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Kasumi Yoshizawa from Persona 5 Royal (Lucrea Version)

written on March 31, 2021 by Tier

We’re looking at another telegenic girl in a leotard: this time it’s Kasumi Yoshizawa, one of the newest additions to the Persona universe. I’ve yet to play Persona 5, despite it being a game that I was very much looking … Continue reading →

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Marie Rose from Dead or Alive 5

written on March 9, 2021 by Tier

Today we’re looking at yet another leotard-clad girl from a fighting game – in this case, Marie Rose from Tecmo Koei’s Dead or Alive series. She’s a character I’m conflicted on; I like her design, in a general sense, but … Continue reading →

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Year Twelve Retrospective

written on February 23, 2021 by Tier

Tentacle Armada turns twelve years old today! Obviously there’s been the expected spate of non-posting which has unfortunately become the norm here, but aside from that, the past twelve months have obviously been more notable for a global pandemic unprecedented … Continue reading →

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Cammy from Street Fighter Alpha (Bishoujo Alpha Costume Version)

written on February 21, 2021 by Tier

Today we’ll take a look at another leotard-wearing girl with an appearance in a fighting game – Cammy, quite possibly the reigning queen of them all. This figure is not new, having been released in March of 2018, but it’s … Continue reading →

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YoRHa No.2 Type B from Nier: Automata (Flare DX Version)

written on February 14, 2021 by Tier

I’ve had this figure of Nier: Automata’s YoRHa No. 2 Type B – hereafter called 2B – for some time; since I’m not getting many figures in the mail these days due to the current moratorium on EMS shipments from … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook LXI

written on January 31, 2021 by Tier

It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at the figures I’m contemplating ordering so let’s do that now. First though, a few notes: first, I’ve historically done a Five Favorite Figures of the Year at the end of … Continue reading →

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Fairy Elf from Mu Origin 2

written on December 25, 2020 by Tier

Happy Christmas everybody. We’ve seen a few figures from massively-multiplayer online RPGs, primarily from the Lineage series, but today we’ll be looking at a figure from the Mu series. Mu Online was originally released in 2001, making it one of … Continue reading →

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Jibril from No Game No Life (Bunny Version)

written on November 27, 2020 by Tier

Happy Black Friday to everybody. After far too long of a break, we’ll take a look at yet another bunnygirl. Truth be told, I don’t particularly like taking photographs of FREEing’s bunnygirls because they’re too large for me to easily … Continue reading →

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Missing Comments

written on October 6, 2020 by Tier

It’s an indication that I should look at my own website more often being that I did not notice that post comments have disappeared from view until just a moment ago. I think the WordPress 5.5 update broke something with … Continue reading →

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Narika Shihoudou from Beat Blades Haruka (Stand Pose Version)

written on September 29, 2020 by Tier

First, a couple of random thoughts: I recently logged in to my Hobby Search account and saw this, which has caused me to consider whether I want to continue receiving figures while Japan Post is not dispatching parcels to the … Continue reading →

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