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when are you going to visit Alter...

Love the site visits, always interesting.

Love the cute little Haruhi figures ^^

i prefer partitions around my desk. i feel uneasy with people looking at me when i work.

Panda-Z for the mecha panda, no clue bout the rest.
Nice bright office though, i only had one bright office... the other ones were always pretty dark, lack of sunlight and dark furniture etc. pp. :/
I personaly like my seperated private space at work, i wouldn't mind an open one though, it's not like i have anything to hide. :)
And there are always some black sheeps, a old co-worker of mine used to take a packet of CD-Rs (unused ones... 100er box) and used them as frisbees... he was ranked above me though. ^^; The office was a mess most of the time. *sigh*
If any of my offices had just 1% of the figures, pictures and so on like those offices you tend to show us, my productivity would be far higher though. :p
For now all i can do is look at my iPods anime theme now and then + the music depending on how much is to do. :/

Hector looks slightly put out in the photos, did you force him to pose for you?? xD

Those mecha pandas look like they have Mazinger Z wings.

Hectors pillow cover was Precia from Prism ark (not to be confused with PriNcia from the prequel game, prism heart)

The poster girl is also from Prism Ark, she's precias bodyguard by the name of Kagura and the mecha underneath her are the 3 forms of Getter Robo G.
For shame for not recognising them!!!

Nice office tour as usual!! ^^

Gotta love that line up of haruhi casts in frog suit XD

and LOL at Fauna with the pantsu hanging on her foot XD

I personally prefer the open office - like at my jobs place. Luckily my employer has nothing against personal stuff on the desk ... so i quite of outsourced some figures there :)

lol the Oppai mouse pad is quality!!

Awesome photos, can't wait to see more.

About the question, I would probably say open office.

Why cant they have english page?
*same goes to AmiAmi ;__;

the office i'm at now has no one but me alone most of the time..so...=3

gosh the mascot character is so kawaii o-o

wooo chibi pantsu lol~
Anyways the mecha panda series is called, Panda Z =)

Aww..the Mikuru nendoroids. So cute! :)

Personally, I don't like partitions at work. They make me feel like working in a detention cell.

How about a cycling shorts edition of the pantsu? Some 2D girls wear those instead of regular pantsus.

am in an open concept right now, lots of people. don't really like it...used to share a room with 2 other writers. that was fun, we would play loud music and other people would come in and hang out with us.

open area also makes it hard to display my figures cos all kinds of people would walk by and play with them and break them or something. i have seen it happen!

Oh, man, so much nice stuff to buy from them. Komaki, Miku and Mikuru, all so cutesome =3.
And alas, I must confess, I have not seen Haruhi yet, but I'm starting with the DVDs tonite XD.
And about office space, I guess it depends on the company. While hobby-related offices like we've seen here can be perfectly open, I don't suppose employees from eg KLM or Boeing need to hear everything the boss discusses.

To answer Danny's secondary question, I have not seen any Haruhi anything, and find myself perplexed and mystified in the face of it all. o___O

*sigh* I'd love to work in a creative atmosphere like that with interesting things all around. I get to work on mac's all day, but nothing majorly creative :(

the tiny pantsu looks kinda weird. the upper portion looks too high. ('~')

Hey Danny, could you please suggest to the guys at Hobby Stock to make an English website and sell overseas?

PLEASE!!!!

afraid i'm one of the rare few who haven't seen haruhi yet *ducks* but will do for sure! summer hols are just round the corner..

fun visit of Hobby with a lot of goodies. Did you get a few new goodies that are not out yet? hehe my current work place is divided into offices though my office is very big and there are 2 other designers with me. Most other offices hold at lest 2 people in them. I visited WashingtonPost.com office and that was an open office. Though they had far less goodies and fun stuff on their desks comparing to my current work.

nice mousepad ^^

i would rather have an open layout office ^^

it is not that i don't trust my fellow employees but i want an open environment and it won't be restricting for them ^^

I've worked in both my own office and in an open office. Can't say it makes that much of a difference, though sometimes when people are talking it makes concentrating a bit of a pain. I work in a home office now, so it's a different environment.

Also, I was kind of expecting a huge warehouse with rows and rows of figures...like 200 Yuki figures staring at you or something. ^^

We have a bit of both worlds where I work. We have open 'pods' but have walls between some zones to prevent too much noise from getting around. I find it to be a really effective design and quite comfortable. I'm totally on the same page as you, Danny, with the idea that employees should be trusted. If an employer is fair and gives good benefits/pays well they should have zero worries about productivity. The bad workers always come to light sooner than later.

Very nice office tour, and nice exclusive Dakimakura shots!

Nice stuffs as usual from office tours! Those nendoroids look so cute, kyaaa @o@

Aatgh! Army of Mikurus are going to invade us!
If that were to happen... What would you do? LOL

My office has open layout. I don't like it of coz. But it really help us not to being lazy and fooling around on the internet. =P

gosh it's like play time! LOL thanks for sharing with us Danny and thanks Hector for modeling XD

hobbystock is a great model for a online retailer in the figure market.

the work they put into spotlighting the figure itself is greater than sites such as hobbysearch or amiami in my opinion.

thier site really excites the customers to see what is new and promote more sales from thier viewers/customers.

honestly, hobbystock was really the reason kid nemo company was started. i thought hobbystock had a brilliance to the site that really was unique and i wanted to translate that into the kid nemo company site also. im a big fan of hs!

on the topic of open versus partioned offices, i prefer open offices. it really promotes teamwork and union between the staff and everyone has a better time.

thats how kid nemo company's office is set up.

My office is partioned but the upper halves are made of glass so we can see each other. I actually need the partition so that my stuff do not fall off the desk ^^;

Try both formats for different sections of the same departments and see which format delivers better performance. Uhum, I think I will do that. ^^

I love it. Cool looking office where they can all let the inner otaku flow freely. I need to find a place like that.

Hatsune Miku!!!!...kawaii....ate BBQ few days ago...

The figures are all very cute. As far as office layout goes, im gonna have to go with open, because we used to have a closed layout at work, i.e., each developer viewed his own screen, but they recently moved all the desks around to make space for new employees. The office seems more open, so we talk a lot more and joke around. The mood seems lighter, so you dont feel quite as tired by the time 5pm rolls around.

So many figures I want....

Those Masane daki look really odd in terms of proportions (not specifically talking about the eyes, mind you)... Moetan and the Haruhi nendoroids look so cute! Frog suit power!

That is so awsome lol.

Ahh I cant wait for Otakon this year, gonna buy tons of stuff lol.

Whoa. There are a lot of goodies here. Especially the Dakimakura.

Shimazo-sans YF-19, the one is missing in my shelf.

"The "moe" in "moeru" beans "to burn.""
Beans? O.O Am I missing an inside joke here?

The Panda's are Pan Taron. MMMMmmm Pan Taron goodness.

I have it as my screen saver.

Danny you planning to visit any anime company like bandai or Gennon? And how do you.... Ahhh ask to interview the company?

OMG!!! What Hector is hold, Prism Ark pillow cover!!!!!! I want!!!
Now I found out another way to do a good photo shoot for my figrues!!!

Danny... please visit HLJ and Hobby Search :D

This will teach me to look at photos first and words last. 萌えるゴミ^o^ isn't Japanese a fun language?

I think I prefer the open office layout Danny. I think people work more closely in this type of layout. I know it's not hard fast rule, but I feel people are more team oriented in the open office layout. It discourages people from hiding in their cubicles and disconnection themselves from others.

Besides, I find cubicles make me feel claustrophobic. However, I do feel having one's own office is nice. Windows in a work space are nice as well. I know many bosses feel people will not work if they have windows. ^^

Every time I look at Moe tan I think I should get her...

That darned Nard-tan figure vexed me for a full year. I seen her in a store after I ran out of cash and loved her but didn't know what she was from took me a year to find her again, needless to say I bought her immediately.

I think I would prefer a closed office layout, I don't like being watched at all.

I have not watched Suzumiya as of yet, I have all the dvds and a ton of figures from it just have not had the time to sit down and actually watch it.

OH DAMN, Haruhi Nendo Puchis, that's awwsum.

And actually, I like a partitioned layout for work too, although an open layout might be better for those involved with vocations like..advertising or design.

In my old company, I went from an open layout to my own office. Having your own space is way better than a public layout because you need privacy for your daily routine.

Is there any Moetan figure that is not cute? Probably not. After all, the name implies the selling point.

I'm looking forward to the next figure-making review.

Love the "Stacks O figures" picture. I need a room just like that.

Not too crazy about those WB pillow cases. :p

Hey~! Shimazo-san has the same desk layout as me!

I want those Haruhi Nendoroids in costume!! Those are sooo cute. ^^

Wow, that seems like a really nice mellow office. I wouldn't mind working in that environment.

nice office especially with so many goodies on the desk! would love to keep such goodies on my desk without fear of loosing them the same day!

you should do a game company next.maybe bandai-namco

i never knew hobby stock took their own pictures, i thought they were the production photos and not their own.

Nice stuffs!

Aha I saw that Nagato Yuki figure by Alter at my local store.

I love seeing figure collector's desks!

ahh i lovee the petit nendoroids most of all the mikuru ones!!

Love the "kero-chans". Dunno can still get it here in Singapore? I love to get a set. I have a set of the Final Fantasy Tactics DS version. Very kawaii...

OOOOOOoooooo.... Love the mousepad... 8P

My office are based on open partition. All the staff have their own partition for their working space and storage. The partition height is only about 3'-6" to 4'-0". So you can see anyone who are around or not at their place by standing up.

d@@b

Heheh, the Oppai mouse pad is clever...boops for wrist support? LOL =)

>_<
i wave moetan figure, bought for 70$

i only wish i could work in a place like that. my room would be filled to the brim.

nice shots of hobby stock danny, it looks mint and the figure of hatsune is kawaii!!!

I haven't seen Haruhi yet... although I plan to do so ^^