Review of Pixy Hiyori

My next subject of review is the beautiful Pixy Hiyori figure by Good Smile Company. She is a 1/8 scale figure and hails from the eorge, Chu x Chu Idol. To date, she is my 5th figure from UnisonShift’s eroge. I do not play the eroges, but I like their character designs very much. Pixy Hiyori happens to be a kind hearted girl who is also the manager of the idol, Chua Churam.

Before I begin, please note that this is a review on a figure with full cast-off features. Thus, minors please refrain from continuing.

The thing with this Pixy Hiyori figure is that she already looked like a casted off figure even with all of her outfit intact. When taking the photos, I felt like I was engaging in some sorta erotic photoshoot, especially after casting her off. ^^”. But while she is made to be erotic, as expected of a character from an eroge, she really is a beautiful figure which hopefully you can see from this review.

I will follow my usual format of review, so first up is an all round look at the figure.

   

As mentioned, Pixy Hiyori doesn’t have much clothings on and there is a generous amount of skin exposure. While that does make her somewhat provocative, there is a sense of sophistication to the figure even with her minimal outfit. She is a very beautiful figure to look at. The only downside to the figure is the lack of support for her left leg while makes her slightly vulnerable stability-wise.

Next are close-ups of her face and pumpkin hat.

    

Love the sparkling eyes. I was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a magnetic attraction between Pixy Hiyori’s head and the hat. This makes attachment and adjustment of the hat very easy. Thumbs-up to Good Smile Company for this feature. Perhaps, all figures with head ornaments in the future should adopt this approach. On the other side, I couldn’t understand why her hair strands came separate from the figure though. By the way, I realised after the shoot that her left strand should be placed under her arm but I am too lazy to do a re-shoot.

Next is a close-up look at Hiyori’s outfit.

   

Her outfit is similar to Melissa Seraphy’s outfit, except that hers is more skimpy. And while Melissa has an oversized pumpkin to protect her modesty, Hiyori is practically laid bare except for her “last line of defence” at her crotch. But I like it … kudos to the character designer for the outfit … ^_^

Next are close-ups look at her legs and figure base.

   

Nice dainty shoes she has on. The base is slightly translucent and is pretty much similar to Chu Chu Astram’s and Melissa Seraphy’s base in terms of the design concept.

And off comes the outfit …

Surprisingly, the cast-off for Pixy Hiyori is easily done. As I have mentioned countless times during my reviews, I hate to do cast-off on my figures. I am so afraid of hurting them while I take off their clothings. Wait a minute … that sounds kinda weird. God … what am I thinking?!

Anyway, here are a flood of photos of Hiyori in the buff, saved for her last line of defence.

    

  

   

Hiyori looks delightful here. Her skin is rather pale, but Good Smile Company does a wonderful job in the shading of her skin. It might not be obvious  here though as I had some difficulty in sustaining the amount of lighting during the photoshoot. By the way, allow me to divert a bit … I am a novice photographer, so would certainly appreciate a few pointers from seasoned photographers on the amout of light and exposure appropriate for such a indoor figure photoshoot. I used 3 lighting source and still find them inadequate …*sigh*… is it the positioning?

Overall, she is a really delightful figure and one that is very pleasing to the eyes. Frankly speaking, the figure turned out much better than what I was expecting. Great job, Good Smile Company! Fans of beautiful bishoujo figures should be sure to get this one.

My next UnionShift eroge figure is personally highly anticipated … she is none other than Unity Mei from Unity Marriage. I felt in love with the figure once I saw her prototype. Hope she comes soon as my Unity Yuno is feeling kinda lonely now… ^^