Got figma Black Rock Shooter since the night before it is officially released. Been procrastinating on posting about it until now.figma Black Rock Shooter is officially released on 25th July. I luckily got mine the night before boxes of them arrived at local stores.About Black Rock Shooter (BRS), she is an original character designed by artist huke of which the illustration was first posted on pixiv. ryo of doujin group Supercell composed a song sung by Hatsune Miku program about this character as he expressed great interest towards the character. Apparently the illustration of Black Rock Shooter symbolises the low point of huke at the time he drew it. ryo materialises the character and the world she's in via the song and lyrics he composed, and the music video he created has become a great hit in the NicoNico video site, and eventually on YouTube as well.It's nice mentioning that the box uses a new tab and slit, which makes unpackaging a lot easier without ripping any parts of the box for those who want the boxes clean and undamaged from opening.For 2800 Yen, this figma is quite rich with accessories. The huge and symbolic Rock Cannon, Black Blade, 2 chains, 4 extra pairs of hands, 2 alternate faces (one with mouth open, and one with eyes closed), an extra front hair piece with the blue flare, as well as two sets of stand and a grip unit to hold the Rock Cannon.A standard figma bag is included as well (not shown in photo).Front. Black Rock Shooter can stand on her own without the aid of a stand when positioned wellRear. The two joints for tails of the coat and the hole for the stand can be seen below the white star.First off the Rock Cannon. The Rock Cannon is even taller than Black Rock Shooter herself.Sitting on Rock Cannon. To be honest I really didn't expect the whole thing can stand on their own without a stand. Impressive.Moving the twin tails backwards to imitate wind blowingEquipped with Rock CannonAiming with Rock CannonCloser shotA pose to replicate the original illustration that huke has drawn.That will be one way to use the chains. Some people ask on forums about what those chains are for. Well, they are for tying things up. What you want to tie up kinda depends on your imagination (or fetish, if you want to put it that way...)Let's have something more of a dynamic pose here. Man this took me forever to pose right - it's really difficult to put the hand back in the arm as the Rock Cannon really gets in the way.Blocking Fate's Zamber BladeClash of the Big WeaponsDual wield chargingSince we have the Black Blade here, we will go to that weapon next.Next comes with the Black BladeAnother pose with Black BladeA showdown with Signum.Bit of an omake: Hatsune Miku with Black Rock Shooter side by side. Please do note that despite the similarities, the two are not the same character, nor is one based on the other.A 50-minute OVA DVD comes along as a bonus. The reception of the OVA is kinda mixed, but hey I am not complaining when I get this with no additional cost.Phew. I am tired after hours of posing and taking pictures. Thanks for the hard work, Black Rock Shooter. You deserve a good rest too!This figma Black Rock Shooter is overall a pretty good release. A really good quality action figure and plenty of accessories to play around with. Haven't really heard of much defects or problems other than the potentially fragile joint between the chest and stomach (just beneath the bikini top) as there are reports of breakages out there, but it's not a widespread problem it seems.Not trying to be a fanboy out of it, but this is really worth getting! Reommended!More reviews can be found from:Member 小櫻 from Our Toys Land forumHacchaka {Japanese site)AsukaZh3us
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