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Kotobukiya Mahoro 1/12 PVC


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Was browsing the upcoming releases at HLJ when I came across this:

http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?KBYPP-12

[strongbad]Holy Crap![/strongbad]

Yes it's the PVC version

I know it's not for the diehard modelers, but for someone like me who has 2

left hands when it comes to painting/assembling something like this, it's too risky

especially when the resin kit costs $180+ :blink:

And I really wanted this kit bad!

I already got the Comic party1/7 Takase Mizuki Swimsuit Ver. 1 PVC Completed

and actually found it pretty nice for something mass-produced

So now it's available for half the price I'm getting it!

any Mahoromatic fans also getting this?

btw 1/12 scale makes it around +/- 13-14 cm's for the figure am I correct?

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OK, I broke down and pre-ordered one from HLJ.

They have the 5% off "early bird" now too.

I have to keep watching though just in case it's released domestically, just like the Asuka Summer Casual PVC and a few others from that company, for cheaper.

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I have to keep watching though just in case it's released domestically, just like the Asuka Summer Casual PVC and a few others from that company, for cheaper.

Well. I live in the Netherlands

so anything "Domestic" is still more expensive than importing it from Japan

that also means that importing from the US -though cheaper as buying it from a

domestic source- is more expensive than straight out of Japan

Edit: It'll probably won't have the cool features of the resin though

(dismanteling the cowl of the bike to show the engine/seatpipes)

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EeeeeeEEeee that's so damn cool! Mahoro-san! Yes I loved that resin kit....but I'm abit disappointed that the price of this PVC figure is very high. I can't afford it. I'd rather use the money and buy me a valk or binaltech. :(

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I balked at the cost too at first, but remembered the cost of the resin statue, $180!!

So I kind of understand this one's price (not that I don't wish it was cheaper), as well as the fact that it comes with the motorcycle as well as Mahoro. Quite a nice piece actually. Pricey, but a unique pvc.

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I balked at the cost too at first, but remembered the cost of the resin statue, $180!!

So I kind of understand this one's price (not that I don't wish it was cheaper), as well as the fact that it comes with the motorcycle as well as Mahoro. Quite a nice piece actually. Pricey, but a unique pvc.

Nah...its just that I keep comparing prices of things to a 1/48 valk cause I only have one and wish for another.

Like the Pinky:St figures, 1/10 a 1/48 valk each....woohoo! Cheap! Mahoro = 90% a valk....oooh...expensive. Know what I mean? :lol:

Need to rise higher in the corporate ladder.

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  • 3 weeks later...

New pic from the Shizouka Hobby Show:

Beautiful sculpt and paint job.

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I love Mahoro, but I really think she'd look better on the bike in her battle suit, just seems more appropiate. Who rides a motorcycle in a maid outfit? D: Sorry Anubis, you won't be making me use my money this time! :lol:

I said it once, I say it again... How can you go wrong with a hot chick on a motorbike??!?!

Vostok 7

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I don't care, it just fits Mahoro somehow. Besides, she looks better in her signature maid outfit anyway.

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Yeah, but on the other hand:

how many statues were made with her in her battlesuit?

Touche.

Although if they were to release a battle suit PVC, I would gladly buy that as well. B))

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Yeah, but on the other hand:

how many statues were made with her in her battlesuit?

Touche.

Although if they were to release a battle suit PVC, I would gladly buy that as well. B))

I have one, made by SEGA Prize. It only looks good at certain angles though cause her face is a little flat.

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Hopefully the statue comes with some stickers or something to make it look like the pictures where her bike has Pioneer stickers all over it, or at least a little Vesper sticker for the gas tank.

Oh willing to buy Mahoro with Silpheed flying statue.

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Hopefully we'll one day see a Battlesuit(/Sylpheed) Mahoro

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There IS a battlesuit mahoro by Sega Prize and I have it. Got it from an anime convention in Australia. No Sylpheeds yet though.

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Not the most detailed of figures. But it works. Bad thing about it, the stub at the bottom of her shoes which goes into the base she stands on BENDS after awhile. (PVC sickness) So right now, she doesn't stand upright. More like leaning.

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Wow, that's a lot of detail. Explains the hefty price tag.

Very very nice. Out of my budget though now.

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first: the bad news

No stickers (Pioneer/MV Agusta)

-that was the bad news

the good news is:

A good chunk of the bike is Die-Cast, it's heavy as hell

Mahoro is very well painted (for mass production... and I can't paint to save my life)

and ...It's mine! :D

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