I've always known about japanese figures and I've seen them a bunch of times. But most (read almost all) have some quite significant sexual tendencies, that is -- they're always half-naked.
The thing is that I've always thought people bought them for their half-nakedness and the sexual thing about them. But after reading a lot of Danny Choos' blog about Japan and a bit of how figures play into the Otaku culture I've changed my mind.
So it kind of hit me and I've really come around to liking figures a lot -- maybe not as much as Danny Choo or some other nerds around Akihabara, but I certainly am a nerd and as such it felt very wrong to go home without a proper figure in my bag!
So I went out today to find something cool and I think I hit the jackpot, cool and cheap!
50% off! Its a really good-sized high detail figure, so I'm really happy :)
Some images when it's assembled:
And a final image with its proper base (which I think is supposed to look like snow or something) and the other clothes I got with it, plus the book and CD that I really haven't checked what it is yet.
