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Please! Twins DX Cold Cast Figure Summer Version 3 pieces (Completed) |
| Series | Please! Twins |
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| Title | Please! Twins DX Cold Cast Figure Summer Version 3 pieces (Completed) | |
| Release Date | July 2004 | |
| Suggested Price (JPY) | 4,500 | |
| Manufacturer | Banpresto | |
| Scale | Non-Scale | |
| Height (cm) | Kazami Mizuho: 12.8 cm; Miyafuji Miina: 11.2 cm; Onodera Karen: 11.0 cm; |
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| No. of Parts | Kazami Mizuho: 1 cold-cast figures + weights + 1 instruction 1-page manual; Miyafuji Miina: 1 cold-cast figures + weights + 1 instruction 1-page manual + some double-sided tape for gluing; Onodera Karen: 1 cold-cast figures + weights + 1 instruction 1-page manual + some double-sided tape for gluing; |
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Comment
These are pre-painted and molded in cold-cast
resin figures from anime series ‘Please! Twins’ sold
in a set of three, Karen, Miina, and Mizuho all in
two-piece swimsuits.
PVC figures have becoming more and more popular with releases from manufacturers like Yamato and Kotobukiya. These are from Branpresto and unlike other; these are made of cold-cast resin. It felt like porcelain, tougher but fragile. It immediately gave me the psychological impact that I must handle these with care. In other word, I dare not risk these figures from falling to the ground.
Each figure comes packaged in a separate white colored box with clear plastic window in front. Each box consists of a figure, a weight, 1 page 'so-call' instruction manual and a little bit of double-sided tape for gluing. The weight primarily used to hold down the figure leg for balance.
These figures only looks nice when all three are place together and their position are 'sort-of' fixed as seen on the photo. Putting those figures in a different arrangement will not do. The facial expression on each figure is only accurate to the anime from a certain angle.
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Miyafuji Miina
Miyafuji Miina posed in kneeling position, right
hand down the ground for support and her left arm
half-raise, dressed in a lemon yellow two-piece
bikini with whitish yellow rim and a ribbon dangling
from her left waist. Her hair is in vermillion
shaded with a darker tone while her fringe decorated
with white lines. There is no complaining to the
paint job.
The figure's overall surface is not smooth and round unlike most other PVC figures in the market. The surface looks like a plastered job and this problem appears in not only this but all three figures. Miina's is quite visible on her right shoulder. Her right hand that place on the ground for support has webbed fingers just like a ‘kappa’ (turtle). The ribbon that tied at her left waist requires gluing to fit.
It has stability issue where she cannot kneel without tipping over. However, this problem could be rectified by using the provided weight. Alternatively, put a little bit of blue-tack on her right feet and it will do the job.
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Onodera Karen
Onodera Karen posed in kneeling position, left
hand down the ground for support and her right arm
half-raised, dressed in a cobalt blue two-piece
bikini with sky blue rim.
Her hair colored in emerald green shaded with a darker tone while her fringe lined in white. A large yellow ribbon attached to the back of her head. It is inserted into a small slot provided at her head and might require gluing for extra strength. Both of her long sideburns require gluing.
The downside is that she has an ugly left fringe, which parted too far away and makes her looks bald. Moreover, as in Miina, she too has the ‘kappa’ fingers syndrome on her left hand. Adding on top of that, the figure does has the same plaster effect on her molding, obviously seen on her left hand and back of her right thigh. There is no complaining to the paint job, though.
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Kazami Mizuho
Kazami Mizuho is sculpted in a kneeling position
with her left hand one her knee and the right hand
in a knocking fashion. Unlike Miina and Onodera, she
is a full-grown woman and most probably the most
interesting figure among the three, dressed in a
lemon yellow two-piece bikini with red lining. Her
hair molded in pinkish red, shaded and decorated
with white lines on her fringe. Sculpting on the
surface is not smooth as in previously mentioned
figures, especially on both hand and back of her
right leg.
Conclusion
These figures are problem-ridden with poor
workmanship and definitely not work our money.
However, the paint job is consistently good among
all three figures and that is the only good point I
can think off.
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Document Date : 2004-10-28 |
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