Author Archives: Tier

Hyper Nurse Painkiller Kotone-chan from Keumaya (Black Version) (NSFW)

written on February 9, 2010 by Tier

While Western popular culture features a number of parallels to its Japanese counterpart, one aspect that does not have a corresponding analogue is doujin, the vast conglomeration of self-published comics, video games, music, and more. Doujin is such an integral … Continue reading →

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Sora Kasugano from Yosuganosora

written on February 6, 2010 by Tier

Cuteness isn’t something that I usually account for when I’m deciding which figures to buy. I much prefer sexy to cute, and many of the tropes associated with young, loli-type cuteness in anime – short stature, pigtails, an undeveloped rack … Continue reading →

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Mio Akiyama from K-ON!

written on February 4, 2010 by Tier

We are here today to take a look at a cultural icon, one of the most famous things in its field. Indeed, it is so ubiquitous that some might say that it is overused and overexposed. So without further ado, … Continue reading →

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Wind Goddess Rafale from the Amaha Collection (NSFW)

written on February 2, 2010 by Tier

The battle bikini is one of the most stereotypical tropes in fantasy art but if you ask me, it doesn’t get nearly as much appreciation these days as it should. For example, when Sega resurrected the Golden Axe franchise, they … Continue reading →

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Record of Agarest War Really Naughty Limited Edition

written on January 30, 2010 by Tier

This news is a couple of days old, but in case anybody hadn’t heard, Aksys Games is releasing the strategy RPG Record of Agarest War in the United States in April. This game’s gotten a lot of flak for being … Continue reading →

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Isoroku Yamamoto from Sengoku Rance

written on January 27, 2010 by Tier

After playing through Sengoku Rance, I decided that I wanted more figures of characters from the game. I wound up getting Kenshin and Isoroku Yamamoto, and if Shikibu had a figure, I’d get that too. Sadly, she does not, and … Continue reading →

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Preorder Outlook IV

written on January 23, 2010 by Tier

It’s been a while since I’ve written up a list of figures I’m interested in, so I figured I’d go ahead and take a look at some of the stuff I’m looking at. Pictures are shamelessly borrowed from Hobby Search … Continue reading →

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Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier (NA Version)

written on January 20, 2010 by Tier

Back when I talked about Seena, I mentioned that the promo photos are sometimes misleading, that sometimes the actual figure looks better than what you expect. The flip side of that, of course, is that sometimes the figure looks as … Continue reading →

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KOS-MOS from Xenosaga III (1/4 Scale Version)

written on January 16, 2010 by Tier

As usual, laziness overrides my intentions and instead of Miku, we have here a figure of KOS-MOS from Bandai Namco’s Xenosaga III. I keep meaning to build a nice backdrop for Miku so that I can photograph her, but there’s … Continue reading →

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Aaliyah from Ikusa Otome Valkyrie 2 (NSFW)

written on January 13, 2010 by Tier

My last figure review covered a figure that evoked mixed feelings, so I thought that for my next writeup, I’d look at a figure that everyone can agree is the very epitome of class, a figure that is, without a … Continue reading →

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