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Figure Review: 1/8 Fate Testarossa by Good Smile Company

December 8, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Posted in Figure Reviews | 2 Comments
Tags: 1/8 scale, fate testarossa, good smile company, magical girl lyrical nanoha, pvc

Since its my first figure review, I decided to start it off with my first PVC, Fate Testarossa by GSC! She’s from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s. The lighting’s not so great, but it will improve eventually. I got her in the spring of 2008. I couldn’t find Alter’s Fate, so I got this one. She was released way back in November of 2006. She was sculpted by Kazushi Kawasaki. I have to say, this is a good alternative to Alter’s. There’s not many reviews for her, so enjoy this one.

Her pose is rather plain, but I like it. It’s like she’s walking.

Her side.

The back.

The very calm pose from the back.

Holding Bardiche Zamber Form.

Sculpt on the arms are decent. So are on the hands.

The paint on the belt is a little rough.The skirt is nicely painted.

Her shoes were nicely sculpted.

Back of her shoes.

What I didn’t like about this figure is that they didn’t get Zamber Form right. There was supposed to be a shape at the center of it.

Like this.

Her ribbons were nicely done, little paint hiccups on her bangs. Expected from an old figure.

Look at her hair and cape.

Such a determined face!

I really like the magical circle base. Wish they’d do this with every Nanoha figure.

Cape from the front.

Her cape is removable. here you can see the sculpt on the front of it.

Nice wrinkles on the back!

Without the cape.

You can see her shoulders better.

Huge difference without the cape.

She looks kinda weird with her shoulders exposed.

Her butt isn’t as revealing as Alter’s.

Smooth sculpt on the legs.

Her bangs from another angle.

I liked this figure for its calm and simple pose. There were a few flaws, but overall she was good for one of Good Smile’s old figures. They also made a Nanoha. Fate would’ve looked great next to her, but I don’t have her. Its a pretty decent figure, not too bad not too great either. I recommend this figure to any Fate or Nanoha fan.

I’ll be doing more reviews in the near future, so I hope you’ll look forward to them.