Posts in "Figures"

This 1/8 scale pre painted figure of Djibril Aries hits the streets this March 25th and is brought to us by the good folks at Alter who also brought is Maia Mizuki. [currency=4001] will burn its way through your pocket when you pre order at Amazon. A...

Akiba is the coolest place on earth in my mind but is also the most feared place on earth at times because after each visit, you dont really realize how much money you have spent! Be very careful when you come over to Japan for a visit - if you dont...

Fans of the Anime Jinki Extend will be happy to hear that this painted figure of Aoba Tsuzaki will be up for grabs in next Feb. What fans wont be happy to hear is that you can only get your hands on one by buying all the DVDs of Jinki Extend to colle...

Until I went to the WHF I had never heard of F-Face. After checking out their website I wish I knew about them earlier. This is their figure of Asuka Langley which you all recognize is from Evangelion. As soon as I clapped eyes on this I wanted it im...

I dont know too much about Rio but I see her whenever there are slot machines. Now what I do know about Rio is that she is one cutie! Rio comes out in March, is 260mm tall and retails at [currency=8190] (ouch) but you can probably pick her up for [cu...

Expect a new "Mabinogi Nao" gallery in January as I will be getting my grubby mitts on this totally cute figure of Nao from the online game Mabinogi. Nao comes in 1/8 scale, is 190mm tall and released on Jan 25th by the good folks at Good Smile Compa...

Fans of ToHeart will be happy to hear that Toranoana are releasing their Manaka Komaki 1/8 scale figure next March. Manaka comes painted so you can decorate that empty spot on yer desk straight away. You can reserve her for [currency=3565] at places...

Now I may be wrong but wasn't Onegai Teacher (Please Teacher) popular in the west? Well if it was and you know about it then you'd probably be happy to feast yer mince pies on these pies, er I mean this figure of Mizuho Kazami from MaxFactory (who br...

Well you've been looking forward to seeing stuff from the World Hobby Festival and here it is. I expected to see more Gundams and while attending I realized that this was an event *mainly* covering garage kits and *mainly* Bishojo figures - but I had...

Review of the lovely Naru by Max Factory. One of the nicest bottoms I've seen on a figure. Yum

If you are feeling down lately because you have not been performing well at work and you fear that you are not going to get that raise come next performance evaluation - this is just for you. This is Iroha from the game SNK's Samurai Spirits - if you...

So you've saved up the [currency=620000] that you need for a Candy Girl and you just want to get a closer look before you order online but cant make it to the Candy Girl showroom cos its in Japan. Well here is some good news for you - Orient Industri...

You wanted to see more shots of Naru before you decided to buy but are having a hard time finding good pics anywhere. So just for you, I decided to sacrifice myself and splash out [currency=4000] for one - not that I thought she was too cute to buy a...

If you have been thinking to yourself of late "hmmm, I wish I had a cute bishojo figure on my desk which had removable shorts" then you are in luck! Get a load of this 1/8 scale figure of Naru Narusegawa just unleashed onto the geek population by Max...

You've already pre ordered your Takano Kinoshita Tropical Version and you still want more - well you are in luck cos Alter have released this swim wear version. She comes pre-assembled and pre-painted so you dont have to worry about putting her toget...

The World Hobby Festival (otherwise known as WHF) is an event held throughout the year in Japan - the next one is December 23rd and I will be going to take a zillion photos and bring you a report of whats on show. Just imagine a huge hall full of Gun...

Review of Maia from Daphne in the brilliant blue,

So you have now seen 1/1 scale mechas, 1/1 scale anime figures and now some more 1/1 scale stuff from Japan... Until I came to Japan, I thought that "sex dolls" all looked something like this. Orient Industry have other ideas what these dolls shoul...

kotobukiya brings us Top wo nerae 1.5 in their One coin figure series. They call it "1.5" because it includes figures from Top wo nerae 1 and 2. Before I went to live in Seattle for 5 months last year, I spent a few hundred dollars on these "one coin...

Out from the folks at Alter in Feb of 2006 is Meg from Bakuretsu Tenshi ( which is apparently called Burst Angel in the west ). You can reserve yours at places like AmiAmi for [currency=3739]. Meg is 1/8 scale and just like Maia, you can remove the m...

Question: Have you always wanted to be a captain of a <a href="http://images.google.co.jp/images?svnum=10&hl=ja&lr=&q=yamato+anime&btnG=Google+%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2">Yamato</a> or <a href="http://images.google.co.jp/images?svnum=10&hl=ja&lr=&q=gundam+wh...

You may recognize this cutie as Nono from <a href="/blog_entry/eng/174/Top+Wo+Nerae+2%21/">Top Wo Nerae2</a>. But unlike the fully painted figures that I babble on about once in a while, this figure is one of those resin kits which you have to *paint...

Konami is releasing 6 figures from the <a href="http://www.negima.ne.jp/">Magister Negi Magi</a> (known as Mahou Sensei Negima in Japanese) next February - you can <a href="http://www.rakuten.co.jp/be-j/461797/482314/730940/">reserve your box</a> of...

So you spent some of your hard earnt time watching <em><a href="http://www.thedaphne.jp/">Daphne in the Brilliant Blue</a></em> and now you can spend some of your hard earnt cash on the 1/6 scale figurine of Maia Mizuki released by <a href="http://ww...