I won them at the UFO catcher machines in Akihabara, so I don't really know

I wish I am in Japan now

My eyes seez some busty bweebs with removeable clothes options

XL's poison of the week
Warning- No antidote included. View at your own risk!


Wonder if anybody seen this magazine before? Worth buying?


And err...Lacus Clyne 12" figure. These guys must be crazy. Hope they dont produce Shin Asuka's version

I think I've seen these before, either at the UFO catchers or gashapon machines...

The 'highly anticipated' trading figures that has generated some hype last year. Though it's definitely not worth your money, given how expensive it is (600yen, or was it 700?), and how the paintjob is made of lose and suck.

yeah perhaps. The one thing right now that I really want but can't seem to get from the catcher machines is the Ichigo Marshmallow DX figure collection (Miu + Ana). That one is made of win + gold I suppose, but the packaging form factor makes it hard to snag successfully
Anyone wanna make a guess which the more popular figure?

I wonder how do those UFO catcher machines work over there... are they scam machines like the ones we have here for plushies? I'm sick of those scam machines whose claws would move very quickly and shake all over the place, causing the caught prize to drop anyway.

it's definitely a scam...most of the time.
I agree they deliberately make the movements too fast and jerky. There are many ways of making it difficult for you: for the crane type, they can make the motors too fast, arms too loose, or place the goods in difficult to grab position. For the stick-in-and-pull-down pincers, they make the string too long or pincer movement too fast and jerky.
For the crane type, I usually go for the figure boxes with little ears. For the pincers, I go for the good with relatively shorter string.

The variety of stuff they have for prizes is amazing; from jumbo packs of tidbits (as big as a pillow) to anime figurines to ipods to sex toys....

just got these two from XL BTS this morning..
i must say Magical Rin box is really really BIG and cheap also for this kind of box size

You're now DOOMED to take some pictars of such UFO catcher machines.

Anyway, here, some pictars of the 680yen Mahou Sensei Negima figurine thing. It's really not worth the 680yen they're charging >_>
http://cerberus.picot.ne.jp/prize/02prize_...gima/index.html

I think I saw one in Ikebukuro


Um...back to our main topic - I completed my Zeta Heroines 2 series:

ZOMG IT IS TEH REI!!! (It has taken me 9 weeks in Japan to be able to earn the right to say that)




Stella and Luna from GSD

LOL
WOW that was cool! wish i had photoshop with me atm.
edit:

this will be my last major update from Japan. I will be returning to Malaysia this Saturday

Ana and Miu...YESS!!!! I wandered the *ehem* backstreets of Akihabara and found an obscure little shop selling them.


I picked these up 2nd hand. A steal, since they were sold at 50% discount, and were no longer available on the catchers
Zeta Heroines 1


comment: Only in Japan could I build up a figurine collection up from out of nowhere overnight. I'm glad for the experience, but hope not to do it too soon again, 'cause it burnt quite a big hole in my wallet

This post has been edited by oe_kintaro: Mar 22 2006, 06:34 AM

Dont worry, you can continue your spending here in Malaysia. Welcome to the club BTW, are you studying or working in Japan?

I'm working in Japan at the moment. On assignment here for 10 weeks.

Have anyone here bought the Ex-model arcangel, eternal & minerva before? Do it require a lot of painting like the 144 series or less painting like 100 series.

um...you're talking about pla-mo aren't you? that question belongs in the GUNDAM & MECHA MODELLING thread.

Sorry! Wrong post!

oe_kintaro, you should help get some kits for us.

no space in my luggage oledi... taken up mostly by all the rice crackers and knick knacks for my relatives/friends/para-...colleagues