What's inside this ginormous box I had to wait a few days to pick up from my local post office?

Why, it's an equally ginormous PVC figure of
Hayate Yagami from
Magical Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, produced by
Alter and now shipping to manchildren everywhere!



btw that last picture made me realize how much I suck ass at taking photographs. And here I thought I was gonna be cool with my DSLR I picked up a year back. :(
Anyways, after much unboxing and plenty of Bob-the-Buildin', the figure is ready for display. I apologize for the overpowering lighting and fairly out-of-place locale to be taking snapshots. I tried my best to get the colors accurate through custom white balancing. =\ And yes that is the dinner table, complete with snacks and tabasco sauce.



Nice little touches like these are appreciated:

Represent! Lieutenant Colonel Hayate Yagami is ranked SS in Lost Property Riot Force 6!

Awww, Hayate even comes with her unison device to help control her l33t powers, Reinforce II ("Zwei"):

Even Reinforce II gets attention to detail! Like most recently released figures, this set was made in China so my hat's off to the workers who had to produce tons of these for Alter. I also suck ass at macro photography. Maybe I should stick with point-and-shoots with macro mode. :(


Don't mess with their Unison! Yes, Hayate's hair color is different since she comes with a whole different head. The only difference between the two "option parts" is the hair color to represent her Unison with Reinforce II.




Well that's a wrap this time! I laughed when I finally received the figure, then cried when I realized I had nowhere to put it. Had to do much moving around, for my room is a nightmare.
I do not currently have access to an appreciable macro-friendly lens, hence the note about point-and-shoots with macro mode built-in. What you see was taken with the Nikkor 18-200mm VR (vibration reduction) lens. In fact, the VR probably saved my ass since I'm not a steady shot! So I would make a terrible sniper. Then again, if I was serious about still figure photography I should have access to a tripod anyways.
How much did you pay for that? I want to know. Pwease tell me Wolfy. <3
I ended up moving some stuff around on one of my shelves to make way for this figure. Thanks to her billowing cloak, Hayate ends up taking quite a bit of real estate!
Twilight:
I get scared thinking about it now!
Wanna see something scarier than me? Now you know it's gotta scary!!! How about the guy who picked up FIVE of these figures??? I'll bet he's (partly) responsible for Alter's Hayate being scarce!
Nice addition there Wolfie and I think I got the same camera as you...though mine has never blurred out the background XD