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The first My Love For Life Figure Review is on a trading figure by Volks. They are famous for their elite luxury line of dollfie products but they are way too expensive for me to own. Instead, I will humbly kick start the figure review with M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure Review. The nature of trading figures is that they come randomly sealed in boxes and you need to purchase several or in a factory sealed set in order to maximize your chances of getting the complete set. They are generally small in size and require some assembly out of the box.

Lets take a close look on the box of the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure. This is the front box design. I find it rather nice and colorful, featuring the entire cast of characters from the anime Shin Koihime Musou.

Top box design.

Back box design featuring all 6 characters in the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou trading figure line.
Left side box design.

Right side box design.

Bottom box design. Notice how it is stated "FOR JAPAN ONLY". Not sure if the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou trading figures are officially authorized to be sold outside Japan. Here you can also see the retail price in Japanese yen which is 1260yen (about USD$14) including tax. The truth is I paid a premium to get this at USD$17.90 shipping included.

Onwards with the review. Frontal view of the box.

Left side view of the box.

Back view of the box.

Right side view of the box.

Size comparison with clear soda can. The box is taller than the soda can about 3 cm.

Open box view, taking a peek of the contents within.

As you can see, all the parts and components of the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure are packaged in clear plastic bags.

Size comparison between the contents, box and clear soda can.

Time to carefully open up each parts from their sealed plastic bags with my trusty pair of scissors.

After removing the outer layer plastic bag, each part of the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure is individually sealed in their own plastic bag. Here is an overview of all the parts.

The head of Toka still in plastic bag.

The headless body of Toka still in plastic bag. This is obviously the largest part of the M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Closeup on Toka's flowing cape ribbons sealed in plastic bag.

Clear plastic base sealed in plastic bag.

The sword of Toka sealed in plastic bag.

Closeup on the Toka's head. The face painting is nicely done especially the eyes.

Rear view closeup on Toka's head. Love the way the hair is made to depict flowing motion caused by the wind blowing.

Top view closeup on Toka's head. Volks could have modeled this side of the head to be more rounded rather than squarish especially around the hair bangs.

Closeup on Toka's left hair-bun or ox horn. Some paint spilling over can be seen here onto the white hair-bun.

Closeup on Toka's right hair frill. Nice dynamic twirl motion.

Closeup on Toka's right hair frill. From the hair design, it seems much effort has been invested in the hair's positioning on the figure.

Closeup on Toka's center hair frill. This part is quite fragile so handle with care!

Closeup on Toka's body. A lot of details have been put on this part. I like the nice gold painted parts.

Left side closeup on Toka's body. From this angle, the flowing red ribbons can be seen clearly. I also like how the boots and arm clothing painted in milky pearl white.

Closeup on Toka's flowing ribbons. The neck guard of Toka's outfit is nicely painted as well in gold and black.

Closeup on Toka's hands. It is strange how the mold of Toka's left hand seems rough while the right hand is fine and smooth. But check out the nice painted golden linings on the top of Toka's boots.

Closeup on Toka's chest. The paint jobs done here are mostly okay apart from the black vertical linings which are rough and uneven at some points.

Right side closeup on Toka's hip. Nice clean gold painted linings.

Closeup on the gold linings on the top of Toka's boots.

Closeup on Toka's neckguard.

Closeup on Toka's right foot. No paint spilling over here which is a good thing.

Closeup on the base of Toka's feet. There is a hole at the base of each foot which is used to secure Toka on her clear display base.

Closeup on Toka's right shoulder.
Closeup upskirt view. Not trying to be naughty here but just to show the amount of detail put into painting Toka's pink underwear.

Closeup on Toka's hands once again to show the difference in quality between the left and right hand.

Closeup on Toka's flowing cape ribbons painted in milky pearl white.

I like how the painted pink lace has a nice contrast with the milky pearl white with the golden linings on Toka's flowing cape ribbons.

Closeup on the golden painted engravings on one of the flowing ribbons on Toka's cape.

Even the inner side of the cape is painted with golden linings albeit rather roughly compared to the outer side.

I thought these holes on each side of Toka's flowing cape ribbons were to secure it in place when attaching it to the body but I was wrong.

Even the inner sides of the flowing ribbons have good golden painted linings.

Closeup on Toka's sword.

Love the metallic green effect.

The blade of the sword is nicely detailed.

Closeup on Toka's display stand which is made of clear plastic.

Closeup on the golden imprints on the display base.

Engravings molded onto the display base which reads "©BaseSoft Made In China".

Overview of all components before assembly.

First step, assemble the head onto the body which is connected via a peg in the neck.

Then secure Toka onto the display base via the pegs found on each foot.

Next is to attach the flowing cape ribbons onto Toka.

Then finally attaching the sword onto the grasping hands.

Diagonal frontal left side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Left side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Diagonal rear left side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Rear view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Diagonal rear right side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Right side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Diagonal frontal right side view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Front view of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure.

Size comparison of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure with a clear soda can. The figure is about 1/2 cm shorter than the can which makes it about 12 cm in height.

360 video of M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure


Generally I am pleased with M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure. Lets put things into perspective by listing out the Pros and Cons.

Pros:
- Nicely detailed with good color schemes
- Comes with a sword and a display stand
- Fantastic sculpt for the completed figure with a voluptuous body and a cute face

Cons:
- Some paint spilling over in some parts
- The frontal hair bangs are a bit squarish when viewed top down
- Toka's left hand is molded rather rough compared to her right hand
- Inconsistent vertical line painting on the chest
- Quite expensive for a trading figure (then again they are hard to come by nowadays even if you are interested to get one)

My Love For Life Figure Review rating for M.O.E. Burning Shin Koihime Musou Ryubi (Toka) Trading Figure Review: 3/5

My Love For Life Review