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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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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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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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Post Vacation Craziness!

Vacations always tie you up far longer than they last. The few days prior to vacation I had many loose ends to tie up, and wasn’t online much as a result. And now that I’m back, I found out that there were loose ends I didn’t realize existed and needed tying! Now I’m struggling to make both my home life and work day functional again. Even though a company gives you vacation time, some people just don’t understand that while a worker is on vacation, no progress is being made on their work. But last I checked that was the entire point of a vacation! There! My rant about a Catch-22 situation that all people in the working world suffer from is done! Sometimes I fantasize about moving to France just for the mandatory 35 hour work week max. In this post I’ll go over my opinions on some books and manga I read. I also finally finished Toradora and have a few thoughts about it.

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Going on Vacation!

By the time you read this I’ll already be on my way to the beach! I’ll be on vacation until the 24th of July! During this time I won’t have internet access and will be unable to visit my favorite blogs! So sorry all! I’ll catch up when I get back! Also yes, I know it’s crazy that someone in this day and age is going to be without access for so long. I’ll bring my Netbook just in case withdrawal overwhelms me and I go hunt down a Starbucks for access…but as it stands now I may not touch a computer for the next week. It’s times like this I wish I had a smart phone! But when I think about the monthly fees….that wish goes away real quick. The fees alone are like sacrificing one figure every month! Preposterous! Also, remember when I said I was going to have sushi and go all out last week? See our sushi feast above! Compliments of my work! It was one of the best dinners I’ve EVER had! I finally tried Fatty Tuna! It practically melted in my mouth!