You say that like there is something wrong with being a pedophile.

Don't get on OANST's bad side. He has followers.

This isn't going to end well for anyone.

I'm just playing around. For serious, I'll try not to step on anyone's toes. I have no intention of derailing any thread with my personal hobbies, which are far wider and greater than just anime.

You're already cool in my book. <3

Also he has Tohsaka Rin as his avatar

Tohsaka fucking Rin!

Welcome, mysterious traveller from afar.

I've got a figurine of her too.

Same!

She's so cool!

You both have her action figure?
*sigh* It's going to be a long thread.

I like this person. Now we just need another Anime geek and we can have our own OFW Anime Club!

Funny. I had a similar thought in my head when Sekto Springs said "action figure".

Sorry. "Inaction figure" is more accurate.

Significantly.

Not that I actually care or anything. haha ha ha ... ha.

I'm a big fan of Todd McFarlane's work, but his toys can hardly be called "action figures".
I call them that anyway though, because "figurine" sounds kind of... gay.

The line itself is called figma, call them highly articulated display figures or something.

Action figures sounds gayer than figurines.

They have plenty of action. I've never seen another toy company who's figures break so nicely.

I normally use either figure or figurine. I don't know why I do this, but it's become a habit for me to refer to the male figures as "figures" and female figures as "figurines", even if both terms technically work with both of them.

No, no, no, no.
Figma is something completely different. Figma is a specific type of figurine. The type with the ball joints and sometimes movable arms or parts and most of the time they are smaller, less detailed, and cheaper.

I only own a KOS-MOS (Xenosaga) and Aigis (Persona 3) figma. Everything else I have is a real $50-80 figurine.

edit: Sorry for the double post. I wasn't thinking.

You're right, actually.
My point exactly. They're meant to be posed once and then left on your shelf to collect dust.

I'd like to say I'd never pay over $50 for a figma, but three of my figma (Miku Hatsune, Kirisame Marisa and Signum Yagami) are all rare and gotten off eBay.

So umm yeah.

Fuck... he catches on quick, usually people need to be told to use the edit button.

And then eventually fall off the shelf for absolutely no reason. I think I still have that Medusa head, with her rubber snake hair. The rest is long gone.

I don't really like figmas. The ball-joints and overall lower quality bug me. But I know a lot of people really like them. But the way I figure it, if I am spending money on a plastic recreation of an anime character, I might as well stop pretending I have better things to do with my money and just go for the good/big stuff.

I tell myself I'm a collector so I can sleep at night.

This isn't my first forum.

I shelled out a pretty penny for that gigantic statue of a Sentinel from The Matrix. The stand broke on the first day, and over the course of several years it lost several of it's tentacles and robotic arms.

I have a nice collection of Spawn toys that are still in mint though.

Well, I bought a PG Gundam kit recently for over $200 but I sleep at night by telling myself that's a once in a lifetime purchase.

I'm a poor student you know!

Fuck... the money you people spend on this shit. Give the money to me instead.

I still have that original Violator figure. The bendy action is all worn out, so he's like a head with noodle limbs.

The most I've ever spent on one is $80, but I'm not against spending more.

I loved the color on that one, or lack thereof. Nostaaaaalgiaaaa.
I remember I also used to have a red one.