I haven't been a fan of Yamato's work for quite some time. When I first started collecting figures they were more readily available and I owned a few but after I started finding better quality pieces I sold them all since they were so horrible. I haven't bought a Yamato figure in so many years but recently… [more]
One of the awesome things I love about Etsy is fniding other talented people who make amazing things you end up buying. One thing I spotted was this adorable dress for a Dollfie Dream. But Alas since Yoko is such a busty girl it's hard to find outfits that fit her and I almost passed. That was until… [more]
Going to already warn you this is a very picture heavy post. Over 100+ pictures but really not as many as I wish I took. We left LAX at 12:42pm on Tuesday the 20th of March. Only to arrive in Japan 12 hours later Wednesday the 21st of March at 4:30pm. We lost a whole day on the flight but the flight… [more]
More plushies! I love getting custom orders and I love when they are characters I want to make that's even better! I have so many ideaas for new plushies to make, but orders come first so if there is a character you'd like then make that custom order! Of course this time it's the adorable Kagamine… [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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