From left, to right: Top Just Play Harmazing Hairdorables Fashion Pack; Mattel Barbie Extra #1; Hairdorables Hairmazing Prom Set 2pk, Amazon Exclusive Neila & Logan; Front FuRyu Sesshomaru Noodle Stopper Figure. Second image FFXIII Elixir Trading Arts Mini Hope Estheim Figure. Third Image Pop Mart Hirono The Other One Trading Figure.
More toy hoarding haul items from earlier in the month. I got most of these toys on clearance, except for the FuRyu Sesshomaru Noodle Stopper figure in the front. I paid way more than Japanese retail price for it from Amzn, only to receive it in a bag. Of course, the box arrived crushed and ripped opened and torn on most corners -- in case it is not evident in the photo. I wanted to unbox one, so I had to get this one because I haven’t been lucky to find one on Japanese retailers after I got my pre-ordered one, quite a while back. BiJ never replied to me when they had in-stock ones, and they didn’t allow multiple orders of it, so I had to swallow the higher second-market price. However, I am irritated that people at Amzn think it’s okay to ship Japanese collectible figures, that cost as much as this one, in a freaking plastic bag. DX Good thing I already own one in pristine condition, otherwise as an obsessive MISB collector, I would be crying tears of blood right now.
I got the Barbie Extra from my nearest Walmart for $12.52 as can be seen on the clearance sticker on the box. I want all of them (kind of), but I can’t justify their retail price tag. I was surprised she was on clearance, since I’ve been looking for most of wave 1, and never find any for other than full-retail. I want some from wave 2 as well, but I feel like I can do with just one from that release. The Amzn exclusive set I also got on clearance from them, so I got two to unbox one, and the fashion pack, because I love hoarding fashion packs as well -- I don’t use/unbox those either (I am a huge weirdo!).
I also got a grail figure; the Square Enix Final Fantasy XIII Elixir Trading Arts Mini Hope Estheim figure. I got Snow Villiers a few years ago, but lost hope (no pun intended!) of ever finding Hope for a good/semi-decent price. Luckily, I was able to get him recently for a price I find "decent" for my wallet -- plus, and more importantly, in the condition I was willing to pay for him. I was able to justify paying for him, and he was sealed in bag at least. I am super thrilled! I never got these because they came with a drink and Japanese laws are so that brands don't have to list all ingredients and/or their sources if they are found in “negligible” amounts. Super late, but super happy with him anyway, I hope I can get the Trading Arts figures as well someday, for not-an-eye-off-the-face. I thought I would get Snow and Hope “later” when the box set came out in Japan a million years ago, then I forgot the search for them when the finally released, and now they are either too expensive to be justifiable for me, or not sealed in their respective plastic baggies. T__T;;
Lastly, I got another Pop Mart figure; I really wanted to get the Hirono dressed as a crow fig, but I got the one he’s dressed as a monkey! Which was the one I didn’t want to get, out of all twelve(?). I’ve never been lucky with trading figures, Lol! I don’t think I’ll try again. I could attempt purchasing one that has been opened, but most people open the bags as well, when you really just need to open the freaking box. There’s a collectors’ card that tells you which figure is inside the bag, without actually removing the figure from the sealed bag, or opening it further for any reason. That’s why I was willing to get Sasuke that way, because the seller just opened the box to take a photo of the card but left the Sasuke figure sealed mint/untouched inside the bag...these are kind of expensive though, so I don’t think I’ll try my luck again, unless I find one crow sealed in its bag. >_>;;
