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Summer Wonderfest is the annual Tokyo-based event, due to be held this weekend, where garage kits are sold. One kit this year will be of special interest to Transformer fans:










Arcee is 24 centimetres tall, made by Jamming Off and will be sold at the event for 8000 yen. This is a non-transforming, non-posable kit of the character. More information can be found on Tokyo Hunter's blog

Looks great except the face. Very doll like, which creeps me out haha! I'd love to get ym hands on one and do some modification to the face!

in b4 hot glue pictures of this kit hit the internet.

Loki God Of Mischief wrote:in b4 hot glue pictures of this kit hit the internet.

Thankfully it's a lot more family friendly than most garage kits that originate in Japan. Unless of course it turns out that that chest plate is removable...

That doll-clown face is really creepy which totally ruins it. Too bad because the sculpt is pretty NICE!

Aww she's got a bishoujo anime nose.

Diem wrote:

Loki God Of Mischief wrote:in b4 hot glue pictures of this kit hit the internet.

Thankfully it's a lot more family friendly than most garage kits that originate in Japan. Unless of course it turns out that that chest plate is removable...

Never under estimate the power of perversion in Japan. Hell, let's just say never under estimate the power of perversion on the internet in general. Even without checking, I know a place where I can guarantee a handful of people are already planning on buying this to hot glue. They like their Clang Clang Clang if you catch my drift.

DevastaTTor wrote:That doll-clown face is really creepy which totally ruins it. Too bad because the sculpt is pretty NICE!

She looks like the female robots from Phantasy Star, all doll-like. I'm not surprised that they gave her a cute, anime-ish face.

Really love the sculpt on her form, but that...face. I will have to agree with others about how it's quite creepy looking...though i'm sure some masterful resin model painters can probably make her not look so much like one of those porcelain killer dolls through some minor alterations. Still a very nice looking resin model, compared to some i've seen (wish I could unsee in some circles).

Needless to say, I got a friend who'd probably go bonkers seeing this, if he hasn't all ready, eh heh heh...

Diem wrote:

Loki God Of Mischief wrote:in b4 hot glue pictures of this kit hit the internet.

Thankfully it's a lot more family friendly than most garage kits that originate in Japan. Unless of course it turns out that that chest plate is removable...

I don't know. It looks like they spent a lot of time and care molding that dierre.

She really does have buns of steel.

That face would scare the hell outta me if I walked into my dimly lit office and happened to stare into it. The body sculpt is very nice, but that face......words cannot describe the dread I feel looking at it. Not to mention the first pic makes her look crosseyed to boot.

Cool design, horrible head sculpting.

Apparently I've been living in Japan for too long 'cos that face looks totally reasonable to me. Hopefully when I get back to the west I'll re-adjust to long, skinny faces.

It's the nose that ruined it. If it were an angular high bridged nose like that of Ariel in Superlink then this would be a 5 out of 5.

I think if the eyes were more hexagonal, and less moe blobby it would make a world of difference on its own. Maybe a more pronounced chin so she doesn't look like a cabbage patch kids doll...

Diem wrote:Apparently I've been living in Japan for too long 'cos that face looks totally reasonable to me. Hopefully when I get back to the west I'll re-adjust to long, skinny faces.

It's a combination of the cheekbones and the nose.

Basically, you have angle-sharp design style in the body and then contrasting Bishou style in the face. They don't mesh IM(not so)HO.

Counterpunch wrote:

Diem wrote:Apparently I've been living in Japan for too long 'cos that face looks totally reasonable to me. Hopefully when I get back to the west I'll re-adjust to long, skinny faces.

It's a combination of the cheekbones and the nose.

Basically, you have angle-sharp design style in the body and then contrasting Bishou style in the face. They don't mesh IM(not so)HO.

I've got no problem with the face or the body. Combined though, it doesn't work to me either. I think it's funny/cool that her girly bits are more shapely and human-like than Arcee is ever drawn. Of course, it's entirely possible that I'm perverted. Eh.

Heh, the more I look at this, the more I actually dislike it. I always hated the face, but now I think that the entire figure is lacking any sort of expression, or character. It's such a neutral pose with no narative. The blank expression on her face only adds to the dullness of the figure overall. I'm officially changing my opinion on her to thumbs down

Jesterhead wrote:Looks great except the face. Very doll like, which creeps me out haha! I'd love to get ym hands on one and do some modification to the face!

Never thought Arcee was a Butterface: Ass looks good but her face.

Hey perfect for an ass man like myself though!

I actually like this a little more now that I think of displaying her with other Bishoujo figures...

Other than the creepy mouse girl face, hot damn!

Never thought I'd say this but she's got a great arse (or ass for our American friends). Have to agree the face is highly disturbing though.

I also not sure I understand the "hot glue" reference and am afraid to google it. Do people put hot glue on figures to replicate the look of certain bodily fluids? Or am I way off the mark?

^........yeah, that's probably what it means.

RiddlerJ wrote:

Diem wrote:

Loki God Of Mischief wrote:in b4 hot glue pictures of this kit hit the internet.

Thankfully it's a lot more family friendly than most garage kits that originate in Japan. Unless of course it turns out that that chest plate is removable...

I don't know. It looks like they spent a lot of time and care molding that dierre.

She really does have buns of steel.

Arcee's got back.

"I like
big butts
And I cannot lie
All you other brothers can't deny..."

Also yeah, creepy face. It's the nose & eyes for sure.

Looks really great execpt for the way the shoulder pieces are connected by tubes. The body looks almost too sexy to be a robot. I wonder if the designer had some issues...LOL

Damn those transvestites look hotter and hotter