It completely lacks the depth and charm of the previous statue’s portrait, and that’s a real shame. The paint isn’t particularly sloppy, maybe a little uneven around the lips, but it’s all so flat, particularly in that one open eye. Instead of cute, she just comes across to me as creepy. I think a big part of that is a combination of the awkward wink and smile. It’s definitely one of the higher points of Vault Girls ensemble. The paint and detail are both solid and it looks like it came straight out of the game. They did a nice job recreating the Custom Super Sledge, a rocket-propelled sledge hammer perfect for knocking down those Feral Ghouls and Rad Scorpions. The boots are matte black and they did provide some black shading over the blue suit to give it some texture. The skin-tone is all flat and lifeless, and shows scratching here and there.
There are also some splotches of gloss on the blue of the jumpsuit, which I presume is from spilled glue or primer.
I guess you could argue it looks dirty and everything is dirty in the Fallout world, but I’m positive that’s not what they were going for here. The shades of bright blue and yellow are well chosen, but pretty much all the yellow suffers from the darker base bleeding through.
What I’m not as keen over is the quality of the paint. The back of her suit shows that she’s from Vault 111, making this a Fallout 4 statue, as the protagonist from that game was revived from cryogenic sleep in Vault 111. Despite her wearing the classic blue Vault-Tec jumpsuit, it’s form-fitting enough to show off her curves and add some sex appeal. Vault Girl is posing with her sledge hammer on her shoulder, her left arm reaching out with a thumbs up, while she offers a cheesecake wink and a grin. Inside the box, the statue comes fully assembled between two clear plastic trays.Īnd here she is, looking… OK. The art is pretty nice, including some great concept art for the Vault Girl herself, and a blueprint-style background. This roughly 1/10 Scale “limited” PVC statue comes in a fully enclosed box with an outer sleeve to protect it. Well, she’s been out a while, and sitting on my Pile of Shame, so let’s get her open and check her out. Last year I had a look at their very cool Nuka Cola Pin-up statue and I was so happy with it, I pre-ordered their Vault Girl. And that brings me to ThinkGeek, which has been turning out some Fallout statues as part of their Modern Icons series. Fallout and I parted ways with the release of Fallout 76, but at least I can always relive my glory days with the franchise, whether it be on Steam with the PC originals, or on the consoles with the newer games.
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