Off Topic Dolls/Figure Collections

48 minutes ago, finnleo said:

Custom paint does wonders. Kotobukiya has color variations of the frame arms girl kits for people that dont like to deal with paints, but it was amusing they released a red Stylet kit a few months after I had painted mine red.

The box graphics does lend itself for this kind of display, with the character name and picture so you can do a team ensemble display.

A little bit of paint can sometimes make a huge difference. I don't really know anything about figmas. I just think your collection looks cool 😀

15 minutes ago, RiverRealms said:

about figmas

Figmas are actually their own product line of completed ready to pose 1/12 scale figures from Goodsmile company, with a distinctive hardpoint for a display stand arm at the back. people do some pretty creative stuff with them. not quite as cute and cuddly as nendoroids, but still.

I just call these kotobukiya kits Do it yourself figmas since they are a modelkit you build yourself from frustratingly small bits, they are about the same size, and have a similar hardpoint, and some more accessory points for various degrees of equipment mayhem.

I always wanted a Figma when I visited Japan in 2008 but they always seemed much pricier than other figures.

I recently bought a Figma Miku. Meh, she's not as good as dolls. However, I did get a Figma motorcycle thrown in and that is seriously slick, even without putting on the 200 or so extra stickers it came with (!). I'd put it on display but I couldn't work out how to use the display stand.

I have my eye on the Harmonia Humming line of mini-dolls, although I'm not overly keen on Nendoroid-type collectibles with oversized heads. They remind me of when I turned Towa into an MDD.

My two nephews are both into FunkoPops - one likes Pokemon the other anime like Dragonball. I need to get them a Nezuko one because they thought my Pureneemo Nezuko was awesome. God knows they'd love that show (but it's a little gory in places every single freaking episode).

Edited March 9, 2023 by Xiongmao

I was initially skeptical of Nendoroids but fell in love with them after getting my first one. I agree that for some characters, the aesthetic doesn't work that well, but for others (a lot of the CGDCT series), it's a match made in heaven, and I'm able to take them outside and photograph them in ways I couldn't with dolls. And unlike most other figures, all of the parts are fully interchangeable, so you can mix-and-match to your heart's delight while retaining the aesthetic advantages of plastic painted figures.

My Nendoroid collection has grown a bit. Here's Aoba from New Game! enjoying wildflowers in bloom.

 

That's so adorable, I can't 

On 3/9/2023 at 8:09 PM, RiverRealms said:

A little bit of paint can sometimes make a huge difference. I don't really know anything about figmas. I just think your collection looks cool 😀

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Figma’s are really cool and photogenic. 

Aoi and Hinata from Yama no Susume went mountain climbing today!

It's gardening season! Aoi is watering some seedlings for me.

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Edited June 26, 2023 by sunlightandtea

Oh hey a thread I can get behind! Collection-wise it’s bjds for sure, I’ve been collecting for close to a little over 17years. I will say tho that I absolutely adore Phicen even if I don’t collect them— one day. I have a bit of figmas, nendos and kai arts ones. But it’s Bjds that I actively collect. 

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