As I have for the past twenty-seven days, I took a seat today in Shana’s station and ordered a chocolate milk shake. Everyone else in the cafe glances over and gives me a look. Ice clinks in glasses. Flatware gently clangs. A dull thrum of people talking. The walls are reddish-brown. I pretend not to notice their looks, but it’s obvious, obviously, yet somehow Shana doesn’t seem to notice that there’s anything odd with this guy who sits in her station, orders the same thing every single day, twenty-seven days in a row. Come to think of it, it’s kind of odd that Shana’s been here every single one of those days. Doesn’t she ever get a day off? My milk shake comes. Shana sets the long spoon down next to it like nothing is going on. But there is something going on. Right? There has to be.
Cospa’s Shana Waitress
This figure was released a while ago, but I didn’t get it until some time in March. It’s cute and I totally dig the diner stool Cospa used as the base, which makes up for any of the short-comings the figure has in production value. There’s nothing but gravity holding her onto the base, so when I was turning her for pictures she slid off the diner stool more than a few times. She’s a bit more stable while fully dressed.
A lot of bad figures have been made of Shana. While this one doesn’t top the Max Factory version, it’s a worthy pick-up for a Shana fan.
Headset Service
The headset is pretty plain, but the headset fan service as well as the usual cast-off variety of fan service makes for a good package. There’s extra panchira to show off the headset. “Shana Panchira” is definitely my favorite image in the set.
I’m jealous , wanted this one so much but couldn’t buy …
Great pics like always , looks like it’s a good buy , but painting seems not that great ^^
And love the new design
I’d put the quality at a Kotobukiya level, maybe better.
As James, I think that the painting seems not great, but, she is nice, and yours pictures honnours her ! Congratulation for this !
Thanks, though sometimes when I take the panchira I don’t know how much honor there is.^^; I just hope it doesn’t cross the line into dirtbag when I do.
I didn’t knew that COSPA made figures, normally they’re clothes/cosplay makers. The hair is a bit weird, there are “strains” of hair that are a bit to large and the face could use a bit of touch up, still its a moe figure, the dress and bar stool are very nice.
There are a few odd hair strands.
COSPA doesn’t make a lot of figures, at least not enough for HobbySearch to give them their own section.
Haven’t seen this figure before. She looks kinda unusual somehow. The backround looks quite coffee-ish, really great pics.
Shana is like Saber. It seems like sculptors seem to have a little trouble getting the character from 2D to 3D. I think the figure is a year old. Not sure, my days are a blur lately.
God damn, that is one gorgeous figure! I think it actually looks better with the pants on, oddly.
She definitely looks better as a whole with her skirt on, but I thought there were some good leg shots there.
Oh wow. This looks really goods. Surely this can’t be a lesser version of another figure around. Amazing pics, & highlights everywhere with the light. This is really good. But, where is she from? what show?
She’s Shana from Shakugan no Shana. And it is a great looking figure.
She’s the main character of the show. It’s been a couple of years, but in some circles it was pretty popular. Was a powerhouse character in her prime. She has two looks one with flame red hair and then the brown hair version, you might have seen the red hair version around.
Cospa makes all kinds of licensed merchandise crap. They’re a good way to waste all your money if you ever visit Japan…
I’m sure. Every once in a while I do put some of those character goods into my online cart, but never actually buy them. I can totally see my blowing away all of a planned otaku spending budget in one day with character goods I’ll never even take out of the packaging once I get home.^^
nice review of her, but still can’t convinve me to buy her
(maybe when she hit the bargain bin)
Agree with James, last photo shows that the painting quality isn’t perfect..
It’s not a top-tier figure, though it’s my second favorite of the Shana figures I’ve seen. But, like I said, there’s a ton of Shana figures and only two or three are decent.
This actually makes me want to watch Shakugan no Shana II, just to see more Shana.
Nice.
I’m a much bigger fan of the character design than I am of the show or manga or anything else. One of my favorite character designs.
I like this figure a lot. I think it has a lot to do with the pics, the stool, the stockings and I LOVE her shoes! I want a pair!
With 1 scaled shana, 1 nendo shana and 3 figma shanas, u could say, I already have my fair share of shanas in my collection despite not being a huge crazy fanboy of shana.
Definitely one of the better shanas I’ve seen and for maid lovers, she does tickle their fancy.
I kinda like this subdued version of her than a lot of the wilder figures. The face just feels right, and the shoes are great. Backless is a bit off for her though. And indeed the stool is cool.
DO WANT! I like how subdued she is compared to most Shana figures. She’s very elegant. I’m finding myself becoming more attracted to figures with props, such as vespas and chairs. It adds more interest than the standard fighting pose with a weapon.
Your lighting is always amazing. I love your photos.
Yes, props add a lot to a figure. As cute as this Shana figure is, it’s made so much better by having the diner seat, showing a thought toward presentation. Headsets are cool too. I have no idea why big headsets attractive of anime characters.
I’m very reluctant to purchase COSPA figures now, given the quality of some of the ones I have. Though you photos can be quite deceiving but if this was in my collection, I’m pretty sure I could see plenty of faults.
Anything not Alter, Max Factory, and GSC is pretty much a craps shoot. A lot of COSPA’s prototypes look awful and don’t have the same confidence in them as others. This figure’s quality is good enough, but given your reservations is maybe an exception to their normal quality.
nice as usual!!! i like the atmosphere, perfect
give me 1 hot chocolate lol
That’s a lovely looking Shana, really like the fact that she’s cast off and comes with a stool. Quality looks good enough for me, I wouldn’t mind getting her.
Looks like one more anime goes onto my watchlist – just to see Shana. Beautiful figure and great photos.
Hey, she can’t work while sitting down! Somebody tell the little slacker to get back to work!
Beautiful pictures, I especially like how the floor and the background are lit.
I didnt know of this Shana figure and its really lovely.
Nice colors and tones. I like the pose of the figure as well.
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Im no Shana fan but her headphones and the awesome base totally make up for it!Max Factories Shana may be better from the quality view but this is the definite Shana for me regarding the pose
The pose cures any of the ills of the production values for me.
The reddish-brown background was awesome. You didn’t actually had to put in anything else except for the chair, lazy, but fantastic.
It amazes me seeing guys like you who are dedicated in handling these stuff. Kudos for the showmanship.
Shana kind of speaks for herself doesn’t she? The maid costume helps, but really, she’s good all on her own.