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My ZCWO Gloria figure just arrived today and I haven't seen any reviews of it thus far so, I thought I'd post my own (which I hope is fine to do).
Apologies in advance for the messy photos and poor quality shots - I was in the middle of cleaning my workspace up when she arrived.
I've included TL;DR in bold following the comments regarding the photos.
Box Front & Back - Box partially damaged during transit.
The box is quite large, but the front of the box had a bit of damage mid-transit. Luckily everything inside was fine as there was another layer of foam covering everything set into the box.
Contents - Some items stiff due to packing, hair not secured properly.
The bunny ears are a little bit bent from how they were packed into the box, the material is a bit stiff and may need to be heated up a tad in order to style them without breaking them.
The hair wasn't fully secured and will likely need to be tidied up before anything else is done.
Details - Tie feels a little cheap, rest of the clothing feels sturdy. Fishnets are over pantyhose, fishnets may also have runs where attached to the camisole. Collar is sewn in. Headsculpt paint is flat, hair is wigged and looks possible to split from the head easily to rewig.
The tailcoat has a small metal ring that needs the chainlink connected to it slipped through the small hole to get it off the figure, it may feel as though you've broken the chain but it has actually disconnected.
The tie is seemingly made of a ribbon and feels a bit cheap. It has elastic around the neck. The shirt collar is sewn in, I was unable to remove the headsculpt to detach it and had to cut the three stitches holding the collar together - I won't be needing this as I intend to kitbash this figure.
The shoulder straps for the main part of the outfit are just plain strings and feel like they could be broken quite easily if they were to get stuck within the shoulder joint or if removed from the figure - one of the straps on mine was stuck and it took a bit of fiddling to get it off the body.
At the very least, the back of the outfit has a zipper which feels sturdy enough.
Underneath the fishnets is a skintone pantyhose sewn into the outfit together as to hide the joints of the figure. The fishnets may have a couple of runs where they were sewn to the main outfit, mine did but the pantyhose below was perfectly fine - none of these issues could be seen as they were obscured by the tailcoat.
The feet included have slightly slanted pegs (the pegs are part of the feet, not separate) to work in the high heels included with the figure but worked perfectly fine in some spare boots I had laying around when I checked.
The hands are of a more rubber type material and appear to be the same colour as previous ZCWO figures when compared to a set of hands I had purchased loose previously.
The rest of the clothing for the figure appear to be quite sturdy, if a bit plain and boring.
The headsculpt's paint is flat and not particularly glossy or detailed. This is irrelevant to me as I will be repainting part of the eyes for the kitbash this figure is intended for.
The hair is wigged into a cap which appears to be possible to separate from the figure's head - somewhat similar to some of the Barbie lines that I had in the 90s that had interchangeable hair - likely the head would need to be heated up in order to pop this off and rewig it if required.
Comparison to Hot Toys Resident Evil "Alice" body - more tan, larger bust, smaller waist and backside. Legs are a little more shapely.
The Gloria figure has extended ankle pieces, these have a square joint to connect to the legs and sadly cannot be used for a shorter figure without modification or a shorter ankle adaptor. These can come off quite easily if you are trying to yank the feet off the body.
The Gloria figure also has a larger breast size, smaller waist size and the backside is smaller in contrast to how much "overhang" is on the Hot Toys Alice one. The legs have a bit more shape but there's a longer crotch area on the Gloria one.
The colour of the headsculpt matches better with the Hot Toys body from the looks of the ZCWO but, again I still wasn't able to get the head disconnected to see what sort of neck adaptor it uses.
The skintone is quite shiny and a bit more tan in contrast to the pale pink-ish white tones of the Hot Toys Alice figure. For whatever reason, I am reminded of the Dragon Biohazard CODE: Veronica tan figures - which is likely a plus given the character I am intending to turn Gloria into.
In terms of movement, the ZCWO Gloria one moves quite smoothly but very easily in contrast to the Hot Toys Alice one feeling sturdy but a tad stiff.
Complaints - Slightly loose joints
The hip to leg joints can get slightly stuck depending on the pose and may require an adjustment to get them back down without the fear of disconnecting one of the legs accidentally. The left leg moves easier than the right, it feels slightly loose but nothing that I feel concerned about.
I did however manage to get a pair of Pure Neemo bike shorts onto the Gloria figure with a bit of patience, I wasn't able to get these onto the Hot Toys Alice body before. Only issue here was that the clothing got stuck and somewhat wrapped around the leg joint and had to be cut off - mainly due to my own stupidity for trying such a small piece on the figure.
The torso can spin around completely and to me it seems that this would be the main cause of issues when attempting to dress the figure and having it spin around fully at the slightest touch. There is a slight gap between the piece for the breasts and the mid-torso piece but not severe enough to stick anything into or expect clothing to get stuck.
Overall Opinion
A decent figure in my opinion but the outfit is somewhat redundant to me - I really only purchased it due to the shape of the headsculpt and the particular colour of the wigged hair matching a kitbash (my very first one, to be honest) more-so than any of the other sculpts floating around so far.
Unless you like ZCWO figures, need a female figure without a somewhat "angry" expression on her face or would like a bunny outfit - I wouldn't pay more than the initial pre-order price for it for multiple reasons: there are both seamless bodies, more with double-joints, better paint work on the headsculpts and a large amount of the other bodies available for around the same price group or less include a larger variety of hands, feet and some spare pegs - the only extras with this particular figure were a set of plain hands. The outfit's usage to me, personally is rather limited.
However, that's just my opinion and I am still very much a newbie but the figure is far too reminiscent of Barbie type ones for my liking and is going to require a bit of time and effort to make her work with the other 1/6 scale ones I'm putting together.
Apologies in advance for the messy photos and poor quality shots - I was in the middle of cleaning my workspace up when she arrived.
I've included TL;DR in bold following the comments regarding the photos.
Box Front & Back - Box partially damaged during transit.


The box is quite large, but the front of the box had a bit of damage mid-transit. Luckily everything inside was fine as there was another layer of foam covering everything set into the box.
Contents - Some items stiff due to packing, hair not secured properly.


The bunny ears are a little bit bent from how they were packed into the box, the material is a bit stiff and may need to be heated up a tad in order to style them without breaking them.
The hair wasn't fully secured and will likely need to be tidied up before anything else is done.
Details - Tie feels a little cheap, rest of the clothing feels sturdy. Fishnets are over pantyhose, fishnets may also have runs where attached to the camisole. Collar is sewn in. Headsculpt paint is flat, hair is wigged and looks possible to split from the head easily to rewig.


The tailcoat has a small metal ring that needs the chainlink connected to it slipped through the small hole to get it off the figure, it may feel as though you've broken the chain but it has actually disconnected.
The tie is seemingly made of a ribbon and feels a bit cheap. It has elastic around the neck. The shirt collar is sewn in, I was unable to remove the headsculpt to detach it and had to cut the three stitches holding the collar together - I won't be needing this as I intend to kitbash this figure.
The shoulder straps for the main part of the outfit are just plain strings and feel like they could be broken quite easily if they were to get stuck within the shoulder joint or if removed from the figure - one of the straps on mine was stuck and it took a bit of fiddling to get it off the body.
At the very least, the back of the outfit has a zipper which feels sturdy enough.
Underneath the fishnets is a skintone pantyhose sewn into the outfit together as to hide the joints of the figure. The fishnets may have a couple of runs where they were sewn to the main outfit, mine did but the pantyhose below was perfectly fine - none of these issues could be seen as they were obscured by the tailcoat.
The feet included have slightly slanted pegs (the pegs are part of the feet, not separate) to work in the high heels included with the figure but worked perfectly fine in some spare boots I had laying around when I checked.
The hands are of a more rubber type material and appear to be the same colour as previous ZCWO figures when compared to a set of hands I had purchased loose previously.
The rest of the clothing for the figure appear to be quite sturdy, if a bit plain and boring.

The headsculpt's paint is flat and not particularly glossy or detailed. This is irrelevant to me as I will be repainting part of the eyes for the kitbash this figure is intended for.
The hair is wigged into a cap which appears to be possible to separate from the figure's head - somewhat similar to some of the Barbie lines that I had in the 90s that had interchangeable hair - likely the head would need to be heated up in order to pop this off and rewig it if required.
Comparison to Hot Toys Resident Evil "Alice" body - more tan, larger bust, smaller waist and backside. Legs are a little more shapely.



The Gloria figure has extended ankle pieces, these have a square joint to connect to the legs and sadly cannot be used for a shorter figure without modification or a shorter ankle adaptor. These can come off quite easily if you are trying to yank the feet off the body.
The Gloria figure also has a larger breast size, smaller waist size and the backside is smaller in contrast to how much "overhang" is on the Hot Toys Alice one. The legs have a bit more shape but there's a longer crotch area on the Gloria one.
The colour of the headsculpt matches better with the Hot Toys body from the looks of the ZCWO but, again I still wasn't able to get the head disconnected to see what sort of neck adaptor it uses.
The skintone is quite shiny and a bit more tan in contrast to the pale pink-ish white tones of the Hot Toys Alice figure. For whatever reason, I am reminded of the Dragon Biohazard CODE: Veronica tan figures - which is likely a plus given the character I am intending to turn Gloria into.
In terms of movement, the ZCWO Gloria one moves quite smoothly but very easily in contrast to the Hot Toys Alice one feeling sturdy but a tad stiff.
Complaints - Slightly loose joints
The hip to leg joints can get slightly stuck depending on the pose and may require an adjustment to get them back down without the fear of disconnecting one of the legs accidentally. The left leg moves easier than the right, it feels slightly loose but nothing that I feel concerned about.
I did however manage to get a pair of Pure Neemo bike shorts onto the Gloria figure with a bit of patience, I wasn't able to get these onto the Hot Toys Alice body before. Only issue here was that the clothing got stuck and somewhat wrapped around the leg joint and had to be cut off - mainly due to my own stupidity for trying such a small piece on the figure.
The torso can spin around completely and to me it seems that this would be the main cause of issues when attempting to dress the figure and having it spin around fully at the slightest touch. There is a slight gap between the piece for the breasts and the mid-torso piece but not severe enough to stick anything into or expect clothing to get stuck.
Overall Opinion
A decent figure in my opinion but the outfit is somewhat redundant to me - I really only purchased it due to the shape of the headsculpt and the particular colour of the wigged hair matching a kitbash (my very first one, to be honest) more-so than any of the other sculpts floating around so far.
Unless you like ZCWO figures, need a female figure without a somewhat "angry" expression on her face or would like a bunny outfit - I wouldn't pay more than the initial pre-order price for it for multiple reasons: there are both seamless bodies, more with double-joints, better paint work on the headsculpts and a large amount of the other bodies available for around the same price group or less include a larger variety of hands, feet and some spare pegs - the only extras with this particular figure were a set of plain hands. The outfit's usage to me, personally is rather limited.
However, that's just my opinion and I am still very much a newbie but the figure is far too reminiscent of Barbie type ones for my liking and is going to require a bit of time and effort to make her work with the other 1/6 scale ones I'm putting together.