Still retaining every accessory she has and also her cheap pricepoint of 2800 yen from years back, Marisa is a sure win rerelease. I have this at hand but haven't reviewed her yet, sooo, there. She's pretty nice IMO XD But then again she's another touhou product so she's bound to be sold only specific shops. Luckily, she is available internationally via GSC online shop! She'll be rereleased on November yet again.

Details from GSC product page.

Scheduled for a bloody November release, she's still priced at 7,800 yen. But as all touhou stuff are, she's only order-able in certain shops and one of them happens to be Amiami :D 

Details from GSC's product page.

Also to be released on August, Sakuya's priced at 3000 yen. Now, I'm thinking if I should finally get one for myself. Image and info from GSC's product page.

The rerelease month will be on August and she's still marked at 3000 yen. Image and info from GSC's product page. Those interest might also want to look at the joint review I made with my dearest, homerunchan.

Okay, so, having been busy going out and playing sometimes annoying Dragon Nest. I wasn't able to blog that much and thus, missing my ability to actually phost the last wave of April hauls on April itself. loooool. But Anyway, April hauls consists of articulateds and a certain nerdy yet wonderful scientist named Makise Kurisu in her scaled figure form by Good Smile Company. Anyway, figmas consists of Mami and Kenshin, Mami was a no brainer since she is my 2nd favorite in the series while Kenshin, well, she looked awesome even if I am not familiar with the eroge itself XD And last but not least, completing my Max Heart cast is SHF Shiny LoliLuminous, who also happens to be in my top list from my favorites in the cureverse. XD

Moving on to the main month hauls, this is probably going to be my grandest haulage of the month, notable for finally completing my Madoka Mahou Shoujo figmas with the yuri buddies, Sayaka and Kyoko arriving at the same time. XD Adding up to my Sayaka fangasms would be her nendo who also happens to have been released last month. XD

Now Wheeljack and Kurisu are actually hauls from the first day of the month after the pigfest we did at PapaJohn's unlimited Pizza promo. While the TF Prime RID line was just released late month there are quite notorious pieces who bites the dust quickly namely Soundwave, Vehicon and Wheeljack for being the top 3 hardest to find pieces after the release. Luckily, I informed my friend about it and he volunteered to get me a Wheeljack and so I finally got him! Also from the same friend, I also got figma Kurisu for a friendly price despite how much she's picking up these days...

And last but not least would be my 2 scaled figure hauls, while I've been into articulates since some time last year, I still can't pass up some scaled figures and in this case, Alter's Luke and Phat's Ran. While Luke is a must have since I am a Tales series fan, the figure itself is good and I can't wait to have the time to shoot him and put up a review. Ran, on the other hand, while looking pretty cute thanks to my favorite sculptor, YOSHI, is pretty much worth every penny; would you believe that Ran actually weighs 1kg? Phat did an amazing job by making his fox tail totally solid plastic, you really can feel the weight if you hold the box in person. XD

But anyway, that's it for now, bandai news will follow after a certain late bandai product news, looool.

Of course, no Youmu is complete without her ghost half, Myon, and this nendo definitely comes along with it. Myon is made up of a bulk of clear plastic although unlike Yuyuko's spirit, I am not sure if Myon also glows in the dark.

Possessing the same types of joints as most nendos (nendo joints on the neck and hips and shoulder/waist swivels) Youmu is pretty much your average nendo in the general articulation BUT there's a catch to it, her base.

While having the very ability to be posed dynamically thanks to her arms and complimentary face, the stand just ruins the wonders of Youmu, basically, whenever you put Myon around (and which I did the entire shoot of this figure) Youmu's movement becomes soooo restricted and whenever you try to have her in a slashing or attacking pose, her lower half would always look pretty awkward because of the clamp and once she isn't properly supported by the old clamp, you won't be able to make her do mid air stuff.

So, ridiculously, it was her base that ruined the articulation factor. Not to mention that her sheath's peg is pretty darn thin it becomes a scary thought to do a wrong move as it might snap off without proper care. But again, if Myon proves too much of an annoyance, you can always get it out of the picture to enjoy a more decent play level.

My first Touhou scaled, definitely a worthy and satisfying one. And for someone who's not really a big name in the figure market, Phat! definitely was impressive here and I sure can't wait when Ran and Chen arrives here. I highly recommend getting this for Touhou fans and for me, she's the best Yukari scaled figure out there to date, so she's definitely worth the money! For local readers who want to actually take a glimpse of this gorgeous figure, I'll be displaying her for Team Onii-chan's biggest and final display event of the year, so do drop by! :D