Kotobukiya Reprints Steins;Gate Kurisu Makise 1/8 Scale Figure
A reprint with a higher price than the original run is the clearest sign that demand for the older Steins;Gate figure outlasted the first print, and Kotobukiya is answering it rather than commissioning a new sculpt.
Reporting from 1 source: Dengeki Hobby Web.
Kotobukiya's 1/8 scale figure of Steins;Gate heroine Kurisu Makise is back for preorder at Rakuten Books. The painted complete figure, listed at 11,000 yen with a Rakuten sale price of 10,171 yen, is based on the illustration from the Xbox 360 version's limited quantity package. Kurisu sits on a base of interlocking gears, and the sculpt reproduces her loosely worn jacket and necktie, boots, and broken cell phone. It is a re-production item with a price change from the initial run.
The reprint is a change in price rather than form. Kotobukiya is reissuing the same 1/8 scale painted complete figure, priced at 11,000 yen with tax and sold through Rakuten Books at 10,171 yen, which the listing notes is higher than the initial production run.
The source illustration stays the Xbox 360 version's limited quantity package, with Kurisu seated on a base of interlocking gears and her scattered details intact: the loose jacket, the necktie, the boots, the broken cell phone. Images shown are of a prototype, so the shipped piece may differ slightly.
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