I'm always on the fence when buying a griffon figure but the worst Shimakaze goes to that castoff version from whoever it was. That said she is quite a bit cuter here but their final product almost never looks the part of the photos in my experience with them. And yes this is what she looks like on the original art so saying she's ugly is quite the misconception. Wait for the release and a review is the safe route if you're concerned.

I don't like Griffon, but this is the LEAST acceptable one so far from this manufacture.
This is actually very faithful to original illustration.
I know most of you hate Griffon, but be reasonable with evaluation.

I understand that this figure was based on the original official artwork for Shimakaze, but since the creation of Kancolle and her rise to popularity, there have been so many stronger illustrations and interpretations of her that Griffon could have used for source material.

Having said that, it's actually a pretty faithful representation of the original illustration.

What are you talking about? She's super cute!

Still waiting for the 1/8 Max Factory version.

Yuck...
Poor Shimakaze... What did she do to deserve this horrific Griffon treatment?
Even the prototype looks bad! I can't start to imagine what the finished product will look like.
I know she's supposed to be "petite"... But this is is "stick-figure-thin"!
Pass, even if I'm a big Shimakaze fan...

pricey for 1/8