So I was updating my MFC collections lists today (since the Spring Tsukihime Bottle Caps just arrived in mail, bought from Yahoo Auctions Japan) and I realized that my TYPE-MOON Collection list had hit 300 items (with MFC entries, and almost 500 if you include those without)! It’s been less than two years since I got my first TYPE-MOON figure (and it was a bootleg too!) and I’ve been able to reduce my TYPE-MOON wishlist down to just 11 items (with MFC entries, and a small handful more items without). Rant about me and TYPE-MOON: Spoiler for For those who …
Read More »Saber ~Motored Cuirassier~ 1/8 (GSC)
My first PVC figure review – the dynamic Saber Zero on her mana-enhanced bike! See the video below for the scene from the Fate/zero anime Info – Type: PVC figure – Character: Saber – Version: Motored Cuirassier – Series: Fate/Zero – Company: Good Smile Company – Sculptor: Kawahara Takayuki – Release date: 2012/06/27 (Standard) – Specs: 1/8, PVC, L=290 mm (11.31 in) H=160 mm (6.24 in), 1250g – Price: ¥13143 – JAN: 4582191965772 Links – Good Smile Company product page – MyFigureCollection entry – Suruga-ya entry Buying – Mandarake – Rakuten – YahooJapanAuctions – AmiAmi – HobbySearch – Amazon.jp – …
Read More »Custom Saber Dakimakura and Arcueid Couch Cover
Hobby Heart is an online dakimakura store that, alongside a pretty wide selection of dakimakuras and bed sheets/duvet covers, also provides custom printing services. It is run by a single person by the name of Fong. In this article, I review two custom items purchased: a custom Arcueid bed sheet (used as a couch cover) and a custom Saber dakimakura. http://www.hobbyheart.com/ (*NSFW*) Picture containing my custom Saber dakimakura and custom Arcueid couch cover among other TYPE-MOON linens/etc
Read More »Japan Trip 2012 – Loot
So right after finishing university, my friends and I decided to go to Japan for our graduation trip (May-June 2012). Japan was a high in our choice of destintion for a vacation. For my friends, it was of cultural interest and a new place to see. For me, it was the Holy Land of anime, and also the place where my figure collecting hobby would emerge. See here for my pre-figure-collecting background It was during this Japan trip that I truely started figure collecting, ultimately ending up with the growing collection you see on my MFC profile – ~200 figures, …
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