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eBay figures nightmare

October 3rd, 2009
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Ever buy figures from eBay? Perhaps that one you missed of couldn’t get any earlier.. Generally every Otaku will advise you run-to-the hills screaming like a banshee and never do such a silly thing again (See my Shinku).

It is true that 99% of them are knock-offs that may have seen a mold once used for an original but usually made of sub-standard materials and poorly finished. Well as previously mentioned, 99% of them are bad, however, 1% are pretty good.

Being a huge fan of Gunslinger Girl I obtained a Gashaphon figure of Henrietta. The price was excellent, the materials are what you would expect of any Good Smile or Max factory figure. I have a light tent/box but too lazy to use it. I will dig it out when I review all the remaining figures and also the Ichigo Mashimaro figures.

Henrietta, Gunslinger Girl Gashaphon

A little fuzzy but this will be updated soon. Arrived quickly from Singapore, well packaged and a lovely figure though she is only 10cm long.

Henrietta Gunslinger Girl Gashaphon

Collections

July 15th, 2009
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Epic fail.. Do not buy from Hong Kong. Ok, my own fault but when the figure you want is simply not available, is it worth taking the plunge and getting a factory renegade? Well for what it’s worth, the box is authentic.

Alter 2003 Shinku

You can clearly see she won’t stand straight.

Shinku Alter 2003 PVC Figure

The hair is particularly soiled, most likely painted in a MDF board factory, near a coal mine, beside a vacuum cleaner filter changing shop..

Shinku Alter 2003 PVC Figure

Picky picky? Ok a list of observations:

  • The eyes haven’t their usual luminescence
  • Eyelashes are minutely different
  • Speckle marks on the hair and dress
  • Shoe and stocking paint overlap
  • Not typical grade PVC, more rubbery and strong odour
  • Feet do not fit base without force