Welcome back! This time I decided to retrieve two arrivals of early summer so far for one reason or another, I was not able to review: My Azusa Nakano and Akiyama of Alter , first and third output dedicated to the series by the famous Japanese manufacturer K-ON!
Mine is a component HTT of the original team, the female star of the band, and Azusa is kohai that joins the other girls when they are already the second year of high school and becomes a sort of mascot for the group. As already reviewed the Yui Hirasawa, Mio and Azusa are also shown dressed in their school uniforms, rather sober and (for this) realistic: the only difference between the color of the butterfly, which is my blue, while the Azusa is red, a device adopted by their school to highlight the years of high school attended by the students.
As for Yui, perhaps to compensate for sober clothing The sculptor has created the statues with dynamic poses, in apparent attempt to capture girls at the same time they're playing. So, My legs, feet raised and outstretched arm with the pick between his fingers, seems to have just finished a solo, while Azusa collection is more, if he were to touch the ground after a leap made on the wings of rhythm.
For Mio, the sculptor presents it in a state of mind more bold and cheerful, timorous or sullen than that with which we often see in the series, personally I prefer it but those who appreciate more of its back side can move towards the alternative version of Mio, always drawn by Alter for the same series, which presents it with an expression dressed in cosplay and much more timid, clinging to his inseparable guitar (who has decided to call Elizabeth, after the insistence of Yui with her Ghita!). In that version seems to hang on to my guitar as a support, while in figure reviewed here is playing, as it should be.
For the rest I can only point out the great care put into the creation of models from Alter, which stands out even more so for the simplicity of them. Note accuracy in the reproduction of the guitars, with lots of real strings and not just painted, and then the folds of skirts and dresses, hair in the wind of My, the tails of Azusa ...
Both statues are not based directly on the base, but from an elevated support, tended to emphasize laying plastic and rests with only my right foot, Azusa stuck them both on the support, and in fact the friend is more solid, although neither presents problems of stability. As for Yui, these models have a plastic base custom engraved with the logo of the series. Moreover, while Mio is a single block, the face of Azusa is removable, so that the application the cat's ears that I have already mentioned.
A quick mention, before concluding, packaging, characterized by a large window where you can see the model in its entirety before opening the box. The figures are contained in the usual interlocking plastic, which surrounds and protects them, ensuring their perfect preservation.
