I wasn't the biggest of fans of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS but if there is one thing I enjoyed about the title, it's the design of the characters. Just like their rounder than normal eyes, the shape of their bodies seem to have a rounder shape to them which I like. This is the reason I found myself interested in ALTER's 1/7-scale Nanoha -Summer holiday- figure back in December (also because it's no longer the blasted loli version from the movie).

Now Nanoha's other half, Fate T. Harlaown, is getting ready for her summer holiday and is looking good. This one is not striking me as much as the Nanoha release did. With Nanoha, you had a interesting and different kind of pose but the leaner looking Fate is just standing there like any other swimwear figure we've seen before. It's actually disappointing that she couldn't be designed to have something more different that could also be used to dock with Nanoha. Really the only thing Fate has going for her here is her waving hair but we've seen hair like that pop up more and more.

ALTER's Fate -Summer holiday- figure may be a treat for Nanoha fans that want their heroines as their older versions but this figure isn't really something I would consider a good pick. Especially a follow up to their Nanoha release. However, if you love Fate that much or can't bare to see Nanoha without her girlfriend, you can pre-order her now for a retail price of ¥8,800. Look for Fate to start her summer holiday in July, 2012.

[Pre-order at Hobby Link Japan | Hobby Search | AmiAmi | Otacute | CD Japan]