Pokemon Zukan / Zuken Collection Update (P9)

[maxarceus]

Dear god! It's been so long!
I hope you're all still fine and the pandemic hasn't gotten to you :s
Last time I posted an update was in the first half of March, seems like another world almost.
Oh well, no time to slack off. I've got tons of new stuff to show, and I'll have to split it into two posts unfortunately. It won't fit in one.

One cramped

Comments

[ushigofasweet]

AHHH they are all so good, congrats!

[maxarceus]

Thanks!

[funkynorader]

Whoa really Giratina is DS last 1/40? Why is that so?

[maxarceus]

They began making only 1/20 figures :(

[tenkohime]

Congratulations on the gets! I like your photos. They look like official promo photos.

I never understood why Altaria was a dragon, until I found out its evo line Japanese names are references to the Blue Bird of Happiness. The typing felt like it was supposed to make it something out of a fairy tale. If Fairy were a type back then, I think it would've been fairy/flying instead. Its mega has an awesome fairy/dragon typing that makes sense in a strange way.

[maxarceus]

That's interesting! They do indeed feel like they should all be Fairy type, but I guess that would be too unbalanced?

[j_degnan]

Gorgeous pics man- and a Thunderbirds reference!
I like how you notice all the different types of cloud too-
what was the movie poster you used?
1: Tyrantrum is fearsome & alongside Amaura is outstanding.
2: Dragapult is amazing with the transparent bits!
3:Tentacruel with the base looks like a Picasso portrait.
I take back what I said before, Jigglypuff is adorable.

[maxarceus]

Thanks!
Later today I'll post the other half, with closeups of Dragopult for example.
Well, I didn't use a movie poster this time, I used my new photography table. In all the previous posts I used the back of a movie poster to get the same effect. Don't know what movie is on the other side.

[maxarceus]

I've asked for a refund on Mega Steelix and Lapras, like you advised me to

[j_degnan]

Good luck man-
that reminds me:
I’ve got to request a refund for my missing mega flaming chicken.

They better not fuck with my mega orca.

[giratina]

Love em! I ordered the new 1/40 altered giratina, centiskorch, new mega rayquaza, and Eternatus from several different studios. Excited for the ginormous eternatus. That primal groudon looks huge, cant wait to see it in the new post !! The paint job on my giratina wasn't really fantastic, kinda disappointed in it tbh. How do you order from taobao? I wanted to order the regigigas via a friend in China but they never got back to me.

[maxarceus]

Thanks! I've seen the new Altered Gira, but I'm not a fan of the metallic look it has. The new Mega Ray, and big-ass Eternatus though, oohoho, boy did I order those too, can't wait!
Wait, the paint job on the altered gira is bad? Or do you also have this one?
I order from Taobao, using Bhiner. https://www.bhiner.com/login?redirect=order

Also, Centiskorch? I've missed that one entirely, do you have a pic?

[giratina]

The paint job on my origin is bad, mostly on the red/black stripes and part of the face. It sits behind the others in my cabinet though so I try to not pay attention to the mispaint lol
Here's an imgur link, hopefully LJ doesn't flag the message as spam http://imgur.com/a/cZAJsdh
I had ordered it off a makers FB page, though the pre-order closed in June. The page was called "Fig Stuff"

[maxarceus]

Sorry to hear about your Gira :( Maybe you can try and fix it?
And ooh, that Centiskorch looks awesome! Wish I'd have known, cause then I'd have likely bought it too :p
I've seen the Fig Stuff page yeah, though I didn't know it's the actual guys who make it. They once stole one of my photos for a listing.
Regardless, I don't have FB anymore, so yeah.