With WonFes2017summer coming next week, it’s time to audit my figure collecting.

So out of my 30 interests of figures/sets announced at the previous Wonder Festival, looks like I’ll be able to save my wallet from 9 of them.  Not bad, especially for me, but still not good enough.  x_x;  I can’t afford all these figures!  I have to save my wallet!  ;o;  

I really should drop Ariel, but it might be fun to make my other Nendoroid figures into mermaids.  Maybe I could switch out the Nendoroid Co-de fundoshi torsos, to combine with her tail, to make mermen.  If I can’t do that, then I should really jsut drop Nendoroid Ariel from my preorder list.  

I really should drop Ice Kirby too.  I always thought I was safe from Ice Kirby.  As cute as original Nendoroid Kirby was, I don’t look at my shelf and lament Kirby not being there.  I don’t play Kirby games!  I’ve wanted to!  Just like I’ve wanted to go back to being a real gamer who plays every day—or at least every week!  ;o;  I used to play 1-3 hours everyday, and now I feel like I’ve fallen so far.  ;____;  But anyway, I’ve tried to abide by a rule of no longer preordering figures of characters I’m not absolutely obsessed with.  ……I’ve been failing so far…and now I’ve failed again.  x_x;;;;;  Kirby is just TOO CUTE!!!  >O

I should have dropped the Nendoroid More faceplate cases.  But that penguin looks just like the blue penguin suit Chiyo wore in Azumanga Daioh.  And that pudgey bear is just so pudgey…  *.*  And they’re both cheap!  $10 here…$10 there…  That’s how it starts.  ~____~;  Then suddenly, you’re dropping $60 on Nendoroids of characters you don’t even know.  I didn’t know Kiso before I preordered her!  She just looked cool!  x~x;;;;;;;;;;;  (I could say that about most of my KanColle and Touken Ranbu Nendoroids…And that makes me sad.)  

But at least I managed to drop the Halloween sets.  BOTH the male and female Nendoroid More Halloween sets.  Which is strange because Halloween is my favorite holiday.  But those outfits just didn’t seem very special.  Not like the Halloween Miku or even Libeccio’s alternate costume.

I hope dropping Figma Utena won’t come back to bite me.  I came to grips with the fact that I just don’t like scale figures as much as Nendoroids.  I got Figma Hikaru Shidou for the same nostalgia that I was planning to preorder Figma Utena with…But…I haven’t really cared about my Figma Hikaru enough to at least feel excited to unbox her.  My other stack of unboxing backlog, I’m itching to get to, and I feel so happy looking at them, even just still in the box.  …But Hikaru…scale figures…?  No.  I’ve even lost the will to complete the MKR Figma set with the other 2 upcoming Magic Knights.  Not even for Fuu!  O_O  I know I have a rule about not passing up nostalgia paraphernalia, no matter how much my formerly-obsessed fandom for a series has died out, but I’m already doing that for the Elric brothers’ Nendoroids.  That’s already _TWO_ figures!  So, out you go, Utena.  With no regrets.  

So yeah, I feel guilty about wanting to preorder all this.  But I also feel pretty good about the amount of figures I was able to drop.   And that’s good.  …right?  

Let’s hope not too many awesome things get announced at WonFes2017summer next week.  x_x

So only the captains get the cool jackets on their shoulders?  Is that it?  ^o^

Photo sources:

http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/#/images/120

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/5222/Nendoroid+Toru+Oikawa.html

http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/#/images/118

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/6043/Nendoroid+Tetsuro+Kuroo.html

http://www.goodsmile.info/en/product/6162/Nendoroid+Kotaro+Bokuto.html

Nendoroid More Suits?!?!  *U*!  I am so excited for this!  Why aren’t there more likes on Good Smile Company’s Facebook post for this?  These look so versatile and cool!  *o*!!!  It’ll be great to put some period era Nendoroids, uniformed characters, and fantasy costumed characters into a modern AU!  How about groomsmen for those Nendoroid More wedding sets?  How about turning any character into an office lady?  Haikyuu boys in formal wear?...  My KanColle girls in business attire?...  *U*  Any Nendoroid More Dress-up sets are always welcome!!!  ^U^

Photo source:  https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/photos/a.129413530475308.33481.122978557785472/1230130723736911/?type=3&theater

A Nendoroid Rinne?!  Seriously?!  *o*  And with that Nendoroid Lum I just saw...  Does that mean there’s hope for a Nendoroid Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, Inuyasha, and Kikyo?  ;u; Is it too much to hope for some Maison Ikkoku Nendoroids too?  But it’s not being made by Good Smile Company.  What is this Play Future company?  Looks like both Rinne’s and Lum’s display labels have the Play Future logo.  So I guess Good Smile isn’t making it; just distributing.  Like those “Selector Infected WIXOSS” Nendoroids.  These Rumiko Takahashi Nendoroids may not end up on the Good Smile Company online shop, but I’ll keep a look out for them!  ^o^

Photo source:  https://www.instagram.com/p/BQrOMKVjZ6J/

Orange Rouge’s WonFes2017 Winter stage presentation of Touken Ranbu figures and seiyuu.  Plus, the return of the adorable Konnosuke mascot!!!!!!!!!!!!  ^O^!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Someone posted video of Good Smile Company's stage presentations at Wonder Festival 2017 Winter.   Little Witch Academia:  https://youtu.be/geg_mHyfJ1c How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend:  https://youtu.be/Q452wjFZ4cY Idolmaster:  https://youtu.be/wr1Q6UoKVvg Touken Ranbu / Orange Rouge:  https://youtu.be/p_TtswNCdlk BanG Dream!: https://youtu.be/17-Bt9BiiqA ID-0:  https://youtu.be/DnYQoZxofL8

In-studio videos: BanG Dream!: https://youtu.be/N1HEa5gEepM

Just for reference, the websites I’m continually refreshing for coverage of Wonder Festival 2017 Winter.  

https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/

http://ohnoraptors.tumblr.com/archive

http://plastichusbando.tumblr.com/archive

https://www.tumblr.com/search/nendoroid/recent

http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/#/

https://www.instagram.com/nendoroidnews/

And there’s the Nendoroid Victor prototype.  ^-^  Let’s hope he comes with a hands holding accessory or hands with rings.  Or maybe even a little Makkachin! *o*

Photo source:  https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/posts/1230171830399467

Ok. I think I managed to finalize my wishlist from Wonder Festival 2017 Winter announcements.  

Trimmed down from this:

It was painful to drop Nendoroid Horikawa Kunihiro, especially after I already preordered his brother, and I plan to get his partner Izuminokami Kanesada, and I hate splitting up siblings, duos, etc.  ;o;!  It was painful to drop Figma Utena Tenjou, because that's a nostalgia series, that I used to read, and I used to be all about the gender-role-bending genre!  ;O;  But I have to start trimming down all these figures I keep ordering.  X_X;  And honestly, I'm not as into Figma as I am Nendoroids.  Simply because of that, I feel like I was planning to preorder Figma Utena, out of obligation, rather than because I *wanted* her.  And as for Nendoroid Horikawa Kunihiro, Western costume designs just aren't that special enough for me.  Just like I wasn't interested in the KanColle in sailor fuku  or schoolgirl uniforms.  I'm getting Kane-san and I got the Kongo Sisters, but I'm leaving the others behind.  (Though the Akizuki class did get me, with their chibi anthropomorphized turrets, despite their schoolgirl uniforms.)  I have to trim my preorders.  I can't keep spending like this.  

And no more characters I don't know, just to add to Masamune's and Yukimura's wardrobe!!!  I'm already snatching all the wafuku I can for those 2.  I kept Nendoroid Yamatonokami Yasusada on my to-preorder list, despite not having particular attachment to his character, even after Touken Ranbu Hanamaru, since his hakama is versatile (and I already bought Kashuu Kiyomitsu).  But I could have just dropped him and only gotten his Nendoroid Co-de version instead.  But I'm keeping him because of Kashuu and Yasu’s hakama could turn out to be better than his Co-de’s hakama, so that's enough.  Masamune and Yukimura don't need anymore modern clothes.  Emiya Shiro was the last one!  They can just get wardrobe from future characters I love, who happen to have versatile clothes---and I will order because I love those _characters_, and not _just_ their clothes.  This Nendoroid wardrobe collecting has to end.  Or at least be restricted to Nendoroid More.  

Oh no, @scaloy...!  She’s so pretty...!  And she has pastel hair!!!  Will I have to start watching Re:Zero now, to justify pre-ordering this?  x_x;  #walletdying

Photo source:  http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/#/images/167

Ohmygaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwd!  @scaloy  ^V^!  Kirby is so blue!  ^o^

Photo source:  https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/photos/a.129413530475308.33481.122978557785472/1230118553738128/?type=3

Ohmygobs, @scaloy !  O.O!  How much do you think that will cost?  

Photo source:  https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/photos/a.129413530475308.33481.122978557785472/1230119003738083/?type=3

Good Smile Company's catalog of figures featured at Wonder Festival 2017 Winter.   http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/

Picture source:  https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/posts/1230470210369629

Nendoroid Harvest Moon versions of Kagaminie Len and Kagamine Rin announced!  *o*  What are you doing Good Smile?!  You’re gonna kill my wallet if you announce more Harvest Moons!  ;u:  If every Crypton Future Media Vocaloid gets a Harvest Moon version, I don’t know what I’m going to do.  x_x;  #walletdying

Photo source:   https://www.facebook.com/goodsmileenglish/photos/a.129413530475308.33481.122978557785472/1230107303739253/?type=3&theater

With WonFes 2017 Winter over, it’s time to post the obligatory wishlist!  ^o^

Even though there were a lot of exciting figure announcements and prototype reveals at Wonder Festival 2017 Winter today, I don't feel my wallet is in too much danger.  There were a lot of Nendoroids that looked interesting, but I likely won't buy.  And the figures I ABSOLUTELY POSITVELY HAVE TO PREORDER, were fairly few (at least compared to previous WonFes).  

Below, the squares shaded darkly are figures I likely won't buy.  They caught my eye, but seriously, I'd rather spend my money on other Nendoroids.   The squares clouded in white are figures that if I was forced into a corner, I might be able to give up.  But it'd be nice if I didn't have to.  

Good Smile is going to kill my wallet if they announce more Harvest Moons!  ;u;  If every Crypton Future Media Vocaloid gets a Harvest Moon version, I don’t know what I’m going to do.  Those costumes are just too pretty.  XwX  

I feel like I'm obligated to get Figma Utena and Nendoroids Ed & Al, but I don't feel as strongly about those fandoms anymore, enough to justify the money those figures cost.  On the other hand, I have a rule about not passing up merchandise from an old fandom, for that reason alone.  The last time I passed up a Devil Hunter Yohko artbook, just because it was no longer my all-consuming obsession, I regretted it.  And I kept hunting for it at each succeeding con.  *That* is a regret.  Which is why I bought Figma Hikaru Shidou, even though I haven't been into CLAMP's manga, let alone Magic Knight Rayearth for years.  So when I see Utena, Ed & Al, my nostalgia dictates that I preorder them, even though my current obsessions say that I shouldn't be spending on old fandoms like Utena and FMA.  

I'm not really into these paritcular swords, but I've got a completionist problem.  * I already have Kashuu Kiyomitsu, so I have to get Yamatonokami Yasusada, right?  And Yasusada has a generic hakama!  Before Touken Ranbu Nendoroids, it was so hard to find nice, generic, male wafuku that could go on any character.  Still, even now, though it's gotten easier to get hakama from Tourabu, it's hard to find male kimono or yukata.  So I snatch up any versatile male wafuku wearing Nendoroid, I can find.   * Izuminokami Kanesada isn't really a character I'm particularly attached to, since I'm more a Dategumi fan than a Shinsengumi fan, but I've always liked his character design.  It even managed to make me ignore the long hair, even though I usually don't like that character design on males.  His costume was just elaborate enough, and the color scheme, contrasting between the deep red and intense blues, just really pop.  ^_^   * So that being said, I really shouldn't get Horikawa Kunihiro.  His costume design is closer to modern Western and I'd rather throw my money at wafuku designs.  But damn it, he's got the same intense blue contrasting against dark hair, just like Izuminokami.  ~_~;  That contrasting color scheme---or rather, contrasting intensity or value scale---just work too well on me.  And after seeing Horikawa in the Touken Ranbu Hanamaru anime, I'd feel bad if I split him up from the senpai partner he idolizes.  ~__~!  Anyway, I already preordered his brother (Yamanbagiri Kunihiro), so my completionist itch should be happy about that.  ...Even though the Kunihiro brothers don't seem very close...  x_x   * As for Ookanehira!  You can't trick me into wanting your Nendoroid!  ~w~!  I told myself not to buy any more characters I didn't already know!  (Unless they were exceptionally cute!)  I don't care if your eyes and hair color remind me of one of my main character OCs!  Nor if your seiyuu is Ono Yuki!  You're too full of yourself and I should be spending my money on cuter characters!  Stay back, I say!  Keep your charms away from me!  ~W~!

The Disney Nendoroids are cute and I like those classic "2nd Renaissance" movies, along with Tim Burton, but not enough to get figures.  But if I ran into them at a con or something, really cheap, and there was nothing else I was spending at during a small con, I might go ahead and get them.  Like what happened with Nendoroid Anna.  

I didn't include Nendoroid Yuri, because I already preordered him.  It's strange that I'm certain about getting Nendoroid Victor, even though I'm not as totally obsessed with Yuri on Ice as everyone else seems to be.  But despite YOI not taking over my life, I still do like the characters.  They're sweet!  And I want that ambiance in my display cases!

Karasuno Nendoroids.  No question there.  I just want all my Karasuno starters.  Announcing Yamaguchi and Sawamura together, when there are only 2 more starters on Karasuno, makes me think they'll be announcing them in pairs.  Here's to hoping for some Asahi and Tanaka Nendoroids!  ^o^  And if they decide to make a Nendoroid Ennoshita, I'll consider him.

Japan.  Kiku Honda.  My rule about still collecting for old fandoms, as if they're still my current obsession, applies here.  Except that my Hetalia fandom doesn't feel that long ago.  Probably because I saw Hetalia the World Twinkle at AkibaFest2016.  Let's hope that if we show demand for Japan, USUK will get some Nendoroids too.  *o*!

Nendoroid More Dress-up sets are my favorite Nendoroid more.  The outfits are so nicely generic and versatile, and help put a stop to me buying Nendoroids of characters I have no attachment to, just for their wardrobe.  (I've given Masamune & Yukimura enough wardrobe options already---but I just can't stop!  It's for DateSana!  ;o; )  It’ll be great to put some period era Nendoroids, uniformed characters, and fantasy costumed characters into a modern AU.  Groomsmen for those Nendoroid More wedding sets...Haikyuu boys in formal wear...my KanColle girls as office ladies...  *U*  I could make a cubicle diorama!  O.O  Still waiting for male wafuku Nendoroid More sets, but until then, any Nendoroid More Dress-up sets are always welcome!!!  ^U^

Ice Kirby is so cute and I love blue.  But if I wasn't willing to get original Kirby, with all his cuteness, and I didn't get MetaKnight, despite his cuteness, then I should probably save my money.  I wasn't deluded for a second into buying that robot armor Kirby.  It's on my wishlist because I just like to look at it.  ^^;  I mean, what the heck is that giant, cute thing?!  ^o^

Nendoroid More face cases are cute, but if it comes down to it, those are the first things I cut out of my budget.  After all, I skipped on that Konnosuke faceplate case, and I love Touken Ranbu.  Still, that penguin and fishing bear are ADORABLE.  When I saw the penguine case's announcement last year, I wanted to get it to re-create Chiyo's costume scenes from Azumanga Daioh.  ^u^

I'm not watching Re:Zero, but Emilia is beautiful!  *.*  I have a weakness for pastel hair and her outfit, on top of that, is just so pretty.  Her character design just screams "ingenue" deredere, and that's my favorite type of waifu (alongside kuudere and sometimes dandere).  And if I remember correctly the spoiler I heard once, then she could also be one of my favorite mythological archetypes, the "universal mother goddess".  

I'm not going to buy a Racing Miku.  Let's be honest.  They always look so cool, but they're $80, instead of the usual $50-$60, because they're supposed to support Good Smile's racing team.  But damn, this mint green fairy is cute!  I thought it hurt to pass up the knight themed Racing Miku.  But this is adorable!  ;w;  And I had needed a green female Nendoroid for my rainbow figure photos.  

I was flabbergasted when I saw the Lum Nendoroid and the Rinne Nendoroid.  I thought it might be a hoax, a different figure line from Nendoroid, or maybe even from years ago, long out of print.  But it's actually just one of those Nenodroids made by a different company; Good Smile only does the distribution.  (Like Tomytec's Wixoss Nendoroids.)  So it's not even on Good Smile's WHL4U website, which catalogs all their WonFes announcements.  It might be too easy to not realize when these are even released.  But I absolutely have to support Rumiko Takahashi Nendoroids.  I'm more a Ranma 1/2 fan, than Urusei Yatsura, and I've barely read much Rin-ne.  But if we support these, then maybe Play Future will make some Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha, or Maison Ikkoku Nendoroids.  I would go nutz if Mermaid Saga Nendoroids were ever announced.  

The kimono Nendoroids for Puella Magi Madoka Magica are an absolute buy.  I never thought I wanted more than just Homura and Madoka, but if all the girls are going to get kimono Nendorids, then it's a good time to get the entire Holy Quintet.  ^-^  

Last but not least, Nendoroid More sets for Halloween and Christmas.  I really hope these are Dress-up sets and not just some accessories.  I'm a clay crafter; I can make little accessories on my own.  So these better be full-blown outfits.  Halloween is my favorite holiday and these would just be so useful for holiday figure photos.  I'm really looking forward to more info about these sets.  ^o^    

It was a really great WonFes.  And right on my birthday, it made the best present.  ^u^!  Hopefully, despite this long wishlist, I'll be able to keep things civil with my wallet.  ^^;

That kimono Mami Tomoe...  ^_~  SHE MUST BE MINE!  The completionist in me must have all of the Holy Quintet kimono set!  XuX;;;;;  Shoot me now.  #walletdying

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Here I thought the name "Akira Kurusu" came from the Figma announcement at Wonder Festival 2017 Winter, but it's not at the WHL4U25 gallery (http://whl4u.jp/wh25/gallery/en/#/images/18).   Turns out the name came from the manga adaptation of Persona 5.  Now I know to keep an eye out for that manga.  ^_^