Nendoroid army

I think it's safe to say that I now have the little army of Nendoroids I wanted. 

A little while ago, I ran into an influx of photos, showing other people's collections and I was just so envious of the numerous Nendoroids.  At the time, I only had Date Masamune, Sanada Yukimura, and maiko Madoka Kaname (plus, my Chibi-Arts C.C.).  Even though I had finally crossed the line between gashapon figurines and higher end figures, I had resolved to not buy a figure unless I craved for it with every fiber of my being.  Though, maiko Madoka was more about convenience and cuteness, since Good Smile Company happened to be selling her at their booth, while I was also at Anime Expo.  At the time, I had barely watched any Madoka Magica, yet I bought her anyway.  I suppose she was my first step into buying figures that were not my all-consuming obsession, but did strike my fancy.  Then I bought "Nendoroid Itoshiki Nozomu 1.5 Kouji Kumeta color version", because I reeeeeeeally wanted to put my Masamune Nendoroid in a hakama and kimono.  Suddenly, it was "goodbye $45!", for another figure from a series I had barely seen any of.  But afterwards, it was such a surprise how gratifying it was to switch up outfits on my favorite Nendoroids.  That Itoshiki Nendo proved that buying figures from series I'm not obsessed with, just because of their visual aesthetic or practicality in photography, was well worth throwing money at.  ^_^ 

Before I knew it, I was hunting down online stores in California that stocked Nendoroids, Figmas, and Revoltechs.  I was clicking partner ads at My Figure Collection (http://myfigurecollection.net/) and taking advantage of Black Friday sales...then holiday sales, then New Year's sales, etc.  It was getting crazy.  Especially when I found a store I could latch onto. 

 

Plamoya (http://plamoya.com/) was the first Japan-based store I had ever ordered from.  I had heard that shipping from overseas was insanely expensive, when considering the necessity of mail insurance, so I never wanted to bother with it before.  But Plamoya spelled everything out so well in English, that I had all my questions, doubts, and insecurities answered.  They even posted shipping estimates which disproved the warnings of expensive shipping, which I had heard from figure collecting panels at conventions.  To tell the truth, sometimes I pay more to ship from northern California to southern California.  Plus, Plamoya had so many rare figurines and insanely good sales.  I found discontinued figures that I had completely given up hope on trying to find---or finding at a feasible price.  So I ended up with several packages from Plamoya, all adding to my figure collection.   

 

So now, not only do I have the Nendoroid army I had been craving, but I've also acquired some nice scaled figures too.  ^-^  Figure photography has a lot more possibilities for me now.  ^u^