Sat 2008/08/02 16:01
iron2000 asks a good question - what do you parents think of your figure collecting hobby? My parents dont know ^^; How about your partner - what do they think? As for my wife - she thinks some are cute (mostly nendoroids) not too incredibly keen on the ones with big eyes ^^; Luckily I made figures part of my work or I don't think I would have so many ^^; Original text from iron2000 below.Finally found a suitable casing for the Figmas. Bought it and on last Wednesday I finally unboxed my Figmas. I got the case at a local shop. Its the Clear Collection Case W400 from Epoch. Costed me about $26USD. My first real female figures. Theres mostly only mecha here. The only other figures I had before are the old TMNT figures. But Figmas are on another class from those TMNT figures. They are like treasures so the case to protect them. My mom commented that they are pretty girls. Don't know if my dad has noticed them yet. How did your parents react when they see your first bishoujo figure? Casing box from an online store
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Student Engineer
Where did you get these cases? are they acrylic or glass? Either way, nice case!
(ID #254449) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:09
Diverse
Small and compact, where did you get that?
(ID #254450) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:09
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
daiso. only S$2.
(ID #254479) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:33
I didn't find any big ones at Daiso. Only saw the small ones.
(ID #254549) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:39
2SGD? The one on the online store is about 18USD o.O
(ID #255046) Posted on 2008/08/03 03:55
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
They are looking good bro. I love how you have Yuki there just reading lol, that is so her.
(ID #254451) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:10
my dad collects bishoujo figures too and asks to "borrow" mine
(ID #254453) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:11
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
lol that is awesome man, I love when parents and children share similar hobbies.
(ID #254683) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:02
CG Artist wannabe / Figure Collector / Deadman
A cool dad. My Dad doesn't mind me collecting toys and he doesnt have any interests with them except keep on staring at my display cabinet but no comment at the end..
(ID #254712) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:43
lol, thats how my parents are like
(ID #254835) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:11
Wow... that's really cool. Is your dad young? Kinda rare for such things to happen.
(ID #255048) Posted on 2008/08/03 03:59
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
i wish i had a dad like that.
(ID #255284) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:44
Working for the Man
Nice collection! Most of my figures are stored in IKEA shelves. reasonably priced and always in stock. when i came home from Japan i mailed most of my important stuff- Guitars/CPU/sports equipment/figures and gundams. My parents were shocked at the huge tonnage of figures and gundams. My father doesnt really care, my mother does the mother thing and doesnt really care, though she does find some of them cute. Either way they found that Alter Saber holds my glasses and cleaning cloth was pretty clever, my dad is a quiet fan of Nida and the Shuraki girls in general. Though by far the one they like the most is FREEing's Haruhi Bunny. That figure displays her energy and playfulness better than any figure I own. So as long as the figure captures the character - I think anyone will be fine with it.
(ID #254460) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:18
I was thinking too much and hesitated to display them. But luckily theres no problem. I felt like Nogizaka Haruka hiding her otakuness. A room full of Gundams then suddenly came a group of Figmas.
(ID #254469) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:24
Edited the post. I've add info on the collection case.
(ID #254461) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:18
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
my mum don't understand why i buy so many female figures in revealing clothing. i display them in the living room so might need to cover them if relatives are visiting.
(ID #254476) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:30
My parents are all telling me not to waste money on these *toys*. To heck with that :D
(ID #254543) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:34
Programmer, otaku, shinigami
same here..
(ID #254599) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:24
Student and Miku Guardian
Seconded...
(ID #254686) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:04
IT Desktop Support
Thirded...
(ID #254848) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:34
my parents think anime is a waste of time much less figurines! so fourth!
(ID #254898) Posted on 2008/08/03 00:36
College Student
My mom thinks collecting figures is like collecting dolls. I get a lecture everytime one arrives, so I'm going to stop shipping them to the house.
(ID #255002) Posted on 2008/08/03 02:29
I get lectured too. Unfortunately, I don't have anywhere else to ship my orders to orz.
(ID #255050) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:01
Same here...
(ID #255028) Posted on 2008/08/03 03:17
Same here and seventh =p
(ID #255049) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:00
guess I'm eight then:D they don't understand it but at least don't really mind
(ID #255110) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:03
Vampire
9th but then again they think EVERYTHING is a waste of money. I would buy an anime T-shirt for like 10 bucks (and I rarely buy tees)and they would say, "I could get 5 shirts for 10 bucks"
(ID #255126) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:32
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
10th reporting in.
(ID #255285) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:44
same here ^^"
(ID #255133) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:54
same...to the n-th degree
(ID #255276) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:32
same here...
(ID #255830) Posted on 2008/08/04 00:33
Student, Software Engineer in the Making!!!
Hey, that's a pretty nice case, and not to expensive either. My parents at first though I was buying "dolls". I had to explain the difference between figures and dolls, and my gundams not being toys.
(ID #254486) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:37
I'm mostly into Figmas, though I have been oggling a couple static figures. Anyway, when I first showed my mom pictures of the Figmas, she said, "Oh my god! They're so cool!" and immediately started going through them with me, going over which ones we wanted most. XD I had to order another Mikuru from HLJ just so she wouldn't steal mine. My dad, on the other hand, totally doesn't get it. When Yuki and Haruhi came in, he said, "You bought dolls?" My mom scoffed at him, and he said, "Oh, I'm sorry. Action figures." *eyeroll* I haven't actually gotten any decent static figures yet, but I doubt he'll get that either.
(ID #254492) Posted on 2008/08/02 15:41
action figures isn't that just the term they use to say "dolls for guys" hahaha...if you look at the old g.i joes they were basically military ken dolls. in the end i think its all art...how things are sculpted and painted determine if its worth buying.
(ID #254660) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:32
Damn straight it's art! =P And the harder it is to pull it off well, the more like art it is. I think that's part of why I particularly like Figmas; articulation is not easy.
(ID #255066) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:32
You have a cool mom ^^ . You're really lucky.
(ID #255051) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:03
Thanks! I know I'm lucky. She's as much my friend as she is my mom.
(ID #255069) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:33
Wibbling+Writing+Teaching
Hurray for cool moms. o/
(ID #256882) Posted on 2008/08/04 23:39
..... My mom doesn't know you can choose to see some of my figure's naughty bits, so she just thinks they're kinda cool looking. My dad doesn't really come down to my room so much so he doesn't really say anything. It will be more weird to see what my new oomate's reaction will be when I go back to college. The one last year in residence thought they were pretty cool.
(ID #254515) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:12
Programmer/IT/Student
Even though my mom watches some anime with my sister and I, and she has also read a manga or two, I really don't think she understands the figures quite yet. xD She still calls them dolls and such, but she doesn't mind them, she even gives my sister and I money to buy them. Same with my dad, except I don't really think he's taken a position on them, he's a collector himself, but he hates anime, so I think that while he understands wanting to collect figures, he doesn't like the fact that they are related to anime or Japan in any way, shape, or form. But still, he gives us the money to buy what we want, so I guess he doesn't really mind it.
(ID #254520) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:16
Programmer/IT/Student
Forgot to say, I don't know what I'll do when I date/get married. I guess I'll have to either do what Danny did and make figures part of my work, or find a wife who doesn't mind/likes them herself.
(ID #254522) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:17
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
hmmm I don't think my husband love my dolls as much as I do LOL I however don't mind if he decides to display more of his gundams :P but I think he prefers neat and tidy over showing off the collections, so :P
(ID #254521) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:17
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
and OH my mom nags at me to not buy too many "useless things" (meaning my dolls/toys) :P but well do I listen? (noooo) :P My dad is usually indifferent, lol think he has 1-2 pix of himself with my doll(s) when he was visiting :P
(ID #254612) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:37
Pokemon master
Ooh. Nice display case! Whenever I get a new figure my mom nags me about being too old for toys LOL. My dad doesn't care about them, but he complains about my manga. (Though ironically, my manga collection is pretty darn small.)
(ID #254526) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:19
Sales, Retail
I love my figure collection more than a lot of stuff... I even have a term I call "figure shopping" as an excuse to go out somewhere at times! My parents look at them as "toys" that kids buy... I keep telling them it's more than just "toys" and wished I didn't spend so much on it. I really should start to get cases for my figures but space is always a problem. Thus my figures are constantly exposed to dust which I'd need to go dust off from time to time. Thankfully most are in book shelves away from too much dust...
(ID #254529) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:21
by the time I got my first figurine I was already pretty deep into the anime world. My parents basically didn't react to them, just figured it was more of my weird anime stuff.
(ID #254536) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:27
however they will probably react if I brought home a figurine with castoff
(ID #254537) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:28
Well the only comments my parents make (mostly my mom, my dad don't make much of a fuss) are the revealing clothes, cost, and the limited space to put them in the apt...other than that they're cool with it...though they don't know about the cast-offable ones...man I really got to get me some of those cases it's cheap and sturdy...
(ID #254544) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:34
Half Engineer, Half Student, All Robot
I don't let anybody see either. Prevents people from doing touchy touchy on them and throwing them wherever. Oh and Danny. I figured out why Post Comment wasn't working in my Opera. I had caching set to check for update every 5 hours. I changed to Always and it worked. You might want to consider adding a Cache-control HTTP header for better cross-browser compat.
(ID #254548) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:38
Half Engineer, Half Student, All Robot
Oops. It was Enabling the Send Referrer Information option. Sorry. I had it disabled for privacy reasons. I guess it's needed for spam control, although referer information is pretty easy to spoof...
(ID #254563) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:50
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
My parents don't really care...
(ID #254555) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:44
Dog of the Country
my mum complains about sumeragi big boobs.. Figma yuki was cute, she said.. and she hasnt saw my alter yuki..bet she's gonna SM me when she saws that..
(ID #254556) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:44
nu-REOS (Registered on 2008/07/14 16:48)
wow. Alter Yuki's more cute than offensive.
(ID #254567) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:54
security/3d graphic artist
parents don't know either :D wife.. soesn't care to much, and i only have a few figures, more gunpla than any other, but to find display room.. thats the problem :(
(ID #254560) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:48
nu-REOS (Registered on 2008/07/14 16:48)
My parents are pretty cool with it, though my dad once gave me a lecture on spending too much. While I could care less on what they think of my all girl( many of them pure eye candy) figure collection, I usually keep the kinkiest ones hidden. I only wish my little sisters would stop refering to them as toys.
(ID #254561) Posted on 2008/08/02 16:48
student
Well I don't have that many to begin with anyway. So I don't think my parents really mind about my figure collecting. Every time a new order arrives, they'll just comment "Oh, you've got a lot of money don't you? Spending it on "toys"." I guess they won't mind as long as I don't go all out and buy a figure every few weeks.
(ID #254570) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:00
I have none of the ecchier ones since there haven't been many that have caught my interest, but I don't think my parents mind my collecting. Hell, my mom usually orders it if I give her the money, she's even offered to buy me one once or twice.
(ID #254573) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:04
I'm past the stage of caring what my parents think. Some of my friends had it worse. There's one who has to go home at specific times so he can sneakily bring home whatever he bought. Another one has his parents donating his stuff away when he isn't at home. Kawaiisou.
(ID #254576) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:05
Hotdog Repairman
Huh? How could your folks not know Danny? Must be pulling our leg as it means your parents don't know about all the work you put into this site. Unless all you say is "I work on the internets". My folks have no say on my personal interests as I'm not young anymore :~(. The girlfriend doesn't mind the figures, but I have yet to get a really risque one. Wonder what she'd say about Ringo...
(ID #254580) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:11
NEET? Hikkikomori?
my parents never really whine bout the figurine except how it's make me spend nearly all my money and my relatives response was "why'd a boy like you buy such an expensive dolls? barbie is for girls y'know" what the hell!! they treat my lovely figurine like a barbie! o.O beside that, i dun really have a problem, heh, even with my hentai, as long as i dun go raping underage girls then that's fine with my parents/relatives D:
(ID #254581) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:11
writing mini thesises
I am speecgless ^^;;
(ID #255337) Posted on 2008/08/03 14:43
Parents - Well, they don't mind. Although my mom yells at me about dusting but I easily toss that aside by telling her "You try moving all those figures to dust." My parents helped fill my room with dragons though. It all started going on three years ago when I left for a month to go spend Christmass with my at-the-time boyfriend. I came back to lots of new dragons that continued to come for years. My mom always had fun digging through all my junk I'd bring home from Otakon and see what I bought. Partner - He knows I'm a dork. He doesn't seem to mind the idea of them. He's joked around by saying he'd have to move here cause he couldn't imagine shipping all my stuff out to Wyoming.
(ID #254587) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:16
Nice case and collection! My parents aren't that supportive of such a hobby...[in fact they're totally against it...] That's why I have a very small figure collection...
(ID #254597) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:23
Vampire
some parents are like that, my parents pretty much don't approve of me doing anything that costs MONEY. I can't even buy a t-shirt (10 bucks?) without them nagging at me for an hour about how they could find it cheaper somewhere else.
(ID #255130) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:38
Fine arts and communications student
My parent's don't really like my figures and they just want me to be some fashionista hipster instead.
(ID #254600) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:25
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
i wish my future girlfriend/wife (hope she come out of hiding someday) is an otaku as well or at least appreciate my hobbies. my mum don't understand why i'm buying the white armour as well.
(ID #254602) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:25
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
well you gotta hunt for her also, and woo her, and I don't mean club her on the head and drag her back to your cave woh ;P
(ID #254610) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:36
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
There is another way??? Wow a whole new world of options just opened up for me!
(ID #254688) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:08
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Take Danny as an example! He is so romanticku! Flowers, rollerblades etc LOL!
(ID #255067) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:32
CEO MIrai Inc
^^;;
(ID #256210) Posted on 2008/08/04 09:50
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
tried the club her on the head and drag her back to cave routine. doesn't work. :-(
(ID #254953) Posted on 2008/08/03 01:24
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
You did it wrong~ Gotta drag her back to *her* cave, not *yours*, and wait for her to wake up to her new *hero in armor*! ^_^;
(ID #255017) Posted on 2008/08/03 02:52
lol. i read somewhere to "make it happen rather than waiting for it to happen," huh? *takes notes*
(ID #255033) Posted on 2008/08/03 03:25
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
hai, too many people waiting around for "something to happen" I think for girls, they'll be better dressed and hanging out at places they normally don't to attract the opposite sex LOL (recently a girlfriend talking to me about it :P)
(ID #255065) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:31
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
@Puppy-Chun: Hmmm, what's the girlfriend's email? LOL ^.~
(ID #255159) Posted on 2008/08/03 08:35
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
*nods* takes notes in black note book. oh wait wrong note book!
(ID #255260) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:05
Zen in Zjhentohlauedy Home Planet. aka. somewhere in the Philippines (Registered on 2008/06/10 23:35)
Student of LIFE!
go to a yaoi convention :P
(ID #254735) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:02
writing mini thesises
seconded LOL
(ID #255338) Posted on 2008/08/03 14:45
My mom thinks some are cute and that the rest are too sexy. I'm going to be 21 october 7th and she still treats me like im 10 in some ways, at least she hasn't seen my small hentai and Gravure collection hidden inside one of my computer cases. I don't mind though since the rest of the time she treats me my age. My dad doesn't care as long as there not naked and my sister wants to steal my figures.
(ID #254617) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:43
I also get constant threats from my sister to steal my figures....but then again, she's the only other person in this household who understands my hobbies >.>
(ID #255277) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:34
She's been asking me to buy her some of the newer Haruhi figures. I would if I hadn't spent my money on buying some for myself.
(ID #255544) Posted on 2008/08/03 17:51
Designer, Trader
When I was still living with my parents my mom didn't quite approved my collecting hobby since she thought that's an unwise use of hard-earned money. She rather want me to buy some books instead (yeah, right). Now after married and get my own place, since my wife knew my hobby before we married I think she's quite okay but being a woman she's also like mummy who think collecting figures is a waste of time and money.
(ID #254619) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:45
my mom hasn't really noticed. my wife absolutely loves them, in fact if I bought every figure she wanted when she saw them we'd be homeless. Big oppai don't bother her at all. Between my wife and I, I can't really say which one of us is the bigger otaku.
(ID #254620) Posted on 2008/08/02 17:46
Otaku
My wife likes anime but she is not a otaku per se. For herself, she would enjoy to have more mechas (Mazinger Z or Gurren-Lagann) or Riuks figures in our collection ^^.
(ID #256495) Posted on 2008/08/04 15:48
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
My mother doesn't know and i don't have a father anymore since i turned 6 (divorce) so yea lol... No one around me who could tell me what i do with them, or that i should not buy more and so on. *looks at her figmas on her desk* Nope, they are gona stay with me forever and i will take them with me to my grave lol. Your family seriously doesn't know how to google your name Danny? ;) If i had a son that works with the internet i would at least try it sometime to stalk his possible accounts on twitter and so on. :P
(ID #254642) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:05
My mom doesnt seem bothered by them... I hate it when she tries to clean them (it does get dusty here) especially while Im at work. My step-dad thinks Im completely immature and childish and that they are a waste of time. -sigh- I gotta get me a nice case like that. Ideally, Id like a full display glass case. Those cost lots of cash, though.
(ID #254643) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:06
Student // Collector // Gaijin
My parents and brother have accepted it but think I'm pathetic. My friends mostly think it's awesome, but most importantly, so does my g/f. ^____^
(ID #254645) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:09
Student artist
I have a couple figure for reference, especially the figama ones. I like using haruhi compared to my mannequins. Also they are great for practicing sculpting figures and drawing. My mum doesn't really care.
(ID #254648) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:11
I was telling my sister about Figma's poseability compared to her wooden mannequin.
(ID #254662) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:39
my parents are old school chinese, every time i buy something nonfunctional to living, eating, sleeping and pooping they tell me i'm wasting my money and they should look after it. they've said that about video games, comic books, trading cards, and now my whole collection of toys and statues. and its a good thing i'm back to being single my ex's would have killed me if they saw all my toys.
(ID #254651) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:14
same here, I know exactly what you mean (about the old-school Chinese parents). They just don't see the art-form behind toys and figures. To them, a Soul-of-Chogokin or a FREEing "bunny" falls under the same category as a Mattel Hot Wheels found at Toys R Us.... all they can see is that I paid a couple hundred bucks for it instead of $5.
(ID #254845) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:28
Vampire
"every time i buy something nonfunctional to living, eating, sleeping and pooping they tell me i'm wasting my money" so true
(ID #255155) Posted on 2008/08/03 08:20
Secretary
Why would you put Figmas in a case? They are for playing with ^^;;; Mine hang out on the little locker/box (hard to explain) by my computer and top of my computer tower. As for my husband's thoughts on figure my figure collection...we have very similar tastes in that aspect. I am a weirdo girl who particularly likes figures dressed sexy/posed sexy/with big eyes/with cast off options. So of course my husband likes my figures :) He also has a few himself as well as some Revoltechs to play with (not in cases either!!!). He probably wishes I'd spend less (but not in the way that he scolds me, we just thought that after getting out of BJDs I would spend less money...) but otherwise no issues :)
(ID #254653) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:22
Well, the case is mainly to prevent dust build up. I feel that Figmas are like high-class action figures not like the cardboard backing packaged TNMT figures. So I don't really want to disturb them. Anyway the case can be easily accessed and opened. I've seen broken heads and hands, makes me not want to mess with them too often. But I've also seen Danny and other bloggers carrying Figmas outside , makes me think they are not that fragile, perhaps its the way the Figma is handled then.
(ID #254667) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:48
Secretary
I just have a soft brush that I dust my figures with...I like being able to get at them with minimal effort xD; I agree that they are higher class than something you can get at the kid's toy store, but they aren't THAT fancy, just better quality. My figmas have fallen, been bent, had hands forced into sockets all without being broken, they are meant to be played with!~ But of course, when it all comes down to it they are your figures to do with/display as you please!
(ID #254691) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:12
My boyfriend loves PVC figures too, not as much as I do, he likes mecha's and action figures more. My mother thinks most figures look cool and hot and is pretty interested when I bought a new one... she does complain about them costing alot of money though. My ex loved figures alot too... so I guess I'm very lucky.
(ID #254656) Posted on 2008/08/02 18:29
Government Agent
mine don't know either... helps when they're half way on the other side of the earth... LOL
(ID #254720) Posted on 2008/08/02 19:53
JR. College Student
I don't have any... yet. I can imagine I'll probably get weird looks.
(ID #254745) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:15
Student and full-time otaku
My family and friends all think it's weird and a waste of money. A shame really...
(ID #254750) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:21
Student and full-time otaku
BTW, the people with gf's, moms and dads who think it's awesome really make me jealous T-T
(ID #254753) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:28
Physical Therapist
Same here!
(ID #255240) Posted on 2008/08/03 11:10
back then, my wife thinks figures are for people who have cannot get girlfriends. but she got use to it after and now she buys me figures once in awhile or look for rare figures online for me! my dad don't care about figures at all. my mom thinks they are barbie dolls so she laughs at me for collecting them. my mother in law thinks this stuff is for kids.
(ID #254757) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:34
My father doesn't care about my hobby, he just lets me do my thing. My mother on the other hand disapproves
(ID #254762) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:52
Mechanical Engineering student
My parents are actually cool with me collecting figures. My dad was actually the first one in our family to buy one! XD
(ID #254764) Posted on 2008/08/02 20:55
4th Year Designer Uni Slave
My folks are pretty cool with it. I had to do some pretty quick talking when the first (and oddly enough, most revealing so far) turned up in the mail. Now when the HLJ box arrives it's just handed over without too much questioning... other than what's in it. Both parents tend to look at them from an artistic sense and often comment on the design, outfit and quality of sculpt. I do still cop a razzing for "buying dolls" from them... but I give as good as I get so it's not an issue. It also probably helps that I tend to buy fully clothed figurines. As for spending the money, the view in the house is that it's my cash, I earnt it, and I'll do with it as I please, and compared to keeping a classic car running my outlay on figures isn't all that large. I can also justify it in that they come in handy for university. If I'm designing something large for a project, I can build a scale model in the same scale as a figure and use that for reference and photos.
(ID #254791) Posted on 2008/08/02 21:24
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Nice figma collection... About parents and friends reaction: At least for me, it was the same as to Mrs. Choo. They said it was "kinda cute". Dunno what was their REAL reaction though. But I'm pretty shure some people probably though I'm some sort of pervert, some must've thought this is kinda weird, some looked down on me, and stuff like that. Specially after seeing some of my... *ahem* less behaved figures. http://xspblog.com/2008/07/27/figures-update/ On the other hand, I already made 2 people that never had contact with figures addicted to it. But I learned not to pay too much attention to people who look down on my hobbies. In Brazil, there's still too many people that thinks "cartoons are for kids", "dolls are for little girls" and have problems with ecchiness in anime and stuff.
(ID #254797) Posted on 2008/08/02 21:34
when my parents saw my first figure, MF Shana; my mum was like, "oh, so this is it." and my dad goes,"waah, the sword is so nice." I was rather surprised that they didnt scold me but are actually quite supportive ^^; but sometimes still hide some here and there if too many figures arrive at the same time
(ID #254806) Posted on 2008/08/02 22:14
My mom: OMG stop buying so much mechas, your shelf is running out of space! Dad: ...
(ID #254826) Posted on 2008/08/02 22:57
My mom used to say the same thing about my Gunpla collection. But she doesn't say it anymore. And indeed the gunpla storage area is piling up.
(ID #254839) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:17
It was a few months before my mom noticed that I had started a collection, and she surprisingly asked me if my Nanoha figurine was Japanese. I don't think she's been exposed to any Japanese culture. I asked her how she knew; she said her barrier jacket looked Japanese. o_O I can only reason that she derived it, knowing how extensive supernatural powers are rooted in the legacy of Japanese storytelling. I've always been an otaku in spirit, so it isn't surprising that I don't find anything wrong with figures. My family seems indifferent to them but would not rather identify.
(ID #254836) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:11
Administrative Assistant
My folks could care less. Not in a bad way, they just don't comment on my hobbies and leave it all alone. Not a bad way to go about it. But I'm sure there'd be comments if they saw the whole collection out ^_^
(ID #254840) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:18
Mine just tells me to watch my budget. Budget? What does that mean?
(ID #254864) Posted on 2008/08/02 23:56
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
My folks are cool with my gunpla collection! In fact they were the ones who bought my cabinet! My mom is the one who gave me my first gunpla, and I never bought any other 'toy' except for gundams since she gave me a gunpla. IIRC that was when I was 8 years old...My dad doesn't complain too. Both of them say that I should get a more relaxing hobby, because they say I always exert a lot of effort in school and they say that building gunpla only makes me more stressed. Also they always say that I'm gonna "destroy my fingers someday" because of my interests.. I draw and paint, build gunpla, play with my PS2 and I'm also learning the guitar, they totally went against me when I said that I want to learn to play the piano too! I dunno about being stressed but I enjoy building Gundams! My sis is cool with it too, she stares at my cabinet sometimes... My high school friends are cool with my interests since the majority of them are familiar with anime, I never had a classmate for my girlfriend though. I was so close with my high school female friends that I've never considered having one of them as my GF. Or you could say that I lacked courage and confidence On the other hand, my male college friends are cool with my hobbies, but some of the females still think I'm weird... Well, it can't be helped I guess...
(ID #254876) Posted on 2008/08/03 00:07
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
I managed to convince my mother that Gunpla-building was fun (besides, she had a hand in building my old Eva-01 Prototype Weapons version(the one with equip-able swords that never appeared in the anime.))
(ID #254919) Posted on 2008/08/03 00:56
Creative director
Ajimemashite! I'm a otaku dad. My Daughter Nadia (4 year old) like very much my collection of figures, who call "daddy's treasure". Recenty she start hers collection with Tokidoki Mozzarella and a old figure/ufo catcher of Cammy from Street Figthers. She call that "my treasure". My son Marco look only the diecast robots, but are still young. My wife dont' dislike, but...she's Tsundere, so often say "You! Will not trasform my daughter in a otaku!"
(ID #254923) Posted on 2008/08/03 01:04
Secretary
That is so incredibly cute that your daughter calls them "treasure", I can only hope my future children feel similarly xD
(ID #254978) Posted on 2008/08/03 01:59
Wibbling+Writing+Teaching
I spot a Konata in the making. :3
(ID #256888) Posted on 2008/08/04 23:46
My parents know about my figures, but I think they just kind of pretend to ignore them. My mom had made a few comments here and there, but she's been pretty quiet about it lately.
(ID #254935) Posted on 2008/08/03 01:12
My mom always help me to decide which figure I should buy next when I'm in doubt. My father when I first started thought it was damn weird, but now he kinda enjoys when a new figure arrives and asks to take a look.
(ID #254976) Posted on 2008/08/03 01:57
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
My gawd your lucky.... if anything my dad just sighs and says I should stop it. lol
(ID #254997) Posted on 2008/08/03 02:17
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Ooooo, tis a good question... my mother refers to them as 'Porn-dollies', mostly to annoy me really, but she bases this on my Kotobukiya Kasumi, one of my first big figures. They're not even dollies.... they're figures! Dollies move!!! :sigh: They think its a waste of money. But I really dont care. Since its my money that I'm earning, I can do what I like with it. :grin: And what I like happens to be buying many pretty plastic girls. :beam:
(ID #254995) Posted on 2008/08/03 02:16
My mom keep telling me that I am wasting money on my figure collection, and my family in general considers me not fully "grown up." I gave up explainig to them that I am not a typical otaku type (engineer/graphic artist). I have two graduate degree, I wear three-piece suite to work almost daily, my clients have 8 digit net worth, and I manage a portfolio that are in astronomical figure. Just need to find a wife that shares my hobby. But it is hard to find one when you have to work 12 hour a day schedule.
(ID #254998) Posted on 2008/08/03 02:26
Well, my mom thought that Nida(Needa) was pretty, while my dad thought she was too sexy, lol o__o...
(ID #255026) Posted on 2008/08/03 03:14
My folks are amused (at least I like "girls"), and my friend often buys me figures (and I also buy her for her too).
(ID #255073) Posted on 2008/08/03 04:38
~Undine~
Well I live my own life with my own hobbies and passions so I don't really think my folks think ill of me liking anime or having figures (be it Star Wars or anime figures). They have their own life and hobbies. heck they could think anime figures and watching anime is ridiculous but I could say the same about their hobby which is show poodle canines. Live and let live, to each their own I say.
(ID #255102) Posted on 2008/08/03 05:39
My mom doesn't care any longer. At first when my first 2 figures I got ever arrived she did lecture me telling me not to waste my money. I spent maybe $35 total on those 2 figures that were Reiko Holinger and Catharine Blitzen. Then I just stopped caring what my mom thought about my stuff in general and put loli desktops on my computers and then she gave up so now when I get a figure in the mail or go to pick one up from my local comic book store that I order them from she says nothing.
(ID #255103) Posted on 2008/08/03 05:42
I'm waiting until I move out to display figures and such. I already got Gunpla and Kamen Rider stuff everywhere in Ikea cases, but they known about those for the last 8 years. My parents would probably think I'm a pervert if I displayed figures, but luckily my girlfriend collects them too so she doesn't have a problem with them. Due to you said you parents don't know about your figures, I'm guessing they don't know of the site either ^^I
(ID #255113) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:15
My mom likes anime so she wouldn't care. My Dad has laughed at my figures, and Gunplas. My Grandma hasn't noticed yet which is good because she'd have a fit about it
(ID #255122) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:27
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
Sorry for leaving this comment but this is first Dannychoo.com News that I have seen with this much comments, I only seen dannys articles with this much comments. Then again, this is a very very good question, So I guess it makes sense that everyone has 2 cents to add in.
(ID #255129) Posted on 2008/08/03 06:37
I only have a few anime figures. I have a shed load of tabletop wargame figures my wife considers are complete rubbish. She thinks only prison inmates paint wargame figures
(ID #255157) Posted on 2008/08/03 08:26
Technical Writer/Editor, Designer, Collector, Artist, Nice Guy
Hmmm, don't know if my ex-wife minded, but my housemate doesn't care, and my parents haven't visited my house in about 7 years, so... lol... As for dust protection, my controversial view is this: "Don't protect it." Yeah, nobody wants to see a dusty figure, but in my experience with 80+ figures, and hand-cleaning 40+ of them recently [ http://www.xjaymanx.com/toybox/2008/07/05/blog-138-operation-rebox-completed/ ], hand-cleaning is the *best way* (although time-consuming) to re-acquaint yourself with the forgotten figures you bought months or years ago. It's easy to use a brush or air blower, but without handling them *close-up*, it's also too easy to forget them on the shelf or cabinet you rarely touch. Figures which I haven't thought about in months, are suddenly rediscovered when I hand-clean them. "Hey, I never noticed that before." "Wow, so that's how it fits." Etc. The idea is similar to hand-washing your car and familiarizing yourself with all the various parts and curves and joints (and scratches). Sure it takes longer, but you *know* your car's little details significantly better *close-up* than car-washing them distantly from the comfort of your driver's seat. But that's just me. ^_^; P.S. Waste your money *now*, because you might not be able to waste it *later*. (Believe me, I know.) Hey, that sounded pretty good! Please credit me, thanx, lol. ^.~
(ID #255173) Posted on 2008/08/03 08:58
Web Surfer, 大学生 【だいがくせい】
My folks ,kinda know....( honestly i don't think my pops would approve, but hey i ain't askin ). No partner. So im good. I have to get something to display em in.
(ID #255177) Posted on 2008/08/03 09:17
Otaku, High School Student, Aspiring Animator
I've showed my mom and even my grandma all the figures I plan to buy and they've been fine with them and thought they were cute. My dad on the other hand thinks I'm already wasting my money on all the manga and anime I buy so I'm sure he'd feel the same about a figure.
(ID #255196) Posted on 2008/08/03 10:01
MM I ONLY HAVE GUNDAMS, I DONT KNOW HOW MY PARENTS WILL REACT IF I BUY FEMALE FIGURES, BUT I THINK THEY WILL REACT WITH A FACE OF WTF
(ID #255212) Posted on 2008/08/03 10:28
CEO MIrai Inc
Do try not to use all caps for typing stuff.
(ID #255231) Posted on 2008/08/03 11:02
My dad will occasionally come in to my room (with many figures and in which there is no wall left uncovered with bishoujo posters) to watch the TV there when the one downstairs is in use, but neither he or my mum say much about it...to my face at least...not sure what they say behind my back. Although, I once asked my mum if it was abnormal for me to like Justin Timberlake's music as a guy - she replied that it was far more abnormal for me to like little 2D girls :[
(ID #255279) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:39
Otaku
maybe your dad is enjoying your figures in silence.
(ID #256496) Posted on 2008/08/04 15:50
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
So far my folks dont mind me collecting figurines but they constantly nag me about the price of figurines.
(ID #255282) Posted on 2008/08/03 12:43
writing mini thesises
as for me, my dad nover commented anything on my figures and my mom usually just ask me the price for each with ending up with the OMGWTFBBQ face....but she's not really against it so I think I'm fine here. but remembered someof my friends was surprised I was collecting "dolls", WTF?
(ID #255345) Posted on 2008/08/03 14:50
Web monkey, coffee addicted cerberus, Chef Vader
Far as my figures go, my folks don't mind as long as they don't find it offending. so far I haven't bought anything that has offended them yet. Their only beef with me is how much I spend on my hobbies. ^_^;.. As far as my friends go.. oh they are oh so eager ro ee what new loot i have whenever they drop by for a visit and ask me where I find my stuff. :P
(ID #255459) Posted on 2008/08/03 16:33
well my mom refers my figurines(particularly my kureha) as girl gundams ^_^; well they are ok with it as long as i stop spending my free time on computer games alone.. dont own a big eyed figurine though, so cant really tell if they'll approve those...
(ID #255461) Posted on 2008/08/03 16:35
hmm....well my parents are pretty cool with my collections....just that when i buy 2 - 3 figures at one time i get some nagging, but as for gundams they act differently and support me instead ^^
(ID #255608) Posted on 2008/08/03 19:43
My Father always nag about my Gundam models but he had never saw my BIG EYED Figurine because it was place on top of my cabinet where all my gundam hide its.
(ID #255762) Posted on 2008/08/03 23:34
My brother is actually the one who gives me the hardest time about my figure collecting. He thinks I'm turning into a weirdo otaku by collecting them and says it's something sinister to be afraid of... My parents don't want me wasting my money by collecting figures, but they're okay with it being my hobby, I personally think they find it funny that I get so happy just by collecting plastic ^^ Although when I bought a Togainu no Chi figure of Akira(The top of his pants are kinda unbuttoned but it's nothing gratuitous.) my mom gave me a raised eyebrow... As for friends and bf's they don't seem to have a problem and some are even interested in collecting after seeing mine. Spread the love, right?
(ID #256120) Posted on 2008/08/04 07:41
.NET/Web Developer
I'm still trying to find a case to display my figures. As for my parents, they think my figures are really nice. I only pick the best of the best you know (based on my standards). XD Same with my siblings. As for my gf, she's into it as well but she's not too keen on the ecchi ones especially the low skirt ones like the first Shuraki figure. XD
(ID #256604) Posted on 2008/08/04 17:50
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
My dad doesn't believe in 'wasting' money, he often belives in 'saving up'. Even though I save 75% of my salary.. he thinks I'm wasting my money when I spend it on hobby-related merchandise. He'll moan about it but, otherwise he doesn't intervene much. My mom is another story XD She watches anime on Animax from time to time and doesn't complain about my Otakuness... she likes us to spend family time together though, as I tend to stay in my room when being involved with figs, manga, anime etc. XD My brother doesn't complain about the figs really and he knows about the eroge on my pc...kinda >.< My ex was an Otaku, so it helped to have someone interested in the same things XD Most of my friends are Otaku as well, anime, manga, military, music.. various types of Otaku ^-^ My family often reminds me to save up and not spend *too* much on my items, that's about it, really. I'm quite lucky and I appreciate my current situation.
(ID #256738) Posted on 2008/08/04 20:19
Wibbling+Writing+Teaching
My mother likes practically all my figures, and is as much a moephile as I am. We watch anime together quite often. Sometimes she complains about big eyes, but doesn't seem to mind my Kanus (me: *points at Kanu's oppai* but aren't you bothered about those then? her: no, she's just a real woman. ...). My brother is less keen on them, but seems to like the (female) Figmas...
(ID #256895) Posted on 2008/08/04 23:53
Student Engineer
I've never gotten crap for buying Ignis, but she is my only figure. They have no problem with my Gunpla or other models, and as tempting as it is for my mother she dusts around the ships and tanks and lets me do that work. They do have problems with some of my side collections- star wars collectibles, vintage water guns (the REALLY powerful ones) etc. Oddly enough they havn't attacked me for "watching cartoons", but they are the kind of folk who would do so. Its not so much secrecy- they just havn't been bothered, and both they and I know that I don't care what their opinion is. None given, none wanted. To all others: its your money that you earned, do what the heck you want with it =). Spend frugally though! Is all I have to say. Some people don't see the value of figures to other people- and maybe folks would understand if they learned about them and the laborious process it takes to make figures.
(ID #257284) Posted on 2008/08/05 13:39
Student Engineer
At best, comments should change from (1- Your buying dolls and wasting money?!?!) to (2- Hey, new site opened up and ships to X, this figure is on sale you should get it and I advise waiting on that $60 one!). I would take comment 2 with much more consideration, and not just that- respect. A suggestion, insult, and command are three entirely different things.
(ID #257288) Posted on 2008/08/05 13:42
Game Designer
My mom hates anime and anything japanese (she's never said why), but the rest of my family are all into anime like me. I think I'm the only true otaku out of my family though.
(ID #302908) Posted on 2008/09/16 10:39
Writer, Illustrator, Collector, and Geek Philosopher
I have a few stories to tell about how my family noticed I had Anime figures in my life. One of those stories is detailed here: http://aspergers.dasaku.net/?p=178 Another one is when my mother started noticing that miniature girls had taken their place on my shelf where she was expecting me to dust. These were my Lucky Star Petit Nendoroids, but she didn't know what they were. She asked "What are these?" and I told her they were Anime figures from a show she'd never heard of. She smiled, and poked fun at me: "How much did they cost you?" she asked. Then she saw my Rei Ayanami Revoltech fig which she had never seen before, or anything like it. She was puzzled why she was holding "a big spear". After that she just told me to dust my figures and move them so I could dust some more. My parents are completely fine with me having figures because I've collected things all my life, it's just that my mother sees it her maternal right to make fun of me for what I collect occasionally. My Dad is completely clueless about it all because his growing up in a country town and the first movie he saw having been an Elvis movie.
(ID #312109) Posted on 2008/09/24 21:32
Well, my mum doesn't mind them and she likes the cute girl figures I have, dad seems to like my gundams. Though I do have some figures I've been wanting to buy that I'm sure they'll dislike, like Ignis the White and that valentine special Soniko, but I guess my sister can hide them in gift wraps and in a box. @_@ As for my girlfriend, well she loves cute girls, she's a bit of a perv herself anyways and rather proud of it. Also nearly all the girls I like she likes too, but she prefers the petite type. I usually prefer the ones that resemble her nicely, lol
(ID #368210) Posted on 2008/11/12 14:57
My dad just wonders what I see with collecting figures, while my mom easily appreciates the cuteness of my miniature (SD) mecha. In particular, mom recognizes some of the mecha easily - Voltes V and any Mazinger - thanks to her firstborn son (my older brother) being born in the 70s. She thinks my SOS-dan figures are cute. I'm lucky my mom is so enamored of collectibles.
(ID #428620) Posted on 2008/12/30 01:08
Frankly, neither of my parents really care that much. I think they probably think it's kind of a waste of money and I agree that they are a little expensive but I think they're so cool. So far I only have two REAL figures, Queen's Gate Alice (my favorite one) and a Revoltech Fraulein Ayanami Rei. The other figures I have are just gachapon and stuff but I'm hoping to expand my collection. I'm only fifteen though, so I don't have a job and I don't really get much money all the time so I wish the costs would get less expensive.
(ID #436213) Posted on 2009/01/05 17:00
Artist/Your (almost) everyday high school girl!
I live with my dad and he's seen all of my figures/figmas/gunpla/etc but he doesn't really take interest in them. He's okay with me having them and he's not discouraging it, but I've been lectured from buying lots of expensive "toys" ^^;; I have revealing figures and cast off figures but dad still doesn't mind. Maybe it's because I'm a girl though. xD;; I just say I think the revealing ones are cute sooo there's no awkwardness...or misunderstandings ._.;;
(ID #481119) Posted on 2009/02/09 13:29
World Class Idiot
Parents hate that fact that i want anime and collect figurines..... but i still do it. XD
(ID #482636) Posted on 2009/02/10 17:56
World Class Idiot
that i watch* (typo error) (><)"
(ID #482637) Posted on 2009/02/10 17:57
Clone Instrument Engineer; Seleção XXV
if my mom seeing this it might ended up into the garbage, I hope that would not come true if I'm buying my first figure :D
(ID #482970) Posted on 2009/02/11 01:19
my parents don't mind me collecting figures xD but every once in a while my mom will scold me for not spending my money on other things XD
(ID #483968) Posted on 2009/02/11 16:36
Grocery Store Clerk
My mom does not mine so muchas my dad does.
(ID #484703) Posted on 2009/02/12 07:10
Kagamin's Waifu
Parents mind but only because they want me to save money for repaying student loans ^^;
(ID #484727) Posted on 2009/02/12 07:32
Programmer Trainee
Yeah they know. But they're okay with it I use my own money anyway
(ID #485966) Posted on 2009/02/12 22:57
mechanic
lets see my mom hates it, she says if i feel like wasting all that money then just give it to her..lol, my stepdad collects antique toys so he does not say anything, he even has me look for toys on ebay so my mom dont find out and yell at him. my daughter likes anime and figures also, though she likes chibi style ones, but is to young and tries to play with them. but im just glad she is into anime!
(ID #526405) Posted on 2009/03/19 04:08
Commission artist/programmer
My mom and dad are okay with me buying my "Toys". (We like call them my "toys"... >_>;;) My dad doesn't really care, but my mom says they're ugly rofl.
(ID #594090) Posted on 2009/05/07 07:20
back then my mom was all naggy about my figures (especially Tamaki-chan) but now she finds them quite cute...as for friends they could care less, they find my figures amusing.
(ID #603182) Posted on 2009/05/13 08:38
My family is OK with me but they don't like when I spend too much. Although it's my money from part time work.
(ID #614333) Posted on 2009/05/21 00:01
In Finland there is a bakery called www.eromanga.info.
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