Facade

I'd honestly empty my bank and start again for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTAzbF-gPjU

Bought Junji Ito's Uzumaki Deluxe Edition, really good read, it's spiraling out of control.

I prefer to lure boars over to the enemies in the first two minutes; Or rush to get all 4 Relics for a glorious economic advantage.

Bought School ver. Madoka for 3K JPY which was a part of the Limited Edition of Madoka Magica Portable, ended up having everything in there but the UMD. £16 for all of this i'm so happy.

No, this is.

January-February hauls: BRS Madoka Magica Bonus Kaiji from last November

Figma Motoko is currently bargain binning, easy to pick her up for around 4000JPY if not less in the future if you're looking for more GitS merch. I'm been looking at Miku's for a while since I only want one but there's so many available, current no.1 contender is but I don't need to make a decision until I'm done with Madoka and BRS.

Buy that pre-owned and i dare you to shine a UV Light on it, not even joking; That also goes for pretty much any Miku and that one Queens Blade Revo as well as just about any other lewd statue.

Reserved

Part 2 Right, next comes brands/specific toy lines. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Figma Produced by Max Factory, but also has a very close relationship with GoodSmile Complany In my opinion, Figmas are fantastic, they cover a lot of anime series and are of a good scale (1/12) and are also faily sturdy so it's hard to hamhand most of them.. They also come with a lot of accessories , normally 5 pairs of hands and multiple face-plates. The stands are usually also very sturdy. The articulation is also very strong, the joints are really tight and have pretty much free movement. You're also in luck if you like Kantai Collection, fuck boats though. A Checklist of all the Figmas made to date is available here: '> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nendoroids Produced by GoodSmile Company Much like Figma they also cover a very large amount of anime but they play on the Chibi style which I don't really like in most cases as the proportions feel just a bit too off. Get used to Nendo's are judging from WonFes '15, Nendo's are becoming more and more popular. Nendo's don't usually have as many accessories and 1-2 Faceplates and the only aticulation they usually have is at the neck/upper arm/thigh, so not a lot Think of these are Japanese Funko Pops but not shit, a waste of money and accompanied by shoddy QC. I don't have a checklist for these but as a quick google of "Character Nendo" will usually yield some clarity. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Cu-Poche Produced by Kotobukiya Cu-Poche's are pretty much taller articulated Nendo's which I really like. Sadly there's isn't a very large amount of choice when it comes to Cu-Poches. The stands are also really unique where they mix the square nendo base/stand with a magnetic plate that connects to the magnets held in the shoes of the fig. Same case as Nendo's with accessories, though i've heard that it's possible to swap Nendo/Cu-Poches faceplates with each other ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Revoltech Produced by kaiyodo Revoltech as a link as really average. Kaiyodo likes to take the design of source and play a bit with the design, not so much that you wouldn't recognize the character but it gives them a bit of an edge. They do however offer characters that haven't really been touched by other producers (namely the Lupin III figs). The biggest problem with Revoltech is the joints, which they are ironically quite proud of in design. The joints are ratcheted so they'll click a lot if you move them, it also means you can pose them as well. It doesn't make them unposable bu it is a complaint that a lot of people have. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Figuarts Produced by Bandaii Figuarts are kind of in a weird place because they've been split into a lot of different groups so quality often is quite variable. The main lines are: S.H Figuarts - There flagship group, main products include a lot of Super Sentai stuff and a lot of DBZ Stuff D-Arts - Focuses more on things like Pokemon, Digimon, Megaman (Best line for articulated Pokemon Toys, but good luck finding Charizard for a decent price) S.H Monster Arts - Usually focus of Kaiju, but they've also done a Predator and Alien fig The articulation is usually considered the best of all the toy-lines other than maybe Saint Seiya ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Super Action Statue (SAS) Produced by Medicos Super Action Statue are probably known for their JoJo's Bizarre Adventure toys, they have done other stuff in the past (Kinnikuman) but they are full steam ahead on JoJo, however they did show a Parasyte fig at WonFes '15 so who knows. Articulation in on par with Figmas, never shown a lot of interest in JoJo so something I haven't had any experience with. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Real Action Heroes (RAH) Produced by Medicom First of, these things are huge, this is a 1/6 scale line. The second, these things are gorgeous, but expensive. The only experience I have with these are the Madoka RAHs but they are fantastic, they are pretty much big figmas except their cloths are made of real materials.

True to word I said that I'd make sure that if I wanted a figure of something, i'd make sure i'd watch it's source material, and really wanting to own Strength from Black Rock Shooter, i've gone through the 8 episodes of the Anime (Haven't wanted the OVA which by the looks of it is I probably should have first) The only knowledge I went in was from Wulff saying that it's pretty bad from the 2 episodes he watched. I did enjoy it, even if the emotions and actions were extreme and felt a bit rushed considering the context from what I went in knowing. I hope I wasn't just trying the enjoy it to justify the Figmas. I didn't think I'd be able to watch something like this alone and not be dead immediately after but I'm happy I did and look forward to doing this more. If it wasn't the case that I should've been asleep a good 2 hour ago I'd delve a bit deeper but tired eyes and contacts don't mix. I think I might leave Golgo 13 (Duke Togo Figma) till a bit later, 50 episodes is a bit more of a commitment relative to 8.

Ahead of the curve achieved the week before BRF, my first tier relevant achievement. Turns out Non-Phixion, a top 10 progression guild on Defias Brotherhood disbanded after internal problems and we picked up a few of there members so I'm hopeful for BRF. Also just a heads up, HM and BRF are the same tier so AotC and Cutting Edge will still be available for HM until the raid after BRF.

And that's how I get all the Store Battle Pets.

Margok is a fucking nightmare, Koragh in comparison a piss easy fight. We can comfortably make 4th phase but it all tends to fall apart around the Force Nova mk.4.

Doing Ground Zeroes, may or may not be fiddles.

We had the exact same problem, if no one is dieing/mechanics are being handled it is entirely down to the DPS being too low, you need to be able to down the Main Tectus and one of the Medium Splits in one energy cycle each, otherwise it's practically impossible. Talking about impossible, turns out Brackenspore doesn't scale lower than 15man Flex so unless you're Mythic Geared you ain't downing N Brackenspore as a 10/11 man. Hopefully should be fixed quite soon but probably not until 6.1 I feel.

Downed Ko'ragh tonight, currently 6/7N 1/7H. Extremely fun to be raiding current tier rather than fester in the MLM guild. Got the 655 Mace from Ko'ragh aswell. Everything up until Imperator has been really Melee friendly with the ranged DPS having a lot of to do than us. Hype as fuck for Blackrock.

Otherwise Trading Post should be your main source of resources, considering most mats are dirt cheap because of the mine/garden/pond it's pretty easy to cap the work for it. Also, you get to earn rep for the Laughing Skulls at Level 2 Trading Post.

Then start the killing already, geez.