Figure GAF |OT| Where has all of my money gone?

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WolfStark said:
Finally she is unveiled!

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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.872631599419904.1073742028.137679822915089&type=1



What's your opinion on her?
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OMG dem abs! That's a gorgeous face too. Koto's been upping their Shunya game in general lately.
 
some new figures listed on amiami

4.3k Zero
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...ortkey=preowned$pagemax=70$getcnt=0$pagecnt=6
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5.3k Xiao Mei (MF)
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...ortkey=preowned$pagemax=70$getcnt=0$pagecnt=7
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10k Miyafuji (pretty cheap considering she goes for 12-13k)
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/de...ortkey=preowned$pagemax=70$getcnt=0$pagecnt=8
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5.8k Mami Tomoe
[url]http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIG-MOE-4743-R155[/url]
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9k Junko
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-000623-R013
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9k Alisa
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?scode=FIGURE-002327-R001
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I miss the days of 6k-7k figures. Pretty much everything on my pre-order list that isn't a nendo/figma is 9k+ now. :(

Though I guess it's not that big of a difference if you count for the exchange rate...
 
meijiko said:
Though I guess it's not that big of a difference if you count for the exchange rate...
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It is, though. Just five years or so ago, a good figure would run you 6k or so, max. There's going to come a point where prices increase so much that it just won't be worth purchasing more than two or three good pieces in a year. Which I'm fine with, but bishoujos are still cheap enough that I can amass a good number of them in a relatively short time. And I do prefer figures of comic characters over most anything else. That's what got me into figure collecting in the first place. You know, thought I'd pick up a bishoujo or two to compliment my comic hobby.
 
Freezasaurus said:
Not a fan of the base. At all. But the figure itself, I quite like. Dem abs!!! Much better than the Freddy figure, IMO.
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I agree on the base, it may fit to some extent but I think I will have her stand without the base on my shelve. Maybe Kotobukiya delivers a bloody base with it, even though I doubt it but that would work way better with her machete. In every case, she's bought. The abs are fantastic, the face is fantastic (honestly cajunator, you're definition of duckface is pretty harsh) and if they would go so far as to make the mask removable, so it can be put on the face, I am the happiest guy on the world in december.

@pricing
Yeah it's getting a little bit pricey, maybe that's the reason I am liking nendoroids more and more. As I watched the thread over the time I always thought, I would never buy a nendoroid. Cute and all but I am not the guy for cute. Then came the Valkyria Chronicles 3 artbook and I absolutly loved Imca and I couldn't resist but search for a figure... and now I pre-ordered the freakin' school play set, Ryuko and have my eyes on the Kantai Kongue Nendoroid. It's all because they're so cheap, not because they're cute, I swear!
 
Freezasaurus said:
It is, though. Just five years or so ago, a good figure would run you 6k or so, max. There's going to come a point where prices increase so much that it just won't be worth purchasing more than two or three good pieces in a year. Which I'm fine with, but bishoujos are still cheap enough that I can amass a good number of them in a relatively short time. And I do prefer figures of comic characters over most anything else. That's what got me into figure collecting in the first place. You know, thought I'd pick up a bishoujo or two to compliment my comic hobby.
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Oh, yeah if we're going 5+ years back, hell yes they were a lot cheaper. But prices have been steadily rising since then, what with the shitty exchange rate of 2011-2012, and then the eventual raising of actual retail prices to make up for the better exchange rate of the past year. It wasn't just a sudden thing they decided to do, although I think right now it's reaching a point where a lot of people are finally saying "it's too much!"

Demand for figures has also gone up a lot over the past few years. People want more variety, more characters, and higher quality sculpts. More fans overseas are collecting, and that impacts what companies try to do, as well. I think a lot of figure makers are pushing the limits of what they can produce and for what price, and I hope soon it will reach a tipping point for a lot of them where figures just aren't selling at their asking price. 3D printing will probably change the market as well, when it becomes a more viable option for consumers in a few years.

I just say, stick to what makes you happy. I think everyone's got those figures that they just have to have, at almost any price, and then everything else is just "oh I kind of like that." Cutting down on the latter is what I think a lot of people are going to start doing soon, myself included, because things are getting too expensive.
 
meijiko said:
I just say, stick to what makes you happy. I think everyone's got those figures that they just have to have, at almost any price, and then everything else is just "oh I kind of like that." Cutting down on the latter is what I think a lot of people are going to start doing soon, myself included, because things are getting too expensive.
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Yeah, going through items that are popping up for pre-order, I'm finding very few anymore that I feel any need to own. I'm probably also getting more picky as well. It's a great financial defense mechanism.
 
meijiko said:
I miss the days of 6k-7k figures. Pretty much everything on my pre-order list that isn't a nendo/figma is 9k+ now. :(

Though I guess it's not that big of a difference if you count for the exchange rate...
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For me personally the exchange rate has changed so much that, yeah, the difference is (for the most part) sort of minimal. My currency is currently balling so even if a few years ago figures typically went for 6k-7k, I was still paying about 8k-9k for them, which is roughly the price a fair number of figures are at now. GSC is the only company where the price hike has been especially noticeable for me (but then again I literally do not order to the extent most tend to here, so it's not like I've really seen the scope of the inflation).
 
Freezasaurus said:
So I think it's that time where we tempt fate yet again, guys... AmiAmi cancellations!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
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Honestly...I may have to do the same. Might have to move next year so saving money is becoming a big priority. I don't want to upset them though and lose some of the stuff I want to keep.
 
Freezasaurus said:
Figures are getting too pricey. I quit.
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Freezasaurus said:
Not really, but I may stick with more bishoujos in the future. I love that series.
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Freezasaurus said:
Yeah, going through items that are popping up for pre-order, I'm finding very few anymore that I feel any need to own. I'm probably also getting more picky as well. It's a great financial defense mechanism.
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Damn, even Freezasaurus is starting to drift away from collec...

Freezasaurus said:
Awww shit. Kotobukiya 1/6 Batman getting dat reissue. I don't think I can pass on it again.

Edit: BATMAN GET!
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...Nevermind.
 
I got my first scaled figure in the mail today from Mandarake. 1/8 Nessa from GSC. She is a beauty and my awful picture taking skills don't do her justice.
I was absolutely floored by the detail in her sculpture and her paint. I don't know if my next figure will be able to top Nessa.

Any one else remember their first scaled figure? Is it still your favorite?

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Savestheday said:
I got my first scaled figure in the mail today from Mandarake. 1/8 Nessa from GSC. She is a beauty and my awful picture taking skills don't do her justice.
I was absolutely floored by the detail in her sculpture and her paint. I don't know if my next figure will be able to top Nessa.

Any one else remember their first scaled figure? Is it still your favorite?

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Very cute! I dont remember which I got first but maybe Aoi Sakuraba or Hazuki
 
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