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Space soldiers aren't really my bag, but that is badass.

That's where I worry about collection creep. I can keep my Marvel figures contained, but show me something badass that moves well? Much harder to pass.
 
This one seems fun:

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Vaguely interested...

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altcunningham said:
It's funny. I'm always telling people that I'm not really into anime. But I think it's like a defensive mechanism because the anime that became popular in mainstream is the stuff I'm generally not into or at least not familiar with. Naruto. Fullmetal Alchemist. Titan. And I have nothing against it except that there's just something about the way the '80s and '90s stuff looked that appeals to me as an artist and most of the modern stuff just doesn't hit me at all.

Occasionally you'll get a chainsaw man or Dan Da Dan that does hit me.
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I'm just not into animation full stop. Sure, there have been the odd exceptions here and there but in the main, it just leaves me completely cold, I can't engage with it. I made the mistake of mentioning it in the Film/TV board of a forum I hang out on, went to bed and came back to several pages of outraged posts from slighted anime nerds. I didn't even say anything was bad, I just have zero interest in checking out any of their recommendations.

Anyway, I pre-ordered Jessica then got ruthless about what I'd be picking up going forward and cancelled her. I've kinda regretted it ever since and your pics aren't helping - she looks amazing!

Liking the look of that Vol'jin too, though he looks maybe a wee bit too tall. Then again, I guess they hunch over as a rule so eh.
 
I understand the animation thing. There's some graphic styles in games that just don't work for me. Certain comic books. I do love when anime nerds get slighted, even when you're into it, you can have a "wrong" opinion or interest.

Jessica is my top choice of the year. It's just the figure I needed to get into serious wardrobe and armoury gathering. Glad I went with the deluxe for the spare body. Hopefully she falls into your budget and path in the future. I thought they'd do Lucy or even V.

The only thing that bothers me with the extra Romankey bodies is I'm pretty sure Jessica is exclusively pale. I'll have to learn to do water slides so that I can turn the blank head into something worthwhile. I really wish they would have had a prepro option with movable eyes.

Vol'Jin looks big, but I feel Sylvanas is too. Might just be the scale (these figures also have a nice mass), but I do wonder if they were trying to scale them like the major NPCs in the game. He'll be hunched, and he looks too cool to pass up on. I can only wait for Lady Liadrin now. As a blood elf and paladin main in WoW and Hearthstone, I need her.

I would also love to get a generic human Mage so I could make AF Kay from Hearthstone. She just amuses me.
 
JakeEkiss said:
TBF too, the vast majority of anime that gets recommended is in a very narrow bandwidth even within that subset. It's changing now, but for years I'd recommend stuff like Satoshi Kon's movies to folks and just get blank stares, but the reason I like them is because they're animation for adults, and not in the Heavy Metal "these ain't your kid's cartoons, we got titties and blood" kind of way. Like they're just serious dramas.

I have so many good anime recs for folks that are not your typical shonen battle animes and whatnot.

I'd love to know what the exceptions are, but I get it. I've got a friend who simply cannot get into comics. Something about the art just doesn't click with her brain. And y'know, if you're consuming art it should be because you fall at least a little in love with it, right?
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Probably in for Thie always liked this Chun li look
 
JakeEkiss said:
Ha! I knew it! How'd you like it?
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I liked looking at it most of the time, I'll say that much. Really admired the ambition and the steadfastness it took for him to finally get the thing finished. I've no doubt there were plenty of allusions and historical references that I didn't catch.
 
JakeEkiss said:
I've got a friend who simply cannot get into comics. Something about the art just doesn't click with her brain. And y'know, if you're consuming art it should be because you fall at least a little in love with it, right?
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I have a friend who reads comics. Reads them. Doesn't look at or care about the art. Wouldn't know what Jim Lee or Joe Madureira were if they bit him. He reads an issue in like two minutes and says he gets all he needs.
 
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