Polyvinyl Crush

Not that it comes as any great shock as Alter has been silent for so long on continuing their Rebuild of Evangelion line, but Kotobukiya officially wins the Great RoE Figure Race to get all three Eva pilots and Misato out on the market.  Not that either figure maker knew they were in the Great RoE Figure Race.  Not that anyone knew there was a Great RoE Figure Race.  I made it up.  Just now.  For this post.  Just goes to show how bummed I am that Alter seems to have forgotten their line.  Anyway here are the figures I’m excited about this illustrious week.

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I opted to go straight to the source for Asuka and use HLJ since my usual venue didn’t look like they we’re getting her in.  Of course karma, doing what it does, saw to it that my usual venue put her up the next week, but by that point it was easier to stay with HLJ even though I’d have to pay shipping.  The unexpected result?  Me getting to do a review while the figure is still fresh and not months old!  Today we’re taking a look at Kotobukiya’s 1/6th scale Asuka Langley Shikinami PVC from Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance.

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Sorry that there wasn’t a figure review this week; I just got so caught up in the Aion beta that I pretty much decided to blow the review off in favor of more gaming.  The game was tons fun so I’d be hard pressed to say I regret missing the review.  Anyway, here are the figures I’m excited about this week.

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Man was I worried about today’s post. So many figures came out this week, but so many of them sucked.  A few gems did appear but it was Alter who came out with one so nice it changed my take on the whole week.  Not only that, but there were no exclusives either!  I guess I can’t credit that to Alter, but here are the figures I’m excited about anyway.

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This has been a fantastic week to be a figure collector.  We’re finally seeing one of the larger and more established companies in Alter get into the Ikki Tousen seen with fantastic results; we’re seeing the birth of “actsta”, the love child of GSC and LiquidStone responsible for a new line of action-PVCs; and Max Factory is putting out a breath-taking Miku Hastune.

EDIT: Just saw the info for Kotobukiya’s 1/6th Asuka go online and I couldn’t wait a week to talk about her.

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Wave appears to be establishing themselves as the new Kotobukiya: the place to go for solid, well done figures that, while not the most technically superior, are easy on the wallet.  They are responsible for a majority of the figures I’m excited about this week so come on in and read about them.  I’m also trying out a new section where I complain about crappy PVCs!  Oh, Internets, what fun we’ll have now.

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