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Hikari Photo Studio Upgrade Part 2

Fine tuning white balance setting for indoor Dollfie Dream Photography with Nikon D5000, Nikon Camera Control Pro and Cowboy Studio Light Umbrella set

Estel Freesia’s end, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

Alright, so I finally made it to the new cast on the PS2 port version Estel Freesia. What can I say about her? Estel is quite a tsundere, more than Natsuki (especially after I started her Moonlight Cradle arc) and definitely a tough nut to crack! I am going to try a slightly different approach and compact her story a bit more, Feena's story was way too long and I probably had way too much details in the last writeup.

ToHeart 2 PC version Kusugawa Sasara Part 1

Ever since the announcement of Dollfie Dream Sasara 久寿川ささら by Volks a few days ago, I have assigned utmost priority to learn about Sasara's story. It's funny that I have been putting it off for more than a year, and I know I have been wanting to do it but the announcement of DD Sasara gave me the final nudge in the back I needed to start another visual novel marathon. I suppose this is my first Leaf game as well.

Dollfie Dream Family Photo + DD Gathering Update + OTACOOL

I originally planned to hold on to this group photo session before the Dollfie Dream Theater storyline has a chance to catch up and introduce the new character as a surprise element, but Volks USA has informed me yesterday that I have just hit the "surprise element" deadline >.>;;; Anyway, the long and short of it is that I have picked up a 2nd Sasara back in Hometown Nagoya 4 After Event party...

Feena’s normal end,Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

It's been almost two weeks since I started this Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Visual Novel marathon run project which includes the original Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Visual Novel (2005) August soft, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na -Brighter than dawning blue- (2009) Aria soft and Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na -Moonlight Cradle- (2009) August soft, it's a massive undertaking that I have never attempted before. But after over a week worth of effort, I am finally getting close to the midway point. This project really started when I redecorated my room with three Feena fam Earthlight Dakimakuras and one bath towel, then all of a sudden I wondered about how much do I really know about her.

Adopt a Dollfie Dream Sasara Contest Details

A few weeks ago I announced that I will be holding an Adopt a Sasara Contest and I have spent the last couple of weeks trying decide on a contest format that is fair and have the ability to incorporate my own opinion as well as public opinion and finally, to test the contestants' knowledge about Sasara! I have actually decided on the contest format some time ago but since we are drawing close to December, I think it's best to get the contest started, the intent is of course to have Sasara arrive at her new home before Christmas.

Dollfie Dream Kusugawa Sasara 久寿川ささら Contest

Dollfie Dream Dynamite Bunny Girls ~Happy Easter Photo Shoot~

Whether or not you believe in Easter, there is never too many of bunny girls or chocolate eggs... so, for the sake of more bunny girls and chocolate eggs; I have decided to have two of my Dollfie Dream cosplay as bunny girls for some sexy bunny girls theme photo, please enjoy~

Dollfie Dream Escalayer エスカレイヤー Sasara 久寿川ささらEaster Bunny Girls

Dollfie Dream Kiriha at AnimeExpo 2010 in Los Angeles

I have always heard about how Anime Expo is one of the largest anime convention in North America but I have never once thought about going there myself in previous years. However, the convergence of various factors this year including the chance of meeting some of the friends I have made online at figure.fm, a trip to Volks USA and meeting Danny in person were enough to persuade me to make this journey. So, for this past weekend, I have picked my most pampered Dollfie Dream, Kiriha Kuze 紅瀬桐葉 to accompany me to Anime Expo 2010 in Los Angeles!

Dollfie Dream DD Kiriha 紅瀬桐葉 at AnimeExpo 2010 in Los Angeles

Dollfie Dream Kiriha X Sasara with School Swimsuit Maid & He is My Master Maid set

It's been another intense camera action day as I have a lot on my agenda. The first order of business is to have two of my lovely daughters to try out the two of the most adorable maid dress set from Kyoto 7, Sasara School Swimsuit Maid and He is My Master Maid Dress set. There is no argument for who should wear the School Swimsuit Maid, but there was room for debate for the He is My Master Dress set, I finally decided to have Kiriha model for us, why Kiriha? Because she is my most pampered daughter! There will be some hints of yuri action here and there in this photo session, as I finally come to term to fulfill the promise I made way back to take some yuri photos for my daughters XD. Please enjoy~

Dollfie Dream Kiriha 紅瀬桐葉, Sasara 久寿川ささら

Dollfie Dream Saber X Buckingham Palace

How long has it been since I acquired the cloak for Saber? Hmm ever since Airi arrived? Yeah, I been wanting to do a Saber solo shoot out for that long, but laziness and procrastination delayed it for this long! Errr, not really, I was busy with other stuff and had the lighting setup packed away and didn't pull them back out until just recently. Anyway, I been wanting to do this shoot out with Saber standing in front of the Buckingham Palace and I have finally done it! I think I managed to pack a few pretty good shots in there, hopefully you would enjoy them as much as I did :D

Japan Trip Report Arrival and Day 1

How I managed to tour Japan in 3 Days and 4 Nights while hitting all the hot spots like Odaiba Gundam, Evangelion 2.0 You can (not) advance, Kamen Rider Decade Movie - All Riders vs. Dai Shocker with shopping in Akihabara! My assistant Pretty Fräulein Asuka-chan will guide you through all that.

The Thirteenth Dollfie Dream Daughter’s Arrival ~Kuze Kiriha~

It has been a long wait since I have won the bloodiest auction battle I have ever participated in order to win the right to bring one of the rarest Dollfie Dream Kuze Kiriha 紅瀬桐葉 home, released at Kyoto 5 of 2008, but her appearances in Yahoo Japan Auction is considerably more rare than Dollfie Dream before her such as Feena Fam Earthlight and Estel Freesia, Dollfie Dream that released along with her, such as Erika Sendo; and Dollfie Dream that released after her, such as Saber, Asuka Langley Soryu and Rei Ayanami.

Volks Dollfie Dream DD Kuze Kiriha 紅瀬桐葉 Fashion Show

Dollfie Dream Airi ~ Infernal Tempter ~ Photo Shoot

It's been a few days since Airi arrived at my residence, and I have to admit that I have grown to like her more and more as each day gone by. So it's natural that I put together a photo shoot for her with a proper background~ I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I do :)

Natsuki Takamizawa’s end, Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

I am just going to say it to get it off my chest, Natsuki Takamizawa (鷹見沢菜月) deserves more attention than she is getting! Ok, while I don't think Natsuki is in the same league as Feena in terms of elegance and beauty, and she may just be a plain Jane next door neighborhood girl; but she is quite cute in her own rights, I don't understand why there hasn't been a single figure made of her yet.

Dollfie Dream Asuka, Rin and Saber Photo Session

Been quiet for the past couple of days, but I finally started to feel better for the past day so I decided to catch this chance to go out with my Dollfie Daughters again. The main objective this time was to correct a few oversights I had in the last outing so I had to take DD Asuka アスカ and DD Rin 遠坂凛 out again, but that would be a tad too dry just to keep taking photos of those two so I decided to take DD Saber out with me as well.

Dollfie Dream Daughter Erika’s Arrival and The August Four Photo Shoot

For the past month or so, I have been secretly working a large scale Dollfie Dream photo shoot to celebrate the arrival of my fifteenth Dollfie Dream daughter Erika and fourteenth daughter Estel (since Estel never did get a proper photo shoot of her own, partly because I knew I had Erika on the way

Volks, Dollfie Dream, DD, 紅瀬桐葉, 千堂瑛里華, フィーナ, エステル, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な, Fortune Arterial

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Wolfheinrich’s Workspace Otacool 3 Entry

Filed Under: About me, Featured, Otaku Home screen

May.28, 2010

I have finally decided to submit an entry for Otacool 3, since my room was already setup from submitting the otaku room video tour for Danny’s upcoming TV show Culture Japan, slated to air on June 12 on Tokyo MX TV and then on the whole Animax Asia network.

Name: Wolfheinrich
Age: 37
Country of residence: United States/Hong Kong
Main machine spec and OS: Intel QX6700, @2.66 GHz, 8GB RAM – nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX, Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
Job title/ Currently studying: Mechanical Design Engineer
Web: http://tcwenterprise.com/wordpress
Any messages: My desk workspace also serve as my command/entertainment center where almost everything are interconnected in some way and could be toggle and/or switch from my location.

Here is my entry to Otacool 3 at figure.fm

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Tags: Culture Japan, Kotobukiya, myroom, OTACOOL, Otacool3, Otaku, Tokyo MX TV

Just How Well Have Your PVC Figures Aging Through Time?

Filed Under: Featured, Figure Collection Topic, Otaku Home screen, Other Figures, Project

Mar.16, 2010

A few months ago, blogging comrade Blowfish asked me about how well has my figure collection aged through the years. I promised him I would look into it because I just so happen to have a pair of identical figures that remained unopened for the past 6 years or so. I am sorry Blowfish >.<; I kept pushing this out and out and out and now I realized that I pushed it out for 4 months! But today, I am going to make good on my promise and do what I said I was going to do 4 months ago! Here I present to you the pair of Pia Carrot 3 Hasegawa Akemi Floral Mint Type made by Kotobukiya back in January 2004. The figure on the your right hand has been opened since the day it arrived at my house but it has been under the protection of my dust shield since there; on the other hand, the figure on your left has stayed in the box during this entire time, no accidental exposure to Ultraviolet light, minimum contact with air, etc.

I have always considered Ultraviolet light and oxygen the two biggest enemies to my figure collection, so I have made it a point to never expose my figure collection under direct sunlight for an extended period of time since it can cause chemical reactions to the PVC or painted surfaces of the figure. Oxygen on the other hand, is an extreme active agent that can react with just about anything, including but not limited to paint, plastic, metal given enough time. Obviously, I cannot eliminate oxygen since I do not have a vacuum sealed display cabinet, but I have taken steps to slow down the oxidation process by restricting airflow to my figure collection through my Dust Shield +1. View Full Article »

Tags: Figure, Floral Mint, Kotobukiya, Leaning figure, Pia Carrot 3, PVC, Ultraviolet

1/6 Asuka Langley Shikinami Plug Suit Ver. Kotobukiya

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen, Other Figures

Oct.23, 2009

October has so far proven to be one of most important months this year in terms of figure releases this year, we had Saber Lily from GSC which has lived up to the expectation we have come to expect. Since there are already so many Saber Lily photo shoot and reviews, I don’t feel I can offer anymore than what is already out there. However, another package I have been expecting arrived today, I was going to wait until Dollfie Airi arrive before doing another photo shoot; but once I opened the box, that idea of waiting for Dollfie Airi went right out the window! Ever since the Rebuild of Evangelion movie hitting the theater this past summer, Evangelion 2.0: You can (not) advance, we have been getting a nice revival on the Evangelion merchandises, what we have is 1/6 Asuka Langley Shikinami Plug Suit Ver. from the good folks of Kotobukiya! And this is most probably the cream of the crop of all the new merchandises, I kid you not. My jaw dropped as soon as I opened the box from HLJ…. Oh my god, she is a beauty! The box, the presentation, everything is top notch! This is most definitely a few steps above the normal Kotobukiya releases! One of the few Kotobukiya figures that actually look better in person than the promotional pictures!

Isn’t she beautiful? As a self proclaimed Asuka fan, this is most definitely a welcome addition to my collection of Asuka figures! She is most probably the best looking Asuka in her plug suit PVC figure we have to-date! Personally, I never felt we ever had a good Asuka plug suit PVC figure that I consider top notch but this is it! Pretty soon I should do a photo shoot of my Asuka Collection~

More under the cut~

For more pics and review, please visit blogging comrade Tommy’s reivew

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Tags: Asuka Langley Shikinami, Evangelion: 2.0, Kotobukiya

Early September loots – DSLR, M.O.E. Fate, Asuka and Saber Lily

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen, Photo Shoot & Review

Sep.05, 2009

Several of my pre-order I placed over the past couple of months have finally arrived, among those are the Volks Model of Entertainment (M.O.E) 1/7 Fate T. Harlaown , Kotobukiya French Maid Asuka, E2046 Gathering Saber Lily Prepainted, and last but certainly not least is my newly acquired Nikon D5000 with AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm lens!

So far I am very happy with the D5000, it’s got the picture clarity that I have been longing for and while it is more complicated than my previous Sony Cybershot DSC-F707, I am starting to get the hang of it! Since I am more or less a beginner, please pardon me if I come with a less than perfect focus shot!

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Tags: Asuka Langley Shikinami, Asuka Langley Soryu, Evangelion, Fate T. Harlaown, Kotobukiya, Mahou shoujo lyrical nanoha StrikerS, Nikon D5000, Otaku, Saber Lily, Volks

August preorder and web hosting down time

Filed Under: Dollfie Dream, Otaku Home screen, Other Figures

Sep.01, 2009

I don’t know how many of you have noticed but for the past 24 hours or so, this website has virtually gone down due to the web hosting side problem. The DNS server seemed to be in working condition but anything that had to do with the wordpress database has gone down to a crawl and would time out more often than not. I was trying to be a good sport about it and tried to let the web hosting service to fix it by themselves. However, the situation had not improved when I woke up in the morning so I had to put in a support ticket, they responded within 5 hours or so and it seems like the situation had improved a lot since then. At least I haven’t gotten a time out (just yet)!

Anyway, not sure how many of you were expecting this to happen but I have finally made the jump and bought the Nikon D5000 and the 18-105mm lense from B&H online store.

I was assured that the package will be delivered this coming Thursday, so if the weather is nice outside, I would be taking “some” of my Dollfie Daughters out for a spin again!

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Tags: Airi, Asuka Langley Shikinami, Asuka Langley Soryu, Bandai, Evangelion: 2.0, Fate T. Harlaown, Figure, Gathering, Kotobukiya, Mahou shoujo lyrical nanoha StrikerS, Nikon D5000, Queen's Blade, Saber Lily, Seena Kanon, Shining Wind

Pre-order list creep April 7th, 2009

Filed Under: Other Figures

Apr.07, 2009

My list of pre-ordered figures is creeping up on me again, visiting various blog sites and keeping myself update on release info is not helping me at all, yup, not helping. First one is the Volks online store exclusive Fate T. Harlaown. I have been waiting for release info on this figure and a few days ago I found out it is going to be exclusive to Volks online store when I was updating my profile on Tsuki-board. I scambled to dig up my personal shopping service that I haven’t used in a few years to get this. I was going to order the whole set of Hayate, Nanoha and Fate, but alas Hayate and Nanoha are already sold out even though the deadline for Hayate is April 15th.

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Tags: Alter, Asuka Langley Soryu, Fate T. Harlaown, Freeing, Kotobukiya, Senhime, Uesugi Kenshin

Figurine promotion and relegation battle

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen

Apr.05, 2009

I have talked about how I value my figurine collection and they must be protected from dust and dirt with my weather sealing film. However, due to lack of display area in the past, I have never been able to protect every figurine I wanted to. With the new display area online and the 10 or so figures that are due to arrive later this year, I have decided to introduce a new system that can promote/demote my figurine collection from my dust protection system. With me being an English Premier League fan, I thought of the promotion and relegation battle that takes place every year! Poorly performing figures would be relegated out of my dust protection system (into the championship), newly release and high quality figurine can be promoted into the dust protection system (promote to premier league)!

With this being the first season, massive amount of figures have been promoted and relegated. Let’s take a look at them, we will start with the relegated figures.

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Photo Shoot – Blanc Neige 1/8 Kotobukiya

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen, Photo Shoot & Review

Mar.16, 2009

Finally managed to get my hands on a new tabletop tripod, hopefully I won’t have to worry about my shaky hands when I take photos of my figurine collection in the future. The star for today is 1/8 Blanc Neige PVC from Kotobukiya released back in September 2008, the enchanting ice witch from the action role-playing game Shining Tears, Shining Wind and the anime adaptation Shining Tears x Wind. Blanc Neige is another character that I come to like after I saw her figurine on HLJ. Actually, the first one to catch my attention was Kureha, but we will get back to her soon. After I took notice of Blanc Neige and Kureha, I scrambled to find whatever information I could on them. Luckily, an animation adaption was readily available so it was easy to get the back story of both characters. I was sad to find out that Shining Wind has not been translated given the popularity of the series, here is hoping that someday, Shining Wind would be translated into English just like Shining Tears.

Enough talk, let’s move on to pictures. This particular version of Blanc Neige come dressed in her sexy gown and mantle as seen in Shining Wind and Shining Tears x Wind. The figure comes with limited cast-off options, as the only thing that is removable is the mantle, probably to simplify painting and manufacturing processes (and to show more skin!). The lighting effect used in this photos shoot is the same as the last photo shoot done on Ryoko Asakura, it feels a little dark, but let’s take a look at them.

Background: Pink construction paper

Camera: Cybershot DSC-F707

Tripod: Vanguard VS-80 Table Top Digital Camera Tripod

Edited: Replace background paper

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Tags: Blanc Neige, Kotobukiya, Kureha, Shining Tears, Shining Tears x Wind, Shining Wind

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Hikari Photo Studio Upgrade Part 2

Estel Freesia’s end, Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

ToHeart 2 PC version Kusugawa Sasara Part 1

Dollfie Dream Family Photo + DD Gathering Update + OTACOOL

Feena’s normal end,Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

Adopt a Dollfie Dream Sasara Contest Details

Dollfie Dream Dynamite Bunny Girls ~Happy Easter Photo Shoot~

Dollfie Dream Kiriha at AnimeExpo 2010 in Los Angeles

Dollfie Dream Kiriha X Sasara with School Swimsuit Maid & He is My Master Maid set

Dollfie Dream Saber X Buckingham Palace

Japan Trip Report Arrival and Day 1

The Thirteenth Dollfie Dream Daughter’s Arrival ~Kuze Kiriha~

Dollfie Dream Airi ~ Infernal Tempter ~ Photo Shoot

Natsuki Takamizawa’s end, Yoake Mae Yori Ruriiro na, 夜明け前より瑠璃色な

Dollfie Dream Asuka, Rin and Saber Photo Session

Dollfie Dream Daughter Erika’s Arrival and The August Four Photo Shoot

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