Ao no Kiseki Chinese PC version Unboxing

[Raine]

So, the Ao no Kiseki traditional Chinese PC version (Taiwan version) just released today. Just want to share some photos of the box sets to show their contents in case anyone is interested in buying. The simplied Chinese versions (Mainland China+HK version) are quite different in terms of goodies, but some are the same (like the pillow covers, figures, and the artbook and guide, though with different covers)

There are actually quite a few different Taiwan versions too. The big ones though are the different God Deluxe Sets and Devil King Deluxe Sets. They're quite similar, except the God sets have the pillow covers+figures+extra shiny cards, and the Devil King Sets only have the figures+less shiny cards. All God sets are the same, and all Devil King Sets are the same, just that their ribbons are different depending on which set of figures+pillow cover you choose.

The ones I bought (and shown here) are the God Set for Lazy+Rixia, and the Devil King Set for Oliver+Kloe. So anyway, the photos Sorry for the photo quality, I'm taking these pictures with my cellphone in a very bright room.

First, Devil King Set.
The front, side, back of outer box. Quite big and sturdy It uses the magnetic bar way to open/close. Size comparison with the scenario book.

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Open the box up, and you see the two books. One is the art settings book and the other is the game guide. The art settings book is basically the two Sora+Zero+Ao character and illustration artbooks combined, but only the Ao pictures.

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Take those two books out, and you get this:

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Take those goodies out, and you have the actual game box on one side, and the other side the two figures.

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Close up of the postcards, bookmarks, shiny cards. The postcards and bookmarks are double sided. The last photo is the shiny card pack, it's a pack of 4 shiny character cards. Not going taking a photo of those because there are spoiler characters in there (there's even a warning message on the pack hehe)

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The front and back of the actual game box with the game disc, instruction manual and 2-disc soundtrack.

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The figures This set contains the Olivier and Kloe figures. I already took them out of the box, but basically they're protected by hard plastic sheets inside their figure boxes.

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Posting the God Set in another post

[Raine]

Photos for the God Deluxe edition.

First, the front, back, side of the box. Opens up the same way as the Devil King edition. And quite surprisingly (considering it has some more stuff) the box is the exact same size.

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The figure boxes are up top, and the pillow cover at the bottom. I haven't opened it up yet, but it's basically a 150x50 pillow cover, one side has Lazy and the other side is Randy.

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The postcards, bookmarks, and the shiny cards. The images on the postcards and bookmarks are different from the Devil King edition, and again, they're also double-sided. The small cards are the shiny cards, the God edition gets an additional 6 shiny cards (total of 10). I think you can kind of see the shiny effect on the Lloyd and Tio cards from the photo. 4 of them are in the pack, since they're spoiler characters.

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Lazy and Rixia figures, alongside the prince and princess

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The game box, instructional manual, soundtrack CDs, artbook and game guide are the same so didn't take photos of those again

I'll add in the Joshua and Loewe figures once I get them.

Oh, forgot to add, the general feedback from the Chinese community is that among the figures, Arianrhod is the worst one. Lots of bad paint jobs and cracks/dents in the same places (problem with the mold?). So if you're thinking of getting that figure, should probably be aware of that. Actually Tio has the same problem with quality, and lots of people think the Tio figure doesn't look that great, quite different from the promo pictures (her eyes especially). Imo, Tio and Arianrhod pretty much equal in terms of bad QC. Also, if you're thinking of getting the simplied Chinese deluxe box-sets, there are lots of reports of missing and misplaced items in people's sets...

[Aveyn Knight]

I'm too scared to click on the images in case I get jealous X D

Aww, that's too bad that Tio's low tier. As you implied, her figure looked pretty good in the promo pics.

That reminds me, what do you think of the Kloe figure? Obviously you've got photos of it, but actually seeing and having it is totally different X D

[Raine]

Yea it's too bad about the Tio figure The promo pic makes her look cute while having that indifferent face XD but the actual thing, least from all the pics I've seen of other people's unboxing, it's like she's bored, like her eyes are lifeless. Her swimming buoy turned translucent too though that's kinda cool

Kloe figure, she's more consistent in terms of quality. Don't think I've heard of any major disasters with her XD except some of the earlier pictures of her unboxing, her mouth was out of place making her look weird (some suspect it may be because of the shooting angle). But I think that's probably one of the earlier batches. The more recent unboxing pictures, they're all normal~ The paint job is pretty good, except there are some color leakages in small places. Not really obvious though unless you're examining it really close-up. Overall, she's a nice figure And you can't pull out her sword. It's easy to get her on the stand too, even though she looks to have only one leg to support her whole body, no fear of her falling over.

I think most people agree that the best quality ones are the Wazy/Lazy, Rixia, Joshua, Loewe figures. Oh and did I mention you can turn Rixia's sword? hehe

Mixed reviews with Kloe, Olivier, Elie (though generally good).

Tio and Arianrhod the worst ones (I've seen lots of disaster pics of those two XD;;;

I think the only complaint I've heard of Wazy is that lots of people have a hard time getting him to stand something about the hole under his feet being a bit tight with the stand.. (and he's not even an easy figure to stand to begin with)

[Aveyn Knight]

Thanks for the info ^^

Now I'm starting to regret ordering the regular Hong Kong version and not getting one of the Taiwanese sets instead.

BTW, the HK limited editions are pretty lacklustre IMHO. That and they don't let you choose the figure you want (you get one chosen at random from a selection four). I actually cancelled my Zero no Kiseki limited edition because of that reason X D

Just because you seem to know a fair amount about the Chinese editions, can I ask are you familiar with any economical methods of purchasing the figures separately? Like say, from Taobao merchants? (I don't really visit the Chinese community much.)

I'm quite tempted by the Kloe figure, but I don't want to break the bank to get it ^^;;;

[Raine]

I had a really hard time deciding which editions to get too, there are so many between mainland china/hk/taiwan =_=

Oh and you can totally just get the figures if you want. There's a big after-market for those figures, but the prices will be a bit more expensive. Can find a lot on Taobao under "ºÑ¤§­y¸ñ ¤â¿ì". Here's the direct link:

s.taobao.com/search?initiative_id=staobaoz_20130421&q=%B1%CC%D6%AE%DC%89%DBE+%CA%D6%DEk

Or if you want to search for the Kloe figure (totally get why you want it I'm a Kloe fan too hehe), can search for her directly too

kind of like this one

item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.79.2lKBXs&id=23904168271