That’s the figure/kit I got for my birthday. It was time to set it up!
But first a brief explanation. This is a figure inspired by this guy, Gore Magala:
He’s one of the enemies in Monster Hunter, and his armour – once you defeat him and collect enough parts to make it – is very distinctive:
So this figure kit, while not reproducing the in-game appearance of the armour, is inspired by Magala. Here’s the contents:
So many parts! There are several configurations the figure can be displayed in, and I wanted the dress-with-umbrella mode. This required use of the wings, folded around to form each half of the dress:
The problem was… it’s very difficult to assemble! The pieces hardly wanted to go together, and once I got it mostly done I couldn’t get the dress around her.
The archer mode was just as difficult, and since I didn’t want to use glue or modify the pieces I eventually just settled for replacing her normal clothes with the armour…
…and displaying her in ‘dual swords’ mode:
I think I’ll call her Momo 😉
I think I could easily get the wings attached and set up like the image on the back of the box, but I want to finish filling my new curio first to see how much space I have.
Final review: looks great, incredibly (over) engineered, very challenging to assemble!