Furuta Choco Egg: Animal Crossing figures

Can anyone guess what I've been playing lately?  Yep! Animal Crossing New Leaf on my 3DS XL.  I gotta say, while I've never fully played the previous games, this one has me completely addicted. It's the perfect game to play while waiting for a friend, or just before going to bed at night.  I love the variety of characters, goods, and customization.  

Again, a main part of this game is enjoying the characters.  So when I saw Furuta's Choco Eggs were going to come out with a line of the little guys I had to pick up a box. Here is the box below: 

Animal Crossing New Leaf is called とびだせ どうぶつの森 Tobidase Dōbutsu no Mori or Animal Forest: Jump Out, in Japanese.

I'm sure most people recognize the little boxes that Choco Eggs come in.  For anyone that isn't familiar with buying a set box, you get 10 individual little boxes.  Don't be fooled though, Choco Egg characters are notorious for being difficult to collect.  You'll never get a full set of characters out of one of these set boxes. The Choco Egg boxes are always random, and a person can easily get 3 to 5 of the same character out of one of these set boxes.

I love the designs on the boxes.  They really fit the theme of the game, and show off the characters you can get.  I really enjoy all of these little guys so as long as I didn't get too many repeats I knew I was going to be happy.

So tiny! Here is a size comparison with my Kanji.

The wrappers on these are always shiny and adorable, plus the chocolate tastes good.

 Here is my set! Reese, Cyrus, Isabelle, Kapp'n, Tom Nook, K.K. Slider, and Digby.

 I'd say the average height for these guys is about and inch to and inch and a half, or 4 to 5 centimeters.

Being such small figures they do have some missed paint spots, and like all Furuta Choco Egg figures, they feel waxy and slick.  They look wonderful as a set though!  Like I said, doubles are bound to happen, and I suddenly have a trio of Nooks at the end of my openings.

Hope this was interesting, I should be back to more Sunday posts this for this summer.  I'm looking into filming some reviews just to change things up.  Thank you again for reading!

Pokemon Cards: DayBreak Deck

I should explain something, pokemon cards are my cigarettes; I say I've quit cold turkey, but every once in a while I pick up a pack for old times sake.  Well, actually though, I still really love them, I like to seeing the new visual interpretations of pokemon and their new card stats.  Yes, I am that much of a nerd.  I used to play/trade for my cards when I was younger, but now I just buy whatever pack or deck appeals to me at the moment.

I picked up the HGSS Undaunted DayBreak Deck for 10 bucks.  Mostly I was sold on the price and the Espeon Holo card that came with it.  Everything Else was just icing for me.  Here is a rundown of what is in this 60 card deck for anyone interested, but just know it is a psychic/grass themed deck:

- 1 Metallic coin
- 1 Rulebook/Cardlist
- 1 Player Play mat
- Damage Counters
- 1 Bonus Pokemon Undaunted Booster Pack

Complete Pokemon Card List of cards included in this deck:
    Espeon X2 (1 special holo, 1 non holo)
    Eevee X4
    Bellossom X1
    Gloom X2
    Oddish X2
    Dodrio X1
    Doduo X2
    Muk X2
    Grimer X2
    Togekiss X1
    Togetic X2
    Togepi X2
    Raticate X2
    Rattata X2
    Scyther X2
    Energy Exchanger X2
    Interviewer's Questions X2
    Life Herb X2
    Poke Ball X2
    Ruins of Alph X1
    Sage's Training X2
    Team Rocket's Trickery X2
    Grass Energy X10
    Psychic Energy X8

Here is everything as you open up the deck.  Everything is actually held in place with a plastic tray so nothing is bent or shaken.  So it's all very nice and new, I love the pokemon coin I got with this one.

 It's nice to get the theme decks that come with a free booster pack  It's a nice way to round out the chances of new cards.  I love the artwork of the box and the booster pack.  They are dynamic and eye catching. Th holographic card is a real stunner, although I think I would prefer the deck box art as a holographic card.  I'm pleased to have both.

When I get a chance, I'll brush up on the rules, since I got a nice rule book with this one, also the new deck come with damage counters, which I would've loved as a kid. 

Onto the cards!  I pulled my favorites out of the deck.  I'm very pleased with the selection in this deck.  Although the draw back is duplicates, I'm too distracted by the adorable togekiss card.

I enjoy the trainer cards as well, so I'm always pleased to add new ones into my collection.I would love to hear the story on those rocket dudes in that top supporter card.

 With the bonus booster card pack I got a really good haul! 9 new cards including a reverse holo! awesome

The last thing is the plat mat... which is fine I guess.  It's not the best looking mat I've seen, but then again I played without one ten years ago, so they really aren't my thing.  Mostly I just wanted to show people what they are getting along with the deck.

That is it for this one! If I pick up anymore packs/decks, I'll try to post them up as well, otherwise it's back to books and figures. 

Big Old' Cat Friends

As promised in a previous post, right over here http://collectink.blogspot.com/2011/11/big-ol-cat-face.html I did end up picking up a couple more of of the Monster Hunter X Touma Airou trading cats.  They were such a good deal and quickly selling out from the shop I was picking them up from (yes they are sadly sold out, but ebay still has a few) So what did I get in my new boxes?

Having a trio of these little guys is really satisfying! I was fortunate enough to open a sushi chef cat and a battle cat (In the colors I wanted no less).  While I did have to assemble and can swap parts on my new chef, my battle cat is a solid piece.  But given that I like them as they are with their full accessories, it's not a big issue.  So only the chefs really swap clothing, hats, heads and arms on my chefs, but they look best in their own garb.  I do love the little touch of the headband being removable from the hat on sushi cat. 

They really are a delight and even fit really well into a corner of my room.  I also have the feeling these guys won't be my last Monster Hunter Cat figures. Nerd Away~