Magical? Poka~n

Pachira is Vampire

DELICIOUS FLAT CHEST!!
There, I said it, she has one of the most drool-inducing chest in the anime world (in my opinion).

Now, this post won’t actually consist of any bare chest as mentioned… (there goes the majority of my viewers…)
BUT for those armpit lovers, stay seated!

This will be the last set of the photos taken last year as I decided not to post the Himekuri moda noel, there was just not enough good photos in the set I took =/
Oh well, onto the photos!

Location

This, as mentioned, is the last photo set from the two days at Melbourne University. Pachira here is standing just outside the old quad area thingy on the steps. The place was a nice place for elegant gothloli enthusiasts to do some photo shoots. It was pretty out of the way as well, so no busy bodies prying into my fetish…

Setup

I compromised, with no mini-tripod I used the figure boxes to rest the camera on ^^;
It was pretty much a simple affair, set camera up, point and shoot. With the next set of photos, I opted for the stylish feel, now I understand some of you may not like it, just bear with me for this batch and leave a comment that bites my head off so that I’ll know better next time I try to do something new…

Figure

Oh how I love Pachira. This figure has captured her sexy seductive “innocence”, Hiroaki Tokunaga has done an excellent job of sculpting this. Pachira is one of the first few models from Max Factory to incorporate their cast off Polo System and it’s my first experience with it. Unfortunately I don’t have any reference pictures for you folk =/ While it’s nice awesome to be able to take her top and skirt off, there are problems that most figure collectors encounter. Rubbing of the plastics when taking or putting the clothes back on is quite worrisome, and can leave some streaks on the paint ;_;

Talking about paint, Pachira’s paint job is also very nicely done. Her hair is shaded nicely, and the blushing of her skin is impeccable. Pachira’s leathery parts are also done with a nice glossy look, but not so glossy that the shine will blind you.

Thoughts

Hopefully this stylised approach is ok with you folk, I felt like making the photos a lil more, oh what’s the word, arty?
I like this photo shoot set, I can stare at Pachira forever…

Summary

HIGHLY RECCOMENDED
But then again, this Pachira figure pushes all my right buttons. From her arched back, to her thigh high boots and garter, to her twin tails, to her bare armpits, to…ok, I think I’m starting to scare myself a lil.
In all seriousness, this is a figure that would most likely be an excellent addition to anyone’s collection.

Details – Photo shoot

Camera
Nikon Coolpix P2
Date
16th September 2007
Location
Near the Old Arts Building – Melbourne University

Details – Figure

Name
Pachira (パキラ – Pakira)
Series
Alchemy 3rd Grade: Magical? Poka~n (錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん)
Maker
Max Factory
Sculptor
Hiroaki Tokunaga
Scale
1/7
Release date
April 2007
Place of purchase
HobbyLink Japan
Retail price
5,238 yen
Bought it for
$58.20 AU
Availability – HLJ (at time of writing)
Discontinued :(
Links
HappySoda’s entry ENG
mukyaa~’s entry ENG
Otadesho’s entry ENG

Original animation illustration of Pachira

Preview

Pachira & Saber

Well, I collected my package today :3 In it was my 1/7 Pachira from 錬金３級　まじかる？ぽか～ん (Magipoka for short) by Max Factory and four Saber Revoltech 2G by Kaiyodo. Four!? you ask? 3 of them are ordered by my friends, and there’s another on the way (cause he ordered late…).

Anyway, I intend to eventually get a photo shoot with Pachira as she’s definitely one of my favs, I’ll prolly take Yuuma along with her on the future photo shoot. So this post is just my thoughts on the figures and a preview of future photo shoots…I guess preview is a lil misleading as I don’t actually take photos of the place, think of this as a “Hey! I got these awesome figures, wanna see them when I take photos of them in broad daylight~!?”

Pachira, absolutely fantastic, I couldn’t of dreamed of a better pose and sculpt. Everything is magnificent except for a few things, one being a very slight under/overpaint of the lingerie lines on one area, and also the roughened up part where you insert her clothes, I can see it rubbing off the paint should I get too fidgety with taking off and on her clothes…which is hard to resist (´・ω・)つ|・ ・

600×800 – There’s your delicious panty shot teaser~

Saber is a good poseable figure, the face and head is nice but she seems to stick her neck out front quite a bit, makes it a lil odd when standing still, unless you like the whole hunchback thing. Poseability is great tho, she’s my first Revoltech so I’m still quite amazed at how flexible they are compared to traditional action figures. Comes with two swords, Caliburn and Excalibur with Invisible Air Noble Phantasm, which is pretty cool I guess.

600×800

I’ll post details of these when I get around to the photo shoot, until then, feast your eyes on the crappy preview pics I posted :3