#tourabu figure

[dailyfigures]

Urashima Kotetsu ; Touken Ranbu Online ☆ Orange Rouge

[figurecollection]

Kikkou Sadamune Garage Kit by Kamaage Shirasu, from Touken Ranbu

[mysticdragon3art]

Quick Figure Friday with Nendoroid Heshikiri Hasebe.

[chocoboco]

not sure how active tourabu fandom is here, i usually post my art on twitter under @/meteorwaltz but i figured i could post it here too

[mysticdragon3md3]

It's so odd to see a comment like this, on a post for a Nendoroid that is only $46. Though, that same Nendoroid Damian Desmond is also 6100 yen on preorder. That is a pretty big price jump.

So i have to wonder why more people commenting to the English Good Smile Company Twitter aren't just preordering from the US Good Smile Company Shop for the lower price---then i remember I'm an idiot who forgot how many other countries speak English. Even if they did preorder from the GSC US Shop, there must be crazy customs/shipping fees.😣💸

Still, aside from a few very popular series being above average Nendoroid price (Spy x Family, Kingdom Hearts), overall Nendoroid prices have seemed around a reasonable $50.

Still, i was shocked to see the prices of Spy x Family and Kingdom Hearts Nendoroids! Over $60 each! I cant imagine the aftermarket prices and markups from preordering at stores outside of GSC.😵‍💫 And it's even more unreasonable after having collected Touken Ranbu and Kantai Collection Nendoroids. TouRabu and KanColle are intricately designed, can even have those presumedly expensive metallic shiny paints (that even Fate Nendoroids skimp on), and in the case of KanColle, can include large, also intricately complex accessories. Those KanColle battleship accessories make $60 reasonable. And yet, there are KanColle much lower priced than that! TouRabu too! Meticulously sculpted and painted sword boys with complex armor and beautiful hair, all much less than $60.

I can only speculate that IPs who know they are popular, are asking for higher licensing fees so they can get a bigger cut. Spy x Family, Kingdom Hearts, and Marvel/MCU are very popular, after all. I'm not into Vtubers or Fate, so i dont know their average prices off the top of my head. (I only have a few Fate Nendoroids from some time ago.) But it seems like only really popular properties are getting Nendoroids priced higher than their design complexity levels warrant.

Still, sometimes i see posts like this, and i feel like some people wont be happy until Nendoroids are as cheap as $15 American action figures for children. I have played with those $15 action figures when I was a kid. They used the same mold for all characters that were even remotely similar, their sculpts were not good, the articulation was clunky, and the painting was terrible. It wasn't until Todd McFarlane started making figures that that entire "American action figure" market was introduced to articulated figures that actually looked good by adult standards. And McFarlane Toys are often around $30. $35-$50 are reasonable prices for the quality and versatility of Nendoroids. I've also seen my fair share of exasperating idiots who argue that Nendoroids are children's toys, and therefore should be cheap...even though there are Nendoroids with their boobs hanging out, wearing BDSM collars, and Nendoroids of Pennywise and A Clockwork Orange. Even just the average modular Nendoroid arm is too small for a child to safely play with! Even adult Nendoroid collectors complain about the difficulty in handling average small Nendoroid parts! Claims that Nendoroids are children's toys, always aggravate the hell out if me!... Regardless, you don't want Nendoroids to be at $15 quality level. Believe me.

Though I just had the thought: Maybe instead of DX versions or extra faceplate sets (as GSC has been doing lately with Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, Umaru-chan, Non Non Biyori, Attack on Titan), maybe GSC should make stripped down Nendoroids, with separate optional sets, of all the usual accessories, normally included with the current average $50 Nendoroid. Remember the Haikyuu school club jersey version Nendoroids? Those were only $25-$30. They were full Nendoroids, but with no spare faceplates, only 1 extra set of alternate arms, and 2 prop accessories each. They weren't stuck in an awkward seated pose, like Nendoroid Swacchao. They weren't static, non-posable, non-modular, like Nendoroid Co-de. They weren't at shrunken scales, like Nendoroid Petite or Nendoroid Surprise. They were full Nendoroids with less parts FOR ONLY $25. GoodSmile was onto a good idea when they started offering DX version Nendoroids alongside normal version Nendoroids. But the problem is that people dont just want the option to pay $50 instead of $80. They want to pay much MUCH less than $50. And if Nendoroids can come down to $25, then I think a lot of people who complain that Nendoroid prices are too out of reach, could get full Nendoroids. Then when they whenever they have more cash, they could also buy the additional accessories separately. Anyway, I can see GSC trying to make more affordable figures, when they introduced Pop Up Parades as "less than $40" in both their announcements for the figure line and at the top of the product line's webpage's description. Plus, they're introducing figure lines like Swacchao and Nendoroid Surprise, which on first glance seem like "Nendoroids, but cheaper". I feel like they're so close to the answer, but they're just not quite getting it. Just make a whole line like those Haikyuu club jersey versions, or Wooser Hand To Mouth: Nendoroids for $25-$30; and if people can afford more accessories, then they can get them separately, but if they can't, then they can still get a full basic Nendoroid.

[athela-3]

Tag 9 people you'd like to get to know better!

Thanks for tagging, @emilycollins00! The original post was getting a tad lengthy, so I figured I'd start a new chain for viewing brevity's sake~

Ships: I'm... not a very shippy person, gimme some time to think... Sakyoizu is always there, of course. Xiaolumi (or Aether, I suppose; I'm just used to Lumine because that's who I have). And I think I fell into the Mikanba hole thanks to the Great Invasion?

First ship: I genuinely, honestly don't remember. Knowing me, it's probably canon because most of the time you gotta hit me with a whole broadside's worth of can(n)onballs before I realise the ship is right there. That, and my younger self cannot read the social cues enough to catch potential ships. At all. 😅

Last song: I was playing Genshin, so it'll just be the BGM. I think since my last stop was my teapot, it should be an Inazuma BGM specifically.

Last movie: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Same!

Currently watching: Predictably, nothing. I don't think I've ever had an answer to this one 🤭

Currently reading: Er. Well, my browser tabs are sitting on a page about the Sōshū-den? And then I went on a wiki walk to the Yamashiro-den, and then to Noh theatre beause of Munechika (but managed to drag myself back to the original topic, whew), and who knows where I'll end up.

Currently consuming: *looks above* I guess I'm. consuming Tourabu by proxy?

Currently craving: I just ate Oreos, if that counts. Hm. I kinda want tea though.

Tags! Only if ya wanna play, of course~ @yukihime03 @jutsuzuban @mescadesuka Hm… I can't think of nine people but whoever sees this and thinks, "hmm I wanna play too…" : you're Tagged™!

[oneesanmarket]

Touken Ranbu - Online: Gokotai & Tora - Minna no Kuji Hikkake Figure

Brand: FuRyu

Size: 100mm (3.9in)

Price: 25€/30USD

(Shipping price not included)

Units Available :1

(Send us a message or comment if you’re interested)

[good-smile-company]

ねんどろいど 山姥切国広

https://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/6052/

[namikala]

My Shokudaikiri Mitsutada noodle stopper figure has arrived~!

His sword is actually a separate piece and it’s kind of a shame that you can’t see the lining of his coat unless you flip him over! XD

[sandreeen]

Marin Honda as Mikazuki Munechika || The Ice 2019 in Nagoya

[kawaiikatanabushi]

Look who arrived in the mail yesterday!

They were so expensive, all things considered, but I am still exceptionally happy about them! They give me such joy. They are so itty bitty!

Thank you so much @emeraldraindragon and @impracticaldemon for leading me to Souji! He is so utterly cute!

These tiny figures have so much detail packed into them. I am quit astounded! They shall inspire me with fanfic writing!

[dailyfigures]

Tsurumaru Kuninaga ; Touken Ranbu Online ☆ Orange Rouge

[figurecollection]

Shizukagata Naginata 1/8 Garage Kit by Miro, from Touken Ranbu

[mysticdragon3art]

Turns out today’s #FigureFriday is also #NationalTattooDay.  So here’s Ookurikara’s dragon tattoo.  (7/17/2020) 

[animateinternational]

【🌏🇯🇵 Figure】Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-　Yamanbagiri Kunihiro　　

Presenting a 1/8th scale figure of Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, from the popular browser and smartphone game Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-! The drape of his hood over his eyes is sculpted as though being gently blown in the wind. His gallant appearance and the damaged parts of his outfit have been recreated in extraordinary detail. Be sure to add him to your collection! HOW TO BUY: Just visit our International or Japanese store linked in our Tumblr header and search this code - 4545784042724

[mysticdragon3md3]

Thought some Hasebe fans might like to know he modelled my DIY witch hats before my Halloween photoshoot.