Osanpo Remilia Scarlet
Today I’ll be reviewing Remilia Scarlet the vampire mistress ofrom the Tora no Ana Touhou Sofubi series line of figures. Remilia is a vampire mistress character from the game series Touhou Project. This figure is only available through the Tora no Ana store, thus harder to get a hold of. I opted for going through TokyoHunter rather than a proxy service in this case. Her original price is 2,625 Yen, with the mark up I paid 5,000 Yen plus another 2,400 Yen for EMS shipping, though I had paid for her pre-order ahead of time so it didn’t seem as much. She is non-scale and made of soft vinyl. Read on for the review.
Remilia comes with 2 bats, her base, and stands for the bats. The bats are a nice inclusion, and they go well with other figures as well, I know I’ll be having fun with them. The stands the come on aren’t the sturdiest, they’re thin and easy to knock over. Remilia herself is held up well by her base, and I really do like the crescent on it. When I pre-ordered her I didn’t notice her size, I guess I just assumed she was around Nendoroid size and left it at that. I was a bit surprised at the size of her box when she arrived, she’s about the size of a 1/8 PVC figure. I took some pictures to compare her size to PVC, Nendo and Figma. This figure was actually based on this illustration.
Some size comparison with Nendoroid Melissa Seraphy, Louise Gothic Punk Ver. and Konata Izumi Summer Ver. Figma.
I think this figure is only for the hardcore Touhou fan, at least considering the fact that it’s harder to come by. But, as a figure it’s quite nicely made and I’ll most likely be buying from Toranoana again. I can recommend buying this figure if you’re a Touhou or Remilia fan, or want a cute vampire to add to your collection. I hope they make a Flandre Scarlet. If they do, I’m definitely going to be getting her. I’m sure you’ll be seeing more of Remilia next month.
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I’m not much of a Touhou fan, so I’ll probably skip this one. Fucking awesome bats though
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Beautiful series of photos! It’s funny.
I like the expression of her face.
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Hehe, nice. Didn’t notice that she is that big on your webcam.
Guess she goes well with Nendoroids too.
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Snark – I agree, the bats will be getting much use.
lylibellule – thanks ^^
hikky – her size is surprisingly large, she does seem like a giant-size nendo
haha, those bats are really a good company. Nice pics!
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0_o…creepy…Bats, are awesome censorship^^;
phossil – thanks, I agree
Gunstray – I think she’s more cute than creepy XD
Oh she is so funny ^^
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Cute!I rarely buy items that need a proxy service myself. The only time I’ve used a proxy was for the Volks Holo.
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Leonia – ^^
lovelyduckie – I don’t like doing it either, but there’s so much out there that can’t be gotten any other way. Ebay is out of the question most of the time.
Yea I agree that this is specifically for the fans. I like the little bats~
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muwahaha i can finally appreciate touhou stuff! well, i guess it’s been two or three months since i got into it, but it’s still a joy seeing all the touhou stuff around ^^;
i’ve gotta admit the art style isn’t quite my cup of tea but none the less it’s remilia ^__^ i’ve really fallen in love with the koumakan characters… still amazed by the insane community that the games have spawned. that just a random illustration they decided to make a figure out of or was it by a popular artist or somethin?
you have a favorite version of remilia’s theme? hunting around niconico, so far mine is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUgBi839YlU – vocals aren’t perfect but love it at 1:50 ^^
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Im not really interested in Touho but those Bats are pretty awesome
I only own a Super Mario Soft Vinyl figure so far ^^
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Q – yup, but a fan I am. The bats are great
meronpan – yay a fellow Touhou fan
I’m not sure how long it’s been since I got into it but I’m on a mission to get more figures, especially of Remilia and Flandre. I was half expecting this to be nendoroid size, but I could have easily seen on the site that it wasn’t but I overlooked it. I really don’t know if the artist is popular or not and how they decided on it, but apparently this artist did all the figures from this line as far as I know. The community is quite insane, but it makes me happy that there are sooo many quality artworks of these characters. That’s a good version of Remilia’s theme, I can’t really pick a favorite. Don’t even get me started on Flandre’s theme XD
Blowfish – my son would love a Mario figure. The bats are win, they’re currently accompanying Louise.
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