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Eat them.

Are you planning on selling your figs?

>>1353717
They provide protective storage if you ever move

If you were really hardcore, then you'd keep it in its original packaging. That's like the basic law of collecting geek goods.

Wow you guys are quick!

>>1353728
Not really, but who knows what the future holds.

>>1353735
Good point! I remember my model cars got ruined in moves, broken mirrors and such. Had I kept the bases and boxes that wouldn't have been an issue.

>>1353742
Nah I like them on display better. Boxes make them look bad.

But if I were that hardcore, I'd buy 2 or 3 of each wouldn't I?

>>1353742
Is correct. You should never have then them out unless you wanted them seriously devalued.
Packaging doubles the price you can get for any collectible.

>>1353761
>collectible
>value

>>1353742
no, if he was really hardcore he'd jerk off on the figs and post the results here

>>1353761
Collectors that collect only for the intent to resell them in the future are not true collectors.

>>1353765
>no, if he was really hardcore he'd hot glue on the figs and post the results here

>>1353761
I bought them for my enjoyment (god that sounds like I fap all over them or something), not as a collectable to make money on.

>>1353762
What, do you mean practical value, or are you deliberately misunderstanding the concept of collections?

>>1353762

You have much to learn.

>>1353762
>>figures
>>I should just throw them out

keep the boxes, so when you realize what a mistake it was to buy such crap, you can sell it to some other loser.

>>1353766
Then look at it in terms of value for its own sake. The packaging is still important as it is considered part of the product. This is all very basic, well trodden ground.

>>1353782
I am never embarrassed by my figures, I know several guys who are highly respected in the visual effects industry who have figures FAR worse than what I own, and they have them proudly on display next to their emmy awards.

One of them has the Ignis with the removable top next to his Saturn award, and yes her top is removed.

So yeah whatever, I love my figures and I don't care wtf other people think.

>>1353735
This. It's way easier to move things like this, especially when they have tiny, fragile parts, if you have the boxes that are made to hold them.

The people who actually KEEP them all in boxes will never make any sense to me. You will not sell them and they look stupid dismantled and behind curved plastic.

>>1353717
Holo? I think you got ripped off by a Chinaman there bud...

>>1353819

yea, and look at that C O D E G E A S S. no way any anime could have such a stupid name.

>>1353819
That's he name of the character.

Also I have the fig on the bottom right. It is poor quality.

>>1353819
That's the name of the character.

Also I have the fig on the bottom right. It is poor quality.

>>1353819
Oh wow....

>>1353735
This.
I move a lot so I keep the boxes.

>>1353819
Is it bad that I couldn't figure out what the fuck this post was saying because I kept reading Holo as Horo from Wolf and Spice?

>>1353866
Yeah I was disapointed. It was my first figure so I didn't really know better when it arrived. But after purchasing the others, especially the C.C. it became quite aparent.

I still like the figure though...

I just wish there was a decent Eruru figure out there.

>>1353897
That's the funny part.

>>1353898
Just stick with Alter and Goodsmile and you won't get shit figures

>>1353717
I've been looking at the top-right box and trying to figure out what was in it. I just can't figure it out.. it looks like such a strange shape.

>>1353918
I'm pretty sure it's this.

http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP31175

>>1353918
http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP31175

>>1353918
OP here, it's what these guys said.
>>1353935
>>1353939

Pretty decent Horo, but I think the scale is off, I think it should be 1/8, I can't remember why though. Unfortunately, her tail looks like shit if you take her skirt off. But the figure looks great with the skirt on. Only pants under the skirt anyway. Boo pants.

Looking to get the Kotobukiya one next if I can.

>>1353952
I have the Kotobukiya one. It's nice.

I'd like to get this one as well. If it weren't a garage kit/limited run/whatever.

>>1353910
What about Alpha Omega or Kotobukiya? I believe the C.C. I got is Alpha Omega, and it seems quite good. And I'm planning on buying a Kotobukiya made Horo, and possibly some others.

>>1354076
I think Alter plays a part in making Alpha Omega along with some other. only thing I'm getting by them is the Deviluke posted in this thread but I wanted to get the C.C. one.

I keep them but the part that sucks is finding a place to put them. My closet is practically filled with them and since you can't fold up the boxes or anything there's nothing I can do to make more space. If you're pressed for space I'd say only keep the boxes of the more expensive ones or the ones you really like.

>>1353983
God damn thats fucking cute. Almost makes me want to go furry.

>>1354673
sage for furfag

>>1354468
Nah I got lots of space in the house. I keep boxes for most everything, but I've been trying to cut down on that, which is why I brought up the question. It just makes things neater when you don't have to worry about it.

>>1354673
Thanks for ruining my thread. It's a damn cute figure, but it's not furry.


Thanks for the suggestions guys!

>>1353717
loneliest picture i've ever seen

>>1353742
How else can he jerk off onto them? Idiot.

Wow, you have shitty taste in your plastic anime girls.

>>1354812
Less lonely now?

>>1355771
the Holo figure in the lower right looks pretty good, how do you like it? The pictures i find online make her look like shes shitting fur...

>>1357566
It's pretty poor in a number of respects.... The short of it is, don't buy. Unless you're the most Horo obsessed and must have everything Horo, this is a pretty poor figure to purchase. It was my first figure, and so I blame my entire lack of knowledge when it came to purchasing such an item.

At the distance I would generally view her at while at my desk, it's not a terrible concern. She looks decent enough, and I don't feel so bad about the money I spent. However looking closer you see all kinds of flaws...

- Her clothes don't fit properly. If I took a picture of the other side you could see, but there's a terrible gap, you just can't get them to stay on right. They stay on, and as long as you look at the one side you're good. But the otherside just looks god awful.

- Center of gravity, something I never thought of until I purchased her. Her's is terrible, a slight knock of the desk, or tilt, and she falls over to her right (the bad side).

- While I've gotten used to it now, her face seemed really creepy when I first bought it. I'm not sure if this is a flaw or not, but seriously creepy.

- Her arms are too long and contribute to awful balance. When you place her on the pedestal her fingers bend and lightens part of the figure causing more instability.

- You can see seems in her legs from a distance. They run all the way down from hip to foot. There were also marks on mine at her knees, dark brown paint on her right knee.

Some how despite it all I like the figure, but not a great deal. I think it's the part of me trying to rationalize the money I paid for such a poor peice of workmanship.

That's my review of it anyway... On the upside, it's definitely not the most terrible figure I've ever seen. Infact quite far from it. It's just no where near good enough to recommend to anyone though.

Wait, you mean her name isn't actually Horo?

>>1358758
The elevens just can't pronounce Holo.

>>1358766
But I've been pronouncing it Horo all this time. I think Horo actually sounds better.

>>1358777
Then use that pronunciation. It's not like the elevens can tell the difference.

>>1358777
Holo = Horo = ホロ
Both are acceptable

>>1358797
That's a relief.

>>1358797
Well, until the R1's come out and it gets an official romanization.

Ren = Len = レン
Both are acceptable

>>1358835
It's Ren. For sure.

>>1358848
She'll always be Ren in my heart, too.

>>1357566
Taki sucks, period.

>>1358848
>>1358857
But it's Len.

I alternate between Ren and Len, just to throw people off.

>>1358885
I alternate without even meaning to. It's annoying.

>>1357698
Yeah, you should've asked around before purchasing stuffs like that. There's always a reason why we fig collectors don't go around purchasing stuffs from random companies that nobody has ever heard of before (Cospa's figs are generally shit, they should just focus in their animu apparels and misc stuffs like cups and card holders instead)

>>1354143
Alpha Omega is an Alter-Megahouse merger, and I like their lineup thus far. Can't wait to add this loli from Black Cat to my collection in another few weeks:
http://www.alphaomega-web.jp/product/08/09_2/index.html

Here's my tier list for figs:
high tier: Alter, GoodSmileCompany
mid tier: Max Factory (though they pretty much stopped producing figs and focus on their Figma line thesedays), Kotobukiya, Megahouse, Yamayo (a hit or miss though, I don't like most of their stuffs, but the tits -and-bike girl they made, as seen in pic is godly)
shit tier: every other company, Beat, Cospa, Aoshima, Atelier Sai (just make sure you have a very good look at them jappo online galleries of the stuffs before actually buying it)

and yes, I generally keep the boxes. It's always convenient to store them back into their boxes when you need to move or something. Though I cut up my boxes for gundam kits, since there's no point to keep them in box form

>>1358957
>from Black Cat
wat

>>1357698
Remembers me of my first fig, Bome's Rin. Overall the quality of the fig is pretty good, but her face is really weird, nothing like the Rin I love. And her legs are LOOOONG.

Sometimes I wonder why I bought her instead of her Revoltech version.

>>1353717
Ewww, why did you get the Taki Collaboration Holo? It's so fugly.

I'd say only go for figurines from Alter, Goodsmile Company, Max Factory, MegaHouse, and Kotobukiya. Be sure to look at product reviews and photos of the figurine from all angles before purchasing though, since quality fluctuates depending on the individual sculpter who worked on the figurines.

>>1359031
dude, that's my first fig that i have right in front of me right now. haha

>>1358957
I think you mean To Love Ru ;) I've had my eye on that figure for quite some time. I'm hoping to purchase Yami as well.

Thanks for the company ratings, I'll take that into account in the future.

I'll also try and remember to ask /jp/ before purchases.

Oh, and my top right Horo, that's made by Cospa isn't it? Or is it Resinya? or are they same company?

>>1359061
Resinya! is a company started and managed by Cospa. Some of its figurines are horrible while the rest are fine. The Holo one is unfortunately one of the worst ones from Resinya!.

>>1359031

Anyone knows if the plastic of this fig is completely skin colored? Or it's just a layer of paint?

It looks like colored plastic to me, but I don't want to take the risk: Siince her face looks quite weird, I have been thinking about sanding a bit her nose (Area between the eyes, actually) so the light won't create the weird shadow it does. Of course there's still the problem of the chin-to-ear area, but that cannot be fixed so easily.

>>1353983
I need more info on this. I'd even learn how to paint just for this.

>>1359031
There's usually something shitty about most of Bome's figs, except for Nono and Noriko luckily, which are cheap as hell and awesome.

>>1359107
Unless you're willing to pay >$100 for a legitimate one off Yahoo! Auction Japan, your best bet is to get a copy from e2046. It won't be available for a few more months, so go pick up primer, sandpaper, cement, and paint brushes and learn how to assemble a garage kit now.

http://www.e2046.com/product_info.php?products_id=8304

>>1359132
Now I need to learn how to paint sand and do whatever one does!

>>1359061
But yami appeared in Black Cat as well =3=

and here's a good link to visit, before hitting that "buy" button on fig store websites:
http://www.amiami.com/

They have a bunch of self-taken photos of all the product in all angles (for most of the time anyway), and the site itself is picture-heavy, so it's pretty easy to navigate around.

>>1359132
Oh fuck. Maybe this will do instead.

>>1359292
I can't paint worth crap.. I have no idea how I'd do any of this DIY kits justice... I'd need to buy a few of each just to practice... and how do I keep from getting like brush strokes on stuff?

I need to go to an art class...

>>1359152
Wasn't she Eve in Black Cat? Different character... but yet the same.

amiami, I think I've stumbled on that site a few times before. I'll bookmark it, thanks!

>>1359311
if it's anything like real painting, you paint heavy, sand, paint again, sand, paint again, sand... sand one last time and add the final gloss coat if needed.

>>1359366
How do they blend the colours like they do? Looking at the pictures, they've got multiple tones blended nicely together to create a more realistic look.

Mine would totally be flat coloured... don't even know how to go about doing the tail...

>>1359422
First of all, do you have an airbrush? It's almost required by default.

>>1359436
No...

Back in the day I painted model cars, but they were always solid colours.. you'd just buy the colour you wanted with the finish you wanted and spray it on... I never knew about sanding anything...

Aside from that it's been ceilings, walls, garage doors...

>>1359462
Should probably clairify a bit on this. I mean buy a can of spray paint.. and by back in the day I mean like forever ago, when I was a child.

>>1359292
You've got to be really motherfucking skilled to paint those nips just right.

>>1359362
*massive facepalm*

You have no clue about the significance of AmiAmi? Wow. Go do more research on figurines before you start buying them next time.

>>1360194
That site and even gots ENGLISH!

At first I thought you bought a bunch of clear figs.

>>1353717
Just got a good look at the Mikuru fig I got last year. It was by Max Factory. Looked decent, and I was on a splurge. Interesting to know.

>>1360194
ROFL. You don't need that fucking website if u wanna buy figures, all you need is dannychoo.

>>1360258
Dannychoo's site causes seizures and instant ADD in 96% of people who have viewed it. It is a proven fact.

I believe that speaks volumes about the kind of man he is and I stay the heck away from his site.

>>1353717


I keep them in so that when I take them out, they'll always have the new plastic smell.

>>1358957
I feel similar about the companies but there are some differences.

Top: Alter, GSC, Max Factory
Mid: Kotobukiya, Megahouse
Low: Yamato
Shit: Yujin, Taki, Atelier Sai (sometimes)

There are quite a few others that range. Movic is one that is good most of the time. I also just got a Eye Up fig, which I think is awesome.

>>1353717
NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB! NRFB!

>>1360194
>>1360258
I Knew about Dannychoo, as well as Heisei Democracy.. but what I did after buying the first was just search google for pictures of figures I wanted. CC, Eri, and Cospa Horo all looked fine too me based on the pictures I'd found. And they look fine to me still. Though as a site called Riuva stated, Eri is a bit too yellow.

So I don't necissarily know site addresses off the top of my head. But google generally finds me what I want. Recently I've started bookmarking sites though.

foo-bar-baz has lots of pictures, so I found it useful. http://www.foobarbaz.jp/

Heisei Democracy is useful from time to time. http://heiseidemocracy.com/

Dannychoo is useful. http://www.dannychoo.com/

Hobby Search is quite useful. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/

Added AmiAmi because of this thread. http://www.amiami.com/

I've only got Play-Asia and Toys Logic for sites to purchase from though.

Only about 600, but only because I have another 3500 images I haven't bothered to sort into folders yet.

>>1361422
???

I really love Dannychoo's website ^_^

SUGOOOOIIII XD

>>1353983
Are there anymore pictures/angles of this figure?

This was my first fig. The quality is quite nice, but sometimes I regret buying her instead of her Revoltech version. That's due to her weird looking face at some angles.

Since the skin color seems to be the plastic itself, I have been thinking about sanding her nose bridge (between the eyes) a bit. Is this a bad idea? Should I leave her alone? Or go with another approach? Do you guys ever mod your figs?

I'm a little scared of screwing up.

>>1364616

Oh shit is there more than one thread? haha woops i meant this one
>>1363076

but oh well

:/

>>1364616

Anyway it does sound like a bad idea, yes.

>>1364616
The result MAY be nice in the end, but it's quite risky. I wouldn't risk my fig.

Oh hay a fig thread.

What should I buy so I can give Saber a gun? I just really want to position her with some kind of ranged weapon in a sniper position on my shelf.

>>1364736
Do tell what kind of guns you're gonna buy and drop a link or two. It's really hard to find accessories in-scale with Figmas, since they're roughly 1/12 scaled, while most of the accessories out there are either 1/6 or 1/8

Also, the pew pew lazor guns in pic are from one of Dengeki Hobby Magazine's older issues, came free with one of them for each copy of the issue.

Anyone ever consider using those cheap plastic cases that you see GI Joes and Star Wars figures in, in hobby stores? I can't seem to find cheap ones in appropriate sizes for anime figs. I know it's not going to prevent any de-valueing but it'd still be nice for dust and stuff.

>>1365264
I find those... pointless. No amount of those silly cases will work once you inevitably (and you know you will) have a sizable collection.

I'd buy figs if there were figs of the characters I'd really like to have standing around. But I don't see too many of those. The whole fig thing seems like a money pit anyway, so maybe it's for the better.

>>1365511
I find most hobbies are money pits.

>>1365466

That Exia looks pretty nice from far away. It's an HG right? You didn't give it a matte coat or paintjob or anything?

>>1365778
It looks nice up-close too. Bandai did an excellent job with its HG G00 line. So well, in fact, that I find their 1/100 series to be redundant and pointless.

And no, I just used the Gundam GM01 marker to give it some black panel lines. Nothing more.

>>1365828
from another angle.