Polyvinyl Crush

No figure review today due to the recent holidays, end of the year festivities, and just wanting to chill out.  I’m also going to be turning in all my applications this week and that has been on my mind as well.  There’s also a strong possibility of no Friday post either due to the (currently unforeseen) side effects of exuberant celebrations of ringing in the New Year the night prior.

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Taking the cue from Aka’s recent wishlist I thought it would be fun for me to try my hand at it as well.  I thought it would be something fun for the Christmas week as well as easy to write considering I spent the better part of yesterday digging my car out of two feet of snow.  Following what Aka did with his  I’m also trying to make a true wishlist; meaning these are figures I wish I had but are either hard to obtain, exorbitantly expensive, and/or don’t actually exist but I would like to see made.  Santa Yuki is one of them.  :3

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When I first started covering “upcoming” figures and noticed all the exclusives coming down the pipe I absolutely hated it.  I thought they were a cheap, gimmicky way to artificially create interest for a figure and get an extra 20-30 bucks out of it at the same time.  Slowly, begrudgingly I began appreciating exclusives for their increased quality and more imaginative compositions, and even found myself ordering a couple despite my initial resolve.  Fast forward to today where nearly everything on my want list is an exclusive.  My name is Rico-sama, and I’m an exclus-aholic.

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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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Rico’s pro-tip: when noticing a dip internet traffic to your site you can slap together a post about Evangelion figure and BAM! watch your stats go up!  Preferably it should feature Rei or Asuka, but you can also talk about Mari and even Misato.  No Ritsuko though; no one likes Ritsuko.  Today we’re taking a look at Kotobukiya’s 1/7th scale Rei Ayanami Maid Ver. PVC ~Limited Color Edition~ from Evangelion.

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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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