Preorder Roundup: 2015.06 Edition

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Periodically, I like to take a look at new figures that are available for pre-order. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather a selection of new releases that I personally find interesting or notable.

It’s been a while. Six months, in fact. I’ve been a pretty lazy bum of late with regards to blog upkeep. The sad part is I had 90% of this post penned back in February, but opted to hold off in hopes that I could get a new review out first. That hasn’t happened and the preorder commentary is somewhat time-sensitive in nature, so I’m pushing this out now before it grows any more stale than it already has.

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Preorder Roundup: 2014.11 Edition

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Periodically, I like to take a look at new figures that are available for pre-order. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather a selection of new releases that I personally find interesting or notable.

After my previous preorder post, I decided a more frequent cadence might be beneficial to keep these posts from growing so monolithic in nature. This is the first of what will hopefully become a mid-quarter format. I still managed to find fourteen figures to talk about since August, which was a bit of a surprise as well as a strain on the budget given that some manufacturers, notably Alter, seem to have dramatically shortened their preorder windows here recently.

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Preorder Roundup: 2011.1 Edition

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Periodically, I like to take a look at new figures that are available for pre-order. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather a selection of new releases that I personally find interesting or notable.

It’s been quite a while since my last preview post. The year up to now has been pretty quiet for me, as relatively few preorders have managed to grab my attention in any meaningful way. In fact, I think Arshes Nei is the only figure I’ve ordered this year that opened in 2011 prior to the summer Wonder Festival. Predictably, the Wonder Festival unleashed a slew of interesting new figures that are now vying to get in my wallet.
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New Release Roundup: 8-Aug-2010 Edition

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Periodically, I like to take a look at new figures that are available for pre-order. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list, but rather a selection of new releases that I personally find interesting or notable.

It’s been a while since my last preview roundup (over a month!), so this week I’ll try to catch up with all the notable releases from the past month or so.
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Clayz – 1/6 Tony Taka Nekomimi Maids PVC

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Clayz - 1/6 Tony Taka Nekomimi Maids Set PVC

  • Character: Nekomimi Maids
  • Series: E2 (Etsu) Magazine Original
  • Scale: 1/6
  • Height: 260 mm
  • Material: PVC
  • Company: Clayz
  • Price: 14,800 yen
  • Date: Mar. 2010
  • Link 1: E2 (Etsu) Shop
  • Link 2: AmiAmi

Clayz has translated a gorgeous piece of famed ero artist Tony Taka’s artwork from E2 (Etsu) magazine into figure form.  I am a huge fan of Tony’s work so I was immensely pleased to see some of his work outside of the Shining Tears/Wind series get the figure treatment.

Other than the lofty price, which is largely mitigated (IMO) by the fact that you’re essentially getting two figures in one, the trouble with this figure is that it’s an exclusive for two Japanese online shops: E2 (Etsu) and AmiAmi (see links above).  Ordering through E2 will probably require a proxy, but it looks like AmiAmi has an English website and will ship internationally.