JUI-HUA HUANG (jhuang@UCLA.EDU)
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:26:47 -0800
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:26:47 -0800 From: JUI-HUA HUANG <jhuang@UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Internet Message Header
On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Richard E. Rae wrote:
> >>Iris is probably my favorite/2nd favorite character, and I've heard
> that she's a favorite among Japanese fans as well.<<
>
> Iris is one of the top three most popular characters, with Sakura and Kouran
> being the other two (#1 and #2 respectively). The first 3 Real Models,
That used to be the order for me. Sakura, Kohran, and Iris,
respectively, but since ST2, the new order is Sakura, Iris, Sumire.
Sumire-san wa totemo yasashii ni nattan desu. (Sumire's become really
sweet.) I also love Sumire's SD character. It's so cute.
> Selection Model kits, Chara-Dolls, and LM Figures that were released all
> exclusively featured those three girls. Among garage kit makers, Sakura tops
> the list in all companies as there are more poses featuring her than others.
> Even so, the first garage kits all focused on Sakura, Kouran, and Iris as well.
I never got into the other dolls mainly because of price but I also
thought the Real Models looked a lot better. I just wish they'd release the
other figures for Maria and Kanna.
> My favorite figure, though, is the Kaiyodo resin kit of Maria, which I recently
> completed. It's a great pose in her battle uniform, and what I like about it is
> that it's a bit atypical- besides holding her trademark Enfield pistol, she's
> carrying a Mosin-Nagant rifle of the proper period in her left hand. Worth all
> of the 5800 yen spent.
That sounds interesting. I don't think I've seen this one.
> One other figure kit I'd spring for- if it wasn't 12000 yen- is the Musashiya
> kit of Sumire- a wonderful pose in her battle costume, as she coyly pulls on
> her gloves. Masterfully detailed, too. A photo of it is also featured in one of
> the product plugs on the Hanagumi Tsushin disk, if I remember correctly.
I think I know which one you're talking about. ^_^ It's nice.
Ray