For a perfect Christmas I need snow, the whole family, roast goose, croquettes and “Home Alone” to be aired a few days before Christmas. Sadly the croquettes aside not everything of that will come true in 2016, I miss you grandma, actually more than I expected.

I gathered all my remaining motivation and took a few seasonal Dollfie pictures with Rio, Chiyoda, Kirseki, Rin and Rinko. All weren’t introduced yet, I will do that next year, I guess.

Mirai is still on vacâtion, but that aside everyone was dressed casually festive with warm sweaters and generally more modest than usual. The MDD is a little overdressed, but Kiseki is so cute in this dress, which is actually is a boob window sweater for her bigger friends.

Aw the weeks before christmas are always exciting and stressful. Of course for children this time before christmas is filled with excitemenz, anticipation and chocolate in many shapes.

Here everyone of the 5 girls is nicely dressed.

Rin

Rinko

Kiseki

Rio

Chiyoda

I was mainly aiming to get a decent group picture, but since everyone was clad in pretty outfits I took much more pictures with them. The non group shots turned out a bit better. I should try to improve with group pictures in 2017.

Do you know what I want for christmas?

Huh, tell your big friend about it

You know I want the world to become a better place… I wish for world peace.

My, my, aren’t you are kind little girl. But you should think of something more simple

Mhhh… new clothes, toys, … another sister? ….

There! There! I saw something, wasn’t it Santa san?

Oh! what I want for christmas? … I guess I like bears

Oh wow it’s really a cute teddybear! …thank you

♡〜٩(^▿^)۶〜♡

Thank you for the attention, have a nice last day of christmas and nice remaining holidays.

A few months ago I had a Super Sonico calendar page that I really liked, in fact I liked it so much that I was inspired to turn it into a Dollfie Dream head, not by myself of course.

So I asked the faceup artist Clockwork Angel, since I previously asked her for two other commissions and always was very happy with the results, I wanted her service once again.

I decided for an DDH-03 head in semi white as base, it’s not the most popular face mold,
but I thought it was perfect for my idea. The style was mainly based on the calendar page,
I also had some extra demands. I’ve send her the head, eyes and eyelashes to work on.

I patiently waited for her “I’m done” message, it’s always exciting to see the final result.

My intention was not to make a 100 % Sonico adaption, I wanted a slightly related design though. I also asked for adding a beauty mark, because I really like such things.

The head turned out marvelous and I’m very happy about it. The makeup shows lovely prominent blush and the pretty beauty mark I wanted, another part I especially like is the sweet mouth with the shiny lips. Added eyelashes are always nice. Clockwork Angel also modified the eye holes of the DDH-03 and the smaller, sanded down nose makes the face even cuter. All together the head turned out beautiful with amazing details.

I like that the face is cute and has a soft look, but also shows seductive characteristics.

Before I considered to get this head commission started, I sewed a Yukata dress, loosely following the calendar page pattern with some aid it turned out surprisingly nice.

The new head isn’t actually planned as a new doll, for starters at least it’s just ought to be an optional head. The name for now is Rio MK II

For the pictures I borrowed the DDdy body of my Chiyoda doll. The girl on the calendar is quite buxom and has an impressive bosom, so I was also borrowing the pretty Peach Pai bust
(ＤＤｄｙ版ぴ～ち☆パイぷらす仕様) The shooting turned out a bit sexy once again, but I tried to keep it subtle, it’s up to you if this worked to some degree or not.

Before I could take the long planned pictures, I had to wait for a paper umbrella from Taobao to arrive. In the meantime I also exchanged the doll bodies inner plastic frame with a sturdier metal frame, getting this part turned out quite expensive, but the thing is a real improvement.

Todays model is the lovely Riō and she will be presenting the casual underwear set, I’ve won for a fair price on Buyee. I liked the cute pattern and a good feature is the adjustable size. With her DDS L body size Riō only fills the smallest step, it’s probably for older sisters ;D

I was surprised how wonderful Riō looked in this elaborately made, casual underwear ♡＾▽＾♡.
It totally fits her youthful charm and accentuates her pretty zones, the single piece torso is really giving her a nice shape, still I consider to switch to a “DDS shapely L” which looks nicer with clothes on, it won’t make a “big” difference, but don’t underestimate the cleavage effect.

When taking pictures of my Dolls I still struggle with creating a decent lighting on the scene and fitting backgrounds are even harder to find. I was using 2 external flash units  left and right, facing away from the doll, only illuminating the surrounding walls will make a good, bright light situation. Background cloth can influence the lights color to a certain degree.

That should be all about it, next time, on voluntary basis, Riō will show us the recently arrived ＤＤｄｙ版ぴ～ち☆パイぷらす “DDdy-Pichipai plus” which is actually intended for another Dollfie.

Yeah, this became a doll content focused blog, figures don’t give me anything these days. Haha ok it was actually a joke, I will probably receive new figures to review next week ^^.

I went on a short vacation at the Northern Sea, just an advice if you will ever take a trip there, don’t do it in October, it’s chilly with the sea breeze. Luckily I had a few sunny days.

I took Riō with me and Mirai stayed at home, I fortunately was able to got my hands on a VOLKS carrying bag beforehand, which makes big Doll transportation a lot easier.

When the wind blows strong, take a hat along XD

I now I had the opportunity to make Riō wear her “ugly” jacket, it looks more according to season now, I’m more used to dress them sexy, but the casual fashion coordinate is also nice.

I had a few nearly fatal disasters as I was taking pictures in the super windy environment aw!.

After this picture I noticed that taking outdoor pictures can be quite dangerous and nerve wrecking , I feared Rio would fall in the salty mud, it totally happened before my imaginary eye. I quickly put her back in the safe bag, I should refrain from doing such high place stunts

“Damn! The wind ruins my hairstyle!”

I decided to put Riō not in more dangerous places and focused on ground and indoor pics.

some resting on the rented house furniture after the beach, which apparently was too cold.

Rio still wanted to wash the sand out of her hair before going to sleep.

Morning!

The next day Riō got rather lively and bold with half wet hair she looks marvelously attractive.

Nyahh! Nyahh!

Lol, I must say that she looks extremely cute, I don’t regret the faceup commission at all.

Don’t mind the rosebuds XD Yeah, I’m liking the slightly ecchi route so what, white nipples look a bit awkward so I added some photoshop color, I might paint them for real next time ^^.

Taking Riō along was fun, I might have liked taking more pictures, but the weather was rather unstable and my travel companions often had different plans *meh*

Put your clothes on, we’re driving home in 10 minutes.

We already took a look at a few figures from the summer Wonder Festival in part 1, with a little delay, I present you the second part of  Wonder Festival 2013  summer event. Maybe the topic lost it’s hype appeal by now, but I still want to list the remaining figures that caught my attention, so here we go with the featured figures from a number of popular manufacturers.

To save some time, I haven’t left a comment on everything , but I’m interested in these items.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica – Kaname Madoka

Is there really a need for more Madoka figures from GSC? sure this appears more creative and dynamic than the first batch of figures, but still it’s a little odd.

sculptor: Hiroshi  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls – Shimamura Uzuki 

Whoops this wasn’t made by Phat Company, my bad ^^

*lol* Idols can be so ridiculously cute, I already love this happy, happy darling. Her frilly multi layered skirt, the exposed belly, the short sleeved blouse, everything radiates sweetness. Normally I don’t care about figures “without” eyes, but I don’t care, Uzuki is on my list.

sculptor:  no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Magi – Labyrinth of Magic – Morgiana

Magi was a cool anime that will continue soon, aside from shounen cry baby Alibaba’s depression, it was totally awesome. Alibaba got no figure, but Morgiana an Alladin. The character designs were very appealing and therefore I think these figures will be great.

Morgiana is simply beautiful

sculptor:  Inada Masaki – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/8

Magi – Labyrinth of Magic – Alladin

Alladin is so cute, I bet he’s a girl

sculptor:  Inada Masaki  – release date: December 2013 – scale: 1/8

Dragon’s Crown – Amazon

In the official illustration the Amazon character looked a little deformed to me, here MegaHouse gives her more appealing shape, even the face seems softer now. I like the design a lot even though I prefer it more petite in general, the Amazon is sexy with her muscles and overall appearance.

sculptor: Kibayashi Norio  – release date: 2014 – scale: 1/7

Busou Shinki – Altlene

I totally wished for a PVC adaption of these two elaborate Garage Kits, my heart literally skipped a beat as I saw Altines and Altlene on Wonfes. I like the Busou Shinki anime quite a bit, the tiny, kind robots were really adorable. This might be really cool, I slightly prefer Altines to be honest.

sculptor:  Grizzly Panda – release date: February 2014 – scale: no data

Busou Shinki – Altines

sculptor:  Grizzly Panda – release date: Jauary 2014 – scale: no data

Vocaloid – Hatsune Miku – Senbonzakura

sculptor: no data  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! – Tendou Mana

sculptor:   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

 Mouretsu Pirates – Katou Marika

sculptor: Otsuyama Houjun  – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Kantai Collection ~Kan Colle~  Shimakaze

This character is quite popular in Japan now, I guess she’s from a funny game with battleships. I also like her appearance.

sculptor:   – release date: no data – scale:

The Seven Deadly Sins – Lucifer

*lo* not every figure of the Sins has an own prototype, but they already start with swimsuit figures, I actually wasn’t interested in Lucifer, but as swimsuit figure I like her quite a bit.

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

The Seven Deadly Sins – Belphegor

Belphegor is my most favoríte design after Leviathan,  she looks like a cute animal mixed with a cute girl （‐＾▽＾‐）The clothes or what is left from her outfit are attractive, hehe these stripes around her legs make me dizzy. The sitting pose already creates a number of photographic possibilities in my head.

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

The Seven Deadly Sins – Belzebub

sculptor: Toona Kanshi   – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

Date A Live – Yoshino  ~Swimwear~

I’ve never seen this anime, but the figure is cute, she even wears a full swimsuit.

sculptor: Tsunako – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

The 1/5 scaled Sonico will come out this year and the Cheerleader Sonico will be ready for preorders soon, aside from that they updated and worked on a few prototypes from previous Wonfes events.

Lineage II – Dark Elf 

Max Fatories Dark Elfs looked good, but rather scary for me. I’m curious how this will turn out.

sculptor: Iwanaga Sakurako – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Succubus

A sexy, sailor seifuku Succubus, this combination is brought to you by anime culture XD Im not sure about getting something like this, but it’s interesting and the 1/6 scale is cool. The censoring might be a bit misleading, she’s wearing underwear, there is nothing coming out *lol*.

sculptor: Mohio – release date: no data – scale: 1/6

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Panty Anarchy

I like how this turned out, Orchid Seed rarely makes figures in this scale, but this doesn’t look bad, maybe I can put her next to my Stockings figure.

sculptor:  Tanaka Masanori – release date: no data – scale: 1/8

 Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko – Touwa Erio

Was Erio sexy in Denpa Onna? Yeah I think she was really sexy and seductive. Orca Toys captured this part of her very well and I’m quite interested.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Original Character – Suzuki Margit 

Can Native figures never wear panties?  Obviously not, aside from that I really like this figure, she is cute on her chair. With the glasses and the lab coatshe looks a bit like a shy yet adorable laboratory girl. She partially stimulates hides her genitals with a test tube, this might appear a bit too bold.

sculptor: Kawanishi Ken – release date: no data – scale: 1/7

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT – Kashiwazaki Sena

A buxom 1/4 scaled Sena figure isn’t bad at all ヾ(＾-＾)ノ.  I imagine that this figure will look beautiful after it got painted. Sure it’s just another swimsuit figure, but Sena is the prtotype of a natural bikini beauty and she’s big and sculpted in a nice pin up pose.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: 1/4

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico – Tiger Parka 

For some reason I honestly dislike this figure, I dislike it as much as I like it, actually.  A cheerful Sonico with a “casual” outfit is nice, but here she looks so exaggerated happy that it nearly looks faked. When I had sorted out my thoughts about her, I might place my order.

sculptor: Hirohi – release date: 2013 – scale: 1/8

Evangelion Shin Gekijouban – Ayanami Rei – Race Queen

Yes this is a prize figure, but woah this Rei looks good, I really like her face and the classic pose.

sculptor: no data – release date: no data – scale: no data

Vividred Operation – Isshiki Akane – CharaGumin 

Even though Akane turned out as a rather silly character, she is really popular among figure manufacturers. I think Volks figure is the best so far and captures all of her personality, too bad she’s a Garage Kit, but maybe I will try to acquire her nevertheless.

sculptor: Zoukei-mura – release date: August 2013 – scale: 1/7

related post

Wonder Festival 2013 Summer – part 1

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Wonder Festival 2013 Winter – part 1

Wonder Festival 2013 Winter – part 2

Today I will review a recently released figure. On January 15th 2012 I ordered this exclusive Nagisa from the Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity Game for 9800 Yen, it took nearly a year until Volks announced a fixed release date and then the figure was released close afterwards.

The figure was manufactured by Volks as part of their exclusive Moekore Plus line. This figure of Nagisa is scaled 1/8 with a height of 24 cm. She is that tall that you could think that she is actually a 1/7 scaled figure, but considering the age of her character in the game it actually appears reasonable that Nagisa is taller than a figures which are based on younger characters.

The origin of the character is the game Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity, which I’ve actually never played before, but it looks interesting and I like the nice intro song quite a bit.

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Nagisa the new heroine of this game, she is 18 years old. Her kind is called Duman, a slightly altered human. As Duman Nagisa  has abnormal physical strength that allows her to carry the huge weapon of hers. She is descriped as a polite person, who lacks a bit common sense.

Hair & Face

Nagisa has nice black hair, with detailed long strands. I like the flow of it, it seems like her hair is grazed by the wind. The bangs have shorter strands, on the right sight of the bangs Nagisa is wearing some decoration, three leaves and transparent dark blue flowers that look like roses, further below she is wearing a broader strand in a cross tied fashion. If there is one thing I don’t like about her hair, it’s the stub texturw of the hair, a silky shine would have been a lot nicer.

The face of her looks a bit more grown up than on other figures, the facial details of her are very well done overall. The skintone is pale and the cheeks have a cute rosy tone. One of her green eyes is hidden by an eyepatch, it’s no injury btw. Nagisa’s mouth has a nice gloss effect on the lips. The face expression gives Nagisa a serious, nearly fierce look, but she is still very pretty.

Outfit & Body

The figure has a buttoned-up design, in contrast to other figures of mine, but I fell in love with her navy commander like uniform on first sight. I always watched this show J.A.G (Judge Advocate General), as it was airing and I liked the white uniforms a lot. I feel a bit reminded of it as I saw Nagisa. Well, her outfit is a bit different though, it consist of a long sleeved jacket, a white miniskirt and long boots. The jacket has a pearl white coat and the dark long boots have a nice shine. What I really like are the inplemented green gems at each side of her arms and hips.

All the shiny golden applications on her outfit give her a lot of elegance.  The strict appearance of her is areated by some folds and wrinkles at her arms, bust, butt and skirt. In contrast to the chastely outfit a little sexy detail was added where the skirt reveals the  garter at her thighs.

On first look Nagisa has a kind of simple pose, but nevertheless it is a quite expressive pose this figure has. There is more room for specualation, but to me it seems like she is walking past her beaten enemies, I really like posing of her limbs and body, the way she is hugging her big sword or the pose of her legs, on close view the pose is more complex than it seems.

A little size comparison – Stocking is already one of the bigger 1/8 scaled figures out there, but Nagis still is a few centimeters taller than her, even though the proportions of both figures match closely.

The mighty blue sword of her is called Steal Hearts, it has a really cool design with many golden ornaments and as litle feature it has a rotateable chamber. In the game that works like the cartridge system like in the Nanoha anime and increases the power to the executed attack.

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Final Words

Now to the question if Nagisa was worth the long waiting time and the exclusive price tag in the end? Actually yes, it is very well done figure with a high qualiy in terms of sculpting and painting, all the golden and other details were applied very clean. Overall Nagisa has a beautiful and proud appearance, the elegant design of her outfit and the face make this figure shine. The hexagonal black base looks a bit underwhelming in contrast to the figure, but the uninspired bases can often be found at exclusive figures,only GSC seems to put more effort into these minor parts. Aside from that, Nagisa is a very nice figure that shows, that Volks has the skills to compete with the better known figure manufacturers like ALTER, Max Factory or the previously mentioned GSC.

Today I’ll let down my pants, only in the figurative sense, of course

Inspired by Adam’s Figure Financials posts I decided that I wanted to create something similar by the end of this year. I’m fully aware that a detailed look at the figure expenses of this year might be a shocking experience, but join me  and face the ugly truth in this post.

Let’s take a look at the things I’ve bought this year, overall it were 27 figures that I’ve purchased and received this year, 1 less compared to 2011. Since I already sold 2 figures I end up with a number of overall 25 collected figures in 2012, it was one of my goals to stay under 28 figures.

monthly figure expenses

In the diagram below every bar shows what I’ve spent each month, surprisingly I ordered nothing in February and May. With 4 figures, I kind of overdid it in June and October, it were expensive months, but this also partially happened because of unforeseen events. In November I also ordered 4 figures, but these figure were from the aftermarket and comparatively cheap.

I won’t write down the entire sum I’ve spent this year, it would be a too big shock for me XD

manufacturer appointments

It looks like I chose ALTER for most of my purchases, their figures really caught my interest even some older figures from them. Surprisingly GSC, which I really can’t stand or better said it’s the constant hype about their products. Anyway I went out of my way and ordered four of their figures, I really like Sayaka and Shinobu. I also got really nice figures from Max Factory.
For some reason I only ordered 3 (4) Orchid Seed figures, maybe that will change in 2013.

I also tried different companies, that I’ve never bought from before, like Alpha Max, Native, Daiki Kougyou, PLUM, Phat Company and Volks who will relase their Nagisa figure soon. Unlike my bad experience with Griffon, these companies provided solid quality and very good figures.

Shop appointments

new exclusive and old figures comparison

Aside from 15 new figures, I bought 5 Exclusive figures (Sonico – Bath Time version,
Noel Vermillion, Miku Hatsune – Cheerful Japan, the Sonico Nendoroid and Nagisa).
The 7 old figures were Max Factories Tamaki Kousaka and Haruhi Suzumiya Gekisou version, Echidna from Megahouse. From ALTER I ordered the Louise Francoise – school uniform version, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia – Saber Maid R and non R version and Fauna at last.

I spent a lot for the Tamaki figure, but in other cases there were a number of significant price drops at Mandarake and AmiAmi preowned in this year, these prices were so low that I couldn’t resist these figures I always was slightly interested in. Asida from Echidna, who had a stained butt (it wasn’t me XD) I made no bad experiences with these aftermarket figures.

additional costs

When looking a these numbers I’m quite surprised that the custom fees only take ten percent of the spent budget, hehe four times my packages weren’t charged. 17 percent for shipping also appears lower than expected, this year I used more SAL shipping and domestic shipping, when more figures arrive in one month it makes no sense to use EMS for all orders. I used EMS 11 times, SAL 12 times and domestic shipping for local shops was used 4 times.

favorite figures of the year

Ok, enough of these dry statistics lets end this post with my personal favorites of the figures I’ve purchased this year this year.

Bakemonogatari – Oshino Shinobu (Good Smile Company)

This was my first GSC figure that I actually like a lot. The donut eating loli vampire Shinobu from Bakemonogatari was very well recreated in this figure, be it the adorable and cute face, the petite appearance of her body. Also the outfit with the cool motorcycle helmet and the light looking summer dress are also a convincing part of her. While not being sculpted perfectly sharp, the donut bed like base with it’s overload of details is a nice addition to the figure.

Another nice detail is that she can be taken off her base and be placed nearly everywhere.

Ikki Tousen Xtreme Xecutor – Kan’u Unchou (Daiki Kougyou)

I saw, drooled in excitement and ordered ^^. This figure appeared convincing for me from the day she was announced. I like Ikki Toussen quite a bit, but I never bought a figure of it before.

With this figure Daiki came especially close to my image of Kanu. Her powerful fighting pose and the well trained, attractive body were quite appealing. The figure of Kanu has a kinda angry determined face expression, while I prefer cute expressions in general, I was fascinated by the look of this figure. As my first experience with Daiki Kougyou, Im quite satisfied with their work. The sculpting and the painting on clothes and figure turned out very well

Soukou Akki Muramasa – Sansei Muramasa – Maid (Max Factory)

This was quite maid year in terms of figures for me, but Sansei Muramasa throned above all of them. I was interested in her since a certain Wonfes a few years ago. I am totally happy that I was convinced to get her in the end. Her appearance of a grown up and very attractive dark skinned elf is really enchanting. Muramasa has a beautiful face, the eyes are very expressive and also the unique combination of a slightly embarrassed and pouting  face expression are nice.

Her dress is lovely with the detailed ruffles and also the color combination of cream white and silky shine black a quite classy, elaborate look is created. The figure also offers a cool looking base with red floor and a pretty table where parts of the included coffee dishes can be placed.

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai – Takayama Maria (Max Factory)

Im still not a fan the Maria character, but she’s cute loli anyway. As image for the sculpting and painting Max Factory relied on the illustrator of the Novels, Buriki who has a quite unique style.
I really love how the face of this figure was adapted, she has super detailed eyes, blush marks and a cute open mouth with a sharp little fang. This Maria Takayama is a high quality figure with great looking body sculpting and an overall lively and playful appearance.

The dress is a little odd for a figure of a young girl, but is is very well done with pretty gloss and detailed shading effects. With a happy Maria inside the dress actually looks more cute than lewd.

To Heart 2 – Kousaka Tamaki – (Max Factory AquaPlus)

I saw this figure in the past, but in this year I noticed how appealing this figure actually is and was searching on the aftermarket. friend on MFC helped me and so I got my Tamaki Kousaka.

Not a cheap deal, but it was worth every cent. She looks a little different compared to her visual novel and anime origin, but in this case that is nothing bad.  On her fluffy, round base Tamaki radiates a romantic, cozy atmosphere what is quite charming in my eyes. The long red hair is pretty, the round face with the big eyes, rosy cheeks and the gentle smile on her mouth is really enchanting. The combination of a quite innocent appearance and an attractive curvy body works very well with this figure. Overall, the sculpting and paintjob of her are really top notch.

I still think that her boobs are too big, but with a cute face like this I accept this “minor” detail ;D

Nitro Super Sonic – Sonico –  Bath Time version (Native)

This was my first figure from Native actually, more importantly is that she’s a huge 1/6 scaled Sonico. I liked the creativity of pose and base a lot, these three little bathing friends are really cute accessories. The figure also has a very detailed and convincing face expression. I also like that they added more meat to this sculpt of Sonico like the Tsuji Santa artstyle always implies.

The figure can be displayed naked, not to the extent of most Native figures, but in my opinion  she looks best with one of her towels applied.Minor flaws are too faint blush marks and a  not that sexy looking butt, but nevertheless she is without question one of the best Sonico figures so far with the  Sonico – Bondage version from Orchid Seed following close afterwards.

Senran Kagura – Hibari (Phat Company)

I was quite happy as the cute GK of Hibari was quickly adapted to be turned into a PVC figure.
I didn’t had that much trust into Phat Company to begin with. But after unpacking her I was very much delighted, she looked very well done and came without major flaws. I love the cheerful face of Hibari with her flower eyes and the happy open mouth. I also liked her busty schoolgirl appearance dressed up in cute sportswear, like the jersey and the short bloomers that accentuates her meaty thighs. Her loose socks and the shoes are also a very cool detail.

Since I awaited this figure from Phat Company with lowered expectations my joy about her very good quality and looks were kinda amplified and Im still very happy about her purchase.

Do you have favorite figures from the ones you’ve bought?

Final Words

So far I always planned my purchases on a monthly basis, so that I won’t overstep my budget, in this post it was  interesting to take a look at the overall purchases of my figure hobby in this year. It appears like a lot of money and it probably is, but the truth is that there were more nice and pretty figures that I wanted to get n 2012, but I wanted to show at least a little retention.

Next year will be full of nice figures as well and I already preordered a few things, but lets see what and how many figures I will add to my next orders.

And you, Do you take a look back at your purchases and expenses of this year?

I there anyone who spent more? please let me know.

2012

Reviews of Nekomura and the ecchi Princess will be published soon.

Ok enough of the old stuff, now up to the following 4 new figures which were ordered recently.

Nitro Super Sonico – Soniko – Bath Time version

Hehe only one Soniko this time  XD There were two other ones, like the Soniko  – Tokonatsu version and Soniko – Gravure Swimsuit version that I could have ordered additional to the Native figure, but I will wait for other Soniko figures which might be announced this year.

Native’s Soniko comes with a quarter cutted bath tub, her bathing friends and a castoffable towel.
She is scaled 1/6 and will have a height of 250 mm, release is sheduled for May 2012.

While I like ecchi figures it is the first time that I ordered a figure from Native, I like their stuff in general, but I would feel uncomfortable with displaying most of their figures, since they expose their beaver in an offensive way. This Soniko here is more or less naked, but she doesn’t appear to be that indecent in this pose. Her body proportions are on the chubby and voluptuos side.
The face could show a cuter expression, but also her surprised expression is appealing to me.

Anyway Im really looking forward to get this big scale Soniko, from my expectation Native should deliver an excellent job with this figure. I ordered her at the proxy service of Tokyohunter for ¥11,325 and had to pay upfront, additional shipping costs will be added on release.

Rosario + Vampire – Kurono Kurumu

Do some of you remember Rosario to Vampire? it’s been some time since I watched this show.
Orchid Seed finally started to work on this figure which was a grey prototype since a few years. Recently they presented the colored prototype that turned up for preorders a few days later.

Ruby was a character of this show which I liked a bit more and also would like to see an appealing figure sometime, but Kurumu also was a likeable character, to be honest I liked most of girls.
Teenage Succubus Kurumu is scaled 1/7 and has a height of 245 mm. Her release is sheduled for late June. She wears a short maid/waitress dress with nice black gloves, stockings and shiny shoes, as to be expected from Orchid Seed, the skirt and parts of her top will be castoffable.

Even with clothes she shows a lot of her pretty skin, these shoulder blades the thighs *lovely*
Like Soniko she has also a buxom bodyframe and it’s really nice that sexy Kurumu will be 1/7 .

Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity – Nagisa

So enough of sexy godesses, here we have another exclusive figure, she’s called Nagisa.
Volks will release her sometimes this year, so far they haven’t announced a specific date.

To be honest I don’t know about her origin and at first I thought it was a creative version of Sakamoto-san from Strike Witches, but she’s not. I was glad that Nagisa didn’t turn out as GK, she turned out as affordable exclusive figure. Nagisa is scaled 1/8, I really like her elegant appearance in combination with the proud pose. The white navy like uniform shirt with all these golden details and the high boots look so nice. She doesn’t show the level of cuteness I normally like to have, but her face is really pretty with the light pink lips and the turquoise colored eye.

For ordering her I also used the proxy service of Tokyohunter for ¥9,800 upfront, normally I wouldn’t pay upfront for an item without an more accurate release date, but I had to hurry, since I already missed the first preorder round for her. I already missed Volks lovely Sasara Kusugawa.

Zegapain – Kaminagi Ryoko – Resurrection

No Im not kidding you, I really ordered this figure. Well she has no big boobs or an especially fancy dress nor is she a loli, but after seeing the anime Zegapain I fell in love with her character.
I wasn’t the only one who was enchanted by this figure, the fact that she was sold out before release prove the success of this not so fancy but still nice Kaminagi.

She is a kind and bubbly girl next door character, who likes making videos. Kaminagi Ryoko is scaled 1/8 with a height of 195mm and her release date was a few day ago on January 11th.
I like her bright and happy smile in combination with her dynamic standing one one leg pose.

Im very picky with figures from my favorite anime characters, but ALTERs attempt convinced me very quick. I wasn’t the first Kaminagi figure from ALTER, in 2007 they had produced this one.

And last but not least the updated Preorder roadmap, as you might notice in compraison to the last roadmap, I canceled the loli Takamachi Vivio from ALTER.

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