well, taste is subjective.
i like it but am disappointed that we don't get the base in the illustration.

3 major poisons today, make your pick or grab all

GSC 1/7 Saber Extra, 10925yen, Jan 2015



GSC 1/6 Sonico, 12777yen, Nov 2014



Kotobukiya 1/8 Sinon - Suck @$$ Offline 2, 9800yen, Dec 2014

IMO, Sonico looks best of the three...Not really into the emotionless look Saber has...As for Sinon, am I the only who thinks the bullet casing from the rifle looks like its ejaculating...?


This post has been edited by killerjeya: Jul 17 2014, 03:23 PM

LMAO, i actually thought the same thing xD

That Saber, although supposed to be Nero (and should come with a smile), is ok to me. I never liked a smiling saber because it feels weird to me. I might get that Saber - after release, waiting for offers.

As for Sinon, Koto is back to their habit of rushing to sell more figures before others release their own. Since SAO2 will end in Dec, and the figure release is also Dec. Their Asuna wasnt good for the same reason (although their Leafa is pretty nice).

I guess I shouldn't complain about Nero's expression, since my favourite version is also not smiling (Gift ver.)... That said, I would love to have a figure of her with a smiling/cheerful face...Koto's version does smile, but it just looks weird to me...The closest I think would be the BQ ver, absolutely love it...

Koto may be trying to release theirs first, but not if Griffon can help it... Proto is already out, so they'll probably release it at least a couple of months before Koto...The sad part is, I like Griffon's sculpt better than Koto's, but I know its gonna be grossly overpriced and the end product is gonna suck...

Toypanic in Penang selling at RM400 (INCLUDING SHIPPING!!!).
http://toypanic.com/toy.aspx?p=3142

Did a comparison, the price is almost the same as buying from BIJ+RSAL.
Very very tempting ^^
(but the con is that you'll only receive it 2 months later)

This post has been edited by zito9: Jul 17 2014, 05:56 PM

i wonder the support of the figure is fixed by glue, or we have to attach it.

since the olivia leaning problem, i am quite afraid of some unusual pose now

wouldn't have much problems, since there's 2 points of attachment(feet and upper thigh)
and unlike Olivia, this ain't much top heavy

I'll admit, this looks very nice, but I'm not sure it warrants a 15k yen pricetag...

Feet is plugged into the base; and then she leans against the rock, that'd be the most logical assumption. But, pls Koto, use METAL foot peg. =.=
Without reading your comment, the first thing i did was glancing at her butt (since i rarely check for rear views of a figure)

I must get this 1, even the price up to 30k yen also must buy.

Got a pleasant shocker today...I bought something on Nippon-Yasan, completed the transaction (payment and all) at 3.50 pm...Then I got an email saying my order has been shipped (tracking num. included), at 4.30pm... How the hell is that possible...??? Is this normal for N-Y...? Other shops have shipped orders on the same day before, but only if I ordered really early in the morning...Roughly half an hour between ordering and shipping is quite surprising for me...

Must be nice being a rich guy..."Take mah moneh...What? Not enough? Here, take summore"...

since i'm quite new to this thing... may i ask something?

i've heard that during the raya period, items tend to go missing during shipping. anyone experience this before? i'm kinda scared because tsurugi's delivery time will be around raya month...

in case you forgot who is tsurugi:

No idea about raya period, but during CNY i dont see any problem.

If you ship with EMS you can always claim back i shipment lost.

"Tend to go missing" Not so sure about that, but if you use registered SAL or EMS it usually doesn't happen. I have friends whom their unregistered SAL packages went missing though (and they stopped using it since then) - not festive periods, but just our normal days.

During Raya and CNY period your parcel does have an increased chance of getting stopped by customs and they will tax you if you exceed the price/value limit, because traders are usually importing lots of stuff to sell during this period.

for the kotobukiya sinon.


cheapest i can get from japan site is from nippon yassan 8320 yen
http://www.nippon-yasan.com/figure-sword-a...om-bullet-.html

for EMS then is around 10420 yen = rm327

for local shop
toypanic selling exactly the same price rm327.25, free shipping, can get point somemore
http://toypanic.com/toy.aspx?p=3177

but then i notice AF-hobby also have quite a nice deal for rm300
http://af-hobby.com/index.php?route=produc...&product_id=957

do you think is a nice deal?
i remember there are some bad comment on af-hobby before. how do they work on pre-order item?
i have bought some in-stock item from them before

kindly advise

This post has been edited by edwardccg: Jul 20 2014, 12:24 PM

my SAL unregistered mysteriously reappeared

now all new pre-orders by AF Hobby are by new owners who are friendly and helpful
only their old(and lots of rare) in-stock figures are still under the old crackpot unfriendly boss

I see, thanks for the reply.

I will go for the AF hobby pre order for rm300

You can save EMS cost by sharing shipping

Nowadays AF Hobby seems ok though; no point hating on something that's all in the past.
I just bought Alter Yagyu Gisen from them last week for a figure photography project. I tend to preorder elsewhere though; i only browse AF for in stock stuff and offers/sales.

http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/1053115


This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Jul 22 2014, 01:22 PM