Premium Loot - Actar’s Acquisitions (February 10 Part 4)
Continuing on with my February splurge, we have more loot with some exceedingly expensive treasures and Limited Edition goods…
From the picture above we have:
- Complete set of Ichiban Kuji K-On! Plush Dolls
- Ichiban Kuji Chibi VF-27
- Revoltech YF-21
- Revoltech Miniature Eva-01 and Eva-00 Movie Ver.
FIRE!!!
- Hi-Metal 1/100 VF-19 Kai (Fire Valkyrie)
Macross 7, the series that split the Fandom in two. Let me just state right off the bat, I LOVE Macross 7. TOTSUGEKI LOVE HEART!!! (^O^) Oh boy, what a fun toy. Seriously, this figure is a huge improvement over the parts-monster VF100s VF-25. The first VF-19 Fire Valk since Bandai’s last attempt years back, it is a gorgeous and fun-to-fiddle-around-with figure. I highly recommend this toy.
(YF-21 Hi-Metal announced!!! ARGH!!!)
~ NOW ENTERING EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY ~
I am someone who hates to wait. I can’t even wait 5 minutes for the next bus to arrive and GSC’s telling me that I’ll have to wait till June to get my Figma Ui? No wai!!! Thus, Yahoo! Auctions Japan comes to my rescue! (^o^) You can bet a review is coming soon.
The person that I bought Ui-chan from also included a set of winter accessories and a Figma Guidebook (gotten at Wonderfest, presumably.). Awesome!
Next up, Nanoha MOVIE PREMIUMS!!!
Remember how I said I was distraught that I couldn’t see the Nanoha movie in a previous article? Well, to console myself, I spent a shit ton of cash to get myself a piece of the history.
First up, a set of Replica Ribbons! These were the first things that caught my eye from the Nanoha Movie Premier reports. Basically, each set contains a pair of ribbons, Nanoha’s White Ribbons in the Pink Packet and Fate’s Black Ribbons in the Yellow Packet.
If you know me well, you would know that I love replicas. These ribbons were must-gets for me because the final scene of the first season and the Movie, where Fate and Nanoha exchanged ribbons, was a very pivotal scene and one of my favorite scenes from the Anime. The ribbons were symbolic of their friendship and these replicas are so meaningful.
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…saving the best for last, the pinnacle of the all the loot I have ever gotten so far…
Getting this to photograph properly was a huge pain...
A piece of film cel printing made off of film stock from the movie!!! YES!!! Literally, a piece of history, this is the first ever Animation related item I have ever gotten. Don’t own any Cels (from the Cel-animation era) or anything.
These pieces of film cels were given to those who watched the movie three times and were given out randomly. Seriously, some of these can go for ridiculous prices!!! I mean, they can reach 100,000 yen and above for exceedingly popular scenes (ala Nanoha and Fate embracing).
I managed to snag myself a choice piece, I believe, that shows Fate in motion, swinging Bardiche and ending up in a great pose. The first two frames feature a nice close-up shot as well. As for how much I bidded for this, I’m not saying. (^.^;) Let’s just say I won’t be eating for the next 3 – 4 months…
Well, that’s all for this installment of Actar’s Acquisitions…
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More Wonderfest exclusives coming soon… I don’t know whether to be overjoyed or to join the nearest Spendthrifts Anonymous group.
Post mirrored on my blog.
figma ui!!
lol to the seller can we know what price did you pay for it ??
Nice loot you have..anyway i ask something (sorry for being rude)..how can you easily get some figures? especially EMS + TAX have a been problem & some Customs?
Hm? Well, in Singapore, we don't have to pay GST if the declared amount is less than SGD 400...
Only In The Philippines - SHOCKINGLY EXPENSIVE FEES FOR CUSTOMS and EXCEEDINGLY HIGH TAX + RIP OFF ADDED PRICE BY RETAILERS! XD
More than a MG itself...at least they do VF valkyrie fire bomber ^Y^
One hell crazy price for a piece of film..but sure this thing will became a rared or priceless stuff in many years somehow ^Y^
:Q... sorry I'm drooling from all this awesome LE/Exclusive loots that you acquired.
By the way is Yahoo auctions Japan hard to use I've never used it. As of now I've just been using my cousin for Japan exclusives but he tends to miss some exclusives for me since he doesn't have that much time to go looking around for them.
Hey at least if you decide to sell this years from now for a lot of money you'll be able to purchase a ton of new figures with the profits made^_^.
WoW that VF-19 Kai is AMAZING, love Macross franchise so much! and I love that film cel, where did u get it?
Got the cel from Yahoo! Auctions Japan. (^.6)
Ohh, I want Ui!!!
Nice loot~
I got Ui too but she arrives in July, have to wait.
BTW to those who missed Figma Mio, HLJ is now taking orders again!!!
Ah, you got all the K-on girls in plushy versions!! Lucky!!
nice ui figma .. i saw her when i was in japan .. but she was quite pricy ... about 5000 yen so i didnt pick her up T___T but great loot ^^
Nice loot....
I want the film cel too !!!
This is Madness!! but it's madness that I can understand :D. I am in awe of the Nanohana Cel @_@
I want figma Ui too! @_@
I WANT MIO AND MUGI PLUSHIEEEEE! :(
Really love these, so cute!
That strip of film is definitely the coolest thing you got! It's a nice shot too; badass foreshortening, while she leaps backwards, and it's on ones to boot! :D (Animator's jargon; it means that every single frame out of the 24 in a second is a different drawing. This is usually reserved for feature film or rare short segments in TV. TV animation is usually done with each frame shown twice, thus on "twos".) Ones are time consuming, but that's part of why ones are win!
Woah, thanks for the tip! Really interesting to hear some technical slang. (^.^) I do know that 'ones' allow for very fluid and fluent animation. When I chose the cel to bid on, I wanted the frames to be as varied as possible, to convey a sense of movement.
Heh, you're welcome! Since I'm in school to learn animation, I've picked up some interesting terminology. It may be specific to American animation though; I don't know if anyone beyond here would refer to a look of shock as a "take", for instance. XD (If you don't know what I'm talking about, just look up anything directed by Tex Avery, such as Droopy; Avery was the absolute king of extreme takes.) Figured it might be worth sharing the terms since there's no concise layman's term for the same things, you know?
Looking more carefully at the strip you got, it looks like the first two frames are on twos, but they wanted the next motion to be both fast and smooth and put it on ones. It's *almost* a smear pose, so I can see why it got that treatment.
awesome loot! love the ui figma and ichiban kuji plushies! i'm a big fan of replicas as well. where did you get the nanoha ribbons?