Money please!
Money is the root of all evil. Therefore we should spend all our money. Besides Mahoro and Haruhi, here are some nice pieces of polymers that I am probably going to cough up blood for in the near future…
First we have Kaiyodo’s Mikuru. Standing at 23cm in her waitress uniform, Mikuru’s angelic smile can kill a fanboy in less than 4.32 seconds assuming you have not already been vaporized by the heat rays located in her innocent eyes. Forget nuclear weapons, Mikuru is a one-girl weapon of mass moé-fication.
Pro: Mi-Mi-Mikuru Beam!!!
Con: May result in accidental death.
Cost: ï¿¥4,725
Release: Dec 2006
Navel Characters Collection. Six chibi-fied girls from Shuffle!, Tick! Tack! and Soul Link. SAGE-CHAN FTW!!!
Pro: Has SAGE-CHAN!!!
Con: Has Kaede and Sayaka. No Nerine. Not enough SAGE-CHAN!!!
Cost: ï¿¥3,800 for 10 random
Release: Feb 2007
To Heart 2‘s 1/8 Ma-aryan-senpai (Drill Ma-ryan Kick Ver.) from Kotobukiya. I can’t stress enough just how cool and awesome this figure is. If you played TH2 on PC, then you would know what I mean. Seriously, you can’t miss this and still call yourself a TH2 fan. Moeyo has a pre-release review of it here.
Pro: Best. Pose. Ever.
Con: PVC may possibly bend out of shape more easily due to the pose.
Cost: ï¿¥4,410
Release: Feb 2007
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Figumate from Konami. More chibi-fied cuteness. Take a look at the Negima Figumates to get an idea on how they will look like.
Pro: HARUHI! WITCH YUKI! RYOKO! TSURUYA! MIKURU! (everything)
Con: Witch Yuki and Waitress Mikuru are “rare”, which means I’m probably never getting them.
Cost: ï¿¥4,200 for 10 random (your first born for a rare)
Release: March 2007
Also, I need to seriously start to consider how to pay for the DVDs I preordered on Amazon JP. The temptation to preorder things is so great when you are not required to pay up until they are released…
Oh well.
Only gave in on 2 of the 5 items… so yea. 3 MaxFac Haruhis and 1 Ma-aryan, both of which (as of now) should come out roughly at the same time. That’ll probably be it for figurines for me that month. I hope ^^;;
BTW, don’t feel much for the Mikuru, Navel, nor Haruhi figumate stuff. For Mikuru, something looks off on the face. Navel is cute but I’m cutting down on small gasha/TF figures if possible. Same reason for the Haruhi figumate plus I’ve rather use the money to get the eventual MaxFac Yuki and Mikuru figures.
Once you’re done with your o levels, go get a job.
Nah he’s busy blogging on Government workstations while being paid by the Government to sit there all day.
I daresay he might actually do some work eventually, if he still remains sane after going multiply-bankrupt…
I love chibi figure collections, but i always get screwed on the random selection. I.e. 9 of the same least-favourite character, and 1 moderately cool one.
And i have no one to trade with T_T
Just Haruhi for me.
I already want the Ma-aryan-senpai one and i’ve never even played, nor have intention to play, TH2…
DM: I’m still alive. Must be becasue I’m in this 100-ton Atlas Battlemech. I wouldn’t kill Mikuru, though.
I think I’m chipping in with friends to get the SHnY Figumate box. I get dibs on Asakura Ryoko.
I’ve only ordered the Max Factory Haruhi.
I think the pose of the TH2 kicking girl is awesome, but the reason I’m not ordering it is because it’s a Kotobukiya figure. The finished product always looks much worse than the one in the promo shot — subpar paint and detail work often marred with excessive debris. The pose on this one is making me reconsider my no more Koto stance.
No one else getting http://www.hobbystock.jp/item/view/HBY-GCF-00000701 ?
Pre-ordered, come release time she will be looming over my FTG gashapon
super rats:
Well, their recently-released ZnT Louise was great. And Moeyo has a pre-release review of the PVC version.
It should be good.
Hey im getting Suzumiya figuremates preorder. Any deal here for trading later on??
Hmmm…no Nerine, no go….
I managed to reserve the MaxFactory Haruhi PVC (first shipment I hope) and the Mikuru PVC from HLJ (woot!). I’m undecided on wether I’m going to preorder the figuremates, but damn I sooo wanted the Hare Hare Swing keychain set… I couldn’t find it anywhere. The only reason I would get the Navel character thing would be for Asa-senpai, but spending money just for her is still a pain in the wallet. I can’t wait till Jan and Feb! (when the Mikuru and Haruhi figs come out [respectively])
Thanks DM, you just made me RM250 poorer.
Anybody in Malaysia wants to order the Mikuru figurine? We can split shipping :P.
Anon, I already fell in love with the Kanon Kotobukiya figures so I’m getting them all… I too am afraid of my budget, Haruhi bunny series, Max factor series, Kanon series, Gashopon… omg -_-‘
At any rate, don’t get the Happinet Kanon figures, jumping of a skyscraper is a better idea really, they are way too ugly -_-‘
I can’t wait until the Mikuru and Haruhi figures come out! If you get them DM, maybe you can take a picture?
lol, Kurogane, I was actually debating on whether to include to HLJ link for each item so as to facilitate the process, but I’m not that evil. :3 (Okay, I was really just lazy)
TiRune: Yeah, they really are ugly… =_= Gives bootleg Saber a run for its money.
Sell your soul to raise some money, Dear Paper.
Or you can sell some of the stuff you do not wish to keep at knockdown rates D: D: D:
I’ve really have learned a lot from your blog. Keep up the nice work.