Stocking Unboxing

As I passed the front window, to my surprise I spied not just one but two small packages this afternoon. I had hardly expected them to arrive at the same time, one coming from California and the other from Georgia of all places. I quickly snatched them up and brought them into my room, as the day progressed I decided instead of opening them immediately, I would update my blog with what will be my very first un-boxing.

I decided to go with the large white box first, and low and behold it turned out to be Panty. After that I knew what must be in the smaller brown package:

STOCKING

FIRST IMPRESSION

Almost as much stuff as Panty, it looks like the size of her hair kept them from giving her as many arms as Panty, but she comes with this little cake and fork which is epic.

DETAIL

Pretty detailed, multiple faces, and hair that moves? Cool! Two sets of legs with and without stockings (and underwear,) and you can mix and match the individual legs to have her only with one stocking. Her swords even have this transparent blue plastic quality to them for the stripes (much like the lace on Panty's guns which I forgot to point out.) Speaking of her swords I managed to break one of them in the first 5 minutes of the figure, not a good start at all. I was attempting to insert her sword into her hand and suddenly it snaps backwards at the hilt and the blade and hand guard separated from the grip. I was shocked, and sat there looking at my broken sword going "Well what the hell? Why is it so hard to put the sword in her hoof if the sword is so brittle?" I quickly looked at the booklet and realized you were supposed to separate the blade from the hilt in the first place? Wtf? The last thing somebody is going to want to do is pull apart tiny plastic things that don't look separable.Ultimately it was my fault for neglecting to look at the little paper booklet that came with her but you cant really blame me. Panty's wasn't important at all so I didn't expect Stocking's to be so paramount. Stocking seems to be covered in some kind of weird dust that I'm guessing was to keep the rubber from getting stuck to the plastic or something? But it just feels weird to the touch and makes it look dirty a. These are tiny complaints but Panty was so outstanding its hard not to notice things like this.

That weird dust shit is barely visible here

Barely noticeable sword diagram

 

Only one sword pose, look how straight those arms are

Dat shot

POSE-ABILITY

Stocking's hair is a defining part of her character but it seems to limit the movement of the figure a lot, her rubber hair isn't ever able to go down all the way because of another issue: LACK OF LIMB VARIETY. Stocking only has one set of 2 arms that can hold the sword, her left and her right. The other 3 sets she has are just variations of her arms being folded. What makes matters worse is the set of arms that can hold the sword are just awkwardly straight, not bent at all or battle ready. Weirdly her arms and hands were actually mismatched in the box and I had to swap them with each other otherwise she would have been holding her swords backwards.  Not nearly as action pose-able as Panty, but luckily she still has a few cute poses to be made.

Watching you fap

Movable rubber hair, reminds me of those things at the car wash

Stocking also has the magnetic thing found on Panty, but shes even harder to stand without it (I couldn't even get her to stand even once and I tried for 10 minutes)


Detail: 10 (I'm giving this a 10 for otherwise outstanding quality but some of the inside of her joints are smudged a little and there's weird cut lines on her hair)
Pose-ability: 8 (Severely limited by her hair, and only ONE set of STRAIGHT arms for her swords? Wtf?)
Fun-ness: 8 (Like panty she's hard to stand up without her stand but Stocking is impossible to pose without it. Lack of "actiony" poses makes her less enjoyable and she feels ALOT more brittle making it hard to enjoy posing her without fear of breaking something (Especially those swords which come off every time I move her arms.)
Likeableness: 10 (Stocking is an interesting character, and the addition of cool little things like her Angel Mort cake and cat makes the figure very personable. As with Panty, Stocking looks very good as a Nendoroid her large hair almost as big as her body is somehow fitting for the size of the figure.)


Panty and Stocking look cool alone but they are a duo, and coupled together (with or without Chuck) these contrasting figures just look awesome.

Like last time those interested can find the rest of the pictures here

Panty Unboxing

I've been looking at the Panty Nendoroid figure on the net for a while, and I've been meaning to capture some merchandise from this pretty awesome series. For those of you who don't know Panty and Stocking is an anime focused around two sister angels who defeat "ghosts" which were previously pony souls which cannot find peace and so cause havoc in Daten City. Sounds pretty stereotypical for an anime plot. But Panty and Stocking is done in such a way that just quirky and oozes originality. The animation style is the first thing you'll notice, it looks very similar to something you'd find in Amareica, but with shameless fan service, and an exceptionally good soundtrack it's really a gem expect to on Adult Swim.

Now on to the unboxing and review:



This afternoon I walked out to see a package greeting me at my front gate. I found it lying in a pile of dirt. as custom of the mailman to toss things over the wall nonchalantly wherever it may fall. Low and behold it turned out to be Panty.

PANTY

FIRST IMPRESSION

Damn, she comes with alot of stuff, several different faces and arms, even a crotch with and without panties (with a little bow on them.) As per common with Nendoroids she comes with a little diagram thing.

Her pose out of the box is interesting, "Wheres my bits, bitch?" She's so top heavy it's almost impossible to stand her up, it took me almost 5 minutes to take this shot.

DETAIL
The level of detail is excellent, this arm has removable bracelets (shown in photo below), but none of her other arms has this. O_o? She also has earrings that can be taken on and off. The square fingers are a really nice touch.

POSEABILITY
She posses pretty well, there's a feature I'll talk about in a sec that makes her one of the easiest to pose figures I've ever worked with (despite my first impressions.) All of her hooves are interchangeable and limbs pop in and out fairly easily, but not loosely.

Panty's stand has this magnet thing, which is the single coolest feature I have ever seen ever. I swear to god. My previous complaint of her being hard to stand up was instantly made irrelevant. What looked like a weird large pink thing was actually a strong magnet that connects to a magnet found in the inside of her hair making poses much easier to make.

The figure actually comes with a tiny Chuck, Panty and Stocking's pet...thing.

Detail: 10 (Many parts and high quality craftsmanship. Excellent facial expressions and modeling)

Poseability:10 (Stallion that magnet thing is amazing, tons of moving parts and some that even move in unexpected ways, and epic poses)

Fun-ness: 9 (Its sturdy which is great considering how many bits and pieces there are, although she can be posed well with her stand its pretty hard to get her to stand up without it and can be aggravating)

Likeableness: 10 (The figure has ALOT of personality, the relatively small size of the Nendoroid series figures suits her well, with blindingly yellow hair it stands out well amongst other figures)

For those who want to see more, I've provided a link to the rest of my photos from the un-boxing here.