Fate T. Harlaown Figma

Alright, this is a late posting. I meant to do this last night, but I got too tired. Then I was in the middle of posting it today and the internet went down for half the day, that was a little annoying. So, here it is, a bit later than I had hoped. Fate T. Harlaown from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. I had a harder time getting pictures of her for some reason, but here they are.

I was very pleased upon opening the box and taking her out. The main hair pieces/faces aren’t loose in the least bit. I did however have a slight defect on the left ponytail, which makes it pop out if I move it around too much. It’s not really loose though, just comes out if I move it too much. Fate’s Bardiche is just awesome. The details are almost a perfect likeness. Her bottom half’s barrier jacket doesn’t seem to be removable like Nanoha’s, not without breaking her at least. That’s not that big of a deal though, because she’s not that hard to balance, unless you put her cape on her. Luckily the stand works great with the cape, because of the extra pieces that hold the cape up. So, here’s Fate, another awesome figma that I’m proud to own.

Nanoha Takamachi Figma

Alright, time for Nanoha Takamachi figure pictures and a short review. Well this one I was worried about the twin tails because I’d heard other people complain about them falling off easily. Such is not the case in mine, but I did notice after changing faces the front hair piece loose again, not that it’s unusual, after the same happening with Konata. The faces both fit snugly, so that’s a plus. The most annoying feature of this is the huge sleeves on her jacket, it makes switching hands a bit harder than I’m used to, but alas nothing that would make me regret buying her. The flier fins are a really cool addition, I’m just super paranoid about breaking them cuz they look and feel fragile 😛

Overall, I’m pleased with this purchase. She’s a great looking figure and the accessories are awesome. She’s not as fragile as she appears. Yeah, not a lot to say about it really, if you like the Lyrical Girl Magical Nanoha series enough to want a figure, and you like action figures, she’s worth the price she sells for.

Early Arrivals

I’m happy and excited to say that I’m very impressed with Hobby Search as they only took four days to get my Fate T. Harlaown figma to me, thanks to EMS shipping (which I see well worth the extra money). Also, my other order for Nanoha Takamachi and Konata Izumi came in this morning from J-List. Early arrivals are for the win! So, I’m going to hold off since my birthday is on Monday. For now here’s the boxes.

Yeah I know the pictures aren’t that great but I just wanted to show that they’re here and waiting for release. I’ll only post the best of my pictures when I do the photo shoots for the actual figures.

I’ll post up reviews/pictures of them on my birthday, the 11th. I’m sort of wondering whether or not I should post separately for each one, or do them all in the same post. Not sure what would be best, I’m bound to take a ton of pictures. Oh and the very first picture is the wallpaper I’m using for my desktop right now, I’m on a Nanoha kick right now. Also made a couple more orders today. I pre-ordered the Fraulein Revoltech Yoko Ritona action figure for my wife, this will be the first Revoltech figure we’ll have owned, now I can compare them with figma. Also decided to finally get Saber figma because I started watching Fate/Stay Night last night and I actually got into it. I never got into it before because the story just didn’t appeal to me, but the truth is I’ve always loved things medieval and ever since I was a kid, armor and swords were a fascination of mine. I’m sure most everyone has seen both but here are pictures of them just in case.

Wonfes Figma Wish Listing

Arg! So there’s a ton of previews of upcoming figures all over the place and I’ve been saving pictures of them like mad and dreading how much I’m going to end up spending in the near future. I really have become addicted to figma. So first up on the list is of course, Miku Hatsune figma. I saw a preview picture of her at DannyChoo.com quite a while ago and I’ve been holding off getting all the other Miku figures that were released so far because that’s the one I want the most. I am considering the nendoroid though.

Of course, Miku is at the top of the wish list right now, but they’re also releasing Rin & Len Kagamine, two other vocaloids. Rin looks really great in my opinion and I’m probably going to end up getting Len too just because of the keytar (and cuz I’m a sucker for figma). I used to mess around making electronic music, so the Vocaloid program really appeals to me. Maybe if I could get my hands on the program I’d start making music again…


Since I’ve already ordered Nanoha and Fate figmas, it should come as no surprise that I’ll be pre-ordering Hayate Yagami as well, from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS anime (first seen in A’s). She looks amazing. I’m not going to get her just for the sake of completing the collection either, just look at her! Must get!

Alrighty, moving on. Next up is Ryoko Asakura from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. This picture doesn’t show but there was a picture from Megami magazine on DannyChoo.com a while back that showed she comes with a knife accessory. If you’ve seen the anime it makes sense. The scene between Yuki Nagato and her was one of my favorite in the whole series, so expect I’ll be getting that and attempting to re-enact the scene as best I can. I really do have sucker written on my face don’t I?

Now we have Tsuruya-san. She played a pretty minor role in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, but she’s a fan favorite. This is where I pretty much just straight up say I am a sucker, and my wife loves the anime and all the characters, so I’ll most likely end up buying this one just because.

Alright, to finish up my new additions to my wish list we have Miyuki Takara from Lucky Star. All the other Lucky Star girls have either been released (Konata Izumi), or have been available for pre-order for some time now (Kagami & Tsukasa Hiiragi). I must say I’m looking forward to the OVA that’s coming out soon.

Oh yeah there’s a LOT more figures that aren’t figma that I really really love, but with this many to buy and me still being new to collecting, this will hurt my bank account enough! There were a bunch of other figmas but they didn’t call out to me, at least not yet. I don’t know anything about this figure yet, but it’s Miku Hatsune, and it is freaking adorable! This will be going on my wish list too. Not all wishes come true though, so we’ll see.

Of course, these are all just my newest additions to the list. There’s a few others that I’m hoping to get that aren’t really new news. Well that’s all for this post, may your bank accounts drain slower than mine!

Nanoha Movie & The Search for Fate Figma

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha [劇場版「魔法少女リリカルなのは The MOVIE 1st] has just been announced in several places nearly at the same time, original source was from Megami magazine. Apparently the movie will be based on the first series, and Bardiche (Fate’s weapon) will have a new female voice. One thing that always got me about Nanoha was Fate’s Bardiche always said “Yes sir”. I’m in the midst of watching Nanoha StrikerS (the third series) right now so this news is great to me.

In other sort of related interest, I’m on a mission to get Nanoha and Fate figmas, hopefully around my birthday which is coming up on the 11th of August. Nanoha doesn’t look like she’ll be hard to obtain, but Fate on the other hand… I’ve searched all over the internet and everywhere that has her for sale is sold out. I didn’t pre-order her because I hadn’t watched the series at all when she was announced. Now that I’m nearing the end of the 3 series franchise I really want to get my hands on the figmas. If anyone knows a place I can get Fate let me know. All I know is she’s supposed to be released in a few days, so I’ll try my luck at the stores again and hope they have overstock. Here are pictures of the Nanoha Takamachi and Fate T. Harlaown figmas.

Oh yeah, since I believe my desktop isn’t really anything worth looking at itself, and don’t really understand the appeal of showing off your desktop so people can see your programs, I present to you my current desktop wallpaper, just click for the full size.