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Looks awesome ;p It's kinda weird to see the figure all grey and just the face painted ;p
And it's great to see we can get some exclusive looks ;p

(and yeay for first post ;p)

Looks cool, but without being painted it just seems kinda off, hope to see the finished work soon.

I'm looking forward in seeing the finishing paint work. Is she a 1/8 scale?
I really like the pose. Love dynamic poses. ^^
I will wait for the price before consider going ahead with the buy or not.

It looks great, and with the paint it would look even better. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Good seeing such a delicate and detailed figure in the making process. I haven't got any big figures but I'd sure like big eyes if I had any big ones.

looking good! hopefully is price is good as well.. hahahaa

eyes? I guess it does not matter to me.. you know when you like the figurine, you feel a special connection to it... the eyes doesn't really matter..

hey which eyes are we talking about here? lol

Nice figure looks really nice ^_^ cant wait to see the colored version x3
Too me big "eyes" doesnt really matter much,as long as i like the figure it self eye's size doesnt matter much XD

Lovely tour, Danny! I always enjoy having a look at 'where the creation is born', even if it's just through my pc screen... XD

Oh my. If Good Smile can replicate that lovely sakura pattern on her kimono, she's going to be a sure buy for me. I'm already pre-ordered Chua Chuaram of Chu x Chu Idol, so I'm looking forward to Unity Mei.

Plus meganekkos are HOT. :D

Great insight to the figure development process, thanks Danny:)
For me, it doesn't matter if the figure has big eyes or not. But what is important to me, is that the figure resembles the actual character.

If the paint is great, this will be another must have from GSC ! Thanks for the pics Danny !

Looks awesome , will buy for sure :)

Thanks Danny for always posting exclusive pics and things we can't see usually :)

thx danny *me is waiting for painted version*

Big eyes? I think here I would say 2D=3D (o_O) cause if you like the character and/or look it doesn't matter.

oh official site--> new wallpaper get?--> omg 4/3 resulution only--> oh nooo

I don't really mind about the size of the eyes of the figure. There are other things to pay attention to ya know ^^. But those which are oversized are a no no for me.

Define 'big'....

that base must be pretty heavy!

figures with big eyes are a bonus
i mainly like figures:
1) which anime or manga or game that i am a fan of
2) i have a complex for girls with big swords (but i don't really those with guns)
3) have special feature will often make me curious to obtain them (example soft chest =p)
4) finally i also like cute figures like nendoroids

Awesome coverage as usual. I envy you, Danny, getting these exclusives and such. D:

Another awesome UNiSONSHIFT related production, will it ever end? I don't know who's getting more of my money anymore, GSC, Alter, or UNiSONSHIFT. .-.

Looks like she could lean. Nice figure though.

LOL I like loli and I like big eyes... So size of eyes don't matter to me...

It doesn't matter if they have big "eyes", what matters to me is that if the figure is really good and cute, the "eyes" are just an extra. I wonder who prefer more big eyes, us westerns or the japanese, everything I see about anime and it's goodies always have two or more big eyes girls not to mention the series of Ikkitousen, Sekirei and others

The eye sizes (both pairs) of a figure should be approximate to the character it is based on, unless it's a Nendoroid.

Great coverage as usual. :)

nice figure - thanks for sharing!

As for the poll, I wouldn't buy any figure with supersized eyes. I rather the eyes be small and delicate, rather than big and 'sparkling' (which makes them look abit too cute for my liking)

Hooray for exclusives!!!
Very cute. Awesome sculpt. Kudos to that guy!!
Filmed by a tv crew??? Ooooooo Can't wait to find out what thats about!!!

Nice exclusive! Cool looking figure - i like ones in dynamic poses with lots of clothy stuff going on.
Call me odd, but i actually prefer figures unpainted! I just love seeing all the detail on them, and you can make it out a lot better when its uncoloured.
Nice to see the sculptor has the max factory kasumi on his/her desk! Its one of my all-time favourite figures.

And again, more sweet coverage Danny. Can't wait to see the finished version (purple is nice), although I probably won't get her due to 'finacial circumstances'...
As for the eyes, don't really care, but overly huge ones put me off. I prefer small-medium sized, but my figure choice isn't governed by it ^^

WOW!!!!!!!
A figure preview!!!!!!
It looks nice so far and be waiting for pictures on the painted one!!!!!
So cool!!!!!!!

I can't wait to see her painted! The flowers on her outfit are beautiful.
As for size of the eyes, I don't mind how big or small they are as long as they match the body shape of the character.

Wow. very nice sculpt. cant imagine this was done by looking at a sketch. that guy sure is gifted.
thanks Danny and GSC for showing us these exclusive pics. Regarding size of eyes, it doesn't matter as long as they are in proportion and look like the same size as in the original anime version or manga.

i don't get it... are we talking about eyes or breasts (boobs, tits, whatever you like to call them ;))? if you really meant the eyes, then i don't care about their size - if we're talking about the figure's breast-size then i have to say that there has to be some kind of relation to the rest of the body. it's not always "the bigger the better" :>

Whoa. That thing is awesome! I'm normally more drawn to articulated figures like the Figmas, but she's so cool I just might cave in and get her. ^^;

If you mean "upper" eyes, I don't care so long as the character doesn't look vapid and dazed, but avoiding that gets progressively harder the larger the eyes are.

As for "lower" eyes, again, I'm not particular, but they can't go much past what's likely and physically possible. If it tips past the physically possible range, they then shoot past "sexy" into "freakin' creepy" for me, especially if they start suffering from weird physics like volleyball boobs or that wet sandbag look. And I second Asuki in that they should be logically proportionate to the rest of the figure's physique-- no waifs with randomly gigantic implant eyes, please.

I love the character designer...had to order every Chu x Chu figure and will PROBABLY order this one too. I say it that way because I have to be good with preorders from now on. From the look of it though, this one will be AWESOME :D I can't wait to see what else you have to show us, hehe ;)

I answered "Yes" to the Poll...although I am a girl, I will most likely buy figures with bigger 'eyes' because...I dunno xD;; I would only buy a flat one if I really liked that character I guess...or if it's from Moetan lol.

I like big eyes but I like normal or even smaller eyes. I can appreciate the greatness of a figurine without it having to be ecchi but in my ecchi figures, the only thing I dont like are flat eyes... it feels too much like loli.

That figure does look like it would take sculptor 2 months to make, very nice~

Wow Danny nice find,cant wait to see the finished product,the character's outfit is amazing,designs like those really lure me into the figure,shows how good the artwork the creator has to offer.Im sure she will be an eye catcher^^With GSC making it,it must be amazingly done.
Eyes don't really matter to me,sometimes they make them out of proportion for the character,like a young girl with F-cups.Eyes are merely an add on,to get a good stare,but what really matters is the pose,paintwork,and sculpt.
and Danny first time I seen how you look like haha:D

Crazyness. Even though I don't know who the character is the figure looks amazing

so cooool! :D thanks again for the goodies sharing danny!

"~Pettan~pettan~Tsurupettan~!!"
I prefer flat.
Come to think of it, most of my figures don't have big eyes.

I WANT IT BAD!!!!

That's one clean work area. When I tried sculpting years ago my bench was an indescribable mess!

I think there more important details that makes a figure good that breasts. the face, the lips, the eyes(the ones for the face), the pose...

Wow, I like this insider stuff, like office tours.
As for eyes, I like big ones, but not only them (and some are even too big for me). Guess gaijin like them bigger because gaijin girls tend to have bigger ones then Japanese.

I want this, prefereably primed but otherwise unpainted... then I can mess it up all by oneself ^_^

Thanks for taking these pics and the time to post them up, Danny. I'm not a great sculptor or builder, but I always find these sorts of tours inspirational. Just looking at the workspace (or the in-progress items) gives me a lot of inspiration for how I should proceed.

As for figures, I don't have a real preference for bust size- I think I look more for who the character is, and what I think of the sculpt. I really liked the look of the Max Factory Sakaki Mizuki, for example.

Where I currently am in North America, I see more preference for the more mature-looking characters at the local comic book and manga stores, which might be why bustier characters are purchased more (as the more mature looking charas tend to be a bit bustier).

If they made a Lina Inverse, however, I expect we'd see lots of North American purchases of a more flat-chested, er, well-proportioned character.

It looks awesome Danny, Can't wait to see it completely painted. I bet it'll look awesome.

Wow! Nice figure! Do want this one!
I don't like figures with "oversized eyes". I prefer "natural eyes" ^^.

Actually, I know many people who do like big eyes, and I wouldn't say that the stereotype/generalisation is too far off the mark.

But personally, I prefer them smaller. Not flat, but shapely and pert.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6618/bleachswimsuitsv8.png

Here as an example, rather than Orihime, I prefer the eyes on Soifon. Although, that's just preference I wouldn't say no to any of them, but I don't particularly collect 2D girl illustrations with big eyes.

Voted yes, as looking around my collection I do feel my favourites include mostly large eyed girls. Though that's not to say that smaller can't be very nice too. Unity Mei looks to be shaping up very nicely, I love purple too, so with that color scheme she'd be very tempting.

I don't mind either, large or small, as long as they fit the body-type.

Although, I dislike figures where the eyes are waaay too enormous. Like, "A living person could not support such weight" is too big.

E^D

Well most of my collection has girls with big eyes, but I don't really mind as long as it looks good though...first thing I thought when I saw that green face was that it was going to hurl...

her pose is very dynamic...hope leaning won't be an issue....

great to see some insider info XD hehe

So, we're talking about eyes again eh. On figures, they don't really matter to me. I prioritize on build quality and how nice the figure turned out :) Besides, it's not always beneficial to have top heavy figures, they might fall off shelves.

I like seeing in a sculptor's workspace, it's like getting a sneak peak into the set of a movie or something.

Pretty figurine, hope it's not a leaner. ^_^;;;

So when are we going to see the Goodsmile Mirai figure, eh?

Wow!!! Meganekko who is always asking for ecchi things!!! Gotta love her!!! I'm so excited, waaaahhh some unknown liquid is discharged from my body! Just kidding!!! XDDD

Honestly, it doesn't matter. I always look for a fantastically sculpted figure- bust size really isn't that important. Max Factory, from what I have seen has some good stuff. When I get the money, I may try importing one of their figures. I like what I see and I like this figure. I am hard to convince to buy an expensive figure.

I like big eyes figures if it's tasteful, but I dont feel that most of them are ^^;

I actually dont like the purple color scheme. I think this figure would look awesome in White / Black

Big eyes? doesn't really matter. I think the poll answers that. heheh! I just want a figure that's amazingly sculpted and detailed. Same with the cast off feature really, cast off doesn't really make or break my decision in figure buying. :D

That's a great figure but I feel it might lean on me. And it looks delicate.

So umm...
Danny...
If you ever find yourself with more figures then you can handle you can always ask me for help... *lol* I'll be there for you xD
Under your blog influence I started learning Japanese(only like san nihongo no gakko in Warsaw :<) and I'm hoping I will once be living&working(Good Smile would be awesome xD) in Japan *cries*

That is a nice figure!!!

Hey Danny, just to add to your poll "Do you prefer figures with big eyes?" - to me in a figure, what i care the most is:
1. over all - how close the figure looks like the real character...i have seen bad figures out
there... >_<
2. the quality of the paint/color - no misplaced colors & good color combination
3. the small detail and how well done they are - no seams
4. "big eyes" don’t really matter - what it is important is the pose the figure is in!HUGE PLUS
5. if the figure doesn't come with a base... it has to be balanced(able to stand by it self)

what do you care the most in a figure that make you anxious to get it???

Doesn't matter to me, but must be at least proportionate with the rest of the body :)

Love her kimono pattern, I think that draws me to her :D

I am putting this on my figures budget.

oh my god .... *and continues to stare at the figure* ... if it looks this good without being painted and all, I can't image how great the end product will be. Danny, I really can't wait for the rest of the figures lined up by Max Factory... I really envy you....let me know if you ever need a sidekick ^_^

Big eyes on figures aren't that important; it should be for the overall quality. I mean, SADER had the eyes, but the overall... *barf*

she look good, might get her but must after see the painting 1st.

I like just about all sizes of eyes. I do have to say I don't really care of the exaggerated sizes though...

Anyway, this is figure is great! I'm looking forward to the release of this figure. It's always interesting to see the creation process and I find myself wanting to give it a try. Hopefully in the future when my wife and I return to Japan.

It doesn't matter if one cares for eroge or not. With the quality of craftsmanship and money that goes into figures like this it is obvious that eroge is where the industry is at this time.

well, I don't mind about eyes sized. I do care about figure quality.

Looks quite good. Somehow I really like the big bulbous hat she's wearing lol.
Can't wait to see what that upcoming lineup is that might uh...make me lose some bodily liquids lol.

Great looking figure! the paint job looks like it's going to be great too.

I don't realy care about eyes. I mostly look at the other qualities of figures when I buy/look at them.

/thumb up

Will pre-order once it is available. I love the Chu x Chu figure.

Very very interesting.
グッスマの原型をこれだけじっくり見られるってのは興味深いです♪

Oh my..very..very beautiful figure design

Awesome figure.
But it looks abit too " cool "

Amzing Pose, Amazing details, Amazing Face but...
No Offends.. Her feet are tooooooooooooooooo small! So Sad!

lovely color tones, can't wait to see the completed version

Added to wishlist*

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