Juvisy was another AmiAmi Busou Shinki buy. I got her for a decent price and with half-off shipping. Unfortunately AmiAmi doesn’t carry her in stock anymore and there’s not a listing I can link you to there either. Juvisy is a Full Set MMS Type Seed, with character design by okama, and she was released back in February of 2007 as part of the 4th Wave of Busou Shinkis. In the Battle Rondo game, she’s voiced by Kaori Nazuka, whom you might recognize as Nunnally Lamperouge in Code Geass, Lynette Bishop from Strike Witches, or more recently Shikuzu Sangou from Kämpfer among other roles. Now read on for the full review!

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Suika Ibuki is an oni from the land of Gensokyo, the world from which the Touhou Project series of games takes place within. She’s a real party monster and has an insatiable appetite for alcohol. Luckily for her, she has a magical gourd which produces an infinite amount of sake. She is a playable character in three (and a half) of the official Touhou games, as well as making a boss appearance in another. She was first seen in Immaterial and Missing Power. She’s one of my favorite characters from the Touhou series, and my son loves her as well (yes he plays Touhou Hisoutensoku with me). Anyways now that I’ve done a brief introduction I can move on to the details. I bought Suika from AmiAmi for a magnificent 49% off, leaving her price at a mere 1,500 yen, and during the half off shipping deal she’s really quite the steal. There are plenty in stock at the moment, so if this plush interests you, why not take advantage? Anyways, I know it’s only a plush but she deserved some love, so read on for a short review.

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I really didn’t expect to do this at all, but I decided to attempt making a 4koma comic type of thing for the first time finally today. I’m not very good at this sort of thing but I’ve always wanted to mess with the idea. I may or may not make more in the future. The format is kind of sloppy but it’s my first time. If I decide to get serious any make more of these I might try different formats. I couldn’t fit it all in 4 panels either, so it’s not technically a 4koma. Well enough babbling about it. This is my first work, an ecchi comic: Thirst For More. Starring Elina, Suika Ibuki and…

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Aside from figure posts I have others I’ve been planning to do. It seems that March will be quite the busy month for me, as I just received two packages from AmiAmi. I still have 2 Busou Shinkis that I never mentioned before as well, so I’ll add them in here too. Today’s loot consists of 4 Revoltechs, 3 Busou Shinkis, 1 Touhou plush, a pencil board and a PSP game. I have quite a bit more on the way, and by the end of this month, I might just have the largest monthly loot I’ve ever seen. Don’t expect all the reviews to come one after another though, I want to slip in some other posts between the cracks. The main picture doesn’t show everything to come, so if you’re interested even the slightest take a peek.

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So during my orders last month, I got Yui Hirasawa one day in my mailbox via SAL through Hobby Search. She’s the first figure to come to me using SAL shipping from them. The wait wasn’t too bad, I think it took about two and a half weeks and I had all but forgotten about it by then. In case you don’t know, Yui is the main character from K-On!, which will be starting up a second season already this Spring. Orders for Yui were closed within a very short period of time the same day she came up for pre-order, and her April re-release is already reservation closed. If you really want her, you’ll have to wait for another re-release, or hunt her down elsewhere.

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For my first review with my new camera, I decided to break out my latest 1/8 PVC figure Aldra, by MegaHouse. She comes from the world of Queen’s Blade, which is spread between visual combat books, drama CDs, manga, anime and even a trading card game. She’s quite a special character in the series because she is the queen, and that’s all I’ll say to save from spoiling for people who are strangers to QB. I bought the figure at HobbyLink Japan during the MegaHouse Mega-Sale that’s still going on. If you’re the least bit interested in this figure, pick her up before stock runs out, she’s only 1,800 Yen! A whopping 70% off the regular price, this is a deal that can’t be passed up. They also still have the 2P color version in stock, but she’s not quite as cheap. As a recently addicted Queen’s Blade fan, this was too awesome of an opportunity to hold back from. Read on for the review, and watch for meat-rending blades. This is a NSFW review, kiddies turn back now.

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So today I finally went out and bought myself a real camera, my first DSLR. I ended up getting the Nikon D3000. This picture was taken with my old Vivitar, the trusty yet crappy camera I’ve been using since way before this site existed. I know this main shot isn’t that great, which is a true testament to the quality of my old camera. All the rest of the pictures in this post are with the Nikon. I got myself a UV filter for my lens, a new lamp, some new bulbs and borrowed some equipment from my mom. I’ve all but burnt myself out today taking pictures since I got it. Expect my picture quality to increase as I experiment and learn. I haven’t done a real figure shoot with it yet, but I’ve taken plenty of random shots. I’ll share some of my shots from today with you now. Don’t worry there’s figures in the mix.

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Tigris is the second Busou Shinki we’ve bought, and this one Riiana claims as hers. Tigris was bought at AmiAmi for a very nice low price last month, but unfortunately she’s not in stock nor is there even a listing for her anymore, so I cannot link you there. Tigris is a Full Set MMS Type Tiger, released back in August of 2007. Her original character design is by Shimizu Eiichi and Shimoguchi Tomohiro known for their work in the manga Kurogane no Linebarrel. In the Battle Rondo game, she’s voiced by Kana Ueda, whom you may know from anime such as Fate/Stay Night (Rin Tohsaka) and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s/Strikers (Hayate Yagami), not to mention many more. Now, read on for the actual review!

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Valona is the first Busou Shinki that we bought that I claimed as mine. I bought her at AmiAmi for a very good low price, but she’s no longer in stock there at all, even her listing has even been removed, so I can’t link you there. Valona is a Light Armor Full Set MMS type Succubus figure from the Busou Shinki line, released back in 2008. I’m very lucky to have found such a great deal on her. Her original character design is by none other than Shimada Humikane, the artist behind the Strike Witches and Sky Girls. On top of that in the Battle Rondo game, she’s voiced by Aki Toyosaki, whom you may know from K-On! as Yui Hirasawa, or A Certain Scientific Railgun as Kazari Uihara among other roles. Read on for the figure review.

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So, I thought I’d post something up between figure reviews and what not and do something random. I take a lot of extra pictures when I shoot figures for reviews and many of them never get seen. So today I thought I’d share some of the random pictures I took that just didn’t make it. I know this isn’t my usual type of post, and I’m not sure if I’ll do posts like this very often either, but I thought I’d throw it out there and see what happens. Some pictures are ecchi so consider this a NSFW post just to be safe.

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