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New Classic DP Figures (GB4)

January 20, 2007 on 12:36 pm | In Classic |

One of the things about DP that always surprises me is how one version or another has managed to sustain a devoted fandom, even when no further new projects have appeared for years. “Classic” Dirty Pair has been out of production since 1990, yet it continues to gain new fans with the passage of time, to judge from the continued posting of new fan fiction and fan art.

And then there are the three-dimensional works. A new set of Classic DP figures turns up at a conclave like Wonder Festival in Japan or commercially just about every other year. Here’s the entry for 2006: a 1/10-scale set from WAVE, in pre-painted PVC. They were released toward the end of December (a bit too late to get them for Christmas). I got my set just last week, but still haven’t had a chance to take them out of the box yet (such is my work schedule).

So, rather than give you a review just now, here are two page links, where you can look them over in galleries of photographs:

http://www.hobby-wave.com/pickup/DTP/index.html

http://www.hobby-wave.com/pickup/DTP/report/index.html — this latter page has a report on the design of the figures, including revisions made to the prototypes.