Testing Out a New Camera

With me receiving a raise at where I work, I've ended up with some more money in my paycheck, and with this being a slow period ATM (the only known purchases for the coming week are DVD releases), that means I have a lot more money than usual. Hence, when I went my local Staples to help buy a comput...

Figures & Dolls | 13 May 2013

Katsucon 19: The Cosplay

WARNING: Due to the amount of pictures that appear in this blog post, it may make take a while for all the pictures to load on slower machines My Katsucon report continues with the cosplay. Ever since I first started attending the con in 2002, Katsucon has been known to be a popular convention fo...

Otaku & Japan | 24 Feb 2013

Katsucon 19: The Merchandise

On Valentine's Day weekend (or President's Day weekend, for you people living in the United States), I attended my first anime convention of the 2013 season (and the second convention in a period that will have me attending three different themed conventions in three months) with Katsucon. Summing t...

Figures & Dolls | 22 Feb 2013

Rounding Out 2012 with Sasara ans Maaryann

To start things off, I might as well explain why I haven't done an Anime USA report here after over a month passed since the con. The reason for it is like this: I actually did have plans to do one here. However, when I was going to take a photo of the only real figure purchase that I got at that co...

Figures & Dolls | 23 Dec 2012

Sasara Joins the Party

NOTE: If the following report doesn't feel as lengthy as my usual reports, it's due to the fact that this weekend is Anime USA, and I wanted to get this report done before I head to the con (as that will be a priority report-wise next week). On Monday, another figure arrived in the mail for me. T...

Figures & Dolls | 07 Nov 2012

Another Busou Shinki Figure in Time for the New Anime

I'd probably would have started on this sooner. However, with a busy period involving a Rifftrax event in theaters, my niece turning two, and concern about a hurricane hitting my area, I haven't really gotten a chance to start writing the blog post until a couple days after I got the figure. Well...

Figures & Dolls | 31 Oct 2012