The face, although rather docile, is fine. To be honest, the face works more with the pose she has without the weapon and shield than with it. Another way you can make the face work for you is that if you picture that Selvaria is posing for a photo with the weapon and shield as opposed to getting ready to attack. Either way I'm satisfied enough with it that I preordered it.

Really digging Mercedes. Adorable fairies with large guns must be one of my weaknesses.

The Selvaria Bles has a very strong body sculpt, but the head, face, and hair just feel weak.

Mercedes is a must have!

I like the Selvaria a lot, but its just not amazing enough for me to justify having a 2nd one of her. Will stick with the enterbrain!

I learned my lesson by preordering mercedes from an American retailer T_T Now I have to wait 8 weeks for it to get here argh

I got the Mercedes today. I thought it was funny that they were taking pre orders for a re release only days after the original had shipped to people.

Anyway It's incredible. Just as much detail as the pictures. She really is incredible. The pose is just awesome.

As for the Selvaria. I stand by saying that this one doesn't compare to the Enterbrain one that was released not to long ago. The whole expression on her doesn't fit the character(more so when weapons are in her hands) and the pose is weak compared to the Enterbrain one. Lets also not forget the insane base the enterbrain one came with.

I don't see how anyone can claim Selvaria's pose is "weak" when it's pulled right out of one of her most iconc ass-kicking scenes in the game. Her expression, I agree, is completely wrong either with or without the weaponry.

I don't have a very large figure collection, and I'm not really down for duplicates of characters I already own, I'm going to have to go all in on this Selvaria as well (I already own the ebCraft one).

Sadly, as much as I love Odin Sphere, these Mercedes figures are just too loli for me (she wasn't quite so much so in the game). My Alter Gwendolyn and Yamato Velvet are fantastic though.

@Giolon

I have no idea what you mean about Mercedes figures being overly Loli. None of them I have seen play up that aspect at all and they look exactly like she does in the game. If you didn't have think she was in the game then she shouldn't be for the figures unless you are trying to come up with reasons not to buy them so as to save money.

Personally I think this Mercedes is easily the best one of all those released. Simply because of the incredible detail. They even went as far as to recreate the feel of the material on her arms instead of just painting it like stripes like the others have. The base as well has just as much detail as she does. Personally I think if one is a fan of Odin Sphere she is the character to own. She is in my opinion the best of the Odin Sphere figures released.

Now if only we could get a Oswald that was this good.

@Reibooi : I'm not entirely sure but the Mercedes figures just strike me that way. I think in the games the somewhat chibi/deformed proportions of the characters offsets it a bit - similar to the 16-bit sprites of old.

I never said that I thought this or the Yamato version are *bad* figures. I agree that the detailing of this one is particularly well done. I just wish the appearance came off a little more mature to me - I feel like I'm looking at a figure of a half-naked 8 year old. I don't get that impression from Yamato's Velvet for obvious reasons, but I don't get that impression from Alter's Gwendolyn either. Nor do I get that impression of Alter's Momohime from Muramasa who's artstyle is very similar to Odin Sphere (same developer). It's a shame too b/c I'm such a collector I can rarely stand to have only part of a series of anything. However, my OS figure collection is highly likely to remain Mercedes free.

I'd also kill for an Oswald figure - alas male characters never get the same merchandise treatment as the females do. Speaking of things I kill for, how about an Alicia (or Welkin, Rosie, Largo, or Varot) of the quality of either of these Selvaria figures?

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SO happy about the Mercedes rereleae news... She and the Velvet rerelease have both been preordered. I'm so excited and serious about my preorder that since I may have to move in a month or two- that I got them shipped to my work! XD

I'd like some more Valkyria characters- I looked for the Alicia prize figure far and wide while in Japan last week but didn't see hide nor hair of it. I DID see Valkyria Chronicles 2 prize figures though... Go figure.

LOVE both these games. I'll probably pick up the Mercedes. Selvaria's rocket boobs are a little to much for me so I'll probably pass.