Author Archives: Tier

Mai Shiranui from The King of Fighters XIV (Amakuni Version)

written on June 20, 2018 by Tier

Mai Shiranui has been a favorite muse for figure manufacturers for well over a decade now, and for good reason; she is one of the earliest female fighting game heroines and stars in one of the most long-running game franchises, … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook LIV

written on May 31, 2018 by Tier

I haven’t done one of these posts (or any post, really) in a while so now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the figures I’m considering preordering. A huge number of figures … Continue reading →

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Dva from the Melon Books Hermaphrodite Tapestry (NSFW)

written on April 30, 2018 by Tier

Native has been so prolific that there are days where I get one of their figures in the mail and am not immediately sure what it is. This inundation of porno figures is of course due to them being not … Continue reading →

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Rei Ayanami from Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

written on March 21, 2018 by Tier

Yamato never got a lot of love from figure collectors. Most of their products aren’t particularly well-remembered and nobody seemed to mourn their demise; indeed, I don’t think many people even noticed, nor was it really acknowledged when they briefly … Continue reading →

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Year Nine Retrospective

written on February 23, 2018 by Tier

Ahem; we interrupt my void elf and lightforged draenei leveling to celebrate this website’s ninth birthday. While the dearth of recently updates here is both embarrassing and regrettable, this site is still operating, at least in a nominal sense. What’s … Continue reading →

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My Five Favorite Figures of 2017 (NSFW)

written on January 8, 2018 by Tier

Here is the fashionably late list of my favorite figures from the departed year. 2017 was a very good year for figure collectors, I think – particularly if you liked your figures raunchy, as there were no shortage of figures … Continue reading →

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Dakimakura Review – Olga Discordia from Kuroinu ~Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru~ (NSFW)

written on December 31, 2017 by Tier

Happy New Year’s Eve, everybody. Normally the year-end Five Favorite Figures post would go here, but I spent yesterday putting up some new shelving and did not have the opportunity to photograph figures. The activity was well worth it, however, … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook LIII

written on December 25, 2017 by Tier

Happy Christmas everybody. The end of the year is usually a slow time for both figure releases and preorder launches. That’s highly beneficial for me being that my review queue is absurd and even if I decided to stop buying … Continue reading →

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Cleric from Bikini Warriors (NSFW)

written on December 14, 2017 by Tier

My interest was piqued when Bikini Warriors was announced, being that I have a thing for scantily-clad female battlers. My enthusiasm was dampened when I learned that each episode would be less than five minutes in duration; I anticipated that … Continue reading →

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Akane Indou from Homare Art Works (NSFW)

written on November 26, 2017 by Tier

One of the more pleasing developments in figure collecting is that a number of manufacturers are now producing figures derived from the artwork of well-known illustrators, especially those of ero publications. Misaki Kurehito’s artwork has received a number of figure … Continue reading →

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