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All my Rowlet Line cards as of 05/15/2024

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I got the polar tang model kit today :) here's a video of me putting it together

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Photos for my review of Zoro's treasure cruise figure.

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New figure review of Treasure Cruise World Journey Luffy on my website! This is where all my reviews are going to be hosted from now on.

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Trafalgar Law - Banpresto Maximatic Figure

Note: I won this figure in a claw machine and it fueled my ego so much before I kept losing at every other claw machine I played. Stay humble.

Review and more photos under the cut :-p

If you follow my main account (@skullc0r3) you might know that Law is one of my favorite one piece characters so walking into an arcade and seeing Several boxes of this figure stacked in a claw machine felt like crazy luck even before I won. I'm so used to all the merchandise for things I'm into being rare or super expensive (persona 5 scalpers I hate you more than I can say) so getting into OP has been interesting because of the sheer volume of merchandise for it that's below $50.

Onto the figure!

For starters this is the first time I have ever seen a figure with such an obvious front and back to the sculpture. In this case it's because the back has significantly less painted details. In the last photo above you can see on his leg closest to the camera the back of his pants and the front have different shadow qualities. This isn't because my lamp was strong enough to cast such harsh shadows, its because the front of his pants (and the front of the rest of the figure) has painted on shading while the back does not. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, most people wouldn't notice or care since they were only ever going to display it from the front, but the box did hype up all the detailed painting that would be on the figure. In their defense though, I understand why this would be necessary from a production standpoint. My biggest gripe with this (still fairly small) is that on his back hand, Law doesn't have his signature (stupid) knuckle tattoos.

Here's his forward hand. The tattoos are all printed on and thank god for that because I can't imagine how miserable it would have been to force someone to hand paint them.

And then here's his back hand. I wonder if the issue was a matter of the tattoos being harder to place in this position, or at least to do it efficiently enough that it would be worth it. Again, not something that impacts the actual quality of the figure but I find it a fascinating insight into the production.

That being said the paint job on the front is super neat, it really does add so much depth to the figure (especially on the yellow and blue parts of the figure; it makes it look less like cheap plastic, lol) and I really enjoy it.

Next, the scale of this figure. I didn't realize when I won it, but this thing is huge. I can hold him like a small carp (and I have). He's huge. I'm guessing here, because I don't feel like finding a ruler right now but I'd say he's probably 10" tall? including the stand, which makes him one of the biggest figures I own. It also means the scale of the sword is perfect for just kind of, pointing at tiny stuff with. Which I have done. I have fun.

I think the figure's pose is super fun. It's dynamic and getting photos of him with a wide-lens is really fun. The actual sculpting details on the clothes and arms in particular are so fascinating to me, they're incredibly well done in my opinion. The composition is good too, the lines create a few triangles which really helps balance the figure.

(had to fudge it a bit here to show the triangle with his hands and head since one hand is hidden in this shot, oops)

The only issue I've had with the figure is it's kind of wobbly. I've fixed this by either putting his lower foot against a "wall" or putting something under it. It's not really a big deal if you don't disturb the figure too much.

From looking around online this figure is around 30$ including shipping (and that is a higher estimate), so as far as figures go this is pretty affordable and imo it's worth it (so long as you have enough display space).

Final Thoughts: I love this freak figure. It's fun, its got great details, it fueled my ego for a week, it has a pole going up the ass of the figure, what's not to love.

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Didnt know there were rowlet cards in obsidian flames packs so imagine my delight about seeing these beautiful cards together in the same pack :)

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checked out a local card shop today and saw this wonderful lad for $1.50 !! naturally had to pick her up now i just have to figure out where to put it lol

interesting note about this promo card is on one side you can see some slight remnants of perforation which is a neat look into how these cards are made

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deep cleaned my persona 5 shelf so my figures finally got a “bath” lol

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Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli - Banpresto DX

More photos and opinion under the cut

Gyro - I like this guy! He’s definitely more dynamic than your average anime figure which is fun but his pose feels super normal compared to Johnny’s. His paint job’s also not as well done in my opinion, it’s all flats as far as I can tell, but credit where it’s due they’re place well and I haven’t noticed any misprints yet lol. The one con about him is that he’s hard to dust because of his cape. It come’s off but there’s so many nooks and crannies on it.

Johnny - Saw a photo of this figure shortly after reading SBR and immediately was in love with it. What a ridiculous pose, what a nonplussed expression! This color palette of Johnny’s happens to be my favorite too, so I knew I was gonna have to hunt him down eventually. And I did! I got both of them off E-Bay for ~60$ each. One thing to note about this figure is it’s really hard to find photos of his back online? I had no idea he had that swirl on his back until I was holding him and let me tell you it blew my mind! Over all it’s such a dynamic (and silly) figure I ended up posing him in a few different ways including on his side and backwards. He’s also able to support himself without the stand (Gyro isn’t so lucky) so he can just hang out wherever, like in the first photo on this post.

I got both of these guys about a year ago but I haven’t posted about them yet since I hadn’t taken any photos. I redrew johnny’s figure on my art blog because I was so obsessed with it after I got him lol

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small update on how I post figures: I’m going to do a lot less research and just post photos and brief opinions about them since before I wouldn’t post because I wouldn’t do the research lol

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when i bought my ace figure at a 2nd hand store they also had this. blue among us thing.

and naturally i bought it and since then it has been the stand in for sabo. here's ace sabo and luffy together :)

totally normal family photo :)

sabo :)

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yamato figure! yippee yay!! grabbed all my dog figurines to put near him :)

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Btw Look at Her

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WxS Hatsune Miku!!

Sculptor: N/A

Paintwork: N/A

~21cm tall

Manufacturer:  SEGA

Material: PVC, ABS

Release Date:  April 2022

Original Price: ~27$ (estimate)

A far too long post about this Hatsune Miku figure lol (under the cut)

I got this figure off Amazon from a second hand seller. I bought her with a gift card I got over the holidays so very technically I got her for free! :D Honestly, because of the price I wasn’t expecting much from the figure beyond “cool Hatsune Miku,” and the expectation that her pigtails might fall out (mentioned a lot in the reviews). 

I only recently got into Vocaloid beyond the classic songs you’d hear all over the place on youtube in 2012, mostly because of Project Sekai, but also because I live with my brother, who has been obsessed with Vocaloid since he was 10, so they encouraged me to get fully invested. 

In general though a lot of Miku figures are super cute, so I’ve always thought about buying one but couldn’t justify it. Until now that is!

The figure’s really cute overall! I love the pose and expression, they translated her design pretty well into figure (though the patterns on her skirt(?) under her dress aren’t there and are instead blocks of color, which is a small thing so it’s fine). The figure came in separate parts, which included her left arm, the bow on her dress, her tail, and her two pigtails.

As I said before, the reviews on the amazon page I got her from mentioned the pigtails would fall out. “Surely they mean when you move her,” I naively thought. But no the pigtails unfortunately are very prone to falling out, due to how shallow the supports are; there’s just not enough to hold them steadily in place, especially against gravity. Her bow also falls out A Lot, because of the same reason but a little more extreme. 

My solution to that isn’t exactly great, as if you are in the habit of keeping figures in mint condition while on display, this damages that quit a bit, however I found that using very small balls of sticky tack to secure the removable pieces helps to stabilize them for display (I used small pieces of a kneaded eraser because that’s what I have laying around lol).

Final Thoughts

I’m really happy with her! I think she’s super cute, and I’m glad she’s my first miku figure! Despite the problems with some pieces falling out lol. 

Do I recommend this figure?

Yes definitely! I think it’s super good for the price point and who doesn’t want a fun Miku figure?

Where to buy (02/01/2023):

The amazon page I bought from (35.99$)

Big Bad Toy Store(26.99$)

Crunchyroll store (26.99$)

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POPUP Parade Oracle!

The Info (taken from Goodsmile’s website)

Sculptor: Design COCO

Paintwork: Yotaro Taniguchi

~170mm tall

Manufacturer: Good Smile Company

Material: Plastic

Release Date: June 2022

Original Price: ¥3,900 / $38.99 USD

A far too long post about the newest Futaba Sakura figure from Goodsmile! (Under the cut)

I got her from a local comic store for 50$ and tax, which ended up being ~6$ cheaper than my other figure from this series since I wasn’t covering shipping. Which was fun. Usually in stores like this I look for P5 figures or other merch unfortunately, since it’s my favorite game.

The place I was at had a ton of Popup Parade figures which was really cool to see, but I honestly didn’t expect to find any of the P5 ones since (at least in my opinion) P5 merchandise is hard to get your hands on after the initial release. It was a nice find since this is one of the few figures of a girl from Persona I feel aren’t super creepy (there are some Bad persona figures out there. Ann’s figures usually get the worst of it 🙁). Although its hard to find any devoid of Creep since the phantom thief designs for the girls are... the way they are (see: Bad).

That being said I think this one has some aspects that are kind of... off. I guess it’s fine for her to look kind of lost in thought, I wish they’d given her a more mischievous face entirely because I plan on displaying her next to my Akechi figure from this line and think it’d be funnier if she looked like she was picking on him. Also I just think they should always make every figure of her have the vibe of :3c. For fun.

Alright so for some far less than stellar photos I took of her!

Overall I think she’s a cool figure! For the most part I like her pose and expression but just wish it was all rendered slightly differently (see my comments about how the p5 girl figures are all a little creepy from earlier). The paint work is nice with no noticeable issues or misprints. Her face is printed very crisply and looks neat, although I wish there was some more blushing since the face is where people look by default.

She works pretty well displayed from any angle, but naturally works best displayed front facing, and easily the worst angle (again, in part because it is Weird to me) is the back. It’s mostly hair, which while sculpted nicely, isn’t super interesting to look at.

I don’t tend to collect boxes, which is good in this case since hers had a price sticker from the store I got her from that seems hard to rip off. It’s a shame though since I think the p5 popup parade boxes do look really nice. (they’re too large for me to keep though lol.)

Final thoughts

I think she’s neat! Gonna be on the lookout for the Joker popup parade figure so she can have her brother with her! (and ig her brother’s miserable boyfriend). Glad I saw her in store and didn’t have to worry about shipping. Ideally the second wave of p5 popup parade figures (Futaba and Makoto) means they’ll make more in the future and I can continue my insane habit of buying Ryuji and Ann’s figures together (they are besties to me).

Do I recommend this figure?

Yeah! Love the Popup Parade figures a lot and think they’re worth the price, especially for the P5 sets, usually p5 figures go for a lot more :,)

Where to buy

As of December 30th 2022 the Goodsmile US shop has her available. When/if she goes out of stock there I might update this, but for now that’s the only place I’d recommend buying this from.

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