Long-time followers of this blog will know that I am a big fan of the anime Fairy Tail and that my favourite character in the show is the Queen of the Fairies; Erza Scarlett. I like the character arc that she has and whilst the fan service in her design is not always to my taste I do like the general design and idea of a sword mage. I have looked at figures of her before, but they have either been figma type figures which I dislike or out of my price range. So, when a new one was released by Good Smile Company then I jumped at the chance.
Now a fair chunk of time passed between the pre-order and despatch from BigBadToyStore.com and this, coupled with the crappy exchange rate, meant that the figure ended up costing close to £60 including postage which was more than I had planned but that’s the world we live in these days.
So, the usual BigBadToyStory packaging and I have to praise them for not doing the amazon trick of using boxes far too big for the item. Just big enough for the item box and the bubble wrap but this time there was also a wrap of tissue paper around the box which is not something I’ve had on other figures from them.
Erza is nicely packaged and even through all of the plastic packaging it was clear that this is a decent quality figure with plenty of detail. Other figures in this price range have, in my experience, not been quite detailed but here the first impressions were solid. The usual game of find the tape and the plastic was opened up. The figure is cast in a single piece with a separate piece of plastic for the base and two swords. The figure had a fair chunk of detail though the flame motif on the pants is a little darker than I expected. The only criticism is that one of her bangs is a little rough when coming out of the top of the head. Not really a problem but it could have been moulded a little better.
Was a bit of a struggle to mount her on the base as the holes are slightly too close together and the figure’s legs are quite rigid. Was a bit of a hold breath and press gently moment but they did eventually go on. The sword blades have a nice bit of detail on them, but the pommels are quite basic. They slide into the hands with a little bit of pressure and seem solid and once in the figure is assembled.
Size wise she matches well with the 150mm figure of Erza in one of her other armours that I spent a month painting earlier this year and for the price it looks good. Enough detail to work and for the price I am more than happy with the product. Not sure if I would get other Fairy Tale figures but would certainly look out for the Good Smile Company in the future.
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