A post in which I proceed to complain about toys
Hello people! Long time no post. I've been...not as good as I could be of late, so I've been keeping to myself mostly. Sorry about that >.> also there is a wedding and I'm in the bridal party, blah blah. Nothing presently lends itself to my being on the computer.
But hey! HAPPY EASTER! And what better to discuss on this most auspicious of days than action figures, right? You can totally see the connection There is none. I'm waiting for relatives to arrive, I have time to kill. Let's do this.
Revoltech Takeya
How awesome are they? No, really. How many other social, scientific or philosophical disciplines can say they have their own action figures? Not many, lemmie tell ya. When I first saw them I was all "oh I'll go back for these in a few weeks." WRONG. They were $60 each, and now I'm going to have to pay anywhere up to $200 for one! Oh, so stupid of me. I can't believe they got so expensive so quick. Madness. IDK, I guess I'll pick up the most recent release while it's still cheap, and decide how much I want to chase them then o_0
On a similar experience, The final fantasy "continental circus" airship figure is also starting to increase. Some places are asking $200 for those too. Except some place in France? Weird. Yea, kinda in two minds about FF - they do everything so well except their characters. They usually drive me nuts. But airship! That's cool, right? Whatever >.>
Speaking of things that drive me nuts. This:
Have I mentioned I've turned into a big Half-Life/Portal fangirl? Because I have. But what drives me nuts about this is that IT'S BY NECA. ;_; Neca, destroyer of all I hold dear. My first encounter with them was in the Tomb Raider fandom. I was totally psyched when they announced them because they looked good. The reality was not so kind. They've released three action figures for Lara so far, all of them fail-tastic. The same for Castlevania, as it turns out. Great prototypes, poor retail figures. Even Twilight was no immune. So, you know. Kinda terrified as to how poor Dr. Freeman here is going to turn out. Nooooooo :( I mean, I'm not just being picky here, right? They are as terrible as I think they are? Or do I just have really high standards now? Because the FFXII playarts figures I picked up from my local kmart don't seem to have this affliction. You can look at them and your eyes don't burn.
But! Portal gun! Portal guns don't have faces, right? They couldn't mess up a gun, could they? Could they? :O
Well, happy Easter my little nerdlings. I have all sorts of rants and things stored away - what fun! - and maybe even something constructive. Hopefully I'll get out of this rut I'm in a get back to some kind of productive. :) And maybe, finally, get a proper job, That would be cool.
But hey! HAPPY EASTER! And what better to discuss on this most auspicious of days than action figures, right? You can totally see the connection There is none. I'm waiting for relatives to arrive, I have time to kill. Let's do this.
Revoltech Takeya
How awesome are they? No, really. How many other social, scientific or philosophical disciplines can say they have their own action figures? Not many, lemmie tell ya. When I first saw them I was all "oh I'll go back for these in a few weeks." WRONG. They were $60 each, and now I'm going to have to pay anywhere up to $200 for one! Oh, so stupid of me. I can't believe they got so expensive so quick. Madness. IDK, I guess I'll pick up the most recent release while it's still cheap, and decide how much I want to chase them then o_0
On a similar experience, The final fantasy "continental circus" airship figure is also starting to increase. Some places are asking $200 for those too. Except some place in France? Weird. Yea, kinda in two minds about FF - they do everything so well except their characters. They usually drive me nuts. But airship! That's cool, right? Whatever >.>
Speaking of things that drive me nuts. This:
Have I mentioned I've turned into a big Half-Life/Portal fangirl? Because I have. But what drives me nuts about this is that IT'S BY NECA. ;_; Neca, destroyer of all I hold dear. My first encounter with them was in the Tomb Raider fandom. I was totally psyched when they announced them because they looked good. The reality was not so kind. They've released three action figures for Lara so far, all of them fail-tastic. The same for Castlevania, as it turns out. Great prototypes, poor retail figures. Even Twilight was no immune. So, you know. Kinda terrified as to how poor Dr. Freeman here is going to turn out. Nooooooo :( I mean, I'm not just being picky here, right? They are as terrible as I think they are? Or do I just have really high standards now? Because the FFXII playarts figures I picked up from my local kmart don't seem to have this affliction. You can look at them and your eyes don't burn.
But! Portal gun! Portal guns don't have faces, right? They couldn't mess up a gun, could they? Could they? :O
Well, happy Easter my little nerdlings. I have all sorts of rants and things stored away - what fun! - and maybe even something constructive. Hopefully I'll get out of this rut I'm in a get back to some kind of productive. :) And maybe, finally, get a proper job, That would be cool.