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I need a gift for a friend, and having seen your room...

...It's clear you know a few things about anime models.

I'm still deciding on which character to settle on, but I'd like to know what my be some good sites to look at where I can find decent quality models. I'm hoping for something pose-able, definitely not ecchi, and that looks respectable rather than being a shoddy imitation. I'd spend up to $50, but I was hoping for something in more of the $30 range. Could I get anything respectable for that amount of money or are figurines as overpriced as box sets?

Something that isn't the source of nightmares http://web.archive.org/web/20071008195340/http://www.avg-hotgame.net/blogview.asp?logID=185&page=1 (no way to link that with the url tag).

Edited, Jun 17th 2010 6:16pm by Allegory

Starting from the left, top to bottom... nope dignity!

Edited, Jun 17th 2010 6:22pm by Allegory

Get the guy a hooker


Even I think boobs are more important than those.

judging by his interests I can only respond that "beggers can't be choosers"

This place is where I would in if I were in Japan. I'm not sure if they ship stateside though.

Sorry to be tardy to the party.

Wow. I kinda miss my "ZOMG LOOK AT WHAT AN OTAKU I AM!" bedroom at my apartment.
Just didn't seem right to put ALL of that stuff back up when I got a house. Anyway...

These are the stores I've order stuff from:

http://www.animecornerstore.com/
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/
http://www.animenation.com/
I think I've even ordered some stuff from http://www.jlist.com/ NSFW

But really, the bulk of my figures I bought from Suncoast and a local anime store, both of which are gone now. I also ordered some figures from eBay one time. Once I got them, I realized why they were so damn cheap. They were some kind of crappy Chinese knock-off figures made out of some crappy material that didn't hold its shape when it cooled, so they kind sit lop-sided. Watch out for that, I suppose.

$30-$50 should be able to buy you one really nice figure, or a nice set of smaller figures. In that picture, The Alice and Cheshire Cat from the game Alice (Middle in front of the monitor), Rose from the first series of .Hack games (back middle, to the left of the center channel speaker), and the taller Rei Ayunami (back towards the right, standing in front of the right front speaker) were all in about that price range, if memory serves. It's been a long time since I bought anime paraphernalia.

Also, that figure you linked looks like one of those Chinese knock-offs I was talking about. :D


Edited, Jun 18th 2010 7:58am by Usagi

Hey, at least I've toned it down a tad.

yesh

Usagi has a gavel at his desk?
Is it so that when he nukes a post, he shouts out
OBJECTION!
And then nukes it? I think that's what it is.

Indeed.

A man chooses, a slave dusts.

No, it's something you pay the maid to do.

The maid, and about 23 of her predecessors are still decomposing in the basement. Look closer, you'll see the blood stains on the gavel.