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[mysticdragon3md3]

Please please make preorders available outside of Japan. Please just let me preorder him from GSC US's shop.

[yunam0n]

Shocking Uniform of a Foxy Caster

Shocking Uniform of a Foxy Caster

The progress of my newest acquisition of Tama-chan’s 1/6 scale figure has been a troublesome one, not only the maker delayed her release for a moon’s cycle, I also made a bad decision of having her shipped via an alternate courier than my usual route…

Furthermore, thanks to the meddling of the local custom terrorists due to the said alternate courier, I ended having to top up 30% more than her…

[goodsmilecompanyunofficial]

Nendoroid Conan Edogawa from the series Detective Conan, by the Good Smile Company.

[maritangsc]

Nendoroid Aigis: P3 Edition

MISE A JOUR DU BLOG!! Nendoroid Aigis: P3 Edition

Bonjour à tous, c’est Kahotan! (@gsc_kahotan) Dernièrement j’ai pensé m’acheter un robot aspirateur “Roomba”…mais j’ai réalisé qu’il me faudrait ramasser tous les déchets par terre afin qu’il puisse se déplacer partout pour aspirer sans obstacle…Finalement, j’ai décidé que j’allais utiliser mon argent pour autre chose pour l’instant. ^^; Mais aujourd’hui, je ne vais pas regarder un robot de…

[highdio]

Dio Brando nendoroid expo shots off Kahotan’s blog. By Medicos x GSC. ¥5478, November 2021. Handheld stone mask available through pre-order at GSC’s and Medicos’ online shops.

[hellishhin]

Tribes of the Miridan Mountains: Pt 2!

More old worldbuilding stuff! (Here's part 1)

Assets

What the rest of the world wants most from the Kahotan are the mountains from under their feet. The tribes have successfully chased off any attempts to seize parts of their land by the nearby kingdoms. They have yet to develop methods to successfully counter the aerial attacks. The other resource that the tribes guard with their life is their mounts. They have been bred over centuries to be stronger and smarter than their wild counterparts. In some cases, wild counterparts don't even exist. If an outsider can steal a young mount, they can be sold for very high prices and are in very high demand. Very few have been successfully sold. Tribes will drop everything they are doing and hunt down a stolen mount. They will do everything they can to retrieve it safely however if circumstances demand it, a tribe will sacrifice the mount to prevent it from becoming a slave to a non-tribesman.

Guilds and Factions

Sutsekan- Ride giant eagles they call Sutse (SOOt-say) Kahlakan- Ride giant owls called Kahlae (KAH-lay) Tsukan- Ride giant winged wolves called Tsuka (TSU-kah) Aiyakan- Ride hippogriffs they call Aiyan (AEY-ahn) Zetekan- Ride wyverns they call Zete (ZEH-teh) Malukan- Ride giant bats called Maluk (MAH-look) Vashikan- Ride griffons they call Vashik (VASH-ick)

Architecture

The caves and tunnel systems of the tribes who use them are nothing extraordinary. They are roughly carved and are for function rather than beauty. Some tribes decorate their living space with handwoven tapestries or paintings but it depends on the tribe. Some of the tribes that live in the treeline construct huts in the tallest branches so that their mounts may perch with them or nearby.

Geography

The mountain range where these tribes live is near the northern part of the continent. It stretches for several thousand miles from end to end and at its widest point is about two thousand miles across. It is the largest known mountain range by far. Each tribe is able to reach another in anywhere from three to seven days or more if the weather is bad. This gives the tribes plenty of room to spread out so there is no competition for resources. Among this mountain range are some mountain valleys, only accessible by air. They are pristine and full of wildlife. The tribes are very conscientious with their resource management so as not to over hunt.

Natural Resources

The mountains are most likely rich with gold, silver, gems, iron, and other valuable materials. There are some outer fringe mountains that the tribes have allowed to be mined but mostly because they were tired of always fighting off the outsiders so if they gave them some of their more worthless land, it would keep them busy. It has for the most part except the outsiders are getting greedy and want to see what the mountains further into the range have within them.

Their other resources are mostly valuable only to them. These are the native deer, goats, ducks, geese, and other food animals as well as plenty of roots and berries to supplement their diet. They get leather from the animals they hunt and they use that to make armor light enough to fly with. They have learned the art of metal working however, since metal armor would be too heavy, they mostly only use it for spears and arrow heads. They will also occasionally use it for artwork although it's not very common.

[george-sonata]

Kahotan's Blog | GOOD SMILE COMPANY Figure Reviews | Nendoroid Professor Layton

[pictured : an animated gif of the Professor Layton nendoroid figure sipping from a cup of tea and smiling at the camera]

[goldenkamuyhunting]

1534 Nendoroid Hyakunosuke Ogata is finally available!

So, since Goodsmile finally made him available for preorder, let me ramble a bit about him (and how to preorder him).

Yeah, I know I already did it for the prototype but a little more can’t hurt.

Warning, I’m gonna use the images that are on the Goodsmile site page for him... but also the ones on Kahotan’s Japanese blog because they capture him better.

So let’s start by seeing him in full colour.

The colouring is not bad, we were already familiar with this pose as it was used for the prototype as well so I won’t really comment much on it. I’m not sure why they’ve chosen the ‘standard expression’ instead than the grinning one for this photo as he actually was grinning in the image that inspired this but whatever, the grinning expression is included and that’s all that matters.

We can see an improvement in the definitive version, which is that his eyebrows are drawn in manga style (we can see many lines form them) and not in anime style (were they’re made with a single, large stroke).

This was something I know many fans has requested so I’m glad Goodsmile listened them... even though they declare that their official inspiration is his anime version.

They also added lines below his eyes so I’ll say they’ve tried their best in reproducing his expression.

Kahotan’s blog allows us to see him from behind as well.

I love how they had drawn some rebellious strands of hair and hadn’t made them all slicked up, and his little hood is very cute.

It’s a pity it can’t be pulled up though but this would require three more additional pieces and it’s kind of clear Goodsmile wasn’t that invested in his cape as we can see in the images only one version of it.

Why this is relevant?

Because the right side of it is pulled up to allow Ogata to move his arm while the other is kept lowered. In hindsight probably it was better to include a cloth cape instead than a plastic one as I think this could limit Ogata’s mobility.

I’m not sure if he’ll be able to shoot with his cape on and the difference between the two sides might be too marked if he’ll keep his right arm down.

Oh well, this is something we will be able to judge only when we’ll have him and I understand this was a BIG problem for Goodsmile as they clearly couldn’t give him a dozen of plastic capes and pieces in cloth or in other materials that aren’t plastic are included only in rare occurrences.

The plastic cape is still VERY CUTE.

Okay, going on.

As Nendo’s arms are simply too short it was impossible to reproduce Ogata’s iconic gesture of hair grooming so I think, according to Goodsmile, this is the  compromise they could reach... whcih shows also the grinning face we could see in the prototype.

It’s nowhere near the hair grooming but, as I said, that one was IMPOSSIBLE TO GET so I really apprecciate their attempt to find something that could work as equivalent.

I think this image might give an even better idea of hair grooming (it reminds me of when he did it after Asirpa told him not to shoot the woodcocks), but maybe it’s just me.

This image shows us they also gave him a left hand which can hold the rifle, which is nice.

We continue with something that left me a little perplex, Ogata’s shooting position.

I don’t know if whoever placed him and Kahotan also made a mistake in positioning him... but it seems his right hand is not holding the rifle at all... when Ogata normally does.

It wasn’t something problematic as Nendoroid Tanya Degurechaff can do it just fine.

Even Nendoroid Springfield seems to hold the rifle with her right hand more than him.

Still, it’s possible they just wanted to show that hand. In the initial image there’s a right hand that can hold the rifle, so maybe that’s the trick.

He still looks really cool when shooting.

Goodsmile gave Ogata a butterfly to try to reach. I’ll say even if they said they were taking inspiration from the anime, they definitely have considered the manga as the butterfly scene isn’t in the anime, just in the manga.

LOL, here they would have needed the standard expression and not the grinning one but whatever, Ogata reaching for the butterly is ADOURABLE.

Yes, the butterfly is not very detailed, but keep in mind it will be really, really tiny. You won’t see all the details and it’s a complete new butterfly as the ones included in the “after parts part 2″ set were different

The last image Goodsmile shows us is a very special one as THEY INCLUDED PARTS TO MAKE THE CITATAP SCENE!

I’ve sent requests and pictures for this one so I’m delighted they had included it... which was not an easy feat as it means this Ogata will come with an additional sitting body (in addition to the little wooden stump and knifes) which is really not so common.

I wish I could see his expression better but I still love him.

Overall I think they paid more attention to him than to my poor Nendoroid Asirpa (I made a full review here).

Asirpa came with two more expressions, but despite all her pose being based on her being seated, she didn’t have any sitting part and she came with very few accessories (the hand with the chopsticks, the bown and the spoon with the otter head), she couldn’t hold her knives to make citatap and there was not a single possibility to have her use her bow and arrows, with not even her walking stick being included, although, credits when it’s due, due to the intricate Ainu patterns, she was probably hell to make for Goodsmile as there’s the chance that one had to be handpainted.

Also, her bent arm was a single piece, meaning you couldn’t rotate it, while both Ogata’s arms are two pieces. this makes for a lot more poses.

What worries even more though, is how she’s not being re-released with Nendoroid Ogata. Asirpa was released in 2018/09. Now, when Goodsmile release a new Nendo of a series for which they had already released Nendo, they often re-release them. It’s the case of how Tamaki Iroha gets a new release because they are releasing Nanami Yachiyo.

No re-release might mean my poor Asirpa didn’t really sell well, so Goodsmile either has still some of her old copies or doesn’t feel like investing in her again.

This means we got Nendoroid Ogata merely due to the HUGE amount of requests... and we might not get any other Golden Kamuy Nendoroid unless he sells really well.

Due to this I encourage you all to preorder him, to show Goodsmile an interest in GK Nendo. This not only because the Ogata Nendo is beyond cute but also because only in this way we can hope to get new GK Nendo as well.

How can you do it?

There’s of course, the Goodsmile on line shop. You register and place your oder. You will have to pay additional fees such as import taxes if you’re not residing in Japan.

However preordering in a shop near your home might be important in this period due to the Coronavirus affecting mail services so what can you do?

You can also order at Goodsmile online shop USA if you’re in Canada or in the United States as they don’t ship him out of them.

So what if you don’t live in Japan, USA or Canada?

Many of Goodsmile partner shops allow for pre-order.

You can search for one in your country or close by.

I use and can wholeheartedly recommend the Neko no Koe shop as they always offered me a great service. You can pay after your Nendo reaches their shop and they can send it to you when you’re ready to receive it (which for me is an imperative as there are periods in which I’m not at home and they just hold my Nendo for me without any additional cost and wait to send them until I’m back). They offer their services also to who’s not Italian so you can mail them to ask for info (nekonokoe.shop@gmail.com).

BE VERY WARY if you try to pre-order him from a shop that’s not one of the Goodsmile parters one. I never heard of someone managing to get an Asirpa bootleg and it’s possible they didn’t make them as she wasn’t popular but they’ll know Ogata was ugely requested so yes, chances to find him as a bootleg are higher.

Bootlegs often have a horrible quality (they rage from them being very ugly to their parts not staying together or being missing) but, what’s more, harm the original producer (Goodsmile) and the copyright holders (Geno studio and Noda himself).

I wholeheartedly recommend to stay away form them.

[hetaliabuyblog]

Do you know where to buy the new Russia figure that just came out?? Everyone’s saying it’s dropped but I can’t find a site selling it

Pre-orders are NOT open for this figure. 

Based on the colored prototype, pre-orders can open anytime within a few days up to several months. GSC sometimes has Kahotan post pictures the day before the nendoroid will go up for pre-order.

But for now, no need for FOMO because pre-orders aren’t open yet. Also, luckily GSC is nicer with keeping pre-orders open for a month-2 months.

[melsyells]

Nendoroid Daisuke x

Preorders start September 15th

[mysticdragon3md3]

Translated from Japanese by Google 🎪 Exhibition information 🎪

ワンフェス2024冬

￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣

New figures on display and a gorgeous stage 🎉

You can enjoy the photo gallery and live streaming from home ♪

➡️ https://s.goodsmile.link/ggB

wf2024w #ねんどろいど

ワンホビ38 #goodsmile

[goodsmilecompanyunofficial]

Learning with Manga! Fate/Grand Order Collectible Figures, by the Good Smile Company.

[cafe-camelot]

Where did you find the Ozymandias nendoroid picture?? I just checked the good smile page and he isn’t up yet?

On myfigurecollection! Kahotan does some blogs too before the figures go up for order

[highdio]

Joseph Joestar Nendoroid exposition shots on Kahotan’s blog. Hamon training mask and Aja base are pre-order bonuses exclusive to GSC’s and Medicos’ online shops.

[hellishhin]

I wanted to share some more of that world I built back in 2018. There's some stuff I still think is cool and I might go back to this now. The only things I want to change are the jobs of the different races. I was building it to be an RPG world and I threw all the races into their stereotypical areas and I don't like that. I'll mix it up. But for now, here's the intro to a really cool tribal nation I created. (It's all copy-pasted from when I wrote it in 2018, I'm not going to do any rewriting right now)

Edit: I just realized I'm participating in Worldbuilding Wednesday so that's cool

The Tribes of the Miridan Mountains

The aerial tribes of the Miridan mountains have ruled over the windswept peaks as long as anyone can remember. When needed, they fly under one banner however that has not happened in hundreds of years. The outsiders call their mountains Miridan, however, to them, they are the tribes of the Kahotan. Each tribe has a different species of devoted mount. They are bred and raised then paired with young members of the tribe. This allows them to live in the unforgiving peaks of the mountains where they otherwise would be uninhabitable. The nation is not in complete peace, however. There are frequently disagreements between clans as well as battles with the nearby kingdoms who try to take the land for resources. Through these battles, the Kahotan tribes have proven themselves deadly adversaries.

Government

All tribes are ruled by a Matriarch. She speaks for all tribes and is especially important in times of all out war. She helps to keep the peace when arguments arise and she makes sure that all tribes are fairing well. She does have a tribe of origin however she is expected to treat all tribes equally. Most matriarchs are adept at remaining neutral however those that are not, led the nation into times of infighting.

Below the matriarch are the leaders of each of the seven separate tribes. These leaders are either elected by popular majority or they hold their position through bloodline. The method is chosen by each tribe individually. The leaders are responsible for overseeing that their tribe has enough food and resources and they also are the spiritual leaders in most cases.

Each tribe does vary in the specifics. Each tribe is then split further into smaller clans. Each of these clans has a leader that works with the tribal leader to gather resources. The task of sorting out disagreements between clans is relegated to the clan leaders. Since this nation is very wild, so too are its people. Disagreements happen often although it is not common for killing to occur outright, it tends to be due to accidents when fighting.

Defences

The defenses are almost all natural. The rough terrain and high altitude prevent almost all attacks from foreign invaders. Each clan also has their own specific defenses for the area in which they live. These are mostly used for clan-clan or clan-tribe attacks.

Industry & Trade

There is plenty of trade between tribes however trade with the outsiders is uncommon. The metal armor and weapons the outsiders make is too heavy to be worn on the mounts so there isn't much that can be gained.

Infrastructure

The tribes are spread throughout the large mountain range. Their aeries mostly depend on which mounts the tribes ride. Some have aeries in caves and tunnels built into the tall peaks of the mountains, some live in caves near the valleys between the peaks, and others still make their homes among the highest treelines. All areas that are inhabited by the Kahotan are still uninhabitable by most people. Without flying mounts, the rough terrain would be impossible to hunt in.

[eve-of-lumina]

Proto Arthur Formal Dess Ver. Colored

Apparently preorders start November 14

Good Smile

Orange Rouge

EDIT: Preoder is open now

http://s.goodsmile.link/2C

http://s.goodsmile.link/20