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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First off, found an amazing sale on Hobby Search’s Figure Bargain, Good Smile Company’s Moetan Pastel Ink for 50% off! You heard me! 50% off! I was just about to buy her last week but ended up not since she was so expensive! I had to snag her this time around!

Then i got an e-mail from Kid Nemo explaining how they never got their shipment of Alter Fate Testarossa in,  and that they doubt they will ever get her in. I’m very sad at this news since i switched over to Kid Nemo in the first place since HLJ wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for shipping. Looks like I’m going to have to find her from someplace else, but for sure not eBay. Only two sellers have her and they want over $200+!

But then also some more good news, Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid Yoko was released for pre-order! I got mine her at Kid Nemo where you can get your own and don’t worry they shouldn’t have the same problem they did with alter fate this time!

Also some of my image files aren’t showing up, i used FileDen for a while now and ever had a paid premium account with them, but they are jerks and i’m switching over to flikr soon since practically everyone uses them and i don’t see them having the same problems i keep having…

I Have so far a total of 7 figures per-ordered. I must also say i’m doing quite well with my rule of only 3 figures a month. So far i have had no figures for April, and i have none pre-ordered for May. Lately there aren’t as many figures that scream out “OMG IF YOU DON’T BUY ME NOW YOU’LL REGRET IT FOR THE REST OF OF LIFE!!” The figures i do however have on pre-order are the few that totally scream out to me.

Alter 1/8 Fate Testarossa (June)

I must admit this does scream at me to own her, I’m just glad that they are re-releasing Alter Fate, i was extremely worried about not getting my hands on one.

Enterbrain 1/7 Yoko (June)

Thank heaven for Kid Nemo, not only am i going to get Yoko for cheaper, she’s pushed back till June for them so i don’t have to worry about paying for her any time soon. While i’m super excited about Yoko, i’m not excited about her price.

Good Smile Company 1/8 Hayase Mitsuki (October)

I know some people hated Mitsuki, but i liked her as a character. While stealing you’re best friend’s man is a girl taboo. If she’s in a coma then he’s up for grabs in my book…

Good Smile Company 1/8 Takamachi Nanoha Training Team Uniform (June)

Still haven’t seen Strikers, but like the face and pose on this Nanoha figure, plus i know i’d regret not getting her in the end. I still have her ordered with HLJ but i might change it to Kid Nemo later.

Jun Planning 1/8 Katsura Hinagiku (July)

At least Kid Nemo has her up for pre-order, HLJ is surely slipping more and more. They still don’t’ have her up for pre-order…

Max Factory 1/8 Miki Hoshii Awaking Ver. and Max Factory 1/8 Miki Hoshii Expectation Ver. (October)

While i haven’t played Idolmaster, or even finished the anime, i love the design on these two figures. Love the glittery coats they have on, and the pose is awesome. While the price is steap, i know i had to have these two!

It’s amazing at the amount of money i save not buying figures. With the Money i’m saving from not getting figures for May and April, I’ve been able to pay off some credit card bills, and get shelves for my figures. But then it’s quite hard not to impulse shop, with no figures anytime soon i keep looking at ebay and figure bargin at Hobby Search. I don’t see anything i need or really can’t live without but it’s hard not to look knowing i have a bit of extra moneys on hand. But i am loving seeing the amount of my credit card debt drop faster.

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Alter has finally announced the release of a Hayate figure, we’ve all be bugging for one for a while now! Since she’s from Strikers think we’ll get a Nanoha and Feito Strikers as well?

She looks great and she’ll stand proud next to my Nanoha and Feito once I get her!

Another Alter figure for the MGLN lover in all of us is Vita, I was wondering when our fiery red head was going to be PVC’d.

I’ll have to have a separate section in my room for all the MGLN figures I’ll have! These are amazing!

And finally a Hatsune Miku PVC, wasn’t too interested in Hatsune Miku until i saw this, but then this made me want the nendoroid as well! I might just have to get both

So i was going to make a post about all the figures i bought over this past year. But i realized that before this year i only had about 4 figures so i can’t really make a post describing what i feel about 60 figures. So i’ll do one on each Major Figure production company! First in alphabetical order, Alter!

Figures I purchased:

1/8 Amy, Jo, Meg, Sei

I bought these figures for my boyfriend since he loves Bakuretsu Tenshi. I got him all the Alter figures for him as a present but later on he decided that he prefers Gundam models over figures so i ended up keeping them instead! They were purely impulse buys really, they were pretty,I had the money so they went home with me. The only one out of the set that was hard to find was Sei, not thati coulnd’t find her but everyone i found had problems with the paint. On her stomach was a part that seemed like it wasn’t painted on at all and I wasn’t about to spend lots of money on a defective product. Finally we get to one store and it had the same defect, we asked the owner if it were possible to get a discount on the figure since it was defective and he gave us 15% off, but once we got home and opened her up we realized that she wasn’t defective but the way she was packaged made her look that way! So i got Sei for cheaper than the others!

1/6 Saber

She again was an impulse buy. Now what do i mean by impulse buy? I mean that I saw her in a store/convention and didn’t have months to think about whether I wanted her or not. The advantages to Online pre-orders of being able to think on whether I really want her or not are thrown out the window. It’s either I get her or I don’t, really an impulse buy for me depends on only one thing. Money, whether I have it or not, if i do I’m usually taking a figure home with me, if not then I don’t. Now i can’t say I’m not happy with this particular Saber but i will say she has caused me so many problems… She is a classic leaner. She leans, A LOT. I don’t think I’ve ever had a figure that I’ve had to fix more often than this saber. It’s not that she’s standing on one foot, but more off that she’s too top heavy for her base. On top of the fact that she is a 1/6 Scale figure so she’s going to be big, her base is poorly designed.

1/8 Takamachi Nanoha

I think I honestly have to say this is my favorite Alter figure that I’ve got this whole year! She’s well made, has a pretty good base so I’m not worried about her leaning. I think all in all she was a great buy. She really was an impulse buy as well, I had just lost my job and wanted to do something fun. Whats more fun that going to an anime store and spending the last of your money on figures? We just walked in and there she was! I just picked her up paid for her a left, I didn’t even give it a second thought. I bought her and I hadn’t even watched A’s yet! thats how much of an impulse she was. But I don’t regret it at all! I love this figure and now that I have her I’m also getting the Alter 1/8 Fate so I’m super excited to have them both in my collection!

Regrets:

1/8 Louise

I never knew what i didn’t order this, maybe it was since I had just started getting into figures and really didn’t know which kinds were the best. Maybe it was that fact that I’m crazy, I have no idea. But I did and still do want this figure. Right now money is tight so i can’t get her, but if I see this figure for a reasonable price next year at AX there is no doubt that I’ll have her in my possession.1/8 Hagumi Hanamoto

I had her pre-ordered for the longest time but then dropped it. I guess as usual I didn’t have the money to purchase her. I do hope I can find her again in a store one day but right now it doesn’t look likely. I will say I did however love Honey and Clover a lot, maybe I didn’t buy her cause I was waiting for a better figure of her to be released but that never happened.

Overall thoughts:

I did like Alter’s turn out this year. They had released a lot of amazing figures this year but I guess for some reason they didn’t all end up in my possession. I can say the one figure I was sad to not get was the 1/8 Fate but since she’s being re-released this may i was able to snag a pre-order so no worries on her part!

5. Sagara Souske
Full Metal Panic
I love this character as you can see he’s a proud member of my reverse harem as well. He’s got a great character design and I think he’d sell well. Hopefully when KyoAni decides to finally make FMP 4 then maybe, JUST MAYBE. We’ll have a figure of him but for now I think not.

4.Miyazawa Yukino
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou
Yukino is one figure that should have had a pvc release! She would be a must have in everyone’s collection! I know myself and Deftoned would be the first to jump on the bandwagon of pre-orders if say Max Factory, Good Smile Company or Alter made a figure of this lovely lady.

3. Yagami Hayate
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s or Strikers
Almost all of the characters from this show have been getting a pvc figure, but why is Hayate being left out? I already have the Alter Takamachi Nanoha and I’ve got on pre-order the Alter Fate Testarossa. I think Alter needs to get their act up and make a hayate figure already!

2. Kamina
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Why isn’t Kamina in the #1 spot you ask? I know he’s one of my favorite male characters of 2007, he’s also a proud member of my harem. I love Kamina so much that if they released right now a PVC figure or him for $300, then who cares I’m buying it!!! Even if I don’t have a job right now

1. Kou Seiya
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Now this last one is more of a figure that I want but I doubt anyone will ever make… I don’t want a Sailor Starfighter figure. I want a Seiya figure, in his red suit. After I finally finished off all of Sailor Moon SupersS I got to stars, which really was the best season of them all! Not only because it has an amazing story line, and some amazing character development, but also for the introduction of the Sailor Starlights!

This figure was definitely an impulse buy! I just lost my job, and needed to get away and do something fun so after watching Episode 46 of Maison Ikkoku, I felt that maybe going ice skating would be an awesome idea! But I quickly went from this

to this

Well I didn’t really fall, but i’m still pretty bad at ice skating…
Afterwards we went to a nearby mall and went window shopping, I did have in mind to go into an Anime store in this particular mall. There is one store that has a very large selection of figures, so of course I had to go in. As soon as I get in I noticed, sitting at the bottom shelf hidden from view, Alter’s 1/8 Takamachi Nanoha, well I just HAD to get her. Plus with only a price of $49, and since HLJ has it listed at $41, I technically got her for cheap since shipping would have been like $15. She really is an amazing figure, the face is awesome the pose is amazing, and I love how she flows so evenly, how you can just imagine her flying through the air. Well I also had myself a little photo shoot with Nanoha so here are my favorites out of all the tons of pictures I took!

My Max Factory Asakura Ryoko

As to be expected, she’s amazing. My only complaint is the way you change out her hand, instead of it being a slot that fits in perfectly, it’s a ball joint that can be pulled out. I guess it’s better this way since her bag is filled lead, this way her bag doesn’t fall out of her hand. But it’s hard to pull out. I almost broke a nail .

Then we have the lovely Nanoha

She’s pretty amazing. Great pose, good paint. Plus she wasn’t to much either, I ended up buying her from a local anime store and they tend to raise the prices on figures to make a profit. But she’s listed on HLJ as $41 and she was only $49 at the anime store, so it wasn’t a bad deal at all. I will admit she was an impulse buy, but it was a well thought out impulse!

Come on how can you say no to that face.

As usual I love the Anime that Scott recommends. So when he starts raving about how great Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha is I knew I had to start watching it. But as usual I don’t start right away. I hate waiting each week for a new episode so I wait for them to finish then I’ll marathon the episodes in about a week. My only complaint was something really small, and pretty much pointless, but it bugged me more than any other art form in an anime in a long time.

The Side Bang.

Now normally this wouldn’t bother me very much, but for some reason in this series I can’t get over it. At least the story line is so good I just deal with it and not worry. Now on the other hand if the story was pretty boring this would make me stop watching all together.

All in all I liked this series very much I’m looking forward to doing a marathon of A’s in the next week or so and then waiting for Strikers to finish so I can marathon it as well. Hey I might even have to get me some figures from this series as well.

In all I give this an A- yes a minus, only cause I still can’t get over the bad side bang issude