because I figured I should at least post something here once in a while…

Bocchan arrived today. Finally reunited with his Butler after a long, long wait.

Chara Hobby 2009

The Chara Hobby 2009 event opened its doors Saturday in Japan and has already come to an end. The event took place in Makuhari Messe and ran throughout the weekend, August 29-30. I’ve been stalking my usual sources for the event since the event started and quite honestly nothing really caught my interest this time around. Yeah, there were a few eye catching figures and very gorgeous ones but not something to make me jizz my pantsu over and make it on my GET list–well maybe a figure or two but that’s it, orz. I also wanted to wait for the second day of the event to post about it in one go in case some new stuff popped up. Very image heavy after the jump.

Sources and more coverage at:
— ABnormal END: 1 | 2
— Akiba Hobby: 1 | 2
— Amiami: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
— Hobby Stock: 1 | 2
— Moeyo: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
— Kansaitei
— Dengeki Online: 1 | 2
— Pam’s Flickr Stream: 1

Additional sources:
— wcloudx (kumo)

Nendoroid Hirasawa Yui Up For Pre-order!

Nendoroid Hirasawa Yui from K-ON! by Good Smile Company will be available this coming November 2009 for 3,500yen retail price. She comes with her guitar, amp and has three different interchangeable facial expressions. More images over at Good Smile Company. At the moment only Hobby Search has pre-orders up.

Aaaah! She’s so cute. I like her determined expression the best! Now all that’s left is Ritsu and Mugi. I’m also anxiously waiting for nendo Ciel. I wonder when GSC will officially announce him; Sebastian is lonely without his Master. (  ; A;)~

That Butler, Arrives~

I got the package I was expecting from HLJ today. I honestly thought my pre-order wasn’t going to get filled because I went back to check after he was released and he was labeled as “discontinued”, meaning he was sold out and my pre-order had not gone through at the time.

Nendoroid Akiyama Mio Up For Pre-order

Cute Nendoroid Akiyama Mio from K-ON! by Good Smile Company will be available this coming November 2009 for 3,500yen retail price. Hobby Search and HobbyLink Japan have pre-orders up!

I hope Alter’s 1/8 Mio goes up for pre-order soon–it’d be nice to order both GSC’s nendo Mio and Alter’s Mio together.

Wonder Festival Summer 2009 Coverage! (UPDATE #3)

Finally, Wonder Festival has arrived! This time around, Wonfes will take place in Makuhari Messe instead of the usual Tokyo Big Sight.

Hobby Stock and Akiba Hobby have already posted a lot of coverage from the event. SO MANY EXCITING FIGURES! A LOT OF DO WANT! I don’t even know where to begin. I can already hear my wallet weep.

Extensive image coverage after the jump. Very image heavy.

Sources and more coverage at:
–Akiba Hobby: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
–Akiba Blog: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
–Hobby Stock: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
–Moeyo: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
–Amiami Blog: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
–Foobarbaz: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
–DannyChoo: 1 | 2 | 3
–AZURE Toy-Box: 1

K-ON! Akiyama Mio Figure and Nendoroid

The official blog of the TV anime K-ON! has been updated with preview images of the upcoming figures from the series. The first figure features Nendoroid Akiyama Mio by Good Smile Company and next is the 1/8 scale Akiyama Mio by Alter!