We hope Silent Hills isn't really cancelled

Silent Hills cancellation just a big publicity stunt?  I like this conspiracy theory!  ^o^

Considering how long people have been pleading for a Final Fantasy VII remake before they were appeased, if Silent Hills does release after this short span of comparably intense clamoring for it, Konami will have pulled off a feat of anticipation, that took Square more than a decade to achieve.  lol

Nendoroid Ichigo Hitofuri vs my wallet

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5316/Nendoroid+Ichigo+Hitofuri.html

After exhausting my wallet, pre-ordering every Touken Ranbu Nendoroid so far, I told myself to not get anymore Touken Ranbu Nendoroids that aren’t Date army swords.  But god damn it, why did Ichigo’s Nendoroid have to turn out so pretty?!  ;o;!    God damn it...He's pretty.  Why does he have to be so pretty?  Why do I have to like pastel hair so much?  And that uniform is just exemplary good character design!  Why do all the Touken Ranbu characters have to have such good character design?!  ;o;!

Pocky Day 2015

11/11/2015  ^o^  Happy Pocky Day!

Had to include Snow Miku 2013, since many of her props have dessert motifs, including her Pocky umbrella.  But that umbrella would have covered the Pocky boxes too much.

I really should try One Punch Man

One Punch Man streaming @ viz.com

Everyone is so into this series, it's an action series, and it just seems like something I'd love.  I feel like I may regret not pre-ordering the Saitama Nendoroid, if I end up really loving this series.  I should just watch it already.  ~.~;

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5303/Nendoroid+Saitama.html

"Though he faces new enemies every day, it turns out being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. Can a hero be too strong?"

Oh my god, is "One Punch Man" about turning the Mary Sue trope on its head?  This could be really hilarious!  ^o^

Especially if the second suggested "You Might Also Like" is "Ranma 1/2".  I love "Ranma 1/2".

If this is half as amusing as Ranma, then I really should watch "One Punch Man".

Nendoroid Thanksgiving: just thinking out loud

Trying to decide which Nendoroid figures to use in my Thanksgiving photoshoot.  Because a Thanksgiving scene is good for lots of figures, I'm almost tempted to just use all of them.

But I have 56 Nendoroids---HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THAT POINT?!?!?!  @~@!---So I don't think using all of them is practical.

This display case is full of my favorite characters.  So I'm thinking of using Masamune, Yukimura, Homura, Madoka, Hakase, and Nano, for sure.  I'm on the fence about Ryuko, Mako, Satsuki, and Sawako.

And should I use Devil Homura or normal Homura?  Or maybe I should do multiple vignettes of the same set-up, instead of trying to cram everyone into just one shot of one scene?  But if I do that, then maybe I should use all my Nendoroids, but break them up by the categories I already have them displayed in:  partners/uniforms, wafuku, seasonal Miku, beauty pieces, videogame characters---as cool as that sounds, it also sounds like a lot of work.  Hm....  o_o?

figure photography insecurities

http://myfigurecollection.net/profile/mysticdragon3/pictures/

When I look at My Pictures at My Figure Collection, even though those are my best figure photos so far (in my opinion), it still highlights everything that's wrong with my photography.  

When I think of others' figure photos at the Google+ community, even their casual shots have such perfect lighting, focus, and everyone else knows just when/how to do perfect macro crops.  

When I look at my figure photos, they just feel so artificial.  The only thing special about them is their arrangement with props.  But at the same time, that same prop arrangement feels too contrived.  I think I just like playing with props, more than I know how to play with light.  It is reassuring that Wara Zashi has complimented my prop arrangement before ("black" Figure Friday Challenge with Sakamoto and white props).  But when I look at my "best photos", I still feel so deficient.  ;.;  

Still, they do make me happy, in and of themselves.  Like my comics.  Just today, I was re-reading my Neko Basara scribble and having so much fun.  Sometimes I think I make the things that only I want to see, just to satisfy some personal desire of what I wanted to see and would enjoy having. That's the only explaination for why, despite my horrible lighting, focus, compositions, etc., that I can still get joy out of staring at my figure photos.  ...So much joy...!  ^.^  I mean, Masamune is about to carve a turkey with his 6 swords!  lol  Devil Homura is beside Kamen Rider Ryuugen!  And Elsa is combining her snow magic with Snow Miku's!  And I can make all the DateSana scenes I want!  *o*

AmiAmi wishlist 11/8/2015

There are figures I want to get---I shouldn’t get!  But I really want to get.  ...so...so...badly.  @_____________@

I gave up on Nendoroid Darth Vader and Nendoroid Stormtroopers.  I held back on Nendoroid Anna.  I denied myself Nendoroid Archer AGAIN, this past Comikaze Expo 2015.  Please, please, just let me have these, wallet.  

Before the next wave of Touken Ranbu Nendoroids comes along.  I promise not to get more Touken Ranbu Nendoroids unless they are from the Date army or unless they are specifically irresistible.  I already promised to stop getting all the Touken Ranbu Nendoroids that are being made, even if I don't know the character, just to support male figure production.  There's Orange Rouge now.  There's no more reason to get ALL the Touken Ranbu Nendoroids to send Good Smile Company the message.  

So please, wallet.  Let me get Riku, Ranma, and Body-kun instead.  I'll even be willing to give up on Body-chan, since I already pre-ordered Figma Archetype She (and she's sold-out on AmiAmi...for now).  But Body-kun has too different a sculpt from my pre-ordered Figma Archetype He, for me to pass up.  What if Body-kun is a better drawing model?  He already has a less awkward chest sculpt.  I'd prefer to draw that S.H. Figuarts.  

But damn...That price tag on Riku is killing me!  @w@!  What happened to the affordable Play Arts line?!  All of Square's figures are Play Arts Kai now?!  Come on!  The Play Arts were fine!  And $40!  They weren't $90---at DISCOUNTED price!  If I hadn't been waiting for this specific version of Riku for almost 10 years now, I would blow it off like those Dream Drop Distance Play Arts Kai figures.  ~o~;