Archive for February, 2010
Posted by meronpan on February 28, 2010

minamike ep 9
Just a quick update… After being sick on my trip I got sick again after coming back… and have been so for the last week -_- I suppose I should probably see a doctor having been sick for almost three weeks… though it seems like I’m almost better? Almost? orz
For better or worse no packages have arrived lately though so at least there are no figures waiting for reviews ^^;
Comments and posts will be less frequent until i recover. Alrightythen that’s it, time to get more vitamin c…
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Posted by meronpan on February 23, 2010

So even though this was a dedicated vacation I think I spent just about the same amount as when I extended a business trip… perhaps that’s a good thing ^^;
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Posted in japan | Tagged: lewt | 35 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 22, 2010
Well, somehow I made it back in one piece. Recommendation: do not get sick two days before your flight. I did, and basically spent the whole time trying to recover as quickly as possible ;_; (thanks for all the well wishes! m(_ _)m) On the bright side, I booked a hotel that was basically across the street from ueno station. i.e. I could get to akiba in about 10 minutes ^_^
Think I’ll go in chronological order, lewt post will follow in the next couple days… (not too much this time, especially by rin’s standards :P)

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Posted in japan | Tagged: akiba, japan, ueno, yamagata | 20 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 18, 2010
Still in Tokyo, yet another review I actually managed to write up before ^_^

Pantsu witches is an amazing series. I mean… you’ve got chicks flying around in their pantsu shooting guns. What could be more amazing than that? Well maybe pantsu that fly by themselves… but this series takes itself much more seriously I’d say ^^;
miyafuji yoshika, the main character, but alas not my favorite ^^; got her mostly ‘cuz i thought i’d collect the entire set at the time ^^;;
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Posted in figure review | Tagged: alter, miyafuji yoshika, strike witches | 29 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 17, 2010
Just thought I’d do a quick post while I’m taking some down time…

and yeah, that’s a choco corone ^^
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Posted in japan | Tagged: choco corone | 12 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 14, 2010
Let’s see… when this post goes up I should be in… Tokyo? ^_^ Trying to churn these reviews out before I leave. 今は東京にいるはずです。 ^_^ 出発する前にこのレビュー書きました。
At any rate, today’s subject… mio! とにかく、今日は澪ちゃんです!

萌え萌えキュン♥
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Posted in figure review | Tagged: akiyama mio, alter, k-on! | 28 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 10, 2010
As this post goes up I should be on plane ^_^ Managed to get mio & miyafuji’s reviews written… scheduled them to go up on the 14th and 18th, respectively. As such I may not respond to comments for those reviews as soon as I usually do. But mebbe I will… should have computer access, so we’ll see.
Alrighty then, いってきます~ Will be back in a few weeks ^^ here’s a random fate picture from the group shots:

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Posted by meronpan on February 7, 2010

Woo hoo! At long last we finally have the gal for whom the series is named after ^^ Looking back on Alter’s release history… looks like it’s been almost 2 years since they started StrikerS releases with rein! Guess I’d say it was worth it given the general trend of pvc improvements we’ve seen. Nanoha has some big shoes to fill not only as the main character but also coming right after feito-chan ^^;
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Posted in figure review | Tagged: alter, exceed mode, takamachi nanoha | 42 Comments »
Posted by meronpan on February 2, 2010
Feeling a bit rusty in the review department so thought I’d take some quick practice shots with reimu.

I hope my copy is legit, seemed to good to be true getting her at toranoana for 3000 yen ^^; Used goody japan as a proxy so the entire transaction still cost a bit, but given what she’s probably going for on ebay I imagine I didn’t overspend ^^;
Only a fraction of the number of pics that I usually put up for a full review so that along with the extremely late timing… again, more of a test shot post then a review ^^;
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