her detached anchor is sculpted to part of her hair as if its been blasted off. She has a hilarious surprised expression as if she still can’t believe she got hit. The launcher assembly is removable from the figure and the arm for the stand pegs right into it. This also makes her attack style rather distinctive and I love the way she drifts to the side and bends forward to unload these babies into the water. On her back, Shimakaze is armed with her five-tube torpedo launcher, which sets her apart from Fubuki, Mutsuki, and Yuudachi who all wear their torpedoes on her hips. As always with Figmas, the paint is bright and clean. About the only thing that’s survived intact are her rudder boots and her gloves. Her low riding skirt shows that one of the straps on her underwear has snapped, and her colorful, candy-striped stockings have holes in them. Her top has mostly been obliterated leaving behind just enough for a smidgen of modesty. Shimakaze is clad in what’s left of her familiar uniform. Again, I really dig the way they made the two able to interact and compliment each other. Speaking of which, Shimakaze is not only perfectly scaled to display with regular Figmas, but her face is also removable and compatible with the faces of the regular Shimakaze Figma, so if you have the other figure, you can change her expression. I really enjoy the fact that Figma went with the “half-damaged” version here, because it still allows room for this and the regular Figma release in any display. Shimakaze is displayed on a standard Figma stand, which is necessary because her pose has her hovering with legs bent and not able to stand. Shimakaze is the very first release in this series! Let’s get it open and set her up. If it weren’t for the FigFix on the box, I’d be hard pressed to identify this as something different, at least at first glance. You still get a window looking in on a tray with a lot of parts. The package is very similar to that of a regular Figma and distinguished mainly by the brighter colors. Anyway, I picked up Shimakaze because she’s a real hoot in the series and right now her actual Figma is netting prices that are a bit too rich for my blood, so I thought this would be a good way to get her into my collection, at least for now. But keep in mind, that’s coming from someone who has yet to own a Figuart Zero, so that analogy could be flawed. It’s an exciting (and somewhat delayed) Anime Saturday today, because not only am I checking out a new KanColle figure but also my very first Figma FigFix! FigFix is a relatively new(ish) line, which I believe started in 2014, and the best analogy I can make is that these are sort of to Figmas what Figuarts Zeros are to Figuarts.
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