Sometimes i love eBay, other times i hate it. Lately i’m leaning towards the hate it side. I used to sell my Anime posters on eBay to help pay for my figures and was doing pretty well. Until my stuff was being removed and then my account was suspended all together. I sent in my paperwork swearing I’ll never sell anything again to re-open my account to at least buy items from eBay.

Well i finally gave up on eBay re-opening my account and luckily my bf let me use his account to buy stuff. It was working fine until i bought my Aisaka figure.
But then once i payed for her they closed that account too. But then there was no way to contact the seller and i risked that they wouldn’t even send me the figure, even though i already payed for her.

I then got the sellers e-mail from the one i payed through paypal and sent e-mails almost daily asking for the EMS shipping tracking number and i never got a response. Not until i found out i could still claim that he never sent my item through paypal and could get my money back that way. I threatened him with that and he them sent her out!

I’m glad i finally got her but it was the worst eBay experience ever!

After that i learned that if i buy something through e-bay ask the seller to send a separate invoice that isn’t linked to the eBay listing and then i don’t risk getting my account closed and i know if the seller is going to even be willing tow work with me.

Taiga and her piggy, or should i say lunch!

I’ve always liked this figure but wasn’t jumping to get her at her release since i didn’t know her at all. I liked the overall design but wasn’t too keen on her.

But with Toradora Airing this winter season i knew i had to get her! I am currently watching Toradora and i happen to like it very much, enough to look for this taiga figure!

I just wish figure companies would at least wait till the anime airs to release a figure. Like the Kemeko Figure from Kemeko DX, is she weren’t announced before but were released now i’d be all over her.

I’m also very glad i was able to get a hold of Taiga, she’s pretty hard to find now and most people want to charge and arm and a leg for her.

While she is cute, she’s also kinda plan, the kinda figure that you can only pose facing one side and she only looks good from that angle.

As you can see the majority of my shots are from one side but it’s hard to get a decent pictures from other angles since she’s designed to be staring right at you.

Still i love her design and she’s a nice addition to my ever growing collection.

Her skirt is removable but it’s kinda pointless since her shirt covers everything anyways.

You can almost see pantsu!

I’m glad I got this figure, I’m also very glad that the seller was able to send her to me. If not i would have been very very mad, But at the same time i did get her for a steal, $60 shipping included so that wasn’t a bad price. Overall amazing paint job, great hair, great face, the base is very plain but is needed since she doesn’t balance flat on her bottom. I do wish for other Taiga fans that Max Factory does a re-release since she is such an adorable figure.

Figure Info-

Manufactured by Max Factory
1/8 Scale
Initial release in December ’07
Price of 5,800 yen
Sold out at Hobby Search
Product Info

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