Comments on: Toranoana launches new figure brand TC2F, features Taka Tony

By: blacklotus

blacklotus — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:38:23 +0000

Guess I will saving my money for other stuff (Daiki, Megahouse, MaxFactory), as apparently a gaijin money’s not worth earning. (Toranoana + Volks)

Oh well, their loss. 8) No point losing sleep over it. Nowadays, I won’t jump through hoops just to get a rare limited figure. (Money and time can be spend in better ways and in more worthy causes)

By: The-O

The-O — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:40:45 +0000

Ridiculous, I am getting more and more disappointed each time I see a new Tony Taka inspired figure. I just want a decent one that’s not from the Shining series!

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:13:24 +0000

>>aiHD, DJnerate, the_pseudokings, Deathy Agreed, it's looking pretty iffy to me too. Especially after seeing the shots over at Akiba Hobby... I guess the low price has to come from somewhere. Still, at under 4,000 yen I'll probably end up springing for it. -_-;; >>Y Affirmative, the figure should be available at Toranoana's brick and mortar locations as well as via mail order. >>loplop, JLH I wish there were a realistic alternative to proxy buying for this sort of thing. I might try to see if J-List could carry it, but if they did it would be at a pretty steep markup. :/

By: JLH

JLH — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:03:02 +0000

I loved the illustration that this figure was based on, but I’m not liking the figure as much. I guess that’s a good thing since I won’t do proxy buying anymore.

By: Y

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:33:12 +0000

“100% Toranoana Store Limited”

Does that mean it would be available at their retail store as well?

By: Deathy

Deathy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:52:30 +0000

While I was reading the post I was ready to write “DO WANT” but when I saw the pics and it went for DO NOT WANT.

By: loplop

loplop — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:36 +0000

I hate to hear about the proxy buying on that figure, I found too many issues when I’ve tried it in the past. Too bad it’s not going to be available next week when I’m in country . . .

By: the_pseudokings

the_pseudokings — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:51:24 +0000

doesn’t look like I remember the 1st proto shot looking.

By: DJnerate

DJnerate — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:44:21 +0000

More sample pictures required. Doesn’t remind me much of Tony’s work at all. Biggest selling points are probably cheap price and nice tits.

By: aiHD

aiHD — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:38:49 +0000

I don’t know, Shingo – the face on this one looks a bit 微妙 to me. If it were up to the same standard as the Shining Wind figures I’d buy it in a heartbeat, but as it is it doesn’t really grab my wallet much.