One Piece Bandai Candy Toy: Dressrosa Box

Finally more candy figures from Bandai.  I really do like picking these up when I can, but they often sell out so fast.  This set is the final part of Punk Hazard and the Beginning to the Dressrosa Arc we are currently enoying.  

I liked the lineup and the outfits for this set so I was happy to see it hadn't sold out by the time I got around to picking these up.  Simply I had to have tiny Doflamingo and Aokiji.

Let's get this party started, first off we have Sanji, Luffy, and Nami who all happen to look great.

Next up are Momonosuke, Baby 5, and Chopper, all of which are really too cute (Momonosuke is especially well sculpted for such a little guy).

Finally the stars of the box are Doflamingo and Aokiji, two of my favorite characters!

The extra special note to this box? Two secret characters that are "Ice Colors" Doflamingo and Aokiji. Really a nice surprise since color variations don't happen too often past separate metallic sets.

 

Aokiji looks like he is activating his ice powers, while Doflamingo looks more like he's ready for a 90's esque party.....Although these colors would work really well for him as a character as well XD

All in all a great little set, I'm hoping to pick up the next box in the near future.

One Piece Miracle Battle Carddass: Part 16 Kyoto Domei Booster Box

Yikes what a long title! I recently received a very cool box and since my last post about cards seemed well received here is another one.  Here is a review of my most recently acquired One Piece booster box, the Toriko cross One Piece:

First off, the box is lovely! These boxes are always brightly colored and have attractive lettering/kanji.  I imagine these would be easy to spot in a card/comic shop.  I also wanted to feature this box because it is still up for sale on amiami.com for 2,940 JPY (30 bucks USD) which is rare, as these booster boxes sell out really fast!

I have a feeling this box scares people who are either only into One Piece or only into Toriko. I will say if you are buying this box for Toriko cards....you will be disappointed.  only the uncommons (and a couple more rare cards) are Toriko cards, so all in all a person would pull mostly One Piece cards.

I'm not gonna lie, I bought this box because of the omega rare options.  Ace, Boa Hancock, Shanks or Doflamingo!?  Yep, I had to try my luck on getting one of these cards.  It's rare to have so many of my favorites as omega options. Plus Boa Hancock's purple card and Doflamingo's pink card are visually stunning.

 More box shots.  I really like the separator with the character art from the box on it as well.

Previously I neglected to show what opening a pack looks like.  Actually a lot of people do pack openings on youtube, and they are fun to watch.  I recommend taking a look sometime if anyone is interested (most are in Japanese or French).

Packs will consist of 1 rare/super rare/ booster rare/omega card, 2 uncommons, 5 common cards, and a cardlist card.  This one has the next box advertised on the back, the Jump stars booster box! Like I said before these boxes have usually 1 Omega rare and 2 boster rares (miracle rares in older boxes).  It makes completing sets like these very difficult.Time to look at my rares for this box:


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I couldn't ask for better cards! I have my all time wanted Doflamingo card!  Plus Flower Vista and Trafalgar Law? Too cool.  I'm really digging the new foil on these cards too, they catch the light better than previous sets.  I really like my super rares (below) baby 5!

Here are some of the cooler rares and the Toriko cards.  I enjoy Toriko as well, so it's nice to have these in my collection.  Toriko and Sunny look particularly good to me.

Seasoned Collectors of these card will notice the changes on them.  Like the new booster rares vs. miracle rares, the cards have new foils, larger corner numbers and even English writing denoting character cards, action cards, support cards, and dramatic cards.  Nice changes over all, and I think I'll be opening more of these boxes in the future.  That's all for now, and thanks to anyone who is still following my humble blog.

Figuarts Zero: Donquiote Doflamingo

This should've been posted last friday, but I had camera troubles.  So it's late but it's worth it, because I could properly shoot the wonderful Doflamingo!

I said in an earlier post that Doflamingo was the figure that made me interested in the figuarts zero line.  Also it's the reason why so many of my collecting posts have been one piece figuarts zero figures lately.  The box is very pink and fantastic, just like the man himself.

 Right out of the box, he is wonderful.  His pose, his coat, his hands-it's very expressive.

 Another lovely fact about this figure is how beautiful the pose is from so many angles.

I feel like the coat details are spot on with the color, the size, and the overall shape.  It seems like it has weight while keeping a lightness of the material.

Again the base is standard, with his jolly roger, name, and wanted poster theme.  This base also come with a clear support pole to help hold up the figure.  Honestly, it's not necessary.  He fit so tight onto his base that there is no fear in him falling over.  He can't stand without the base given his size and the placement of his feet.  I use the pole since I have it and the hole in the base is a little distracting otherwise.

 His expression is really well sculpted, and overall the figure is well painted.  Mine doesn't have any bleed or missed portions.

 One flaw to the figure (though I'm not bothered) are the seems in the coat.  I've heard a lot of people complaining about it but I find them well hidden, and look more like seems you would see in large coats anyway.

Just a shot of the hand, because having a figure in the middle of his moves is really nice.  Doflamingo has such interesting hand poses when using his puppet string (seeming) powers.

 The alternate head has his hilarious maniacal laugh expression.  I do love my foes flashy.

 It's difficult to keep him in the boarders of my pictures with his crazy wingspan.

I really enjoy how nice this face looks even in profile, it's a top notch sculpt.

Basically I do love this figure and look forward to many many many more figuarts zero figures in the future.  They seem to really be gaining in popularity as of late and are becoming difficult to obtain - just like the P.O.P.'s these days.  Doflamingo is still available on all the usual sites (amiami, hobbylink japan, mandarake, etc etc) and he's a great deal for the price.

More posts in the future!