All Posts by  Actar

Oh, my god. Not only does this movie seem to NOT be a simple compilation movie, the plot actually seems exciting! "Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress" will premere in Japan on the 21st of November. Hm... Sheryl gets saved this time rou...

Taking the advice of my fellow photographers, I've fiddled with the various settings of my Nikon D200, the ISO value, shutter speed and aperture size to be more precise, I've taken these test shots of one of my most prized figures in my collection Al...

After years and years of waiting, fans of the Full Metal Panic! series have finally been blessed with a figure of the main Arm Slave piloted by protagonist Sagara Souske, the ARX7 Arbalest. Affordable and exceedingly high quality, this is the figure...

Recently, in the latest issue of the Essay Writing magazine Broader Perspectives, I was shocked to see pictures of a couple of Nendoroids accompanying an essay. Of course, I knew right away the pics were from Kodomut, one of the most impressive blogg...

Misaka Mikoto aka BiriBiri, the best character in To Aru Majutsu no Index, is back and better than ever in her new spin-off series, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun! A whole series with BiriBiri as the main character minus Index? How could you go wrong with...

Drossel fans rejoice, because we have yet another Drossel figure coming our way. Announced at the Tamashii Nations event, a Soul of Chogokin Drossel will be released. Joy.

Happy Children’s Day to me! Even though I’m not a ‘children’ anymore… yeah… Anyways, it is indeed a Happy Children’s Day for me as my second musume arrives from the land of the rising sun! If you haven’t identified her yet, whe is none other than Ran...

Managed to snag a Nikon D200 and attempted to do a random photoshoot and here are my results after some photo enhancing. While they are indeed superior (I believe) to the ones taken by my Cannon IXUS, I notice the photos are still slightly grainy. An...

Oh my. I don't know whether to call what I just watched Art or Animation. Definitely the greatest Anime episode of Negima! to be created so far, the first episode of the new OVA created by SHAFT (Zetsubou Sensei, Bakemonogatari) covers the Journy to...

LIMITED EDITION IN ACTION!! OFFSHOOT SUTHERLAND CECILE TYPE As seen at the end of the first season of Code Geass This set includes: - Special Core Luminous Shield Accessory that is compatible with the original Lancelot. - Removable Float Pack. - A wh...

I Actar, have officially become a father with the arrival of my first ever doll this past week. Being one who is easily influenced by peer pressure, I decided to join the doll loving crowd, in a way. Instead of becoming a Dollfie collector, which I p...

In kind of a response to Eclair's post here's Shana (petit ver.) trying to rob me of my Chicken Rice dinner at Katana point! Would have taken more pics had I not been starving. (^.^;)

Finally! The Magical Lyrical Lolis make a welcome comeback with Figma Nanoha Movie Ver. and Figma Vita! I am personally exceedingly excited for these two figures, but what I'm most excited for is Figma Fate! Pre-orders are up for both of them now at...

SOLD Thanks a lot! Up for sale is a limited edition In Action!! Offshoot Code Geass Lancelot Frontier (or Pink Lancelot) Figure by Bandai.This figure is based off the Pink Lancelot that C.C. piloted in the finial battle. This figure is a Tamashii onl...

The Lucky Star Figma Figures are back! First in the line once again is Kona-chan! This time all decked out in her Summer school uniform. Also included are some really interesting accessories along with an echangable head of Yutaka. Once again, let me...

Has anyone tried Smoked Cheese? Is it good?

..and we are back with our final weekly discussion of the series we all know and love (but hated at some point for a number of you), Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. Spoilers ahead. With this final episode of the Sigh of Suzumiya Haruhi Arc, the chroniclin...

Wooh! As the title states, I finally have some loot in my possession! (^o^) This time, we have:

From the recent Figure Event, a model kit (I suppose...) of Brera Stern's VF-27 from Macross Frontier will be released soon! Personally speaking, this is terrific news for me as personally, the VF-27 is my personal favorite VF from the series with it...

Just released are pics of the first two Mobip figures of the K-On! girls, Yui and Mugi! While the faces are slightly off, the figures themselves look great and the accessories are EPIC! Pics from ... If you doubt Mobip's quality, check out my review...

Fresh from the Chara Hobby coverage, we see a new and upcoming Figma, everyone's favorite tsurupettan Miko, Reimu! (from Touhou) I'm so glad I didn't purchase the Completed Model version by Griffon or the Nendoroid, though I still want them, as this...

Main heroine of super popular visual novel Little Busters! gets the Action Figure treatment. How does this figure stand up to the Figmas? Let's find out as we take a look at this new of action figures that could possibly be the next Figma and Revolt...

Went to work and rolled out a number of headers that you guys will hopefully like. Do feel free to give your opinions on any of them. (^.^) First, I started off with a classic header that had 8 figures, went with an alternating pattern of girl, mecha...

What more can I say? The SOC SPECS by Bandai are definitely THE figures of the Evangelion units. Forget Revoltech, forget the original Soul of Chogokin figures, you need to own this if you consider yourself a fan of Evangelion. In this part, I shall...