This haul contains:

Fate unlimited code – 1/7 Saber Lily Distant Avalon PVC Figure
Gurren Lagann – 1/8 Nia PVC Figure
Gurren Lagann – 1/8 Viral PVC Figure
Lucky Star – 1/4 Kagami Gym Clothes Ver PVC Figure
Lucky Star – EX Figure Vol. 2 (Set of 2)
Lucky Star – Konata Summer Uniform Ver Figma Figure
Lucky Star – Mini Display Figure Vol. 2 (Set of 4)
One Piece – Figure Collection Vol. 3 (Set of 3)
One Piece – Hungry Chopper Mauve T-Shirt (Size M)
One Piece – Wanted pictures figures Set of 10
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – EX Figure (Set of 2)

I got all this a day before our Turkey Day tradition over in the U.S. and I didn’t get to open the haul until the day after my family left. I’m going to try and get better with taking pictures of figures again. I got myself into a bit of a frustrated rut over my lighting situation. It seems all the background poster paper I find is not as pure white as I’d like, or its size is too small. Perhaps I’ll ask for a real light tent as my Christmas present because I really can’t seem to find what I need for the one I made. Me being unable to jump this hurdle is the reason why my blog went from being almost nothing but figures to more manga/anime reviews and overall haul posts. At the very least meronpan was right that my ISO setting was way too high, learning that was very helpful in taking these pictures.

I’m happy with my Nia/Yoko set. They’re not as high quality as my other Tengen Toppa figures but I love owning them all the same! I have a great love for prize figures for some reason, if there are prize figures of a series I love they usually make the cut for me to buy them regardless of how many figures I own from that series. This prize figure is probably the cheapest way to own Nia with long hair and in her normal outfit. I dislike figures of Nia with her hair cut because I love how awesome her hair looks long.

 My 1/4th FREEing Konata was getting lonely, I’m really happy to have Kagami too now. I expect Tsukasa and Miyuki to join Konata quicker then Kagami did. I’m very excited for the outfits FREEing announced for these figures. I think I’ll have everyone in a different outfit. I’m currently thinking Konata (gym clothes), Kagami (shrine maiden), Tsukasa (school uniform), and Miyuki (cheerleading outfit). But all this depends on the price of the outfits, if they’re trying to take my wallet to the cleaners over the outfits I’ll keep everyone in their gym uniforms.

I love this pair, but they’re a smaller scale then my Konata/Kagami prize figures that are in this pose…that one has me scratching my head. But I still think they all look great together despite the difference in heights. I ended up taking pictures of my cheaper items first because I’m less likely to do a review of them over the other figures in this haul. But these prize figures are certainly worth the time and money to purchase (in my opinion) so they should pop up in at least a few pictures. Lately I’ve usually been very pleased with the quality and price of these figures.

The last of these One Piece trading figures came in, I don’t plan on collecting anymore One Piece trading figures after these. At the time I purchased this I stupidly thought I was getting prize figures, but it all worked out because I think they look great next to my figures of their ships. Plus as I mentioned before their quality is significantly better in comparison to the Styling One Piece Trading Figure series. These figures were released in celebration of the 10 year anniversary.

I guess this section of the room has become a bit of a One Piece shrine. My collection is becoming more and more saturated by One Piece these days because I made major cutbacks in how much I spend on figures…and One Piece figures almost always make the cut for me. My main Megahouse One Piece figures are on the other side of the room.

What else have I been doing these days?
~Reading Twilight (on the 3rd book of 4)
~Started Dexter (just finished season 1 )

In other news I’ve started reading those Twilight books, I may write a review blurb of them for the blog. I like them a lot and am curious about how it will all end, but if I were 15 at the time of reading these I would probably LOVE THEM as opposed to just liking them. I think this is one situation where my age inhibits my enjoyment of the story a bit. I’d bet money on the main character remaining a human for the rest of her days, but I make that speculation based on the age group and gender this series is aimed at. I would be pleasantly surprised if this series took a darker twist than that and transformed this heroine into a monster of the night. After this, I think I’ll start the books the Trueblood series is based on, those probably will fit my age group a bit better ;) and I’m counting on them having a darker edge to them.

Started watching Dexter, I love it, I love tales of revenge and I’m fascinated by serial murderer tales. I’ll talk about this show more in my next post on my favorite TV Shows.