The title says it all: HD pays a visit to the 2006 installment of the Tokyo Bishoujo Figure Convention, and comes away satisfied – though not entirely by the event. Don’t plan you’re vacation around this one unless you have a friend willing to sit through it with you…
The highlights:
- Meeting Will from Clockwork Machina (the guys who drew Demo-tan) face to face for the first time, and hanging out with him all day
- Running into Danny Choo while taking pictures of Paper Moon dolls
- Scoring a copy of the sold out Polygonia-sculpted Tachibana Rei figure from Wafuudou Ganguten
The event itself was rather underwhelming, featuring a very limited array of new figures on display and nowhere near the spread available at Wonder Festival. Put simply and with the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, BFCT is an event for PVC makers to dump a load of dead stock and “limited edition” kits on unsuspecting fans, hoping to make a quick buck in the process. I say “unsuspecting” because as this was only the event’s second year it’s my suspicion that many other attendees were, like myself, unaware of its precise nature; all things considered it probably wasn’t worth the 10$ USD (1,200 yen) entrance fee, and unless next year shows marked signs of improvement I doubt I’ll be going again.
That said, I had a great time chatting with Will and poking around Akiba together afterwards. Along with the Tachibana Rei kit I picked up Yujin’s limited edition Kazama Asuka PVC from Tekken 5 (had to justify the price of admittance somehow), which should see a review here soon – along with all of the other backlog. ;;
For now, some pictures:

the event guidebook, making ample use of its single Poyoyon Rock illustration
the largest display at the event was this gallery of Paper Moon lifesize dolls
news from Chara-Ani that a set of SOS-dan “Cosplay Collection” figures will be coming out sometime this winter
Happinet had a decent spread of new material
Ah! My Goddess Seaside Collection trading figures, no release date set
Belldandy PVC from Ah! My Goddess, due out in May 2007
Chikane PVC from Kannazuki no Miko, due out in April 2007
Himeko PVC from Kannazuki no Miko, due out in April 2007
Lottie PVC from Soukou no Strain, no release date set
Tsukino (swimsuit ver.) PVC from Yakitate Japan, no release date set
Yurie PVC from Kamichu!, no release date set
Kotobukiya’s Shadow of the Colossus trading figures, out in January 2007
variations on the theme of this Pangya Arin PVC are due out from Solid Theater in April 2007
Akihabara’s Chuo Doori (main street) this Sunday afternoon, with roadblocks to bar traffic
another shot of the same, with the ubiquitous Gamers
Kotobukiya opened its first floor Radio Kaikan location on Friday, December 1st – the shop was still hopping today
the paper version of the Comic Market 71 catalog went on sale yesterday, and the staff of Toranoana were busy
a preliminary shot of Yujin’s Asuka PVC
And that’s a wrap! I’d try to flesh this out a bit further if my brain weren’t trying to ooze like a gaseous icicle down my spinal column right now… to bed…
OSHIT!
Chikane x Himeko!
Just when I thought April would be a safe month…
Damn. The Oh! Great-designed Kazama figure is a limited edition? *%@#$!!
How much did it set you back by, Shingo?
>>DarkMirage
They look really nice, too. Tough decisions… ;;
>>Agent Wax
I haven’t seen reference to a non-limited edition anywhere, but I’m guessing there will be one – makes no sense to miss out on the broader audience. It was 6,300 yen, above standard (low) quality for a Yujin SRDX figure, but worth twice as much? I’m not sure.
Thats nice prototype figures for Kannaduki no Miko characters >_
Yeah and it looks like you can’t just get one. The bases look like they fit together nicely… GAO! The creators are evil.
Witch cosplay Nagato…. *drool*
Ashram – I don’t see any of that.
But we do have a few good new ones that are coming out. I wouldn’t buy any of them though.