is some sort of limited release. I would have preferred the white P1 colours, but a win is a win.
Getting these statues were also a bit more annoying that it needed to be because they were mail order only at the time, though they didn't really cost that much more than your typical 1/8 Queen's Blade entry.
While great detail has been put into the sculpt, in particular the legs and groin, the face and hair are somewhat of a letdown in comparison to the rest. Having said that, this is an old statue, released in 2012, though I think this might be in the ABC/PVC era. What is more important to note is that while Hobby Japan may have released this piece, the Queen's Gate statues were produced by a wide variety of companies, and as a result may not have consistent production values as compared to Megahouse, who were the most consistent at their releases.
There was an additional mini stand included to, from what I can tell, prop the leg up. Based on the pose, I can see this becoming an issue so props for being proactive, though again, it may never be an issue due to the use of ABS.
The paint work is also evidence of its age. It's not terrible, but compared to modern statues, even the Kotobukiya Bishoujo line, things are looking a bit sloppy here - remember these were premium statues.
To spice up the the statue a bit, there is actually kicking effect included, which matches the little energy twirl on her left foot, which is attached to the base. It doesn't change things tremendously, but it's nice to have.