My brother is a HUGE Touhou fan so of course he had to get his hands on these awesome Griffon Enterprises Touhou Project figures. First review up is Marisa, I’ve also got a Reimu figure so expect her review up soon!
Love her outfit, love the big hat and the bloomers! Her character design is just so adorable!
She’s really well made and there is a huge jump in quality from these figures to my older Eureka Seven figures from Griffon.
They’ve really upped their game and I gotta say that once I can get the funds to start collecting figures again I’ll be keeping an eye out for Griffon figures.
Her mouth isn’t as nicely detailed as i’d like, She does have some issues there but then open mouths can be hard to master.
Her pose as well is very cute and I love how she holds her broom.
Very nice shading with her clothes.
The bloomers are a nice touch instead of having just teeny panties.
Great detail on the broom.
Love how the base has her name, The plain bases bug me but the name tag gives it something special.
A truly lovely figure that any Touhou fan would love to have in their collection. My Hint of the day is to check out AmiAmi.com They’ve got her up for pre-order
-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/8 scale
Initial release in August ’09
Price of 7,140 yen
You can also check out these awesome retails who might have her in stock or for pre-order for the re-release
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Kid Nemo Company
Otaku Fuel
Play Asia
Toylet
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Even though you’re broke for figures, do you feel content just reviewing them? Sure there are some you wish you could own, but the rest you feel fulfilled seeing them in person, taking pictures?
It’s been hard, especially for figures like real image yoko that I really want. On the other hand it’s nice to be able to see figures I normally never see.
I am not quite sure if they really have “upped their game” … griffon product quality seems very random to me, even nowadays. Fortunately Marisa looks nice ^^
They aren’t at gsc or mf status yet but they are getting their footing more into the big names.
another cool review and i like the fact this figure isnt all about cute anime girl in as few clothes as possible. I think the bloomers are really cool!
It seems that with “moe” characters becoming so popular that having the half naked anime character is starting to fade a little.
The name tag looks very sweet. Not ever often you see that on bases. The pose is nicely made, stoic, playful, and amusing at the same time. The paint on her looks a bit “dull” to me so I don’t really like the paint job, but that’s just me.
It is a tad bit dull but you it can be hard to play around and bring more color to a figure with a color scheme as hers.
I like it, its cute.
Yep yep yep
For the moment, I prefer the limited version of Marisa on the star (but she is more expensive). I don’t really like the face of Griffon version. Something hurt me but.. I don’t know what
Yeah, I love Koto’s version of Marisa a lot also. This one’s nice and all, but Koto’s really blows all the other Marisa figures I’ve seen thus-far out of the water, which is really unexpected for them. I suppose a lot of companies are trying to make that big jump into being an important name for the best of the best quality figures, and the results have been really promising so far.
I keep hearing how the koto Marisa is so much better, I really need to get my hands on her.
LOVE that version! I might have to see about getting that version for myself.
I think this is one of those figures that only speaks strongly to the fans of Touhou. Not being a fan of Touhou made me not even consider her at that price.
Same here really, which is why I’m glad my brother is a touhou fan. Otherwise I doubt I’d even bother.
This is a nice figurine for any touhou fans out there, although i personally prefer Kotobukiya’s Marisa, Griffon’s will still do.
Somehow the end of 2009 and early of 2010 is filled with bunch of Touhou related stuff.
Regardless DQ thanks for reviewing Griffon’s Marisa ^^v
great photos as always!!
I am gonna need to get my hands kn that marisa, she’s so awesome!
The one problem I’ve been having with Griffon’s figures as of late, at least the ones that my friends and I have gotten, are the HUGE bases that they seem to have for every last one of them. I recognize that big black base with the nameplate on it from Griffon’s Haruhi trio that came out early last year. I can’t really judge too well from your shots, but it looks like they haven’t gotten rid of that nasty thing yet. Takes up an awful lot of space.
That being said, now that I finally gave up and started ordering Touhou stuff after years of telling myself I won’t succumb to it (the two GIFT posable plush and also the Reimu figma are currently on their way to my house, to start with ), I’m really regretting not having ordered Griffon and Koto’s Marisas. She’s my favorite character, and it hurts not having them. ^^;
I do hate the huge bases, it would be fine if they looked the same but were smaller but the big bases take up sooooooo much space.
Yeah, loving those bloomers~ My favorite part of her is her hair!
Her hair is really stunning and such a lovely shade of blonde! The bloomers are so awesome!
She is one of my favorite Griffon Touhou releases so far. Her face looks better then Kotobukiya’s (blasphemy!) in my opinion and even better then T Systems. Of course, I am in the minority with that opinion but different strokes for different folks.
Her hat is removable and her hair is just gorgeously detailed as well. Also, her fingernails are painted but on mine they were a tad sloppy. On my later Touhou purchases, Griffon got much better with their paint applications.
She’s a solid release and the only Touhou Griffon figures I like better are Remilia and Yuyuko so far.
her face is a little off in the kotobukiya version but then i have yet to see her in person! I love her hair here in this picture as you do!
She looks nice… but not nice enough. It doesn’t really capture Marisa. Griffon has done an AMAZING job on other touhou figures though… it’s too bad that they didn’t do as well on Marisa.
Bootlegs have already come out of this figure you know! You can buy a bootleg on ebay for about 27USD now… of course, it looks like crap.
bootlegs are the worst! poor unsuspecting newby figure collectors
i love Touhou and Marisa most of all. i sure wish i could afford this figure.
she got a re-release and you might be able to find her for pre-order or order on amiami
Cool. I also own this figure, being a Touhou fan myself. I found this place through Kotaku.
http://kotaku.com/5491679/is-this-the-frilliest-plastic-figure-ever
I see you have alot of figures
PS. Pretty cool stance you have there
I never thought about positioning the broom that way. (In fact, I didn’t even know its possible!)
http://picasaweb.google.ca/pakhinlaw/GriffonEnterprisesMarisaKirisame#5405449236346277586
Glad to have learned something. See you around
now i’m wondering which way is the correct way! According to the promotional pictures, your way is the right way!
Very very pretty. I realize I’m a bit late to the whole “Marisa looks awesome” bandwagon.
And I do see her up on amiami (She got delayed to the end of this month. :O). I have a question though. Does her hat slide off easily? It almost looks like it would fall off if someone just touched it a little.. I remember the koto one having a magnet in it or something to hold it up. Is it the same for this one?
it doesn’t fall off easily but it does come off if you pick her up and play with her, but not if she’s sitting on a shelf
Pretty cool figure, I just ordered my first Touhou related figure last week, the Sanye Nendoroid I think, with the green hair, with frog and snake. It’s pretty excellent, and needless to say there’s some awesome figures for this series. I need to check it out methinks.
oh i love that nendo! i want them all but lack of funds and saving up for dollfie yoko, it’s hard to get other figures too