Long String of Words

i realised i'm collecting my Clayz Kagami tomorrow..so decided to unpack my other stuff into my cupboard first.

started with the 2 puchi nendoroids - Sun and Lunar. the shipment came last friday..it was so efficient! i was informed that it was shipped on thursday afternoon..and voila..it arrived at my doorstep about 24hrs later! cdjapan is a nice place to shop - many varieties of figurines, dvds, anime merchandise, cds, soundtracks, etc..but i noticed they do not sell games, and neither do they sell magazines (i only managed to find magazine subscriptions..but not single issue mags). shipping wise..the charges are a bit steep..as the cost increment is constant although the weight increment isn't (compared to other companies, whereby the shipping cost increment is proportional to the weight increment)..but my parcel arrived with everything as promised, as well as in perfect condition! ok enough of advertising for them, back to the topic. the 2 nendoroids are cute! but..as with all nendoroids..or most nendoroids..its a hassle to fix them..and with these miniaturised nendoroids..it's even worse - i bruised my thumb trying to fix the stand to the back of Sun's head.

opened up my diformate saber next..the art was nicely done..especially the details on the excalibur. i think the figure was in the box for quite some time..and when i fixed the sword into her hands..it doesnt seem to maintain a perpendicular pose as shown on the box..i should hair-dry it sometime later..hmm..

after that was the tenko kuugen from taki corp..omg its very beautiful! she looks so surreal..quite unlike in the anime. the figure looks much more..feminine and demure..and yes the hair is shiny too! but even for a 1/7 figure..it's..VERY heavy..i think a lot of pvc was used to mould her outfit..my 1/7 horo was very much lighter than her..

the last piece was the nendoroid kyouka..after handling the two puchi nendoroids..kyouka was a much easier task..she fitted perfectly into the legstand in one try. it came with a gekka too..with 2 moveable tentacles..which can act like her hands to do some poses

after all these..i realise my 1/6 hina have nowhere to be placed..hmm..i need my allowance fast to buy a new cupboard!

and sigh..heard news that my jun planning's nagi might not have stocks in the end..dont know if i can still get it anywhere..sigh!

more stuffs!

hur hur..my small shipment of figurines came in today - Taki Corp's Tenko and Griffon Enterprises' Saber!

the story was like this..somehow i couldn't get the tenko in sg..browsed 1999..saw that it was on discount! 45% off! (the last i check there were still stocks..interested parties can have a look) true that the jpy has rose to exorbitant levels..but with this amount of discount, it really IS cheaper than what would be offered here in sg, even if i pay for the shipping charges of just shipping one piece over! (i suppose it's quite obvious that more items = more cost effective shipping..its a linear equation with the y intercept != zero)

so yes w.r.t what i was just explaining, to lighten the load of the shipping charges..i continued to scout for things to buy..then! i saw the deformate saber on discount too! but it was only 30% discount..but hey..with the exchange rate now of 100jpy to sgd1.65, this discount will tally up to 100jpy to sgd1.155! of course this calculation does not include the shipping charges..but yea..overall it's still more cost effective..and the best thing..i got the last piece!

just now when i opened the box..i was surprised to c the box was such a perfect fit! the height of tenko's box was exactly the width of the carton used! the saber box..which is much smaller..is beside it..and paper was used to fill the gaps surrounding the 2 boxes + the top and bottom of them. this actually prevents the contents from moving around a lot - when i opened the box..everything was still fitted nicely..and some force was required to remove the papers before i could remove the 2 boxes. however..personally..i still prefer animaxis's packaging - they used bubble wrap to first wrap around the figurine boxes, and then filled the space with "plastic air pillows"..kinda looks like a sausage but its essentially just plastic and air. although the contents may move around a bit inside the carton..but at least there's plenty of cushion SHOULD THERE BE MISHANDLING..and yes..plastic is much lighter than paper..

ok speaking of which..when i was trying to find out the weight of the 2 figurines to roughly estimate my shipping..i was shocked to find that the tenko is about 500g, as compared to saber, which is around 250g. and true enough..when i tried holding the box..tenko really felt..very much heavier..weirdness..i suppose it's all the plastic needed to mould her outfit

and yea and all these aside..i also got myself a 1/6 kotobukiya hinagiku..decided that since i pre-ordered a nagi..might as well complete it! now im a bit lazy to display them though..think i will do it when i have time tomorrow or during the holidays.

argh! maths!

man im damn sick of doing the stupid maths tutorial..killing my precious brain cells unnecessarily!

as a side note..was notified that 1 of my shipments from japan have been shipped! hopefully by friday i would be able to collect it from my friend..hmm..

now contemplating whether i should buy the kotobukiya hinagiku..it looks great!

as for the newly announced ayumu..guess i'll wait to see if there's any special bargains..sigh

arrival of stuffs!

oh my! the stuffs arrived in my house today!

i opened the box and got a shock..there's so much bubble wrap and shock absorbers! =DD

my tsukasa turned out perfect, but the rozy's box was a bit dented..but that's cause it's a bit big..so nevertheless..very happy of the packaging!

will upload shots later..going to school now

Pictures Pictures!!

Oh man so proud of myself..i finally completed my task of putting in all the new figurines!

Let's start with a photo taken of each row of my display cabinet, from top to 4th row. (the last row were all my manga..was a bit lazy to lie down to take)

Now for some up-close shots of the new stuff..as my cupboard is SEVERELY cramped..there may be signs of other figurines when i try to do a close-up..just bear with it

Vocaloid Characters, Nendoroid Style

Nendoroid Shana

Figma Fate and Nanoha

Lucky Star Kagami and Tsukasa with Base Plate, Limited Edition!! I can't bear to open it!

HGIF Lucky Star Part 2 and Lucky Star Figure Meister (I only just realised the normal konata got cut in the pic..argh..)

Zoomed-in HGIF Kagami

Toaru Majutsu no Index's Mikoto

Toaru Majutsu no Index's Mikoto, Another Angle

Fate/Zero Saber by Max Factory, with a glimpse of Miku's hair..hahaha

Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku by GSC

Zero no Tsukaima's Louise, Sweet White Version by Kotobukiya

Now for some more misc stuffs..

Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper All Cast T-Shirt by Cospa

My new Razor V1.6 ProClick Mouse, lying happily on my Everglide Optical

Ok i guess that's about it!

ahhh!

i realised it has been a long time since i last posted..hahaha..just finished rearranging my cupboard AGAIN and adding my new figurines in..phew..i didnt know it was so hard to fix them..especially the smaller ones..each nendoroid took me about 5 to 10 minutes, and the figmas took me about 10 to 15 minutes..funniest was the 1/8 miku..i think i got it done in 20sec..hahaha

i'll put the pictures up later..but just for the sake of keeping track, the figurines i had placed inside within the past 3 hours are figma tsukasa and kagami, kagamine rin and len nendoroids, GSC 1/8 hatsune miku, figma fate testarossa, shana nendoroid, 4x HGIF lucky star set 2, 8x figure meister lucky star, kotobukiya 1/6 louise sweet white version..now there's still a fate/zero saber, a small index figurine (not index, touma's schoolmate..i just cant recall the name now), and some free eva figurine i got..ahh..i need more space!

Massively Delayed Update

Been too busy the past few weeks..clearing my ns stuffs..preparing my taiwan trip..settling my uni admin matters..finally all's over and I have some extra time here!

Let me start off with the new stuff I had gotten my hands on! Currently there are no pictures, i will place them here once i upload the photos. Due to the long time lapse from purchase till updating here, i shall try my best to put them in chronological order..

First there's the Zero no Tsukaima's 1/8 Louise, from Kotobukiya, as well as a set of Navel trading figurines. The trading figurines were an ORD gift from my chief clerk, so thank you very much chief!

Next would be a set of trading keychains of characters from Unison Shift. I don't exactly recognise all of them, but yea they look cute, and Nanatsuiro Drops' Sumomo was inside..so why not?

If i remember correctly, the next piece was a Nendoroid Hatsune Miku, from Vocaloid. I did not exactly plan to get this as i had alrady pre-ordered a 1/8 ver of Hatsune Miku, but seeing that Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Ren would be released later this year, i figured perhaps putting the 3 of them together would be nice!

The next set is Da Capo II's girls from Happinet. Its actually just Yume, Minatsu, Nanake and Akane, in either their school uniform and casual wear. There is a slight problem with this set though..as their heads are slightly heavy, they tend to be unable to balance themselves even though i've affixed them to the base plate. I remember coming back from taiwan and finding all of them lying on the glass panel -.- Now i've placed them leaning against the back of the shelf..hopefully it solves the issue. I wonder if there will be a second set released with the remaining cast..hmm..

After this would be the steals from taiwan! I had found Mahou Sensei Negima's Figumate series (vol 1), with Asuna, Konoka, Evangeline, Setsuna and Nodoka in their uniform. I also managed to get the Figure Meister Shana+Nanatsuiro Drops, BOTH vol. 1 and vol. 2! What a steal! And on the last day, i managed to get a display set of the disgaea figurines i've been hunting for so long. Although they are not in mint condition, but hey it's a complete set (minus Plenair..seems to be missing 1 variation of her..)! Now if i can only bring myself to fix them up..they had all been dismembered during the plane ride back to singapore..

And today, in SG Toy and Comic Convention, there's a free piece of Special Edition Mahou Sensei Negima Figumate being given away. It was totally random, and sadly, each person was only entitled to one piece (unless there were people who held multiple convention passports..then it's a different story). But nevertheless, i got a Makie, which was something that my current collection did not have!

After the convention, i went to collect my pre-ordered stuff that arrived - Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru's Takako (Alter) and Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS' Figma Nanoha!

Rearrangement of Display Cupboard

Ok i realised with my growing collection, things are getting messier as i keep throwing them into my display cabinet. I finally got time to rearrange them today! The result is this:

New additions include fate/hollow ataraxia vol 2, Rozen Maiden Traumend's Shinku (Yujin SR DX), both of which i got during the KKnM mini event over the weekend, and Peace@Pieces' Nagi. Now i need to find some space to put in my lucky star nendoroids without blocking anything else..hmm..

I also got a Nanatsuiro Drops' clear poster, with Sumomo on it. Now my door looks so much more colorful!

With this done, the next thing on the line will be to sort out my pencil boards and files collection to update into here.

New Additions

Busy week. Finally have some spare time to update.

Firstly, new purchases include a old Dengeki Trading Figurine set, 3x Sylvanian Family trading figures (whee more cats!), and lastly the Comptiq Ver. of the Lucky Star nendoroids! I haven't had time to take pictures yet, but yea will upload once they are ready.

Also managed to get a Clannad file, Shana pin-badge and Dengeki G's Magazine (June 08) from KKnM. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since i last purchase a pencil board/file! The last purchase i remembered was when i passed by M.A.G.E shop, i just dropped by to browse, and viola! i had found quite a number of files i were looking for! Perhaps i will upload pics of all the files/shitajiki i have when i get the time to do so after i ord..hmm..

Later today there will be a 1-for-1 event at KKnM, whereby when a item is purchased, a 2nd item of similar value or lower can be obtained for free..effectively making it a 50% discount. I don't exactly feel like squeezing through crowds these few days, but guess i will have to make it an exception tomorrow..hopefully by the time i get there i am still able to get my shinku figurine..have been eyeing on it for quite..some..time..

Ok time to sign off and sleep..if not i will never wake up early later on today

RapidCulture @ Cineleisure

I would like to bring to attention the above-mentioned shop. I am very impressed with how the owner dealt with his customers, and in this case, me.

I had helped a friend to reserve a piece of figurine, and after 2 delays, he was still unable to come up with enough cash to pay for it. My friend decided that he had to give the figurine up due to financial issues. So on behalf of my friend again, i informed the owner of the situation, but instead of chewing me out, he actually offered to hold the reserved product for my friend until he can afford it! But i felt that it was just not fair to him if he did this as we did not put any down-payment for the reservation of the product, so i told him to cancel the reservation instead so that he could perhaps sell it to someone else instead of just waiting for my friend to accumulate the desired amount.

I am someone who views customer service very seriously, and this shop certainly excelled in it. It is small gestures like this that makes customers return and patronise them again.

To briefly introduce this shop, it's located at Level 2 of Cineleisure. They mainly sell Transformers i suppose, as there are many Transformers merchandise/figures around. But they also do have an assortment of trading figurines and pre-painted scaled figurines available for sale. There are even some shitajiki pasted at the counter, though i never enquired if they are for sale. Perhaps you would like to drop by to have a look should you be a collector!

Lucky Star Nendoroids, Spice & Wolf Horo

This week's haul included a pair of Official Homepage Version Lucky Star Nendoroids, as well as Horo from Spice & Wolf.

Bag of Goodies!

Hello wolf goddess! The 1/7 Horo is considered my first "big" figurine, as all along i had only been collecting trading figurines and gashapon items. I am very impressed by the amount of effort put into the fine and minute details of the figurine, as well as the well matched colours of the artwork! And of course, it was SO MUCH easier to handle than the small trading figurines i am handling all this time - her foot fitted exactly into the base plate without any hassle. Guess these explain the price we pay for such figurines..

Beloved Wolf Goddess, Horo (Spice & Wolf, Resinya)

Next is the Lucky Star Nendoroids i got. For those who do not know, there are 3 versions of Lucky Star Nendoroids - namely the Official Homepage Ver, Chara-ani Ver and Comptiq Ver. There are 2 standard faceplates across all the 3 sets, but each set will have a unique set of 3rd faceplate and limbs/accessories. More information can be found at http://www.nendoroid.jp/ .

When i first opened up the box for Konata, the first thing that i got shocked was that..her ahoge was movable! Hahaha..ok that aside..the thing that is unique in the Official Homepage Ver for Konata is the "DA DA DA DA" thing that she does during the OP of the anime, as shown here:

Of course, what is Konata if she does not portray her signature （＝ω＝.）.

The set also includes our beloved tsundere Kagami! This version of the Kagami nendoroid feature a "tsun" faceplate, as shown here:

And now a combined shot in my display cabinet!

Last but not least, our news reporters from Lucky Channel!

Now i just can't wait till my pre-ordered Comptiq Version of the nendoroids arrive!

Collection List

Ok I have added several lists to the blog to track my collection. Currently i've only included figurines and gashapons, and it is already starting to look messy. Guess i will have to meddle around with the layout a bit more before i include my other collections in.