Black Widow by Kotobukiya

I first heard about Kotobukiya when a friend of mine bought their Batman PVC statue. It was the best Batman rendition that I have ever seen and instantly that made me follow the company’s further releases. The Japanese are famous for their manga type illustration of comic characters and after releasing several figures (statues included) with their Marvel line, they decided to go into female Marvel characters, and thus Black Widow was born.

Black Widow is the first in their line called Marvel Bishoujo (young and pretty girls) Statue (http://www.kotous.com/marvel-studios/marvel%C2%81bishojo-collection-black-widow-bishojo-statue/). SHUNYA YAMASHITA, who is a well-known Japanese illustrator, famous for his female characters and game designer, is the man behind this masterpiece.

Package Contents:

The figure stands approximately 7 3/5 inches tall and captures the essence of the Russian super spy and member of Earth’s mightiest heroes, The Avengers. It is packed in a window style box so you can see the figure inside.

PhoTOYgrapher's Perspective:

Since this is not a poseable figure you are limited to doing angled shots and creative lighting to give credit to this fine piece. My pictures are mostly limited to table top shots because of my lack of time to go out, otherwise I would love to do what Brian McCarty's doing http://www.mccartyphotoworks.com.

I suggest PhoTOYgraphers to give it an outdoor location shoot.

Collector's Perspective:

If you like young pretty girls then Black Widow is a good start at having your own Bishoujo Kotobukiya statue. The museum type pose of Black Widow deserves a place in your display.

If you check Amazon's site http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Comics-Black-Bishoujo-Statue/dp/B001RJ5YKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1276582059&sr=8-1 you can purchase it for $ 69.99. It retails for about P 3,500.00 here in the Philippines and with a bit of haggling you can get it for a bit less. My friend got this figure at a local toy store for P 3,300.00

There is also a Comi-Con Exclusive Yelena Belova Black Widow which is limited to 500pcs. The difference is the color of the hair (http://www.kotous.com/marvel-studios/comicon-exclusive-yelena-belova-black-widow-bishoujo-statue/).


For more pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerpee/sets/72157624660793670/


Gears used:
Canon DSLR
Canon 100mm f2.8 Lens 
Benro A300 Tripod
2 pcs. Jinbei 180 watts (each), Softbox and Honeycomb Grid

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