Comments on: Uesugi Kenshin from Sengoku Rance (Volks A-Brand Version) (NSFW)

By: Tier

Tier — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:11:04 +0000

Quite probably; I might order the Figma as well but I’m not sure yet.

Seeing this post reminds me that I really ought to take new pictures of Kenshin, as it’s my favorite figure in my collection. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to do so soon.

By: nagisa

nagisa — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:11:22 +0000

holy smokes!!!! That’s a very large figure for a large price too. The figure itself is stunning indeed, froms the anatomy to the details but not something that you could display proudly outside. I guess the figma will be the cheapest and most available figure offer for her.

By: Safehold

Safehold — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:58:33 +0000

A properly forged Japanese katana costs around 200 to 2,000 depending on what type of forging you want to use, traditional steel folding (Japanese blacksmiths must fold that steel by hand, no wonder it’s 2,000 US dollars) or more economical Western machine forges (300 dollar for a normal length Katana. Not a bad price).

So be assured. In terms of item collection and beauty seeking, 799 US dollars isn’t that bad a price when it is your number 1 priority.

By: Tier

Tier — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:17:57 +0000

I have zero experience building figure kits myself, though I do have a few E2046 recast kits. I’ve been meaning to buy an airbrush to try painting and assembling them but that’s something I keep putting off. I think their kits are decent quality, so if you’ve got some skill and putting them together and want to give it a shot, I think that might be a good alternative.

By: Devil Dan

Devil Dan — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:28:53 +0000

I love the look of this figure and the 1/4 Yamamoto Isuroku. I couldn’t afford a pre painted version, but I see no assembled kits on E2046 for under EUR 100. Any insight on those? I’m tempted to grab those and paint and assemble them myself.

By: Tier

Tier — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:04:05 +0000

Yeah, I’m a sucker for buying goods that I won’t use for their actual purpose. Like this mousepad, or this one paper sleeve (I think that’s what it is; it’s kinda like a folder but it’s way too flimsy to be used as such) that I bought solely because it has Lisa from Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball on it. Or the deck of DOAXBV playing cards I’ve got. They’re too thin to be used as playing cards anyway, I guess.

Ouch, yeah, that’s pretty sad. They haven’t sold the prepainted version of that figure in some time; I’ve had it on my wishlist for years, and I was sorta surprised when they announced an additional production run. On the other hand, Hobbyfan seems to still be taking orders for Kenshin, you might check there if you really want it.

Yeah, I would really like a figure of Teresa, I’ve got this thing for combat nuns. Not sure why that is. Maybe it has something to do with my penchant for playing as paladins in RPGs. But yeah, most of them range from meh to a big bag of WTF, so I’m not too enthused by what’s out there now.

By: Shashin

Shashin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:08:13 +0000

That’s a fair point, and pretty much why I continue to buy the pads despite not using them. Dakimakura are a bit too expensive to casually display, I think (though with as many as I have… I could line my entire wall!)

I’m sad to say that the E2046 Kenshin sold out before I was able to pick up mine. I was feeling like I had a good shot at it too, since it was expensive and they had three left… but I guess that will teach me to buy stuff when I want it, and not to wait.

I’ve seen a few in the Amiami bargain bin, and I thought about picking them up, but they don’t look like good figures. I’d definitely take one of the blonde chick, if it were a decent looking figure. Thought about the one in the bargain bin, but the face looks so fake, with the eyes painted on, or something. Hard to explain, but it doesn’t look good.

By: Shashin

Shashin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:04:15 +0000

I couldn’t say myself, but I’d assume it’s mostly because I haven’t really played many games in the last year or so. It might have been Mass Effect, which I played ~1 year ago.

Agreed. If I’m ever in the need for an NFL fix, I just boot up 2k5; Madden be damned, I say!

By: Tier

Tier — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:35:52 +0000

Apparently so! At least, I would assume that if nobody did, then nobody would make them. I really wish that they’d just make posters or wallscrolls instead, since it seems kinda ass-backwards to buy dakimakura covers and such to hang up on a wall because there’s nothing else. In a pornographic sense, anyway.

Somebody really needs to make some figures of the Qwaser characters. Somebody good, I mean. I recall hearing that Taki Corporation had some involvement with the show and now that they’ve gone tits-up, hopefully somebody decent can step in to do that.

By: Tier

Tier — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:49:31 +0000

I wonder what the last EA game I played was. I guess it was technically Dragon Age, though I played that all of five minutes (just long enough to name the dog). Mass Effect 2 is still in its shrinkwrap. It might’ve been Burnout 3 on the old Xbox; that was actually a really fun game. I heard that they made the subsequent games less of a circuit racer and more of an open-world thing, though, which doesn’t really sound that fun to me.

That exclusivity thing really pissed me off, and I think that’s one of the big reasons I haven’t played a Madden game since. I liked NFL2k5 a lot, and if 2k Sports (or whatever they’re called now) were still making NFL games, I’d probably buy them.