I love this set so much. If it goes into GB I'm gonna pick up a few kits and that deskmat is gorgeous!
Now my take on the controversy: This set was made by weebs for weebs. People who haven't watched the show have no right to call out any kind of novs that the designer picks. The anime is full-on ecchi on purpose, nobody mentions that. I know AsiaSpace did not make those novs as a horny weeaboo, this is the entire premise of the show. The first time I saw them I was laughing and thought it was a great joke for those who understood it. Obviously, it was taken as inappropriate and pedophile-like. In the end, anime is just a drawing and Ryuko is 17 (only a few months away from being legal is most parts of the world...). I'm not trying to mask real mental illness (pedophilea) but why sexualize a piece of clothing that was made as a meme? If it was a boxer or a speedo, would you guys have responded in the same way?
Anyway, in terms of it looking like Alter, I think this set does it better. The base kit is better, the pricing will most likely be better, and the rest of the novs are amazing. I understand that there is stigma around people who make similar-looking colorways to another set that came before it but we really need to chill a bit. There are only so many color combos and if a designer needs to match a certain "character" they need to use the colors in such a way that makes sense. Could the set have red alphas with navy legends? Sure, but the character uses red as an accent, not a base (for example). Just because someone else made a set on Alter Saber with a certain colorway (her actual colors), doesn't mean that some other designer can't make a set similar that resembles a completely different character (which has the same colors). Both are different enough to not be confused with each other and I welcome anyone who didn't get into GMK Alter to buy MW Halfblade without the novs just to have a set they didn't manage to get. That would be all.
Merry Christmas to everyone!