Gigantic gets post (including a grail!!!)
Hey everyone! So I know that not many of you know who I am, since I only joined about a month and a half ago and barely posted anything (aside from a brief introduction post and a wants post so far). Most of my activity on here to date has been buying stuff from some of the super nice people who have helped me to be more comfortable on here :)
So I figured that since I've been a member for over a month, I think it's time that I join the party and show you all what my collection looks like so far, including what I've bought from the community that's now proudly displayed on my desk.
Without further ado, I present my humble collection!
WARNING: This post is very image-heavy!!
First up, keychains, charms, straps, etc.!!
Pearly Palkia Banpresto keychain - I've been keeping my eye on this guy for quite a while now. I normally intended for it to be a pocket keychain, but it was too big, so instead, I gave it the next best role I could think of - the keychain for my new 3DS case!
Another view here
Groudons!! :) Thanks to yaoi_queen for these! I seem to have trouble finding Groudon keychains, so these are the first ones I've obtained
Ahh...Mewtwos! ^^ I love him because of his tough personality and he's just so badass! I'm in particular love with the Banpresto one (the one all the way to the left, with its arms crossed) because it sums Mewtwo's personality up perfectly and it's hard to find ones with his arms crossed! The one all the way to the right is the one I currently carry in my pocket, attached to my keys :)
Dialga! Tried to put these in order from shortest to tallest. There's a pearly Banpresto one in there! I like the second one from the left because it's got a slightly active pose, and thus different from the others haha
And of course, I've got Palkia, too! I actually like him more than Dialga for some reason, I don't know why. It's probably because it stands on two legs instead of four and therefore is more likely to have roaring poses, which I love. That said, you can guess which ones are my favorite. Third one from the right is the non-pearly Banpresto keychain (thanks to helloskitty for this one). Yay for decent-sized roaring Palkia keychains :P
Suicune and Rayquaza keychains! (thanks to happyjolteon for these!) Suicune Netsuke and movie keychains and Rayquaza AG strap and ball keychain. Love them all!!
My biggest keychain/straps collection - Zekroms! Probably because he's more recent than the others I've mentioned so far, so there's still a lot of merchandise available for him. Definitely my most favorite Pokemon from Gen 5. I actually ended up getting multiples of some of the items in the picture lol...oops! I'll probably keep them in reserve in case something happens to the others hehe. (Thanks to mercurrix for the Zekrom Banpresto keychain!)
Finally, miscellaneous keychains! Only labeling them as such because I have only one of each and am hoping to expand on these collections sometime in the future, especially Charizard, my favorite Pokemon of all time! Lugia and Lucario also have special places in my heart after their respective movie appearances :)
Now for the main course - the figures!!!
There are a lot of them, too lol...so here goes
I'll first start with the Latios and Latias movie TOMYs that I was lucky enough to get my hands on. The Latias one was one of five I was able to get from suzanneespeon and managed to find a Latios lurking on eBay for about $10 shipped. Not bad, I guess :P
Yveltal vinyl TOMY figure! It's fairly big and articulated! Gen 6 didn't really come up with as many good Pokemon as I liked but Yveltal is one of the few that I do like.
DX TOMYs! Got Mewtwo and Scizor from dezi_kitsune :) These are also decently sized. I especially love the Scizor one. It looks pretty cool!
Here are a bunch of TOMYs, some of which I got from salamence646!
My very tiny and very humble Dragonite and Suicune collection. I will look to expand on these collections greatly, especially Suicune!! I'm quite aware that some of you have pretty extensive Suicune collections and I'd just like to manage at least half of them. There are a few more that will definitely be added to my collection within the next couple of months.
Going from one of my smallest collections to one of my biggest ones, next up is my Lucario collection! I grew an even softer spot for this guy once he became a playable character in Smash hehe
At first, I had only a TOMY (the one with the blue stand) but thanks to some great people on here, my Lucario collection has increased quite a bit! :) I have so many people to thank, including cardwhale for the really cute sleeping figure, legrix for the European candy figure (one of the kneeling ones). Among those pictured are the DX Kid and clipping figures.
Garchomps!
Hopped on the Nendoroid bandwagon and made sure to order one on Pokemon Center when it came! (My friend wanted Cynthia but not Garchomp, while I wanted Garchomp but not Cynthia so it worked out perfectly lol)
Took pictures of the box in all its glory lol
And here's the Garchomp Nendo with the clipping figure and the medium-sized vinyl Moncolle figure.
Charizard :) My collection isn't too big at the moment, but I'm going to gradually change that. Again, it's my most favorite Pokemon of all time yet some of my other collections are twice or three times as big as this one. Hmm...
The ninja frog, Greninja - another of my few Gen 6 faves. I definitely loved him more after he was featured in Smash, just like Lucario haha. Just got the Amiibo and Moncolle figure for now, though.
Kyogres! Just got these three for now: Hyper Size Moncolle, TOMY battle pose figure, and this tiny little figure.
And now for my most favorite Pokemon from Gen 2, Lugia. Again, my collection isn't that big yet but I've got more Lugia items on the way, so my collection should be a little bigger soon! Thanks to zora_star for the posable figure and to salamence646 for three other ones! :)
Other TOMYs: Regular Latios, Latias, and Rayquaza and the Hyper Size Moncolle
My favorite Sword of Justice, Cobalion! DX TOMY on left, regular TOMY in the middle and posable figure on right
Now for more of my larger collections!
Groudon attack! Big thanks to yaoi_queen for an overwhelming majority of these. Only the Hyper Size Moncolle was my own purchase and that was my first Pokemon figure I ever had! None of these are enormous but they are very conspicuous and I love looking up from my desk every now and then to take a peek at them, especially the ones that are roaring hehe
Thanks for the cute note! ^^
More Palkias! A bunch of small figures from salamence646 plus a Hyper Size Moncolle, Zukan, and some medium-sized pose figures from hantsukihaunter and neutralemotions! And some cute notes that came with the packages as well :)
But check this out! I got my hands on a 6" Banpresto vinyl figure! These aren't too easy to find, apparently and when I saw one on eBay, I had to get my hands on it. Unfortunately, the packaging wasn't too good and one of his arms broke off on the way there, so I super glued it back on. He still looks awesome, though!! Pose is a bit different from the others and the figure is sort of like a hollow vinyl, confirming what I've heard about this figure. So here it is in all of its 6" glory haha
And more Dialgas! ...though nowhere near as many Palkias haha...that's ok. I will definitely look to expand on this collection, too, though it is not my goal to have a collection that competes with the biggest ones out there. Pictured are: Hyper Size Moncolle, clipping figure, Keshipoke, and Subarudo.
Also managed to get my hands on both 7" Jakks figures! These guys are pretty big :D They're the first things I see every time I walk into my room
Next up: Mewtwo again! The regular TOMY is in there as well as some Zukan pieces that have him in cool poses. My personal favorites right now are the ones at each ends. Ones staring right at me, the other is prepping for a Shadow Ball..haha
And...the biggest collection that I have so far, Zekrom! My most favorite Gen 5 Pokemon! One of the coolest-looking dragons out there and the amount of merchandise he has gotten is amazing! I don't intend to collect them all, but I've managed to collect quite a few, including some Chupas, TOMYs, including the overdrive one, clipping figure. One of the figures in the middle looks like it's doing kung fu or something hahaha
I've also got four gigantic figures, as well including the DX TOMY (from happyjolteon) and Jakks Deluxe figures
...and the Banpresto figure and this TOMY electronic figure of some sort, with wheels on the bottom and an on/off switch on its tail. Both received from salamence646. Will possibly test out the figure sometime when I can find some AAA batteries that actually work. If anyone knows what this is exactly, do let me know!
Whew! This post is quite lengthy and thanks for bearing with me! I did mention in the title of this post that I got a grail and I've saved it for the end of the post to bring it up! This thing cost quite a bit but because it's super rare, I pounced on the opportunity immediately. Now I just gotta life the frugal life the next couple of months so i can let my wallet recover lol. So what is it, you ask?
It's the Latios DX TOMY! Ever since I saw the few pictures of this particular figure in people's collections, I've always wanted one! It's so beautiful! *sniff* I don't think the pictures I took do this figure justice either, but I tried!
The Latios DX TOMY next to the Latias JAKKS figure that I also bought recently.
Now I'd really like the Latias DX TOMY and the Latios JAKKS figures to complete both pairs!
THE END
Thank you guys so much for reading! Have a cookie or something if you'd made it all the way here :P (or cake, if you like it as much as I do!)
Also, since this is my first gets post and also my first use of cuts on LJ, I hope I didn't mess this up lol
So I figured that since I've been a member for over a month, I think it's time that I join the party and show you all what my collection looks like so far, including what I've bought from the community that's now proudly displayed on my desk.
Without further ado, I present my humble collection!
WARNING: This post is very image-heavy!!
First up, keychains, charms, straps, etc.!!
Pearly Palkia Banpresto keychain - I've been keeping my eye on this guy for quite a while now. I normally intended for it to be a pocket keychain, but it was too big, so instead, I gave it the next best role I could think of - the keychain for my new 3DS case!
Another view here
Groudons!! :) Thanks to yaoi_queen for these! I seem to have trouble finding Groudon keychains, so these are the first ones I've obtained
Ahh...Mewtwos! ^^ I love him because of his tough personality and he's just so badass! I'm in particular love with the Banpresto one (the one all the way to the left, with its arms crossed) because it sums Mewtwo's personality up perfectly and it's hard to find ones with his arms crossed! The one all the way to the right is the one I currently carry in my pocket, attached to my keys :)
Dialga! Tried to put these in order from shortest to tallest. There's a pearly Banpresto one in there! I like the second one from the left because it's got a slightly active pose, and thus different from the others haha
And of course, I've got Palkia, too! I actually like him more than Dialga for some reason, I don't know why. It's probably because it stands on two legs instead of four and therefore is more likely to have roaring poses, which I love. That said, you can guess which ones are my favorite. Third one from the right is the non-pearly Banpresto keychain (thanks to helloskitty for this one). Yay for decent-sized roaring Palkia keychains :P
Suicune and Rayquaza keychains! (thanks to happyjolteon for these!) Suicune Netsuke and movie keychains and Rayquaza AG strap and ball keychain. Love them all!!
My biggest keychain/straps collection - Zekroms! Probably because he's more recent than the others I've mentioned so far, so there's still a lot of merchandise available for him. Definitely my most favorite Pokemon from Gen 5. I actually ended up getting multiples of some of the items in the picture lol...oops! I'll probably keep them in reserve in case something happens to the others hehe. (Thanks to mercurrix for the Zekrom Banpresto keychain!)
Finally, miscellaneous keychains! Only labeling them as such because I have only one of each and am hoping to expand on these collections sometime in the future, especially Charizard, my favorite Pokemon of all time! Lugia and Lucario also have special places in my heart after their respective movie appearances :)
Now for the main course - the figures!!!
There are a lot of them, too lol...so here goes
I'll first start with the Latios and Latias movie TOMYs that I was lucky enough to get my hands on. The Latias one was one of five I was able to get from suzanneespeon and managed to find a Latios lurking on eBay for about $10 shipped. Not bad, I guess :P
Yveltal vinyl TOMY figure! It's fairly big and articulated! Gen 6 didn't really come up with as many good Pokemon as I liked but Yveltal is one of the few that I do like.
DX TOMYs! Got Mewtwo and Scizor from dezi_kitsune :) These are also decently sized. I especially love the Scizor one. It looks pretty cool!
Here are a bunch of TOMYs, some of which I got from salamence646!
My very tiny and very humble Dragonite and Suicune collection. I will look to expand on these collections greatly, especially Suicune!! I'm quite aware that some of you have pretty extensive Suicune collections and I'd just like to manage at least half of them. There are a few more that will definitely be added to my collection within the next couple of months.
Going from one of my smallest collections to one of my biggest ones, next up is my Lucario collection! I grew an even softer spot for this guy once he became a playable character in Smash hehe
At first, I had only a TOMY (the one with the blue stand) but thanks to some great people on here, my Lucario collection has increased quite a bit! :) I have so many people to thank, including cardwhale for the really cute sleeping figure, legrix for the European candy figure (one of the kneeling ones). Among those pictured are the DX Kid and clipping figures.
Garchomps!
Hopped on the Nendoroid bandwagon and made sure to order one on Pokemon Center when it came! (My friend wanted Cynthia but not Garchomp, while I wanted Garchomp but not Cynthia so it worked out perfectly lol)
Took pictures of the box in all its glory lol
And here's the Garchomp Nendo with the clipping figure and the medium-sized vinyl Moncolle figure.
Charizard :) My collection isn't too big at the moment, but I'm going to gradually change that. Again, it's my most favorite Pokemon of all time yet some of my other collections are twice or three times as big as this one. Hmm...
The ninja frog, Greninja - another of my few Gen 6 faves. I definitely loved him more after he was featured in Smash, just like Lucario haha. Just got the Amiibo and Moncolle figure for now, though.
Kyogres! Just got these three for now: Hyper Size Moncolle, TOMY battle pose figure, and this tiny little figure.
And now for my most favorite Pokemon from Gen 2, Lugia. Again, my collection isn't that big yet but I've got more Lugia items on the way, so my collection should be a little bigger soon! Thanks to zora_star for the posable figure and to salamence646 for three other ones! :)
Other TOMYs: Regular Latios, Latias, and Rayquaza and the Hyper Size Moncolle
My favorite Sword of Justice, Cobalion! DX TOMY on left, regular TOMY in the middle and posable figure on right
Now for more of my larger collections!
Groudon attack! Big thanks to yaoi_queen for an overwhelming majority of these. Only the Hyper Size Moncolle was my own purchase and that was my first Pokemon figure I ever had! None of these are enormous but they are very conspicuous and I love looking up from my desk every now and then to take a peek at them, especially the ones that are roaring hehe
Thanks for the cute note! ^^
More Palkias! A bunch of small figures from salamence646 plus a Hyper Size Moncolle, Zukan, and some medium-sized pose figures from hantsukihaunter and neutralemotions! And some cute notes that came with the packages as well :)
But check this out! I got my hands on a 6" Banpresto vinyl figure! These aren't too easy to find, apparently and when I saw one on eBay, I had to get my hands on it. Unfortunately, the packaging wasn't too good and one of his arms broke off on the way there, so I super glued it back on. He still looks awesome, though!! Pose is a bit different from the others and the figure is sort of like a hollow vinyl, confirming what I've heard about this figure. So here it is in all of its 6" glory haha
And more Dialgas! ...though nowhere near as many Palkias haha...that's ok. I will definitely look to expand on this collection, too, though it is not my goal to have a collection that competes with the biggest ones out there. Pictured are: Hyper Size Moncolle, clipping figure, Keshipoke, and Subarudo.
Also managed to get my hands on both 7" Jakks figures! These guys are pretty big :D They're the first things I see every time I walk into my room
Next up: Mewtwo again! The regular TOMY is in there as well as some Zukan pieces that have him in cool poses. My personal favorites right now are the ones at each ends. Ones staring right at me, the other is prepping for a Shadow Ball..haha
And...the biggest collection that I have so far, Zekrom! My most favorite Gen 5 Pokemon! One of the coolest-looking dragons out there and the amount of merchandise he has gotten is amazing! I don't intend to collect them all, but I've managed to collect quite a few, including some Chupas, TOMYs, including the overdrive one, clipping figure. One of the figures in the middle looks like it's doing kung fu or something hahaha
I've also got four gigantic figures, as well including the DX TOMY (from happyjolteon) and Jakks Deluxe figures
...and the Banpresto figure and this TOMY electronic figure of some sort, with wheels on the bottom and an on/off switch on its tail. Both received from salamence646. Will possibly test out the figure sometime when I can find some AAA batteries that actually work. If anyone knows what this is exactly, do let me know!
Whew! This post is quite lengthy and thanks for bearing with me! I did mention in the title of this post that I got a grail and I've saved it for the end of the post to bring it up! This thing cost quite a bit but because it's super rare, I pounced on the opportunity immediately. Now I just gotta life the frugal life the next couple of months so i can let my wallet recover lol. So what is it, you ask?
It's the Latios DX TOMY! Ever since I saw the few pictures of this particular figure in people's collections, I've always wanted one! It's so beautiful! *sniff* I don't think the pictures I took do this figure justice either, but I tried!
The Latios DX TOMY next to the Latias JAKKS figure that I also bought recently.
Now I'd really like the Latias DX TOMY and the Latios JAKKS figures to complete both pairs!
THE END
Thank you guys so much for reading! Have a cookie or something if you'd made it all the way here :P (or cake, if you like it as much as I do!)
Also, since this is my first gets post and also my first use of cuts on LJ, I hope I didn't mess this up lol