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Something new arrives! The Hasuki Pocket Arts line is something I've recently become familiar with. I don't think any of them have actually been any particular IP, I guess they've just been too boring or something. But the face sculpt of Fiona here caught my eye and it's not out of the realm of my normal figure price, so i figured why not.
1/12 figure, comes decently packed, though unfortunately things are easily lost and are fragile. In my case, the smaller welding tip went MIA and one of the hoops on the belt came unglued and flew off to god only knows where.
Like a good number of these Chinese start up companies, this line utilizes a pre made 1/12 scale body and they effectively play dress up. Now, having said this, this is probably the first time that I've seen a Female body without a significant bust line. Variety is nice, and they don't all need to be bikini supermodels. Having said that, the small size combined with the smooth nature of the plastic results in her top just sliding down to her waist for no particular reason other than Fiona likes to flash people with her itty biddies.
Each of the beautiful face sculpts can have their eyes repositioned, which is pretty standard these days. Great sculpting work on the googles and hair. The other parts of the figure are nicely sculpted as well, especially the welding equipment itself.
She has a very unique look, a combination of playful sexy with effectively metal shop class. She's got some decent looking overalls, but like any good Female anime-esque character, there's no way she'd ever pass OSHA standards.
While she does come with a fwe nicely done tools, Fiona can really just hold the welding torch and the Pipe Wrench. The Screwdriver and Pliers have no hands that can actually hold them, and the loop is too big for the Screwdriver, so these just stayed in the packaging. What's interesting is that while the hand can hold the Welding Torch, it's clearly a better fit for the smaller one, as that extra handle limits where I can put the thing and I fear for its breakage.
Articulation is actually not as good as you'd think. There's no butter shoulder but there is that double ball joint with the larger shoulder socket, so you do get better than average shoulder articulation. But other wise, what you see is what you get on the upper body. The lower body is weird. While Fiona is wearing baggy clothes, the actual body itself has some pretty mediocre hip articulation so sitting poses and other such things aren't actually that accessible. The waist turns fine but the back arch isn't great, though the ab crunch is tolerable. Chest level articulation seems to favour twisting only, despite being capable of more. So all in all, if you're not pushing the legs, you'll be fine.
Paint Applications are beautiful. Yeah the flesh coloured stuff is the plastic, but everything else is nicely done. Sanile Shell is pretty solid, and I have to say these guys are probably a step above them. Of course, it's only been one figure so it's not something that I can say conclusively But I CAN say that Fiona is a looker, even down to the things like hands which are typically not an area of strength for any manufacturer..
Build Quality wise, as I mentioned I'm not sure why the body seems stiff to operate. On the other hand, the elbow joints are a bit loose so I guess I can't win. There also appears to be an issue with glue just drying out and giving up on life, which is how I ended up losing that tiny loop. I'm also confused why the holding hands are not comprehensive and seem to only feature one size of grip, despite there being several options in the set.
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Something new arrives! The Hasuki Pocket Arts line is something I've recently become familiar with. I don't think any of them have actually been any particular IP, I guess they've just been too boring or something. But the face sculpt of Fiona here caught my eye and it's not out of the realm of my normal figure price, so i figured why not.
1/12 figure, comes decently packed, though unfortunately things are easily lost and are fragile. In my case, the smaller welding tip went MIA and one of the hoops on the belt came unglued and flew off to god only knows where.
Like a good number of these Chinese start up companies, this line utilizes a pre made 1/12 scale body and they effectively play dress up. Now, having said this, this is probably the first time that I've seen a Female body without a significant bust line. Variety is nice, and they don't all need to be bikini supermodels. Having said that, the small size combined with the smooth nature of the plastic results in her top just sliding down to her waist for no particular reason other than Fiona likes to flash people with her itty biddies.
Each of the beautiful face sculpts can have their eyes repositioned, which is pretty standard these days. Great sculpting work on the googles and hair. The other parts of the figure are nicely sculpted as well, especially the welding equipment itself.
She has a very unique look, a combination of playful sexy with effectively metal shop class. She's got some decent looking overalls, but like any good Female anime-esque character, there's no way she'd ever pass OSHA standards.
While she does come with a fwe nicely done tools, Fiona can really just hold the welding torch and the Pipe Wrench. The Screwdriver and Pliers have no hands that can actually hold them, and the loop is too big for the Screwdriver, so these just stayed in the packaging. What's interesting is that while the hand can hold the Welding Torch, it's clearly a better fit for the smaller one, as that extra handle limits where I can put the thing and I fear for its breakage.
Articulation is actually not as good as you'd think. There's no butter shoulder but there is that double ball joint with the larger shoulder socket, so you do get better than average shoulder articulation. But other wise, what you see is what you get on the upper body. The lower body is weird. While Fiona is wearing baggy clothes, the actual body itself has some pretty mediocre hip articulation so sitting poses and other such things aren't actually that accessible. The waist turns fine but the back arch isn't great, though the ab crunch is tolerable. Chest level articulation seems to favour twisting only, despite being capable of more. So all in all, if you're not pushing the legs, you'll be fine.
Paint Applications are beautiful. Yeah the flesh coloured stuff is the plastic, but everything else is nicely done. Sanile Shell is pretty solid, and I have to say these guys are probably a step above them. Of course, it's only been one figure so it's not something that I can say conclusively But I CAN say that Fiona is a looker, even down to the things like hands which are typically not an area of strength for any manufacturer..
Build Quality wise, as I mentioned I'm not sure why the body seems stiff to operate. On the other hand, the elbow joints are a bit loose so I guess I can't win. There also appears to be an issue with glue just drying out and giving up on life, which is how I ended up losing that tiny loop. I'm also confused why the holding hands are not comprehensive and seem to only feature one size of grip, despite there being several options in the set.