Have you missed me? Oh I’ve been ever so neglectful of you all and I feel terrible because of it! My last post was over a month ago! I guess some things have just been getting in the way lately of me having time to really sit down and put up new content and reviews for you all! Hopefully however I’ll be getting back into the groove of writing up reviews for you all!

Here we have Izayoi Sakuya from Touhou Project. She’s the combat version so not from the 1/8 version of the figure set that has been released but a new cooler version of these figures in a combat style pose.

Love the vibrant red eyes, how it contrasts so well with her hair color and her overall color scheme.

For being the “combat” version I’m surprised she isn’t in a cooler style combat pose. She seems maybe ready to fight but not really in the fight yet, I’d love to see a cooler pose, as in maybe in the middle of an attack, maybe already attacked. Like perhaps having some clothes torn off, a more aggressive face and just overall more “Action-y.”

I do however adore the base and clock detail, would have been even better if it were a working clock!

The blade detail looks so amazing, also love the fluttering of her sash that comes from her bow.

Closer look at the detail of her blades, they look just so cool, and ever so deadly!

Such a serious face but then partly blank if you asked me, she seems just ambivalent to the idea of fighting, instead of looking angry and having a reason to need to fight.

Sakuya is a loaner figure from my brother, so while I wouldn’t have gone through the trouble of purchasing her I do adore her. She is a figure that after seeing her I’d love to have my own. She is so stunning and is really a piece that just attracts the eye. Sitting on the shelf in my brother’s apartment my eye is just drawn to her and I just end up looking to this figure first. Truly a figure that should be in any Touhou fan’s collection, she’s amazing and I don’t have many complaints!

Also I’m now the official Figure correspondent on AX Live! Check us out every Wed. @7pm PST! a few weeks ago we were doing some figure giveaways, so stay tuned for more giveaways on AX Live! You’ll have to catch the show and participate and call in through Skype but it’ll be well worth it!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Griffon Enterprises
1/7 Scale
Initial release in May ’10
Price of 8,800 Yen

Sakuya is really amazing, try any one of these amazing retailers to get your hands on your own!

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So we all know of the lovely stunning and just amazing figure of Black Rock Shooter that was released a while back. Did you miss out on getting your own? I sure did, with her hefty price tag and my lack of employment it was hard to find the way to get her and I ended up having to pass. Well if you’re like me and have been regretting it ever since well worry no longer! She’s up for a re-release and is up for pre-order!

The OVA as well was just released and if you’ve seen it then you will want this figure just as much as I do now, I caught it the other day and was blown away by how much I liked it. It made me want to buckle down and find a way to own this stunning figure but this re-release is from the figure gods!

I adore this picture and I love seeing it and knowing that this amazing figure all started from this beautiful illustration! I can’t wait till I can get my hands on her and with her release date set for December we’ve got the time to save our pennies! But Make your orders soon as just like the first run pre-orders will fill up soon!

pre-order your own at any one of these awesome retailers who guaranteed won’t have bootlegs!
Also keep tuned into AX Live every Wednesday at 7pm PST, I hosted last week’s episode with Jason and you’ll be seeing much more of me!

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Yay Chopper! So many requests as well to review chopper, since i’ve only seen about 3 episodes of One Piece, again I know nothing of Chopper. But i can tell you he’s pretty cute and is some form of a moose? Not sure, heck I’m not even bothering with Wiki for this one!

So then, he’s a moose who’s little and wears a hat, jacket, backpack and pants. Ok I think he’s officially awesome! He’s even so awesome that he doesn’t need a shirt with that jacket, I mean most guys look douchey with just a jacket and no shirt, but Chopper pulls it off quite nicely.

Such a happy face! Doesn’t he just scream hug me? Well at least he does to me, if I saw someone weird moose walking around being this happy and badass then yeah he’d deserve a hug!

His jacket reminds me of Micheal Jackson’s Beat It Jacket. Heck I think I need a red lather jacket now…

aww even is backpack is adorable!

So chopper is pretty adorable, size wise he’s about a little bigger then a Nendoroid but not poseable like one, I would think that he’d be a good candidate for a Nendoroid since you wouldn’t have to mess with his design that much, plus changing faces would be pretty cool. While Chopper is adorable, I won’t be running out to buy him for my own collection. However if I were a One Piece fan I’d be a failure as a fan if I didn’t own a few Choppers. I know there are different variants of Chopper but knowing Megahouse they are all just as amazing as this Chopper!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Megahouse
1/8 Scale
Initial release in February ’08
Price of 1,800 Yen

Chopper shouldn’t be too hard to find at any one of these fine retailers!

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Kousaka Tamaki, a figure I love so much, and guess what! You get your own copy soon! We’ll be doing a giveaway soon, but first I have to send out the figures from the last giveaway as well as the items that everyone purchased a while back. With all my troubles going on it’s been hard to get time to go to the post office and send out the packages! Sorry to everyone that I’m taking so long!

Tamaki is one of those characters that has tons of figures out and while I’ve never seen To Heart 2 and know nothing of her character but she is a cutie!

When I first saw pictures of Tamaki I knew i had to own her, she was just so adorable and I do love my Max Factory figures!

She’s got some huge boobs, poor girl has to hold them up, they must be so heavy! From my own personal experience they are pretty heavy, I bet she can’t run either, I can’t really run, unless I want more black eyes.

But that face! How could I not get her! Just right after she arrives at my doorstep I get an e-mail from Hobby Search that they are sending her to me for a giveaway, you guys are so spoiled!

Poor girl must have been caught while changing out of her uniform, but then she doesn’t seem to unhappy about it.

She’s got some practice covering up the nipples if you ask me, I bet you 50% of the girls out there wouldn’t be able to post like this without a little nip slip if they didn’t position themselves just perfectly!

Some very cute pink undies, I always love how they give the underwear just the right amount of tightness, you can see how it digs into her butt just a little, most girls wear their underwear like that for some reason, I myself am very guilty of that fact!

Oh love those thigh highs! Totally wish I could find a good pair of white ones that aren’t so sheer, most of the white ones you find here in the US look really sheer and kinda slutty…

She’s got some amazing legs, she could give Yoko a run for her money with this body, I wonder how amazing Tamaki would look if she cosplayed Yoko. Hmm is there any crossover fanart?

See even look at her stomach, she has that little bit of a pooch, how come it looks amazing on Tamaki and Yoko but on me it doesn’t look as nice

Oops, seems poor girl feel over, my camera must have went off while I was helping her back up.

Goodness do I adore this face!

I love how they even painted her nails and gave so much attention to her fingernails! It’s that attention to detail that I love about Mac Factory figures!

The moment I laid eyes on Tamaki I knew I had to own her, Max Factory is always up there in my book among my favorite figure companies out there and they are always exceeding my expectations of amazing figures. Are you a fan of fine quality stunning figures? Then Tamaki is for you! Are you a fan Tamaki herself? Then why don’t you own a copy of her already! The giveaway is coming up soon, It’ll involve The Indecent Otaku Comedy Show we did at Anime Expo but this you didn’t have to be at the actual show to be able to participate! Detailed coming soon, but for now I need to get a million things in order at home first before I can give you all amazing figures! But if you can’t wait make sure to get your copy of Tamaki before she sells out!

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Max Factory
1/6 Scale
Initial release in May ’10
Price of 8,800 Yen

Tamaki is a must have for any figure collector like myself who is always looking to own the best of the best in their collection, and every figure collector knows of the best shops to get their figures! So you all must already know of these amazing retailers right?

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So it seems I owe you a few figure reviews, I can’t blame lack of figures since over a month ago my friend let me visit her place and photograph a huge amount of her One Piece figures. Plus a few other people have lent me a boat load of figures to review and I still have tons of Touhou figures to review as well! Things are still a bit crazy here but since I’ve got a spare minute I figured I might as well post this review for you all!

Ever since I did those past One Piece figure reviews I keep having people tell me I need to review Franky. That if I wanted a male figure that could cast off and be shirtless then I needed Franky. Well I can see why now! Franky here is a very outrageous figure for sure!

He’s got some huge Popeye arms for sure! He’s sure been eating his spinach! A-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah!

Are his arms supposed to be hairy? I’d assume so since I’ve never seen him in the anime… I’m still pretty behind, i started watching One Piece but only got through 3 episodes.

My friend did metion that his arms are machines or something of that nature, you can see the bolts on his shoulder and his hands come of too.

At first I thought his nose was covered in sunblock but then i realized it’s a metal nose! Plus I only realized now that his chin has three points to it! That’s gotta be a pain to shave in the morning!

He does have the best hair I’ve ever seen, if you can rock those badass sideburns and a pompadour and if your hair is blue? You’re a badass in my book!

Wouldn’t want to get into a fight with Franky but for sure his abs are pretty amazing! I now a few guys who would kill for those kinda abs! For me I’m not a fan of the huge buff guys, I prefer a lean buff like Bruce Lee.

Some cool star tattoos, but still won’t be as cool as Kamina’s Tattoos!

strange how only the lower part of his leg has so much hair, we all know that if he were really hairy his feet would be hairy too as well as his thigh! But then he’s an anime character, we can’t always expect them to be looking exactly like a real person would.

oops! his arm fell off! maybe from all his drinking! So this Franky is actually a pretty cool figure, the only issue I saw with him that my friend deals with is that he doesn’t really fit too well on his base, he’s a legitimate figure but for some reason he just doesn’t want to stick his right foot into the begs like he should. Maybe he’s just too stubborn? Other than that he’s really well made and is a show piece in any collection. If i collected One Piece figures he for sure would be a figure I’d own.

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Megahouse
1/8 Scale
Initial release in October ’07
Price of 4,500 Yen

You should be able to find Franky at any one of these retailers! Also a tip? If you are looking for a hard to find figure, e-mail them! Lots of time certain retailers will do their best to help you find a figure! I know for sure OtakuFuel does this!

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Oh noes! me with no makeup! this is just a few hours after the incident. I’ve never had a black eye before, I’ve never been beaten so badly before in my life. Now I do want you to understand something, I’m not looking for sympathy. I’m not looking for you to pity me, I’m looking for awareness. I want people to understand that this is still happening, this happens to people everywhere and that when it happens to someone you know sometimes you never expected it to happen to them. I’ve spent 22 years of my life covering for my dad, giving reasons and excuses as to why he may have hit me; “I raised my voice, I have to respect him, he’s my father so I knew if I raised my voice he would slap me so it’s my fault,” “I know he doesn’t like to be woken up when he’s napping, I shouldn’t have walked by the couch when I knew I might wake him up, it’s my fault he hit me,” “I should have cleaned the refrigerator when he asked me to, it’s my fault he took the golf club and destroyed my car.”

They’re all true examples and not even the worst ones, It’s something that my close friends always knew about. They always tried to help me get out of the house, move out, leave the troubles behind. I always had something holding me back, my mother. I love my mother more than anything in this world, more than any person i’ve ever met, I’d step in front of a train for her. If I left, she’d be at my dad’s mercy, if something happened to her I’d never forgive myself. If I left there would be no one to defend her, and when there was a bad fight I was always at my mother’s side to defend her. With this recent fight, I couldn’t let him leave with my mother’s passport and her car, how would we get home? I had to do my best to stop him, I was at least successful in getting back her passport but he got away with the car. I won’t go into too much detail over the entire fight as we still need our day in court, but things aren’t easy here.

The Black eye has gone down in swelling but the color is still a pretty terrible purple and green. As soon as I got home I was able to contact the Perris Sherrif’s department and they sent a deputy over, he helped us secure a emergency restraining order so my dad can’t come within 100 ft of us or enter in our home. But it’s a scary situation, but we’re doing out best. It’s scary to think that I’ll never see my father again, not that I’ll miss him, but that I’ll never have any good times again. But then I’m reminded that 99.9% of the good times were followed by him somehow blowing up and us getting hurt or in terrible trouble. I wish I could say this is an easy decision to make, I wish I could say that this is soemthing that never happens but it’s not. This black eye is my badge of honor, it’s my constant reminder that I’m a strong woman and I’ll get through this tough time now. That in the end I’ll come out stronger. Right now things are still tough, I’ll try and post more happy figure reviews, but for now, please forgive me if there isn’t much new content, I’m trying to sort out personal issues and there has been very little time for me to sit at the computer. But there will be another giveaway soon sponsored by Hobby Search, But first I have to send out the figures from the last giveaway!

I’ll leave you with one request, please don’t ever hit someone. Anyone, unless of course it’s in self defense. Boys don’t hit your girlfriends, mothers, sisters, cousins or anyone. Same goes for you too girls, we think we’re not gonna hurt them, but that constant slapping is just a double standard and we shouldn’t hit them either! Also if you know someone going through this, please have them contact the police, or even if you have to do it for them when you see the physical abuse, there is always gonna be emotional abuse with it and they’ll be scared, just as I’m scared now. But I know this is the right thing for us to do now, and we’ll get through this!Also if maybe anyone has some connections at Volks? I know a Dollfie Yoko might cheer me right up ^_~

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We’re doing it again this year! The Indecent Otaku Comedy Show! We’ve got so much in store for you its crazy! Prizes, Prizes and more prizes! Special Guest Danny Choo! Plus a surprise musical guest!

Of course the promo we have up for this year, this show is seriously going to be amazing! As mentioned we’ve got prizes, but since we’re getting such a huge venue to fit over 5,000 people there is no way we’ll be turning people away like last year. Also we’ll possibly be figuring out a way to do online giveaways for the show as well, but for now that’s still up in the air. With a guaranteed more than 50 figures and some huge sponsors for the show you won’t wanna miss out on this show! Also make sure to dress up, we’ll be doing a cosplay contest too brought to you by Cosplay Cute so you’ll want to make sure dress up too!

When: Saturday July 3rd 1pm (seating is at 12:30 please show up early!)
Where: Nokia Plaza
Who: Hosts Benu from Anime Genesis, Me and Special Guest Danny Choo!
Why: Well I think it’s quiet obvious why you should come! Free prizes, music, and fun!

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So in my never ending quest to finally own Dollfie Yoko I’m selling off some of my figures! All prices are negotiable, find it cheaper somewhere else let me know and I’ll do my best to beat the prices!

-Figures-
Alter Ignis opened for display W/Box SOLD
Alter Meg opened for display W/Box – 75
Alter Jo opened for display W/Box SOLD
Alter Amy opened for display W/Box – 45
Alter Sei opened for display W/Box – 85
Alter Nagi opened for display without box – 90
Megahouse Izulha BRAND NEW – 75
Eye Scream Sasami opened for display W/Box – 55
GSC Kureha Nendo BRAND NEW – SOLD
GSC Saber opened for display W/Box – 75
Volks Shiranui Mai opened for display W/Box SOLD
Max Factory Van opened for display W/Box – 75
Eye Scream Remsianne Brand New – 170
Kotobukiya Matou Sakura opened for display W/Box – 55
Megahouse Aludra BRAND NEW SOLD

Battle Club – 5
Flash Bang – 10
Taboo – 10
council of carnality – 10
New mutants back to school – 20
new x men choosing sides – 20
wanted – 35
Xmen Fairy tales, volumes one through four – 20 total
Blazblue ps3 SOLD
panda robot dude free with the first purchase! GONE!
gintama gintoki plush – 10

Ok so as I said, you find it cheaper somewhere else or just think I’m crazy to ask for those prices but do want it let me know! I’m desperate! e-mail me at DancingQueen@howagirlfigures.com

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What? I got more One Piece figures to review? It seems another friend saw all my last set of One Piece figure reviews and felt that we needed more! So we’ve got more! It seems that no one really cared whether or not I did my reviews in sets or mixed them up. Really i only had a few people mention their feelings but I figure I’ll try and mix them up in case someone doesn’t like One Piece they won’t stop coming since I’d pretty much be spamming them with One Piece. Ok on to the review!

Wow, so I guess his name isn’t spelt with an S. again not sure of the character. So go found out for yourself! Geeze i don’t know everything! STOP EXPECTING SO MUCH FROM ME! *runs away crying* Ok so really again I’m only here to give my review on the figure as in quality and stuff. you know that important stuff you wanna hear about. Yeah! That stuff! (i really need to stop writing these so late at night.) Well is has muscles! Bit sexy muscles! Heck look at his arm here! Sexy!

Oh Noes! His arm is on FIRE! Ok yeah I don’t know what’s going on with his arm, but that thing is a pain in the butt and kept falling off! I guess if you had him sitting on a shelf or glass case it wouldn’t be too much of an issue but every time i moved him to get a different angle, off it came! I do like the colors, I love the fade from red to orange back to red. Also he’s kinda sexy there shirtless.

Big knife on his belt, also who makes a weird belt in the middle of their pants? Would that even work? Wouldn’t it like weigh down the pants and make them fall off? Maybe it’s just magic anime clothes. Talking with my friend who makes all my cosplays she was mentioning how so many anime clothing designs would just NEVER work in the real world. But then that’s the beauty of Anime!

Nice big back tattoo, somehow it just looks too clean and sticker like. I’ve seen some better tattoo work on figures before but then in person it looks better.

He’s got some David Bowie buldge going on. Which is actually one of my favorite movies ever. Ok so for the serious part. Ace is a pretty good figure. Nothing over spectacular, would i run out and get him? Nah, but then I’m not a huge One Piece fan (yet) maybe if I ever become a huge fan then I’ll be sure to run out and try to get my hands on him. He’s really a great figure, but unless you’re a fan nothing I’d say you MUST OWN! But a One Piece fan would be ashamed not to own him.

-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Megahouse
1/8 Scale
Initial release in November ’07 Re-released October ’09
Price of 4,000 Yen

Ace shouldn’t be too hard to find at any one of these awesome retailers, always bootleg free!

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HLJ is having a free express shipping sale going on, it is running for a short period of time from 6pm (JST; GMT+9) June 8th, 2010 till 6pm (JST; GMT+9) June 11th. To avoid missing out or been disappointed people should really get in early, I cannot stress this enough!

In order to take advantage of this great free shipping offer, all you have to do is:

* Place an order or orders for any items between 6pm (JST; GMT+9) June 8th, 2010 and 6pm (JST; GMT+9) June 11th, 2010 (or until allotted stock is sold out)
* During checkout, choose PayPal or set up a PayPal Billing Agreement. Even if you don’t have a PayPal account yet, you can set that up during checkout, too!
* During that process, agree to pay for your order using regular Paypal or a PayPal Billing Agreement.
* Enjoy totally free express shipping!

Really, it’s just that simple!

Please read these important terms and conditions:

* Campaign is valid only for orders placed and paid for with regular PayPal or a PayPal Billing Agreement between 6pm (JST; GMT+9) June 8th, 2010 and 6pm (JST; GMT+9) on June 11th, 2010 (or until allotted stock is sold out).
* Only items shippable during the campaign period will be eligible for free shipping. Orders placed for back ordered or future release items will be shipped (without free shipping) when they become available, as normal.
* With a PayPal Billing Agreement, all in-stock and shippable items from your eligible order(s) will be automatically shipped, and your PayPal Billing Agreement charged as usual, in order to ensure that you get free shipping.
* With regular PayPal, we’ll send you an payment request e-mail when your order is ready to ship asking you to go to PayPal’s site and authorize the payment to us. As usual, you will have two weeks to pay manually by regular PayPal (orders may be canceled if not paid for within two weeks).
* Orders shipped for free under this campaign will be shipped via Federal Express or postal service EMS, at HLJ’s sole discretion, regardless of the shipping method chosen at order time.

OH My Goodness we really should be taking advantage of this sale! This is amazing! So, I’ve already got a few items I’m looking at and am planning on getting since how can you not enjoy FREE SHIPPING! It makes things so much cheaper!

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