It was a long and hard fight this time…I capitulated infront of her many times and thought Id never be able to make it.Who would have thought that getting a girl to put on some clothes would be this hard?Sure,I enjoy a nice pair of boobs like every healthy young lad but sometimes you want to have her to wear something classy like a maid outfit with a see-through dress.Lets honour the Clockwork Automatons outfit right after the jump!

Lets start with a brief description of Vingt before I start to rant about this figure:

Vingt is the Clockwork Automaton,built by Huits mother, that never leaves Huits side and is bodyguard,friend and assistant to Huit in one person.The key Huit carries close to her heart is used to wind up Vingt from time to time to keep her going full power throughout their adventures.Huit issues orders to Vingt via Runes written on the “remote control” she carries around.

Will she continue to fight for the good cause or might her remote control fall into the wrong hands?

Check out my Visual Combat Book review of Huit and Vingt for more Information about the characters.

Vingt is  a QB Rebellion figure which means that you can strip her down to all her full glory ( speak boobs).Megahouse doesnt provide any cast-off instructions as usual and I doubt they ever will but her cast off progress is rather straightforward.This is partially thank to the fact that Vingt is semi-poseable and her limbs and head are easily detached from her body.After that you simply remove the apron,dress & top-pantsu combination and youre done.The top ,which is made out of rubber-like material, may remind you of Mirims Outfit which was a major pain to remove thanks to her tightly closed  thighs.Luckily her detachable legs  saves us from going through the same soul crushing experience again and you can strip her naked easily

Sounds like a QB figure with an incredible smooth cast-off mechanic and in fact it is unless you want her to get  dressed again.The problem lies in the rubber-like material of her top which is very soft and tends to give in when you want to push the pins into their female counterparts.

The Top wraps very tightly around her chest and allows very little movement making the cast-on process even harder than it already is thanks to the material it is made of.It took me literally several weeks to get that top back on her because of the high temperatures in my room making the already soft material even softer.The top features 7 pins  wheres 3 are located at each side of it and one connects the bottom part with the panty section. I felt like a bomb defusion specialist becasue it takes alot of concetration  and tact to connect all parts without making others slip out again.

I could have screamed when I had all side pins connected and only the panty pin was left only to have several others slip out of it hole during the last one.In the end I decided that gray hair isnt worth the trouble and left her panty piece unconnected. Whos gonna notice anyway?

The Cast-On trouble aside theres very little to be concerned about this figure.Some may have had their doubts when they heard that Vingt will be an” articulated” figure but Megahouse did a fine job not sacrificing the looks for poseability.Furthermore they didnt raise her price into insane heights like GSC does with their Actsta figures.

So how does the Articulation look like? To put it bluntly:  the limbs arent glued to the body and are therefore rotateable.Each limb has a one axis joint in the elbow/knee area and allows some very basic movement but to call it articulated is a bit of a stretch.Furthermore her outfit restrains her movement even more,especially in the leg area, therefore youll get the best results with her wearing her birthday suit.

Megahouse even  threw in an extra hand and poison gas hand adapter to further incorporate the “action figure” feel which is quite cool in my book.Since were already talking extras it should be mentioned that she also comes with a base for Huit and her remote which can be attached to Huits arm.

Vingts base is kind of unique since it isnt your run by the mill peg into foot base but she basically rests on two sockets which are fixed to the base  and only her right foot is fixated via a pin in one of the sockets.This may sound very unstable but from my experience the few limited poses you can do on that base leave her pretty steady.

Whats left to talk about?Paintjob and Sculp are typical Megahouse quality which means very nice craftmaship which should make any figure collector happy aslong as you dont expect Alter Quality.I personally love the freckles on her face but thats just a tiny tidbit which shouldnt influence the overall figures expression ^^

One Thing I DID notice about the sculpt and is that Megahouse seems to try out new waters since they gave her a very,very delicate ,only noticeable upon closeup, mons pubis. This probably doesnt sound like a big deal to most people but I find cast-offable panties pretty senseless if a  barbie crotch is waiting for you.The Only other instance of sculpted female anatomy I know of from the QB line is Melona and she isnt cast-off and therefore safe.

I wonder if  Megahouse will pursue this path further but I am looking forward to their next effort now.

Thats enough talk for now so lets enjoy some of the pictures

A Short Reminder: Theres approximately 3 weeks between the Shoot of Cast-Off and Normal Vingt therefore the differences in lighting etc.

The Front Hair pieces only look this “tacked on” under strong lighting conditions.It looks perfectly fine under normal room conditions

Those kinda remind me of the striker units of the strike witches

Love that translucent dress!

Do you want to be served by a maid?

How about some Kyouka,master?

Poison Gas Attack!

(I also really like the rose patterns on her fists and apron)

Huit and Vingt together!

Re-enactment of one of the illustrated stories scenes

The AmiAmi exclusive Telephonecard that came with my Huit/Visual Combat Book + Vingt Set.Its charged with a whopping 300 yen!

Vingt: Lets go ecchi!

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When building a clockwork automaton its of utmost importance to recreate the female anatomy

In this picture you can see the faintly sculpted mons pubis.You probably have to zoom in to see it. Kudos to MH

Yup, A kneeling position is also possible

Vingt disassembled into her parts

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Thats it for today Girls and Boys!

Wonfes 2P Annelotte Coming soon!