私のさいきんのこうにゅう (Figure Collecting)

Well, recently I received some money as Christmas gifts, so I purchased some new figures, some really good ones at that, considering how I haven't really bought any figures for myself in a good while I figured now was a good time. Every otaku needs his figure collection, right?

Anyways, here is all that I bought, I've never spent this much before on figures at one time, but whatever, I like it, so that's what counts.

Excellent Model Core Queens Blade EX 1/8 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Shizuka

Manufactured by Mega House

I don't think I have ever spent this much money on a single figure before, it cost me $80 in total with shipping from Japan. It is a very rare limited production model, and it looks fucking amazing, the second I saw it over at figure.fm I just had to buy it. The amount of detail and quality put into this figure is amazing, not to mention that Shizuka is just an awesome character to begin with.

This figure is of course pre-ordered, and comes out in April, with it's other version already sold out, and this one following close behind. I'll be sure to post once I receive it and take some pictures with the SLR.

Haruhi Suzumiya 1/8 Scale Figure
Manufactured by Max Factory

I loved the Haruhi Suzumiya series when I watched it, and I thought it would be awesome to have a figure from the series to own, so I did some research and picked out the best Haruhi figure I could find that wasn't super expensive, and I came upon this. Very nice build quality again, and a very nice pose, fits her personality well. This one cost me $37, not too bad for the quality of the figure.

Mikuru Asahina Nendoroid Figure
Manufactured by Good Smile Company

I bought this figure for my girlfriend as she is new into figure collecting and is wanting to start her collection, so I figured I would start her out with some nice quality figures, I think Nendoroid series is awesome (Would -love- to have that Hatsune Miku figure coming out). She thought that having Mikuru as a Nendoroid would be cute, so I got it for her.

Apparently though, after I placed my order, I noticed it said PREORDER: 11/30/07. Not sure what that means considering it's 1/7/08... May have to get my girlfriend a different figure if this one falls through.

Shining Wind Xecty Ein 1/8 Scale PVC Figure

Manufactured by Kotobukiya

The Shining Wind figures that have came out recently were actually what made me want to buy some figures again. I actually have not played the game yet (Which I am fixing that problem at the moment), but I fell in love with the characters and their figures once I saw them, and so I just had to pick me up one of them. Once again, pretty good build quality for the price, It's a awesome figure for the price in my opinion.

All of the Shining Wind figures that have been produced recently have either gone way too high for my taste on Ebay, or are pre-orders. So, I pre-ordered this one, it's release is Jan 28th.

Tales of Phantasia Arche Klaine 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
Manufactured by Kotobukiya

I played Tales of Phantasia years ago, when I was around 12 years old, and I loved every minute of it, since then, I have played it a couple other times as well. Arche was always my favorite character, and about 3-4 months ago, I saw this exact figure in a store, and at the time, I was flat broke, and could not afford it. So now, a couple months later, I found it online, and bought, had to pay about $10 extra then what it was at that store, but at least I have it now.

I think its another great figure, and I love her wooden stand. Man, just looking at the figure makes me want to play Tales of Phantasia again. One of the best RPG's to grace the Super Nintendo (and now Gameboy Advance) in my opinion.



Well, that is all that I bought, it was a hell of a lot, I definitely had a nice Christmas this year, seems like a pretty awesome way to finish off the year. I am also going to Ikea in Atlanta, GA soon to pick up the famous Detolf glass display case from Ikea. I am starting to get too many figures (30+ now), and I need a better place to put them, especially the new ones.

Here's a picture of the display case:


I am probably going to install some lighting into it as well. So, overall I'm going to have a pretty nice set-up for all of my figures. No more collecting dust on my desk! They are quite dusty...

I will definitely post some pictures one I pick up the Detolf (Which is about a 4 hour drive from here, it is out of state, but I'm sure as hell not paying shipping for that heavy thing). I am looking forward to all of my new figures and display case (which is more incentive to collect more), so even if things are going downhill for me recently, this is definitely a very big plus!