Sega Prize: Elsa Frozen 2

Ah! This statue is finally in my possession! Finding out its existence back in April made me happy! I have come across Sega Prize before, and their work on Frozen was breathtaking last time. So, does this live up to my hype? Let's find out!

The box is nothing fancy. The front is as far as I'll showcase. All in all, it does a fine job of getting the theme of Frozen 1. Also, just about everything is in Japanese, so I can't help ya there for any translation. I can read Disney, and I am going to imagine the word before "2" is "Anna and the Snow Queen", which was Frozen's Japanese title.

If I haven't made it abundantly clear, I adore Elsa's 'default'/traveling outfit. I also like her "Prologue/Some Things Never Change" dress and her "Into the Unknown" nightgown. Her "Show Yourself/Snow Queen" is also quite enticing, but that's the point of the character I am not completely settled in with. But regardless, I'll eat up Elsa merchandise if it fits my collection. This one certainly does, and Sega Prize does tickle my fancy. They also did a fine job picking this outfit first (hope they do more with her other outfit). The pose is definitely reminiscent of Elsa and Anna's 'walking to the journey' pose--something that I'm sure is easy to find in any place selling Frozen 2 merchandise. It's a good and safe pose to choose from, and I'm not going to complain about it. There are other Elsa poses I would have preferred, but hey, again, not going to complain!

The details on this figure are actually pretty darn good. A lot of people complain that her default dress looks too plain, but honestly, while it’s not as glam and sparkly as her Let It Go dress, it still has plenty of nice details — especially on the shoulders, the belt, the hem of the skirt, and the tassels/cape. Overall, it’s not as lacking as most people make it out to be. I think Sega Prize did a solid job with the dress. It doesn’t go too elaborate, but it delivers where it counts.

Where they fall a bit short is on her face (I’ll go into more detail on that later). The stand is also pretty uninspiring. Sure, it’s just a stand, but Elsa’s feet barely fit on it. I might have to resort to permanently gluing her in place at some point.

With the paint job, it's mostly well done. They picked the proper variants of blue to represent Elsa's Frozen 2 dress and it meshes quite well. No shading, but it's good. I think the eyes aren't even, something that has to be almost perfect, especially when the character is looking straight ahead. But not too bad. She's still Elsa, and it's still a more than adequate job well done.

Next to the first Sega Prize Elsa, just by the face alone and the details on the cape, it almost seems like this Frozen 2 Sega Prize is a few years back. That Elsa from Frozen 1 was just a well-done piece, and it may be an unfair judgment. But with years after and a highly anticipated and loved sequel, the Frozen 2 version should have been the same caliber or above. Again, harsh judgment even from a person who still adores it.

Some faulty painting on the eyes and the stand knocks it down a few pegs. Though paint is adequate and the stand, while it's uninspiring and barely does its job, I can still recommend this to any Frozen 2/Elsa fan. It's a nice little addition to my collection, even if it's hard to put it next to the first Elsa. Regardless, I'm happy I have her, and I can still commend Sega Prize for doing this! Now, can we look at her other Frozen 2 dress? Or maybe her Christmas/Winter dress, please?

Until Next Time!