Author Archives: Tier

Year Six Retrospective

written on February 23, 2015 by Tier

As usual on February 23, today we celebrate the anniversary of this website – Tentacle Armada is six years old today. It’s sort of an anticlimactic anniversary, as I have been far from diligent in keeping this website updated. Oh … Continue reading →

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Touko in the Lavatory from the Native Creators Collection (NSFW)

written on February 17, 2015 by Tier

Anyone who has been in this hobby for a while can’t be too surprised by the concepts embodied by certain figures. I mean, there’s a figure out there based on an anime-fied Adolf Hitler, every now and then a company … Continue reading →

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My Five Favorite Figures of 2014

written on February 9, 2015 by Tier

Here are my five favorite figures of the previous year, fashionably late. The tardiness is only partially due to laziness; I don’t think I felt as excited about many of last year’s figures as I did in prior years. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook XL

written on January 31, 2015 by Tier

It’s been a couple of months since the last preorder post and I was a little worried that this post would be overly long. To my surprise I only found six figures that have gone up for order that I … Continue reading →

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Sumika Kagami from Muv-Luv Alternative (Kotobukiya Version)

written on January 11, 2015 by Tier

For the first review of the year we’ll be going back eleven months with this figure of Sumika Kagami, one of the central heroines of the popular eroge Muv-Luv Alternative. She’s the third figure from this series to be produced … Continue reading →

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Dakimakura Review – Shizuku Sawatari from Bishoujo Mangekyou -Wasurenagusa to Eien no Shoujo- (NSFW)

written on December 29, 2014 by Tier

Happy holidays to everyone. The usual five favorite figures of the year post will be coming soon, probably a couple of days later than usual since I haven’t even photographed three or four of the figures that will probably be … Continue reading →

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Kasumi from Dead or Alive 5

written on December 17, 2014 by Tier

We’ve noted before that fighting games don’t seem to get a ton of figures, at least relative to the number of popular and well-known characters that would seem to make for attractive figures. Kotobukiya’s Bishoujo series has ameliorated this dearth … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook XXXIX

written on November 28, 2014 by Tier

Happy Black Friday to everyone. Unfortunately for me, the most attractive deals I’ve found have been discounts on character services for a couple of free-to-play MMOs, which is a little depressing. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean that I don’t have anything … Continue reading →

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Cover Girl from COMIC X-EROS (NSFW)

written on November 16, 2014 by Tier

Alphamax – or SkyTube – has made a number of exceptionally nice ero-figures over the last couple of years, many of them adapted from Tony Taka’s artwork. This time, they’ve turned to the portfolio of another popular artist: Kizuki Aruchu, … Continue reading →

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Mea Kurosaki from To Love-Ru Darkness

written on November 10, 2014 by Tier

It’s almost always a treat to photograph a Max Factory figure, except when they get tossed in the bargain bin shortly after I pay full price for them. Resentment aside, they very rarely disappoint, and it’s particularly appealing when they … Continue reading →

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