Nendos After A Hail Storm
Posted by Persocom on Jul 29, 2009 in Figures, Life | 29 comments
Today an onslaught of small to large thunderstorms came through our town. They each lasted around a half hour or so with about a half hour break in between them and lasted until just a while ago. During the worst part of the storm we had some rather large hail. I had been keeping an eye on the weather reports and it looked as if we were just going to miss one of the worst ones. I looked outside after I heard a clinking sound like a bottle being broken, and saw a lady swearing and running as a large chunk of hail landed and shattered within a few feet in front of her. Within a few seconds there were tons of icy chunks of hail falling down rapidly. There’s much more to be said, and I even took advantage after the storm and got a lot of pictures of my Nendoroids exploring the yard in the aftermath. Read on for the full story~ Read More
Site News, Recent Gets & Box Damage
Posted by Persocom on Mar 21, 2009 in Figures, Misc | 6 comments
First off I’d like everyone to know that despite a long delay, Animatic Figmation the actual site is well under way. It’s up and running right now but I need to do some work on it because of the theme I’m using. I might have one or two more posts here before I completely migrate over to the new site. So everyone prepare for the move. I know I said I was doing it soon a while back but so many little things have delayed me. I’m very eager to finish the final steps before the move. I’m going to be spending the weekend testing things out and messing with it, and hopefully early next week I’ll have it all ready to go. I’ll do one last post here before the big move and go to everyone’s blogs to let them know since I doubt half of the people on my blogroll will even see the post. Read More
Nendoroid Yoko
Posted by Persocom on Mar 7, 2009 in Figures | 15 comments
Yesterday Nendoroid Yoko from Gurren Lagann arrived at my door. I had pre-ordered her from Hobby Search months ago and almost had to cancel her. Luckily that didn’t end up happening and now she graces my shelf. She is still available at the time of posting this, if you decide you want her you can order her here. Her cost is 3,167 Yen. Read More
March Madness?
Posted by Persocom on Mar 5, 2009 in Figures | 10 comments
March has been here for 5 days now, and I’m just getting back to blogging~ uguu. Well, things turned out to be a little hectic. My bank card got stolen and someone helped themselves to a few hundred dollars of my money on the first of the month. But luckily the person who took my card wasn’t very smart and thus our newly arrived tax returns weren’t drained completely. The bank is going to cover the money that was taken, so things will be o.k. We’re also in the process of doing a bunch of much needed home improvements. And, as I’m writing this Riiana has come down with a cold and I’m trying to fend it off. Alas, all this in only a short time, but things aren’t too bad I guess. So on with regular posting. This morning Nendoroid Yoko arrived at my door. I also decided to take pictures of the poster that came in the February issue of OtakuUSA that I recently got, as requested.
Fraulein Revoltech Yoko
Posted by Persocom on Oct 6, 2008 in Figures | 6 comments
Fraulein Revoltech Yoko arrived at my door today, along with another figure I’ll be reviewing next. This will be the second Revoltech figure I own, and the first Fraulein Revoltech. Yoko is from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Some of these pictures feature the box to the Yoko Solid Mouse Pad (the oppai one), and the mouse pad itself. Both the mouse pad and the figure I bought from my favorite store, Hobby Search. As always it arrived in good condition and promptly. I had to have a little fun, hope you enjoy the pictures. Read on for the review and click on the pictures for higher resolution!
Alright, so the box for her was pretty tiny, smallest figure box I’ve gotten so far. Moving on to the actual figure though, she was just as I had expected her, well mostly. She comes with two faces, and two hair pieces, not four like a certain promo picture had shown before. Not that I’m complaining, I was just surprised. One hair piece that’s normal and one with the glasses attached, and one angry and one normal face. One of the first things I’d like to point out about her, since I read some people weren’t happy with the promo pictures being different from the actual figure, but I don’t really see any difference besides the lighting. The lines on the bottom of her eyes aren’t really an accident, as you can see from the mouse pad and it’s box art, those are meant to be there. As a Revoltech figure her joints move a lot different than the Figmas, and I find it harder to pose them, and especially harder to use the stand. This stand is a lot better than my Revoltech Saber’s stand, which was utter crap. Still though, I’m only using the stand for display, not for pictures. I don’t like the rubber grip that goes around her waist in pictures and I don’t like that her feet don’t properly touch the base. Revoltech still has a bit further to go if they want to have bases that are top notch. It’s not much of a complaint I suppose, but it’s one thing that annoys me with Revoltech figures. Figma is pure win in the base department in comparison.
When I was switching Yoko’s hands, her wrist bracelets dropped right off. I was lucky to find one of them, as I wasn’t expecting them to fly off and roll on the floor… and right down a heat vent nearby. I managed to retrieve it, and thus learned a lesson with handling her. Before you change her hands, make sure you grip the bracelets, they are not part of the hands. I like the Revoltech joints in all places but the knees, as they seem a bit weaker there, at least in this figure’s case. Her scarf is removable, not part of the head, and moves around pretty loosely. Her hair has a joint in it. The gun’s scope is removable, and it comes with two stands. The pink strap on the gun borders on elastic but it’s not, and it seemed to stretch a bit when I put the gun around her. She’s all I could ask for in a Yoko figure, except that I wouldn’t mind a little Boota to go with her like the Konami version figure. She came with extra hands I believe six of them. If there was ever anything Revoltech could do to make their figures better it would be to try harder with their bases, take a note from Figma and make a couple more joints in them. So there you have it, my Fraulein Revoltech Yoko review, hope you enjoy the pictures and maybe this will help you decide whether or not this is something you’ll want to get or not. I’m happy with my purchase, the figure itself is great I just know they can do better on the bases.
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