I'm a huge fan of Akira, and when I first started collecting figures one of the first figures I got was Alpha's Kaneda. The one of him sitting on the red chair. Ever since I got him I wanted the Tetsuo to match, but haven't had the chance to get him. I spotted him once at a con for $40 which wasn't a… [more]
My friend and I on different etsy's of course are selling some cute Dollfie Dream Items! First up I've got some cute one of a kind headbands for Dollfie Dreams, only one of each color for sale and at a great price of $2.50USD Each it's impossible not to get them all! Click the images to get to the… [more]
Kyo-Ani's first step into making anime figures was such a lovely success. When Yuki was first announced I was apprehensive on getting her since Kyo-ani never made any figures before. It seems from their recent releases of K-on figures that this first beautiful release was a fluke since those suck,… [more]
Since I've been selling stuff on Etsy I've been looking around from time to time of items of my favorite characters, when I spotted Yoko on this etsy vendor I knew I had to have it! When I saw they did custom items I also know I had to have a Sailor Moon! Yoko is sooo adorable! You know how much I… [more]
A new figure was announced, Alter is releasing another figure from the ever so popular Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu. This time it’s Mikuru, I’m not exactly sure If I’ll get her but I will be pre-ordering her. It’s refreshing to see a face on a Mikuru figure that is not either horrendously off compared to her anime counterpart, or the face of the Max Factory Mikuru where she doesn’t seem to be having much fun. I will just say that I honestly would have preferred to have one of her in her seifuku but it is refreshing to see her in anything thing other than the usual Mikuru Beam~ ep 13 outfit she wears. She’ll be released this June for about 5,177 yen, so since I’ve only got Siesta set for a June release I’m not too worried about having too many figures for that month. My usual limit is 3 a month, unless I get some extra moneys for the month then it’s more, but I try and keep my average at 3-a-month.
Also finally HLJ opened pre-orders for Alter’s 1/8 Siesta. I’m not so sure what is going on with HLJ, before they would have the figures out for pre-order so quickly, but lately they have been taking their sweet time putting them out on the future release page. One figure in particular that’s still not on their future release page is Movic’s Teena figure. It’s been announced for a while now, other websites have her up, but HLJ doesn’t. Now I tend to make the majority of my figure purchases with HLJ, but with HLJ taking a little longer with processing orders I’m experimenting with other companies. I’ve got Alter’s 1/8 Louise Bustier Version on pre-order through Kid Nemo, It’s my brother’s Christmas present but since I’m broke I opted to order it with them since they have it listed as not in stock till Feb, 29th 2008. I have yet to receive a figure from them but I’m eager to see how their service compares to that of HLJ. I had also previously used Entertainment Earth for ordering my Max Factory 1/8 Kotori figure. Shipping was only $6 and she arrived relatively soon, plus I got her on sale! My only complaint is if the figures aren’t on sale they tend to charge a lot more for each figure. But then the cheap shipping does makeup for it.
Luckily Max Factory’s Fauna is still in stock; I want this figure badly but have yet to make an order, being broke sucks… I’m just hoping that I get called for this new job soon so I can start working and get paid. Fauna actually is #1 on my list of “things I need to buy once i get more moneys!” Did I mention being broke sucks? Someone did buy the fake Mai figure I had for sale. So that was a bit of help, but then eBay has decided to be awesome and send me the bill for all my fees, so all the money I made from posters, figures, and what-not is going down the drain. But then this is all the eBay fees for a while now so it’s understandable that they charge me now.
I might still get a shot at owning the Max Factory Tsuruya-san figure. She’s been pushed back to February. Is it me or does MF have a habit of pushing back their Haruhi figures? The same thing happened to Asakura Ryoko when she was up for pre-order they didn’t have in stock until about 3 months later so I was able to snag one. So hopefully for me this same pattern continues and she keeps getting pushes back until I have more money!
Tsuruya-san been pushed back to feb is a good sign because I won’t have any urges in wanting a figurine during that month. Well… maybe. xD
I hope everything works out dancingqueen where you will be able to grab her + your Fauna. ^^
I had this figure pre-ordered a while ago, but then I saw the Max Factory version (which mimics their Tsuruya waitress figure). Comparatively, this figure look drab and lifeless. I can’t wait for it to ship later this month.
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