Hi, my name is Jordan, and I've had Bandai-tis for 4 years now. It won't go away and I'd be afraid if it did.

The mighty Figuarts haul. Very happy about it too. I gotta thank Gabriev and Mandarake for the figures :)

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Wow, that's one hell of a haul!

My first Grunt suits...

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1/144 Genoace Custom
1/144 Adele.

My current grail is also in that lot. It's TheBee! He came in my [very first] Mandarake order. Unopened, pristine packaging and only $50. I laugh at eBay sellers asking $100+ for it :D

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IMG_7008 by Transform23!!, on Flickr

So many people getting TheBee! I want him so bad but haven't found decent prices outside of Mandarake recently... And I'm trying not to buy from there at the moment since it's too compulsive and I need to save money.

Buying from Mandarake is compulsive? Tell me about it. I checked there for TheBee and ended up with him, Kabuto and Gokai Silver.

I checked there for a Super TaToBa last week and wound up not only with that but a First Cyclone and a Chogokin Leopardon :lol I have a problem.

Most of the Figuarts I own are compulsive Mandarake buys. I'm pretty darn happy with them, but I realized I need to restrain myself a bit.

thank goodness im sticking to just one toku (sentai/ranger) line for now...

I can't seem to find Basestates Fourze and ShaUTa OOO in the same location on Mandrake.

my haul for today (yesterday)

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Zolda is easily one of the best Figuarts I own. Fire states in kinda meh.

I can always take it off of your hands :p

:lol I may take you up on that

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IMG_7032 by Transform23!!, on Flickr

Just purchased:

- SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Knight
- SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Base States
- SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Stand & Effects Kit

>_<

Went to Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa and while they did have a decent Figuarts selection (Kuuga (Both Mighty and Ultimate), Shadow Moon, Another Agito, Agito, arm Ankh and two Riotroopers,) I opted to skip them so I could save money to order medal sets online. While there, I thought, hey, I'll get one of those Rider Wafer snacks. Ended up getting this card inside it XD
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Ohh, how much was Shadow moon?

Like $38.99

That's not bad at all. It's a hell of a lot cheaper than importing one from mandarake.

Yeah, but when you only have $55 on you and you don't work and your parents control the card...well you see my point. They're fine with the Medal Sets since I have the belt, but Figuarts they're iffy about. Hence why the only one I have is Tatoba. And I got that for christmas

I got Legion class Cliffjumper and Vehicon as well as Bot Shots Thundercracker!

...What? I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on tracking down Figuarts V3... but there's the Revoltech Gurren Lagann reissue. And G-Fest. And MonsterArts Rodan after G-Fest.

Ahh, the crucial decisions of a jobless college student.

I have to say, I am really, really impressed with amiami's SAL. This guy shipped out - regular, non-registered SAL - on the 31st and showed up this morning. That's a lot faster than I'm used to seeing HLJ packages take.

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Also, it is a really cool toy and looks awesome with Kaixa. Some of the transformation joints and peg holes were a little scary tight at first, but once broken in everything works smoothly.

Got these in today!!! Finally got the last 4 switches to complete my Fourze collection! Got Zodiart switch off eBay and the Skull Magnum from harry543! And while not Toku related I got Kid Icarus in the mail! Great day!

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Finally found the Octozord this afternoon. Gigazord is now complete!

In the past week or so i bought the new W driver I also got SHF Gamel and Luna Trigger. And just ordered a good portion of W's forms from Mandarake. My wallet hates me right now.

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IMG_7067 by Transform23!!, on Flickr

So, I got my first medals, and I opened one up and painted the inside, and honestly, I'm not happy with how it turned out. Going to have to experiment some more, cuz the paint marker feels like it's a hassle to do, and I didn't like it.

http://ryanlb.com/images/newstuff/blogsize/medals-1.JPG

Got my first SIC KT figure, which I kinda regret buying, so I'll probably just put it up for sale, KickHopper, which I bought on a lark and don't care about yet, both of these were purchased to help fill out Mandarake orders, and in retrospect I probably should have just paid the 500 yen fee and not spent the extra on the figures I didn't especially want.

also, Ankh Lost, who I love.

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Picked up two more of the Ryuki SH Mirror Monsters sets, which gives me sets 01-04, and since it was very cheap I grabbed R&M Knight, so I could compare the three versions of DarkWing; Once I got SHF Ryuki I learned that DragRedder was an improvement on the SH DragBlacker I have from one of the earlier sets, so I became very curious about DarkWing. Plus, I want to have DarkWing on Knight as a cape, but still be able to display DarkWing separately.

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And finally, I probably spent too much money on this, think it ends up being the single most expensive SHF in my collection (it barely beats out Shinken Pink and Yellow), but I'm glad to have it, Amazing Mighty Kuuga. I still need regular Dragon, Pegasus and Titan forms, but for the foreseeable future, I'm done with the Kuuga line.

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Technically not a purchase, as I won it, and not toku either but I like showing it off =p

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Also purchased my new car today, a mini cooper =]

That's the design on the actual 3DS and not a shell right? If so, how/where did you win it?

I'm sure I told you this when you announced that you won it, but I hate you :p :lol

It was a prize draw when you registered 2 specific games with Club Nintendo IIRC. There were three prints - Mario, Toad and Peach, and there's only 100 of each in existence I think.

I can live with that =p And there's 1000 of each, but still pretty impressive =]

well my vendor for Figuarts had a hic-up and while I was expecting Another Agito, ended up with Ground Form Agito...will be reviewing tonight on blog...but can say now, of all my figuarts...weakest ever...

First half came today! :D

http://www.tokunation.com/attachment...5&d=1339635527

Got these in today! Already built Luffy!

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Once I complete Heat/Metal and Fang/Joker, my Kamen Rider W MG Figurerise collection will be complete! :D

Nice! I have Skull on the way, then I only lack CycloneJoker to be done with those.

Sweet! Skull is definitely cool :rock:

As for today, it was one of the biggest haul days I've had in a long time. Here's what I got this morning at work:

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Here's what I got at my apartment this afternoon via USPS:

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And last but not least, what I got this afternoon via UPS:

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Can't wait to take a crack at that MG TaToBa! :D

Kivat! I want that thing too.

Have you seen NemyPredaking's vids on MG OOO? He panel lined the entire thing, and it looks fantastic. I've panel lined mine, but didn't get around to finishing it. But it'll be pretty great when it's done.