Where did our figure threads go, they weren't exactly the fastest moving threads but I enjoyed them regardless. Why did they all leave too...

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Anonymous Sun Mar 16 15:46:02 2014 No.11972958 [Reply] [Original]

Where did our figure threads go, they weren't exactly the fastest moving threads but I enjoyed them regardless. Why did they all leave too...

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 15:50:18 2014 No.11972967 You know how /jp/ is supposed to be a dump for "/a/ shit that isn't anime or manga"? It's all back in /a/ now, except the Touhou.

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:00:32 2014 No.11972999
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I need the Asbel and Milla nendo petites to complete my Tales collection. Until they release the new stuff for Xillia 2 and Zestiria...

Does anyone here have figures from a series they like that they prefer to collect and buy?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:02:17 2014 No.11973005 Ponpo's updates kept them alive

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:04:47 2014 No.11973011
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>>11972999
I really wanted to pick up that ichiban kuji Touko, but her face looks dumb as hell as does the weird pose with her jacket flying off while she has a smoke in her hand.

I guess how much she's going for was a major factor as to why I didn't try getting one of mandarake.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:11:47 2014 No.11973037 >>11973011 The one in the chair isn't so amazing either imo. Her legs look all weird and out of shape. If the standing one with the jacket has an alternate arm without the cig or an alternate face I would get it. You are right about it looking off.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:22:17 2014 No.11973060 >>11972958 No, take your epik buyfag "Look at all this money I spent" normie shit threads over to /a/. /jp/ is KanColle/2hu board. These threads died for a reason, because nobody cares about them.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:25:47 2014 No.11973068 >>11973060 >casual otaku /eatatjoes

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:27:47 2014 No.11973076 >>11972999 Which mobile suit is that to the left of the zeta?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:28:18 2014 No.11973078 >>11973060 I don't think you actually believe the nonsense you write.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:28:32 2014 No.11973079 >>11973060 Please don't be rude. >>11973076 I think it's the Mesala, also from Zeta Gundam?

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:31:02 2014 No.11973103

>>11972999
Why won't you panel line your gundams? It's not really hard but improves overall look a lot.

>from a series they like that they prefer to collect and buy
I'd like to have some Tales of scale figures but most of them are really expensive now. Waiting for rerelease.
I also have Brilliant Stage im@s Haruka and Chihaya by MegaHouse. Might get other idols.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:35:32 2014 No.11973122 File: 2.97 MB, 4608x3456, TurnA2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11973103 I do, it just doesn't show up as well because my camera is very bad and I am a poor photographer.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:35:47 2014 No.11973124 >>11973037 Yeah if she had a hand grabbing the jacket on her right shoulder it would make perfect sense, but currently it just looks ridiculous.,

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:41:32 2014 No.11973154 >>11973076 >>11973122 Gunpla goes to /m/, either talk about statues or get out.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:48:27 2014 No.11973181 File: 82 KB, 300x300, nendoroid.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My first figure ever just arrived 2 days ago (pic related) please don't bully me

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 16:58:25 2014 No.11973228 >>11973154 It's literally otaku culture

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 17:01:40 2014 No.11973246 >>11973228 So is Toku yet that doesn't go on /jp/.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 17:02:27 2014 No.11973247 that shit is in /toy/ now for some fucking reason

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 17:04:42 2014 No.11973260 >>11973247 >>11973246 >>11973154 It really does seem like something that would overlap between /m/, /jp/ and /toy. If this board is for otaku shouldn't we be accepting of Gunota, and tokutaku?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 17:57:17 2014 No.11973390 >>11972999 Who's the guy on the horse next to Maria and Jesus?

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>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:07:17 2014 No.11973417 >>11973413 Now the waiting begins...

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:27:18 2014 No.11973482
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>>11973417
EMS'd for the win. Should be here by Thursday. It's a little Touhou girl with lewd/non-lewd cast offs. Payed top dollar for it, but it will be worth it as it is my first step into the world of buyfagging now that I actually have some cash money to spend on something besides food. I'm surprised that it wasn't sold out because it has really good reviews on myfigurecollection.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:36:36 2014 No.11973512 >>11973413 Hype every time

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:37:21 2014 No.11973517 >>11973482 EMS usually takes longer for me, not sure why, but SAL always shows up much quicker. Thank you based pacific northwest.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:37:51 2014 No.11973519 >>11972999 >>11973122 why do you insist on tripping on /jrpgg/ but not here

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:44:51 2014 No.11973539
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This is the last figure I got in the mail. Some more were supposed to come this month but I think they were delayed release month again. I can't remember the last time a figures release wasn't delayed. Maybe it was always like this?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:45:06 2014 No.11973540 >>11973539 Better delays than a flawed, inferior product!

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:51:51 2014 No.11973553 >>11973539 How is that figure?

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 18:55:52 2014 No.11973564

The /a/ buyfag actually had a discussion some time back of why /jp/ PVC threads died out. The general understanding is that the environment was very dead and shitty, it was just people whining about how they have no money and want select figures and such, which is poisonous talk in the company of collectors. Anybody that took it seriously either moved to /a/ or just gave up.

And quite frankly this board probably isn't the best place to discuss mass-produced PVC merch with the very flagrant anti-Danny Choo atmosphere.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:03:06 2014 No.11973590 >>11973564 The threads on /a/ are unbearable.

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:10:23 2014 No.11973609

>>11973590
I don't actually participate in those threads (I just skim through from time to time), and while they can be very stupid and tiring, I agree with the notion that jobless children crying about their inability to buy things that THEY POST is far more obnoxious and worthless. I'm apart of Japanese vinyl circles and nobody wants to hear that shit, and in defense of /a/ buyfag shenanigans, that's not really an issue. Or at least it was not cemented into the expected "culture" of the thread like /jp/ was.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:10:51 2014 No.11973612 You guys could turn these threads into soulless imagedumps like the kigurumi threads

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:30:54 2014 No.11973704

>>11973612
I wouldn't mind that, our doll threads have a lot of images which cause me to pop in every once and awhile and look at some pretty dolls. Doing the same with figures would be nice too, and I don't particularly want to go to the /a/ thread. People should come up with OC adventures like the fumo threads or just take photos of their collections on their desk and such.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:33:24 2014 No.11973712 >>11973704 >People should come up with OC adventures like the fumo threads Yeah, nah, you're a cunt.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:46:10 2014 No.11973751 >>11973612 I enjoyed the dumps of upcoming figures that we used to have.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 19:57:12 2014 No.11973770 >>11973609 But that's just your opinion.

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 22:02:50 2014 No.11974008

>>11973564
People never whined about having no money, are you new? The /a/ threads are just of full of people circle jerking about who can spend 50k a month or whatever and shitty Miku/Saber/BRS mainstream figure came out.

Figure threads aren't about shitty ass blogging or pretending to be "Otacool" like Danny Choo. Seriously if /a/ "buyfag" threads are so great then just fucking stay there.

>>11973712
Don't you want to see Autism in action?

"Hey guys, heres a picture of my kawaii anime figure I took in public while getting weird stares, I'm so otaku right xD"

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 22:33:49 2014 No.11974071 >>11974008 Danny Choo is more of an otaku than you'll ever be shitlord, you're just jealous that he has more money than you and are bitter. This whole board is like that, this is why /a/ has fun threads and nobody comes here anymore.

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:01:06 2014 No.11974136

>>11973564
Dude, just check the archive. /jp/ fig threads died because of butthurt faggots who went into terminal autism mode because their threads sucked shit and died and then some other faggots made a new one and it started hitting bump limit.

Crazy shit.

It was ridiculous. ASCII spam and everything.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:02:35 2014 No.11974137 >>11974008 Wow, what's wrong with Saber figs? I love my Saber collection.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:03:35 2014 No.11974142 >>11974136 Yup. I remember.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:05:50 2014 No.11974149 >>11974071 Danny Choo is a businessman cashing in on otaku culture. There's no argument. This is what he is.

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:11:21 2014 No.11974164

>>11972958
Our figs died because of assholes trolling the threads.

Who knows? It could be you. The guy responsible admitted he had made fig threads before and was mad about someone else doing them after all of his died.

Is that you, OP? Did you kill our fig threads?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:12:34 2014 No.11974168 >>11973519 Honestly? I don't know why. I just never really bothered to take it elsewhere. It doesn't seem proper to me since I'm not as much of a regular here compared to jrpgg.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:17:35 2014 No.11974173 >>11974071 How much did Danny Choo pay you to say it?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:20:05 2014 No.11974179 Whats stopping you from starting a new one? apart from the fact there's nothing to discuss

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:26:05 2014 No.11974188 first time i noticed OP image was a gif so i opened it and almost shat myself

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:46:27 2014 No.11974227 [DELETED]

>>11974149
>>11974173

And you're probably some bitter fat virgin loser living in his mother's basement. You're both just jealous of the life Danny lives. He's way cooler than you shitlords will ever be, he's not bitter and hating and popular things because he has no friends, lol.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:53:29 2014 No.11974238 File: 68 KB, 534x800, 1394688500923.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Want Q_Q

Anonymous Sun Mar 16 23:56:56 2014 No.11974243

>>11974164
Nope, I'm a pretty cool dude. I don't completely think that was the reason though, they just died off slowly. People definitely started spamming them if anyone tried making one during their slow death.

Though if you think there was one shitposter responsible for "spamming" the fig threads to death it was probably you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 00:00:26 2014 No.11974248 >>11974243 It literally was just one butthurt autistic person spamming ascii art, check the archives.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 00:01:26 2014 No.11974249 >>11974248 Was that when Y10 tried to change up the OPs? Or was that not related?

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 00:10:57 2014 No.11974258

>>11974249
Yeah, after that, people got butthurt over the pastebin link then never stopped spamming every new one. There wasn't really a dedicated poster since Ponpo stopped, there was some other tripfag that kept posting and bumping for a while, it was whoever got the 8888888 get I think but they disappeared as well.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 00:13:42 2014 No.11974263 [DELETED]

If you have $250 to blow on plastic toys every month, chances are

1)you're doing it just for attention
2)you're trying too hard to fit in
3)you're buying merchandise from shit you haven't read/watched
4)you have a good job, interpersonal relationships, etc (smoothskin)

See: the kind of people who post in /a/ buyfug threads regularly

Also, general threads are cancerous.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 00:52:26 2014 No.11974344 File: 219 KB, 1194x1200, 1393472018665.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Q_Q

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 01:10:11 2014 No.11974380 >>11974263 I wish instead of /vg/ they made /gen/ or something instead to take the slack off all of the boards, not just video-games.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 01:55:53 2014 No.11974474
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>>11973122
That Turn A is looking really good. I've gotten back into Gunpla recently thanks to GBF. I got a HG Build Strike, an MG Exia, and a Tachikoma kit coming in any day now.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 02:09:38 2014 No.11974503
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>>11974474
I am looking forward to the MG Turn X. Been waiting so long for it. I also hope they make more MGs of lead Gundams. I want one of Shining, it is one of my all time faves.

What is that yellow plush in the background? It reminds me of Tokunaga from pic related.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 02:32:38 2014 No.11974561 >>11974344 I don't even do that ship girls thing but I really like this figure.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 02:35:23 2014 No.11974565

>>11974503
That's a plushie of Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls.

Yeah I know what you mean, I want an MG V2 so badly. I think they released a Shining 1/100 MG, but that was probably when MGs were not very good. They should do a 2.0 but sadly, I don't think they ever will.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 02:48:53 2014 No.11974592 File: 144 KB, 633x950, shimakaze_dcm04.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11974344 >Buying this when it's only slightly cheaper than the much superior exclusive. Why are so many retards doing this?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 02:53:54 2014 No.11974599 >>11974592 My dick is rock hard. I'm trying to refrain from throwing money at something I'm not into, but god damn.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 03:06:17 2014 No.11974611 >>11974592 That backpack looks like a hand about to slap that ass.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 03:50:31 2014 No.11974685 >>11974565 Some othe 90s MGs are ok. I hear G Gundam holds up. But, despite that any of today's engineering would blow even (most) kits from even 2 years ago. My HG Shining Gundam looks like ass because it was my first kit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 04:29:37 2014 No.11974726 >>11974227 I'm not the guy you're arguing with and I don't care about Danny Choo, but it is painfully obvious that you're not a regular of /jp/.

>>	ZUN !barYV1VtIA Mon Mar 17 04:45:52 2014 No.11974736 >>11974592 >>superior exclusive This is actually debatable because of Shimakaze's glorious thong pulling action on the GSC one.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 04:49:52 2014 No.11974739 >>11974227 I'm not any of those guys, but the only way I could ever, ever consider myself envious of someone would be if they had a loli girlfriend. I think my life is pretty good aside from that.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 08:28:25 2014 No.11974974
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Buying figures really is a slippery slope, I just bought my first one just a month ago and I've already spent about €250 on figures and I haven't received even half of them

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 12:33:49 2014 No.11975240
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>>11974974
I never even considered that I would need a glass case, but with the way things are going, it seems inevitable. Then I'm going to have to custom wire the led lighting and by then who knows how far I will have fallen. It's truly a dreadful hobby.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 12:57:39 2014 No.11975284 My grail is 40ky. The things I put up with... ;_;

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 13:16:28 2014 No.11975313

>>11975284
The thing with those really expensive figs is that you are not only paying for the figure, but also for its value at resell. If it's from a good property with a cult following that is starting towards having the mainstream normies take an interest to it, it would be a good investment from a collecter's perspective. Someone correct me if I'm off, but it seems that if it matters to you that much, the resell value would carry over if you ever wanted a return on your investment.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 13:19:28 2014 No.11975318 >>11975313 I could keep it new and never opened... Until at least I have my case. It's practically a museum piece.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:06:13 2014 No.11975379 File: 115 KB, 1069x720, 1373520599324.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11975313 So... normies that want to buy my stuff is why I can't have nice things.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:12:13 2014 No.11975386 >>11975379 Kill the normies, anon-kun, you know you want to.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:12:58 2014 No.11975387

>>11972958
I got an Insane Black rock shooter from Big smile company gifted to me this christmas, but I had my friend over to look at it since I was suspecting it being a bootleg, and we both agreed on that it most certainly is, but it feels bad to resell it to a dumb guy since it was a gift, especially since it was a gift from a family member.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:15:28 2014 No.11975389 >>11974974 It's okay if it's part of a set.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:21:13 2014 No.11975396 >>11975313 Reselling figures never seemed like a great investment to me. You usually break even at most.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:45:58 2014 No.11975447 >>11975387 Does it look awful, or is it a decent bootleg? If it is, you may as well just keep it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 14:47:43 2014 No.11975450 >>11975447 You won't see it's a bootleg unless you look at the chain quite closely, and if you know how it looks in reality, since the star on the weapon is slightly off. So it's quite decent.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 15:18:58 2014 No.11975520 >>11975240 It's not really even a hobby. It's hoarding useless shit basically.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 15:22:58 2014 No.11975525 >>11975520 All the original boring hobbies basically constitute hoarding useless shit. Like collecting stamps or model trains.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 15:24:58 2014 No.11975529 Why the hell would anyone buy figures? Buy dogecoins instead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 15:50:53 2014 No.11975596 >>11975525 At least with model kits you have to put them together, paint them etc. It required some effort.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 18:06:55 2014 No.11975926 >>11974736 Eyes look like complete shit and the Renshou tower thing is just a huge waste of money.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 18:23:54 2014 No.11975957

If you have $250 to blow on plastic toys every month, chances are

1)you're doing it just for attention
2)you're trying too hard to fit in
3)you're buying merchandise from shit you haven't read/watched
4)you have a good job, interpersonal relationships, etc (smoothskin)

See: the kind of people who post in /a/ buyfug threads regularly

Also, general threads are cancerous.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 18:37:26 2014 No.11975982 What's a decent online retailer that takes USD?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 18:39:26 2014 No.11975985 >>11975982 AmiAmi is your best bet. Nippon Yasan is okay too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 18:42:26 2014 No.11975993 >>11975982 You're a good person. Truly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:07:26 2014 No.11976568 >>11975985 AmiAmi don't take USD, they still charge you in Yen.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:33:40 2014 No.11976635 I recall once seeing an image that summarized a bunch of sites to buy from and their pros/cons. Anyone have something like that, or feel like sharing the ones you use?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:44:10 2014 No.11976670 >>11975957 Jokes on I get my money from my parents and I haven't posted my collection even once. I don't spend 250 bucks on it tough.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:47:55 2014 No.11976677 >>11975957 most probably 5)Don't have social life, friends or another hobby to suck up money so they buy plastic girls. Stop being bitter because you can't afford them yourself.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:52:55 2014 No.11976686 File: 1.64 MB, 1536x2048, get out.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I took this pic just for you, jaypee.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:53:40 2014 No.11976688 >>11976677 $250 a month on entertainment is way more than disability gives you, so it means you have a job, Normie. Go kill yourself.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 22:55:12 2014 No.11976692

>>11975957
>3)you're buying merchandise from shit you haven't read/watched
It's the highest form of figurine collecting. If you haven't watch a particular show, you only have yourself to blame. That shouldn't affect a person's decision to buy something beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:03:40 2014 No.11976704 Anyone here play with Busou Shinkis?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:21:26 2014 No.11976736 >>11976686 nice, but you could change the light, rotate her and crop the pic so it works better.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:35:56 2014 No.11976761 >>11974974 Fuck, you just reminded me that I still need Nazuna and Nori.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:37:25 2014 No.11976766 >>11976688 Nope.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:38:41 2014 No.11976769 >>11974974 I wish I had those figures to bring sunshine to my desk...

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:43:10 2014 No.11976780 File: 2.18 MB, 4000x3000, IMG_5435.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11972958 MY FIGURES. MORE TO COME IN A WEEK.

Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:46:10 2014 No.11976791

>>11975957
I literally got a job just so I could buy figures. It's not a worthwhile trade.

>1)you're doing it just for attention
>2)you're trying too hard to fit in
>3)you're buying merchandise from shit you haven't read/watched
>4)you have a good job, interpersonal relationships, etc (smoothskin)
You pretty much hit the nail on the head. It's why I can't stand /a/ or any figure collecting places in general. Point 3 probably bothers me the most since it ties in with 1 and 2 (and likely 4), it's also why I dislike merchandise that requires no immersion (i.e. stuff like KanKolle, BRS, Miku). There's really no feeling like slaving away to get a figure of a character you obsess about.

>>11976692
>It's the highest form of figurine collecting.
I can appreciate a guy who's really into figure collecting. Unfortunately, most of the rooms decked out in Nendoroids, figmas, and flavor-of-the-month nonsense are not owned by those who necessarily appreciate the aesthetics of model/figure-making. I think they just fetishize commodity and largely use it as a means of social capital in "nerd" communities.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:52:56 2014 No.11976803 >>11976780 >cat lap milk mah nigga great taste.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:54:26 2014 No.11976805 >>11976780 Nice Heavyarms. BTW, what is that white thing under Luka's chin?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 17 23:56:10 2014 No.11976810 >>11976688 Fuck off waybo

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:02:25 2014 No.11976820 >>11976805 Thanks. The figure fell and her neck shattered. So i had to make her a neck out of a Q-tip. Don't know how to cover it up though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:35:49 2014 No.11976880 >>11976704 >Play >With over 10,000 Yen worth things now GOD DAMMIT, YOU MAKE AN ANIME AND THEN DON'T RERELEASE ANYTHING FROM THE TOY LINE??? HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE. Honestly worse than Bandai's "Let's make half our range exclusive" shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:41:34 2014 No.11976890 >>11976791 Kancolle is a massive massive timesink, that should qualify for immersion.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:42:04 2014 No.11976891

>>11976791
Personally I've only bought ~11 figures & figmas in the five years I've been collecting, with some of them just prize figures. I only buy figures of characters I like and I'm really picky about which one's I pick up. Those "slippery slope" people are actually just retards, I'm sure they'd go about their hobby in the same way even if it wasn't figures.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:45:34 2014 No.11976894 >>11976791 KanColle has content though, just like 2hu. Granted it probably has a huge pile of secondaries following it who are buying merch of Shimakaze/Kongou/whoever else is popular with secondaries

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:47:49 2014 No.11976898 >>11976891 Let's be fair, you're only doing that because you're poor though. Else you would be buying Prize figures unless the character has no PVC Statue. The slippery slope only applies when you have a lot of disposable income.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:50:49 2014 No.11976904

>>11976898
Nah I'm not poor, and the prize figures I did pick up were all pretty fantastic, I have one of CC in a yukata that I really enjoy. You can believe that if you want though, I don't have any dependents and I'm definitely not in a relationship so everything is disposable.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:53:20 2014 No.11976912 >>11976898 The only people that write prize figures off completely just didn't put in enough time to find any that are actually decent.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:55:05 2014 No.11976919 File: 1.57 MB, 1692x1111, figure collection summer 2013.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11976791 >(1)-(5) No. Some people just like collecting beautiful things and devote to it, but I guess you won't accept that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 00:56:49 2014 No.11976922 >>11976880 You can still find them for cheaper in some stores or if you keep an eye out on certain sites. They're worth it though. They're really fun to pose and look especially cute, quite durable too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 01:17:35 2014 No.11976951 File: 602 KB, 1280x720, KuukoSnicker.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11976904 >>11976912 >This is what poor people actually believe.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 01:38:19 2014 No.11976989

>>11976890
>>11976894
Oh yeah I get that. I'm just saying that the majority of the western purchasers of those figures probably don't play the game. Just like some people who are "into" Touhou don't even know they're a series of games.

>>11976891
I've bought quite a few as well even without a job just from saving up allowance (yeah, I know a grown-ass man getting allowance is embarrassing). A figure becomes much more valuable when you are personally attached to it in some way. Otherwise it's just pretty plastic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 01:53:05 2014 No.11977010 >>11974974 I've spent 15,000 USD on figures since 2008.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 01:57:04 2014 No.11977021 File: 190 KB, 996x832, 1371684293480.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11976989 You're right I haven't even bothered to google what kancolle is.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 02:05:34 2014 No.11977045 >>11977010 Fuck you people with decent jobs and/or welfare scum suckers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 02:11:04 2014 No.11977057 >>11976951 Did you not read my post?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 02:36:49 2014 No.11977117 File: 527 KB, 657x920, 1371866454941.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11977045 Shh-, no tears. Only dreams now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 02:47:19 2014 No.11977128 >>11976568 Why does it matter? Any credit card or paypal will convert it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 03:22:34 2014 No.11977177 >>11977128 I don't know, I wasn't the original guy. I know Paypal jew you out of huge ammounts with their conversion rate though compared to the actual rate.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 12:53:34 2014 No.11978061 File: 27 KB, 500x364, 1363298569278.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >long sold out >+ Wish List I can still get it somehow, r-right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 14:19:35 2014 No.11978220 File: 147 KB, 1000x562, flanbox.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The first of many, I'm sure. I just unboxed it very carefully and she's now striking a rad pose on my desk. Took 3/4 days from Japan to California with EMS.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 14:19:35 2014 No.11978221 File: 1.23 MB, 2816x1402, Otacool Guide.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Please don't forget to buy official Mirai goods! Don't be otaku, be OTACOOL!

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 14:31:19 2014 No.11978245

>>11975957

Thank you for posting this. Reminds me of the anime blogosphere circa 2009 when it was cool to buy figures of characters from eroge you hadn't even played.

I've been buying figures for over 10 years and there just wouldn't be enough room to store everything I thought 'looked good'. It was only a slippery slope when GSC started churning out 40 figures a month and idiots thought it added more cool points to their otaku score. It's niwaka shit, no wonder it belongs in /a/.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 14:33:49 2014 No.11978252 >>11978061 This is my new favorite picture of the month. It's stupid /b/ shit but I love it.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 15:07:57 2014 No.11978294

>>11976677
>5)Don't have social life, friends or another hobby to suck up money so they buy plastic girls.

This. You can be neuroatypical and still be an EET with money like you eat ramen and potatoes every day and don't ever go out, so the extra cash from student loans goes to figs.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 17:46:18 2014 No.11978624 File: 549 KB, 360x359, 1381286326405.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Found 3 hot deals! Draining my funds with the full force of a thousand suns!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 18:18:59 2014 No.11978685 >>11975596 With figures though if you wanted to you could buy garage kits where you do have to put them together and paint them, so there really isn't much of a difference.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 18:55:14 2014 No.11978773 >>11975957 Who the hell would buy a figure from something they don't know about? That's like watching the sequel to a movie you never saw the first one of. Who the heck does that? That is just weird.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 19:41:00 2014 No.11978855

>>11978773
I don't get it either. If anything, I've sometimes got interested in characters and series because I liked some figure (as with Makise Kurisu), but I always checked before buying it to see if the character is worth the investment. By all means, I prefer a mediocre figure of a great character than the contrary (as with Utena).

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 20:13:33 2014 No.11978899 File: 341 KB, 568x800, hIE1381741441.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Posting this until it's out.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 20:14:34 2014 No.11978902 >>11978899 will follow closely

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 20:15:33 2014 No.11978904 File: 81 KB, 800x533, remfig.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11978899

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 20:27:02 2014 No.11978923 >>11978904 Densetsu version??? OMG... Is there a Reimu and/or Flandre?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 22:04:11 2014 No.11979109 >>11978220 She got here safe and sound.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 22:09:25 2014 No.11979119 File: 1.74 MB, 1000x1268, flanfig1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11978220 She got here safe and sound! (My apologies for the poor lighting).

>>	proREMIRIAt Elite Force Comman(...) !rSDMROXTB. Tue Mar 18 22:14:10 2014 No.11979126 File: 58 KB, 400x601, Remimi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11978899 >>11978904 Would buy. I'm still waiting to fins this one at an affordable price.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 22:20:41 2014 No.11979138 >>11979126 She's up on Rakuten for 20 000 yen right now. Just buy that one. I doubt you'll find a decent condition of her for sub 15 000 anyways.

Anonymous Tue Mar 18 23:16:41 2014 No.11979283
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>>11978855
Because it looks aesthetically pleasing? Figures are like ornaments in a way you get a beautiful looking sculpture. Take pic related for example. It's in the top "items on fire" on MFC, but I bet you can count on one hand the entire population who know much less played ChuxChu Idol. But goddamn it's a nice figure regardless.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 23:18:43 2014 No.11979288 >>11978294 I FUCKING love potatoes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 23:27:48 2014 No.11979314 >>11976898 Banpresto made really well done Godzilla prize figures for a specific concept design.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 23:36:34 2014 No.11979335 >>11978685 They are quite expensive and hard to find nowadays. Otaku are so lazy now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 18 23:50:33 2014 No.11979367 >>11975520 It's called having a passive hobby.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 01:29:07 2014 No.11979568 File: 41 KB, 640x480, 1390921031269.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11979119 those wing gems? they will cut you

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 02:07:11 2014 No.11979650 File: 451 KB, 2048x1536, Picture 14.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any room in this thread for a low res crappy lighting fumo leaning against a ps2 with a Sakuya on a notepad filled with notes on Etrian Odyssey final boss attack patterns?

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 11:05:30 2014 No.11980324

>>11979283
It still skeeves me out. Even if it looks like the most amazing piece of work ever. What is the point if there is no personal emotional investment? That's the same reason I can't enjoy most non video-game and anime music. There is no personal experience to connect it to for me. I need to have some varying degree of emotional investment in an activity to give a fuck.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 11:15:15 2014 No.11980337 File: 242 KB, 816x612, CAM00383.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I got my waifu :O

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 11:34:16 2014 No.11980363 >>11979650 sakuya's gonna fall, dude.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 11:48:02 2014 No.11980383 >>11980337 >Yuki-chan Wait. What? When?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 11:48:18 2014 No.11980381 >>11980337 Why do you put your anime in bags? How come you're buying english translated anime?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:17:33 2014 No.11980440 >>11980381 I cannot read japanese and I like to support the publishers and printing companys and I put them in sleves to protect them since every book I have is 1st edition

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:19:03 2014 No.11980445 >>11980383 Its been out for awhile it focuses on kyon and yuki relationship...gotta love yuki

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:27:48 2014 No.11980452 >>11980440 If you buy translations you do not support the mangaka. Also only very very few manga have been translated and published in the US, so you're probably a huge pleb who likes to read bleach and the like.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:28:03 2014 No.11980456 >>11980440 >I cannot read japanese Why are you here again?

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:37:03 2014 No.11980470
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>>11980456
Except the fact I am living the dream and actually live and work in Asia...you would be surprised how mamy people actually speak.english where I am at (S.Korea) and I go to japan on buisness a week outta the month every month and youd be surprised how many of them know.english and want to learn it as well...and just because I cannot read it does not mean I.cannot speak it...

Along with.that I.read.Hangul just fine...

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:42:48 2014 No.11980478 >>11980470 >Korea Why are you here again?

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:45:33 2014 No.11980483

I had two reasons to stop posting in the figure threads.

1. Ran out of space to place new figures
2. Not enough good new figures released

Still sometimes buy a good one I see, but have no idea where to place them. Think I have to start getting rid of the ones I do not particularly like.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:48:18 2014 No.11980488 >>11980470 Don't coreans have anime too? Why not buy corean translated anime instead of American translated ones?

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 12:58:18 2014 No.11980511
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>>11980488
I order my anime and manga from the same place and I tend to order a shit ton at one go and I have a few korean manhwa (mainly orange marmalade)

We do get anime.here but itbcomes on at odd ass times they only have dramas and idol.shows on 99% of the time and KBS and SBS2 are the only worth of shit channels to watch in coooleria land....

Also they do.sell figures here...but be expected to pay out the ass, ive only found one shop and that was in.Seoul (pic related)

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 13:51:17 2014 No.11980589 >>11980324 Sounds like a problem on your end dude.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 14:13:48 2014 No.11980654 File: 88 KB, 600x600, FIG-KAI-5063.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Welp, I ordered my grail last night.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 15:25:14 2014 No.11980803 File: 29 KB, 752x564, TMK10004.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11980654 also got this

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 15:26:14 2014 No.11980807 File: 46 KB, 428x600, FIG-KAI-5751.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11980654 and this

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 15:36:57 2014 No.11980827 File: 79 KB, 600x600, FIGURE-002532.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11980654 and also this

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 16:30:08 2014 No.11980938 >>11980654 >>11980803 >>11980807 >>11980827 /v/ as fuck

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 16:45:08 2014 No.11980977 >>11980938 "He doesn't engage the neo-otaku pedophile pseudo-anime culture and likes different things wahhhhhhh"

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:35:08 2014 No.11981078 >>11980977 Picking every buzzword out of the hat unironically? Definitely /v/

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:38:08 2014 No.11981083 >Coreans, Danny Choo supporters and /v/ I think this thread shows a good reason we don't have these threads anymore.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:42:08 2014 No.11981094 File: 60 KB, 1281x718, 1375504457958.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11980938 >>11981078 >>11981083 I had to get my grail set first, quit sperging out on one shelf of my detolf.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:47:08 2014 No.11981105 File: 78 KB, 500x580, muxijwkU131sldhejo1_500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11981088

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:48:08 2014 No.11981106 >>11981094 Nobody cares about the silent hill stuff, it's the "LolOtakuAwkwardGirl She's so like me :)" more than anything also your response for getting called out.

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:49:08 2014 No.11981107

>>11981088
It's the same thing with the /a/ ones even relative to the more relaxed normal standards of that board, I'm really not sure how that shit flies.

Got the last of the second set of MLA figures a couple days ago and ran out of shelves like a year ago, so I am pretty done for a while anyways.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:50:08 2014 No.11981108 File: 121 KB, 750x750, $_3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11975240 Your pic reminded me that I just ordered this...

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:52:08 2014 No.11981115 >>11981088 >spoiler abuse Are you still forcing this? You really sound like you just arrived on 4chan 2 months ago.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:53:08 2014 No.11981122 >>11981106 It's not my fault that normies like what I watch. I'm not responsible for their actions on this or other boards. Besides, if I really wanted to troll, I'd post Kill la Kill stuff.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:56:08 2014 No.11981129 >>11981121 It's the one thing you just have to have and have been trying to get for a long time, essentially. Like the holy grail.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 17:57:08 2014 No.11981135 >>11981121 A fig that is from your favorite anime/game that is difficult to buy. It stems from the word "holy grail" from the mythic King Arthur legend.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:00:08 2014 No.11981144 >>11974344 Preordered. September is going to be glorious!

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:01:08 2014 No.11981146 >>11981113 Playing devil's advocate here, but my few recent visits there I would say it isn't that bad. At least their mods delete anything not anime related albeit a bit too eager about it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:03:08 2014 No.11981154 >>11981147 People have a desire to categorize things to more easily align their experiences with others.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:06:08 2014 No.11981162 >>11981147 It's just buyfag lingo. Check out the guide at the top of /a/'s buyfag threads.

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:09:08 2014 No.11981171 [SPOILER]

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>>11981146
Not really good mods, they got a tumblr /co/ mod that deletes any "fanservice" show/manga threads.

>>11981147
Because that's what the meaning of the word Grail means, a treasure that you have been searching for that you consider near impossible to get.

>>11981107
Still need to grab the old GSC Meiya but... At the Price I find it hard to justify, something like 6k for the figmas too. Suffering...

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:26:08 2014 No.11981206

>>11981147
>>11981157
Are you an autist?

The usage of the term "Holy Grail" alludes to the Arthurian tail of a quest for a hard to find yet very revered object. It is a common term on /toy/ for a particular figure/toy that is rather elusive but dearly wanted by a collector.

For example, I spent around three or four years continuously checking various websites for a rare wonderfest touhou garage kit I wanted until I finally found it listed on yahoo auctions one day.
If you still don't understand the reference, then you are either an autistic pleb or shitposting.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:30:08 2014 No.11981211 >>11981171 I paid 12.5k and 5k and I'm looking at 8 and 4.5 right now.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:30:08 2014 No.11981212 >>11981206 I just assume that he has no knowledge of the legend and didn't bother to google it before replying.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:34:08 2014 No.11981216 >>11981211 Hmm, guess I'll probably go for them next month or so. Need the original Alphamax TE figures too. I'd buy the Limited editions of the new PS3 games, but they're just chronicles repackaged, still tempting.

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:40:08 2014 No.11981224

>>11981078
Neo otaku isn't really a buzzword and was actually described in detail by Toren Smith years ago. There's definitely a tight-knit pedophilia obsession this board has with character designs from Touhou and Idolmaster, which is a by-product of the current anime industry and evident by you pushing away any content that's not related to that (calling out /v/ for videogame statues) and pointing it out for seemingly no reason other than to complain about cultural assimilation.

No irony in my post.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:40:08 2014 No.11981226 >>11981108 Does she have a neck?

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:43:08 2014 No.11981231

>>11981216
The Chronicles parts aren't the interesting ones per se, it's the engine upgraded Supplement main story (although, it's not a very good story), the almost lost to time Extra short stories, and KimiIta LE disk Confessions that are somewhat appealing. The short stories particularly are something I'm not sure I have or know of a good way to get them otherwise.

Don't really care to get the Alphamax stuff unless it's cheap, just have the jacket Cryska somewhere.

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:48:08 2014 No.11981239

>>11981218
It's an allusion, a metaphor, a figure of speech.
Like a Catch-22 or an Achilles heel, they reference and allude to a central part, moral, or figure of a well known story.

grail noun \ˈgrāl\
Definition of GRAIL
1. the cup or platter used according to medieval legend by Christ at the Last Supper and thereafter the object of knightly quests
2. the object of an extended or difficult quest

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grail

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:54:08 2014 No.11981246
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>>11981231
Ah, that's the new Alphamax stuff, I have the Jacket Cryska and Pyjama Yui, they're super lovely. I mean the older stuff, they're not that great but it's MuvLuv so I still want them.

Wasn't aware of those short stories as well, thought it was just half of Chronicles repackaged into PS3 disc, will go order the limited edition on AmiAmi now I guess.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 18:57:08 2014 No.11981253 File: 95 KB, 502x358, 02_01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11981246 http://5pb.jp/games/muvluv/fm/story/

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 19:04:08 2014 No.11981261

>>11981253
I definitely regret not picking up the limited editions of the originals on PS3 now, so I'll grab this I suppose and end up hunting those off auction sites one day. I wish so much stuff wasn't so hard to find without proxying over like the artbooks. I'd love to get them but proxy fees and shipping on artbooks... Are awful.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 19:06:08 2014 No.11981265 >>11981261 Might be cheaper to actually take a trip in Japan and scrounge Akiba. When I was there I saw LE's of them in used game shops and the like.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 19:17:08 2014 No.11981286 >>11981246 Oh, man. I pre-ordered the game a while ago and was starting to feel down because of how expensive it was. Now my interest has definitively returned.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 20:09:08 2014 No.11981421 >>11981291 VN discussion on /jp/ of all places is certainly appalling

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 20:12:08 2014 No.11981426 >>11981226 Its a Nedroid so yes but its small.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 20:45:08 2014 No.11981477 >>11981471 People can have different likes and dislikes. Stop being rude to people just because they are different. How would YOU feel if somebody treated you badly for not being exactly like them?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 20:47:08 2014 No.11981479 >>11981477 I'd be fine with not being like them because they're probably a normie and I wouldn't want their scum infecting me. Polite sage for off topic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 20:58:08 2014 No.11981501 >>11981479 >normie What does this word even mean? I see it all the time. But is there a checklist or quiz I can fill out to make sure I'm not one of those? I need a perfect and textbook definition.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 21:17:08 2014 No.11981537 >>11981501 Just blog your life story, current employment and favourite anime/VN/Games and we'll see if you're a normie or not.

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 21:26:08 2014 No.11981549

>>11981537
Uh, life story? I went to the card store to check if the box I ordered arrived yet, and the guy told me it'd come in tomorrow. I don't really do anything other than play games all day.
I do not have a job.
Top three anime are G Gundam, Heartcatch Precure, and Legend of Galactic Heroes
Video-games are Mana Khemia 2, Baten Kaitos Origins, and Xenogears
I'm not too big into VNs, I never enjoyed reading
I also have autism

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 21:36:08 2014 No.11981561 >>11981549 You get a pass from me, congratulations on not being a normie.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 21:48:08 2014 No.11981572 >>11981471 It was sarcasm

>>	ZUN !barYV1VtIA Wed Mar 19 21:58:08 2014 No.11981590 >>11980654 Where did you order the Pyramid Head fig from? I didn't even know there was one... FUCK!

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 22:01:08 2014 No.11981596 >>11981590 Well, you can see "amiami" in the picture if you try hard enough.

>>	ZUN !barYV1VtIA Wed Mar 19 22:05:08 2014 No.11981599 >>11981596 Sorry I am new here I've never heard of AmiAmi before.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 22:20:08 2014 No.11981631 >>11981599 Is this the real !bar, or was his trip hacked? I wouldn't want to give out information to an imposter.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 22:47:08 2014 No.11981690 File: 293 KB, 700x849, 1376537557597.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11981642 >>11981599 Good enough for me.bigbadtoystore

Anonymous Wed Mar 19 23:37:08 2014 No.11981805
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>>11981590
Something to take it easy with related to Silent Hill. It's not difficult, really, since there is so much quality in SH1 though SH4. It's too bad Team Silent broke up after 4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R5ftu5oYuM

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 19 23:54:08 2014 No.11981841 >>11977045 I have neither. My dad gives me few hundred a month to just do stupid shit around the house and make sure his pc is fine.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:07:08 2014 No.11982002 File: 80 KB, 600x600, FIGURE-003830.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm not sure what to think about this right now.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:17:08 2014 No.11982014 File: 7 KB, 132x128, mfw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11982002 Probably something like this?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:20:08 2014 No.11982025 File: 67 KB, 600x788, FIG-MOE-3896_01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Also the last fig I got was a present from my mum.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:28:08 2014 No.11982038 >>11982025 Cool mom dude

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:32:08 2014 No.11982045 >>11982002 I really like the way the skirt and cloth looks, but that face...

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 01:52:08 2014 No.11982073 >>11982045 There's something about it that I can't quite put my finger on. What was the inspiration for it?

Anonymous Thu Mar 20 02:47:08 2014 No.11982170

This is a serious question and related to otaku merchandise.

Imagine you are unemployed and receive disability money. You get support from a social worker and one day they say they want you to show them a printout of all transactions of your paypal account in a month. Additional they also want to visit your home and see want you bought with the money you spend on the websites they see on the printout.
They'll check what websites they are. All information they'll gather will be sent to your doctor and several other people and a permanent history will remain.

What would you do or say to get through this situation or turn it into something positive? Just hide everything and say you ordered electronics somewhere on those sites?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 02:57:08 2014 No.11982184 >>11982170 Tell them you have to get the latest figures because you have severe autism.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 03:44:08 2014 No.11982260 >>11982170 >Just hide everything and say you ordered electronics somewhere on those sites? Why would you do that, you are trying to convince them you have a disability, keep the figures in the open and show them exactly what you have been ordering

Anonymous Thu Mar 20 04:40:08 2014 No.11982317

>>11982249
Most of the money on paypal is gone and since they can see into my bank account they know exactly how much I put into the paypal account.
They basically just want to make sure I'm not hording the money somewhere but buy something with it instead.
They also asked me abruptly and I said that I already spent the money for something, and they saw how unpleasant it is for me to show them a printout.
The sites are amiami, Hobby Search and JSS.

>>11982260
I don't need to convince anyone because they know for a few years by now that I can't work and they know nothing about my hobbies. I'm annoyed that they want to invade my privacy like that and want to keep record of everything they find out about me.

I'm sorry to derail the thread and if I knew a better place I would ask elsewhere instead.
Wouldn't you feel terrible in my situation?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 04:45:08 2014 No.11982320 >>11982170 Be honest and you'll definitely continue to get that disability money. These obsessions aren't normal. But if you have lewd loli items, hide those otherwise you'll just get arrested.

Anonymous Thu Mar 20 08:20:08 2014 No.11982519

>>11982320
>Be honest and you'll definitely continue to get that disability money.
Dunno where he lives, but if they check what he spends the money on, the system will probably take his money away if he bus frivolous things. Or maybe they just want to see if he can manage money at all, in that case it wouldn't matter.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 20 23:28:08 2014 No.11984124 >>11982519 They won't care what he spends it on, you still get to spend entertainment money on disability. They just want to make sure he's using it instead of hording it away.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 22 12:55:35 2014 No.11987729 >>11982025 Do your parents actively support your hobby?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 03:38:37 2014 No.11989373 >>11987729 Only insofar as letting me buy things and not asking questions. Usually they don't buy things directly, it was just something mum came across and thought I'd like.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 04:51:59 2014 No.11989466 File: 608 KB, 1224x1632, who reimu here.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11972958 I havent bought anything in years. Was there any kamiPVC in the last 12months or so?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 13:38:25 2014 No.11990260 File: 392 KB, 1000x750, 1386179748598.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11978624 this

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 13:49:10 2014 No.11990274 >>11989373 How did she even came across such a thing?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 13:53:40 2014 No.11990280 >>11990260 Creepy. Where is this?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 14:38:55 2014 No.11990352 File: 1.84 MB, 346x194, 1353832031790.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Order my first figure for $300 >They didn't even paint it for me

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 14:39:55 2014 No.11990355 >>11990352 Retard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 15:43:45 2014 No.11990480 >>11990280 That picture has been reposted on /jp/ ever since the beginning in 2008. The original photographer didn't post it here and nobody knows where it's from.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 15:54:48 2014 No.11990497 a bunch of these posts do not feel like /jp/

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 19:37:32 2014 No.11991008 File: 278 KB, 700x930, 1384892700511.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11990497 deal with it

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 23 20:03:34 2014 No.11991065 File: 33 KB, 900x600, 10267523a[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm trying to get over the price of this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:09:18 2014 No.11991535 So, I've been collecting figures a while now, and when I was a young dumbass I ended up accidentally buying a few bootlegs. None of them look too bad, but should I be dumping them now that I know, or is it cool if I keep them?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:22:03 2014 No.11991563 >>11991535 Do whatever makes you happy.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:36:38 2014 No.11991583 [DELETED]

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>>11990280
The trees are mangroves and to my untrained eyes the lobster looks like a mud lobster, mostly because of the similar coloring and boxy pincers. A related search returned a few results for "Mangroves of Singapore" so I'm going to guess that it's in Singapore.

Seems pretty likely.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:38:23 2014 No.11991585 File: 157 KB, 1600x1200, P4230111.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11991583 Those lobsters are extremely cute in a weird way.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 00:39:23 2014 No.11991588 File: 246 KB, 957x1300, young-mangrove-tree-22160009.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11991585 Between the lobster and the mangrove trees I'd have to pick the trees. Look how cute they are!

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 02:50:44 2014 No.11991818
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so lemme see if i got this straight...

/jp/ fig threads are ostensibly about posting pics of figs, with relevant commentary. maybe they are pics of your figs that you are happy/proud to own, or maybe they are pics of coming-soon figs or figs that you would love to have or simply look nice.

but if you post figs you own, you may happily get a "mah nigga" comment on your excellent taste, or, more likely, someone will comment on your shit taste just to make you feel bad. also you risk accusation of being a buyfag, and thus a normie, because most buyfags have jobs (though not all).

on the other hand, if you post pics of figs you don't own, understandably you may express your desire to, one day, be able to afford the fig. this is considered whining and justifies labeling the thread as equivalent to shit.

also, if you happen to want/own a fig to which you have no connection to the original source material, yet you want/own it simply because it looks nice, or because it's hot and it turns you on, this justifies others calling you a retard/autist/faggot/etc.

it just seems weird to me. i mean, whatever happened to just enjoying things for their own sake?

pic related; part of my collection. i've never played to heart 2. never watched C3. i adore kud but never played any of the games and got bored of the anime before she even showed up. i am uncertain of the source of maid bride yuki (original pic? game?). but i don't really care. i didn't buy these to fit in, or to gain nerd culture status. i bought them to please myself.

incidentally, i do have a connection to everything else shown, even the lalaloopsies. now i just need some nice glass cases.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 02:52:14 2014 No.11991823 >>11991818 Please condense your post or improve your post style. It's incredibly confusing to try to understand what you're trying to say.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 03:38:28 2014 No.11991900

>>11991818
>it just seems weird to me. i mean, whatever happened to just enjoying things for their own sake?
You'll enjoy the fig more if you have a personal connection to it. Sometimes I get the itch to get a figure simply because it looks nice (and is a good deal), but I realized real quickly that my display space is limited and so it would be best to reserve it for the ones I really care about. Most people here, I would assume, don't have all that much disposable income.

I mean, do people put up posters of movies they never watched in their room? Why would you buy memorabilia that you have no connection with? It's like wearing a shirt of a band you don't listen to. At best, it's a shallow appreciation; at worst it's disingenuous (i.e. to "fit in").

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 03:46:13 2014 No.11991900,1 >>11991583 Why does this get me a ban for ban evasion?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 04:34:02 2014 No.11991964 >>11991818 Posting upcoming/recently released figures and commenting on them was always the norm so feel free to ignore anyone who whines about that.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 05:31:22 2014 No.11991964,1 [INTERNAL]

>>11991900,1
because ban evasion bans last longer than off-topic bans. that's why.
janny doesnt give a flying fuck about whether you evaded a ban or not he just wants an excuse to ban you for longer than 3 days and he knows the mods never question janitor reports.
there is no accountability and janny is free to do as he likes.
welcome to /jp/ - janny's pisshole.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 05:54:24 2014 No.11991964,2 [INTERNAL]

The janitor is fucking pathetic. I didn't think he could sink any lower but now he's throwing out ban evasion requests as if it makes any difference. Everyone evades the 1 and 3 day bans so a 30 day ban isn't going to do shit. How long until this nerd starts to piss off the neo-/jp/ scum he brought in to replace us

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 08:46:42 2014 No.11992237

>>11991818
If you don't know what the old threads were like you probably shouldn't be here.

Buying things from a series you know nothing about means that you might completely hate the character and have no attachment to them, it's different of course with original illustrations and that but would you buy a figure of a character you detest? No, then why would you buy a figure of a character you don't care in the slightest about. Unless you have unlimited display space why waste it on pretty looking figures that you have no connection to.

Also saying you "Adore" a character you don't know jackshit about is incredible laughable.

>>11991964
Pretty much this is what the threads were, posting the latest releases, wonfes stuff and talking about what people were looking forward to or how something didn't look too good. Blogging and bragging are what these threads were never about and cancer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 09:42:30 2014 No.11992294 >>11992237 A while ago I saw a figure of a character I didn't know much about, then I researched her for a while and when I was convinced that I find her interesting in other ways than only her looks, I finally preordered her.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 12:32:46 2014 No.11992294,1 >>11991900,1 So, were you evading or not? Nobody cares about the rest of your crying. I just want to know if that crazy fuck is psychic or not.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 13:11:59 2014 No.11992678

>>11991900
>You'll enjoy the fig more if you have a personal connection to it
true.

>It's like wearing a shirt of a band you don't listen to
false. we're talking about pretty girls here. it is actually like the guy who puts up posters of swimsuit girls or naked girls in his room. he may know the girl's name, he might even know a few perfunctory details about her personality or her likes and dislikes, if such details were provided by the maker/distributor of the poster. but does he really have any connection to her? in many cases, not at all. or, a more highbrow kind of fella might have a print of vermeer's "girl with a pearl earring" hanging in his residence, because he finds the girl, and the artwork, lovely. but there is no way for him to have a connection with her. no one even knows for sure who the girl is. yet is it shallow appreciation to admire this masterpiece? and since the girl's identity is unknown, that leaves only vermeer himself for one to have a "connection" to. yet must one be a connoisseur of vermeer's entire body of works before one is allowed to own a single print of "girl with a pearl earring"?

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 13:14:44 2014 No.11992686

>>11992237
>Buying things from a series you know nothing about means that you might completely hate the character
true. i also bought the chie-with-bathtub fig by native a couple of years ago. i had thought that she was based on a piece of original art. but recently i found that she's also associated with a doujin, in which she apparently has a typical-teenage-girl-spaz temperament. kinda unappealing to me. should i have known this beforehand? elitists like to say that ignorance is a sin -- conveniently forgetting that they themselves weren't born knowing how to talk, walk, read, write, and piss and shit in the appropriate receptacle and clean themselves up afterward. ignorance is not a sin, it is just a part of life. it happens.

>Also saying you "Adore" a character you don't know jackshit about is incredible laughable
see response to >>11991900. also i might add: have you ever been stricken by the beauty of something or someone that you don't know jackshit about? a girl passing by in the school hallway, a blossoming tree whose name or species you don't know, a melody that moves you yet you can't name the song's title or artist, a cute piece of sfw loli artwork that makes you wish you knew -- or prompts you to find out -- the loli's name and the artist who drew her? of course you have. or even if none of my for-instances apply to you, think of something that does. something where adoration came first, and further knowledge, afterwards. or are you so blunted that you can only adore things which you have an in-depth knowledge about? or instead will you try to argue about the definition of "adore"? please, save it:

>adore - transitive verb \ə-ˈdȯr\
>1. to worship or honor as a deity or as divine
>2. to regard with loving admiration and devotion <adored his wife>
>3. to be very fond of <adores pecan pie>
>synonyms
>revere, admire, delight in, cherish, idolize, worship, prize, treasure, venerate, esteem, dote on, go for, be crazy about
>etc

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 13:23:29 2014 No.11992704 File: 76 KB, 500x576, 1395681796045.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh god the autism on this thread. Just let people be faggots/retards and let them buy what they want

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 14:35:45 2014 No.11992823

>>11992686
"Love at first sight" and real love are completely different things, the term adore is wrong, notice the example of a wife or a food. You usually know your wife a lot or have eaten a lot of pecan pie to know you adore them.

Infatuated would be the correct term to use in this case, not adore. To truly adore or love something you do need to have a reasonable knowledge, you could maybe adore figures of Kud, but you could not adore her herself because you don't have any actual depth to your knowledge of her.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 18:51:51 2014 No.11993281 File: 2.83 MB, 4000x3000, IMG_5450.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11976780 NEW SUPER SONICO FIGURE CAME IN TODAY. MORE TO COME.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 22:47:37 2014 No.11993700 Just got my watamote nendo and heather. I kindof don't know what to do with posing the nendo. My autism prevents me from imagining and doing bodily gestures with her, so I just have her with her arms by her sides for now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 22:51:34 2014 No.11993709 >>11993281 What is the scroll on the right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:02:22 2014 No.11993728 File: 71 KB, 600x800, BgA2IY6CMAIVl3h.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Friend recently wanted to see a pic of my Birdy figure, so you get to see it, too.

>>	Y10NRDY !kxh.1oTAkU Mon Mar 24 23:13:07 2014 No.11993736 File: 643 KB, 720x960, junko_fix.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11974974 I wanted to collect the Hidamari prize figures. Cool collection. I think I'm gonna get the figma instead, though.

Anonymous Mon Mar 24 23:50:22 2014 No.11993807

>>11992678
>it is actually like the guy who puts up posters of swimsuit girls or naked girls in his room. he may know the girl's name, he might even know a few perfunctory details about her personality or her likes and dislikes, if such details were provided by the maker/distributor of the poster.
No it's not. And your point is no different from a person who admires the artwork/merchandise of a band, but doesn't listen to the band.

A character is tied to a narrative. This narrative can be painfully simple and shallow (i.e. marketing icons) or it can be developed in a "proper" story narrative. Most of these characters come from the latter. Full appreciation of such a character requires that you engage with the narrative he/she comes from. That's why I said "shallow appreciation." Yes she can be beautiful, but if you don't know her background, then it's what people would call "skin deep," which is exactly the point you're trying to argue for with pin-ups.

>yet is it shallow appreciation to admire this masterpiece?
Yes. That's exactly what I'm arguing. That you would be ready to call anything a "masterpiece" removed from context is silly. While some (usually expensive) figures are quite aesthetic, it betrays the very foundation of the form if you only engage with it on that level. Please consider why people made figures to begin with, painstakingly casting molds and painting them. It's not so they can have "Generic Anime Girl Figure #3092834092834" to admire.

>>11992686
>have you ever been stricken by the beauty of something or someone that you don't know jackshit about?
Yes, but that's a starting point at best. You're trying to argue this as an end point. Things are not always what they seem.

>are you so blunted that you can only adore things which you have an in-depth knowledge about?
Your definition mentions "love," "admiration," and "devotion," all things that require engagement beyond the surface level imo.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 00:08:52 2014 No.11993831

>>11993807
Anime fandom is based around the shallow enjoyment of characters and has been for at least the last couple of decades. How do things like Touhou characters, who have basically no backstory at all, fit into this?

>Please consider why people made figures to begin with
This is absolutely meaningless. The reason why something is originally created is not necessarily its reason for existence, and the anime fandom of today is completely different from the fandom 30 years ago.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 00:26:37 2014 No.11993845

>>11993831
>How do things like Touhou characters, who have basically no backstory at all, fit into this?
Fan narratives which arise from a lack of narrative. Still different from what you're trying to argue which is ignoring the narrative. One is creative, the other is what it is.

>This is absolutely meaningless.
No it isn't. It illustrates why engagement to the source material is important. On one side, you have appreciation, on the other, you have glorified consumption. Of course, judging by the direction of your argument, you're probably going to say "but that's all otaku culture is (now)" or something. It really isn't; that people still care about the story a character comes from is evidence of this.

>anime fandom of today is completely different from the fandom 30 years ago.
True, but it doesn't justify willingly ignoring the context of a work in appreciating it.

But let's run with it. Maybe it's the very ignoring of the context that has changed anime fandom into its current norm of shallow appreciation? I think so. Don't you think this shift in paradigm might affect the quality of the media the culture produces? I think so.

I don't think your argument is helping your case. I'm actually now convinced that buying shit you know nothing about is not only silly, but hurts the integrity of culture. Look around and you'll see that moe symbolism has been appropriated by almost everyone because it's painfully easy to market to this new breed of otaku (niwaka). Wow, no wonder Danny Choo loves that shit, huh.

Also, make no mistake. I have nothing against moe. I just don't think pretty pieces of plastic warrant hundreds of dollars spent without some sort of emotional and/or intellectual engagement. You might fetishize commodity, but at least admit it for what it is: shallow. I'm not here to tell you what to do with your money. Just don't dress it up. As long as you're not circle-jerking like they do in /a/, I'm cool with it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 00:46:20 2014 No.11993874 >>11993728 wipe your figures from dust you fool

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:07:35 2014 No.11993903 Aliexpress, a website that acts as a sales portal of Chinese products directly to any online buyers, is having a sale in about 2 hours that lasts for 24 hours. They have some fake Nendos and I think fumos on there. I'm thinking about picking some up.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:12:25 2014 No.11993908 >>11993728 LOVE IT!!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:19:40 2014 No.11993918 >>11990352 every time, that otter

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:30:25 2014 No.11993924 >>11993903 Why would you want to buy bootlegs?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:31:40 2014 No.11993925 >>11993924 They are cheap?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:35:10 2014 No.11993931 >>11993925 But usually with subpar quality. Also, your money isn't going to the people who actually make it.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 01:41:26 2014 No.11993940

>>11993845
>I have nothing against moe
If your issue is with character consumption over narrative consumption, you most definitely do have a problem with moe. That's the soul of the argument here. I'm not going to try and judge this (mostly because I think trying to objectively evaluate entertainment is absurd) but this type of appreciation of characters over stories is a fundamental fact of the industry. I don't understand how you can harp on this importance of narrative engagement when the more figures are made of Hatsune Miku (a character with literally no official story and barely any fan narrative) than of pretty much anything else at all (because they sell like crazy). Not only is narrative engagement not necessary, narrative disengagement brings about greater popularity in an industry (and culture!) that is focused on character appeal, not narratives.

The reason we have pachinko machines with Eva girls on them two decades after the fact isn't because Eva had a great narrative or whatever, it's because people obsess over Rei or Asuka. Why do you think so many characters are carbon copies of them in completely different anime? Why do you think the story of Eva can be rewritten without people flipping a shit? It's because the narrative is functionally irrelevant. It's a staging ground for characters. This is why we get beach queen figures from anime where people are murdered and never wear a swimsuit once. It's because people don't purchase figures to remind then of a narrative, they buy it for a character.

Also I'm not the original guy who mentioned that, but this kind of discussion is interesting to me. I will say of course that this doesn't apply to every anime fan nor figure purchaser, just that this is the trend today. I think this is the main reason people look down on newer anime, because they are designed this way.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 02:32:01 2014 No.11994020

>>11993940
We're not talking about narrative, people don't just like Rei and Asuka because they look pretty. The point he and I are making is about not knowing anything about a character's personality and still consuming. Moe isn't about purely a characters looks.

I think Miku is a bad example because nobody here will defend her, she's a soulless husk of a character with only certain versions having personality through certain songs eg. The World is Mine.

Nobody cares if you do buy shit of characters you know nothing about but don't go and say you "adore" them and that. Admit it for what it is, mindless consumerism and just buying things because they look nice.

Also using Touhou from before is a bad example because even without fandom ZUN still portrays enough of a characters character through the games, descriptions and mangas.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 02:43:30 2014 No.11994025

>>11993940
We are moving into postmodern territory here.

>you most definitely do have a problem with moe
Not at all. Characters do not exist in a vacuum. Character consumption IS narrative consumption. To enjoy a character "per se" is only to engage on a more local or implied narrative rather than an explicit, larger one. Moe is engagement and immersion. That's how affective things work; if you cannot connect with something, you cannot be moved emotionally (e.g. feel moe). Narrative patterns now, however, operate on fragmented, archetypal signs--with only a few design elements, a character designer can suggest an entire background for a character (e.g. tsundere, imouto).

But the story still matters because it tells us how all the signs fit together into new permutations. It's all about context, which is what I'm arguing for. Context aids in understanding, which promotes appreciation.

>when the more figures are made of Hatsune Miku (a character with literally no official story and barely any fan narrative) than of pretty much anything else at all
I don't understand the hype for Miku at all and I blame it, along with other toyetic efforts for providing easy-access "otakudom" for tons of people unwilling to actually delve into the subculture.

>isn't because Eva had a great narrative or whatever,
Eva had an incredibly complex, though confusing, narrative that goes completely misunderstood by people who only approach it from a plot-centric viewpoint. You'll appreciate it more when you look at it as a "meta-anime" of sorts.

Rei, or any character, is popular because of her narrative weight and the way in which she can be projected upon. Things happen to her and we amplify what we believe to be her feelings on the matter. We connect. Without Eva to frame us and the character, Rei would just be a disjointed collection of meaningless symbols, a fact now undermined due to narrative recycling.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 03:22:00 2014 No.11994071

>>11994025
>>11994020
>>11993940
>Nobody here will defend her.

I will.

Context requires neither narrative nor a character. Miku carries the weight of every interaction people made with the software she is, and every song created with it. A concept earlier and more directly embodied by OS-tans.

You could argue that it's ultimately moe or that the process anthropomorphisation assigns a narrative, but when you try to evaluate it as either, you're bound to miss the point the way you just did. Not everything centers around fiction.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 03:57:21 2014 No.11994119

>>11994071
>Context requires neither narrative nor a character.
Of course. But characters require context/narrative which is provided by the plot.

>Not everything centers around fiction.
But characters do. "Character", as we're using it, is inextricably tied to fiction. What is your point? That you can appreciate a character without context or background? The best you can do is cobble together some meaningful characterization from her visual design elements or the thing being anthropomorphized (characterization that necessarily is based upon existing narratives, mind you, and thus part of a larger context). A series provides the meaning and characterization for you, especially in novel ways.

>Miku carries the weight of every interaction people made with the software she is
No she carries the weight of smart marketing. There is absolutely no substance to Miku, much like there's none for Mirai. That's probably why I can't stand her.

Do people "appreciate" Miku or Mirai as characters? No they consume them as symbols of generic "otaku culture."

But what you said is also true. Not everything is about consuming fiction because we can create our own narratives. I understand that, which is why I said a "personal connection" instead of explicitly "consuming the media a char. is from." I've purchased some figures because I follow the artist behind the character design, not because of the work she's from. I have a figure of an eroge character simply because I used to fap to her CG sets like mad when I was younger and discovering loli--I still haven't actually played the game. I didn't get them just because they "look nice," but I won't lie and say it's not at least somewhat shallow; there's a gap where the rest of my appreciation should be. I know this because there are crap prize figures that I love to death simply because I like the character.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 04:06:06 2014 No.11994137 >>11994119 >There is absolutely no substance to Miku. Some people actually listen to and/or make Vocaloid music.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 04:13:06 2014 No.11994141

>>11994137
That doesn't endow her with character substance. Not even conceptual substance. She's a practical device. And you can tell because there is no "standard" to her characterization--she can be anything.

Even Touhou characters settle into their grooves despite all the fanwank. That's because they're grounded to a narrative, no matter how weak.

But Miku has nothing like that. That I've seen at least. She's about as meaningful as a brand, which is to say effectively meaningless.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 04:43:21 2014 No.11994181 >>11994141 I'd argue certain songs give her personality and that, but it differs from song to song but some of her figures are based off certain songs and hence do have character but as a general point you're spot on.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 05:01:11 2014 No.11994223

>>11994141
>And you can tell because there is no "standard" to her characterization--she can be anything.
There's no standard, so people pick and choose what they like. It's not like there's a shortage of songs and stories that endow her with (admittedly baseless) characterization for people to pick and choose from. Luo Tianyi is a piece of software with no personality but I think of her as a brave girl because I was introduced to her through Flowers of War.

On another level she's just a virtual idol. People put posters of bands they like on the wall even if they don't really give a shit about the "narrative."

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 05:02:26 2014 No.11994225

>>11994141
>That doesn't endow her with character substance.

It doesn't need to.

I told you you're missing the point, and you keep missing the point. Yes, she's a practical device. So don't judge her as something she's not or she's only secondarily (i.e. "character"). Your notion of meaning is not the only possible meaning.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 05:10:26 2014 No.11994240 >>11994225 She isn't a practical device when she's in figure form though, she is a character firstmost in that form.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 05:16:41 2014 No.11994243 >>11994240 In the figure form, she's foremost a figure. What the figure represents, what any object represents, is up to the owner.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 05:57:45 2014 No.11994311

>>11994181
>but it differs from song to song
That's my point. I wouldn't call her a character, but instead an icon or brand.

>>11994223
>People put posters of bands they like on the wall even if they don't really give a shit about the "narrative."
Really? People usually consume to engage with a narrative. Like a boy band: even if girls don't care for the music, they buy into the narrative that the guys care for them or something, or that "all girls have to love X band." It has to be fulfilling somehow.

I get the feeling people might be misunderstanding how I'm using "narrative. Think of life like a giant story and each "narrative" a thread that explains happenings. We have big narratives like "science" and "religion" that tie everything together, and we have localized, micronarratives that might explain why we like a character. All these narratives are tied together, so when we construct one for "why I like char X" it's partially dependent on the micronarratives around us, a big one being the source material.

So you can still appreciate something without engaging with the source (like "wow it looks nice compared to other figs"), but it will be extremely limited since you don't know anything about the character.

>On another level she's just a virtual idol
I get why idols are popular, but I don't get why Miku is popular because she doesn't have a character attached. I mean, real-life idols have constructed personas. Miku is just...software with a smile.

>>11994225
>>11994243
>Your notion of meaning is not the only possible meaning.
>What the figure represents, what any object represents, is up to the owner.
So we're going to go for that stupid cop-out called relativism? There's no point in arguing, then.

But I'll point out that the industry primarily make figures of /characters/. Not figures for the sake of making figures. Almost all figures are based on some source material (even Miku). This makes sense because it guarantees an existing fanbase to target.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 06:07:44 2014 No.11994324

>>11994311
>Like a boy band: even if girls don't care for the music, they buy into the narrative that the guys care for them or something
Your average band is not a boy band. And nobody pretends that shit anyway.

>she doesn't have a character attached
I literally just explained how Vocaloids get character attached to them.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 06:33:46 2014 No.11994349

>>11994311
Boy bands are an aberration in the world of music rather than a norm. Music in its primary form has no narrative. People consume it all the same. You can go ahead and try to prove that there's actually a narrative around music, a bunch of meanings that people attach to it or associate it with, or even that creators assign to their works, and you won't be wrong, it'll just be all unessential, secondary to the actual musical content. (Or you can go absolutist and read music for the story and listen to pictures, but then there's really no point to any further argument.)

But back to the main topic - why do you think interacting with software isn't fulfilling? People buy emacs memorabilia, why wouldn't they buy them for Miku?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 09:46:30 2014 No.11994349,1 >>11972967 You can thank janny for that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:00:02 2014 No.11994647 So is this the hotglue thread?

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:20:35 2014 No.11994675

>>11994647
I wish, thajara and Alleyne just got released. >>>/gif/ still has regular threads I think though.

>>11994349
If you don't like any of the members in a band or their personalities it's unlikely that you will support them and buy all their goods. Buying posters of a musician when he could actually be a massive cunt but you don't know because you only listen to his music is a shallow level of understanding.

Nobody is saying that you shouldn't buy Miku figures, just that you can't have a connection to a Miku figure the same way you do with most characters. Granted you can have a personal connection like you say if you engage with the software and imprint a personality on her but that's the thing, you have to do that yourself first and I can guarantee you the major of people with Miku figures aren't the kind of people who all make vocaloid music.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:29:05 2014 No.11994682 File: 97 KB, 500x399, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1199467 dude, gfo and gb2reddit miku is kawaii, kawaii sells go take your awful arguments somewhere where people will care pro-tip: that place does not exist

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:31:50 2014 No.11994685 [DELETED]

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>>11994675
dude, gfo and gb2reddit
you dickwads are cancer
miku is kawaii, kawaii sells
go take your awful arguments somewhere where people will care

pro-tip: that place does not exist

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:55:50 2014 No.11994715

>>11994311
>I don't get why Miku is popular because she doesn't have a character attached.
If you don't get why a character like Miku is popular among today's figure consumers, then you don't get character consumption, period. I think we agree on the objective issues here for the most part, but it just comes down to whether or not we agree with it on a personal level.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 11:59:20 2014 No.11994719 >>11994715 Also, this might be a stupid question, but have you read http://www.amazon.com/Otaku-Japan%C2%92s-Database-Hiroki-Azuma/dp/0816653526? I think there are PDFs floating around somewhere (thought I couldn't find any in a quick google search).

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 12:57:24 2014 No.11994851

I mean if you're really buying figures for a totally aesthetic and character-unreleated reason aren't there better choices out there? If this is simply art appreciation for you it would seem to me that there are better choices than PVC.

I always thought figure collecting was some form of animism. I am surrounding myself with fetishes to protect myself from a world that is most certainly wicked.

If someone really enjoys the collecting or the aesthetic that's fine and I think sometimes it's hard to buy figures you have a connection with. Like an ero figure or original work, but you can still form a connection figure first.

I might be going beyond my ability to explain and intelliegence here, but I think these connections are intensely personal and to a point mysterious.As long as there is some kind of connection it will mature and grow in it's own way. Even if you're accidentally buying a figure of a character you dislike personally that's still a connection. Love and hate are two sides of the same coin, at least that's what my dad told me while explaining he can understand why someone would murder their wife.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 12:59:25 2014 No.11994858 >>11994851 Not enough wallspace for lots of wallscrolls and posters.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 13:03:09 2014 No.11994866

>>11994851
The point is that you can engage with and be obsessed with a character without watching or caring about the show the character appears in. This is why characters like Miku are popular, because there is no need to watch any shows just to "prove" you like them. We can even see this sort of character obsession in western fandoms, such as comic books. Look how comic book characters are remade over and over in alternate dimensions - what's important to the readers is not so much one specific tale, but rather the idea of "spiderman" (or batman or whoever). He has a few basic trappings (suit, superhuman strength) but beyond that authors are free to interpret him how they want. This sort of character obsession represents a new way of consuming media, in opposition to the old style of consuming stories.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 13:20:09 2014 No.11994895

>>11994866
Thanks for expounding a little for me. I think I can agree with you. I think if I bought an ero figure I would form a connection with it, regardless of whether that's the original incarnation of it or not.

Though I feel like this does gloss over those people who do have zero connection and simply buy out of some kind of obsessive purchasing behavior. Those people really do exist.

Also I wonder if characters like Miku are popular because of this dynamism or simply because they have some very strong and appealing interpretations. Especially when most of those interpretations are fan interpretations that lets it appeal to a wide array of people. Certainly you can't tell me that Ironman or Loki are popular because people really like the idea of them, it's the recent interpretations of them that they like.

In essence I do agree with you, though I feel like you're putting a little to much focus on it being some new way of consuming media when the character's who have the highest number of good narratives/interpretations are being consumed for the same reason a character with one single good narrative is consumed.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 13:28:54 2014 No.11994906

>>11994895
While I do think that individual interpretations influence the way people feel about it as a whole (which is why people complain when a certain director gets a hold of a given IP, for example), I still think the way we view comic books and anime characters represents a significant shift from the way we viewed Huckleberry Finn or Gandalf or whatever (barring modern fanfiction of these characters, of course).

People like a lot of garbage like Queen's Blade, and I don't think it has anything to do with there being a compelling story. It's just the character designs they like. Look at how worked up people got over that one page that started Katawa Shoujo - each character was little more than a blurb and a sketch, and people cared enough to dump hundreds of hours into making it a full-fledged visual novel. I guarantee that there would be a decent number of people who would have bought a figure of those characters, even before the novel came out. If that's not character obsession, I don't know what is.

ZUN !barYV1VtIA Tue Mar 25 13:29:24 2014 No.11994909 [DELETED]

>>11994866
The whole point is that figures are one of those things you can buy simply because you like the way it looks.

You don't need a deeper reason than that. The primary function they serve is to sit on your desk and look nice. So certain qualities spoken earlier in this thread like "narrative" are irrelevant as long as you like the way the anime character statue looks.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 13:32:39 2014 No.11994914

>>11994909
>as long as you like the way the anime character statue looks
I don't disagree with this, but at the same time I don't think it's necessarily purely aesthetic enjoyment (though there probably are people that do this). I like what >>11994851 said about forming a connection with the character - it's an obsession.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 13:48:39 2014 No.11994947 File: 1.91 MB, 3264x2448, IMG_20140325_181035.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just got some new ones today! Really happy with them. Sorry for the poor quality photo by the way, my old phone broke and my new one has a shitty camera

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 15:17:07 2014 No.11995104

>>11972958
Threads died because some /a/ faggot was making /a/-tier threads. Despite everyones insistence, he kept making these threads, even over other valid threads that were up at the time.

Instead of acquiescence, he chose to argue and defend his pathetic choices, which lead to what went down.

More on point, does anyone have experience with Hobby Japan? Do they ship international?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 15:57:06 2014 No.11995164 File: 2.98 MB, 1836x3264, IMG_20140325_144445_113.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This just came in the mail!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 15:59:06 2014 No.11995165 File: 2.56 MB, 3264x1836, IMG_20140325_144511_109.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the selling point

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:19:21 2014 No.11995207

>>11994906
You're still losing the focus, people don't like characters purely for their looks, character design meand nothing without narrative as then they're just a pretty face. Personality is a huge deal for most people even if they are just a genric archtype. Queen's Blade wouldn't be popular if the characters didn't at least have some personality behind them. As much as I like Liliana's design is she wasn't Shizuka Itou oh ho ho desu wa pirate who cares about the elderly I wouldn't go out and buy a figure of her.

Queen's Blade also has a pretty fun plot for a fan service show, pls no bully.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:23:21 2014 No.11995213 >>11995104 >Y10NRDY >/a/ faggot The pastebin was a terrible idea but you should stop trying to fit in so hard that you talk shit out of your ass and show how new you are.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:27:37 2014 No.11995223 >>11995213 http://archive.foolz.us/a/search/username/Y10NRDY/ Kill yourself, you stupid piece of shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:33:51 2014 No.11995231 >>11995223 >a few posts over a few years Seriously hate the guy as much as you want but calling people /a/fags just because you dislike them is retarded. What's next? Are you going to say Sudo is an /a/fag because he posted before the split?

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:35:36 2014 No.11995232

>>11995207
I never said they like them purely for the looks. In fact I specifically denied that here: >>11994914

My point, and the original focus of the discussion, is that we don't need much to enjoy or appreciate a character enough to buy a figure of it. We certainly don't need a full fledged story. As I understand it, wasn't queen's blade originally just a book with illustrations and a few descriptions? Anything but an entire narrative. It was eventually adapted into an anime with a full story, but this was because the characters were popular, and not the other way around.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:37:06 2014 No.11995236 >>11994906 Queen's blade's plot wasn't what was wrong with it. Please don't call me an /a/ faggot.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:37:06 2014 No.11995237 >>11995231 >>a few posts over a few years >Greentext Bro, he aint gonna let you suck his dick. It's also 7 pages worth of posts. Again, go kill yourself, you snivelling dicklicker.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:39:21 2014 No.11995240

>>11995236
I'm not trying to judge Queen's Blade, and I apologize for using loaded words like "garbage", because that wasn't my intent. My point was that no one, likely not even QB fans, are going to compare the story to something with a real narrative backbone. The point is to watch characters with big breasts fight each other.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:40:51 2014 No.11995244 >>11995240 I think it's better than eva plotwise.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:41:06 2014 No.11995245 >>11995232 Heavyly detailed picture books and designs still portray archetypes though, I guess I'm sort of contradicting myself here though, haha.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:44:06 2014 No.11995255

>>11995245
>portray archetypes
Yes, and that's exactly my point. That's all consumers need to be a part of a fandom or to enjoy something. The point I'm originally trying to make is that buying a figure with only a cursory knowledge of a character is not out of line with modern anime consumption (and when I say modern, I mean the last two decades, not just post-K-ON or something).

>>11995244
It's pretty irrelevant. Eva is the same kind of anime at its core - the plot is just a vehicle for characters. This is why it's been rewritten, and this is why merchandise for it sells like crazy (just like every other anime). You don't see that same kind of merchandising out of something like Mushishi, for example.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:44:22 2014 No.11995253

>>11995237
I don't think you understand the difference between green text used it quote format and green text for let epic meme stories but keep up your irrational hatred for random people on the internet and trying so hard to fit in and make it look like you've been here long, it sure makes you look mature. Maybe you could even ASCII spam this thread if you're so butthurt.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:45:21 2014 No.11995256 >>11995237 For every post in /a/ he has about thirty in /jp/.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:47:51 2014 No.11995260 >>11995253 >I don't think you understand the difference between green text used it quote format It's obvious to all and sundry that you aren't intelligent enough to know what a quote is. Just stop while you are ahead, trash.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:49:36 2014 No.11995265 >>11995255 Just wanted to disprove >My point was that no one, likely not even QB fans, are going to compare the story to something with a real narrative backbone.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 16:59:22 2014 No.11995302 >>11995260 A summary is no different than a quote in essence.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:02:21 2014 No.11995306 Autism.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:09:51 2014 No.11995329 >>11995104 What I remember is some /a/ faggot making /a/-tier spam all over the threads.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:13:18 2014 No.11995334 >>11995329 You should probably get your memory checked. There was a ton of discussion before the spam started. It was very back and forward, with constant janitor deletion.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:28:48 2014 No.11995357 >>11995334 Not really there was a handful of butthurt people And everyone else was actually discuss figures before the threads got spammed by autists that couldn't ignore a tiny link and would rather have no threads at all.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:37:55 2014 No.11995380 >>11995357 >autists that couldn't ignore a tiny link and would rather have no threads at all. No threads is vastly superior to trash threads, such as what /a/ has everyday.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 17:50:40 2014 No.11995398 File: 26 KB, 403x403, 1389914238039.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] all these boxes mane

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 18:19:12 2014 No.11995458 /jp/, should I buy the quesQ remi and flan, or nendoroid? If Nendoroid, Marisa, Reimu or Flan? I already have 1/8ths of Marisa and Flan. I want to take photos kind of like in the BJD threads.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 19:28:27 2014 No.11995604

>>11994349
>Music in its primary form has no narrative
Music implies the contexts that have resulted in it. Listening to music also implies narrative, even if its as simple as "I enjoy this type of music." In this day and age, however, this narrative can be rather complex, since music often serves to "express" the personality or taste of the listener.

>why do you think interacting with software isn't fulfilling?
I never said it isn't. I've already said that a personal connection transcends engagement with a story. But our appreciation of practical applications are different from characters, which we generally connect to on a "human" level. If you really enjoy Vocaloid music, I don't see a problem with buying Miku stuff, but I've been saying that Miku is a separate thing from character figures, which require engagement to be fully appreciated. I can't really say because I don't know anything about Vocaloid, that's just my impression of the issue.

>>11994715
>If you don't get why a character like Miku is popular among today's figure consumers, then you don't get character consumption, period.
No, I get character consumption. Miku is not a character, but a brand. She's consumed the same way people consume designer labels, one in which meaning is arbitrarily assigned. The signs associated with her design don't refer to any narratives I'm really familiar with. The ad hoc characterizations in denpa songs are more readily consumed as characters because they allude to familiar otaku narratives. Within songs, yes Miku adopts characterization, but those don't last beyond the song.

>>11994719
> but have you read http://www.amazon.com/Otaku-Japan%C2%92s-Database-Hiroki-Azuma/dp/0816653526?
I've read some of it. My points at least partially refer to the phenomenon of "database consumption." The reason why Miku is odd to me is that by herself she doesn't seem to refer to any of the archetypes or signs commonly found in the database, like say, Rei-types.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 20:33:44 2014 No.11995756

So /a/ buyfag threads are populated by tripfags and other losers who compare e-peens by how much cash they can blow on anime girls in a month.
And /jp/ fig threads are full of shitposting poorfags, pictures of collections no one wants to see, and autists who have multi-day long arguments over retarded meta shit.

You are all cancer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 20:35:14 2014 No.11995761 File: 1.86 MB, 4200x3300, 1392049207663.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11995756 If we weren't cancer we wouldn't be posting on 4chan.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 20:38:44 2014 No.11995780 >>11995756 >autists who have multi-day long arguments over retarded meta shit. Even if your other two "points" were correct (they aren't,) this alone would instantly make our threads vastly superior to others. Fuck you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 20:46:44 2014 No.11995804 >>11995756 >autists who have multi-day long arguments over retarded meta shit. More like people who actually give a shit and know what they're talking about. Go fill your diaper up somewhere else.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 21:16:14 2014 No.11995866 File: 45 KB, 1000x1000, 51tJGp0UPnL__SL1500_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Where do you get those clear plastic/acrylic display cases for figures? Is display case even the right term for it?

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 22:06:33 2014 No.11995966
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>>11994947
>>11994947

Those Hidamari figures, where did you get them from?

I mean no offence, but they look like they might be prize figures or something similar, I don't recognise them from anywhere. Nevertheless I want a set so bad it's not funny. There just isn't enough Hidamari goodness around.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 22:11:51 2014 No.11995974 >>11995966 They're prize figures so you'll have to look for them preowned. I'm trying to get Nori and Nazuna, but its kinda hard to find these figures in general.

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 22:23:25 2014 No.11995993

>>11995974

Those two really do get the short end of the stick it seems. They don't even get their own Figmas. If you want them all you need to buy another 2 of them and swap the heads that come loose with Sae & Hiro.

Found a few on ebay so far, no luck at the usual places, but holy shit the prices people want for prize figs are ridiculous. I like the show and the characters a lot but there is a limit to how much I'm gonna spend...

Anonymous Tue Mar 25 22:32:10 2014 No.11996011

>>11995993
Yeah, I was lucky enough to get Yuno and Miyako on ebay for 15 bucks together. The prices are pretty ridiculous now.

>Those two really do get the short end of the stick it seems.
To be honest, I'm only missing them cause I thought I only wanted the original four girls. I've had plenty of chances to get Nori and Nazuna, but now that I want to finish the set, I can't seem to find them together. It's always one or the other and I don't wanna pay for shipping twice.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 25 22:36:40 2014 No.11996017 >>11996011 There's a Nazuna up for $55 of my countries' shekels... plus $19 EMS. I guess collectors gonna collect and that's why they go for these prices.

Anonymous Wed Mar 26 08:17:05 2014 No.11996858

Hey people, I've never bought a figure in my life but recently I've thought of getting one for reference when drawing.

I want one of a girl (don't really care who) that has movable joints so she can be put in every position I want. Budget is under 5000 yen. I live in Japan by the way.

Any recommendations?

Anonymous Wed Mar 26 08:27:05 2014 No.11996863

>>11995966
>>11995974
They're prize figures yes, but you can buy them new in the box. They're a bit expensive for prize figures I guess, I paid about ~150€ for the entire set, but you'll probably be able to find it cheaper.
If you have trouble finding them there are a couple on Amazon with free shipping, I got Yuno, Miyako, Hiro and Sae that way. I bought Nazuna at a con and Nori at a webshop from my county
I have another pic of them up here
>>11974974

>>11996858
Wouldn't it be a better idea to buy one of those wooden art dolls?

Anonymous Wed Mar 26 09:51:48 2014 No.11996943
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>>11995458
quesQ has QC issues pic related. Also this figure in my image had a big price drop right after release too.

Anyway it's too bad these threads violate the strong sense of morals of our more psychotic friends on this board. It's lot of fun to talk about figure crap

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 10:27:23 2014 No.11996982 >quesQ has QC issues pic related Older QuesQ, sure. I've made it my mission to purchase every single QuesQ, and the shitty QC is no longer a real issue. Just beware that purchasing something older is 100% gambling.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 10:38:26 2014 No.11996997 >>11982073 She looks like she crawled out of a persona/ shin megami tensei fan book or something.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 10:49:27 2014 No.11997018 File: 450 KB, 898x798, f.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] you nerds buy anything lately? im still getting my dick ready so i havent taken alleyne out of the box yet.

Anonymous Wed Mar 26 10:59:59 2014 No.11997044
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>>11997018
I bought pic related.

My resolve weakened and now I need to purchase the entire line or she will feel out of place. Looking for a decent-scalper priced Olivia.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 11:21:44 2014 No.11997077 >>11997044 I thought about buying her even though I don't know who or what it is. The things on her hands turned me off, though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 11:32:29 2014 No.11997110 File: 77 KB, 850x865, 1368770849352.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11982002 >>11982073 >>11996997

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 11:41:14 2014 No.11997129 >>11995866 Taobao have tons of them for cheap. Just get a proxy or taobao agent for shipping.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 15:09:03 2014 No.11997521 >>11997129 Or he could just get a detolf.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 26 15:31:06 2014 No.11997555 >>11997018 I got a Patchi and a Marisa to go with my Flan because she was lonely. It's turning out to be my favorites from the SDM crew.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 00:46:37 2014 No.11998382 >>11996943 Really all of their QC issues are things you can touch up yourself.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 27 15:56:36 2014 No.11999477 Anyone up for another thread or shall we let this die?

Anonymous Thu Mar 27 16:58:39 2014 No.11999582 [DELETED]

>>11998382
I've been thinking of trying to do that with this. However it looks it's an actual gouge, I think a little paint would fix it but I don't know if I'm skilled enough to get the color to match and to not mess up things somewhere else.

I always have the option of touching it up if I learn to paint figures later I guess.

Anonymous Thu Mar 27 16:59:38 2014 No.11999586

>>11996982
Well that figure wasn't an "older" one and I heard a lot of complaints about QC on it. Unless you mean figures older than their Ueda Hachikuji.

>>11998382
I've been thinking of trying to do that with this. However it looks it's an actual gouge, I think a little paint would fix it but I don't know if I'm skilled enough to get the color to match and to not mess up things somewhere else.

I always have the option of touching it up if I learn to paint figures later I guess.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 03:02:34 2014 No.12000824 >>11997044 Gave that one a try at least. Don't remember how strictly amiami actually follows "japan only". Ears and twintails together with interesting clothes is always a good thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 22:12:44 2014 No.12002549 >>12000824 >Don't remember how strictly amiami actually follows "japan only". what do you mean? i'm in the US and i buy almost all my figs from ami.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 28 22:21:28 2014 No.12002568 File: 65 KB, 600x600, FIGURE-005316[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mmmmmm she's tempting.

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