Author Archives: Tier

Shot Breakdown – Gotou Matabei

written on July 12, 2011 by Tier

There’s a couple of ways you can take figure photos. One uses traditional studio lighting techniques; you place the figure in front of a nice solid or patterned background, place your key light offset by maybe 30 degrees or so … Continue reading →

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Super Sonico from Nitroplus (Bondage Version) (NSFW)

written on July 8, 2011 by Tier

Every now and then, you will see a whole bunch of figure makers schedule figures of the same character or from the same series all at about the same time. This happened with Ignis a few years back, when Alter, … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook XII

written on July 5, 2011 by Tier

For the past few weeks, it seems like there’s been nothing up for preorder but re-releases and recolors and figures from series that already have a ton of figures like Strike Witches, Bakemonogatari, and K-On! Some of the recolors are … Continue reading →

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Gotou Matabei from Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls

written on June 30, 2011 by Tier

And back to fighting girl figures. A number of great fighting girl figures have been released this year, which is enormously gratifying. Quite a few of them aren’t wearing pants or skirts, which is also very pleasing. One such figure … Continue reading →

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Shot Breakdown – Rin Tohsaka

written on June 28, 2011 by Tier

Even after shooting something like 20,000 figure photographs these last couple of years, photography still has a way of surprising me, and I thought it would be interesting to document how I take certain shots. This is the first post … Continue reading →

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Nymph from Sora no Otoshimono (Plum Version)

written on June 25, 2011 by Tier

While I buy lots of figures, a quick glance at my collection indicates that I tend to buy figures of older characters who are often wielding weapons. You won’t find that many loli characters on my shelves, for the simple … Continue reading →

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Maxima Enfield from Shining Hearts

written on June 19, 2011 by Tier

Another day, another figure from Sega’s Shining franchise. Personally, I’d like to see figures of Tao and Anri and Amon and May, but I’m quite certain they are never going to be made. It’s a shame that the figure hobby … Continue reading →

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Rin Tohsaka from Fate/stay night (Unlimited Blade Works Version)

written on June 14, 2011 by Tier

The internet is a pervasive force in everyday life. One of the things the internet is good for is finding reviews of stuff. In particular, I find movie and video game reviews to be helpful because people whose tastes are … Continue reading →

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Chie from the Art of Ishikei (NSFW)

written on June 7, 2011 by Tier

Dizzy? Great figure. Junko? Great figure. Saber Alter? Great figure. But as great as those figures are, sometimes a person wants something different. Sometimes a person wants something really special. Sometimes a person wants a porno figure. Okay, Erina was … Continue reading →

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Saber Alter from Fate/stay night

written on May 31, 2011 by Tier

I’m a big fan of corrupted girls in fiction. Kerrigan in Starcraft, Seven of Nine in Star Trek Voyager, Yomi in Ga-rei Zero – love them all. The eroge Fate/stay night has a couple of corrupted female characters who have … Continue reading →

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