That is my second order from Japan this yr. I beforehand ordered a couple of figures within the spring of 2023 (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Sakuna of Rice and Wreck). On this order I picked up extra second hand figures from AmiAmi for Lycoris Recoil, Laid Again Camp, one other Rei Ayanimi determine from Evangelion, and an Wonderful Mannequin Core determine to finish a pair based mostly on Tsukasa Bullet paintings. The figures price about $110 CDN for six gadgets, and $90 CDN for transport by EMS mail. AmiAmi had backed up transport processing so it took about 10 days to ship and 5 days to reach through specific mail.
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| Group picture of the brand new figures |
I had all these unboxed figures assembled in a single place and puzzled what sort of anime crossover might you do with these characters. It will be straightforward to do a scene with them out of time and place, however which universe would you may have them seem in? Within the Evangelion world, it is stuffed with large Angels and Evangelions battling it out in a devastated Earth. In Lycoris Recoil, they’d be in a peaceable Japan stored protected by teenage, orphaned assassins who get rid of violent people earlier than they will do their work in a surveillance society. The one anime set in a world like ours is Laid Again Camp the place the women go tenting round Japan and eat scrumptious meals and not using a world-wide apocalypse or large brother.
I feel I might set the crossover anime on the planet of Laid Again Camp. It will be like a one shot OVA the place Rei Ayanimi is battling an Angel that makes use of a weapon that blasts her Unit 00 into one other universe. NERV may be capable to contact her, however it takes a while to reset her Unit 00 AT Subject to breach the dimensional barrier to return her. Within the meantime, she sees some ladies tenting on the shore of a close-by lake and investigates out of curiosity. Within the Lycoris Recoil world, the Lyco-Reco group from the cafe try to cease a malicious group from constructing a portal that may gate to different worlds and even to the within of a financial institution or missile silo by distorting house/time. Chisato and Takina are just a bit too late to cease them from a full discipline take a look at, and get caught within the gate that sends them to a different world. Kurumi, our resident, hacker figures out how one can get them again, however within the meantime the Chisato and Takina see some ladies winter tenting close by.
Rei, in her quiet and considerably awkward approach, introduces herself to Nadeshiko and Rin on the camp website. She will be able to odor some scrumptious meals cooking and the women find yourself inviting her for dinner as she seems to be disoriented and is hungry. Chisato and Takina then arrive. Takina thinks Rei in her plugsuit seems to be very suspicious. She is calmed down by Chisato who simply says they’re ladies laughing and having a very good time. Chisato thinks {that a} cookout seems to be like a number of enjoyable and so they have time to kill, so she cheerfully introduces Takina and herself as misplaced vacationers ready for buddies to to select them up. Nadeshiko and Rin are working tight on meals, however invite them for dinner too. They’ve scorching chocolate and a stew across the campfire whereas attending to know one another. Nadeshiko and Chisato speak up a storm, constructing on every others cheerful power. The quieter ladies, Rin, Rei, and Takina benefit from the extreme power from their talkative buddies and chime in every now and then. They even take some group selfies and even discover out their picture sharing protocols on their telephones even work to alternate the images.
Finally everyone seems to be rescued and Nadeshiko and Rin return to high school with tales of those unusual ladies they met and the enormous robotic by the lake! This seems like a fairly laid again and enjoyable episode to me and it could be enjoyable to see if it ever occurred. Fan fiction, anybody?
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| I purchased this set of Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue of their cafe waitress outfits. I normally desire motion poses, however these claw machine prize figures type of appealed to me. |
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| Some element from the edges of the packing containers. These have been each JAIA premium sport prizes being resold. The packing containers had by no means been opened so far as I can inform and the figures have been model new. They’re smaller figures at about 1/10 scale. |
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| Closeup of the Lycoris ladies. I did not like the truth that Takina didn’t include a field or one thing to sit down on. |
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| Closeup of Chisato hamming it up for a photograph whereas Takina calmly gestures. |
I principally resolve to order some extra figures as these Laid Again Camp figures have been obtainable. I do not actually wish to pay like $120 or extra for a very nice determine of one in every of these ladies, so I am settling for game-prize figures from UFO catchers. It was a bonus that the used model of Mizuki was additionally obtainable second hand.
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| The packing containers for Rin and Nadeshik. They’re coated within the woven motifs used within the introduction of the present. These are game-prizes from Furyu and are about 1/9 scale. |
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| Extra element from the edges of the packing containers. |
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| Closeup of Nadeshiko waving to get your consideration whereas calling out. |
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| Rin having fun with a cup of espresso or one other scorching beverage. She seems to be like she is considering the view. |
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| The 2 collectively. One is happy, the opposite calm. |
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| Closeup of the 2 figures. They’re pretty effectively executed for the worth ($10 -$20 vary) and seize the spirit of the characters. |
Then we now have a Rei Ayanami determine from Bandi (Ichibankuji) draw prize determine. It is a barely extra premium determine than the others.
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| Entrance of the Rei Ayanami field. It is vitally orange and plain, matching the color of Unit 00. |
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| Again of the field. |
I’ve a couple of Evangelion figures however have not purchased something based mostly on the re-make motion pictures. I nonetheless have not with this determine I feel (I might must verify plug go well with particulars). It is a good determine of Rei with a little bit of a printed styrofoam board cutout of Unit 00. It’s a good trying determine, particularly if you do not have one. I posted about a few of my different Evangelion figures right here Neon Genesis Evangelion. Aged Anime 1995- 1996.
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| The precise Rei determine with backdrop. |
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| Closeup of Rei. The sculptor has executed a pleasant expression on her face. |
One of many figures I used to be actually trying ahead to getting was this Wonderful Mannequin CORE TSUKASA BULLET determine of Mizuki. It’s based mostly on artwork by Tsukasa Jun who’s an illustrator/mangaka. I haven’t got his hit artwork e-book TSUKASA BULLET that many figures have been based mostly on although. This artist, like Vary Murata and Hyung-Tae Kim have been extremely standard on the time. This determine is admittedly outdated, being launched in November 2006, 17 years in the past. I managed to get the opposite determine Mariko Imai in her House go well with mini-outfit final yr, however Mizuki was not obtainable. It’s laborious to consider that figures this outdated can nonetheless be discovered unopened of their authentic packaging. The unique value for these have been 5,500 yen and I picked it up used for 3,300 yen. No demand I assume, as a result of they don’t seem to be a part of collection or franchise, however the value was proper for me! Final yr, I additionally picked up a PSE Skipper by Vary Murata that I missed when it launched within the mid-2000s (Vary Murata, Final Exile, Shangri-La, and PSE Professional #01 Skipper and Scooter).
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| Entrance of the Mizuki field. |
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| Again of the Mizuki field, displaying the pair of figures. |
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| Mizuki on the left and Mariko on the fitting. These have been pretty detailed, 1/8 scale figures, however they do lack a number of the loopy detailing of the figures which are out nowdays (however at a lot greater costs). |
That is just about the top of the haul. I am in search of used Izetta and new figures of Suletta from Gundam, The Witch from Mercury subsequent. It’d take years… who is aware of.
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