Kit Review

Straight build + Stickers

Size comparison with a cigarette pack

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various angles (1/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various angles (2/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various angles (3/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various angles (4/6)

Various angles

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Detail shots (1/4)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Detail shots (2/4)

Detail shots

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - You can swap between 3 different expressions, but the 2 on the rig

You can swap between 3 different expressions, but the 2 on the right require you to apply the eyes using waterslide decals.
In my case, the eyes ended up sitting a little too high, which looks a bit off. T_T
Getting them in just the right spot is trickier than you'd think — though since there are multiple eye decals included, you can always redo them if needed..

A total of 8 hands are included.

The same clear stand as Tokai Teio's is included in the box.

Leftover parts

Limb articulation

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - The front skirt splits and moves independently, giving the hip joi

The front skirt splits and moves independently, giving the hip joints a wider range of motion.

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Interestingly, a large ball-type hip joint is used here. It's some

Interestingly, a large ball-type hip joint is used here.
It's something of a revolution in hip joint design, but... the actual range of motion isn't as dramatically wide as you might expect.

The waist and neck move with nice flexibility.

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various poses (1/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various poses (2/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various poses (3/6)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Various poses (4/6)

Various poses

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Running poses. Using the stand, you can also pull off a pose with

Running poses.
Using the stand, you can also pull off a pose with the upper body leaning way forward, like on the right.

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week - Jump pose. The smiling-eyes face does have a sculpted mouth, but i

Jump pose.
The smiling-eyes face does have a sculpted mouth, but it looks a bit off if you skip the panel lining..

Together with Umamusume Tokai Teio.

This kit is Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week, released as part of the Figure-rise Standard series. It follows the previously released Tokai Teioas the second Umamusume kit. She's a character from a mobile horse-racing training game where racehorses are reimagined as human girls.

First off, some joint parts and the stand are reused from the existing Tokai Teio, but the majority of the kit is made up of newly sculpted parts. Thanks to excellent color separation and stickers, the straight build looks quite impressive right out of the box. The face sculpt also feels noticeably prettier compared to other Bandai girl kits — honestly makes you wish they'd been doing it this well all along. That said, the two blank faces still require waterslide decals for the eyes, which is a bit of a hassle, and getting them placed accurately is tricky enough that you'll want to take your time.

The main body offers solid articulation and joint strength, letting you pull off a good variety of poses from the show without any trouble. One unique highlight is the oversized ball-joint hip design. You just plug it straight into the socket in the lower body and rotate it in any direction — I really like how smooth and flexible the movement feels. That said, while it's a pretty innovative approach, the actual range of motion isn't all that much wider than you'd expect, so it doesn't make a huge visible difference. Beyond that, 8 hand options and a clear stand are included, but there aren't really any other accessories. Make good use of the stand, though, and you can easily pull off a full-sprint pose with the upper body tilted way forward.

All in all, this is a clean, well-executed Bandai girl kit with excellent color separation, a solid joint structure, and a pretty face sculpt. It really gives you the sense that Bandai's girlplas keep getting better. Either way, if the style appeals to you, this seems like a great girl kit that's well worth enjoying. :-)

Figurerise Standard Umamusume: Pretty Derby Special Week | 2023.12 | ¥3,800

AIThis page was translated by Claude Sonnet.