Figure Life
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Mon 2008/09/22 14:44
Today we talk about life with figures and take a lookie at my latest bunch O SAFS.
And if you are wondering about the Asakura Bunny - catch her at the Good Smile Blog ^^;
And if you are wondering about the Asakura Bunny - catch her at the Good Smile Blog ^^;
For all the figures that I want to keep, I throw out the boxes which is why when I need to store them away for some reason, I stick em in plastic bags.
The reason why I'm bagging them up is because its that time of year when we smoke the house to get rid of any bugs lurking around.
The products is Asureddo - stick it in the middle of a room, add water and vacate the area. Just as you can see from the CM below, bug killing smoke then emits from the Asureddo can.
Are there products like this in your region?
The products is Asureddo - stick it in the middle of a room, add water and vacate the area. Just as you can see from the CM below, bug killing smoke then emits from the Asureddo can.
Are there products like this in your region?
These are the plastic sealable bags I got from Tokyu Hands. Also great for just keeping stuff in general order.
Rather happy to be working with Good Smile and Max Factory as I love the quality of their figures. The quality of the Queens Blade/Gate figures are pretty awesome too.
Half way through vacating the girls to the car. Even though I need to dust down the girls more often, I still prefer having them out on display rather than looking at them through glass. Where do you keep/display your figures?
After smoking out the house, I take some time out to perform maintenance on the girls.
Nanoha has some paint transferred onto her leg from somewhere - this happens a lot.
I use some thinner that I use for my Gundams to remove the offensive mark - use a cotton bud and don't rub too hard - the girls don't like it and you end up removing some of the original paint too.
More Nendoroid Puchi Shana at Danny's Corner.
Another Kemeko as I want to pose it with MM and another Hiiragi sister pair.
I seem not only to be acquiring Figures but mouse pads too - my new oshiri (bottom) mouse pad of Sakura Nankyoku from Penguin Musume.
Thought it would be healty for the wrists but ended up being unproductive because I kept grabbing her bottom instead of the mouse.
Lulu demonstrates how big her bottom is.
Lulu does not want to move from his position.
Ryu and Teiran from the SFO Revoltech series - these should be out sometime next month.
Looks like Ryu will be a new cast member to the Figma Theater.
Hoshii Miki by Max Factory - shes really cute!
My fave Aimasu MAD below featuring her doing Kylie Minogue.
My fave Aimasu MAD below featuring her doing Kylie Minogue.
Freeing Emiri bunny - higher res pics at Good Smile.
Mitsuki Hayase gathers with some of the other bikini girls - more pics of her at Good Smile.
Max Factory Taiga Aisaka - tooo cute!
Mitsuki Sawatari from "He is my Master" - Maker is Toypla.
Small and cute too.
Nendoroid Asakura Ryoko out later this week - check out more pics of her at Good Smile.
Ryoko comes with a load of bits n pieces for your other Nendoroids too.
One of the parts is for Haruhi.
Cute heh?
And another part is for Mikuru.
I use plastic boxes from the 100 yen shop to store Nendoroid bits n pieces. Where is you keeping your odds n ends?
The Haruhi Bon Festival set.
Some furniture for the Figma Theater.
Looks like some Yuri action going on back stage.
Taiga does a Double Nice Boat.
And who is the owner of this lovely V-zone? Find out at Good Smile.
Lovely oshiri too.
I guess this is the most boring part of my job - disposing of the boxes ^^;
And the lovely Alice acquired from Benippon - will try to do a review of her this week. The quality is pretty amazing.
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That gives me a good idea for whenever I move out, bagging them up like that. As for cleaning, hardly ever. Guess I should get started.
(ID #309670) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:55
Director/代表取締役
As the bags are sealable, you can seal them with air inside too which acts like padding.
(ID #309673) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:57
Sales Manager by day, Gunpla Otaku by Night...
I packed two gunpla that I assembled in Japan like this to ship back home and it worked very well. Fold the top of the bag over and tape it and pack it so that it can't be popped with soft surrounds.
(ID #309746) Posted on 2008/09/22 16:04
I don't have that many figures so I still keep my boxes. I only dust the figures about a week, is that proper maintenance?
(ID #310884) Posted on 2008/09/23 17:56
Same here. I still have "enough" space to keep all my boxes since I don't have that many figures yet... About dusting, well maybe once a week or whenever I'm free.
(ID #312064) Posted on 2008/09/24 20:01
オタク all day long
I wish I have enough space for the boxes. My place is too small. =( Maybe we can post some pic about how we store our figure boxes. =]
(ID #313719) Posted on 2008/09/26 07:13
Glad to see you got your alice! I got mine ordered, just waiting for it to arrive. Can't wait! You still gonna get the Haruka oppai pad this week, or you just gonna stick with the oshiri pad? I haven't decided If I want to use glass for my figures yet though. Looking great Danny. Lots of neat SAFS.
(ID #309671) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:56
Director/代表取締役
I just reserved my Haruka oppai at the local book store - cant wait until thursday!
(ID #309675) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:57
My Haruka oppai magazine is also preordered, should also be coming with the Animage that has the pinup of naked CC + Lelouch :D
(ID #309765) Posted on 2008/09/22 16:30
Damn I didn't preorder the Alice... I wanna use the IKEA glass display shelf for displaying my figures... but due to space constraints I can't D:
(ID #313301) Posted on 2008/09/25 23:25
オタク all day long
I want the Haruka oppai pad too!!!! (@@.
(ID #313722) Posted on 2008/09/26 07:16
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
hey, nice to find out that I'm not the only one who keeps my toys in resealable plastic bags when not in display. wonder where your Nanoha got the mark from, judging from the colour must have been lulu or spinzaku, ^^ however regardless of that your gundam thinner is in need of a gundam. ^^; a Figma Ryu? first time I've seen a stocky figma, I guess it'll be the gruesome quintet + 1 now? ^^;
(ID #309674) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:57
Director/代表取締役
The paint is probably from Ringo. The Ryu is a Revoltech and not figma ^^;
(ID #309677) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:58
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
ah sorry, assumed he was a figma because of the stand. lol didn't know they were compatible. gruesome foursome + 2. ^^
(ID #309680) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:02
Director/代表取締役
I throw out the revoltech stands - they are really crap.
(ID #309684) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:03
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
lol that's true. I would sometimes mine as a guide ruler to cut gundam waterslide decals. ^^
(ID #309703) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:19
Working Otaku mom
I agree Danny we have a revoltech Saber, and we don't even use her stand really, doesn't work very well. Didn't know you could use figma stands for revoltech, might have to try that. Any idea where one can get extra figma stands?:D
(ID #310209) Posted on 2008/09/23 01:44
I want to know where to get an extra Figma stand too--I don't repose my Revoltech Rei very often just because her stand is epic fail.
(ID #310335) Posted on 2008/09/23 04:23
Spinzaku must be humping legs again...
(ID #309678) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:59
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
lol! Spinzaku the horn dog. ^^
(ID #309685) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:04
Lelouch with the mouse mat just looks plain wrong...
(ID #309676) Posted on 2008/09/22 14:58
I need clean up mines, but I don't have much. It's common on my neighbor clean the entire house once a week, so we employ someone to clean the house every week. In my house we do the cleaning from 15 to 15 days, and the other weekends a woman come to clean the house. Everyday we remove the dust, so I get about 15 minutes each day to clean T_T. This way i think have a lot of figures like Danny is a good decision ^-^...
(ID #309679) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:00
Danny, I'm just staring at you...all those figures!!! I'm surprised that you don't keep the boxes. I keep them just in case I move or something. The boxes are useful yet takes up space... Plastic bags are useful to a point but sometimes if you bag it wrong, you can break the figures... I didn't know houses in Japan has that many bugs. How many bugs invade your house i wonder... I want those figures...I see two Tsukasa!!!
(ID #309681) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:02
Videogame Magazine Editor
You mentioned before that you use a pastry brush to dust your figurines. What type of pastry brush is it? I've seen some with nylon while others with normal err straw-like strands. Which one should I go for? I'm afraid of scratching my figurines.
(ID #309682) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:03
Director/代表取締役
Its the one in the photo ^^;
(ID #309686) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:05
nanu (Registered on 2007/12/28 22:28)
I ended up getting a soft natural-bristle brush. The fibers split on the ends like human hair does so it's finer than say, a nylon-fiber paint brush.
(ID #310016) Posted on 2008/09/22 22:03
Geek Liaison
I'm using a big soft makeup brush for cleaning mine nice thing about makeup brushes is that then normally come in sets. So I have a big brush of the main cleaning and smaller brushed to get into the nooks and crannies.
(ID #310770) Posted on 2008/09/23 14:45
I pack my figures in plastic bags aswell. The Freeing bunnies look great. And also that idea to get rid of unwanted paint of your figures is great, I used to sand the paint off with sand paper.
(ID #309683) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:03
Director/代表取締役
Sand paper?!
(ID #309687) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:05
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:30)
omg no, don't use sandpaper. even at the lowest grit it'll destroy your precious figure. try some rubbing alcohol if you don't have thinner.
(ID #309691) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:08
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Well, I guess he's that dexterous with his hands ..
(ID #311248) Posted on 2008/09/24 03:24
It does work, you just have to be very careful. But the thinner idea is much better.
(ID #311621) Posted on 2008/09/24 11:36
I've been checking out the QB/QG figures quite a bit lately, and see they got Nanael coming out in November, but the proportions on it on a bit odd, and her shirt doesn't look as if its on her correctly. A bit too plump her legs too I think. I'll be keeping my eye on that Megahouse line though in the future. I've been checking out Alice on Happysoda and Foo site all day.
(ID #309690) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:07
I can see Danny is using Logitech Wireless Mouse!! ^3^
(ID #309693) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:11
Director/代表取締役
Better than bluetooth as the connection never drops.
(ID #309696) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:12
I recently had my house 'pestecided'. So I had to draped my entire table (was too lazy to wrap each figure). On a side note, since it gets so dusty in this country, I have to dust my entire room (with detail cleaning of my figures) every weekend. Sucks when I see dust accumulate after a few hours :p
(ID #309707) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:25
Wow, that Lulu/Penguin combo made me laugh so hard. And I want that Miku figure now ><
(ID #309709) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:28
Danny when you say Cast-off enabled on the miku figure at GSC site, does that mean we can see more lovely eyes or is that bottom only? ^^;
(ID #309710) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:30
I wanna know this too ;o Btw, are there any plans to make a Rin 1/8 figure too?
(ID #309713) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:34
Director/代表取締役
Keep your eyes peeled on this burogu ^^
(ID #309724) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:41
Director/代表取締役
Bottom only.
(ID #309722) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:41
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
ahh I'm jealous of your Taiga Aisaka figure! So cute but can't justify getting ^^;
(ID #309714) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:34
Maybe you'll regret it after ToraDora! starts in a couple weeks. Not to mention its a figure from a great company early on.
(ID #309717) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:36
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
my doll/toy fund is at an all time low ;_; Gya!
(ID #309728) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:42
Project Contractor
Oshiri mosue pad, WANT! Thus true it is, we'll ended up grabbing the oshiri more often than the mouse ^^; LMAO at Lulu sniffing at the bottom ^o^ Can't wait for the new cast members to appear on Danny's Figma Theater. y(^o^)y
(ID #309716) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:36
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 20:30)
hmm...testing out the image ID feature... How do we use it? When I click on it the page moves a bit, but nothing happens or was copied to the clipboard... I just copied the link manually here lol http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1576/Figure+Life.html#image22177 Anyway, Miku's tooshie. I like how tightly her cheeks are squeezed together ^^ Butt cleavage~~
(ID #309721) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:39
resident caffeine junkie
I should probably get more of those resealable plastic bags. And that plastic case seems like a good idea too. :) As far as dusting and cleaning my figs, I don't do them much often as most are behind glass. But for those I almost always fiddle around with and recently acquired end up out in the open until I decide to fix up my work space. Danny, What thinner do you use? I see it's a Gunze sangyo but I know they have various thinners for different kinds of paint.
(ID #309734) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:52
university film student
"The most boring part of your job is getting rid of boxes"...*groans* Of course. There is more figure loot in any given picture up there than I get in a year. That picture of Mitsuki leaning over Tsukasa on a bed looks oddly natural, and ponytail Haruhi Nendroid = Win.
(ID #309736) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:54
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Hmmm, nope... can't recall any "anti bug smoke" here... though when you have some problems with nasty bugs and call the guy who does it job-wise they use some machine and smoke to get them killed as well i think. ^^; But nothing you could buy in a shop i think... Is it that important to do that in Japan? So many nasty bugs? I have read a lot about the big spiders and giant hornets by now, quiet scary... i don't like insects. ><;
(ID #309739) Posted on 2008/09/22 15:57
Never seen bug stuff like that here in America... but we never had bug problems in this house so I haven't had to shop for that kind of thing. We just have some roach spray just in case. I feel bad getting rid of figure boxes sometimes, because some are just so nicely made. XD But I can think of it this way... less room taken up by boxes is room for more figures and other anime/game goodies. I trashed a couple earlier today. XP As for storing bits and pieces, so far I've got two small plastic bins and one large ziplock bag full of my extra doll and figure stuff. And displaying... I display my stuff on my desks and on some wall shelves. I'd like to get a detolf one day though, and get rid of the wall shelves. I'd leave the figures on my desks alone though, because I like messing with those while I'm drawing or working.
(ID #309770) Posted on 2008/09/22 16:32
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
For your poll question, clean figures?!? Such things exist? I guess its cause I never really touch mine and therefore do not need to clean it but I see how you would need to Danny. Always playing with them and bringing them out to dinner where they get all greasy.
(ID #309777) Posted on 2008/09/22 16:35
I would say every few months, but the last time I cleaned mine was 2 weeks ago. Before that it was nearly 9-10 months. Trying hard to not be lazy. :p
(ID #309782) Posted on 2008/09/22 16:37
I hope you poke holes in those bags... you're suffocating your figures! ;_; Better than fumigating them, I suppose... I've never really had bug problems here, but I've never seen something like that either. I'm pretty sure most people would just call in the exterminators if there is a bug problem. But this anti-bug smoke does seem like a much more cost effective method.