A space heater that nobody was going to buy anyway was one thing. I could see an old shopkeeper parting with one for no apparent reason other than Haruhi wanting one, but this? Nobody gives away a Fender Twin Reverb. It’s expensive. I don’t know how she does it, but there it is in our club room the re-issue of the ’65 twin. I feel sorry for the girl who lugged it from the train station. She had these thick eyebrows, that somehow were cute. Anyway, it’s better not to think about how Haruhi gets these things, just be happy she gets them.
Review of Haruhi Gekisou Version from Max Factory
This figure is sweet for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the guitar fan service (note: the Fender Twin Reverb amplifier model does not come with the figure). See what makes this cool is Max Factory’s rendition of the Italia Mondial Deluxe — it has strings, which totally rocks. If the guitar fan service wasn’t enough, well there’s Haruhi and this figure gives her long-legged glory and a costume with details and frill. These things were executed well for a mass produced figure. The macro lens might be a little unkind, showing what looks like a tarnished A-string among a set of clean strings on her Mondial Deluxe, but it’s not that bad.
Kind of wish her face were slightly more refined, but I think it captures Haruhi pretty well. Gekisou Haruhi has really long legs. More normally proportioned and she’d probably look stubby straddling the Fender Twin instead of rocking like she does. About the only thing I’d put on a wish list would be a more sheer looking stocking or shading to make the gray tone less flat, though I’m not actually complaining about how it looks, which looks good as is. The figure was sculpted by Masanori Kuroda.
Other Stuff
I’ve passed on the Gekisou Versions of the other characters. To me this one is the best of the bunch, unless you really must have the SG (iirc) that Yuki sports. Mikuri’s dislocated leg just weirds me out. What would be great if Max Factory can do the K-ON! girls with their instruments in the same scale as the Haruhi Gekisou figures, especially with Ritsu on drums, and mix and match for a KyoAni all-star girl band.
Hehe, I have to learn a little self control with pushing the colors and contrast around a little. She’s a bit red here. I like how it looks though, which is why I didn’t bother to fix it. Also added a bunch of noise to the guitar shot. I was going to do it on all of them, but changed my mind. The other ones are a bit more normal.
This figure was reviewed quite a while ago and I’ve seen a number of reviews: foobarbaz, persocom, meronpan, exelica-meteor, YuKi-To, Optic and there’s probably more that I can’t remember off the top of my head — she’s a popular figure, so I think a high proportion of figure blogs have her reviewed. Still, I’ll link you up if you point me to your review.
Kinda exaggerated a bit in there though on that last picture. Overall, the picture is good and looks good but I think the Nagato one is the best of all three.
You know someone’s gonna ask–where did you get the amp from?
Nice figure, I like the guitar detail. I would like it more if I wasn’t completely and entirely sick to death of Haruhi at this point though.
Have this figure too, but she somehow doesn’t get me as excited as much as Yuki did. Like Keonyn, I must say the Haruhi phenomenon has pretty much worn me down. Only did get Haruhi and Yuki due to the guitar fan service in the end pretty much =) (Yuki coming with a foot pedal is another bonus for me ^^) But I definitely prefer the SG that Yuki wields over Haruhi though.
It’s a carry over from high school, but the SG is my enemy!!! J/K. One of my buddies had an S/G and he’d mock my Fenders and so I had to hate on his SG.
Heheh, that would sting I guess. I like my Fenders as well, but more on the Strats and Jaguars and not too much on the Teles. Since I was a kid, Gibsons were always something I always wanted but couldn’t afford, so that probably stuck on as a fixation on Gibsons :p And now when I look at what I’ve spent on figures and stuff, maybe I should have gotten a Gibson instead ^^;
As of this point, I’m pretty much into Ibanez for the guitars, and I’m with you on the amps, Marshall~
Where did you get the amp?! That looks so perfect! I want a mini-amp with my Haruhi now too! I have had, for the record, 3 Haruhi figures with guitars. Sold one (did a figure photoshop of her before I did), have this one, and the one where she’s on top of a musical note.
I agree with you on the other two Extravaganza figures. Passed on them too for the same reasons, and to have a little bit of restraint.
@ Everyone wondering about the amp:
I got the amp off eBay for 9.99 + shipping. They’re part of this set: http://www.hlj.com/product/FTS60055. Was hoping there was a Marshall 1/8 scale available, since that’s what I had back when I used to play. Had both a Tele and a Strat, so a Fender man as far as guitars, but a Marshall fan as far as amplifiers went.
Amp is a nice addition!
Mikuru’s leg isn’t dislocated, try that pose urself, it’s possible! =P
It’s kinda like a ballet twist :3
My review: http://panther.clanbluepanthers.org/2009/04/27/haruhi-gekisou-version/
the 3 girls: http://panther.clanbluepanthers.org/2009/06/09/sos-no-gekisou/
woah i thought the amplifier was included lol
yeah the last image is too red for my taste, but it’s not bad at all
Same like shino, I somehow got tired of Haruhi, I skipped all gekisou figurines =\ (the other reason is because of stupid Australia $ at that time -_-)
I have got all three of the Gekisou girls and am along with you that Haruhi is the best of the bunch. My first reaction with Mikuru is that she looks so pretty while surprising Yuki didn’t strike me as much.
I totally seconded the idea of Max Factory doing the K-ON girls at 1/8 scale and am looking forward to the day when I can have a K-ON x Haruhi live band … all 8 of them. Somehow, I feel it will come true. ^^”
Nice, it’s good to have a Marshall fan ^^ I’m playing with one right now xD cool little prop too
I like this Haruhi and it’s probably the best out their but I still prefer Gek. Yuki ^^
The shots look great, really showing to the details but not overkill with many pictures,sweet,short, and to the point
I break this suggestion all the time, but pretty much anything over 8 pictures makes most people scroll to the bottom: front, back, side, front mid-shot, portrait, and a mid-back shot. Sometimes there’s a good profile and an off-angle portrait or mid. My favorite self-indulgent shot is the belly close-up if the sculptor did well in rendering abs, if it combines with panchira, even better. Pretty much anything after that’s just repetitive, but sometimes it’s just easier to post in more pictures than decide which ones to cut.
Anyway, thanks for reminding me. Sometimes I think to myself, man there’s only 8 good shots, when that should have been my ceiling all along.
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Nice Mugi crossover there, man. Great detail on the guitar, which is kinda sweet. If only I could get my hands on one of those.
Have to get…… Drools…..
I was so tempted to complete the Gekisou set when I saw Mikuru and Yuki at supanova last weekend. When ur at a convention, it’s so easy to get tempted when u can actually see both figures in front of u and they are in hands reach. >_<
I kinda wish she did come with a real amp. It will make the setting more concert like. ^^
Looks like u missed mine.
http://thedisjointedzone.com/2009/06/12/rockin-with-haruhi-suzumiya/
It’s why I like shopping around at conventions, even though you can easily just buy this stuff online. Sometimes there’s a magic that happens when you’ve got the box in your hands making you say, I should get this.
Lovely shoot like always!!!
I always envy on how you do your shoots!!!! They always look so nice!!!
Great pictures ^^ I really like how you added the amp in there, makes it look much more realistic
I love the guitar’s details, that’s all I’ve got to say. Oh! And nice amp.
Reading more and more reviews makes me regret not getting this. “orz
I was wondering how you get the background so bright and white? What material/light setup do you use for it?
To get the background white, more light needs to shine on the background than the subject. I use white construction paper. Set the camera to EV -1 to -2.
Thanks for the tip.
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