Alter’s Durarara!! line has proven to be quite popular, especially the Altair additions. Usually female figures sell a lot better than male ones but at least from what I’ve seen Izaya seems far more popular than Celty. Their third figure is also part of the Altair line, Shizuo Heiwajima who we first saw painted at Wonder Festival.
Now it’s time for a sexy preview of this guy, and while I originally complained about his boring pose I think Alter did a lovely job of keeping him interesting. He has a hell of a lot of attitude for someone just standing there! He also comes with several interchangeable parts: his glasses can be taken off and his weapon-wielding hand can be swapped for one held cockily in his pocket. There’s also an interesting shot of him with Izaya and Celty: however, Celty is in one of the production phases so she is pretty funky-looking–check it out in the gallery! Shizuo should be going up for order on March 14th.
[via Altair's Blog]
He is so handsome! Probably the best male figure (in my opinion). If all the male figures would be as badass as him I would buy more of them. I had Zero Lelouch and Gem Kenshin but I sold them, none of them had the wow factor, but Shizou is on a totally different level. I’ll probably get him. I guess his price will be the same as Izaya’s and Celty’s. He isn’t a complicated figure.
I already know that I will display him without glasses.
Oh, how I have waited for this figure! I really like the gentle curves through his pose and signpost accessory. And that shot of him with Celty seals the deal, I want them both.
Celty in pink is pretty appealing too. Suddenly I fancy a troupe of them, small trading figure size, in all different colours.
He looks fantastic. I’m really hoping they also decide to make Shinra, but I know he doesn’t have the same level of popularity as the other guys.