Figure Review
Photo review of anime figures.
Black Rock Shooter
Perhaps a three-dimensional representation of the Black Rock Shooter cannot scoop up all of the style of the two dimensional art, but Akeji pretty much rocked this out anyway. The best part of the figure are her blue eyes, giving off a melancholy vibe. They’re really mysterious looking. However, facial expression really only matters up [...]
Yagyu Jubei
Hello again. Time for plastic and jpegs. This go around it’s Yagyu Jubei from Alter and Hobby Japan, the first in the Hyakka Ryoran series, featuring a quartet of legendary warriors turned girly by Nitro+. Jubei is a standard release figure, but some of the others in the series are Hobby Japan exclusives. Nitro+ designs [...]
Beat this Blade Narika
Summer is way too slow a time for figure collecting. Given the heat and the low melt point of PVC, there’s probably a good reason why July and August feel like all the figure companies went on vacation. Commerce happens year round, so it probably has nothing to do with that and I’m just linking [...]
What a Long Skirt, Akiha Shishido
Haven’t done this in a while, even though about three or four figures have come in since the last show and tell time. There was quite a bit of dust on the table where I usually do these things, a lot of dust for two months. Had her out of the box for a while [...]
Drossel: Hey, You Okay?
Just a quick scene between Drossel and Haruhi. Drossel is such an amazing action figure, so expressive, which is funny since it’s a robot character.
Wait For It, Yoko
It was three, dark, quiet, and still. Yoko sighted a manimal climbing over the outer stone wall. She could have popped him off at any time, but she waited. The manimal landed on the ground and rolled into an area covered in shadow. The dust he kicked up hung in the moonlight for a long [...]
Haruhi Lands Twin Reverb
A space heater that nobody was going to buy anyway was one thing. I could see an old shopkeeper parting with one for no apparent reason other than Haruhi wanting one, but this? Nobody gives away a Fender Twin Reverb. It’s expensive. I don’t know how she does it, but there it is in our [...]
