This new 1/8 scale figure of “Sakura Kyouko” from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, will be available this coming September 2012 by Good Smile Company for 7,800 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations for her as of today.

Hmmm~

1) Malaysian Gathering in HK

Sunday is when Malaysians in HK gather together in Central. This also happened to be where I was going to Cheung Chau where I went with my mom as a Mother’s Day celebration. On the overpass to get to the pier, thousands of Malaysians sat by the railing with cardboard boxes to separate spaces. They ate, played cards, discussed current events and all sort of activities within their partition.

2) Believe in ‘SAC’

This definitely will sound cheesy, but this picture probably will have you understand the person I stalked for about 20 minutes at Tai Koo CityPlaza. It was after my mom and I split to look at our own interests and I couldn’t find my mom after I called her numerous times.

Upon seeing this girl with the back I immediately followed her. She first got money from the canteen, prob. mother, and headed towards the opposite end of the plaza. She took the outside street pathway and I lost her for some time as I had to wait for the lights to turn back. I immediately headed towards Apita as that was the only other food place. I walked around the super market there and didn’t see her. She wasn’t in the adjacent super market cashier place. Dashing back and forth between the food hall and cashiers, I started to lose hope. Then after giving up and going back up the escalators, I saw her in front of me…

Wow, talk about getting that feeling of finding the target. She got a sushi set and proceded back up the escalators towards the women’s apparel. I followed back up in delight and believing her to move back towards the canteen, started to go into the plaza. She then disappeared as she was walking in another direction: probably outside as I soon realized her change in course, she disappeared. Right after she disappeared, I went back to the games section of Apita where I immediately then found mom. Talk about coincidence or luck. Either way, it was well worth the time spent. Guess still not a pro stalker XD

I will continue with a few more of these posts but as I am also looking for a job, these updates will vary~

Famitsu has added some details and new screenshots with regards to the new dailies that are added to the new installment of Persona 4 The Golden. New components like bug catching, fishing and omikuji are now added.

Some of the component interacts with each other. For example, the bugs that you net in the bug catching component can be used as bait to be used for the fishing component.

Nya pre-orders har ploppat upp.

Tillgänglig: Oktober
Sista Pre-order datum: 07/06/12
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company

A Nendoroid of the Black King!

From the popular anime series ‘Accel World’ comes a Nendoroid if the student council vice-president surrounded in mystery – Kuroyukihime posed in her standard avatar form featuring her lovely black butterfly wings.

She comes with three expressions including a standard face, the smiling face she sometimes and a pouting face for whenever she is feeling jealous. She is wearing a lovely jet black dress with a matching parasol included both open and closed allowing you to decide how to display her. Haruyuki is also included in his standard avatar form – an adorable pink pig!

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/accel-world-kuroyukihime-nendoroid-no249/640-0

Tillgänglig: September
Sista Pre-order datum: 01/06/12
Manufacturer : Phat Company

Master’s orders are absolute!

From the PSP game ‘Fate/EXTRA’ comes a 1/8th scale figure of Caster – the servant who will always follow out her master’s orders.

She has been sculpted with careful attention given to her most notable characteristics – from her fox ears and tail to her unique blue kimono. The figure is also posed in a very dynamic pose overflowing with energy, and even has her posed with her right hand shaped like a fox, adding even more to her lovable charm!

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/fate-extra-caster-1-8-pvc/643-0

Tillgänglig: Oktober
Sista Pre-order datum: 01/06/12
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company

“A message to all you who will never amount to anything!”

From the anime ‘Mawaru Penguindrum’ comes a Nendoroid of the mysterious character that Himari changed into when she put on the penguin hat – The Princess of the Crystal! She comes with three expressions, including her standard composed expression, a shouting face and a face with closed eyes.

Penguin number one, two and three are included, and she can even be posed standing on top of their heads! The skirt, scarf and frilly parts on her arms can all be removed allowing you to pose her all the stages of the famous transformation scene as well!

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/mawaru-penguindrum-princess-of-the-crystal-nendoroid-no243/642-0

Tillgänglig: September
Sista Pre-order datum: 01/06/12
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company

A lovely big figure of the assertive young princess!

From the PC game, ‘sekirara’ comes a figure of the fun-loving Aya Kagura!

The pose is taken directly from the game, and shows Aya in a very assertive pose as a lovely 1/7th scale figure. The figure has been carefully sculpted to look as if a gust is blowing across her, making her hair and skirt flutter about in the wind. Careful attention has also been given to her beautiful uniform, which is made to look exactly as it did in the game!

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/se-kirara-kagura-aya-1-7-pvc/639-0

Tillgänglig: Oktober
Sista Pre-order datum: 01/06/12
Manufacturer : Max Factory

The top ace of the Suomus Air Force!

From the popular film and anime series, ‘Strike Witches’ comes a figma of Sanya’s partner Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen!

Using the smooth yet poseable joints of figma, you can act out a variety of different scenes.
A flexible plastic is used for important areas, allowing proportions to be kept without compromising posability.
She comes with a standard face, a glaring face and the embarrassed face she sometimes shows in the series.
She also comes with her complete striker unit as well as a fringe part with animal ears, a tail and her MG42 machine gun.
A replaceable shift:body part with detailed sculpting on her pants is also included.
A poseable figma stand is included, which allows various poses to be taken.

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/strike-witches-eila-ilmatar-juutilainen-figma-149/638-0

Tillgänglig: Oktober
Sista Pre-order datum: 07/06/12
Manufacturer : Good Smile Company

Gallantly riding into the Nendoroid world on his eggplant!

The popular virtual vocalist ‘Kamui Gakupo’ is joining the Nendoroids!

He comes with a variety of optional parts including his sword ‘Gakutou Mifuri’ and a singing expression that allow you to recreate the illustration from the original packaging. He also comes with a feudal lord expression and an eggplant so that you can display him riding valiantly on his eggplant mount!

Länk: http://www.animemarket.se/vocaloid-2-kamui-gakupo-nendoroid-no247/641-0

Enjoy and see you soon!

Bye!

Based on the information from my contact who attended Dolpa 27, Rise and Cirno were actually sold out a little bit ahead Sakuya and based on unofficial counting, Volks actually made more Dollfie Dream available at the event compared to HTDP Kyoto 9, although it is unclear if that will translate into more DDs available for the After Event lottery.  I knew I couldn’t wait or leave it up to chances (since Sakuya is a “must have” DD for me, so I went ahead with the Auction route.  Thanks to the lighting fast reaction from my deputy service, Sakuya has arrived from Japan within merely six days!  So, for the past couple of days, I have been wanting to get this introduction post ready as soon as possible, along with a grand plan that I have been scheming to bring Airy, Neris and Sakuya together for a photo shoot; however, if I were to go through with that, it will probably take me a few weeks before I can finish a photo set that I am truly happy with, so after thinking it through for a few days, I have decided to go through with the introduction post first for those of you who would like to see more reference photos before the DP27 After Event lottery on the 18th.  Ok, enough talks already, allow me to go through the unboxing and introduce my youngest Dollfie Dream daughter Sakuya from Shining Blade!

Sakuya comes in with a silver slider box instead of the traditional yellow box, most probably because of the addition of her Katana.

Here is a size comparison with Saber Lily’s slider box.

With a cutout Volks logo on the side, which from my understanding, is a design inspired by Super Dollfie Dream slider boxes.

Here is a quick peek into the box to make sure Sakuya is free from any obvious defect~

Here is a view of the content inside.

Here is a closer look at the dress set.

While Sakuya’s dress is not lined white but at least no black threads were used since most of the staining usually come from the threads, not necessarily the lining.  And I am happy to report that after 5 days, I have yet to observe any staining on Sakuya, although your situation might varies.

There are two pairs of gloves, one set for 06 gripping hands, another set for 01 regular hands (not included).

I’m not afraid to admit the panties caught my attention instantly…..

*nosebleed* & *speechless*

After I was done with the inspection, I moved onto one of my biggest concerns, and that is whether I have the proper tool to pierce Sakuya’s ears for her earrings since Volks has stated that we have to do this ourselves, so I am going to cover that in a little bit more details here.

Based on my measurement, the diameter of the earring stud is 0.75mm which is about 0.029″, so I was planning to use a 1/32 drill; however, after a more thorough inspection, I noticed the stud isn’t quite long enough to pierce through the ears for the clutch lock of the earring and therefore there is no real easy way to lock the earrings in place …. so I ended up using a drill that is slightly undersized 0.028″ diameter so the stud will always have a tight fit against the vinyl.  Since the vinyl is a very soft material, the actual drilling process doesn’t remove much material at all, it actually pushed the vinyl away so it creates a pathway for the stud to go through.

While you can do it pretty much anyway you wanted to but I recommend against using any sort of power tools, because it can do more harm than good before you know it.  The tool you want to use to pierce the vinyl is called a pin vise, which is basically a hand drill which you can buy from most hobby supply stores.  The red arrow is pointing to a dimple mark that’s already on the head so you can just aim for that without having to worry about making it symmetrical yourself.

It doesn’t take much force to drill thru the vinyl, so don’t try to turn too hard or fast, slow and steady and making sure it’s straight is the priority here.

Backing the drill out, the hole is barely visible from here since the drilling process mostly pushed the vinyl away rather than removing material.

After piercing both ears, push the stud through the holes you just drill and it will look like this~

In my last DD introduction post, I briefly talked about the proper ways to handle the knee joints of a DDIII, this time I want to talk about the techniques to apply a Dollfie headcap (for those of you who might be interested).

Since Sakuya’s wig cap is black inside so in order to prevent or minimize staining on her head, it is best to apply a Dollfie headcap which you can buy from Volks store.  First put the head cap on the head just above the ears like this.

Then lay the wig over the headcap, and you will notice the head cap appear to be oversized and doesn’t look like it fit perfectly but that’s ok.  The red arrow is pointing to the oversized headcap.

Since the oversized headcap is going to prevent the wig from sliding down smoothly, use a tool to feed the headcap underneath the wig cap.

After sliding the wig down as far as you can by grabbing/pull the edge of the wig cap (do not grab the ponytail or you might break it), you will notice the headcap is still bigger than the wig, apply the same technique to feed the head cap under the wig cap as before.

After feeding the headcap under the wigcap, it is barely visible from the outside.

Alright, enough with the talking, time for some photo sharing!

Those of you who follows my twitter and flickr stream have probably seen this already from last week~ I’m at lost for words!  Sakuya has such an elegant and pretty face but at the same time carries a more serious expression than most of my other DD girls~

Having said that, it is even more difficult to resist her sexy charm…. especially in situation like this *nosebleed*

And BAM!  Sakuya is ready for battle~ as the female commander of Valeria Liberation Front!  Personally I think Volks did a fairly good job with expressing Sakuya’s character in her face sculpt, a significant improvement over their previous attempts on Airy and Neris, in my opinion.

Based on my own assessment so far, I think Sakuya is quite versatile and definitely in the front of the pack among my DD girls.

Here is a closer look at the Katana “Tempered Blade Keducayon”

Here are a couple other shots from different angles.

*nosebleed continues*

Initially, I was a little concerned on how the dress would look like; but I got to give it to Volks, they did a very fine job in recreating Sakuya’s Noir combat dress, excellent implementation….

As an after thought, the fact that Volks did not release Sakuya back in DP25 was probably a good move since it is obvious that Sakuya is better represented as a DDIII with the improved articulation and poseability.

While I would very much like to continue with the photo shoot but instead of rushing it through, I would rather spend more with it and make sure I am doing the best I can possibly do for Sakuya’s first solo photo shoot.  And on top of that, a group photo between Airy, Neris and Sakuya is also in the plan, please look forward to it!  Thank you for reading~

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