Figure Collection
Hijacked from Johno. Very nice collection indeed. I could never keep my figures in their boxes though - many of them are so cute and crying out "play with me!" Most of your collection in or out of the boxes?
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Original text from johno below.
I couldn't take a good angle picture to show all of my figures. This is the best I could come up with, hopefully you can point out everything in my collection. To the left, I have some dvd collections (way more to the WAY left) and a crap load of Megami/Dengeki magazines. To the right, I have my Bome collection, but I'll have to take a seperate picture for those figures. As you can see, I like keeping the figures in their original boxes. I can't seem to throw the boxes away, I usually rotate to display on my tv/desk.
I have two doubles in there, can you figure them out?! It's pretty easy, one of them is a fake. Don't ever buy China merchandise on eBay. Lesson was learned a long time ago. ;p
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Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
Damn, that's alot of goodies, and you keep them in their boxes. Must take up alot of space.
Assembly line worker, nationally certified madman
http://urisblog.morbid-sore.de/
Keeping them in their boxes should actually save space since you can stack them, as shown here. If you get them out of their boxes you must have the space to arrange them neatly and stuff ;)
Grocery Store Clerk
Just do not tell me that is all of your figures.
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Do I spot a Meer Campbell figure there? Man, this is one wicked collection!
I see you have that very sexy 1/6 Hakafu Sonsaku swimsuit figure from Kurushima. I believe that one costs like 16800 yen because it is a cold cast figure! Suppose to have a limited black version too. Wish I can afford it!
IT Tech
http://www.t-ono.net
Agreed from earlier, I've seen fake Ignis from Max Factory made.
The Sonsaku is a resin kit? I have the actual pink one sitting in front of me. The boy is smaller and isn't just plain white.
IT Tech
http://www.t-ono.net
Meant to ask if it's a resin kit, because I have the official prepainted one and the box looks different. >.< Curse typos!
Student, Tech
Well.. it's a resin statue, already painted for me. My first one shipped to me in pieces, so I had they had to resend another one. ;p
Web Developer (i.e. Otaku)
http://www.brettb.com/TravelLog.Tokyo.asp
Fake figures? Is nothing sacred?
I did find some open source Lego while I was in Hong Kong though.
Assembly line worker, nationally certified madman
http://urisblog.morbid-sore.de/
I thought that question was long answered when they started to fake Gibson guitars without license and printing the original Gibson emblem on them, selling them for roughly 200 bucks on Ebay.
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org
Huge collection, but NRFB?? Wheres the fun in that?!
(NRFB means never removed from box)
Student, Tech
Oh, I remove them plenty of times to view my tv and desk. I just like to put them back when I'm on a random rotation.
MS pilot
LOL...now thatz a good idea...prevents dust from collecting on them...haha
Seeing red!!!
Gahhh so much figure...I'm so jealous....I dont even have one....ToT
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
I also can't bear to throw away the boxes, so I just put smaller boxes inside larger boxes to save space.
Since I don't have that many figures, I dont have any problems with space.
BTW, very nice collection, to me I think it would like nicer if they were all displayed on a shelf.
Student, Tech
Maybe I should take a picture of my desk and tv. Everyone seems to think I keep them in the boxes, which I don't. I just took this picture with the boxes to show that I still HAVE the boxes. I have a hard time throwing away a pretty display box. ;p
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
I'd hazard a guess that the 2 doubles are the maxfactory Ignis and the shunya Yamashita Mirei-san.
having 2 mirei-san figures isn't exactly a bad thing...
But seeing all these room pics gives me an idea for my blog post next week.
Student, Tech
You're right, good job!
Desktop Support in the Medical Field
http://thedisjointedzone.com
Nice figures.
I'm guessing one of the Ignis is the fake as I can see double.
I prefer my figures out of the box than in because I just can't see a great figure remain inside its box.
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
I couldn't keep them in their boxes ÔoÔ
Who doesn't enjoy watching the details, playing with them, changing their poses if it's possible, etc??? (O_o)??
Student
Nice piled up figure collection you have and they are still in their boxes? Wow, I couldn't do this, I just have to take them out...
Student, Tech
I put most of the figures that were out, in the boxes to take the picture. Just wanted to show that I still have the boxes. ^^
Otaku Webmaster
http://www.gamekult.com/blog/sbebiwan/
Nice collection !
I can't keep figures in boxes myself, but I keep the boxes away ... twice the space needed T_T
tagger/cashier/delivery
darn you and your Alter Ignis... we wants it.... we needs it!
Student
amazing.. some recent SAFs? i spot nida
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
Another heavyweight... So much figures, makinf me dizzy... *Faints*
Network Admin
Very nice collection and it seems to be rare to see someone who keeps the boxes.
Pokemon Trainer
Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! It's like you live in a figure store ^o^
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
i like to play, display and pose my figures for photoshoots. i'll never keep them in their boxes. toys are meant to be played with and not jailed up in a box. my humble 2 yen. ^^;
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
i agree with you. i tried to keep my figures in boxes, but then i felt it wouldn't be nice for the figures to keep them boxed up forever. so i keep them outside now and they are happy.
Student, Tech
When you're done playing with them, where could you possibly put them? Aside? I like to keep the boxes so I can store the figure in her natural home, wouldn't you? ;p
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
you do have a point there...
but me thinks for me when my collection does get to that size i'll rotate my figs by storing those i've played with before back in their boxes and taking out others from their boxes to play with...
that way the room always look different...
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
Set them FREE Johno!!!
Student, Tech
Hahah, they get their free time, don't worry. :D
http://girlg33k.blogspot.com/
I won't open up the ones that come in those stupid plastic boxes (like the Bome figures), but I'll take out the ones in the regular boxes (and keep the boxes). It annoys me that I can't do anything with them (they just hang on my wall), but I'm thoroughly opposed to messing with the darn boxes. It's a strange conflict, but it helps knowing that I'd have no shelf space for them if I did take them out.
That room does look like some sort of store, though, as someone already mentioned. And keeping them in their boxes does at least keep the dust away. :)
Assembly line worker, nationally certified madman
http://urisblog.morbid-sore.de/
You mean those boxes where the contents are tightly sealed in plastic? Those boxes where you'll need a cutting torch to open them? Yeah, I hate those things too...
http://girlg33k.blogspot.com/
Yeah. I want to say they're called...blister boxes? I thought I'd heard that somewhere. I really hate them. They're great for store display purposes, I guess, since you can see everything. But they're a pain to open, and you obviously can't close them back up if you need to.
Assembly line worker, nationally certified madman
http://urisblog.morbid-sore.de/
Hell, I have enough trouble to open those goshdarn things, cutting and nearly breaking my fingers in process, that I never waste a thought on putting them back together. They make their way directly to the bin after I opened them.
Them boxes are obviously made by the devil himself.
Retail
Wow, awesome... Wow... I have been keeping my box for the once that come with arms/faces but other then that I throw the rest away. Only if someone has a idea on what I do with those parts. lol
NSF, Hikkikomori
http://yukikaze.wordpress.com/
woah O_O. talk about loaded indeed...
Operation
http://kitsunesuki.com
I dun like mine ot be kept in box as well. Only when it came with transparent boxes
IT
http://nails.otaku.jp
ahhhh... lol, I could never keep them in the cases. I HAVE to have them out and on display. Plus they are fun to dust with a q-tip.
Moe Hunter
http://moehunter.wordpress.com/
Figures are meant to be PLAYED with. However you may interpret the word.
Oh btw, is the duplicate the top right and just to the bottom left of the picture? The pink/red box.
U.S. Navy
http://twitter.com/palm9x
Not a bad sized collecion. mine our mostly out of the box, boxes all stored in the attic, need them for eventual next move.
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
superb collection! i can only imagine the amount of green stuff required to build this. woot!
Otaku
http://imperiomoe.wordpress.com
Nice collection. The only figures I keep in their original boxes are my Evangelions.
Merchant
You have 2 of Mirei San, I'm not sure. Anyway looks like I miss that figure, Kotobukiya should release it again.
オタク all day long
http://www.nekomagic.com
wow, a really nice collection!!! =D
Student
hi Rainbow^^
yes nice collection indeed
I want to find out where he lives
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
whoa another sempai to look up to in terms of fig collection...
so nice indeed...
software manager
http://wawawawasuremono.com
should link a hi-res version so we can see everything in detail!
Secretary
http://figured.wordpress.com/
Wonderful collection, such a shame they are trapped in their boxes though :(
Secretary
http://figured.wordpress.com/
I just realized that some of them have a cover where you can't see the figure at all! Why bother getting the figure at all????
Ork Warlord
Very nice collection, but I belive that enjoy more for figure outside the boxs. At least is my opinion. Anyway, I always keep the box for figures
student
http://beastofbloodgaara.deviantart.com
All of my figures except for one Ed figure and one Giroro figure are out of their boxes. I don't know why I left them in their boxes... O_o Oh, and my Bridget figure and my Reno figure are in their boxes, but that's because I'm making space to display them :)
New media student
I've taken my figures out of their boxes and put them on display, but of course I've kept all the boxes, because figures wouldn't be perfect and complete without them, and besides, it's a lot easier to put them into their boxes if you, for example, move to an another place.
Pokemon master
http://thecococafe.wordpress.com/
Right now I only have blind box trading figures, so it would be pretty pointless to keep them in their boxes.
3d Modeller/Time Lord
I used to do that back in the day when I collected Spawn figures. But it was usually only the figures that were extremely rare and hard to find. Like the ones that only came one per every other case. Nowadays I just take everything out of the box. I can't help it, I'm still a kid at heart. I love playing with my toys.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!! I WANT HIS BABIES!!! *figures I mean lol) But OMG Christ!! Wish I had that many!!!!!!! SO JEALOUS!!
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
http://otterhangar.blogspot.com/
we need a gunpla room...
honestly...
Student, ACG Fans
http://modvisc.blogspot.com
some of my figure is still in box,some are out of box.
medicine student & otaku
O.O! WOAAAA THAT'S AWESOME too bad i have a small room & besides that i'm moving & i'm starting to throw away the boxes T_T
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
My friend keeps the figures out of the box but then he still keeps the boxes!!! Double the room needed. Very nice collections BTW.
Supervisor
http://carlosmonge.blogspot.com/
AWESOME COLLECTION DUDE...
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
wow! that's some collection he has got there ^^
does he remove his figures from the box then puts them back again?
Student, Tech
Of course they come out of their boxes. I'm the kind of person that can't throw away things...you know what I mean? Besides, it's convenient to keep my boxes just in case I want to NOT dust all my figs or suddenly move elsewhere. I don't even throw away my shoe boxes. LOL
Student
http://www.furuanimepanikku.com
This feels more of like a figurine shop rather than a room.
freelance digital artist
Wow~ feels like i could grab some (for free~!) i were there~ >.>"" LOL
Programmer
http://www.philanime.com
I never take out my figures from their boxes. too much upkeep! meh! ~_^
btw, nice collection! ^_^
pokemaster
http://francast.wordpress.com/
let those figure breathe!
Self Employed // Graphic Artist // Clothing
I have all my figures outside the box, I like to display them, play with them, stare at them for some time.
I do, however, keep some of the boxes for the figures that are either expensive or that I really really like, in case I want to move them away or something.
I don't see it as bad to have them in boxes, but I personally can't appreciate a figure unless it's outside of the box.
working part time
NICE cllection johno , me too i put them in boxes so that its lesser chance of getting in the expose. besides i don have a shelf to put it i only got gundams and nice figures. well i figure out the doubles ignis but well u all figure out too ^^ but y try ebay ? sometimes they sell "fake" figures and u wont know they r fake when u got them :)
working part time
sry about the typo error i mean collection hope to see more of those otaku's rooms ^^
Studio Photographer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyxin/sets/
Wow I could never keep my figures in the boxes. Well, there are a couple that I did cause the box was nice but everything else I opened and displayed. I think I might when I run out of room to display them, but otherwise I like to keep them out. I would also be too lazy to take them out then put them back and rotate lol.
Engineer
http://lovelyduckie.com/
I can't believe even the FREEing Haruhi figs are boxed...they don't even have a window! Why spend THAT much to have a figure you can't even look at.....
Although this guy could sell his Ignis figures for a pretty penny though since they're still boxed. But still if you give me a figure I really want and tell me if I keep it boxed for 2 years I'll be able to sell it for 3 times what I paid I'd still open it to display it.
I do save all my boxes though, I keep them in the basement.
Claymation-ator
Adopt me plz?
Working Otaku mom
http://riianadoon.blogspot.com
I agree with Deidara, Danny, guess you have now acquired 2 adopted daughters!:P
Love that picture of your figures!:D Would have much difficulty not taking them out of the boxes!:D
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
Thats a lot of MINT condition figures luckkkyy....I can never EVER keep my figure inside the box =3
High School Student
http://4kura.wordpress.com
Nice Figures
office worker
I have more and i keep them in the boxes.I am not goin to take them out so them can get dusty. i am going to buy a enclosed glass case for them but its 1075 dollars..i would rather get more figures with that money! ^_^