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2014/04/19 at 8:09am

Preview | Max Factory:
Kantai Collection – Kongou

I just learned about Kantai Collection earlier this year since I kept on seeing figures based from it. Kantai Collection is basically an online card game featuring cute girls dressed as Japanese battleships.

Good Smile Company already announced their first (correct me if I’m wrong here) “Kan Colle” figure – Shimakaze and now Max Factory is doing the same by announcing the 1/8th scale figure rendition of Kongou. Figure looks really good and I love Kongou’s facial expression. Slated later this year September 2014, ¥13,704.

Kongou Illustration – Kantai Collection

Preview | Max Factory: Kantai Collection – Kongou

Figure Info

Character: Kongou
Release Date: September 2014
Origin: Kantai Collection
Brand: Max Factory
Artist(s): YOSHI (Sculptor)
Version: Original / Normal
Scale: 1/8
Price: ¥13,704

Character Info

Kongou (金剛, "indestructible", named for Mount Kongou) was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. She was the first battlecruiser of the Kongō class, among the most heavily armed ships in any navy when built. Her designer was the British naval engineer George Thurston, and she was laid down in 1911 at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain by Vickers Shipbuilding Company. Kongō was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan. She was formally commissioned in 1913, and patrolled off the Chinese coast during World War I.

Series Info

Kantai Collection (艦隊これくしょん Kantai Korekushon, lit. "Combined Fleet Collection"), abbreviated as KanColle (艦これ KanKore), is a Japanese free-to-play online social card game developed by Kadokawa Games. The game was launched on April 23, 2013. A television anime series and PlayStation Vita game has been announced.

Join the conversation - 2 Comments

Wieselhead on Sat, 2014/04/19 at 11:59 PM
I’ve spent a few days to get in the game, what a hassle X<
At least I can buy the figure without silly lottery.
It's a really pretty figure, I love her dress so much (。⌒∇⌒)。
- Otakumouse on Sun, 2014/04/20 at 12:02 PM
  Haha! Haven’t tried the game myself but based on what I’m hearing from friends, game’s kinda good. And yeah – Kan Colle characters are very well designed that they look super great when transformed into a scale figure.