A Peek Into My World
Hello everyone at Figure.fm! My name is Lindsay, though I often go by Usada since that is my name on deviantart, TB, and practically everything else. XD I really am a collector at heart, as even when I was a child, I wanted to keep everything mint in box (or if not in box, than still in perfect condition~). I've been collecting since I was young, and that is why you'll find most of my room covered in Sailor Moon goods. However, I have since found the wonderful world of Tales games, as well as the beauty in Japanese figures (especially those by Kotobukiya, Good Smile Company, as well as figures and dolls by Volks).
If you'd like to know a little more about myself... I am about to graduate college this December with a degree in Japanese language. I have lived in Japan through Princeton University's intensive language study and host family program, and fell even more in love with the culture and atmosphere of the country. I'm hoping to return to Japan soon either permanently (if I can find a suitable position translating and/or working with English speaking customers visiting Japanese websites) or temporarily through a teaching position. I am currently in teaching and might continue a degree in it as well.
Anyhow, on to the collection!
These pictures only cover a portion of my room and collection. I will be taking more photos, as well as a shot of the entire room at a later time. But for now I hope you enjoy these!
This is a closeup of the bottom shelf on the NE side of my room.
My Jupiter plush army! There are a few more that aren't pictured since I ran out of space on my vanity to set more. XD
These are the shelves above my computer. It's hard to tell what's all up there, but some of my favorite items are the Natalia PVC, Suiseiseki Volks figure, TotA PPP figures, and the Jupiter and Venus figures from Sailor Moon World.
I also collect anime Famicom games. The one pictured includes the Sufami Turbo, an add on to the Famicom/SNES system that holds two cartridges at once.
The newest additions to my family!
And here's Miku taking a photo with her new friend <3
If you go to Manage Posts under My Menu, then click on your post. You will see there is an option called Manage Images, you can add more images there individually. You can also put them in a ZIP file and upload the zipped file to upload them all together.
May want to resize them to 900 pixels wide before uploading to save some time, as system will resize larger files.
Hopefully that helps. And welcome to the site =D
Thank you for the warm welcome and advice! <3
I will try to work on it from there. I saw that option earlier, but thought it was simply for replacing my one image rather than adding more.
/attempts to do so now - -b
I have had the same problem... xD
For the first time, it was really confusing.
Ow and....WELCOME. ^-^
You like Sailor Jupiter? xD
Thanks to Ultimaknight, I just added most of the rest of my photos successfully. \o/ It sure is different from what I'm used to, but I really like the setup for viewing posts and I'm glad I can finally contribute one of my own.
(and I'm glad I wasn't the only one confused XD; )
Thank you!
Sailor Jupiter is indeed my favorite of the senshi~ <3 Do you have a fav?
Nice retro Sailormoon Collection and Welcome to Figure.fm .
And Nice Neko you got there . I just visited your devianart and I should say , your artwork is superb and excellent with lots of Tales fanart as well .
Thank you so much <3 Do you have a favorite Tales game?
Wish I played one of them . I'm a PS3 boy but tales Of Vesperia is coming to the PS3 . So can't wait :3
Ah, I love all the vintage Sailor Moon items! It was the first anime series I ever watched, so it holds a dear place in my heart. If only I had more money to spend on sentimental items, but my new series and figures take up most of my money ^^; Cute room! I bet it's even more impressive in person.
Also, my favorite senshi is Sailor Mercury. I wanted to be smart like her when I was little X3
It was the first series I watched too! Most of the items I collected are from way back then, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to get them when I was a kid, since most are too hard to come by now. I know what you mean about new series though. XD The past few years I've been collecting from other anime/game series instead. I took a glance at your room too, and I must say it's very sweet and clean! You have an impressive manga collection and that Furuba standee is awesome~
Mercury was wonderful too! I have several plush of her around here somewhere...
Ah, thank you! I love my room, but I'm going to have to do some serious re-arranging. My figure shelves are full and I filled the last slot in my bookshelf the other day. I need to get a display case, badly, and I'm thinking about trying to find one at Ikea when I go to Atlanta for Christmas. I don't know how much they run, though x__x; I must say, your room is very clean as well! It makes me happy to see organized otaku X3
Poor Mercury, she didn't make the cut for your figure.fm debut XD
I spot the Sailor Moon manga.
/jealousy
Nabbed 'em all when they first came out. XD I'm only missing two from Stars, but I read them through Smile magazine and own those issues. Do you remember that magazine?
Also, I looked at your room and I'm curious... Do you only collect the Shippuden series of Naruto manga?
Man. I used to have them but I had to leave 'em behind when I moved. D:
Don't remember the magazine. I'm not old enough to. :P
I'm currently too poor and preoccupied with the rest of the series I'm collecting to get the first half.
I'll get it someday, but for now, I'll stick to Shippuden.
Awww, that sucks!
...Are you calling me old? XD *whips out the mag* This issue is from 2001, if that helps. But not many people knew about it.
Too poor is right (for all of us). Manga in America is so expensive!
I'm not calling you old.
I'm was just too young to remember it. heck. I was 8 when that mag was coming out.
I barely remember Sailor Moon airing on toonami. lol.
Seriously! Then Viz decided to raise the price of their manga. ;____;
OMG so much Sailor Moon! I only collected Sailor Moon cards when I was little. I couldn't afford other merchandise. I want some Sailor Jupiter plushies. I only own one. She is my favorite! ;_;
I love your cat and it's beautiful yellow green eyes too. :3
Hooray, another Jupiter fan! *high fives* If you're still interested in Jupiter plush, they still sell for fairly cheap on ebay. *knows this cause she's been looking for the ones missing from her collection*''
And I'm sure Ruby would say thank you~ She's my 15 year old baby and a permanent resident of my bed XD <3
For love & peace...SAILORMOON!! nice eh..I remember my childhood,it's my 1st anime i watch..
Tsuki ni kawatte, oshioki yo! XD
The first anime I watched was Totoro when I was 6. But SM was the first anime series~ Ah the memories
I'm gonna take a wild guess that you like Jupiter the most XD This plushie is the cutest of them all! Is that why it's separate? :) I'm more of a Mercury person ^^;
Ohhh yeah! I loved her personality, plus green and pink are my favorite colors. XD She was also my first cosplay as a child. Oh, that plushie is over there cause I wanted to pose her standing up, and that proved impossible with the cluster on my vanity. XD
Mercury rocks too~
Wow your Sailor Moon collection is amazing! I was a pretty big fan too and never even saw some of your items before! My favorite is Sailor Uranus and the Outer Senshi, I even made a cosplay of her lol.
I have a particular interest in rare/unusual items when it comes to Sailor Moon. XD Some of my favorite of the SM items include the Stallion Reve, a fortune telling orb, a toy iron with Chibi-usa moving inside, and a pizza parlor and bike. XD I also own a can of expired SM spaghettios from Canada ;D
I love the Outer Senshi too! Neptune was my favorite of the bunch, and I thought her relationship with Haruka was so sweet. Do you have photos of your cosplay?
I see green... LOL
Green... and pink! \o/
Oh!
So many good memories to see your amazing Sailor world, I remember when I was a child watching the anime series... those were wonderful times!
Lovely photos and a lovely room too!
Greetings LadyUsada! ^^
Yeah! Running home after school to watch it or taping it for later. Good times |D
Thank you!
So... do you like Sailor Moon by any chance, Lindsay? :P Very nice collection you have there ^^ I've only ever seen the first few episodes of the Toei live-action series, but I'm starting to like it so far ^^ Although it really makes me want a Luna plush ^^;
Awesome cat, btw ^^
While I don't watch it anymore, I indeed loved it! Well, I take that back... I watched the live action series a year ago and a few of the musicals. orz
Anyways, thank you! If you happen to find the talking plush Luna, I recommend nabbing her!
Welcome! saw jupiter and a huge smile appeared, I love her the best too when I was a kid! The kitty is very cute ^^
Yay for Jupiter fans! <3
Another Jupiter fan here! This was one of my guilty pleasures growing up as there was not a lot of anime available to us at the time. Even though the American censors and editors did horrible things with the series, it was still enjoyable.
Looks like the Jupiter fans are beating the Mercury on this page~ XD
Oh yes, there used to be a lot of anime after school on Toonami. I remember waiting for several shows like Outlaw Star, DBZ, Sailor Moon, and Tenchi Muyo quite fondly.
totally awesome room! i remember having one of those sailor moon dolls! (the princess one with the castle backdrop) ^^
Aww, did you purchase her when you were little? I got this one just a few years back on a huge Irwin blow-out sale. I was very lucky to find her and other toys nrfb.
And thank you <3
I love this, so much. I love seeing a collector of Sailor Moon stuff, everything looks so pretty! I have one of those Jupiter plushes X3 I'm also uber jealous that you can read manga in it's original Japanese format, I'm still such a noob with that!!
Oh yes! I saw the cute little gang around your scanner. XD For being American-made plushies, they're very high quality and cute, aren't they?
I translate some doujinshi and manga chapters for free once in a while, but I'm no pro! I can tell ya that XD
So much Sailor Moon... of the first anime I watched, it wasn't a favourite (sort of just watched for the sake of watching anime), but it's still a really impressive collection!
If you're looking for a good manga, Sailor Moon is definitely one of them. However, if you're looking for a good anime, I can't exactly give the same response. XD The story to SM is good and the characters are loveable, but the anime is chuck full of fillers. It's geared towards a younger audience than the manga, that's for sure (probably why I loved it as a kid, but might not have gotten as much into it if the current me saw it for the first time).
Anyways, thanks!
S-S-Sailor Moon SUPER UBER COLLECTION!!! *faints* @_@
Just wait till you see ALL OF IT. 8D This is only one wall and corner /insert ominous laugh
XDD I've seen collections of SM way bigger than mine on the web, so I feel like this isn't that much. But those collections were probably what inspired me to start. It's just sad that most SM merchandise (from Japan) is too expensive to consider buying anymore.
Have you thought of making an entry with ALL OF IT? seriously I wanna see! I remember I always wanted the magical wands... damn, you even have toy wands I never knew existed!!! *shakes fist at life's cruelty*
Mars, all the way. That goes for the live action as well (which is so delightfully cheasey). Your room is nice.
Delightfully cheesy is the best way to describe it! XD I really enjoyed watching it, even if I was somewhat horrified at how the producers decided Minako would die.
And thank you <3
Nice to see another Sailormoon collection! I collect mostly the plushies, anime, manga and some of the artbooks. I also have a few lunchboxes,chopsticks,drinking glasses, tea cups and bowls. My favorite senshi is probably Usagi (I love her clumsiness), next fav are Venus and Saturn.
I've studied a bit of japanese too (probably nothing compared to you!), I'm at a point where I can read and write but too lazy to practice so I always need a dictionary XD. I do have a plan to read the whole sailormoon manga in japanase some day... it's waiting for me in my shelve next to my bed hehe.
While I mostly collect Jupiter/Makoto plushies, my sister is the one who collects the majority of the Sailor Moon plush dolls in this house. XD Her favorite is Usagi (who is also my second fav), and we cosplayed Moon and Jupiter together when we were kids.
Gah, laziness is too powerful. orz I'd probably know more by now if I could motivate myself as I used to. It's so much easier to learn in a class setting or with a friend to study with. But anyways, good luck! You'll be able to read them all someday - -b
Wonderful collection. I'm a Sailor Moon collector too and it's a real pleasure to see your room. You have a lot of great items and i really like the way you displayed it.
I love Sailor Jupiter, she's my favorite after Moon :)
Omg! I'm so jealous of your Sailor moon collection. A lot of my Sailor Moon stuff got destroy from my younger sisters years ago and now it is so hard to find sailor moon items without putting a huge hole in your pocket T.T