Dark Elf Village 1st Villager Natigal 1/6 Scale (Vertex) Pre-Orders Open 3/26/21

Vertex has finally revealed the images for the first figure in their upcoming original character series, Dark Elf Village. This villager, named Natigal, looks to be modeled after the dancer archetype common in many fantasy JRPGs. I think she looks pretty cool except for her face, which has kind of an odd expression. Generally the Antenna Shop limited edition variants have had alternate faces, so I'm hopeful that the alternate face will be an improvement, but either way this is one of my more anticipated figures of the past couple of years so I will either be ordering the standard version from TOM to close out my points (since they have basically butchered their free shipping promo and made it pointless to shop at their site now) or from Amiami to get the limited version with the (hopefully) better face. This looks to be a really cool start to a new line of elf figures, and honestly I'm ready for a change because the as of yet un-released elves from the standard Elf Village line don't look that appealing to me.

UPDATE 3/25/21

Vertex has added the pictures for the limited version, which include an alternate face and different base. These have been kind of overpriced in the past, in my opinion, but considering how much better the face is it will be worth it to start off the Dark Elf Village collection with the limited version. Also included is a A3 size tapestry. This is a beautiful and dynamic figure that I hope will look wonderful next to my Bikini Warriors Dark Elf figure. I don't think the scale will be quite right, but none of the Elf Village figures are really in scale with each other anyway, which is unfortunate but a reality that has to be dealt with in figure displays.

I'm hoping that the castoff parts secure easily and without much fidgeting, as I found Priscilla (a previous Elf Village figure) kind of difficult to display properly. The chest pieces do look like they will stick on via an adhesive similar to the first Elf Village figure, though I am holding out some hope that they use magnets or just a design that allows them to stay on by tension or friction.

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