Regardless of whether their arms and legs bend or you have to put them together and paint them first. The ubiquitous presence of those sometimes cute and sometimes serious posable figures are well-deserved.
Eligibility: Figures with articulated arms and legs
Honorable Mentions
While they didn't make it onto the list, the action orientated figma UMP45 and figma Saber/Miyamoto Musashi both come with a number of parts expressing their prowess, be tactical or sword-based. UMP45 delivers a cool and confidence-inspiring expression while Saber/Miyamoto Musashi delivers a similar confident expression but not before her cute smile as she eats.
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5th
Asra Kyuubi
First up on our list of favorite posable figure is the bad-ass dual wielding Asra Kyuubi (Nine-tails) by Kotobukiya from Megami Device! She comes armed to the teeth with a number of mid-to-long ranged melee weapons and is intimidating wielding either of them. Adding to her intimidating or cool air, is her removable fox mask that you can place on her face or side of her head.
Asra Kyuubi earns her spot on our list in whichever of the multiple ways you wish to display her.
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4th
Frame Arms Girl Stylet XF-3
Next on our list is Styko from Frame Arms Girl, specifically Stylet XF-3 by Kotobukiya. She appears wearing angled high-tech armor in her default powder blue color and comes with a number of sleek weapons that play nicely into the styling of her armor. Aside from her default smiling face, Styko also comes with two exchangeable faces, including haughty and screaming ones that perfectly illustrates her personality.
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3rd
figma Rider/Altria Pendragon (Alter)
Series
Fate/Grand OrderScale
Non-scale
First figma on the list is the Wonder Festival and GOODSMILE ONLINE SHOP exclusive figma Rider/Altria Pendragon [Alter] by Max Factory. She only comes with two faces, but they're both good. The faint smile of her default face is pleasing as it fits with her posture and unzipped jacket. Altria's scowling expression with narrowed eyes is by far the best. Because without it, you wouldn't be able to pose her with a disinterested "Give me money" look.
Unlike her Nendoroid version, this maid doesn't actually mind cleaning. Regardless of her hourly rate, she earns her spot on our list.
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2nd
chitocerium LXXVIII-platinum
Our second favorite posable figure of 2019 is, LXXVIII-platinum, the first plastic model in the collaborative series between character designer huke and Good Smile Company.
Although she doesn't have the most parts or weapons, her monochromatic color scheme and ballerina styling with her dystopian "fragment" make her the most unusual as well as intriguing figure on this list. What's also intriguing is her hexagonal box from which she emerges with all the grace of a butterfly. She's no doubt a beautiful and elegant figure in which any of her poses would work as the base of scale figure. It's her mysterious air and stylized design that makes us honored to have her on our list.
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1st
Agatsuma Kaede Kaiden
Maker
Kotobukiya (コトブキヤ)Scale
Non-scale
Alice Gear Aegis' Agatsuma Kaede Kaiden is a color variant of Kotobukiya's plastic model who got re-released late last year. The sleek midnight blue and jet black color combination with the ruby accenting as a backdrop, effortlessly surpasses the original black and white coloring. Kaede comes with a number of parts and is equipped to blast away or cut down any who stands in her way, whether they be on earth or in space. As with the original, you can also opt to display her without her equipment for a cute and simple look.
Kaede used all of weapons, charming expressions, and not to mention, awesome coloring to come out on top in our highly contested list of favorite posable figures.
