Polyvinyl Crush

In a fantastic yet oh so expensive move a number of the figures previewed at Wonder Festival 2010 Summer have already made it to the pre-order circuit.  There are still a few remaining from the show that have no release and that I’m eagerly anticipating more information on but I wouldn’t have guessed we’d see Taka Tony’s Miku so soon.  Not that I’m complaining, mind you.

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Either this week was pretty void of quality PVC figure announcements or I wasn’t paying attention to all the right channels (which is also a rather strong possibility).  It seemed like a great week to be a GK fan but for those of us without the crazy skills needed to actually produce one ourselves we were left with few options.  Which is fine, because I’d be broke if I spent money on figures every week.

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Another light week for new figure announcements.  Well, not so much light as lackluster.  None of the full scale figures appealed to me this week.  There was that Beagle sculpt but I had deep reservations about her face and Daiki Kougyou looked like they had a another great Kanu on their hands until I saw everything below her shoulders.  This was not the week for full scale figures but it was certainly a week for the figmas!

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Not a lot of action happening on the pre-order scene this week.  Of course that could have something to do with the fact the 2010 Tokyo International Anime Fair as over the weekend where a lot of new figures were previewed (did you catch GSC’s preview of Rin?).  Anyway there were a couple nice surprises this week: surprises that both are guilty pleasures of mine.  Plus both are cheap so the makes me extra happy.

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Ah, I love it when a new haul comes in.  Although I guess technically these figures shouldn’t be considered part of a single haul since they came in over the course of a couple weeks and from various sources, but I’m making them part of the same haul.  Yes, I have that power.

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Wonder Festival 2010 Winter was held just this last Sunday, one of the premier venues for both professional and amateur figure makers to show off their wares.  The companies which attended the event didn’t seem to showcase as many new figures compared to Wonder Festival 2009 Summer though.  It’s either that or the fact that I’m following new announcements more closely now so not much is surprising me.  Either way here are the figures from the event that I’m excited about.

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