I was playing around with different camera settings and decided to photograph an anime figure, of all things today :O I bet you all were wondering if I was ever going to blog another anime figure at this point… She is Chua Churam from Chu x Chu Idol (which I learned was a hentai game apparently after a google image search :O )by Alter. I loved her character design so much as soon as she went up for preorder I ordered her, I have had her since she was released. This is actually one of my favorite figures and since her arrival, she has spent most of her time on my desk. Only my very favorite figures remain on my desk for any length of time, I tend to swap them out pretty frequently  so it is saying a lot that she managed to stay for so long.

I don’t really write anime figure reviews I don’t really get any enjoyment out of it, so why bother? I am not going to arbitrarily rate figures, for me it is more of how I personally feel about the figure and whether I actually like it or wish I had spent my money on something else (like a pullip). If someone asks me about a figure I will give them my honest opinion about whether I think it will fit in with the rest of their collection (or stick out like a sore thumb) and my own feelings about it but I hesitate to put all of my feelings into words sometimes because what makes me happy may not necessarily work for someone else. I used to buy hundreds of anime figures per year and someone else might only be able to buy six per year, my circumstances didn’t really necessitate me being picky I could afford to take chances on unknown figure makers and on figures I stylistically liked even though I didn’t watch the show. I would hate for a person that may only be able to buy six figures they really love in a year to base their entire opinion on a figure on what a review says and end up being unhappy with the the figure. Everyone tastes are different what makes me happy, may not work for someone else like surrounding myself with 100s of dolls makes me happy but judging from the reactions I have got from family and friends who have not heeded my warning of “that is where the dolls sleep” and entered the computer nook anyway it may not work for everyone.

After all this time I still love her to death. Maybe it is because I play guitar myself and have a bit of weakness for girls who play guitar as well, maybe it is secret pink hair fetish, a fascination with her mismatched eyes or that she is vampire. It is a probably a combination of all those and the subtle little details Alter gives her.  At the end of the day, when I look at her I smile and that is all that really matters to me.