So again life rather got in the way this weekend and this one’s a little bit delayed. Just wanting to do a quick unboxing of the new Asana UK statue from Sword Art Online, which ties in with the Alicization Blading mobile game (which I have played before but it was called something else then. It was ok but a bit to gacha for me). I’ve said before that I am a big fan of SAO and I do have a couple of the other statues that have been released. A couple of Asuna ones, one of Leafa and one of Sinon. This one was ordered a while back and at the price point of around £40.00 after postage to the UK; I wasn’t expecting a great deal from it. That said I’ve had others at a similar price and I’ve been impressed with them. The delivery from BigBadToyStore arrived at the end of last week but as I say I have been tied up with other things.
So immediately when the statue arrived, the first thing I thought was that it was rather small, though, I’ve never had any of the Bandai figures before. None of the ones I’ve had have been from the Sega range and below the box is a standard table mat. This is therefore not a big statue. It was at this point that I did remember that the pose on this one has the character kneeling down unlike the others I have bought. Figuring it could be this that was making it seem small and noting that the weight suggested it was pretty solid. I carried on.
Opened it up and as you can see below, again, everything’s securely wrapped and packaged, all intact. It’s a two piece model, you’ve got the figure of Asuna herself and the sword as a separate piece.
First impressions of the model were that he seems a little flat on the hair and face the face does seem a little bit odd. Doesn’t seem quite right. I can’t quite put my finger on it, whether it’s the shape or the tone, but it doesn’t look quite as good as some of the others that I’ve had in the past. And the hair does seem very flat just like it’s been sprayed one colour. Apart from the tips the shading is definitely lacking a little bit.
On the whole though it’s not too bad and the detailing seems accurate. The rapier is perfectly straight, which is a pleasant surprise from some of these I voted in the past and it slid into the hands quite easily.
All in all the final model doesn’t look too bad but it is a little disappointing that there’s no stand or plinth to put it onon. Normally, I’d expect to have something like that. So I’ll have to look into something from that because it’s quite easy to see how the paint/plastic could get scratched. All in all, this one’s okay. I have to say it’s not brilliant. It’s definitely not as impressive as some of the others that I’ve had before of Asuna and certainly not as good as the Sinon one from Alicization that I recently bought. But for the price it’s not bad and will look okay on the shelf. Do have a couple of others on order. Will need to see if they’re a little bit better.
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