Polyvinyl Crush

Looking at the calendar I’d say I’m a little late with this concept but I couldn’t find the time this weekend to do a full review so I decided to this instead.  The rules were simple: 1) The figure had to be released in 2009 (so all those GSC and Alter figures that got pushed back didn’t make the cut) and 2) I actually had to own the figure.  Despite those simple rules this ended up being quite the task since so many fantastic figures were released in 2009.  On top of that I decided to be really controversial and rank these 15 beauties.  Why 15?  Because I honestly couldn’t whittle the list down further than that.

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Here’s this week’s batch of figures and they’re all big names from big franchises.  I’d consider that an achievement.  Not just because there are no exclusives in this bunch, but because I tend to gravitate towards the more perculiar figures.  So this is a bit of a rarity given my tendencies, but I can’t help it.  When four companies release amazing figures at the same time, all I can do is share with you the figures I’m excited about.

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I’m not going to lie, after I finished Cornelia Li Britannia two weeks ago I took a step away from my modeling desk for a week and a half. I spent this time catching up on shows that were about to end and I also picked up a few oldies that got a second season. But this weekend I received my 1/∞ scale Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

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After checking the net on Monday I was worried that it would be a pretty weak week for new pre-orders.  There had been a couple Ikki Tousen figures from Griffon and a really crappy Kyou from some company I’ve never heard of, but not much else.  It looked so bad I was left wondering what I’d do about today’s post.  But, as the week ended much better than it started, here are some more figures I’m excited about.

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