S.H. Figuarts Sailor Jupiter Animation Color Edition

Out of the current new releases of animation color edition Sailor Moon characters, the other one I picked up is Miss Makoto Kino aka Sailor Jupiter. Let's check her out.

The figure comes in a light green box with open window and portrait. As for accessories, she comes with 6 pairs of hands (fists, relaxed, open, clawing, peace sign and one that is pointing, while it's pair has curved fingers). She also comes with alternate hair bangs with antenna up, and 4 face plates (close mouth smiling, open mouth smiling, mad and scowling face), and a stand with heart-shaped base that bears her name. Like with Mercury, I like that they're all different expressions instead of variations of the same one.

She sports the same articulation as Sailor Mercury (with the addition of a pony tail that's on a ball joint that can be moved around and up). However, because she's wearing boots with a thinner heel, there is more of a challenge to get her to stand on her own. As seen in the photos, it can be done, it just takes more finagling. One legged poses are not possible. However, they include base stands for just that reason.

The only "issue" with Sailor Jupiter is that her knees are loose and therefore can be a challenge when posing her. It's not extreme, but I found that they often bent backwards when I was trying to adjust her ankle pivots to get her to stand. As for the sculpt and paint, all of that is good. She sports nice, bright green on her collar, skirt, gloves and boots, with light pink bows on her chest and back.

Sailor Jupiter is a decent figure. She's not as solid as Mercury due to her slight balance issues, but she still looks good. And just like the other animation color releases, she's also affordable, no ridiculously high web exclusive price.

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