Selling Off a Portion of My Collection: Part III

Revy (Alter)

A major part of these sales is to cut back on the number of repeats of characters in my collection. If I like one figure of a certain character way more than another, I’ve decided to sell that “other” figure. It’s still a bit difficult though because that “other” figure is still usually very lovely. Although that said I’m having difficulties making decisions on some characters I really like a lot, particularly Yoko of Gurren Lagann. So many of the figures I have of her are similar, yet picking any out to sell is proving to be difficult. The only one I can say for sure I want to sell is the Enterbrain one…but that gun in her hands is so delicate that I don’t dare remove it. So many people out there have broken her gun trying to get it in her hands, I’d hate to sell it only to have my poor buyer shatter her gun in the assembly process. For that reason alone I’ll probably be keeping her. This batch is an odd combination of some older figures and prize figures. Each wave of sales is really actually determined by which bins I pull have which figure boxes in them. BUT if I’m selling figures from a certain set, I put them aside until I get the boxes for everything from the set I’m selling.

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Toradora! Anime Review

Toradora is a series that I began watching as it was first airing in Japan, I enjoyed episode 1 and when I tried to watch episode 2 I couldn’t find it subbed decently. So I decided to wait until the whole series aired and watch it marathon style. Now 2 years later I’ve finally sat down and watched the whole thing! One thing I will say right up front is that the opening really grew on me, I liked it a lot. If I had been watching this series alone I would have watched the opening at each episode, but my viewing partner is the type that watches an opening once and never again unless it’s the Lucky Star opening. In which case it’s watched at least once a day on You Tube for the next two months after we’ve completed the show.

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Selling Off a Portion of My Collection: Part II

Rei and Asuka Aphrodite Version 2 (SEGA)

Ok part 2! The Aphrodite Asuka and Rei will only be up for 2 more days and they’re the oldest items from this round. In this wave of sales I’ve started diving into my pile of Figmas that I believe will be better appreciated elsewhere. I even have some brand new unopened items in this round. We’ll see how things go.

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Zoro Strong Edition Ver. (Megahouse)

Zoro is an awesome character, definitely one of my all time favorites. I’m buying BOTH Strong Versions of him being released, I don’t care that he’s the only one I’ll have doubles of from this set! The more Zoro the better! Of the two Zoro figures being released I think I’ll end up liking Version 2 the best. Why Version 2? Simply because it’s Zoro in a tuxedo! When I first started collecting figures the Skypia Megahouse Zoro was one of my most wanted figures, I was ecstatic when they had an improved re-release. Although of the One Piece Strong set I’d say Zoro Ver. 2 and Ver. 1 place #2 and #3 on my MUST HAVE list for this set. My #1 desired figure is the Luffy that I’ll be reviewing next time!

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Selling Off a Portion of My Collection: Part I

Saber Alter (Solid Theater)

After deciding to cut back on pre-orders for figures, I’ve also decided to reduce my current collection. I’m trying to get to a point where I only own figures I have a strong connection to, and display just those figures with pride. I’m adopting a “less is more” lifestyle, I’m not doing my favorite beauties justice by putting them on overcrowded shelves. Also, I admit another reason I’m cutting back is that I’m still determined to get to Japan in 2 years for 2 weeks. Saving will be easier by doing all this. But this is only with figures…I’m always going to be a greedy manga hog! If I have manga listed it’s because I have doubles :) So each weekend for a while I’ll be listing a group of figures on eBay, and after I’ve listed them all I’ll post here to let my fellow blogging buddies know what I’ve put up for sale. This sale post will just be an “extra” post and won’t interrupt my normal posts. I’ll be posting reviews of more Strong Edition One Piece figures this week!

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