Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning Play Arts Kai

As promised here are the first of many pictures of my Figure Collection, . I'm starting with the outsider of the group so far, being the only FFXIII figure that i have at the moment. Then I'll work my way through the FFVII Figures.

This one was purchased for me by my fiancé (actually most of them were at some point) at Christmas just gone. I think the figure is fantastic. The detail is stunning, something i have noticed about all of the / models. They also have a fantastic feel to them, they don't feel cheap in any way at all, i know they aren't particularly cheap to buy, but i've noticed over the years that it's very possible to spend plenty of money on cheaply made things. This does NOT fall into that category.

The figure, just like the others i have, is highly articulated and most of the joints can be moved, arms, legs, head in plenty of ways. This allows you to pretty much pose the models exactly how you want them. This figure came with two different versions of Lightning's Sword, one folded up and the other fully extended. The folded up one fits nicely into a sheath on her belt, her cape is amazing and rubbery feeling, allowing for it to move instead of rigid plastic.

She stands a bit taller than the rest of my figures at around 9" which is a pretty decent size.

My one and only downside to this model is actually nothing to do with the figure itself, it is in fact the base/stand. It takes up far too much room and is really awkward to set up in a way that takes up the least amount of room. I don't know if it's just me or if other people have the same problem, for all i know there may be some way of setting it up like a normal stand, but if there is, i've not figured it out yet.

Here are the images: