It’s time to call Hela, because Hel just froze over! For the second time in under a month, I’m excited about a Kotobukiya Marvel Bishoujo statue. Ordinarily I find the statues in this particular line to end up more than a little slutty-looking, but Koto really impressed me with their SDCC 2014 Psylocke Bishoujo exclusive. And now, just a few weeks after unveiling that beauty, Kotobukiya has blown away my expectations with another upcoming release: the Kotobukiya Jubilee Bishoujo statue is now up for order!

Fans of the 1990’s X-Men can be divided up into two basic groups: those who love Jubilee, and those who hate Jubilee. Me? I love Jubilee. In fact, she’s my absolutely favorite member of the X-Men (not counting offshoot teams like the New Mutants, of course). And like the long-hated Ewoks of Star Wars fame, Jubilee has finally risen back to popularity in recent years as kids who loved the FOX X-Men cartoon and the Jim Lee X-Men have grown up.

Jubilee has traditionally had less merch produced for her than any other member of the Jim Lee X-Men team, despite being a (mostly) beloved member of the Fox X-Men cartoon roster. She’s had only a few action figures over the years, and Jubilee has never had a non low-end collectible released–until now!

Sometimes the Japanese-inspired Bishoujo statue feels awkward to me, but if there’s one character who really pulls it off, it’s Jubilation Lee! Being a 90’s cartoon/comic book character of Asian descent, Jubilee just seems right in Bishoujo form.

And while Jubilee’s costume isn’t quite the same as it was in the X-Men cartoon and on the X-Men Blue Team, more modern interpretations of her trademark yellow jacket and pink glasses are still present and accounted for.

If I have one disappointment with this Jubilee statue, it’s that it appears it’ll be missing the awesome duffel bag shown in the concept artwork for the piece. That plush Wolverine keychain on the backpack looked adorable!

I also really wanted some effects pieces to represent Jubilee’s fireworks mutant power, but alas, those don’t look to be included. Perhaps on an Generation X-colored Jubilee exclusive version someday?

The Kotobukiya Bishoujo Jubilee statue is now available for pre-order, and is expected to be released in January 2015. It’s going to be tough waiting until next year for this piece, but after waiting over two decades for a great Jubilee toy, I can stand to wait a little longer!

Will you be buying the first-ever high-end Jubilee statue, Marvel collectors? Or does the X-Men’s resident mallrat-turned-vampire just not hold the same appeal for you as some of her more marketed teammates?