Mewtwo Collection Box

Posted by Persocom on Feb 8, 2012 in Figure Review, Games | 4 comments

As some of you may know, or may not, today was the official release of the Pokemon Trading Card Game latest set: Next Destinies. With just over 100 cards in the set, and featuring the return of Mewtwo and EX cards, this set has gotten quite a bit of hype. I know before I mentioned that I occasionally buy Pokemon TCG cards, and recently I’ve even been getting into a bit of competitive play (though I’m nothing special, I just enjoy playing). So I went to the local Walmart today and bought this little Mewtwo Collection Box for $15.99 and a single booster pack for $3.98 because I’m impatient and I like to collect the figurines. I always wonder if these type of things even belong on the blog here, but what the hell, I enjoy it, so it does. So I’m going to take a peek at the Mewtwo figurine and the collection box that I impatiently opened without getting pictures.

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Nendoroid Toko Amano

Posted by Persocom on Feb 4, 2012 in Figure Review | 15 comments

Are you familiar with Bungaku Shoujo? Otherwise known as Literature Girl, or Book Girl, Bungaku Shoujo is a light novel series that has also gotten OVAs and an animated movie. Of course, I watched them and enjoyed them quite a bit, though I never did get around to reviewing. Speaking of not getting around to reviewing, I’ve had this Nendoroid since her release over a year ago! I finally got motivated to review her properly. She was released by Good Smile Company on November 26th of 2010. I bought her from AmiAmi for 2,600 Yen (not including shipping). Her price is justified by the amount of accessories she comes with for sure. If you’re interested in buying her, unfortunately she is sold out, and I’m not sure where you could find her now. That aside, I hope my review is appreciated even though it’s way beyond late.

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Puella Magi Madoka★Magica

Posted by Persocom on Jan 28, 2012 in Anime Review | 14 comments

In January of 2011, the original anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica (and also known by other names) aired as a joint project between producers SHAFT and Aniplex.  During the airing of the series, the last two episodes were postponed for some time due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.  It went on to win many awards for various reasons.  Next month, the first volume is being released in America subbed and dubbed.  Madoka Magica has spawned figures, merchandise, manga, a PSP game in the making as well as upcoming movies that recap the series, as well as a third movie that will be new material.  It’s even getting an online game.  Madoka Magica is, by many, considered the masterpiece of 2011, with good reason.  It’s a magical girl anime like no other, and dares to redefine the genre.  Now, after refreshing my memory by rewatching it this week, I’m ready to review it.

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Kaai Yuki

Posted by Persocom on Jan 20, 2012 in Music | 15 comments

Back on December 4th of 2009, a Vocaloid named Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) was born, or rather, released. I was quick to dismiss her, as an avid Miku Hatsune fan at the time, for many reasons. For the longest time I heard little to nothing but cover songs of other Vocaloids, which tends to happen each time a Vocaloid is released. In all honesty, I’ve fallen from being a hardcore Vocaloid fanatic to just casually listening to the army of Vocaloids both official and fan made, that have come in the last few years. I’ve only had one of Kaai Yuki’s songs in my playlist that I really cared for since she released, but lately I dug up some more that I can enjoy. So since I didn’t give her a proper welcome when she came out, I thought I’d do this post.

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Gothiruselle/Gothitelle by Takaratomy

Posted by Persocom on Jan 14, 2012 in Figure Review | 11 comments

Tonight I’m reviewing something a bit different from the usual, as such I wasn’t sure what to put for the title of the post. We’ll be taking a look at TAKARATOMY MONSTER COLLECTION POKEMON FIGURE – M-041 – Gothiruselle / Gothitelle. Since I’m used to calling her Gothitelle that’s how I’ll refer to her though from here out. I bought this particular figure from JapanVideoGames.com for $8.99. Those possibly interested can buy her here. Originally released on November 30th of last year, she is one of a large collection of new Pokemon figures from the Black & White series. This is the final evolved form of Gothita and Gothorita. She’s one of my personal favorites from the new generation. If you want to learn more about Gothitelle, check the Bulbapedia page.

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Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Posted by Persocom on Jan 12, 2012 in Anime Review | 19 comments

Since it recently ended and remains fresh in my mind, I’m going to do a little review of Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai. The title basically means I don’t have many friends. It started airing in October of last year and just finished up right before Christmas. While the setting is one of the most overused and bland (school), I found this a refreshing comedy in that particular area. Apparently Haganai (what we’ll call it for short) was based from light novels, and also had a manga adaption in 2010. I’ve noticed that it also has a Japanese PSP game recently as well. While Haganai wasn’t the best anime of last year, it was quite enjoyable, thus my want to desire to give it a proper review.

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Let It Snow!

Posted by Persocom on Jan 10, 2012 in Figure Fun, Life | 14 comments

First of all, it’s been a slow start to the new year, for this blog at least. I’ve been so wrapped up with life and other things that I haven’t had a lot of ambition lately. I guess it doesn’t help that my computer also died on me, so now the three of us are all stuck sharing one laptop. So let’s get this show on the road. Going to do something out of the ordinary and just share some random pictures I took during my son’s Christmas vacation. We finally got enough snow to make our first snowman. I also took some figures out in the snow and such while I could and just had fun. Winter here is usually a roller coaster ride of warm weather that feels unseasonable followed by very seasonable cold. So one day there’s snow, the next you’d swear Spring came early.

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