OUT OF THE BOX: Street Fighter Bishoujo Cammy Statue

OVERVIEW

Series: Street Fighter

Character: Cammy

Copyright: ©Capcom

Manufacturer: Kotobukiya

Category: Bishoujo Statue

Sculptor: Takamaki Busujima

Illustrator: Shunya Yamashita

Specifications: 1/7 scale

Price: Around $60

Release Date: July 14, 2015

Despite my huge girl crush on Cammy, it took me a while to get her because I felt the sculpt was too muscular. Also, I got caught up picking up other anime figures that I thought would be harder/more expensive to get if I wait a little more. However, I picked her up as a Christmas present for myself and had no regrets in doing so except for the fact that I got it from Amazon which shipped me a damaged box. Although it didn't bother me so much, it still would have been nice to have a pristine box.

The packaging, for the most part, just shows Shunya Yamashita's illustration or a photo of the actual figure. The windows are practical in a sense that it doesn't have a fancy shape but does the job of showing the figure inside.

Because of my last realization that my Bon Clay figure didn't have a sticker, I panicked a little bit too after seeing that this one doesn't have one as well. However, after looking at some forums and other unboxing posts, it seems that Kotobukiya US don't really put authentication stickers on theirs.

The back of the packaging features the next Bishoujo Statue release. In this case, it's Juri, another Street Fighter character.

The left side of the box shows Shunya Yamashita's illustration. I got really hyped up when Kotobukiya posted it because his illustration looked great. I loved the nice balance of muscles and sexiness. Also, I loved how her breasts weren't ridiculously enormous. Some characters seem to get a massive breast enhancement when they're translated to sculpts and I don't really like that unless the character originally possessed such assets.

The figure is fully protected by plastic except for her forelock. The circular area around her face is actually a hole. (However, since I took the photo below when I was packing her back after my unboxing and photoshoot, I put a plastic wrap over her head which is why it seems like that area is still covered by something.

The base is clear plastic with a detachable circular center underneath.

The circle goes in the bottom of the bigger shape. However, when lifting the base, you should secure the bottom piece as it doesn't lock on to the bigger piece. 

The detachable circle piece are for these film sheets. Both sheets are transparent plastic with a graphic on it. One has the Street Fighter logo while the other has the logo and the character.

You can choose which film sheet to put on the base if ever you prefer your base to be a little bit more decorated. I found this feature pretty cool since I have some figures that have bases with type or decorations that I could do without. I think that sometimes, having some really obvious design on the base competes with the figure. I prefer my bases simply clear or black unless the base design creates an environment for the figure like this Tobio Kageyama Nendoroid that Q pre-ordered.

I definitely love the gesture of the figure. Her pose and the hair creates so much movement that the figure looks so great and interesting. 

I should have been more conscious in shooting her though because her hair can definitely look like it's going in some interesting areas... (I wanted to re-shoot it but at the same time, I'm quite impressed with myself that I unconsciously managed to make that mistake on two photos.)

I think that the sculpt possess much more muscle than the illustration has and that's what kept me from getting her as soon as possible. It does make sense for her to be muscular given that she's an elite soldier.

I've always wondered how leotards can be this skin tight, as if it's skin paint and not fabric. I especially find it weird that her navel is so emphasized like her leotard just got sucked in that little indent. Hahaha.

It's even weirder that although her leotard seemed impossibly skin-tight at the front, it's less tight at the back as indicated by the folds. However, I like this detail better because it looked much more natural and I commend both artists for using the folds to emphasize the twist in her body. I think those little details really pushed the figure to convey more movement.

Most importantly though, this Cammy figure is unbelievably gorgeous. #fangirling

                        

Kotobukiya did a good job in recreating Cammy's seductive features in Shunya Yamashita's illustration. When I started writing this review, I literally just typed "She's so beautiful, that's all you need to know".

Kotobukiya even included subtleties such as how Shunya Yamashita tinted her lips a natural pale pink color and how he drew her eyes with eyelashes on both upper corners of the eyes. These details definitely made the figure more alive for me.

My friend Kirk Shinmoto of Part-Time Modeling is actually working on a resin kit of this Cammy and when I saw its parts, the braids looked so delicate that I didn't even dare touch it.

However, the braids are actually soft PVC so they just bend when pressure is applied.

Her gauntlets come in a glossy finish unlike the rest of the figure.

I like the glossy finish because it makes the gauntlets convincingly made of metal but I would have preferred it if they didn't use the same finish for her gloves. It would have made more sense if her gloves were matte and a flatter red like her beret.

I'd like to think that the paint job is 100% perfect but I noticed that there's this gray detail on her left gauntlet. The paint did not chip, in fact, there's just a layer of gray paint on those two little areas. However, the overall look of the figure isn't a rugged or battle-damaged Cammy so it's hard to think that this detail is deliberate.

Her boots also shows off impressive detail. I guess, it's really hard to mess up the paint job on this figure since the little details are not really painted with a different color. In fact, she's pretty simple. Just one flat color on her boots, one for her leotard, her hat, etc. But still. It's still pretty impressive. Especially for a $60 figure.

As for how the figure attaches to the base, the pegs just slide in her shoes really easily. However, it doesn't lock in it so you can't carry the figure by the figure itself. With my superficial complaints about her leotard aside, I think the only other thing I'm not a fan of about this figure is the base. I like that I don't have to force the figure in it the way that I do with my One Piece figures, but at the same time, it's also kind of inconvenient that the figure can easily fall off if you don't hold it by the base steadily enough.

Overall though, I'm extremely happy with this figure. I look forward in getting another Kotobukiya Bishoujo Statue. I really wouldn't mind that Liara T'Soni.