Author Archives: Tier

Cecil from Elf Village (NSFW)

written on March 21, 2023 by Tier

We took a look at Vertex’s Archeyle almost four years ago, and today we’ll be looking at Cecil, the latest in their series of Elf Village figures. I liked Archeyle’s design but I felt that the execution left something to … Continue reading →

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Miyamoto Musashi from Fate/Grand Order (Alter Berserker Version)

written on March 1, 2023 by Tier

Alright, time to get back on track with figure reviews. Today we’ll take a look at Miyamoto Musashi, Type Moon’s genderbent interpretation of the famous Japanese swordsman and philosopher. This particular version presents her as a Berserker, and evidently depicts … Continue reading →

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Year Fourteen Retrospective

written on February 23, 2023 by Tier

And we celebrate the conclusion of year 14 of Tentacle Armada, though the pace of updates is still particularly slow, which I’m not proud of. I’m certainly not quitting collecting figures; I think I’m buying more figures than ever before, … Continue reading →

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Mona from Genshin Impact (Astral Reflection Version)

written on January 1, 2023 by Tier

Happy New Year to everyone. We recently – relative to my pace of updates, anyway – looked at Raiden Mei from Honkai Impact 3rd, and we will on this first day of 2023 take a look at a character from … Continue reading →

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Raiden Mei from Honkai Impact 3rd (Herrscher of Thunder ~ Lament of the Fallen Standard Version)

written on October 31, 2022 by Tier

Gacha games have, for better or worse, exploded in popularity in recent years, and Mihoyo’s critically-acclaimed title Genshin Impact has played no small role in the growth of this genre. However, Genshin Impact’s predecessor is noteworthy in its own right, … Continue reading →

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Yukikaze Mizuki from Taimanin Yukikaze

written on July 31, 2022 by Tier

I hadn’t thought very much about it, but I haven’t ever reviewed a figure from the Taimanin series, even though I’m generally a fan of the series. Actually, this is the first figure I’ve bought of a character from the … Continue reading →

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Duke of York from Azur Lane

written on May 31, 2022 by Tier

I’ve been wasting a lot of time playing gacha games and watching gacha game streamers, and being that Azur Lane was the first gacha game I played, a review of an Azur Lane shipgirl is long overdue. There’s a long-anticipated … Continue reading →

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Mimi Usada from the Art of Saitom (NSFW)

written on April 14, 2022 by Tier

Saitom’s profile has skyrocketed in recent times, thanks in large part due to his design work for the Xenoblade Chronicles games, but he’s been a prolific artist for quite some time. Aside from his more mainstream work, he’s produced a … Continue reading →

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Year Thirteen Retrospective

written on February 23, 2022 by Tier

Well, the site is a year older today. The pace of updates is still not as frequent as I would like, and I’m actually sitting on a couple of photo sets right now that just need writeups. That said, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Reika Shimohira from Gantz: O (Prime 1 Studio White Version)

written on January 31, 2022 by Tier

First, a couple of administrative notes: this site recently went through a database upgrade and I’ve noticed a couple of odd things. One is that the sidebar mysteriously disappeared until I tweaked the site layout, and another is that special … Continue reading →

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