Here it is, December 31st, so I am guessing this will be the last blog post for 2014. I wanted to go out with a bang, so I am looking at the Marvel Bishoujo Spider Woman. She is a knock-out, both in figure design, and attraction. Enough with the talk, on to the pictures.
She looks amazing. Her outfit is SO shiny. You can see the top light reflecting on her body. She has a great stance that is quite different from the other Marvel Bishoujo figures. I have to say, as Koto started to work on the DC statues, their Marvel statues got a whole lot better. I have a few other Marvel statues that were given to me as gifts, and they are smaller, and nowhere near as nice as the current run of statues.
I love her hair. It is flowing all around her, giving some good, much needed movement to a pretty static pose. The addition of the hand being thrown forward added a bit of extra depth to the figure too.
Easily overlooked, the back is not passed over on this one. She doesn’t have a ton of detail on the back of her outfit, so there is a lot of room to make some great musculature. It is accentuated by the shiny material that really stands out.
Of course, the Bishoujo statues are known for their faces, and half of Spider Woman’s face is covered with her mask, so the only appropriate thing to do was add a second face, so you can have an unmasked version, or what I call the Jessica Drew version.
In all, a great figure. Here comes the end of a great year of toy hunting. Overall, a really terrible year for me personally, but I am looking for a comeback in 2015. My life is looking to be in a good place, we have a new Transformers TV show coming out, and about a million and a half comic book movies. Can’t wait to get 2015 rolling. See you next year… as in tomorrow probably.
We moved from the heavy muscles of Chun-Li, to the tighter military muscle of Cammy. She is presented in her classic green bathing suit. Of course, she has to wear it so we get a view of her derrière. I think for Cammy, since she is not wearing a whole lot of clothing, is the detail in her body. Her muscles are so slender, and they show so well.
Look at the details around her shoulders. The muscle masses are so fantastically done, with just the tiniest amount of shading to really help the details pop.
Even though she doesn’t have a whole lot of clothing, what she does have really looks good. Once again, Koto’s details on areas like wrinkles are the best. You can see how Cammy is turning and pulling the fabric of her suit. She also has some great creases in her hat, as well as laces on her boots. The gauntlets she is wearing is a metallic red color, that really make them stand apart from the softer texture of the rest of her attire.
Of course, the pièce de résistance is the ability to have Cammy fight Chun-Li. Now THAT is a great feature of a product aimed at a fighting video game. No more single poses for characters. This time they get to pose to fight… if you so desire. They look great on their own as well.
Needless to say, I am really excited to see what comes next. This could be my favorite Bishoujo line yet. As always, there are tons more pictures on my flickr page. 
“She’s got legs, and she knows how to use them.” Chun-Li is one of my favorite Street Fighter characters, and this Kotobukiya statue has done great justice to the original character. 
She has her amazingly detailed outfit, in beauitful blue, gold and white. 
Her skirt has a great flow that gives the impression of movement. 
Her buns have small tassels that help to also convey the movement. 
As the statue is rotated, it is clear, as with all other Koto statues, that this was meant to be viewed from all sides, making me a little sad that I don’t have a display case in the middle of the room. This is an excellent figure. I was a little worried at some of the pictures I saw when she was first revealed. Her legs looked giant. She is supposed to have big legs, but I was afraid they were going crazy with it. Thankfully, with her in hand, that is not the case. She still looks like she could kick my head off though. Definitely a must for Chun-Li or Street Fighter fans. This will also combine with the upcoming Cammy figure to allow the two to face off. Sweet!
My Life in Scale 