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Super sweet exclusive Sailor Moon goods for sale at the Animate Girls Festival 2016
- Michelle Hughes
Nov 1, 2016 - Tweet
Welcome to Volume No. 35,000,000 of More Sailor Moon Stuff You Didn’t Know You Needed Until Now!
Massive Godzilla figure stands more than six feet tall, costs more than $40,000
- Casey Baseel
Oct 25, 2016
There’s a special reason it’s so big, and no, it’s not just because it looks awesome.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • Design Coco • figures • Godzilla • kaiju • movie • Premium Bandai)
Life hack from Japan unveils a clever way to display anime figurines
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2016
Keep your figurines dust-free and set up in beautiful environments with this easy idea from Japan!
Japanese collector buys one of the most expensive and exclusive life-sized figurines ever made
- Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2016
Priced at $19,600 and with only ten ever produced, this is one special delivery you don’t get to see every day.
- Japan
- (anime • Aniplex • cool • figures • figurines • life-size • life-sized figure • Megumi Kato • Saekano • toys • wow)
Godzilla figure based on Shin Godzilla CG model is stunningly detailed, shockingly expensive
- Casey Baseel
Sep 8, 2016
Amazing Kaiju mini-statue costs a king of the monsters’ ransom.
Animal caricatures from classic Japanese scroll art enter the modern world as cute, funny figures
- Mike
Aug 30, 2016
The anthropomorphized frog and rabbit from the famous 12th century Choju-jinbutsu-giga acquaint themselves with computers, selfie sticks and more in this cute line of miniature figures.
Amazing $24,000 life-size anime figure is taller than the character’s voice actress 【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2016
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is the latest anime series to get the 1:1-scale statue treatment.
Japan’s chocolate eggs with Pokémon figures are a compelling argument to eat multiple desserts
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2016
Forget chocolate and peanut butter, because chocolate and Pokémon are the true ultimate combination.
Evangelion Unit-01 morphs into Godzilla in exquisitely freaky crossover figure【Pictures】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2016
The King of the Monsters is lurking under the skin of modern anime’s most iconic mecha.
Hey, aspiring manga artists! Wanna draw a cherub peeing on something and/or picking a fight?
- Master Blaster
Jul 12, 2016
Need help penning that graphic novel of a cupid with a chip on its shoulder? Look no further.
Feast your eyes on this incredibly detailed US$300 Venom Snake statue complete with cute puppy
- Mike
Jul 11, 2016
Boutique figure maker Gecco introduces an ultra-detailed statue of Venom Snake from Metal Gear Solid V that will lighten your wallet and make you weep tears of nerd joy.
- Entertainment, Global
- (figures • Gecco • Konami • Metal Gear • solid snake • toys • video games)
Luffy from One Piece swaps genders for new, improbably-proportioned female anime figurine
- SoraNews24
Jul 4, 2016
It looks like Luffy has, um, grown a little.
One Piece pirates let themselves go, get back into shape with chubby new figure series
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2016
Looks like Luffy and his anime cohorts have been enjoying too many high-calorie meals while sailing the high seas.
Good God, what is that crab doing to Hello Kitty?!? 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 10, 2016
Perhaps Hello Crab was a secret best left undiscovered.
Why buy a new car when you could get this life-sized anime girl statue for the same price?
- Casey Baseel
May 25, 2016
Full-scale To Love-Ru figure being offered to the public for the first time, but the slender character has a hefty price.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • crazy • figures • otaku • statues • To Love Ru)
What would Pokémon look like as Gundam mecha? Awesome fan-made models show us 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 23, 2016
A fresh take on old-school Pocket Monsters and mobile suits.
- Anime & Manga, Games & Tech, Internet
- (anime • cool • figures • Gundam • models • Pokemon • robots • video games)
Godzilla/Evangelion crossover figure: Two giants of Japanese storytelling in one awesome package
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2016
Get in the damn kaiju, Shinji.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Evangelion • figures • Godzilla • Hideaki Anno • kaiju • movies • toys)
Gender-bent Naruto bends over seductively as sexy new anime figure 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2016
Believe it or not, that’s the male star of the hit ninja series.
Make your kancho dreams a kancho reality with new, interconnecting KAN-CHO figures【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Apr 20, 2016
Now you too can create a never-ending chain of plastic people sticking their fingers into each others’ buttholes.
Interview: Bluefin and the world of anime collectibles
- Anime News Network
Apr 8, 2016
If you’ve ever purchased a Gundam model kit in America, you’ve probably seen the name Bluefin on the back somewhere.
- Anime & Manga, Global, Japan, USA
- (anime • Bluefin • collectables • Dragonball • figures • interview • manga)
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