SH Figuarts – Naruto Ichiraku Ramen Set
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SH Figuarts – Naruto Ichiraku Ramen Set

For a variety of reasons, the bottom has basically dropped out on my collecting. Some of its finances based, some of it is just kind of, saturation, I guess. I also feel like my interests in what I buy has entered a kind of weird abstract and less focused area. Some things I have been somewhat keeping up interest in is props.and accessories. Maybe I will actually start using them to take cool photos more, but for now, I have been collecting them for a while. Sometimes its cheap sets from Five Below, sometimes its exotic items like a fancy…
Bring Arts – Final Fantasy VII – Barret Wallace
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Bring Arts – Final Fantasy VII – Barret Wallace

And Barret completes the last of the 4 core heroes. Though now that I think about it, Aerith kind of doesn't count does she? It's complicated, she is kind of core to the plot but also she uh... Isn't around as much... For spoilery plot reasons from a 25 year old game. How about we go with Barret rounds out the core 3 heroes of Cloud, Tifa and Barret. Barret is an interesting character in the game, he is a well meaning tough guy who leads the tiny rebellion group known as Avalanche. Not too smart though, he tends to…
Toy Story 2 Dynamic 8ction Heroes DAH-074 Al McWhiggin
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Toy Story 2 Dynamic 8ction Heroes DAH-074 Al McWhiggin

As a toy collector, this felt like a figure that was a weird requirement to own.  It's also a figure that feels less likely to get a lot of toys.  He was the villain for Toy Story 2, for the most part, but Toy Story toys tend to revolve around the Toy characters, who are all "toy sized."  Plus he is just kind of a goofy weird design in general. I was a little warry because I don't really know anything about the company making these.  Buying from lesser known companies isn't always an issue, and neither is buying from…
Horizon Zero Dawn Aloy
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Horizon Zero Dawn Aloy

This line of Playstation based figures kind of felt like it came out of nowhere a month or so ago for pre order. Most of them look pretty cool but I don't really play most of the games and have no real attachments to most of the characters. I do however really like Aloy's look and was at the time, playing Horizon Zero Dawn on the PC. She seemed like a good choice to try out the line. I was a little worried before receiving the figure itself. The actual company making these is Spin Master, which makes more, young…
Transformers X TMNT – Party Wallop
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Transformers X TMNT – Party Wallop

I have lost track of how many of these crossover Transformers we have gotten but it's a pretty neat line that for the most part has been done pretty well. I particularly like that they are mostly original molds. It feels like it would have been easy to just do some mediocre repaints. I suppose making actual meaningful molds was probably part of the deal for getting some of these IPs. The TMNT crossover is pretty good, it's not perfect, but I like it. Party Wallop definitely has the "Ninja Turtle" look in Robot mode, with a few spots of…
Bring Arts – Final Fantasy VII – Aerith Gainsborough
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Bring Arts – Final Fantasy VII – Aerith Gainsborough

I just want to put out front here, Aerith, is not my favorite Final Fantasy VII character. In fact, she is probably on the bottom, by quite a bit. Like, I have a few favorites (Yuffie, Cait Sith, Cid) and everyone else is a bit below that in a plane, and then there is Aerith. But considering I plan to get everyone else from this line, it would be lame to leave out Aerith. Especially because, though I dislike her, she is, very much, central to the plot. I mean, aside from Cloud and Sephiroth, you could remove almost any…
Action Toys – Voltron Vehicle Force
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Action Toys – Voltron Vehicle Force

Everyone knows the classic Voltron version with its 5 lions. There have been a few versions from the Stealth Voltron and Netflix Voltron and the newer Modern Voltron. There was also an additional team though that was made up of 15 vehicles, divided into three teams, colloquially called, "Vehicle Voltron." Like the Lions, it was based on a Japanese series, in this case, Dairugger XV. I have always really loved the Vehicle Voltron design, even though the Lions always got all the love. Ok, more specifically, I like the combined mode design more, the separated designs are, kind of lame…