NAME: Sonozaki Shion
SERIES: When They Cry – Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
SCALE/CREATOR: 1/8, by MegaHouse
RELEASE DATE: January 2007
Yesterday we took a look at MegaHouse’s disappointing rendition of Higurashi’s “Queen of Taking Things Home”: Rena! Today we’ll look at the charming and sometimes vicious Sonozaki Shion.
NAME: Ryuugu Rena
SERIES: When They Cry – Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
SCALE/CREATOR: 1/8, by MegaHouse
RELEASE DATE: January 2007
Hooray! Someone finally licensed the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novels! Too bad they’re going to offer the games as download only. I’m the type that enjoys owning physical copies of things, so this new age of digital-only content is seriously rubbing me the wrong way. The day figures go digital only…it’ll be like my worst nightmare come to life. (Let’s completely ignore the illogical parts of that last sentence for now)
The Conqueror’s Club, my kinda sorta neglected online comic, has finally got its new site up and running. Content-wise it’s still a little barebones, and I need to fix the archives so it matches with the rest of the site…but everything else is good to go!
NAME: Nero
SERIES: Devil May Cry 4
SCALE/CREATOR: Non-Scale, by Kotobukiya
RELEASE DATE: September 2008
I have started a quest to acquire more male figures for my army of plastic people. Unfortunately, males are a bit hard to come by in the anime figure world. Luckily Kotobukiya decided it was a good idea to make a line of Devil May Cry figures, which consists entirely of handsome silver haired men.
Now here’s an oddity from me today: Not only am I doing a preview instead of a review, I’m taking a peek at a robot instead of a moe anime female character. I reckon it’s good to get away from the norm every now and then.
NAME: Gwendolyn
SERIES: Odin Sphere
SCALE/CREATOR: 1/8, by Alter
RELEASE DATE: December 2008
Gwendolyn marks the first time I’ve broken my “one figure per character” rule. I already own E2046’s pre-painted Gwendolyn resin figure, but I just couldn’t resist this PVC version.