After my previous double date Asa-senpai at harbour front couple weeks ago, Sakura had demanded me to take her out for a date and as a sign of jealousy, she wouldn’t let me to take her pictures until I do so. Not only that, since she is competing with Asa-senpai, she also wanted me to take her for a trip to Niagara Falls. She had never been there apparently ^^;; and t0 my surprise, she didn’t mind tagging along with my family who happened to be going to Niagara Falls as well. When we arrived at Niagara Falls, she told that she would keep her promise and let me take some pictures of her while enjoying the scenery of Niagara Falls . She was very excited since it’s her first time her and told me to hurry up and take some pictures of her. She was demanding, wasn’t she ?   but she kept her promise and let me took some pictures of her.

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It was a long weekend in Toronto since we had a Good Friday so it’s a day off for majority of people. Not only that, it happened to be having nice and sunny weather in Toronto. It’s little bit windy though but there is no need for multi layers of clothing.

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As I promised from my last preview post. my next photo shoot would be the lovely Caren Hortensia by Alter. Hearing the name Alter, we usually have our expectation set to high whether it would be the paint job, sculpt or the overal figure. So far, Alter has not disappointed me even once so will it meet my expectation ? let the pictures decide ^^.

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My backlog figures stack are getting higher, although, it may not be as high as Rin’s. Alter Signum is my first Magical Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS figure and the only one that really captivated my eyes. It’s no secret that I love anime characters with a sword and Signum is happened to be one of them ^^. More pictures below. (more…)

A beautiful and elegant figure of Ryogi Shiki from Kara no Kyoukai series is presented by Good Smile Company. Once again , they never fail to impress me. The first time,  I saw this figure at Dannychoo , was a love at the first sight. The details on her kimono are just amazing and not to mention the flowers decoration on all over her kimono. I guess the pictures will speak for themselves about how amazing this figure is.

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I considered myself pretty lucky to be able to get this figure locally at an anime con despite of being out of stock anywhere online wise and impulse got the best out of me. I got it for $90 ^^;;. I know it’s pricey but considering the rareness of this figure, I couldn’t really complain, could I ? ^^.

The quality of the paint is simply amazing and I could see why everyone wants this figure. Let the photos speak for themselves. Please be aware that this figure is rated 18+ and NSFW.

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Toronto is having an early winter this year and we just had our first snow fall couple days ago. On a quite chilly Saturday morning (-8 C btw), I was suddenly struck with a brilliant idea to do a photoshoot so I grabbed my jacket and went to my backyard which is still covered with snow. Actually I had this idea in mind for a long time and I think Blowfish suggested to take my Akatsuki Mishiro figure during winter.

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Simple and elegant would be the best way to describe this recently released figure by Kotobukiya. Emi Kizaki is a character from Kurogane no Linebarrels. This figure is the first one to be released from Kurogane no Linebarrels amd there will be others coming along in the future, however, I am not planning to get the others ^^.

One thing that I really like from this figure is her natural/dynamic pose and expression. It looks like as if a gust of wind blows gently from the side. Her black shirt + skirt just makes her even more attractive in addition to holding a sword.

As for sculpt and painting, I only noticed very minor imperfections and it may be just a manufacture defect in my case since it is impossible to manufacture every figure exactly the same. Overall, Kotobukiya did an awesome job on this one and really live up to my expectation.

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Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada which means time to do photo shoots of my backlog figures and luckily, we had a sunny weekend unlike previous weeks which was always cloudy. I think I get addicted in taking outdoor photo shoots just because I like the results much better and a lot of backgrounds that I can choose even though it is only in my backyard.

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My 2nd Caren Hortensia figure which I bought from Anime North 2008 back in May. The first one is made by Griffon Enterprise (check my entry for the other Caren Hortensia figure) while this one is made by Kotobukiya. It’s an old figure and originally released in September 2006. Hobby Link Japan has this figure in stock in case anyone is interested ^^.

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