Azur Lane St. Louis Light Equipment Ver. 1/7 Scale (Alter) Pre-Orders Open

Finally, after many months of waiting, a figure is here that demands to be pre-ordered! Azur Lane's beautiful St. Louis has been rendered in 3 glorious dimensions and will be available from Alter, sometime during or after July 2021. I say sometime, because as many people many know Alter is notoriously known for being late on figures so much that they are refered to in memes as "lAter. Still, there's a date so that means there's a real possibility that this amazing looking figure will be in your home soon for the low low price of 15,460 JPY after discounts from Amiami. Also available is the standard version which if money is no object you would be a fool to not buy, but for those of us on a budget or who don't feel like the rigging is worth the extra 14k, the Light Equipment Ver. seems like the obvious choice.

From the front it looks like St. Louis will display from a good range of angles. She also has a really slim profile so she'll fit nicely into cramped displays so long as her final base isn't all huge. For once I wish one of these figures actually would ship with a simple thick clear disc as a base. There's no one part of this figure that doesn't look great. Very nice shading on her stockings and dress with subtle transparency to the white portions of the front of her dress that hint at her body beneath. Her ultra-short dress looks amazing with the little diamond cutouts on her hips and the way too narrow bust. It's a great combo with her nautical heels and stockings and garters.

Another one of those figures that really needs to be displayed in front of a mirror or something. That dress! It's too short!

You can see in some of the upper-body closeups that there will be some serious side-boob going on with the top of that dress. It's a shame they didn't show off more in the promo shots, but I'm sure it's going to look great. Also just take a second to admire the general quality of work from Alter here. I hope the final production figures can maintain this high standard of painting, because her hair and skin look incredible.

Anyway. Get your orders in. I think this is one that you will regret not pre-ordering once the supply dries up. I would not want to be at the mercy of resellers on this one.

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