Tamaki was wet and breathing hard. We had just come into my house after running several blocks through a rain that surprised us. An hour ago the sun was up and the sky was blue, but then the clouds moved in, swelled up, and burst into rainfall. We both collapsed on the rug to catch our breath and after a moment Tamaki began to pull off her wet clothes. The swimsuit she wore underneath her uniform was also wet. My uniform wasn’t bad, so I moved up to the sofa, laid back, and told her to stay on the ground. This drew a look. Okay, so now, do I have the balls to take it further? I’m a lonely otaku, so what do you think? That’s right, C) Stick it in!
Review of Griffon’s 1/7 Scale Kousaka Tamaki
This is an okay figure from Griffon. Presenting Tamaki in a state of undress is a very good idea and the sculpt itself looks good, but the overall finish is kind of rough compared with the recent output from companies like Alter and Max Factory. While it’s fairly common for a figure to have a slightly different skin color for the head vs. the body, the difference in shade and color is a little too high on Tamaki. And given the exposed shoulders putting the two skin colors relatively close to each other, it makes the difference more pronounced.
Negatives aside, the figure delivers on the swimsuit fetish for those who like well endowed girls. This is boosted by a faux-discrete view of the inner thighs, which are set up by the stockings. The natural shadows the sculpt creates obfuscates without getting in the way of seeing what the eye seeks. I like the shapes on the figure.
She comes with a black display base that is large and generic, by which I mean it’s not just plain, but it doesn’t even look like it’s something made specifically for anime girl figures. I could easily see this base used to display a small model car or a geode. It feels like a total afterthought. Not only that, she doesn’t rest completely flat, so the base doesn’t do anything that any other flat surface would do. Thank goodness it’s optional.
Other Stuff
This is my first Griffon figure. I’ve stayed away from their figures, since none of them looked high quality, but I saw the gothic Yuki at Exelica Meteor and thought the detail on that was amazing. This figure not so much. True it’s a swimsuit figure, so naturally there’s less detail, but the finish wasn’t all there. Every company has good and bad figures and this one is somewhere in the middle, so I’m still open to getting some Griffon stuff.
And finally, able to work Cinamorrol into a figure shoot.
Sorry to make you buy a not too satisfaying figure
Yuki from Griffon is still for me the best figure available on the market (at least quality wise) but i guess it was just a genious one timer from them … Glad to read it won’t stop you to give their figures another go
But from what i see on your (awesome , you need to give me some photography lessons ^^) pics , she doesn’t looks bad at all , better than Kotobukiya’s figures (personal opinion) for me
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Griffon bases are always the same , nice but boring and generic :/
Anyway i love this one a lot and i’m going to buy her for sure someday ^^
The first and last pics are maybe my favorites from all the pics you did , love them .
Waaa Cinamorrol is so cute, I want one!! >o<
Is the pink armchair you used in this photoshoot for dolls? it creates a lovely atmosphere <3
James, Well, I wouldn’t say I was disappointed overall. The sculpt is very nice, just some finishing details, which were just okay…but at least she’s not shiny, you’re right.^^ I maybe should make more of a distinction of what I liked, instead of highlighting things I didn’t, but I figure the pictures did the talking for the good points. I think I feel guilty if I over-hype something.
Thanks for the compliment, I liked how the first one turned out myself.
Yuina The chair is a jewelry box. As soon as I saw it, I had to get it because it did look like something that would go well. In real life a chair like that would be really weird, but when using dolls, sometimes the odd looks good. Too bad the store I got it from has no other things that look similar so I could make a room set or something like that.
*wink wink*
Theres the Tutorial Category highlighted…
Shes in the big field of mediocre figures.Nothing to write about but not really bad either.My brother has a Griffon figure aswell and their bases are annoying in my opinion.Take away way too much space in the cabinet.
I like they way she is undressing…Advertising her assets
Cinamonroll!!! I have a darling Cinamonroll plushie, which I’ve managed to keep perfect white, only by not removing it from the bag for long amounts of time at once. It’s so soft.(Is it a girl or a boy??) lol
I love that chair, i love how you can reuse it yet it looks great for so many different figures, i try and not re-use things cause it ends up seeming too similar to the previous shoot but the chair looks so perfect and different each time you use it.
i only have two griffon figures and really the quality is sub par and unless it’s something that i can obviously see is going to be astounding i don’t bother with them much.
1st photo is win! very very nice photo there
I havent got any griffon figurine, but may try to get one. seems like their quality is decent
This Tamaki figure is actually quite nice and I think the sculpt is pretty good. Your photos setup and the story that runs with it is very nice.
Personally, I wouldn’t buy a Griffon figure if it requires the base to stand because I dislike their bases. I have one Griffon figure in a kneeling Ryomou Shimei in china dress. Needless to say, I didn’t even bother to take out the base from the box. ^^”
Is it wrong for me to like the Cinamorrol plushie more? @_@
Blowfish, Yes! The base is ginormous. Figure collectors in Japan probably have more space concerns than those of us in western countries that tend to have bigger rooms and stuff. Don’t they hear the complaints with the giant bases?
Meimi312, Cinnamoroll is awesome. I’m tempted to get a boiled egg shaper that I saw that turns hard boiled eggs into Cinnamoroll. I’d probably use it all of one time, but still. Too bad shipping would cost way more than the egg shaper.
Dancing Queen, Haha, yes I’m way too fond of that chair. This is like the fourth time from what I remember. Fortunately, I’ve use very different lighting setups for each time I’ve used it, so it helps with the oh no not the chair again. But, as far as Griffon goes, after seeing that good goth Yuki, I was crossing my fingers hoping that they’d leveled up or something.
ron~ Thanks!
ELTboy, Seems like their bases are really unpopular, but if they’re all overly large I can see why people hate them. I mean, how soon into the collecting does it take before collectors start complaining about running out of room? ^^
SnooSnoo, nothing wrong with that. Cinnamoroll is awesome.
I ditch most of bases if the figure can stablize without one lol, I been collecting figures for roughly 7 years. In the first few years or so I managed to keep all the boxes, but lately it’s just near impossible. I keep all the bases in a separate boxes in case I ever need to display them on it. The pose is fairly charming but the face just lack the finishing touch imo.
Great pics, love the various angles ^^
The use of the chair is just brilliant. Simply gorgeous!
Wolfheinrich, the boxes are killing me. I’ve thrown some away, but have kept most of them. There’s always that thought about what if I move and have to pack them, but then it would probably be such a huge pain to box them all up I’d give up trying to box them.^^
YuKi-To, thank you!
Colette, that chair is getting more love than Tamaki.^^
Tamaki is such a great character but alas there are so many different figures of Tamaki it’s so hard to choose one. This is probably one of my more desirable figures despite some of the flaws that you mentioned. Also great use of the chair.
Oh man, she’s so cute. Never seen a figurine inbetween two conditions, dressed and undressed, it is quite an original and very good idea indeed.
Very nice Tamaki figure.
One of the better Tamaki PVC’s I’ve seen. Well, it’s easy to lose track considering there are so many out there.
Love the prop and the shoot. As usual, I digg two piece than school swimsuits.
A must have 1/7 figure.. ^^
pretty hair – though the red is a little… too much
I love this shoot!!!!!!
Really amazing!!!!!!
It has that room kind of feel too!!!!!
*Sigh*…wish I can do that…
I don’t love Kousaka Tamaki. I find that few figurines of her can claim to be really beautiful. Nevertheless, with this series of picture, I would almost change opinion
Your photos are very beautiful, they lhave an “aura”, and I find them very warm. Quite in simplicity and in beauty!
(bad english >_<)