Toylet has some amazing sales going on right about now! Lots of really awesome character goods, some amazing figures! Some awesome stuff for both the boys and the girls! That Gurren Lagann towel it calling my name!

Yep that’s the Elusive Shuraki Char Rhousemann for sale! I’m surprised they even have some Char in stock! For $100 she’s quite the steal!

These are just some of the amazing stuff they have on sale! Check it out and get your favorites before they sell out!

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Once again we have another Loaned figure, this time the amazingly stunning Octavia from Tears to Tiara. I had never seen her in person and she is just lovely and has such an amazing movement.

Love her vibrant colors and her pose full of movement.

Interchangeable arms, so she can either hold her sword or have it sheathed and be reaching for it.

Her blue eyes just pop since there isn’t anything else that’s blue on either the figure or the background I choose.

The purple detail on her scarf is very lovely and really adds that something special.

Oh this is something I haven’t shown in quite a while! A panty shot!

Such an exciting figure with an exhilarating pose with a flowing movement! Action poses are hard to master and sometimes you get them right and with Octavia I feel they did well with the flow of this figure and the colors are just spot on.

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Kotobukiya
1/8 Scale
Initial release in December ‘08
Price of 6,800 Yen

Get your own Octavia!

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OHHHH This is just the cutest K-on figure! I’m not even a Mio fan myself, Love Yui and Ui more! But this figure I’ll have to do my best to get my hands on! So adorable!

Such a perfect behind!

LOVE the heart!

MUST OWN! This amazing Freeing figure will be out for pre-order at some of your favorite retailers for 7,800 yen and to be released around July this year!

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Ok, so for this review I’m half-assing it this time! I apologize but things have been busy and while, I have actually gotten a few new figures of my own, yet It’s been hard to find time to sit down and do another review! I’m doing my best for you! Here we have the first Sega set of Gurren Lagann figures of Yoko and Nia.

As we should all know by now, Sega’s quality in these figures isn’t really up there. But with a retail price of 1,500 yen you can’t expect the best quality figures. That being said I love Nia’s eyes! They got them spot on! Her hair is lacking in the blue undertones, here it looks even a bit green and doesn’t have enough of the blue we come to expect with Nia. Her pose is generic and isn’t too spectacular. Some hiccups in the paint and the sculpt is sub-par, but again for such a low price you can’t expect the best.

With Yoko here I feel they got her body proportions a little off, but then most figure companies tend to change her body type per figure and she never looks exactly the same. Her pose, like Nia’s, is also quite boring and generic and doesn’t really scream “badass girl with a gun” when you see her, heck she doesn’t even come with a gun! I feel they got her eyes done well but something about her smile is awkward as is her eyebrows, giving her a confused look when you look carefully. One thing that bugs me with this Yoko figure is they don’t seem to do much with her long hair, it just drops down next to her and doesn’t flow or have a feeling of movement. I also wish they would have picked a better color for her hair, standing next to my other Yoko figures her hair seems to be almost too red.

With both figures if it weren’t for the fact that I’m just a huge fangirl I would never have bothered. I have very few Sega figures since the quality is just so little/non-existent. The few figures from Sega I own are figures characters I truly love like Sakura and Tomoyo from Card Captor Sakura. So owning the Yoko and Nia figures isn’t a stretch for someone like myself who likes to go after owning them as well! Would I recommend them to anyone? Only if they really wanted a Yoko or Nia figure for cheap, and even then I’d still say to just save your money and get the Uplark Nia for if you want a Nia figure and for Yoko there are so many other figures much worthy of your hard earned money.

-Figure Info-
Yoko
Manufactured by Sega
non Scale
Initial release in August ‘09
Price of1,500 Yen

Nia
Manufactured by Sega
non Scale
Initial release in August ‘09
Price of 1,500 Yen

You can still find these figures, for those on a budget it’s the best set to get your hands on!

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My brother is a HUGE Touhou fan so of course he had to get his hands on these awesome Griffon Enterprises Touhou Project figures. First review up is Marisa, I’ve also got a Reimu figure so expect her review up soon!

Love her outfit, love the big hat and the bloomers! Her character design is just so adorable!

She’s really well made and there is a huge jump in quality from these figures to my older Eureka Seven figures from Griffon.

They’ve really upped their game and I gotta say that once I can get the funds to start collecting figures again I’ll be keeping an eye out for Griffon figures.

Her mouth isn’t as nicely detailed as i’d like, She does have some issues there but then open mouths can be hard to master.

Her pose as well is very cute and I love how she holds her broom.

Very nice shading with her clothes.

The bloomers are a nice touch instead of having just teeny panties.

Great detail on the broom.

Love how the base has her name, The plain bases bug me but the name tag gives it something special.

A truly lovely figure that any Touhou fan would love to have in their collection. My Hint of the day is to check out AmiAmi.com They’ve got her up for pre-order
-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/8 scale
Initial release in August ‘09
Price of 7,140 yen

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The Loaned Figures series continues! This time it’s a figure that I must get my hands on! A figure that even with my obsession of Yoko I was apprehensive on getting her myself but all those worries have melted away with seeing her in person!

Real Image Yoko by Max Factory, a figure that i saw and said YUCK! I didn’t like her face, her body proportions at all! I felt that i might get her and have her in the background of my wall of Yoko figures.

Yet seeing her in person I’m blown away completely! I feel that I just didn’t give this Yoko a chance when she really deserved a chance from me!

I first felt her face was awkward, but now seeing her in the flesh, her eyes are my favorite part! They just are so bright and so sexy! Something just makes you want to look at her and nothing else!

The glasses look amazing and you change it out by changing out her hair piece, which is good so that way you don’t just lose a little piece!

I also have to say her body is killer! While it would obviously have to be since she’s Yoko, the real life proportions make her look even better!

Makes you feel that this is what someone would look like if they cosplayed her well!

Very nice under boob for the boys!

Great legs!

Love how she holds the gun! Also love how you don’t have to put the gun in her hands, I’ve broken my fair share of guns trying to get them into the right place!

I definitely need this Yoko for my Yoko collection! She’s so stunning and amazing and for sure a MUST GET for any fan of Yoko!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Max Factory
1/6 Scale
Initial release in December ‘09
Price of 9,800 Yen

Get your hands on this Yoko as well! She’s too stunning to pass up!

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This time is a first for me, a Non-Anime figure! This is from my brother’s personal collection from the Special Edition of Assassin’s Creed II.

I do feel there are dramatic differences between Japanese made figures and American made figures.

His outfit is intricately designed and looks very nice on this figure.

The biggest difference I notice between the typical anime figures I own and Ezio here is the detail on his face. They really didn’t go all out making his face look good, and it seems they played too much into that his face will be covered and didn’t care to detail his eyes.

While his clothing is detailed enough there are parts where it seems they stretched themselves thin and wants to go for amazing detail but just didn’t know how to make it look realistic enough.

My biggest complaint other than his face would be the shading for his clothes. His arms have yellow painted within the folds to make the shading pop out more but the drastic difference between the two colors is just too harsh for just shading lines.

While this figure is meant to have his face covered I wish they would have at least made his eyes look better.

He looks cross-eyed, high and sleepy. Not a good combo for when you need to be scaling buildings and killing people.

I do like his base and the detail they gave him on his boots.

I do like the texturizing they did for his leather coat dealy, it really looks like leather.

Overall for a figure that to my understanding only cost you $20 more when you got the special edition of the game, he’s not bad at all. But considering that Good Smile Company or any other figure company in Japan will release a figure with a game and the figure tends to be so amazing they you’ll buy the game just to get the figure. Not buy the game and happen to get an extra figure. Personally? I wouldn’t have purchased Ezio by  himself, yet since he wasn’t much more with the game, why pass it up?

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Attakus Collection
8.5″ Non scale
Initial release in November ‘09
Price of $79.99 With game included

While you may have to track down this Ezio at your local videogame store, here are some awesome figure retailers, who might have Ezio as well!

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I said I’d do my best to continue updating you guys with new figures! Again more with the Loaned Figure series. Next up is another Kotobukiya Beauty Uesugi Kenshin from The Visual Novel Sengoku Rance.

Uesugi is for sure one of those figures that I had passed on but once I saw out of the box regretted immediately not getting her when she was originally released.

Such a lovely face, and big blue eyes that draw you in, it was hard not just stare at her. If I owned her I know she’d be sitting on my desk, she’s just too pretty to not want to always look at her.

Love her flowing hair, I’m not usually a fan of the way Kotobukiya does of hair but it works so well with Uesugi here.

She comes with a pointy hat, I’m not exactly sure what it is but I’m torn between the hat. I love and hate it at the same time.

I hate the hat since it draws too much attention away from her beautiful face and lovely dress.

It was pouring rain this past weekend, but that didn’t stop me from doing an outdoor shoot with this figure who really deserved having her own backdrop.

Luckily water doesn’t damage figures, but you gotta be sure to clean them up after wards or you can get water spots that are hard to remove later.

Now without the hat, it seems that there is something missing from her head. So I tend to prefer the hat but at the same time I wish it weren’t at such a dramatic point.

You can switch out her bow for a smaller bow as well, but I felt it was lacking and only did pictures with the big bow and her hat.

Not many full body shots, that’s my fault for not realizing they were blurry until way later in post production of of Photo Shoot. She comes with a small Diamond shaped base that doesn’t distract  from her at all. It’s in a transparent Dark blue and fits well with her, It’s a bit plain but overall does it’s job well.

Uesugi is just an overall stunning figure, I’ve got plenty more figures that I reviewed that are coming, but Uesugi is hands down one of the big surprises and favorites of this past weekends figures. I was blown away by how amazing she was in person and know that out of all the figures I got to see she is one I must get my hands on one day!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Kotobukiya
1/8 Scale
Initial release in April ‘08
Price of 6,800 Yen

Uesugi is a little hard to find now but if i spotted her anywhere I’d her! A good place to start would be any of these trusted retailers!

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More loaned figures for me, I’ve got some great friends and this past Saturday my good friend Daniel brought over tons of figures for me to take pictures of for review! First off we’ve got the lovely Kotobukiya Riannon from Tears To Tiara.

Now I haven’t purchased a Kotobukiya Figure other than the Kotobukiya Yoko in a long time. Part of me felt their quality was lacking but Daniel has shown me otherwise with these new figures of his.

He’s a huge fan of Kotobukya figures, not only for the figure quality but for there price. They tend to be a tad cheaper than some of the other major figure companies out now.

The detail and color on this amazing Riannon figure is just stunning!

Her ensemble is just so adorable!

Such a beautiful flow to her clothes, so natural and smooth.

Even the coins on her sash are so intricate and detailed!

Awesome design on the staff!

I have to say, I’m very much sold on this figure! Once I get some funds back up again I’m so getting my own to be in my collection!

Her hat is also magnetic and stays on really well!

Such a cute face!

I’m glad to have been able to get the chance to get my hands on Riannon, She’s lovely and stunning and I doubt I would have had a chance otherwise. It’s nice to see other people’s figures and see and understand what beauty they see with those figures. Even after I’m able to get back on my feet and review my own figures, I’ll continue this series of Loaned Figures since it’s giving me a chance to get my hands and see what other figures are out there that I may have missed myself! Would i have purchased this figure beforehand? No. But now after seeing her in person, holding her and getting to take in every angle of her? YES!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Kotobukiya
1/8 Scale
Initial release in November ‘08
Price of 6,800 Yen

Get your hands on Riannon before I do at any one of these fine retailers!

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I’ve got some awesome friends! Just the other day hanging out with my musician buddies for a little jam session. Sadly I was just a tag along since I don’t play any instrument, it was awesome seeing everyone rock out on their Guitars and Harmonica. Some really cool guys! Well why do you wonder I bring up Otakus and rocking out and you see this image of two really awesome Dakimakuras? Simple They were Otakus!

At least three of them for sure, one I just met and wasn’t 100% on but either way! We had gone to a friend’s apartment, he’s a huge Saber fanboy, and he’s got some amazing figures as well! Didn’t take any pictures of his room, but maybe next time I will!

Here’s a little video i took of them jamming before my battery died on me

Well again, back to these amazing Dakimakuras! My buddy Charles gave them to me! While he was showing off his anime room, I think he was a little caught off guard on how I’m not ashamed of Nude/Lude figures and I’m actually a huge fan of naughty anime figures! He showed me his amazing Saber Lily Dakimakura and I gushed over I how loved it so much and how I wish I had more than just my Kamina. He then proceeded to show me his entire Dakimakura collection and when I began drooling at seeing the adorable Nanoha and Feito pillow cases he handed them to me and said for me to keep them! Now i want to return the favor and I figure i’ll find something amazing that’s Saber related for him! Any ideas?

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