#figma kyouko is easily my favourite figure atm

[nostalgic-blood]

why do figures always arrive to my house when i’m dead tired

...why do i insist on opening them right away

THE COMBINATION IS A VERY UNORIGINAL PICDUMP IN THE CUT ~

im so tired halp me

putting those nendoroids onto their pegs and onto their proper body parts was so exhausting agh

SO ANYWAY, I got MORE figures if my rambling some weeks back didn’t clue you in that I purchased a flurry of plastic statues in a rather short amount of time. These ones arriving now actually surprised me. I ordered something else like at least a week before Kyouko and Sayaka, and two-three weeks before Alice! Alice was my first purchase from AmiAmi! That’s some speedy shipping you got there, AmiAmi!

In fact I ordered something from the same seller as that Kyouko Sayaka set one week before them, so I’m extra surprised they came first. Oh well!

ok so first off have some alice

alas, I always get home around dusk so all my images are gonna be grainy this time >< . Alice was one of three impulsive purchases, which honestly is three too many, but when I make impulsive purchases it’s because the price was too good to skip. Of the three Brachydios came first who was an awesome 1000 yen. I found Alice secondhand for 3500 yen or something along those lines on AmiAmi and just went “WELL, FUCK IT. I LIKE ALICE. LET’S DO EET.” And so Alice became my AmiAmi guinea pig just like Brachydios was for Mandarake.

As she was such an incredible price, there were flaws I was expecting to see, but would easily forgive due to well, her awesome price. Seriously she’s like $80 on Ebay and that’s twice the price than the one on AmiAmi, PLUS those ones were used too... Anyway Alice suffers from slimy plastic syndrome, but it only affects the white parts underneath her dress, which isn’t too much of a problem. Slimy plastic syndrome usually comes from very old figures or figures stuck in their packaging too long. Obviously someone did not like giving Alice much fresh air, forcing her into a hikikomori lifestyle. Inside her plastic prison, she began to perspire, and it had nowhere to go. Poor Alice. :(

The only other thing is that her Grimoire is a bit loose, but not too loose that knocking Alice a tad would cause it to fall off, so I’m fine with that.

In terms of the figure itself outside of its condition, I had already watched a review of Alice before I bought her about the position of her face. Or rather, why she insists on looking downwards towards the ground.  Perhaps she is looking down at her peers, who are inferior to her, which is somewhat canon. In the event that you are wearing less colours than her, Alice is better. But Alice only wears like three colours, so I’m not sure what logic she’s trying to go with that. Maybe she’s referring to her danmaku? The other theory is that Alice is depressed and always walks around looking downwards as a result. I like to think it’s a little of column A and a little of column B. Still, I’m quite impressed by the figure for its price (would never have bought it at its original price) though obviously EX-Keine being my grail is still my favourite Touhou figure.

Alice certainly isn’t the last 1/8th I’m waiting for ... ;) (I’m probably going to rant your face off when that one comes though... >_>) but after the third I’m definitely not getting anymore 1/8 Touhou figures. For one I don’t even have space for much more in my room, and two they’re expensive and not posable, so three seems like a nice number to stop. (I was considering a 1/6th Sanae at one point. Egads, where the hell would I put her!?)

And now for these tragic idiots. 

So.

Now that I have legit Nendoroids and not just the bootleg Reimu, I can give you my full opinion of Nendoroids.

Figmas >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nendoroids.

And it ain’t even close.

When I got petit Kyouko I was wondering if she was possibly a bootleg due to how tight and difficult it was to keep her on her peg. It seems Nendoroids just have a habit of having random stands with random chance of maybe fitting nicely into your figure, or not. That’s really disappointing from a company like Good Smile which has lots of high quality figures and is a mainstay in figure collecting. I want to collect Nendoroids. I’d still get Mercy seeing as Overwatch merchandise is still a bit scarce at the moment, but if Mercy gets a figma I would no doubt get it instead. As for these two (and two more I ordered because a certain character has no goddamn figma-counterpart :< ) I will not order anymore nendoroids. Too much trouble.

So here’s Kyouko” I can’t stay in my fucking peg” Sakura and Sayaka “For once I’m not the stubborn pain” Miki. I did eventually get her in and decide to never touch them or arrange them around again because I couldn’t be fucked, but that’s alright. There’s a big reason I got this specific set of Nendoroids. I wanted Sayaka, but I didn’t want only Sayaka ... and though my friend was aghast that I’d want a fourth Kyouko, I’m at least content with three Kyoukos. Three is the lovely number here. Three 1/8 Touhou figures. Three Kyoukos. Three! There’s just something about that sitting position and Kyouko’s numerous options to share food that I like. 

...Sayaka on the other hand has a bag and can close her eyes. But that’s okay! BECAUSE SHE’S SO ROUND! Look how round this dumbass is. So very round. Such a large, round cranium holding nothing at all ...

Well, I still like Sayaka despite of her endless poor decisions. She’s like me! Being very impulsive and making far too many purchases on plastic trinkets to fulfill some kind of empty purpose that once had meaning and idealism ... oh wait, I’m rambling.

All that effort to put them in the stand is worth it for that pose though. SITTING NENDOROIDS. TOGETHER. YAY SHIP! Normally I never go for the most popular ship in a fandom, but Kyousaya actually perfectly fits the kind of ship I enjoy. That being my awesome amazing favourite character and her trainwreck of a waifu. Other ships that fit this description include Mercymaker, KeneMoko, and even Checkmating. 

Oh yeah Kyouko has like another faceplate too but I have no idea why Kyouko would have such a shy face around Sayaka. KYOUKO IS PROUD AND SMUG. I mean maybe in ship fics she might fight with herself over her terrible tastes in girls, and thus have shy moments, but not in general NOR ON MY SHELF YOUNG LADY. You will share those apples WITH CONFIDENCE.

It is cute though. One day in the far future when I feel like re-attaching her to her stand four times in a row I may throw it on. One day. 

Lastly, of the three Kyoukos I have so far, this Nendoroid is the sharpest. The last time I suffered a minor injury from my figures was when I carelessly slammed my wrist onto Keine’s horns. ;_; Kyouko’s ahoges are like hedgehog needles. In fact they’re probably even sharper than Kyouko’s spear, which I’ve poked myself with a few times as well.

And yes, it’s getting very crowded. This is the last shot of all my newer figures together before I separate them in the next batch that arrives. We shall see then, shall we not?