1/8 Tsukamoto Yakumo Goodsmile Company
Name: 1/8 Tsukamoto Yakumo
Anime: School Rumble
Company: Goodsmile Company
Sculpted by: Fumiki Saito
Price: 4200 Yen
Released: October 2005
Added to collection: 7th April 2006
Yakumo arrived this morning! I bought her on sunday on ebay from a UK seller so it only took 5 days to get here. At first I was surprised by the size of the parcel- it was small compared to the other ones- but once I opened it, I wasn't disappointed at all. She's well painted, especially her eyes, and there aren't any major faults on her. Her school uniform was done very well- I like how her skirts spreads on the ground. The base is nice and simple and suits the colour theme of the figure. All of the different joint-lines on the figures are well-concealed (except the joint-line between her face and neck, and between her fringe and the rest of of her hair). The only thing on the down-side are the mould-lines along her arms and thighs which are visible at close inspection.
I've also posted the manga cover from which the sculpt is based on. For the photos, I've changed the style now- I've stopped using a white background and flash. Now I take the photos on a sunny day with bright sunshine coming through my window so there's large contrast between the figure and the background (i.e. my room), and so making the background nearly black.
See also:
School Rumble figures,
School Rumble
1/8 Tsukamoto Yakumo Good Smile Company Gallery 1
Anime: School Rumble
Company: Goodsmile Company
Sculpted by: Fumiki Saito
Price: 4200 Yen
Released: October 2005
Added to collection: 7th April 2006
Yakumo arrived this morning! I bought her on sunday on ebay from a UK seller so it only took 5 days to get here. At first I was surprised by the size of the parcel- it was small compared to the other ones- but once I opened it, I wasn't disappointed at all. She's well painted, especially her eyes, and there aren't any major faults on her. Her school uniform was done very well- I like how her skirts spreads on the ground. The base is nice and simple and suits the colour theme of the figure. All of the different joint-lines on the figures are well-concealed (except the joint-line between her face and neck, and between her fringe and the rest of of her hair). The only thing on the down-side are the mould-lines along her arms and thighs which are visible at close inspection.
I've also posted the manga cover from which the sculpt is based on. For the photos, I've changed the style now- I've stopped using a white background and flash. Now I take the photos on a sunny day with bright sunshine coming through my window so there's large contrast between the figure and the background (i.e. my room), and so making the background nearly black.
See also:
School Rumble figures,
School Rumble
1/8 Tsukamoto Yakumo Good Smile Company Gallery 1
posted by Cloud at 10:16 PM
23 Comments:
Heya! Do you happen to know where I could get a Yakumo Figure like that one... or is it "out-of-print" already? T___T
Please let me know! ^___^v Thanks for your time inadvance.
mmm.... i know where to get her where i live, here in singapore, but i don't think it'll be helpful to you.
i got mine on ebay when i was in france so you can start looking there. NB: they are quite expensive on ebay though but i haven't been on ebay for like months.
hey cloud, would you mind telling me where to get it? I live in Singapore myself =) Great thanks if u can tell me.
hey,
heard of china square? 18 cross street. there're tonnes of figurine shops there. i haven't been there for 1-2 months so not sure if they would still have it.
one good shop is #01-25/26.
cool, that helps, i never heard of china square, but i'll look around for it. izzit in chinatown? Hope it still sells. Thanks
10 minutes walk from chinatown MRT. i think you can ask people around there. or you can always get a taxi. good luck.
woot, thanks alot! I take a trip down chinatown today and got the LAST BOX! Thanks alot, i dunno where else can i get it if i miss this. ebay's all sold out. Thanks again.
This figure is pretty rare, and there are bootlegs of all 3 GSC Shcool rumbles on the market
(with box stickers!) so be careful!
http://forums.zero-type.com/viewtopic.php?t=575
http://forums.zero-type.com/viewtopic.php?t=580
http://forums.zero-type.com/viewtopic.php?t=585
oh no, i got the fake one, =*(
can u roughly explain the difference between the features of real and the fake? i can't differentiate between them online. i dont mind paying the price if its only the brand that make the real authenticate.
mmmm..... i haven't seen the fake one in real life or its detailed photo. i guess you can check my photos to see the difference between mine and yours. and thanks again to whoever pointed me to the fake/real issue.
maybe i sucked in telling differences, but i really cannot find any difference between the one in your pic and mine. I haven't seen the real one though. I read thru the forumn and its just a fuss over the stickers and where the product originates from. In my point of view, i rather have a quality product than an original but poorly made product, very seldom this will happen though. This time the bootleg and the real are identical so i guess this still alright. The eri figure seems to have flaws when compared to the original, so careful when buying products.
I can't determine if the Yakumo bootleg looks any different, as I've not seen it up close.
Though I myself, have yet to run into a fake (having acquired 2 myself) that is as flawless as it's authentic original.
Fakes also tend to have poor paint quality, that can chip, fade or even be scraped off.
And, yes, the new fakes are pretty well done, which makes them hard to herd out from the real deal, but the flaws are typically pretty glaring.
The sticker on the box was zeroed in on at the forum, because it's was a completely wrong sticker.
Also it was important to determine if the bootleggers were indeed producing fake stickers, and we found that this is now happening.
This is not a good thing for the anime figure market :(
Here is a comparison of a typical fake against the authentic product, if you wish to see one:
My fake Miharu:
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/authenticfigurebox/Bootleg%20Figures/
The Authentic:
http://niu2.sakura.ne.jp/html/hobby/cani_miharu.html
Thanks lilika ;) for those links- very interesting indeed!
i've stopped shopping on the internet since there're plenty of decent figurines shops where i live and i really can't be bothered to pay for the shipping anymore.
My next target is the Eri figurine by Alter.
Picked up this great figure on ebay a few days ago
Mine has a different sticker on compared to the above so I checked out those links above only to find out the 3 topics are locked/deleted.
Found this follow up though
http://forums.zero-type.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=700
Seems like theres two legitimate sticker types to watch for
thanks for the info! it was interesting to read the reply sent from the distributor in hongkong.
Wow!! I owe you this moment but the background is black I cant see better coz Im wearing eyeglass. My eyes is blard with no glasses...
GiJaws
Sorry for interferring, would you mind taking photos of her once more but please change her background. Her hair is black and the background is black as well... Pardon me... heheh
GiJaws
take a look above at:
1/8 Tsukamoto Yakumo Good Smile Company Gallery 1
hope the background pleases you ;)
I am willing to pay up tu $120usd if you want to sell this figure..
sorry. that's a very generous offer but i've already sold it a while ago :(
Gahhhh. I saw this figure on ebay but I already brought Nyu and Nana from elfen lied, So I couldn't afford it.
T.T I havn't seen her since I REALLY want that figure.
elfen lied, i love that anime :)
Yeaah me too it was the first anime I watched :).
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