Sometimes I hesitate to buy a figure. Maybe the pictures don’t look great, or maybe I don’t entirely trust the manufacturer’s reputation, or – as has become the case in recent months – sometimes the figure costs more than I’m comfortable spending.
And then there are figures that I know I’m going to buy and nothing is going to stop me. Metatron is one such example; from the moment I saw the publicity photos I knew I had to have this figure.
Metatron is a character from Demonbane, an erogame from well-known pr0n game developer Nitroplus. Their games seem to not have had much mainstream impact – I recall that there was a Demonbane anime but I’m guessing it was mostly forgettable. However, their characters have attained a level of fame far out of proportion to the lasting influence of their sources, with a slew of manufacturers producing figures bearing their likenesses. Alter is no exception, having made figures of Donne Anonime from Satsuriku no Django, Ignis – surely one of the best-known it-girls in anime figure history – from Jingai Makyo, and Al-Azif from Demonbane. Metatron now joins her castmate in plastic form.
Paint and sculpting are superb, as is usual for Alter. She comes with a circular base ringed with vaguely Greek and Tengwar-inspired glyphs, as commonly seen in anime and video games. One concern I have is that her ankles may be at risk of warping, as only her left foot is firmly attached to the base; her peg leg gets a very thin mounting stub that serves principally to prevent her from rotating on the base.
One thing I dislike about anime figures is that sculptors often craft female characters with flyover state-flat backsides. Metatron is spared this indignity, as her rear is magnificently round and very, very prominent. In fact, at the risk of sounding crude and uncultured (two charges that I would not deny), it is not a stretch to say that her breasts and ass comprise her body. It will not take a great leap of intuition for a casual observer to deduce what sort of game she comes from.
Metatron comes with a couple of attachments that plug into her wrist. The less obtrusive is a short spike. She can also wield this light saber-looking thingy.
I’ve only had her for a day and she’s already become one of my favorite figures. Probably not my favorite – I like larger figures – but she is absolutely in the same range.
Beautiful photos of this very attractive sculpture! Thank you for the presentation
Interesting figure, after I picked up Another Blood, I think I need to do some study on Demonbane.
>> Leonia
Thanks for the kind words!
>> Wolfheinrich
I always like all of Nitroplus’s character designs. I wish I knew more about their games.
nice review! love how the lighting came out. just finished my pics and I think the soft lighting i’m using doesn’t make a good a match as what you’ve done. especially love the pic you uploaded to tsukiboard.
strangely it wasn’t until i was taking pics that i noticed, wholy crap she’s got some huge oppai (and as you mention, a nice oshiri :P).
Thanks! I wish I knew how I got these pictures; sometimes my photos come out really nice, sometimes it’s a struggle to get good shots. Like for the demon girl figure, I had to do three sets of photoshoots (admittedly, it should’ve been only two sets because I’m an idiot and erased my memory card before I transferred my first batch of photos to my computer) and I had to throw out a ton of pics because they were too dark or her skin tone looked too pasty or I made poor choices positioning my lamps.
I think I should’ve tried harder to convey my enthusiasm in my review; this is a really awesome figure. In fact, I think she’s my favorite 1/8 scale figure now. Admittedly, the attributes you mention play a large role in that.
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Totally overseen these!
Nice review! Didnt know her until i saw her review at Meronpans blog.
Would love to get her but all those sales lately have hit me quite bad ^^;
Yeah, it was really hard for me to resist temptation. I thought about getting the 1/6 KOS-MOS and Pixy Hiyori but I decided not to since I’ve already got so many preorders out. I’m hoping Pixy gets discounted at a US retailer, since a lot of them still have her in stock.
Exactly kind of pictures who make me feel so weak. I need this figure ! Wonderful pics 😉
Thanks! This is a great figure, probably my favorite 1/8 scale figure so far.
Hey, excellent review. I love her 😛
Some background info:
Her Real Name: LEIKA
Job: Nun (She is blond haired in her true form)
With Battle Suit: Henshin Warrior Metatron
Some pics… enjoy:
http://img14.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=044rog.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=047onc.jpg
Thanks, and thanks very much for the information and the pictures! I was wondering what her background story was, as she seems to be less well known than some of the other Demonbane characters like Al Azif.
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I’ve seen many Demonbane figures -Al Azif-. Orchid Seed is going to release an Al Azif, but I don’t like it.
I’ve never liked Takuya Inoue’s figures, like the chichinoe girls, kai harn bastard or this Al.
I like the first Chichinoe girl, uhh, what was her name … man, I forget her name. I’m not as fond of the second one, who was around 1/5 scale and had a really tiny head compared to her body. The first one had reasonably realistic body proportions (besides the huge breats, anyway) but the second one had a huge body and undersized head which I don’t like as much. I kinda like the Al Azif that Orchid Seed is doing – I admire the idea a lot, particularly since I’m sure a lot of loli fans are aghast at how they sculpted her, but I would’ve liked it if her head were more of a normal size compared to her body.
Yep. Their heads are tiny compared to the bodies and that make them look… mmmm… chunky? Is that the word…? Whatever… I really like lolitas, specially when their appearance is childish, like the Rozen Maiden dolls. Orchid Seed’s Al Azif looks mature.
You’re the best, Tier!
Yeah, chunky … tubby … hefty, something like that. I don’t mind lolis – young girls, older girls, flat chest, big boobs, I love them all.
And thanks for the kind words!