Zorro the Musical, Kajaanin Kaupunginteatteri, 30.4.2022

 I saw Zorro the musical in Kajaani with my friend Hanna. Kajaani is far away from Espoo, and going there took six hours in train. I actually managed to forget what time the train would leave; I remembered it would leave 12:19PM and not 11:19AM. So I left in quite hurry, but I managed not to miss the train. I forgot my headphones, but Hanna was lovely and borrowed hers to me. The journey was not easy per se, as there is so little room in the train, but surprisingly the six hours went quite fast. We arrived at the hotel, left our stuff there and went to the theatre. We were originally supposed to go there in 22th, but the event got cancelled, so we went there in 30th. So we spent the May Day there, I would have loved to see my friends that day, but we can't always have what we want.

The musical itself was pretty good. It had a lot of energy, the songs were fine even though none of them really stood out, and the singing was pretty good. They had some of the orchestra players on stage in costumes, which was a nice touch. Zorro was played by Jukka Peltola and he was pretty good. He had a nice voice and presence. What I was a bit disappointed with, was that there was not a lot of sword fighting, but he did his fighting pretty well. 

The actress that stole the show was Maija Pihlajaoja. She played Inez, a woman in love with Diego, and she was such a strong and fun character. Pihlajaoja sung really well, she probably had the best voice of the cast, and her movements and attitude was so great to the character. Her dress also looked super cool.

Another woman in love with Diego was Luisa, played by Satu Turunen. She looked very Nordic, she was pale with blonde hair, and that really did not give me a feeling of a latina. Her voice also was not the strongest, but I still liked her. Her acting was pretty good, and her more calm attitude was a fun contrast with Inez's fiery one.

The villain of the story was Ramon, Diego's brother. The story basically was that Diego went to Spain and never returned, and Ramon, his power-thirsty brother, had kidnapped their father, said he was dead, and made himself as the governor. Ramon was so over the top evil and I loved it. He hanged two boys for treason for no reason, and there was even a scene where he had a whip, suggesting that he whipped people. The actor, Tom Salminen, was also quite Nordic looking, with blond hair and pale skin. In the end of course it is revealed that their father was alive and Ramon got killed.

Like I said, I could not really remember any of the songs, they were very similar, but I appreciate the actors' energy. In the end we talked one of the ensemble cast, told her that we were in a train for six hours just for this musical, and when she asked what musicals we wanted to see, I of course said Tanz der Vampire, which she had said seen in Vienna. She also said she'll tell forward about the musical I had suggested. After the musical we went to a bar for few drinks, it was May Day after all, but we did not stay long because we needed to wake up next day early. Anyway, it was a great experience, and even though Kajaani's theather is a small one in the middle of nowhere, it was still pretty good. In this year I am going to see the Finnish version of Anastasia the musical, in Kotka I will see The Addams Family musical, which I saw earlier in Jyväskylä, and at the end of the year, the British version of Cats will be touring in Finland.

Zorro, played by Jukka Peltola.

Inez, played by Maija Pihlajaoja.

Luisa, played by Satu Turunen.

Ramon vs Zorro, played by Jukka Peltola and Tom Salminen.

A free program they had. It was really small, but it had a bit of information. Too bad I've broken it.

Kibecon, 14.-15.5.2022

 I already kind of opened the con year when I visited Tampere Kuplii at Sunday, but Tampere Kuplii is not a con technically, it is a comic book festival. So Kibecon was the first con of this year. Kibecon is very nice because it is so close to me. It is in Sello Library, that is only 15 minutes away from me. So going there was not very difficult. I was planning to get a cosplay there, but I had no time, so I went in a cyber goth look. I actually was quite a bit late on Saturday; I was planning of going there at 12, but I had managed to lose my headband which I need for the look. I looked everywhere for over an hour, and could not find it. When I used the headband in Tampere Kuplii I took it off in my home, so it has to be here. But I could not find it, so its location is a mystery.  Because of that I was quite late, arriving at the con at 2PM. But I managed to pull off a pretty nice look. My makeup was fine, and I absolutely loved my outfit; red and black cyberlox, metallic red PVC corset, PVC miniskirt and fishnet stockings. I got many compliments and many people wanted to take pictures with me or of me. Kibecon is a small con without an entrance fee, so most of the people there were children. I actually hanged out with teenagers the whole con. As a 25 years old, I felt sooooo old, oh my god. One of the funniest comments that I got was from a girl whose age I don't know, but she was quite young. She told her friend wanted to be a cyber goth when they were at second grade. Second graders are eight year olds, so that was quite funny.

I met Luca, who I noticed from his piercings. He had a massive 8mm septum piercing, which was super cool, even though I would never stretch my septum to anything big. He showed his pictures which showed that he was a goth, and he looked so good. Too bad he lived far away, he actually told he and his friends travelled to Kibecon for five hours, which I could not fathom. He was 19, and I felt kind of old, but at least he was an adult. He was super nice and friendly, and we talked about going to other cons; they are apparently going to Kitsunecon where I'm also going.

I was little bit disappointed at the seller's hall, since they mostly had people who only who sold their own artwork. They had two people who sold plushies and figures, someone who sold kawaii stuff, and Manga Cafe, who sells Asian treats. I wanted to buy something from the con but I could not find anything, so I bought a bag of candy and a dry strawberry "ice cream". The "ice cream" is from a company called Giant Caplico and it was super good, gotta buy it sometime later also. The candy bag was actually American, and I did not even know that Manga Cafe sells American products, but it was not very good, so not gonna buy it again. 

At Saturday I actually walked with my Demonia boots for about an hour, but not any longer. When I was young I could walk long distances with the boots and wear them for hours, but not anymore. But I had black ankle boots with a shiny snake skin pattern, so I think my shoes looked still pretty good.

I also met Liltsy and Ramona, who I met in Tampere Kuplii this year. Liltsy was cosplaying Grell Sutcliff from Kuroshitsuji, and that gave me serious flashbacks, since I also cosplayed her years ago. We had a small photoshoot, their friend had a proper camera but the circumstance was not ideal; cyber goth look should be photographed inside, because the cyberlox goes everywhere in the wind. We took many pics, but unfortunately I could not use any of them.

The whole con was just hanging out. I had no programs to go to, they had Another Castle, a choir that sings nerd tunes at Saturday, but I missed it, and it was the only program I wanted to see. So I just hanged out the whole con. 

My look after the con in Saturday. I took this picture in a hurry so my cyberlox is quite messed up and  I'm not wearing the headband which makes me look a bit silly. I actually thought can I go to the con in a cyber look without headband but I decided to go anyway. Too bad I don't have a full picture of the outfit.

The products I bought from Manga Cafe. The candy bag was quite bad, but the "ice cream" was delicious.

 

Hobitti, Turun Kaupunginteatteri, 9.4.2022

 I saw Hobitti, the play based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit book. The play was pretty well made, it had a lot of imposing scenes and costumes. Turku's circus was hired to be in the play, so there was a lot of tricks with fire and other circus tricks. I actually saw their Lord of the Rings play back in 2018 and decided no to write about it. This is really a shame, since I would have loved to read my thoughts about it. So I decided to write about the Hobbit play. Mika Kujala returned as Gandalf and Miska Kaukonen as Gollum. Bilbo is usually played by Teemu Aromaa, but this time he was played by understudy Ville Seivo. Thorin Oakenshield was played by Stefan Karlsson and Fili and Kili were played by Ulla Reinikainen and Minna Hämäläinen. Gloin was played by Antti Kyllönen and Dwalin by Marko Pekkarinen. As you can see there was only five dwarves and Fili and Kili were played by women. Of course thirteen dwarves would not work and I understand that, but I'm not really sure if I liked the fact Fili and Kili were played by women. Everyone did fantastic job, I especially liked Miska Kaukonen as Gollum as his costume was so well made.

 Miska Kaukonen also played other roles, like troll Tom, Thranduil, and a guard in the Laketown. I was especially interested how they would make Thranduil as I absolutely loved the film version of him. Thranduil was done pretty nicely, I really liked his costumes. He had a green robe in his first scene and a green robe and brown armor in the Battle of Five Armies. I also liked his crown, as it was different what we've seen in the films.

Janne Sundqvist played many characters including Beorn, troll William, big orc and guard of Laketown. Beorn was the part I liked best, since he managed to portray Beorn really well. Beorn looked really cool, I liked how he was acted and he also had his bear form. They also showed his servants, who were people in animal costumes.

The translation was bit odd since they created words that have not been used in Finnish Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit books. In Finnish Gollum's "precious" is "aarre", here they sometimes called it "ihanuus" which has never been used and sometimes "aarre". Also Bilbo is called "burglar" and that is usually  translated as "voro". Here it was translated as "aarteenetsijä" which literally means "treasure seeker" and I was a little bit confused.

The circus performers also played the spiders in Mirkwood and their costumes were pretty great. They crawled from the roof and their movements were so spider-like. 

The book had the problem with no female characters, and I liked how some of the orcs had female actors (even though the characters were still probably male) and some of the Mirkwood guard elves were women. This kind of bothered me when I read the book, but to be honest, I originally really disliked Tauriel from the movies who was created to fix this problem, but now I think she's fine. 

And of course, there's the climax, Smaug and the Battle of Five Armies. Smaug was a huge puppet and he was cool. His movements were done really nicely, and I liked his voice. I could not find from the program who was his voice actor. They had him have a hole in his scales, and then Bard shot him down. They had a screen where they showed Smaug attacking the Laketown and then his death. The Battle itself was very short and I was a bit disappointed. They basically fast forward the whole thing, the whole Battle was over in a minute. But overall the show was pretty good.

Bilbo (Teemu Aromaa), Gandalf (Mika Kujala), and the dwarves (Stefan Karlsson, Marko Pekkarinen, Minna Hämäläinen, Ulla Reinikainen and Antti Kyllönen) at the Shire.

Bilbo (Teemu Aromaa) and the trolls (Markus Ilkka Uolevi, Janne Sundqvist and Miska Kaukonen).

Bilbo (Teemu Aromaa) and the dwarves (Stefan Karlsson, Marko Pekkarinen, Minna Hämäläinen, Ulla Reinikainen and Antti Kyllönen) at Mirkwood.

My look in the show. 

The program that cost 6 euro.

Erika Vikman, Tavastia, Helsinki, 17.3.2022

 I've had tickets for this show for two years now. I originally purchased them in 2020, when I was a really big fan of Erika Vikman. I'm no longer the biggest fan of hers, but her music is good, her style is amazing and she is a very good performer. I had a friend coming with me but they said they did not want to come. So I went alone. I talked to some girls but could not really find any company, so I left right after Erika had stopped her show. But the show itself was great. She performed my favorite songs Cicciolina and Syntisten pöytä, Cicciolina she actually performed twice. And I have to say that Häpeä and Aikuisten rannakkeet are very good songs when I heard them live. I actually filmed Cicciolina, Syntisten pöytä and Anna rakas raju hetki but decided not to upload them to YouTube. I put them public on my Facebook page, if you're interested.

When Erika was in UMK, where is decided who Finland will send to Eurovision, I heard Cicciolina for the first time and thought it was awful. But then I listened it on repeat and I started to like the song. When Syntisten pöytä came out I absolutely loved it. The song and the music video were so good and I would really love an industrial metal cover of the song 

The CD she published was little bit disappointing, since it did not have any hit songs like I thought it would. Some of the songs were pretty good, but none of them stood out. But after I heard Aikuisten rannekkeet live, I realized it is a pretty good song.

Here are some of her songs she performed.

Cicciolina and Aikuisten rannekkeet.

Pyhä Erika and Anna rakas raju hetki.

Häpeä.

Syntisten pöytä.

Overall a good show, it's been a while since I have been in a concert.

 

Addams Family the Musical, Jyväskylän kaupunginteatteri, 11.09.2021

Sorry that this post has taken so long. I finished the text months ago but I lost the program and I was too lazy to find it. Also I have not had a lot of inspiration to write this blog.

As I'm a goth, I'm ashamed to say. it took me over ten years to know the Addams Family, even though that show is part of the goth subculture. I thought of watching the movies for over 15 years, and watched them three years ago. Before then I had only seen some scenes from the 60's show and listened the theme music. But when I heard there was going to be an Addams Family musical, I knew, that I had to see it. The only problem was that it was in Jyväskylä, and it takes 3,5h to get there by train. Thankfully my friend Minna decided to go with me, and we booked the tickets. My original plan was to leave after the musical, but none of the trains left in the evening and we would have needed to stay up for the morning train. This would have worked for me, but I did not want to ask this for Minna, so we decided to take a hotel. We took Omena Hotel, the cheapest possible hotel and stayed there. I had Omena Hotel when I was in Tampere, and that hotel was pretty bad. So I was surprised that the Jyväskylä Omena Hotel was a lot better. But the entrance was kind of confusing. When we arrived there, there was a barrier and text that said "no enter" and then a door. So we did not even see the entrance of the hotel. But we arrived there, and after a while we arrived to the theater. The seats that we bought were not in use, but thankfully we got quite nice seats at the third row.

The show itself was pretty good. Gomez Addams, played by Paavo Honkimäki stole the show. He was just too good it is difficult to put to words. His acting and singing was perfect. I liked Morticia (Tytti Vänskä) and Wednesday (Saara Jokiaho) as well. They both sung very well, and I liked especially Wednesday. I never really liked Fester (Pekka Hiltunen), but he was not as annoying as in the movies, and Pugsley (Sami Ulmanen) was fine as well. Lucas Beineke (Miko Petteri Jaakkola) was super cute, and I really liked his singing and acting as a teenager. Some of the best notes were sung by Anna-Maija Oka who played Alice Beineke, and Grandma (Anneli Kauppinen) and Mal Beineke (Markus Virtanen) were okay as well. 

Overall the musical was good, acting and singing was good and the band played well as well. The only thing I did not like were the costumes. They did not have their classic costumes, which really bothered me. Gomez did not have his classic pinstripe suit, but this weird red and black cape and vest. Wednesday's outfit was kind of weird as well, as she had this red and black dress. But at least she had her classic braids, as in some productions of this musical she has a different hairstyle. But the outfit of Morticia, oh my god, I hated it. She had this awful red and black flamingo style dress. Morticia would NEVER wear something like that. She would only wear full black dress. In the end she had a beautiful full red dress, but I kind of felt red is not her color in clothes. Also her hair was kind of weird, as usually the hair is down, she had this weird updo hairstyle. Wednesday and Morticia also did not have wigs, the actors had their own hair, and so neither of them had black hair, which kind of bothered me, as they should not have brown hair.

What also kind of bothered me, but what was funny at the same time, was that Gomez was taller than Lurch (Jouni Salo). Lurch is a character that is meant to be extremely tall. Even though he had 10cm platform shoes, he was still shorter than Gomez.

I had never seen the musical and decided to not to spoil myself. I had only seen the beginning, the overture and the song When you're an Addams. The plot was kind of silly. Basically Wednesday has fallen in love with a "normal" boy and that boy's family had been invited to visit the Addams. Wednesday said very clearly that they should act normal when the Beikene family arrives. This confused me. I thought the Addams family thought they were the normal, and everyone else was different. I'm not sure if the creators of the musical really understood Addams Family. 

Anyway I really liked the show, even though the journey there was not that easy. Thankfully the trains of this day and age are not that uncomfortable. The next show I'm going to see is not a musical, but a play. I'm going to see The Hobbit play, as few years ago I saw the Lord of the Rings play. 

Here you can see Gomez's and Morticia's outfits. Even though Gomez's outfit is fine, I prefer the classic pinstripe look. Morticia's outfit was just awful as you can see, she would never wear anything like this.

The dress at the end. This is better what she wore to whole musical, but I still don't think that full red is Morticia's color. But the dress was beautiful.

The program. It was quite small, but it had nice information about the show and its makers. The price was good, it only cost 5 euro.

Cosplay plans for 2022

My cosplay plans for this year. I might not do all of these, if the events get cancelled because of the coronavirus. But these are the plans I might do this year. I am excited to return to cosplay, I have not been cosplaying since 2014 but I was meant to return to it in 2020. I hope the events do not get cancelled since I want to do this hobby again. 

Lady Dimitrescu - Resident Evil: Village

I always complain how most of the characters I cosplay are shorter than me. Well that is not the case in this cosplay. Lady Dimitrescu is whopping 290cm tall, way taller than any human. I never knew anything about the Resident Evil games, I have only seen some of the movies and they were really bad. What caught my eye is how amazing her design is. Not only she is not as thin other sexy video game females, she has a semi-realistic face. Her costume is simply great and I loved her 20's-esque hair and the big hat. She has claws in some parts of the game, but I'm not doing those, I'm going to have leather gloves as seen in this picture. I'm very excited to cosplay her and I'm doing her for Desucon if that event gets done.

Roxanne Wolf - Five Nights at Freddy's: Fury's Rage

I have known FnaF as long it has existed all the way from 2014. I have not been part of the fandom for several years, but the new game Security Breach dragged me back. I absolutely fell in love with Roxy but her Security Breach look was little bit too revealing for me. So I found her design in Fury's Rage, a fighting game by Scott Cawthon, so this is a legit design, not a fan one. I already bought the skin paint and her shirt. I'm not doing her tail and her ears myself, I'm having someone else to do them. The skin painting kind of scares me, as half of my body gets painted.

Cherry - Studio Killers

This is a years old cosplay plan. I was meant to cosplay her in 2020, but then the coronavirus happened and all the events got cancelled. This cosplay is sort of easy. A dress and boots like that are not that difficult to find and her little hat can also be bought. I already have blue contact lenses where the pupil is covered. The wig is little bit difficult, as that color is not possible to buy, I would need to dye it. I have never dyed a wig and I'm not sure if I even could. The makeup is also very hard, as she has these tears going down her cheek.

 

Kirari Momobami - Kakegurui 

This is also another cosplay that is years old. I was also meant to cosplay her in 2020. She was my favorite from the anime, and even though she has a school uniform on, she looks super cool. Kakegurui has the best school uniforms in anime I've ever seen, and I loved her unique hair, her blue eyes and her blue lipstick. I'm not sure what con I'm doing her, possibly for Desucon, possibly for Tracon.

Monika - Doki Doki Literature Club!

This is also another cosplay that changed from 2020 to 2022. I'm not 100% sure if I will do her this year or am I cosplaying her in 2023, but I'm including her here anyway. I really liked her character from the game and I like her looks even though her costume is kind of simple and the colors of her costume are not really my liking.

Cruella de Vil - Cruella

This is a cosplay which I have been planning from the moment I saw the movie. Cruella had many great costumes in that film, but I thought this long coat would fit me the best. This cosplay is expensive to make, so I will only do it if the con actually takes place. I might do another Cruella outfit this year which is cheaper to make.

Scarlet Witch - WandaVision

This is my biggest dream cosplay at the moment. Wanda was always one of my favorite MCU female characters, and WandaVision is my favorite MCU Disney+ show. When I saw this costume I knew I needed to cosplay her. This costume is incredibly beautiful and one of the best designs in the MCU. This costume is very expensive to make, so I will only do it if the con is 100% going to happen. So I might do this next year, we'll see. 

Why I love Ivy from Soul Calibur

 As some may know, Ivy Valentine from Soul Calibur is my favorite game character ever, and I have been a little bit obsessed with her. Here I am explaining why I love her so much.

Ivy Valentine is from the fighting game series Soul Calibur, and she has appeared in every game except for the first one, Soul Edge. She is one of the most well-known female game characters, mostly because of her sex appeal, and she is most likely the most known character from Soul Calibur. Ivy has an unique fighting style with a sword that can turn into a whip with blades, and she dresses as a dominatrix. Ivy has one of the most detailed backstories of all Soul Calibur, as she is the daughter of pirate Cervantes, and she was adopted into a wealthy British family. Ivy is an alchemist, and she created her whip-sword herself. She seeks to destroy the Soul Edge, the evil sword from the game series. 

From her appearance you can see that she was intended for teenage boys and young men, but apparently teenage girls can fall in love with her too. I was 15 years old when Soul Calibur V was published, and I discovered Ivy. I fell in love with her right away, as she was so different than most sexy video game females. Ivy was bigger than most of those video game females (this is seen especially in Soul Calibur IV) and she did not have a standard pretty face (this was changed in Soul Calibur VI) and she was a lot older. Ivy is 32 years old, making her one of the most old sexy female video game characters. I loved her pale skin and her looks, her dominatrix costumes and her fighting style. I also loved that every 2P outfit she had was not revealing, except for the 2P outfit she had in Soul Calibur V. I love her so much I have planned a tattoo of her. I have yet not decided what costume I will use in the tattoo, but right now I really like the Soul Calibur VI outfit.

I have pictures of all her outfits, so lets start with the first game, Soul Calibur, that was released in 1998.

Ivy's 1P outfit from Soul Calibur. This costume is very simple, as the console cannot process more detail. In the picture the fabric looks like leather, but in the game, it looks like normal fabric. The costume is beautiful in all its simplicity.

Her official concept art from the first game.

Ivy's 2P outfit from Soul Calibur. Like I said, most of her 2P outfits are not as revealing. This costume is beautiful and it is pirate themed, even though at this point the developers had not told that she is Cervantes' daughter.

Then there is Soul Calbur II, published in 2002.

Her outfit from Soul Calibur II. This costume has a lot more detail, and it is sexier too. This is Ivy's most well known outfit along with her Soul Calibur IV outfit, and this is seen as a standard outfit for her. Even though this is quite simple too, I absolutely love it.

Other concept art of her from Soul Calibur II.

Ivy in 3D as seen in the game.

Her 2P outfit from Soul Calibur II. This costume is beautiful, and like its predecessor, it is also pirate themed. I love how her hair is slicked back in this outfit.

Her 2P outfit in 3D.

Her third costume from Soul Calibur II. This is the only game where she has three costumes. This costume is not my liking. She looks great in red, but that corset and the stockings are kind of awkward, and I don't really like this.

Soul Calibur III come out in 2005.

Ivy from Soul Calibur III. This is her only white outfit, and it is super beautiful. Even though this is quite similar from her Soul Calibur II outfit, I really like this one.

Her 3D look from the game.

Her 2P outfit from Soul Calibur III. This is also one of her outfits that I don't like. It has too much going on and the armor is really awkward. The dress part is beautiful, and I like the fishnet stockings and the hat is nice, but that is all I like about this outfit.

Then there is Soul Calibur IV, published in 2008.

This is Ivy's most revealing outfit and because of it it's the most well-known. This is Playstation 3 era, that allowed much more detail. She has a very detailed outfit and armor, and the fabric of her costume has purple snake skin. Even though this costume is ridiculously revealing, it is still one of my favorites.

Ivy in 3D.

This is her 2P outfit from Soul Calibur IV. This is my favorite 2P outfit from hers. It is not very revealing and it is super beautiful. The costume is very Xena-like, but I still love it. I love how different her hair is in this costume and the corset looks super good on her.

Then there is Soul Calibur V, which came out in 2012. 

Ivy's 1P outfit from Soul Calibur V.  This is one of my favorite outfits of hers. I love the details, the snake skin fabric, the snake-skull armor and the fact it is not as revealing as her other 1P outfits. This outfit is also inspired by pirates.

Ivy's look in 3D.

Her 2P outfit from Soul Calibur V. This is the only 2P outfit that is revealing. Even though this is revealing, this is one of my favorite 2P outfits for Ivy. The costume is detailed and she looks great in gold. 

The costume for Soul Calibur VI. This is the only costume for her in the game, as all other games had at least two outfits for her. I did not like the 3D version of Ivy in this game, as they made her skinny and young looking, and they made her face completely different. But I really like this outfit, it is super detailed and beautiful. This is actually a remake of her outfit from Soul Calibur, but this is more revealing and more detailed. This is the costume I have been planning to get the tattoo from. This is probably mu favorite outfit of hers.

Concept art with 2B.

Ivy in 3D. I really don't like her looks in the game, even though I like the costume. She is too skinny and too young.

Then there are the theme songs. Ivy has four theme songs, from Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II, Soul Calibur III and Soul Calibur V.

"Unblessed Soul" from Soul Calibur. This is not made with a real orchestra, but it still sounds good. The melody is beautiful and it suits her.

"Maze of the Blade" from Soul Calibur II. This is very Egypt-esque, which is because of her stage is based on Egypt. This was a bit odd choice for me, since Ivy has nothing to do with Egypt.

"Face Your Fate" from Soul Calibur III. This song has a beautiful melody and I like it. 

"Without the Blessing of Fate" from Soul Calibur V. This is my favorite song for Ivy and my favorite game soundtrack in general. This song is absolutely beautiful and powerful. This is one my favorite soundtracks ever made.

There are four scale figures of her, and one upcoming First 4 Figures 1/4 statue of her. I have all them, and I've preordered the F4F statue.

Ivy's Queens Gate figure. Ivy was a guest character in a game called Queens Gate, and so this figure was made. I absolutely love this, even though her face is anime-ish. This figure is by Hobby Japan made in 2011. This outfit is from Soul Calibur IV.

There is the super rare Kyosho statue of Ivy from 2002. This is my rarest figure, and this also my favorite figure. As this figure is very old, it is not painted very well and it is made out of resin instead of PVC, so it is very heavy. This outfit is her Soul Calibur outfit. I absolutely love this figure.

These figures are by Enterbrain. The figures are beautiful, but they have flaws. The faces are not sculpted or painted well, and they do not resemble Ivy at all. The figures are very top heavy and the base is ridiculous, as it too small. The figures do not stay up, and I had to use Blu-Tack to get to them to stay up. The figures have two different colors, the white one is known as "Limited Edition" and the purple one is called "International Edition". This is Ivy's outfit from Soul Calibur III.

Ivy figure from McFarlene Toys. This is the only painted Ivy figure I do not own, as it is very bad quality and very small.

Ivy statue from First 4 Figures. Ivy has her Soul Calibur II costume on. I have preordered this statue and it is my most expensive statue ever. This statue is really big, as it is 58cm tall. This is the version with the proper base, there are also two other versions with a black oval base.

Here is a bonus picture: a comparison between Ivy's first appearance in the first Soul Calibur and her later appearance in Soul Calibur VI. Like I said the costume is based on her first appearance, but it is more detailed and revealing. Here you can see well how similar they are. 

That is all, I hope you like this post. :)