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We Do Not Believe This Dead or Alive Character Is Swimming
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 7:00 PM on April 24, 2008
And the shameful Dead or Alive toys continue! This Tina figure is totally bra swimming. But look at her face. She could be waiting for a bus for all we know. And what about her hair? That's not swimming hair. We are disappointed to say that this Tina figure just isn't very realistic.
More pics of this Tina sample over at Akiba Hobby if you like.
Venus on the Beach! [Akiba Hobby]

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Cchrist
Posted 7:42 PM 24/4/08
Cool but for some reason i never liked Tina.
Cchrist
FranUnFine
Posted 7:33 PM 24/4/08
You know, I actually think that the idea for that pose is pretty good. At least it's something different.
FranUnFine
Dijkie1337
Posted 7:31 PM 24/4/08
*faps*
Dijkie1337
Aiwokote
Posted 7:29 PM 24/4/08
@MattB:
Really? I like it. Tine never looked good as this version in my personal opinion.
But yeah, this is a sure sign for me to get to bed right now. Good night folks!
Aiwokote
MattB
Posted 7:25 PM 24/4/08
I don't really like the figure much, but the detailed lace-work is nicely done.
MattB
ThatsMrOffDutyNinja
Posted 7:25 PM 24/4/08
@deathbunny: sweet baby jesus, that was about the funniest thing I have read in awhile within K-tower. No wonder you got yourself a star.
ThatsMrOffDutyNinja
Kuro
Posted 7:22 PM 24/4/08
Not so sure the figure was designed with emphasis on hair and/or face...but who knows!
Kuro
CurlyJim
Posted 7:21 PM 24/4/08
The air is very dense where she is. She's swimming in it.
...
Ok, that sucked.
CurlyJim
deathbunny
Posted 7:20 PM 24/4/08
Clearly she's practicing one of those offshoots of chinese mystic martial arts, where, instead of hitting herself in the balls with rocks, or holding burning coals, she's balancing tit-first on a pile of coral.
Her chi will own your ass.
deathbunny
icepick314
Posted 8:06 PM 24/4/08
i have yet to find any decent looking Dead or Alive figures...
they all look a little "off"...especially the face...
hopefully someone will come up with great looking figure one of these days...
icepick314
Byakko
Posted 7:49 PM 24/4/08
My impression is the coral is some sort of tumor-growth that apparently, she's found a good exercise use for =/
Byakko
Dr.Tran
Posted 7:43 PM 24/4/08
You're quite right, she isn't swimming - she's sunk and has been stuck on that coral reef for some time. It seems her bikini-bra becomes lead when wet, and even her natural flotation devices were overcome.
Dr.Tran
wolfeditor
Posted 8:55 PM 24/4/08
Her hair is not flowing around because it's made of plastic.
..Ok that was kinda lame, and it's probably not even plastic but something ending in "prene" or w/e. Must finish coffee.
wolfeditor
carrliadiere
Posted 9:28 PM 24/4/08
Forget Tina, where's Christie? She is clearly superior.
carrliadiere
Antihippy
Posted 10:12 PM 24/4/08
That... really doesn't look like Tina at all.
Still, Helena > all.
Antihippy
Captain Impulse
Posted 10:08 PM 24/4/08
Put the figure in your fish tank. Problem solved. ;)
Captain Impulse
Gambia
Posted 10:01 PM 24/4/08
She's getting straight up invisible wheelbarrowed and you all know it.
Gambia
Sailorcancer
Posted 10:46 PM 24/4/08
Since when are DOA characters ever realistic?
Sailorcancer
dirtybacon
Posted 10:42 PM 24/4/08
Jubblies...gravity...pushing away...from Earth....
dirtybacon
Derigor
Posted 11:56 PM 24/4/08
@Sailorcancer: humor is wasted on you.
anyways. DoA kicks ass.
@Captain Impulse: Best Idea ever. Now I am going to go buy a fish tank, and a lion fish and this figure. All to justify the purchase of said figure.
Derigor
DugDawg
Posted 12:03 AM 25/4/08
She's not swimming, she's floating, thanks to her giant, helium-filled fun bags.
DugDawg
ekkobi
Posted 1:16 AM 25/4/08
I guess they figured nobody would notice?
ekkobi
Tenth
Posted 1:05 AM 25/4/08
@Kuro: Well, what else would it be? I mean look at her... what else could a guy be looking at?
Tenth
ChiChi_BBQ
Posted 1:32 AM 25/4/08
I actually like looking at the buttocks and the crotch area for these PVC figures. I think they're great. I don't like models that show only the top half of the character, like Shunya Yamashita busts. I think they're cop-outs. I can't look at their crotch.
This Tina figure, on the other hand, allows you to do so. I don't have a lot of complaints.
ChiChi_BBQ
fuchikoma
Posted 2:25 AM 25/4/08
I know I've seen too much DoA when I can tell that's Ayane behind her by the pose before reading the name...
If that's not swimming... it reminds me of the subs on some truly dubious Mazinger Z DVDs I saw once. The opening had "Can he swim through the sky? He can fly beneath the sea!"
Other notables are calling Mazinger "general" and I don't remember who it was, but I think it was Dr. Hell they called "Henge Helmet." Translation via magnetic poetry sets :p
fuchikoma
KM91
Posted 2:46 AM 25/4/08
@deathbunny: You have won this commenting section.
KM91
cornunderscore2x
Posted 3:33 AM 25/4/08
The Ayane figure in the back is vastly superior.
cornunderscore2x
hyperblackchi
Posted 11:05 AM 25/4/08
So her face is supposed to look as though she were getting a facial?
hyperblackchi
KingKevin
Posted 12:38 PM 25/4/08
@CurlyJim:
lol
KingKevin
Heywoodjabloume
Posted 2:01 PM 25/4/08
@deathbunny: LMAO, that was made of win!
Heywoodjabloume