Aozaki Aoko ~Blue Dress Ver~ Ichiban Kuji Prize (Banpresto)

A lottery prize figure from Banpresto for TYPE-MOON’s 10th Anniversary event. Also non-canon but still pretty elegant. Not as many glaring QC issues as Saber, but also a lot less interesting.

I met a mysterious lady out on the field. She kicked me. So I called her Sensei.

This is just the first of a long series of post-unboxing, backlogged TYPE-MOON figure reviews. After moving to my new place, I set up a nice corner of the room for figure photography and took a bunch of review-style photo sets of figures as I re-unboxed them. Most of these figures are second hand, B/B grade, so keep that in mind when going through the photos.

Info
– Type: PVC figure
– Character: Aozaki Aoko
– Version: Blue Dress Ver
– Series: TYPE-MOON 10th Anniversary (special, non-canonic character design)
– Company: Banpresto
– Sculptor: Another One
– Release date: 2012/07 (Prize)
– Specs: Ichiban Kuji Premium, B Prize, ABS+PVC, H=240 mm (9.36 in)
– Price: ¥800 (price of a lottery ticket)
– JAN: N/A

Links
– Ichiban Kuji product page
– MyFigureCollection entry
– Suruga-ya entry

Buying
– Mandarake
– Rakuten
– Yahoo Japan Auctions
– AmiAmi
– Amazon.jp
– Amazon.com

Photos
Much smaller, more compact box than Saber’s

Ichiban Kuji logo in the box as backgroun

In blister pack

What is this mysterious ancient scripture we have here?

Parts, not as many as Saber

She came assembled in the box, so I diassembled her for this guide

Nice pantyhose

On to the skirt. There’s the skirt and there’s a dressy part that goes ontop the skirt. There are two waist parts to accommodate the two different combos (dress or no dress).

Dress band on the left, skirt band on the right

The torso and head are one piece

Close up of the face – kinda loots a tad bit derpy to me

Connecting the legs to the dress to the torso

The boring base

Bottom of her feed is a stand peg hole

Kinda boring standing pose of Aoko in the blue skirt

Taking a little peak…

Spoiler:

You actually have to pry/bend the skirt a lot just to be able to see anything

Adding the dress skirt

Looks better I suppose with the dress outfit

Here’s another hard peak…

Spoiler:

With Saber, the Ichiban Kuji A prize

Although I haven’t played Mahouyo yet, I know her as Sensei in Tsukihime, Miss Blue in Mahouyo, the sister of Touko Aoko from Kara no Kyoukai, and the magic missile launcher of Melty Blood. But most importantly, her role in Carnival Phantasm as the mastermind behind Plan Shonen-H ;3

~Keripo

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/keripo/sets/72157641643383363/
MyFigureCollection: http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/11406