Really? the base? that’s the least of my complaints with Cospa’s Horo. Nice you managed to sell her for what you paid though.

Corti’s adorable, I couldn’t pass her up, I think she was $40 CAD.

Luckily I was able to sell my Cospa Horo for what I paid. There are so few Horo figures out there that fans seem to scramble for what’s there. My BIGGEST complaint on the Cospa Horo is that the base was a completely different color from the prototype image. I really wasn’t that fond of the color they chose, I think it stood out more than the figure (keep in mind I had her on white shelves).

I’m still sticking to the 2nd rule fairly close, my figures that can cast off usually only go down to their underwear. BUT I have a Lot of figures of Yoko, and her regular outfit is just like underwear. I think I keep the sexiness of my collection at a low level, but that’s only in the figure world. In the real world people are a bit shocked over all my scantily clad women.

I entered the figure world with the purchase of a $102 CAD TAKI Corp Horo. What a waste of money, though now-a-days I’m thinking the Cospa Horo was the bigger waste of money, and she cost me $72 CAD.

Volks’ Horo is so much better than Cospa’s it’s not funny. I look at Cospa Horo and don’t see Horo, I see some terrible faced cosplayer cosplaying as Horo. But that’s after owning her for a year and a half.

No prob @ the no comment on Aludra, she’s definitely not work safe, and I’ve added additional not work safeness to that review. It’s best to stay away.

LOL, you won me with that. I entered the figure world with those exact two rules, and within months they were crushed as I justified each figure that didn’t fall under those categories. I had a 3rd rule…that I wouldn’t spend over $20 on a figure, then it went to $50, and now…well lets just say I own quite a few 1/4 Scale FREEing figures.

Sorry I didn’t post on your most recent review, it’s just Queen’s Blade reviews tend to be NSFW and I do most of my blogging from work.

I still need to see Spice and Wolf 2, but I enjoyed the first series. It started out slow…actually it felt REALLY slow. But somehow the characters wormed their way into my heart. I love the way Horo speaks. For figures I only own the Volks Horo. I used to own the Cospa one, but I made a deal with myself. If I sold the Cospa Horo then I would let myself buy the Volks one that I wanted more. Both had their merits so it was a difficult decision to reach, but I’m happy with the results.

Thankfully it wasn’t an expensive fix, I really didn’t want to have to pay out the ars for a new turbo. And honestly if I had to, I would have looked into upgrading it. And that’s a never ending story in itself…

Watch Spice and Wolf, and watch it now! (in Japanese)

As for quality issues, I’ve heard anywhere from text being left off entirely to just minor paint specks here and there that are hard to notice. So there seems to be some variety in WiM Miku’s quality issues.

When I first read that you were having car troubles I thought “Oh no, this won’t end well.” Thankfully though the story had a great ending. I laughed hard when the dealer tried to sucker you into a new turbo where a small, cheap part would fix the problem. If it were me I probably would’ve been suckered into it, knowing nothing about cars.

Now that I think about it, I still haven’t cracked open my copy of Spice and Wolf.

WiM Miku and Seena? Now I’m totally jealous (though your line about WiM Miku suffering from quality issues has me a little worried). Nice to see GSC finally got here out too!

Still surprised they were open, I’m sure I could have found somewhere, but I was in a rush.

I dropped off my car at a local garage which was miraculously still open on Dec. 31. It's a good thing that my car got messed up while I was on vacation rather than driving to work. I've done almost no maintenance to my car for eight years besides the usual stuff, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that parts are failing now.

I always think it’s good to support a series you enjoy.

Miku looks pretty good, though I’ve read on many blogs that she does suffer from some quality check issues. Paint specks and some mold defects. None of that has stopped me though I think she’s wonderful so far, but mine’s still in her box at the moment.

That was one of my problems with Horo’s translation though, she used a different dialect in Japanese, but in English all they really did was make her speak like Data from Star Trek the Next Generation, and not use contractions. At least that’s how I felt anyway, I suppose it just sounded more formal than dialect or old English.

Lawrence on the other hand, I felt his voice just wasn’t quite there, I don’t think I had any issues with his speech.