Month: June 2017

Urban Mine 1

Got the first batch of stuff from the Urban Mine auctions I won recently, plus one item from the store. 

First up is EVA-06. He’s supposed to have a halo above his head, but the support part wasn’t included (yep, Urban Mine). Debating if I’m going to bother finding something to replace it,as I’m not that fussed over having the halo

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He’s also got some minor scratches on his leg. 

Closeup of his face:

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Not an amazing figure, but my weighted calculations estimate I paid about £4 for him, inc shipping. 

Next up, Mr Assemble. Wanted him to mix with some of my Devil’s Blood pieces, ended up needing one of the joints to replace one I pilfed from Devil’s Blood to repair a figma that lept out of the detolf :/. He didn’t have a stand with him, and some of the joints weren’t included, but mostly ones I wouldn’t have been bothered with. Here he is before I started pulling bits off him:

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And after I mucked about with him: 

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Closeup showing his “cybernetic” arm:

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Next was a wildcard item. 100JPY starting bid – they’re some phone charms with a strap. Thought they’d probably be charms and they looked kinda cute. Reading up on them, they’re supposed to come with a comic, but I can’t read Japanese so… yeah, not missing out on that:

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And here they are, in various shelves in the study:

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Sunny one to go with the skeleton:

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And Joker nabbed himself one:

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Last, but not least, an item from the Mandarake store. This one was sealed. Been liking the looks of the Puzzle & Dragons figures, so go this little one, as it wouldn’t take up much space:

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Mari Figure

Got a Mari figure in the post today…

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… only the metallic red dye wasn’t fast, and had “melted” over various parts of the figure 🙁 Cleaned it up best I could, but it’s left a pretty bad stain on her shoulder. 

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Rather a shame, but she wasn’t that expensive, so she’ll get a slightly occluded spot in t’ cabinet. 

Puzzle & Dragons – Blue Dragon Sonia

She arrived today, outta the blue. Almost forgot I ordered her. I don’t know anything about Puzzle & Dragons, but have seen a few of the figures about the place, and liked the designs. And they were also cheap. 

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Am happy with the figure, will possibly buy some others from this set in the future. Though this one needs to be displayed higher up to appreciate it, so Connor had to take a step back 😛  Here’s a pic of the front:

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Also found this dude fallen over in the morning, possibly due to the heat:

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Uh, wait a minute… what is he looking at? 

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Hm, not the kind of “heat” I was thinking of >< Cheeky bugger! 

He darned-well got a standin’ up. 

Nendoroids!

Bidded on some Nendos… these will be the first two I’ll own. Don’t really see myself collecting them, but I couldn’t turn down some Black Rock Shooter figures. 

Might buy one or two of the others if I like these ones, but most Nendorisations I don’t like too much, so might not get anything outside of the BRS ones. 

Isn’t just us finding it hot

… looks like Alana found it too hot as well. She’s fallen over a couple of times now, during the heatwave. Marko seems to not be bothered by it. 

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Had 3 other figures fall over, probably due to the heat. No fragile ones though, thankfully! Though if Alana’s wings fall out, they’re a massive pain to get to stay in. Thiiisss close to gluing them in. 

Framed Art!

Went to visit a friend who does framing, and had three things framed. 

First was two pics I bought at Swindon Comic Con:

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Closeup:

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As I was gathering these two up, I remembered I had a mini-”poster” from an Asuka figure I got recently, and took that along too. Here it is on the Wall of Random, that I have in the bedroom:

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Closeup:

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Connor The Hunter

Went out at lunchtime to look for picture frames… came back with a figure XD. Went down to the other end o’ town, remembered the existence of a gaming & collectables shop… visited, and they just happened to have something I wanted at a reasonable price! And here he is: Connor the Hunter, from Assassin’s Creed III. 

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Mandarake II

Let’s see how this one goes. Will be in 2 boxes, hoping they distribute the stuff as I ask, and kinda lamenting that I didn’t add the first Spawn figure into my first order… I forgot :(. Then again, it probably would have caused the same box nightmare issues >

This should be my lot for awhile… hoping this stuff arrives before I go away. Should do, but there’s a chance it won’t :S. Gogo postal system!

Well, I won it

Slightly more than I was intending to bid. Now to see what condition it is when it arrives… Thus far nothing I’ve had from the Urban Mines has been too bad (only one figure with breakage, that I glued back together)

Now to await the payment request, and I’ve got some other stuff in my cart to juggle. Let’s see how many parcels I’ll decide for it to be. Might end up with one large one and get customs’d or break it down into smaller ones and hope for the best. 

Mandarake Order 12/06/17

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Bunch of Urban Mine, and one store item, because I could shove it in. 

Urban mine stuff is an Evangelion figure, something random I’ll post more about when I get it, and Mr Assemble. I have one Assemble Borg figure already, and hope to mix n’ match parts.

Will be another order in a couple of days, due to having one more Urban Mine item I’m bidding on. Items were gonna be in 2 boxes anyway, and with the deadline being 5 days for Urban Mine items now, one of the items needed paying for before the deadline. 

New lighting – study

I’ve had some IKEA strip lights for… some time, but didn’t really want them put up, as they’re too shiny to have them visible. After a wander around the internet, I found some LED lighting casing for a price I wanted to pay. Only issue was having to pick it up before work :P. 

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Overview of the new lighting. 

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Left-hand shelf

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Middle shelf

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Right shelf. 

Swindon Comic Con

Here are some figures I bought at Swindon Comic Con. Apologies for the poor photo quality – husband snaffled the camera for holidays.

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Mysterio, by Eaglemoss

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Deadpool, by Eaglemoss

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Doctor Octopus, by Eaglemoss

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Elder Predator, by NECA. 

And one thing I bought after the con at a comic book shop in Swindon…

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TADA! ET in drag… by NECA, of all people. Couldn’t resist for £8