Unboxing and Review: Good Smile Company Fate/Stay Night 1/7 Saber Triumphant Excalibur

Ever since I started collecting Fate figures, Saber Triumphant Excalibur has been my Holy Grail of Saber figures, and I finally got her last month. She's a 1:7 scale figure, and she's currently the second largest figure in my Saber shrine (the largest is the Alter 1/6 Saber Maid Ver. R).

A look at all sides of the box

The size and bulkiness make the box seem heavy, but it's actually not. You can easily lift and carry it without straining your arms (and your back :p). As for the design, I like the shiny and reflective surface of the box, the color scheme, and the intricately decorated façade. I think the box's design provided an elegant appeal to the entire package that holds the King of Knights.

Now let's open it:

But then I probably like shiny things, too

Once you take the blister pack that protects and holds the figure, you'll see the shiny interior cardboard with the Fate/Stay Night logo. You can consider using that as a background if you're taking pictures of the figure.

The blister pack is being held together by pieces of clear tape on the sides and four wires. My first scale figure by Good Smile Company is Fate/Zero 1/8 Saber & Saber Motored Cuirassier and it also had wires holding the blister pack together. I had a difficult time removing them because they were securely twisted to ensure that they won't be easily undone, and the figure and its parts can stay perfectly in place. Saber & Saber Motored Cuirassier had two wires, but Saber Triumphant Excalibur had four.

My first reaction upon seeing the wires: "Oh no, not again."

Took me 5 minutes to undo everything without using any special tools

Once you manage to remove all four wires, carefully pull the two blister packs apart from each other and relish that "new figure smell".

Mmm smells like PVC

But seriously, she didn't have a strong new figure smell, so you won't have to worry about suddenly getting a headache or being dizzy or maybe even high if you're that sensitive.

The base is impressive. The broken tiles give it a more rugged and grungy appeal. Touching the base and turning it over would reveal a surface that is not entirely flat, providing more realism to it, like someone had taken an oblong chunk off a tiled floor.

Of course, there's a Fate/Stay Night logo

Five things are being held by the blister pack: the figure, two Excaliburs, the peg, and the base.

What's in the box

It's your choice which sword to use. The actual Excalibur might look plain and not so appealing when held by the dynamic-looking figure, so you might want to use the invisible Excalibur, which provides more elegance and dynamism to the entire figure.

Although I used the actual Excalibur lol

There is a hole under Saber's left foot and on the stand where the metal peg must be inserted.

Le peg

If you're not sure which side goes where or how to insert the peg, do check out the instructions that come with the figure. It's folded and protected by plastic. The pictures are detailed and easily understandable in case you cannot read or understand Nihongo or Japanese.

Instructions

The short side goes into the foot

The longer one goes to the stand

Saber Triumphant Excalibur is well-made that she can balance properly despite the thin peg on her foot. The peg is durable and won't bend and break easily, and the figure itself won't wobble or shake. Once I got her to stand, I was impressed by the peg's design and the way it can steadily hold such a dynamic figure.

The King of Knights stands!

The last I did was to make her hold Excalibur. You can simply insert the handle into her fists, or remove the end first.

Yep, that can come off

If you want to remove the sword from Saber's hands, it's advisable to remove that end before pulling the sword out. I made a mistake not removing the end first, so when I pulled out the sword, that gold thing popped out and I spent a minute searching for it, wondering where it could have landed.

Here are more pictures of Saber Triumphant Excalibur:

Everything about Good Smile Company's Fate/Stay Night 1/7 Saber Triumphant Excalibur figure is elegantly fierce and dynamic, making her a suitable addition to a Saber shrine. If you're thinking of buying one scaled figure of Saber, then perhaps this should be it. Though inanimate, the figure's dynamic pose, Saber's natural elegance, and her regal yet fierce facial expression bring Saber Triumphant Excalibur to life and ready to gracefully strike.