Top Left – Kagami and Tsukasa (Wave)
Bottom Left – Gin (Megahouse)
Top Right – Ace and Luffy (Banpresto)
Bottom Right – Sheryl Nome (Megahouse)
Shirts Left to Right – Nami, Saber Lily, and Zoro
Leftmost – Lucky Star Tea Cup
Rightmost – Saber Lily/Dark Saber Mug
Well actually this was my only haul in the past 2 months (I was a bit delayed in doing my last haul post). See? It shows I really am cutting back in comparison to before. Because this haul is actually older I already have all these figures up on display, drank coffee from my Saber mug each weekend, and have worn each of these shirts quite a few times. I love wearing these shirts around the house, they’re comfortable and they have my favorite anime characters on them! Although I don’t wear them out in public, not because I’m embarassed but because I don’t like wearing baggy things outside the house. I have a couple more One Piece shirts coming but after that I need to stop buying them unless something really special comes along. My anime shirt drawer is already almost full.
I have to say that the Luffy and Ace BanPresto figures are impressive! I really like them! Prize figures are really starting to earn their $20 each price tag these days! They’re smaller then the Megahouse figures but the use of coloring and details is great. I’d almost say I prefer the Banpresto Ace to the Megahouse one, I say “almost” because I’ve never seen the Megahouse Ace in real life. I didn’t take pictures myself but rankai has images of the set here (images taken by GA Graphic). I think the Grandline Men BanPresto line is the most affordable way to get decent figures of the One Piece characters, and they’re a great substitute if you’re unable to collect the Megahouse line!
I rarely buy figures that have clothes that cast-off, the few I owned gave me nothing but headaches to try and dress. This Sheryl Nome is CONSIDERABLY easier then trying to put the clothes on my old Sanzo or my Shuraki. I was really pleased. Plus…she just has a certain presence, I really fell hard for her after I saw the review of her at HowaGirlFigures. I was lucky that Toyslogic still had them up for order at the time of her review. They actually still have some in stock (at the time of writing this post) if there are people having issues tracking her down.
I gotta love Gin! So far I love all the GEM figures that Megahouse are releasing! Yay for more male figures! GEM is one of the few sets I’ve decided to stay a collectionist to. Although the first time they do a character I’m not that fond of I’ll skip him. I have to admit one thing though, I was not THAT impressed with Kagami and Tsukasa (Wave) . I think Wave did a much better job on their Shrine Maiden version then this one. I might drop the Lucky Star Wave line after this.
Although I compensated…I may have purchased less figures but I bought way more manga! Although what I spent on the manga was still less then what I used to spend on figures, especially since I got a few series used for a good price. I didn’t take pictures of the manga but these are the series I purchased/pre-ordered the last 2 months.
Mushishi 1-10
Pluto 3-7
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles 1-20
Immortal Rain 1-8
Dragonhead 1-10
Hellsing 4-7
Dance Till Tomorrow 1-7
Honey and Clover 3-9
Tail of the Moon 10-15
Land of the Blinfolded 1-9
Monster 5 – 15
Black Lagoon 8
Berserk 14 – 22
Bride of the Water God 3 and 4
High School Debut 8
King of Thorn 1-6
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 9
Seems like everything on that list is either a shoujo series or a horror series, probably an odd combination of genres. So far I’ve read what I have of Berserk, Pluto, and Kurosagi. I’m currently working my way through Tsubasa. Not all the volumes from the other series have arrived yet, so I’m waiting for them to arrive before I tackle the other series. Anyone reading or have read these series? What do you think?
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#1 by Haru at November 10th, 2009
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Excellent haul! And you got Gintoki! I think MegHouse is doing a most amazing job with their GEM line and I too have decided to stay a collectionist with the line as it looks like the line will have some awesome pvc boys–though still unsure if to get Hitsugaya.
I haven’t had the pleasure of getting my hands on the Banpresto’s Grandline Luffy and Ace, but I’ll take your word for it and get them seeing as you gave them a good thumbs up! The prototypes did look amazing though. And haha, I didn’t really take those picture myself, GA did (source in my post). ^^
Moving on to the manga! Mushishi is amazing–do read it first if you haven’t yet. And I still need to get my hands on the Monster manga. ToT
#2 by Snark at November 11th, 2009
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Ahh, you have Immortal Rain! An excellent choice!
Actually, it was kinda funny. For no discernible reason, I decided to read my old Immortal Rain review this morning, and lo and behold, I saw your comment =P
But yeah, definitely looking forward to vol. 9. And seriously, someone needs to turn Immortal Rain into an anime rather then doing all the bullshit that keeps coming out.
#3 by Blowfish at November 11th, 2009
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Ah youve got Gintoki?
I actually was going to buy him too and I didnt preorder him because I didnt expect himt to sale that well…Long Story Short: H e was out of stock in a whim MEH!
#4 by lovelyduckie at November 12th, 2009
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@ Haru – Updated the post to give credit to GA Graphic. For Mushishi I already saw the anime so I took my time getting to the manga, but I saw quantities getting a little low on Amazon and decided to make a move and get it all. I’ve only read volume 1 so far and it’s not any different from the anime but I seem to prefer reading this story in manga form then seeing it animated. I’m on board for Hitsugaya, I adore that little guy!
@ Snark – Since Immortal Rain is in the hands of Tokyopop I question if we’ll get anymore volumes, even if more become available in Japan. I probably violated my vow to not buy any new ongoing series by Tokyopop by buying this set. I just don’t want to end up in a heart break situation where there are more volumes available in Japan but because Tokyopop has the license they’ll squash all scanlators of the series. EVEN THOUGH they’re not releasing the series actively anymore. That happened to me over Queen’s Knight and I still don’t really forgive them.
@ Fish – Male figures are supposedly not highly in demand but it seems to me all the good ones fly off the shelves just as fast as good female ones.
#5 by Snark at November 12th, 2009
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Does Tokyopop often do that with their licenses? Sorry, I don’t really follow the manga scene much, so I’m often out of the loop on what’s happening -_-
#6 by lovelyduckie at November 13th, 2009
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@ Snark – This past year they’ve done that to a LOT of series that weren’t making as much money as they’d like (approximately 50% of their series were indefinitely delayed). They stopped two series I had already sunk a lot of love, time, and money into. Kodansha has actually ended all their relationships with Tokyopop officially, all Kodansha/Tokyopop licenses are now up for grabs. That’s why we’re seeing Dark Horse releasing some CLAMP manga like Clover and Cardcaptor Sakura.
But yes buying Tokyopop’s titles now makes me nervous
#7 by Gordanham at November 14th, 2009
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Nice loot^^
#8 by Gordanham at November 14th, 2009
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I really like that megahouse made the G.E.M. series, but so far none interest me besides Zero which I already got. I have the first volume of GinTama, but it couldn’t hold my interest over other series. I have the same problem with Bleach. I think though that later on I’ll start reading GinTama again and regret not getting the figure:(
Love the other stuff too^^ I really wish I had got Sheryl. And nice to know that the Grandline series is quality^^ The only thing I don’t like is that they release Luffy with every new set when they could make a figure of someone never done before. Luffy and Ace, then Luffy and Shanks, and the Luffy with Hawkeye. I am happy that they announced they are making a Law figure though^^
#9 by Gordanham at November 14th, 2009
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Not yet flexible enough to put money in things other then figures, but I really wish I had got the Saber mug. It is so totally cool. Also saw the shirts before and really like. It’s nice to see One Piece merch. but something seemed really awkward about Nami (O.o)
That’s a bunch of manga too (O.O) I just bought a couple volumes too from rightstuf’s viz sale and I also got a couple of dvd’s from Border’s %40 off sale. Hoping to post the stuff later today.^^ Is Berserk really good? It seems to have a lot of fans and those who love it seem to REALLY love it. I wish had picked it up a rightstuf’s DarkHorse sale………
#10 by Guy at November 15th, 2009
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I love the Gin figure, it’s pretty cool. Only his perm hair didn’t translate well, but that was to be expected.
Where did you get the Saber Lily cups and T-Shirt from? I want Saber Lily on my chest
#11 by lovelyduckie at November 16th, 2009
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@ Gordan – I debated getting that Nami shirt more then I did with Zoro. But in the end I’m pretty happy with both. I have a chopper one coming too as well as the 20th anniversary one. I’m a One Piece whore, I really am, it took all I had to resist some silly little One Piece flags that went up for pre-order. I pre-ordered the WANTED wall scrolls though, I’ve always wanted some of those. Also with regard to the duplicate Luffy issue I just buy the figures in singles. I have Shanks and Mihawk pre-ordered at about $20 each, no extra Luffy ones. I only recently dove into Berserk and I’m really loving it. I was luke warm on the series until it dove into the main character’s past, and I can say so far the ride is epic. I’m not caught up yet though, I’m just buying volumes one by one before I even get to that part.
@ Guy – The whole lot I bought from Toyslogic but you’d probably be able to get this stuff at HLJ as well. I need to read more Gintama, I’ve only been through a few volumes.
#12 by Persocom at November 16th, 2009
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Nice haul, especially like the Saber mugs and shirt. I’ve revived a small amount of faith for Toyslogic again after my Reisen purchase, maybe I should check them out more often.
#13 by Gordanham at November 16th, 2009
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I think I’m going to get the Flags along with the Wanted frames. I really was excited about the wanted wallscrolls when I saw them, but after a little more observation I found them to be lazy. I to would like to claim myself a One Piece whore, but unfortunately I am to poor to get all the things I want from the series. One think that I really don’t want to miss is the new Mugiwara Theater figure sets. The Mafia and Housewife ones are so cool>.<
#14 by lovelyduckie at November 17th, 2009
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@ Persocom – It’s weird how people just establish places where they feel the most comfortable for when it comes to pre-orders. For example with Kid Nemo I only used them about 4 times and was let down by them 2 of those 4 times. It may have just been a coincidence I got poor service that resulted in me losing figures those 2 times, but I haven’t dared try them out since. But I know some people that swear by Kid Nemo. TL has had its moments where they couldn’t get me an item, but it’s pretty rare. But had that one time where they couldn’t get me an item been the first time I used them…you can be sure I wouldn’t use them again. I mention TL is where I buy all my hauls but I don’t run around saying they’re the best to use since I haven’t fully experienced all the other stores in the quantities I buy from TL. I just explain why I feel they’re the best fit for me.
@ Gordan – If you think the wall scrolls are low quality then you should skip the flags too since they’re made by the same company. Me? I don’t think the images of the wall scrolls are that clear (so I can see your concerns) but it’s really hard to mess up a wall scroll so I’m betting on them being fine. It’s kind of like when I pre-order prize figures based on their sketches.
#15 by xJAYMANx at November 22nd, 2009
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@Duckie-chan: Well, a haul is still a haul, whether it’s late or not, lol. So what’s up? Been a while. I may be late, but how’s the house painting and figure storage going?
#16 by lovelyduckie at November 24th, 2009
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@ jay – Even though it’s small I’m really happy with its contents. These past few days I’ve been in a frenzy from school and Thanksgiving. I need to HARDCORE clean the whole house today and tomorrow after work. The house painting is going well, the only things left are the trim in a few rooms and the kitchen. Well that and the deck next late summer/fall. Figure storage will be a lot better soon, once we get the attic insulated this season I can put all my bins filled with empty figure boxes in the attic. That will free up a lot of space. But I own a lot less figures now, I did a major cut back because I was going after a range of figures that was too wide. Although I still own more figures then I deserve
#17 by Lylibellule at November 25th, 2009
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A very nice arrival, notably the two Lucky and Sheryl Nome who’re magnificent.
#18 by Lylibellule at November 25th, 2009
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Forgetting (sorry) : Not always easy to cumulate buying mangas and figures. Personally i
had to provisionally stop mangas to focus only on figures.