Fate Testarossa starts as a formidable opponent of Nanoha Takamachi in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. In the third series she’s adopted and changes the name to Fate Testarossa Harlaown. I preferred the burst version, see happy soda’s site which also made a review. However I could not get it, all sold out :(. So, in meanwhile I bought this one and I hope the burst version becomes again available in the future.

So, let’s start my very first figure review. Yes, this my first. Be nice, but criticism is a must!

Figure name: Fate Testarossa
Series: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s
second season of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Scale: 1/8
Company: Good Smile
Costs: €58
Release Date: October 2006
Other reviews: riuva

First I used a blue screen, but that was kinda bad idea, since the cloak is blue too :S. I ended up using a white screen, since I couldn’t find anything green in my closet. If you are curious about the setup, here is a raw shot.

Let’s start from bottom to top. We see the base is a magical circle Fate’s uses when she summons her magical powers. It’s nicely done but kinda gray if we compare it with the yellow flashy in the series. However this is probably a good thing, since you should not focus at the base.

The shoes are great done. However you do see some stripes of distinct parts if you look well. It also applies to the left giant hair of Fate. You hardly find it and really need to search for it, so it’s definitely not a eye catcher.

The legs to the skirt are beautiful. The body is priceless! I love the body, which is definitely Fate’s. I tried pretending I’m holding a giant sword and I can say the stance is quite okay. The belt really does contains small holes, not just paint. It’s attached at the back of the figure.

The cloak wraps gracefully around Fate’s body. You can put off the cloak by removing the head, but it’s really cooler to attach the cloak. I’ve skipped the sword on my way to the top. So, the sword, which is called Bardiche, is in his sword form. This form heavenly drains powers from our little fate and slows her movement drastically. The sword’s length is 1.5x the figure which keeps up with the anime series.

You need to glide the sword inside the Fate’s fists which you need to force a bit. Wringing around, rotating the staff and it slides in. I won’t ever take it out again, but I think it is able to withstand some in-out go’s.

Fate’s face is a bit angry. The expression does not support her stance. It do give a good child like look. The hair and ribbon is okay for me. Though the front hairs are a bit plain.

The only real ‘bad’ thing I could find was the head didn’t attached well when the cloak was on and the dull expression. The stance is okay, but it’s a real pose stance because of the face expression. Unlike Nanoha PVC, this PVC stance is a true pose stance instead of an action stance. If you are okay with that, loves Fate, you do a good jog to grab this figure. This is good figure.