I promised a new figure review on thursday and Ive finally found the time to post it! Its the lovely Sakura Matou from Fate Stay/Night doing what shes best at: beeing a Yamato Nadeshiko.I bet you didnt see that one coming huh? Hit the Jump to read a review of a 3 year old figure!
Everybody and their Grandma knows Fate Stay/Night and I dont think that I have to explain the money making machine that it is.Out of the three main heroines Sakura always got the end of the stick and ranked in last.I cant tell whats more attractive about Rin or Saber but in my opinion those two are duller characters than Sakura.Maybe its Sakuras “plain” look or her more than troubled past but I think that she deserves more Love than she actually gets.
She is the typical plain childhood friend character whos in love with the lead that happens to appear in every harem anime/eroge and is indeed a flat character during the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works Route without any real personality.The last Route Heavens Feel is where she shines and you finally get to know the real Sakura and discover that she isnt what you thought shed be.I dont intend to write more or even spoiler the three people who dont know her “secret” though and wanna talk more about her figure.
Good Smile Company decided to go with the “caring childhood friend who just comes home from shopping with a bag full of delicous food” look.The Fate Stay/Night franchise usually spawns a shitload of figures with different fetishized outfits but Sakura has been pretty much spared except of a few exceptions like a swimsuit or this:
I wholeheartly approve of this figure
Back to the figure I own and can actually afford without losing a kidney: Back when I was searching for a nice figure of Sakura is was basically torn between this figure and Alters “Battle Suit Ver.” and asked LovelyDuckie for advice since show owns both figures.In the End I settled with the figure you see because Alters figure wasnt as detailed as hoped and GSC`s Sakura delivered in that department + bigger and as everyone knows the bigger the better! ( Do I hear some girls giggling?)
Sakura is as a matter of fact the oldest figure I own beeing released in 11/06 despite the fact I bought her last year at a discounted price during one of HLJs Sale.Poor Sakura was months in their bargain bin and this seems to prove her unpopularity with the Otaku crowd.
I cant say much about Figures from the year 2006 but as far as I can tell she aged rather well then other figures beyond the 3 years+ mark.The paintjob of the figure is rather flat consisting of only a few colours and theres little to no shading to give the figure a bit more depth,but that doesnt make her unappealing.One of the biggest drawbacks for me was the fact that her dress is in fact molded from black plastic.It has the tendency to eat up the light and stands out from the rest of the figure quite a bit.In stark contrast is the plastic bag that shes carrying and that has been done with the outmost care and is one of my favorite things about this figure.You can see the items she bought for tonights dinner through it and even read the letters “Cookies” on one of the boxes.Her Schoolbag looks nice aswell bt it isnt really a challenge to make something like that look nice.I dont like the way they realized the blush on her face but thats just a matter of personal preference and is done quite often in this way.
All in all she was a real steal for 25€ considering her size and while simple shes full of nice little details that make me like her alot.
To end this review that probably noone cares about Ill leave you with some more pictures of this simple yet satisfying figure 
Love that bag
Sadly my Pictures cant show the awesomeness of the bag
I heard that sticking leeks up your butt is a good luck charm.Maybe she should do that to charm Shirou?
Panchira!
I tried to capture Sakuras other Side with these 2 Shots
Lets talk a bit about DHL now that I am through with the Review.DHL is a daughter company of our German Post and handles therefore the normal and express shippings.This means that all shipments from Japan end up beeing delivered by DHL to me.Ive encountered various Problems with them through the time like not having change on them but it was never as bad as the last time.My latest package was to be delivered to me this wednesday and I wasnt at home at that time so it went back to the warehouse.Thats no big deal so far but the delivery guy didnt leave a note and if I wouldnt have had checked the tracking I woulndt have known that there was a delivery attempt.I called DHL on their line that charges 14 cent a minute and set up a new delivery date for last friday in the timeframe from 17:00-22:00.The next day(thursday) I check the tracking of the package for some unknown reason and it tells me that they attempted to deliver the package again.Like the last time the driver didnt leave a notice or something similar.I call them again on their line and they tell me that they have no Idea what happened and reconfirm the delivery time for friday.The next day I rush home from work and arrive at my flat at 16:00.At around 18:00 I check the tracking again and what do I see? A Failed delivery attempt at 17:04! I was home at that time,my bell worked and my name is clearly written at the doorbell yet it failed???
The driver didnt leave a note again and I start to doubt that he actually even tries to deliver the package to me.I call yet again at their line and they once again tell me that they have no idea whats going on and that theyll deliver it again on saturday.On Saturday the Driver finally shows up,has no change and leaves with more money than neccessary.
>.<
Seriously? What kinda service is that for a paying customer who spends some pretty cash on an EMS Shipment?
Has anybody else experienced problems like these?
Anyways finally Ive gotten the following things in my collection:
Delicious Loot is delicious
While were talking delicious…Check out Urishima`s Blog for some mouthwatering recipes!He finally got his butt up and posts again ^^
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