Yesterday the postman delivered Sanya V. Lityvak (from Strike Witches) to my door, after a few days of traveling here from Japan via Hobby Search. I had thought about getting this figure but recently my figure purchases have been cut down quite a bit and I thought I’d hold out and see if I could get this one for a deal. Somehow it worked out perfectly because they had a sale and I got her for 2,720 Yen, which is just around the price of a Figma, rather than her normal price of 6,800 Yen. As of writing this she is sold out on Hobby Search. If you’re interested in this figure at all, read on. Though it’s not really NSFW, I wouldn’t suggest reading on if you’re at work though.

Since I didn’t do a loot post for this I decided I’ll just show the box in my review. Loot posts only seem worthwhile if there’s a lot of different things to show. On with the normal review now.

First off, she comes with 2 sets of propellers for her striker unit, “spinning” and static, her rocket launcher, or “Fliegerhummer”, her base with arm that comes in pieces, a removable skirt and one striker unit piece for putting the base in as well as 2 without a hole in it. The figure itself is good, not the best quality ever, but it is normal Kotobukiya quality, which I have no issues with even though it’s slightly flawed in places (paint, a few lines here and there). Many people think the face is off from her character in the anime, but I guess I find her face just fine myself, rather like it to be honest. I think she’s great, from her striker units to her Fliegerhummer, seems accurate enough and is decently sculpted. Yes, even her crotch detail seems fine, I find it of worthy mention since it’s pretty much in your face. By the way, for those who might not have seen the series, she does wear pantsu under those tights. Sanya is my favorite character from Strike Witches, as the night owl from ORussia who sings spells and acts as a protector of the night skies. Alright, so we got the good parts of her down. She’s great… until you get to her base.

Now for the bad, and ugly. The base itself looks rather nice. With spell insignia and it’s eye popping blue, it looks pretty neat at first site. I have no issues with the base. Where it all goes incredibly wrong is the arm. Made to mock a Figma, the arm seems alright, until you realise this is NOT a Figma, this is a 1/8 PVC trying to be supported by a fail copycat Figma arm, that doesn’t properly hold the figure except at special angles. Tip her a little bit and she’ll fall right over. I can’t even express my dislike for the arm of this base. It’s worse than the worst Revoltech stands. I’m hoping some day in the near future I can figure out an alternate way to display her because the arm is total crap. I feel nervous having her on it because it feels like any minute she could tip backwards and smash into my computer desk. The separate pieces of the arm feel loose, when posing it I had to take extra special care to keep her from crashing down, and in fact she took a couple tumbles. This is the figure’s fatal flaw and probably the only reason I wouldn’t recommend this figure. I personally do like the figure though, as much as I hate the base’s arm, and have never been so frustrated with such a thing before, I can’t complain about the figure.

Overall, I’d say unless you’re a hardcore Strike Witches/Sanya fan, don’t buy this figure at full price, try and get it discounted like I did, because at it’s full price the base/arm problem would make me feel ripped off, it’s that bad. I don’t dislike it though, but that itself makes it not quite worth the full asking price. Great figure otherwise. If you want to see more of her, check out Kodomut’s review, he does a great job.
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