A few months I thought about buying a figure of Asuka from Evangelion. My criteria was simple: pretty and cheap.
I didn't find any Evangelion gashapon nor did I find anything I wanted in the stores I visited. I liked a bunch of things, some even discounted, but it didn't make sense to get them because I had no idea who they were or where they were from. There's an amazing array of synthetic boobs on a lot figures by the way, just saying.
I went online and just about drowned myself in every permutation of the character. It's a popular character, I know, but the popularity plus more than a decade of existence has resulted into a ridiculous amount of figures. You have Asuka in school uniform, nurse uniform, Santa outfit, lolita dress, casual dress, miniskirt, bikini, and three plugsuit designs, and then you have Asuka in those outfits in various poses: sitting, lying down, standing, standing leg apart, standing leg apart with nonexistent wind blowing through hair. And that's not even counting the articulated figures you can pose yourself. And the tiny keychain dolls.
The lowest price I found is a couple of dollars for figures that were not pretty and listed as second hand, not including shipping! That's still expensive considering the faces looked like they halfway melted. The articulated ones go for around $30 at the lowest not including shipping.
I did manage to find something I liked. It still cost me more than what I'd like to actually pay for it, but what the hell. I was already regretting not getting the figure I saw at a convention. It was more expensive by a couple of hundred pesos but it was twice as big as this one that I was getting, so I thought I'd rather not regret getting this one too.
Lol at the package it came in. And to think I worry about how I send out my packages.
Seriously? Half a paper bag? Maybe it's a zen thing, going minimal and stuff. Like, why bother with the useless top half of an empty paper bag? *Snip*Snip*
The package consisted of the body, two unattached legs, and a stand, all together wrapped in a bubble wrap and sandwiched by two cardboard pieces. I'm surprised it survived the trip. It took way longer than I thought it would (about two months) but overall I'm quite pleased with it.
My sister found a quick fix for keeping it dust free because I don't have a case for it:
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| Not sure if that's a stamp coz, who tapes a stamp? |
I didn't find any Evangelion gashapon nor did I find anything I wanted in the stores I visited. I liked a bunch of things, some even discounted, but it didn't make sense to get them because I had no idea who they were or where they were from. There's an amazing array of synthetic boobs on a lot figures by the way, just saying.
I went online and just about drowned myself in every permutation of the character. It's a popular character, I know, but the popularity plus more than a decade of existence has resulted into a ridiculous amount of figures. You have Asuka in school uniform, nurse uniform, Santa outfit, lolita dress, casual dress, miniskirt, bikini, and three plugsuit designs, and then you have Asuka in those outfits in various poses: sitting, lying down, standing, standing leg apart, standing leg apart with nonexistent wind blowing through hair. And that's not even counting the articulated figures you can pose yourself. And the tiny keychain dolls.
The lowest price I found is a couple of dollars for figures that were not pretty and listed as second hand, not including shipping! That's still expensive considering the faces looked like they halfway melted. The articulated ones go for around $30 at the lowest not including shipping.
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| Taray! |
I did manage to find something I liked. It still cost me more than what I'd like to actually pay for it, but what the hell. I was already regretting not getting the figure I saw at a convention. It was more expensive by a couple of hundred pesos but it was twice as big as this one that I was getting, so I thought I'd rather not regret getting this one too.
Lol at the package it came in. And to think I worry about how I send out my packages.
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| Lucky it didn't rain? |
Seriously? Half a paper bag? Maybe it's a zen thing, going minimal and stuff. Like, why bother with the useless top half of an empty paper bag? *Snip*Snip*
The package consisted of the body, two unattached legs, and a stand, all together wrapped in a bubble wrap and sandwiched by two cardboard pieces. I'm surprised it survived the trip. It took way longer than I thought it would (about two months) but overall I'm quite pleased with it.
My sister found a quick fix for keeping it dust free because I don't have a case for it:
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| < Pint sized? :) |
