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Really nice to see how things actually go down at a sculptor's facilities, tnx for the footage Danny.

I always look at the face for my figures, but also if they 'have something' that makes them a little unique; a pose, a look, whatever makes you want to keep looking at them for other things than just eyes.

Thanks Danny, Max Factory is my favourite.

That's Rin, not Saber!!

BTW is that big Mirai-marked image what I think it is?

Ok now i'm curious with that hidden picture...

Doctor,
Thanks for the correction ^^;

Evil King,
Not sure ^^;;;

The face is pretty much the deciding factor for me too. The Figma Haruhi and Rin looks amazing. Also saw that the Saber was out sold everywhere, they seem really popular these days.

I want these 2 now!

Wow, nice workshops they have there ^^ Wish I have those facilities for my Gunpla building ;_;

That "messy" yellow putty figure, my guess would be that main heroine from "Air"...forgot her name though ( > _ < ) and that Haruhi with the mech...just too awesome for words!!

I probably could guess on some of the "Mirai Mark"-ed figures ^^; One of them I think it's Figma Kyon, which due this May ^^;

Looking forward to the video!!

to me, face is an important factor when buying a figure. the character is a factor too; I normally won't buy a figure which I don't know about. But above all these, the price is always the first thing I look at. I can't afford more than 60USD for a figure even I like so much.

Most important point for my figure buying would be to like the character.
Another point is the costume, I can buy figures of characters I never ever seen before if their costume looks good

Max Factory Tour woot!

I own a few of their figures, the quality is very good, and I like it. I'm hoping a good release from them again~

Waiting for the video tour ^^

AH! the nendroids in the mech is so kawaii!!

Thanks for the insider pictures, it's always nice to see how everything is done ^^

For the question, I don't ofcus on one part, but on the global look, and the quality of the figure. And with Max Factory, I'va always be happy with their products !

Haruhi and gang with that mecha is way tooo cute!! and I'm really interested in what's behind that giant Mirai-marked image...maybe Danny will eventually reveal it in time to come? Can't wait to see the Figma Fate ^^ (Fate fanboy), need her Riot Zamber though.

For me the most important one for a figure definitely the face, especially the expression, since I really want it to really look as close as the original.

Second is the paint job and the pose they use ^^; Then maybe the costume and other misc stuffs. Price is last for me XD but if it's too expensive, I won't get it either ^^;

Thanks again for another great tour! Can't wait to add some of those upcoming figures to my ladies/booze pix collection.

Overall pose should be another option. Face doesn't really make a figure worth buying, but it can certainly ruin a figure with otherwise good qualities.

Usually I get figs of characters that I know and like with cool poses, but recently I preordered that Chua Churam (a character I don't know) figure that was posted a while back, because everything seemed great in that figure, most notably its dynamic pose.

http://www.dannychoo.com/images/photo/14004.jpg
Must be Misuzu from Air.

http://www.dannychoo.com/images/photo/13999.jpg
Cute with Konata riding on that cat-thingy. ^^,

Hm hm. That Misuzu will be an insta-get as soon as pre-orders go up. =)

To me its the Face because it look great posture to get the description of a character especially the eyes.

wow! thanx for the insider tour of Max Factory office ^^

if it is not much of a trouble, may you ask Max Factory what's the name of yellow putty that they are using ^^

WOW! a fate figma! can't wait for that figure to be released ^__________^

HANYAAN~!!! KAWAII HARUHI AND RIN FIGMAS *heart heart heart*

must...save...money...for...figures

lolz XDDD

I don't buy a figure because of the face, but I will avoid one if the face is bad. Usually it's the overall sculpt and design that gets me to buy. Knowing the character is nice, but not that important.

Like the character.

Well, although, I don't really buy figures, but if I am to buy one it'll be a figure of a character that I favour, Louise is a good example.

like the character

lol danny your mirai picture thats covering the photo is really making me wonder how much it means

there's no "pose' in the poll. >.<

other than the face, whether or not the figure comes with a cool pose is also one of my main deciding factor when it comes to parting with my hard earned money.

*agrees with super rats*

I won't pick up a figure with a good face but I will avoid one with a bad one.

There are lots of factors I consider when purchasing, such as cost, pose, etc so it's hard to say which one I will get, but I will avoid kits if I feel they don't look right.

I decided agains an excellent Yoko kit because I thought the Face was too sharp and angular while I avoided an adult fate Testarrossa kit cos her butt was huge!!!

Pose and character likeness to me. Both of which arent in the poll xD

But then again I bought the Hikaru death cloth figure without knowing the char and after comparing them, the figure doesnt have character likeness at all. It's just really cute tho xD

The new Kino figure has a great character likeness and pose imo. It'll probably be my next fig once I manage to finish all my school papers =/

and and plus like the char... so i guess I'll vote on that one *clicks*

To me, face is really important. The second is I like the character.
But of coz there is some exception! e.g. Q-Joy. LOL. No matter how good the face look and how I like the character. I'll not buy Q-Joy figure!!!

Thanks for inside look in one of my favorite companies :D

It's Max Factory this time. Your a really lucky guy to go to all these places. I wish I can get these chances like you...

haha that's one huge mirai face there :P so cuuuute LOL I want the cute flying blob thing LOL!

That cute flying blob is from the digimon movie!!(not sure which one since the western digi-movie was a mix of several lol)
Cocomon I think it was called!! The brother/sister of Terriermon!!

wish i knew what that yellow thingy was called, so i can sculp something of my own

Oh god, Lopmon! I never would've thought that someone in MF is a fan of Digimon Tamers!

I think I am going to get Figmas from now on (not including the Pocco I already preordered, oh well). I recently got a Fraulein Revoltech Rei and her limbs keep falling off!! Although she has a lot of poses, it's so fiddly and annoying. Funny enough though, my normal Revoltech Yotsuba!& has no problems. I am waiting for my Figma Yuki Nagato to make any claims for Figma, but I know I like Max Factory figures and I am disappointed in the Fraulein Revoltechs so I'm sure I'll like it better. I just want a really good figure to play with! I LOVE looking at my other figures, but when you have the urge to play with something it's good to have something around :0

must get figma haruhi and rin. must get 3 of each, one to look at, one to preserve, and one as a backup

LOL. I like the figure were Mirai covers up the whole shot!

I think is not Just the Face... is The Whole Figure

Hey1 Thanks1 Max F. is Amazing1 But They didn´t do too well in Male Characters like Kiritsugu from Faate/Stay night.

I think companies in general should produce more male characters, to complete the whole cast from an Anime.

Like mentioned before, I also preordered Chua Churam because of the pose. Everything on that figurine is a perfect storm of money flying out of my wallet and I barely even know the character. Usually I only buy characters I like and if they're done well but lately I've been staying away from figures that just sort of stand there.

The figma Rin is coming along great, glad I didn't order a Fraulein Rin. Maybe Max Factory will turn it into an absolute dog fight between companies by producing Idolm@ster ones as well? >:D

Seeing the scrapped putty figure and knowing it's being binned, it makes you think "wow what a waste" but at the same time "they're good enough to bin something like that without a second thought.". At least that's what it seems like to me.

Just out of curiosity i wonder how much money they make and if its enough to make a career out of it..because that is one sweet job~~

another nice romp through figure heaven :P I love that mecha haruhi nendoroid bunch lol

Can anybody tell me what the figures are on the bottom shelf of the collection cabinet? The very left one and the very right one.

Left one is some devil girl that I'm pretty sure I've seen before but don't know what it is.

Right one is some kneeling purple haired girl.

Danny, thats a great tour at Max Factory.. I wonder how lucky you are to visit one of the best companies in Japan..

So what is behind the big Mirai picture? I wonder...

Argh!!!! those teasers are killing me.

Lol at the haruhi in the mecha with the other chars. XD

Mirai marks covering Mirai-chan figure everywhere!

Great stuff. Danny, you chose (or where chosen) one of the best companies for Mirai figure. Really. I'm a huge fan.

Congrats!

Danny, I was wondering, do you think max factory would come up with mecha figmas?

I having funny feeling. Mirai will pop out of Max Factory. It just a matter of time. Mmmmm!

Common Danny, whatcha' got against cats?

DIGIMON!! Lopmon rules.
I like Lopmon, even the new Greymon and Garurumon... aw, I miss Digimon.

I like that sculpt of the Digimon, Wish it was like sold at a larger scale lol... *Saves*

hee hee..Di...Digi...Digimon!

woooaaaa =o!! it sure looks that sculping it's not easy!!

I never get tired of those factory-related posts. Thanks Danny.
Do they recycle the putty? I mean by collecting all the bits and putting them to melt or whatnot?
Otherwise than that, the Haruhi nendoroids are too cute to be true and I do like those Figma figures.
and last but definitely not least:
Mirai-chan figure, definitely!

Oh, forgot to add that for me when the face is well done (the hardest part in a figure, in my humble opinion), the rest eventually flows in a much natural manner.
Drawing or sculpting a face is a pure pain, as you can disfigure it (pun intended) with a simple displacement of one or two millimeters.

-,- face...? be honest ppl lol....52% face...? 2 percent eyes...think its reversed lol!

I really love the Haruhi and the group raiding the Zeon mecha. That was the nicer figures I really see in productions.

adamjlx, I would reinforce my statement by saying that it is much easier to add lumps in the thorax part of a figure than carving a decent face.
I also wonder how good a figure would look if she has big, nice "eyes" but Medusa's look (or even worse, a scrambled up face, Picasso-style)...
(Reminds me of the mini-post that could be summed up as "Mermaid or She-fish, which would you fancy more?")

I think they might throw away those unused yellow putties.

Won't those stuffs harden after a period of time? or I might be wrong ^^;

I'm starting to think that people who work in this industry must be gifted just like Eyeshield's Agon; I mean, making scrap putty look THAT good? That was already 95% to a completed figure!

That cute blob thing is a Digimon; forgot the name. :P

Finally, the Guinness World Record for the biggest Mirai Mark goes to this article. XD

Until now, I can say that I have seen about 90% of figures that I want to have but can't afford it^^

Would love to work in this company and would not mind the position in as I like to work in an environment full of figures. I will be able to sort of feel an increase in spirit to work while surrounded by figures.

While the face is the most important, if I don't even know who the character is, or don't care for the character in the first place... I don't usually take one for me. That being said, I usually don't say no to a figure inspired by the Art of Shunya Yamashita, and often it's the first I have seen of the character/art.

Heads are very important. In real life whenever you meet a person or someone meets a person they first look at thee eyes nose mouth hair and ocassionally the chest. I know this from head drawing. By the way can anyone tell me what kind of putty is that?

lol the blob is digimon! It's from Digimon tamers, I think xD

Very interesting, thanks for thepics Danny ^^

Oh!
Nice and interesting post Danny, I always wanted to see a working office of something like Max Factory.

"A cute blob thing as part of the competition" - It's Lopmon from Digimon Tamers!

Mirai marks sure are fun, aren't they? Yea...

I try to have a have a small factory at home too.

I like how the office there seems to have a laid-back homey atmosphere to it.

I want that figure with the SOS-dan using a suit. That is so sweet! Love Haruhi and Tsuruya...

Is that the real size of Mirai? ooh now i want her.

Whoa! interesting to see.
Love the yellow goo sculpture actually, I would buy it in a wink of an eye if it was for sale.. even in that state.

Nice insight
my vote:
1) face
2) character
3) eyes

Usually I look at their pose first before I look other things like face, legs, etc. before I decide to buy a figure.

Character and face are both high factors to me...

me thinks that Danny should get in trouble and show us that hidden picture ^.^

Articulation.

I always wondered what does it get to work in one of these companies...

Articulation.

blowing it out of the water? :)
I also own both, and to me it looks more like copyright infringement, :heh:

one thing about the tohsaka rin figma is that it may have been mass produced with bad quality control

nevermind the missing details, mine has two white blotches of paint on her face
what ever machine that was used to paint her eyes apparently is leaking

another issue is her sleeveless arm. I purchased the figma just because of this neat feature.
for whatever reason the white stripes are not painted white, they are barely visible. looks more like
bad fluorescent green. were they trying to give her a day glow look?

despite these gaping flaws I still love my tohsaka figma very much. her interchangeable face and arm gives her a HUGE edge over the revoltech.
however, considering I own only two figma and both of them were produced with quality issues that really have no excuse for happening other than being produced poorly I cant say figma is A+ yet. I understand that keeping the price down is a huge issue for most people's consideration in purchasing, but spilling paint? come on now, even the 5$ toys made in hong kong dont have this issue anymore.

I hope they focus more on quality control soon. I heard they were having production problems, which may be part of the reason for the low production run of the Fate Testarossa figma. Anyway, I hope they continue to move forward and release more great items in the future.

wow i'd like to work there one days ^,^

Thanks Danny, very interesting. Recently I have started to make figures. I'm interesting in all information about it ^__^
Painting eyes is really very difficult, I painted it 5 times but eyes look awfully...

My first figure:
http://piccy.info/view/9ecbd1f305d2705eeb7f492181d84d6d/
http://piccy.info/view/f681d16e24fa7843ef4a24206d2608c5/
http://piccy.info/view/0bc14d2707b5ecc9b618622be03dc7fb/

But she looks bad therefore I have cleaned paint and now paint her again...

Woe, now I see how they made those excellent Guyver figures a few years back.

I would never leave the place. lol.

So all the production figures are handmade?

Happy New Year Everyone!

That's awesome.

Lopmon is a cute blob thing

Wow... I always wonder how they make those figmas and other figurines. This coverage from Danny is awesome... it's always nice to buy original stuff to "pay back" those guys in Max Factory who have been outstanding and working so hard to make us happy spending our hard earn cash for our lavish hobby ^_^

Neat coverage, I wonder if they do any environment testing for they figures. Like temperature humidity cycling? GSC is usually pretty good with their product, but there are bound to some leaning figures. I recently wrote an article about it in my own blog.

Pretty cool. It is almost how i imagined that it would be like an artist studio.

sweet image of the max factory tour danny
also btw in that pic for the comp it was a digimon if i remember correctly.

Ahh i hope someday they make Eyeshield 21 Figma

i wish i could've gone on that tour! T.T