Got an unusually large box from Hobby Search today containing three items: Bounty Hunter Yoko Littner (Littner, really? Ritona sounds so much better), Revoltech Super Galaxy Gurren-Lagann and last but not least a box of Dragon Quest IX "Character Making Figure". By now I know the approximate size of a box of small trading figure types, Yoko is 1/8 scale, and the size of Revoltech boxes is damned-near uniform, so I couldn't figure out why the box they were shipped in was ginormous.
Then I got it home and opened it. Yoko's box was, for some reason,
huge. Huge when compared with the normal 1/8 figure box, anyway. They set her base at the bottom, flat, that's the only reason I think it was as wide as it was. Other than that, her coat sort of sticks out a bit - still if you look at the pics I've taken of the box, it still doesn't reach anywhere near that width. Perhaps they were just that worried that a $75 figure would suffer from broken cape syndrome?
At any rate, none of the products disappointed. I've been looking forward to this Yoko since February or so, when her preorder opened and she did not fail to impress. From her boots to her abs to her facial expression and clothes, this iteration of Yoko is excellent. I'm especially impressed that they didn't make the face lopsided or not capture her look properly, which is the problem I have with most of the Yoko PVCs I've not bought. There seem to be certain characters that most artists have difficulty with rendering their face in 3-D, and Yoko seems to be one of them. Louise, from Zero no Tsukaima seems to be the other that stands out in my mind.
The Revoltech Super Galaxy Gurren-Lagann is a pretty standard Revoltech model. I have a weakness for this series, especially its mecha, so I've gotten every version of GL they've made with the exception of the Gurren and Lagann one they produced in June, I think it was. He comes with the standard sunglasses, drills, extra hands and such.
Lastly, the Dragon Quest IX Character Making Figures are kinda cool. I purchased all 3 of the Roto sets as well as the equipment sets in box form before and I was angry to find that
every time, despite each series (outside of the equipment one) containing less than 12 items - which was the number you'd get in a box - I'd never collect all of them in one box. I assumed SquEnix did this on purpose for people who bought a box at a time. However, this time I was pleasantly surprised that the 12 boxes yielded a full set and then some. There are only about 6 characters in the set, but a few of the same come with different elements of Roto's armor/sword in place of the items they'd come with in their "normal" version. They're called "Character Making Figures" because you can not only swap the Roto equipment, but any hair/face/body/weapon combination you can think of, like making your character in the game. (Which, I find the figures a lot more entertaining than the game itself, unfortunately)
Kabocha-chan and Wasabi-kun (kabocha means pumpkin)
Mikan-chan bell (mikan means tangerine)
Capybara-san (Capybara are the largest species of rodent in existence)
Made by the same company as Capybara-san,Iwaya, this is Moichou. This item is a cellphone stand, but I use it for my iPod Touch. It fits perfectly!
And this one toddles along when you wind it up
Megahouse is really the master of gimmicky toys, this seemingly-edible Tirol chocolate transforms into...
...a really innocuous looking robot.
Salami & Cheese flavored Cheetos? Hell yes! Don't these seem like a flavor that would be available in North America?
Cheese Pretz. Not much more to say beyond that.
The oddly-named Mike Popcorn. This flavor happens to be Green Tea & Salt.
Japanese Pringles, in this case Mayo & Cheese Potato flavor.
...and Spicy Chicken Flavor. Again, why are these flavors not released here?
A mug from Doki-Doki Majo Shinpan, a series of ecchi games for the Nintendo DS. Unusually enough SNK (yes, *that* SNK) makes these games.
I love the art style on this mug, I used to have a oppai mousepad of the character in the first photo but sold it to get a Yoko (from Gurren Lagann) oppai mousepad. =P
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