Cyber Tyger
Sometimes…sometimes you just come across stuff that is so mindblowingly insane, deranged, and fanwanky that you just have to have it. A toy so marvelous, a figure so crack-tastic, something that makes you wonder just how much, and possibly more importantly, exactly which drugs its designer has been smoking, injecting, or actually breathing ever since his or her conception by mommy and daddy.
Ladies (if there any here) and gentlemen, I bring you Fei-Yen the Tiger.
Fei-Yen the Tiger
Now first a little intro on the Fei-Yen mecha series:
Fei-Yen is a female mech from Virtual-On. Originally based on the Magical Girl genre, dual pigtail Tsundere type to be precise, she quickly evolves into a Maid in the later games. More crazily, her later designs include fanservice such as panty shots and various bust sizes. Makes you wonder what Hajime Katoki, the Virtual On character designer, (of Gundam fame) was smoking, eh?
Fei-Yen the Tiger is how he could, and did, make this mindfuckery worse (or better, depending on your point of view)…let’s have a look.
The packaging is deliciously striped in the proper colors, and it suggests her to people 14 years or older:
This. The figure has all the proper attributes:
Color scheme: check.
Tail: check.
Ears: Will do.
A near-perfect catgirl. The MOE fans will appreciate.
She comes with three optional hands and includes a heart-shaped base, upon which she can be stood:
Or kneeled:
Rowr!
Or put in whatever pose you fancy:
All hail Sofubi monsters and their mecha catgirl girlfriends!
Be aware that these toys are notoriously fragile. I bought mine unbroken, but it broke in transit, despite being packed well:
Ouch!
Nothing some super glue can’t fix. The PVC parts are also somewhat sticky, as if the chemical used to make them flexible is oozing out.
Sadly no diecast, and the waist joint is asymetric.
I must simply praise Hajime Katoki for designing a character (and Kaiyodo/XEBEC Toys for releasing it) that seems to be 120% fanwank…
