It was three, dark, quiet, and still. Yoko sighted a manimal climbing over the outer stone wall. She could have popped him off at any time, but she waited. The manimal landed on the ground and rolled into an area covered in shadow. The dust he kicked up hung in the moonlight for a long while. After she counted to three hundred, the second manimal appeared over the wall and she popped him before he landed and then popped the first one. Sometimes it’s better to send two flying than take the one in hand.
Figure Review: Yoko by Kotobukiya
My first Yoko. I’m so far behind Dancing Queen on the Yoko love. Actually, this isn’t the first Yoko that I’ve ordered, but it just happens to be the first one to my door. Bounty Hunter Yoko from Alter was supposed to be the first one, but I got impatient when that got pushed back and I went ahead and ordered this one from Kotobukiya.
Beyond the awesomeness of Yoko’s character design, this figure has a decent plus column: nice pants; nice rack; nice gun. Koto left space where there should be space along the waist of her short-shorts, a definite plus, especially for a 1/6 scale figure. Would be pretty cruddy if it were solid fill. I dig the belt and the studs too. Though the gun and her arms cover her boobs for the most part, the flaming bikini top is visible, so nice positioning there. And finally, the gun is cool because there are options and the bolt moves, which doesn’t mean much, but’s sweet that they went the extra step there. Also, the figure paint is quite clean.
In the not so hot column: hair and face. The big line and flow of her pony-tail is good, but some more strand rendering would have been nice on a figure this size. Yoko’s face on the box, from the prototype, looks a lot better than the one from the actual pvc figure and is not a change for the better. Still, it’s passable and you’ve got choices when it comes to the face and skull clip.
All in all, pretty sweet, though would have preferred leggings that weren’t torn up.
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I’m glad that Figure.fm is back. I never really took to using Danny’s Member News, even though that’s where stuff that was on figure.fm was meant to go.
nice photos, definitely better than the real figurine
I decided to pass on this Yoko tho, since I don’t really like her face in this one.. and also her body shape is kinda too long =\
I’m thinking of grabbing the GIFT version, since I canceled mine to get the resin yoko, but I saw the GIFT version at my friend place, definitely one of the nicest yoko pvc
The GIFT one looks nice, but I’m still reeling over the ickyness of their version of Saber.
Though she isn’t the best looking yoko, I think she’s the best figure that captures yoko’s playful personality.
I ordered her too, but it’s taking ages for my local shop’s stock to arrive, I wonder why ^^;
The sculptor did get the attitude down right, plus I like the chair.
Lovely photos, but I got to admit her face is a bit off but I like her joyful personality represented. The fact that you can change faces and little accessories is a plus though, overall a nice looking Yoko
Yeah, I like that it comes with three skull clips. I like the winking clip but with the face where both eyes are open.
I love the lighting in the white background ones – so clean and pretty. And I dunno, I actually like her face, it’s cute and happy.
I think on it’s own the face is pleasant, just the one on the box looks better. Oh well, I’m generally happy with what I get, even if it’s not exactly what I imagined it would be when I placed the order.
she really does look awesome, can’t wait till i get her myself as well
What?!?!!! You’re getting this!!! So surprising.
i know! it’s not like i like yoko or anything
I’m crossing my fingers she will be available in one of the booth at the next convention in just under a months time. It’s so hard to restrain myself when she is still freely available at nearly all popular online retailers.
She is the only Yoko I really like and it’s logic she is the only one I want.
Lovely shoot as always.
At least here in the states, Koto figures tend to be easier to find at conventions. Don’t know what distribution is like where you are, but if that’s any sign, she will be. One of the things I like about this one is it captures the personality and the figure without being too out there.
Yah, Koto’s figures are easier to find at anime related stores or at the conventions in comparison to GSC or Alter for examples. One main reason is because GSC and Alter figures are usually a lot more expensive than Koto.
There are exceptions, for example, when I went to AX09, I saw quite a few vendors have couple Alter + GSC figures.
This Yoko adaptation is cute. I prefer Gift version, but this one is great. And your picture too !
Seems like the GIFT version is the most popular one. When it came out I was holding out, thinking I need to not take the route I took with Saber of getting almost everything.
I’m still waiting for mine to show up. This will be my second Yoko figure (first being a Nendoroid) and I’m really curious to see the stand for myself. Of all things, this is the first time the stand has been the primary reason I wanted a figure. The production shots looked nice, but I *really* wanted the clearish stand. That and I wanted to pose other figures with the gun…
Not too big of a Yoko fan (nor Gurren Lagann in general I guess) so I guess I managed to escape the onslaught of merchandise they have out there ^^;
From what it looks, the boot lying on the floor looks really nicely done though. And movable parts are definitely a sweet touch, though I have to admit that they enthrall me for that first 5 mins, and then they’re forgotten just about for good :p
Manimal hater
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I wish they (figure makers) focused on other characters in GL, 90+% of the GL figures are Yoko, not fair
. This figure is alright, but I think her face looks goofy, prefer the wink as it doesn’t look as goofy. I also don’t like what she is sitting on. I don’t remember anything like that in the show, and it just kind of looks weird to me… boota is cute, though you know he doesn’t want to be sitting on her knee 
I just got mine in today, I noticed that all of the ones I’ve seen (yours and Danny’s) have a small blemish in the left side. I’m guessing that’s not just a one-off manufacturing error…?
That’s probably where the pvc gets injected into the mold. Pretty much every figure has them, but some are better hidden than others.
the holes in her tights were what turned me off originally but not that you mention it, the face also doesn’t quite click. wouldn’t mind having her in my collection though
i’ve also got the alter bounty hunter version on order though and enterbrain’s release in hand so that’s enough yoko for me (i think) ^^;
i should try again but i think the web filter at my work has your site flagged as porn or something completely off base -_- and unfortunately that’s when i do most of my blog reading (^^;;). gah. anyhow, love the pics as always ^^
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So youve finally fallen for Yoko eh?
I never planned to get more than one Yoko but now I own 1 Yoko Revoltech,Movics Yoko,Gifts Yoko is on the plane right now and Alters Yoko is on PreOrder. Dont ask me how this happened ^^;;