So, due to an interesting alignment of circumstances my father somehow ended up getting given a brand new camera, which he passed on to me since apparently I’m the only one that didn’t have one. Additionally, my Alter 1/1 Scale Reinforce Zwei arrived in the mail this morning so I had something to test it out.
What can we tell from this? Given that it’s pretty much the only half-decent photo of a set of about 30, we can assume that a) I am terrible at photography, b) the camera was free for a reason (though it’s not terrible and if I can figure out how to get it to stop compressing the damned images it’ll look nicer) and c) I desperately, desperately need new curtains. And also a new cabinet to store all these things in, they’re taking over my bedroom and my cabinet’s been full for months. I actually still have a couple in boxes because I don’t have space.
For over two years now, I’ve been ordering figures and other miscellaneous goods through HobbyLink Japan. They’re usually reasonably priced, they package their goods really well, and the shipping is usually quite reasonable too. There’s one problem though: they are so fucking slow. I’m getting pretty sick of it. Pre tl;dr summary: The rest of this entry is composed of a rant about how slow HLJ are and a request for suggestions for other retailers to order through instead.
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God damn you Wave. As if it wasn’t enough that you make awesome Tama-nee figures, not to mention all those Evangelion Angel Girls you made me buy… you had to go and make SD versions. And now you’ve gone and announced three new ones. Bastards. You’ve made my wallet cry.
I just happened to have taken these photos a few days ago and some people have asked about my figure collection and stuff. I just thought someone might be interested. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m certainly not trying to fit in with everyone or anything. I’m not doing this because I like you. I just felt like it. You’d better appreciate this.
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I have a dark, horrible secret. I am a reformed Evangelion fan. And when I say fan, I mean I was administrator of what was one of the largest Evangelion fanfiction websites out there (note: I got fired :P). But that is neither here nor there. Gainax are engaged in a conspiracy against my wallet. And while reading my ANN newsfeed this morning, I have discovered their next sinister plan. To quote, “The Bandai Channel website announced that Petit Eva ~Evangelion@School~, the “first official super-deformed series” based on Neon Genesis Evangelion, will be adapted for video. …The Gainax/Khara franchise spinoff spoofs the psychological science fiction drama by reimagining the characters as classmates in Tokyo-3’s Nerv School, headed by Principal Gendō Ikari and Misato-sensei. The student body includes three different Rei “sisters,” the EVA-01 mobile weapon reimagined as the school bully Evanchō, and the ill-fated Jet Alone robot as JA-ko, a “hidden character” in the form of a shy android girl.”
What we have here is Gainax whoring out their most successful franchise. The general reaction around it has been rage, tears and condescending remarks. Well, you know what? I think this sounds fucking. awesome. It sounds like pure, unadulterated comedy gold. Like a modern, satirical stab at SD Gundam. I definitely will be watching it.
Incidentally, speaking of super-deformed, those assholes at Wave are in on the conspiracy too. Not content to make me buy every single one of those Angel Girl figures that were made available to the mass market, they’re now starting a new series of them with the cuteness dialed up to 11. This is an absolutely disgusting display merchandise whoring. You should be ashamed of yourselves, Wave.
I’ve aready ordered them both. 
