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My Saya no Uta resin figure by Alice21 Studio arrived today after two months of travelling by sea! She looks unbelievably beautiful and is the rarest and most expensive figure I'll ever own.


Terminal White Blossom is a 1/6 scale resin figure depicting the Bloom ending of Saya no Uta. I love it, and she's so big!! The composition is beautifully balanced, and even her silhouette and back view are super pretty, her hair is so perfectly sculpted that it looks good at all angles. I really do love the contrast between the shiny wings and glossy base (I unboxed it and thought wow that looks like a giant period blood clot... sorry...) with the matte, painterly look of the vines and flowers.

She's absolutely gorgeous in natural sunlight, but under my camera's flash, her wings reveal an iridescent finish, revealing shades of not just leaf green, but emerald, turquoise, and cerulean... I love the red shading around her eyelids. Looking closely at her face, the eyelids are subtly sculpted with a raised ridge.

Two little postcards and an acrylic stand were included in the box. Looking at what I assume is the concept art on the acrylic stand, you can see how her design has changed throughout production. But... the forlorn expression of the prototype and the eyebags paired with the paler, cooler palette were a lot more fitting for Saya, and while I was a bit disappointed when the finished look of the figure was revealed on release, I can't imagine her looking even better than she does in real life!
She was $330 CAD (+ $85 shipping by sea to Canada... the other options were around $250-260 by air ;__; which is why she took two months to arrive...) and I pre-ordered her almost instantly. To me it was justified because her other figure (1/7 by Wing) resells for nearly $1000 today... 

I was half-expecting it to be cancelled on release anyway, since she was advertised as being limited to just 30 units. Especially because I ordered her 3 days before she released lol. It definitely did not turn out to be the case with how many posts there are showcasing this specific figure, and to be honest I'm glad she wasn't limited in actuality... I really don't care for rarity at all. I am very interested in knowing how many copies of her are really out there though. Alice21 is a small studio so I doubt more than a few hundred were produced. Regardless of exclusivity, apparently it has been resold for 4x its original price already... o_o

I would never ever purchase a resin figure again.
I wouldn't be able to handle waiting so long for something so fragile and expensive, worrying about whether it would break in transit... I had convinced myself she would arrive broken in some manner because I saw other people post about pieces arriving broken or even breaking during assembly. Thank goodness she arrived in flawless condition omg...

In conclusion, I was super nervous for two months straight... culminating in not being able to fall asleep the day before delivery, no matter how hard I tried!! I haven't slept yet, I was too excited... More than anything just relieved that nothing went wrong... and now I'm not sleepy anymore... oops... I am very happy though!!

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vrelle

HER PAINTJOB OMGGG WHATEVER AIRBRUSHING THEY DID ITS SO SOFT (its really noticeable when beside mini-saya-junior, i see you building that saya shrine nys!!) i can sense the vibe you ran laps around your room when the package finally arrived LOL im so glad everything went well cuz she ate a good chunk of your wallet I really caved and ordered 1/8 touhouvania sakuya fig with some other figs..(I CANT WAIT ANYMORE SHE WAS SELLING FOR HALF THE OG PRICE WHILE ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION SOBBING). once she arrives yk im spamming you with photos of her in all angles

Mina

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OMG congrats Nyscyra! Saya looks beautiful, the details are so gorgeous!! I'm sorry the wait was so anxiety-inducing but imo it was worth it! (I need to reread Saya sometime. It'd be my third time since last year lol)

Bobby

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She does look great. and dont downplay how excited she really is (She talked about how she was waiting for her Saya figure and being excited about it almost every day lol). Im glad she arrived in one piece, well multiple that you put together, and know she will be pampered and cherished for many years to come