Tsuruya-san Culture Festival Maid Ver. Figma
Posted by Persocom on Jun 5, 2009 in Figures | 25 comments
Another Figma version of Tsuruya was recently released by Max Factory, and I couldn’t pass it up. Tsuruya is of course, from the manga/novel/anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, where she plays a side character. I bought her from Hobby Search for 2,261 Yen, and she’s still available for purchase if you’re interested you can order her here. Read on for my full review and lots of pictures. Read More
Tsuruya-san Figma
Posted by Persocom on Oct 29, 2008 in Figures | 11 comments
Nyoro~n! Yesterday Tsuruya-san came for a permanent visit to my collection. She’s a minor, but still popular character in the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I’m pretty sure almost everyone knows that already but there are some who might not. Well, I tried to shoot her yesterday at the nearest park but I was rushed for time so I didn’t get very many pictures. Something about Halloween drawing near and the leaves turning color made me want to take the pictures outside, but I really couldn’t get what I was going for. My neighborhood isn’t very otaku friendly, or friendly in general really. So nothing spectacular in the way of creativity here, sorry. I might try to do something interesting for a Halloween post though.
Her hair is unique to all the other figma, because it’s actually jointed in the back, allowing her (heavy I might add) hair to lift up so you can reach the hole in her back with the stand. There’s also a hair piece like Konata’s that can be taken out to reveal a hole for the stand to go in her hair. I actually prefer the hair one myself, because of how heavy her hair is, but it’s nice to have options. I wish Konata would have been like that also. It looks like Max Factory are getting the hang of making figmas now, she’s very well made. Her hands are easier to take out and put in, and since the joints in them are made of ABS as opposed to previous figma, I’m not so worried about snapping them. We’ll see in time if it really does help though.
She’s got two faces and 10 hands, the normal Haruhi figma hands and two V sign hands, which you see plenty of here. I especially like her fang. I do wish she played a bigger role in the anime, but I guess there’s nothing to be done. I also wish they would have figmatised her in maid cosplay form instead of the same old school uniform. I love these figures but that uniform is starting to dominate my collection. Ah yes, and she comes with an even more minor character’s head, Emiri Kimidori. I didn’t go out and buy a second of any of the Haruhi figmas to compensate for her head either, money is a bit tight these days and I can’t justify buying two of anything but limited and hard to acquire figures. So I just used Mikuru’s body here.
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Wonfes Figma Wish Listing
Posted by Persocom on Aug 3, 2008 in Figures | 13 comments
Arg! So there’s a ton of previews of upcoming figures all over the place and I’ve been saving pictures of them like mad and dreading how much I’m going to end up spending in the near future. I really have become addicted to figma. So first up on the list is of course, Miku Hatsune figma. I saw a preview picture of her at DannyChoo.com quite a while ago and I’ve been holding off getting all the other Miku figures that were released so far because that’s the one I want the most. I am considering the nendoroid though.
Of course, Miku is at the top of the wish list right now, but they’re also releasing Rin & Len Kagamine, two other vocaloids. Rin looks really great in my opinion and I’m probably going to end up getting Len too just because of the keytar (and cuz I’m a sucker for figma). I used to mess around making electronic music, so the Vocaloid program really appeals to me. Maybe if I could get my hands on the program I’d start making music again…
Since I’ve already ordered Nanoha and Fate figmas, it should come as no surprise that I’ll be pre-ordering Hayate Yagami as well, from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS anime (first seen in A’s). She looks amazing. I’m not going to get her just for the sake of completing the collection either, just look at her! Must get!
Alrighty, moving on. Next up is Ryoko Asakura from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. This picture doesn’t show but there was a picture from Megami magazine on DannyChoo.com a while back that showed she comes with a knife accessory. If you’ve seen the anime it makes sense. The scene between Yuki Nagato and her was one of my favorite in the whole series, so expect I’ll be getting that and attempting to re-enact the scene as best I can. I really do have sucker written on my face don’t I?
Now we have Tsuruya-san. She played a pretty minor role in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, but she’s a fan favorite. This is where I pretty much just straight up say I am a sucker, and my wife loves the anime and all the characters, so I’ll most likely end up buying this one just because.
Alright, to finish up my new additions to my wish list we have Miyuki Takara from Lucky Star. All the other Lucky Star girls have either been released (Konata Izumi), or have been available for pre-order for some time now (Kagami & Tsukasa Hiiragi). I must say I’m looking forward to the OVA that’s coming out soon.
Oh yeah there’s a LOT more figures that aren’t figma that I really really love, but with this many to buy and me still being new to collecting, this will hurt my bank account enough! There were a bunch of other figmas but they didn’t call out to me, at least not yet. I don’t know anything about this figure yet, but it’s Miku Hatsune, and it is freaking adorable! This will be going on my wish list too. Not all wishes come true though, so we’ll see.
Of course, these are all just my newest additions to the list. There’s a few others that I’m hoping to get that aren’t really new news. Well that’s all for this post, may your bank accounts drain slower than mine!
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