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And so... it's my justice

Being an account of a sad, lonely man who collected stuff

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.

Comments

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    VulcanRaven since Mar 2004 | Dec 7, 08
    Your camera takes great quality photos. I'm envious. =(
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    Wolfwood since Dec 2000 | Dec 7, 08
    Thanks Vulcan, the photos were taken with a Nikon D80 which is probably available for cheap now, since better mid-range digital SLRs are now available. The photos were actually resized from their original humongoloid dimensions because I still can't figure out how to get Photobucket thumbnails leading to the original images to work on NeoBlogs! Maybe the resizing helped "mask" some of the biggest crimes one could make with digital SLRs!

    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.
    Last edited by Wolfwood :: Dec 7, 08
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    Aya Chan since Nov 2001 | Dec 7, 08
    Very nice figure Wolfy! The detail is amazing, I can only imagine what you spent on something like that. Where exactly is she going to be displayed in your room?
    Last edited by Aya Chan :: Dec 7, 08
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    Hera since Mar 2007 | Dec 7, 08
    Wow, the detail their putting into action figures these days is amazing. Compair this to the first Godzilla action figure ever made, and even those Godzilla is a classic, this beats it by a mile.

    How much did you pay for that? I want to know. Pwease tell me Wolfy. <3
    Last edited by Hera :: Dec 7, 08
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    chautemoc since Mar 2008 | Dec 7, 08
    Yeah most of those are very good photos.
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    Wolfwood since Dec 2000 | Dec 7, 08
    Aya:
    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! I preordered this months ago at Hobby Search so I got a discount, but it was still pricey. Here's their product listing, but it appears sold out.

    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!
    Last edited by Wolfwood :: Dec 7, 08
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    ShadowJ since Jan 2003 | Dec 7, 08
    I suppose he would buy 5 to sell on Ebay or something as that is what the modern day folk do now.

    Nice addition there Wolfie and I think I got the same camera as you...though mine has never blurred out the background XD
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      Xenctuary since May 2001 | Dec 9, 08
      Play around with the lens focus.
      Last edited by Xenctuary :: Mar 9, 09
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    Kokoro since Jan 2004 | Dec 7, 08
    Nice action figures there. Those Anime girls sure are cute.
  • 1 thumbs!
    tekmosis since Jul 2006 | Dec 8, 08
    omg he bought five? why? whyyyyy? that's madness! and no, this is not Sparta. That's like 50,000Â¥
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    Xenctuary since May 2001 | Dec 9, 08
    Dude, I'll swap you a box of PG Tips for this!

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      Wolfwood since Dec 2000 | Dec 9, 08
      Naw, you can keep your Facebook-happy monkey. On the other hand, I could still use that tea!
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    Stem Cell since Aug 2004 | Dec 13, 08
    Jeez oh man. Those are some nice quality pics. What kind of digital camera are you using. That surprised me the most... haha.
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