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[wilcosu35]

Got another box

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Sweet!



Finally got my hands on the Siren Blaster Rescuezord. I've had Lightning Fire Tamer and Thunder Loader for years, and now I can finally combine them.


Obviously, I still need Star "Racer" and Wind Rescue. But still.

[Emerje]

Got 4 big boxes in June, figured I'd just save them all for one big post. Even took pictures of some.

Box 1: figma Persona 5 Fox



Box 2:

Max Combine Full Power Gridman - Had high hopes for this, but there's a few things about it that were disappointing. The big articulated hands have to be assembled from sprews, there's a bunch of stickers that have to be applied, and it's very fragile feeling, more like model kit plastic than action figure plastic (definitely a shelf piece, not a "toy"). For $150 I expected a more complete figure. And mine is missing one of the parts needed to form Powered Zenon, but GSC is sending me a replacement so I can't complain too much about that.

The limited box slip covered drawn by the legendary Masami Obari is pretty great!

Nier: Automata Bring Arts A2 and 9S Expensive, but it's nice getting so many extra parts for just a little more than figma and their very few accessories these days.

Sofubi Toy Box Tetsujin 28 I just wanted a big (nearly 9") and relatively cheap (around $30) Gigantor figure for my shelf. It didn't photograph very well thanks to the plastic wrap.

One Piece Grandista Portgas D. Ace

Box 3: first 3 are all Grandista

Sasuke from Naruto

Zoro from One Piece

Sanji from One Piece

Prize figure My Hero Acadamia All Might I really only got him because I think he'll look good with figma Midori. What's really neat is it actually has Funimation branding on it.

Box 4 is something entirely different. I'm a big fan of the Critical Role Dungeons & Dragons campaigns and they did a Kickstarter last year for game miniatures of all their campaign 1 and 2 characters and some NPCs. It arrived Saturday, but I haven't opened the box yet so no pictures. The box is numbered so that's neat.

Emerje

[wilcosu35]

DHL lost my box but they managed to find it again

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Got this blank Figma lady.


Going to turn her into an unmorphed Lauren Shiba

[-Kanrabat-]

Got a modest Mandarake haul. Some prize anime figures and Little Principessa!



The Mikus are pretty damn solid for their low price point. Ribbon Girl is adorable and the normal one will be sent to an artist so that she can turn her into a different character.



Homura and Madoca are sleeping together, in a yin/yang fashion. This have lots of symbolics on so many levels! You much watch the awsome anime if you don't know why.



And finally, Principessa. From the back, the wig cap is apparent but once her bonnet is on, she's perfect. Some bright colors is a welcome change of pace from all that black.

[-Kanrabat-]

Got this blank Figma lady.

Going to turn her into an unmorphed Lauren Shiba

That is a very, VERY interesting figure.
I'm not into Figma but holy crap, this thing have mighty great potential!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Nice Vocaloid stuff.

And yeah, blank figures are a wonderful thing, and Figma and Figuarts stuff has good articulation.

[Emerje]

I was never a big fan of the 02 "She", it just doesn't look right to me, too stretched. I have the original 01 version which I find has better proportions, especially compared to anime figures (which I guess isn't really what you're looking for). Sure, it lacks the figma 2.0 articulation, but that doesn't bother me much. Wish they'd do a 2.0 anime body, though...



Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Speaking of customisable bodies, if you love anime action figures, you all missing out by ignoring the doll world. No, seriously.

Ever heard of Obitsu? They make 1/6 or 1/3 dolls that are fully articulated. They can have anime head because at Parabox, it's basically a build-a-doll workshop.
https://paraboxshop.jp/index_en_jpy.html

Okay, yeah, dolls. But what about ACTION FIGURES? Well, nothing stop you from getting a plain body and modding it with the head you want.

https://paraboxshop.jp/index_en_jpy_142.html

They even have articulated skeletons made to go inside your favorite plush toy and make it posable.

https://paraboxshop.jp/index_en_jpy_214.html

Here's a Parabox doll with an Obitsu body. Size is 27cm and her posability is incredible. Plus there's hands packs that you can swap. One of the model below have magnets under her feet and she stand on a metal base.




Here's a naked Dal doll with her default body:



And here's the custom Dal I'm currently making, upgraded with an Obitsu 24cm body, L chest. This version is soft too. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)



That big head is quite heavy but she can stand on her own.

TlDr; if you want to go in the 1/6 scale or 10" or 12", Obitsu is a cheap but effective body option at around 20$.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

She has arrived! Now just waiting on War Machine to arrive to complete the Iron trio!

[-Kanrabat-]

That's Ironman's wife above? Nice!
Now, let's see how Ironheart will turn out in the upcoming MCU...

On my end, I got a Vocaloid haul.
Max Factory 1/7 Hatsune Miku Heart Hunter and the whole set of 11 Vocaloid Nendoroid Petit figures.



Heart Hunter is incredibly cute and sexy. She's a succubus after all.




She go very well with Max Factory's Mikuzukin (Little Red).



As for the Nendos Petits, some assembly is required. Overall, they are adorable!
Hatchune Miku is the only one that is fully posable and come with a spare hand.



The rest of the main crew is here too, including some fan-made characters like "Young Meiko", Yowane Haku, and Akita Neru (my 2nd one!).





Too bad there is no Nendo Petit Kasane Teto.

[-Kanrabat-]

Another day, another Vocaloid haul.
The final one before the Dollfie Dream from Volks USA.

Sega Premium prize figure Dark Angel and Max Factory 1/7 Original Hatsune Miku.



Dark Angel had some assembly required. The overall figure is pretty neat and do the job in being cool and beautiful. For the cheap price, she's perfect.



The Max Factory OG Miku is pretty well done and I was surprised that the pigtails were made out of clear plastics. The effect is nice but I wish they were painted instead. Even if she's from the same company and 1/7 too, she's definitely smaller than her Mikuzukin and Heart Hunter sisters.



For reference, here's the very first picture of Hatsune Miku, the very one that was on the very first version of her Vocaloid software debut:



Even if the figure is not perfect, having "prototype Miku" in 3D is pretty nice.
The display below is just perfect:



Damn, I sure am binging in Vocaloids, lately!

[wilcosu35]

It's a big box this time

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Final member of the Iron Squad has arrived

[-Kanrabat-]

I'm pretty exited because I got several Grails all at once.

Jun Planning's Pullip Suiseiseki and Docolla Creamy Mami!



The Docolla shall remain boxed. Too rare to just debox like that. I got the nostalgia for a anime I discovered last year. Weird, but eh!



As for Suiseiseki, I already had the newest version. But I "why not both'd!"



Also, got a Garage kit to build my own 1/8 Kasane Teto figure. I'll commission a pro to do that for me later.



And here's the BIG one, Dollfie Dream Hatsune Miku, Reboot edition!



That doll is over 2ft tall and is very posable.



Clothes are obviously the highest quality imaginable and her face is adorable.




The Kagamine Rin and Hatsune Miku duo is pretty killer!




That's one hell of a display! I'm pretty happy of it.

[-Kanrabat-]

Taking a break from dolls I just got this amazing looking Lego Architecture set. There's lots going on in Trafalgar Square!

Can't wait to build this!

[blackeyedprime]

With my rice I lkike some cow, cow, cow and four hundred plus of these little guys.

I was looking for a Lego Japan skyline architect series but sadly there isnt one as yet.

[-Kanrabat-]

Is that a bunch of M.U.S.C.L.E.S?
Man, talk about a classic! And it's still going as strong as ever!

[blackeyedprime]

Yep from the limited edition dvd box set (I didn't get the dvds with it but they do not have English subs/audio -though watching the original cartoon (with fan subs) it's clear to see why the cartoon did not get westernised as it has some very bad (re excellent) taste/off key humor, some may say, very racist. But with characters like Curry man and Ramen man what's not to like.

[-Kanrabat-]

Be careful when using the term "racist". It so overused and watered down, it dosent mean anything anymore. Because in current year, even the dot at the end of this sentence can be considered "racist".
Seriously, I'm not exaggerating.

Thank God Japan don't give a single fok about western sensibilities. EVERYONE is caricatured equally without mercy. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

[-Kanrabat-]

From NALADOSHKA, here's a 100% handmade figure of the fan-Vocaloid Akita Neru!



Sure, this is no Kotobukiya, but the figure have a "soul" if this can make any sense. Plus. there's only ONE of her in the whole wide world! She's adorable in her mischievous way.













She's roughly 1/8 in size. The price was also very fair with free shipping from Russia! I love her enough so that she deserve the HIGH CLASS spot. Now, if only Rin would behave and not fall on Neru, it will all be good.

Would I commission anything else from her? Oh yes. I have a few ideas. But it will take a long while though because too many projects are planned.

[wilcosu35]

Howdy partner!

[-Kanrabat-]

Howdy partner!

So, how is the feel to those "legos"? Are they Lego compatible and of similar quality?

[wilcosu35]

Howdy partner!

So, how is the feel to those "legos"? Are they Lego compatible and of similar quality?

They are actual Lego pieces, the sets have just been designed by a fan in conjunction with BL and packaged and sent by BL. Build quality overall is pretty good (also have the shooting gallery). The print quality of the manuals isn't all that great, the actual colors of the pieces aren't depicted very well, making it difficult to discern between similar colours. This is especially difficult for the saloon, which features black, dark-brown and brown. Telling the difference between those colours in the partslist for each build step is difficult even in optimal lighting.