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Saber Lily Dakimakura, November-December Loots

Filed Under: Dollfie Dream, Otaku Home screen, Photo Shoot & Review
Dec.22, 2009

It’s been a while since I had done a loot post, and for the lack of better words, I have been busy tending to other matters and didn’t have time to clear up my room to setup the light umbrella set again.  However, that excuse has run dried since I am currently on my year end vacation which will last until the beginning of next year.  I am going to try to catch up on a bunch of things in the next couple of days.  Now, just because I hadn’t the chance to update my blog didn’t mean I stop buying stuff for myself and my Dollfie Dream Daughters (also known as DDD). So, without further ado, let’s dig in and see what I have got this past month~

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  1. Saber Lily Dakimakura (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  2. Alicesoft 20th anniversary collection – Alice 2010 PC game with pocket watch
  3. Mikuru Battle Waitress outfit (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  4. Pia Carrot 3 Paro Paro Waitress Uniform (Amazon Japan)
  5. FU Shibata Chair No.05 Leather Chair (burgundy) volks
  6. La Parsonal Collection Pink Maid Dress (Ebay)
  7. Saber Plain clothes with custom floor mop (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  8. Estel Freesia Default clothes (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  9. Tnk DDTK-070 Love Cat Set (Volks)
  10. Tnk DDTK-013 Maid Dress short skirt (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  11. Tnk DDTK-026 Christmas Carol Set X 2 (volks)
  12. Black high heel boots (Yahoo Japan Auction)
  13. White high heels (Yahoo Japan Auction)

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Nikon D5k + Camera Control Pro and Hikari Photo Studio Upgrade

Filed Under: Dollfie Dream, Featured, Otaku Home screen, Photo Shoot & Review
Oct.16, 2009

It’s been a little over a month since I have made the jump to the rank of entry level DSLR with the recent purchase of Nikon D5000, and I have to say I am very pleased with the result I have been able to achieve with the Nikon D5000 so far.  Some of the photos I have taken with my dollfie daughters outdoor were quite a bit better than what I was able to achieve with my old Sony DSC-F707.  However, indoor photo has remained to be a challenge up to this point.  With the weather turning cold, it has become increasing unlikely that I can take my dollfie daughters outside again this year.  So it was time to finally invest in a continuous light umbrella set.

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I didn’t want to spend a lot of money so I was definitely looking for some sort of a bargain so I ended up picking Steve Kaeser  ProStudio Light Kit 600 watt from Amazon.com.  The Light Kit came with everything for me to get started:

  • High output  “COOL-FLO” fluorescent bulbs equivalent to 300 watts incandescent each, total 600 watts
  • Pro umbrella holders with umbrella mounts, 12′ Power Cord and On/Off Switch.
  • SK306 light stands extends 6 1/2 feet, made from aluminum alloy with black matte finish.
  • Pro 32″ Pro umbrella white/black, softens and diffuses the light.

The kit actually arrived several days ago but one of the daylight bulb was dead on arrival, I contacted the shop Cowboy Studio and asked for a replacement bulb, they sent one to me without asking a second question, good service.  And here we have a couple of photos with different light setup and white balances:

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E2046 Gathering Saber Lily

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen, Photo Shoot & Review
Sep.07, 2009

It’s been a long time since I have taken photos of my Gathering collection, perhaps I am just lazy taking them out from my dust free display.  Anyway, with the new camera and everything, I have got to take this chance to do more testing on the camera and get myself familiar with it as soon as possible.  Saber Lily arrived at a perfect time since I haven’t found a place to store her yet XD.

As usual with the Gathering series, you can expect high level of details and finishes, let just say their finishes is on par if not better than some of the leading PVC manufacturers.  I have always been a fan of the painted resin figures because of their wider selection.  And with their choice station, customer like me has some input as to what they want to work on next!  I am putting my chips in a Gathering release of 1/4 Kos-mos version 4 from C3 X Hobby 2009.  There is no a chance that I will ever have enough skills to build that kit myself, so I am waiting for a Gathering release for sure.  I have been keeping the resolution the same as 4288 X 2828 on most of these shots, clicking on it should bring up the full size image from my flickr account.

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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!

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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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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.

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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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June preorder addition subtraction and huge addition

Filed Under: Dollfie Dream, Otaku Home screen, Other Figures
Jun.29, 2009

As we are closing in to the end of June, I would like to spend a little time to reflect on all the pre-order activities that has been going on in the past month.  As some of you are already aware of my recent interest in Dollfie Dream, I have been cutting back drastically on pre-order figures and various expenses, however, I have managed to balance out my pre-order list with some cancellation of my original pre-order.  Let’s take a look at the addition list first!

The first one that got added to my pre-order list was no one than Saber Lily from E2046 Gathering series, I am quite a sucker when it comes to Saber Lily so when I found out she was ready to be preordered, I wasted little time to put her in my shopping cart!  Saber Lily T’s System version is slated to arrive in late August.

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Japanese Gourmet Food Fair at Mitsuwa, Chicago

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen
Jun.13, 2009

Today, I took a little break away from @HomeMate to travel to Japanese Gourmet Food Fair at the local Mitsuwa store, held between 6/11-6/14.  The main attraction for me today was the live demostration of the “Takoyaki” from  ”Takoya Kukuru”, currently the top favorite snack at the Universal Studio Japan City Walk and one of my personal favorites “Potato Apple Pie”.

The usual semi-empty parking lot is almost full today when I arrive at 3:00PM in the afternoon.

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Once inside, people are all lining up for their Takoyaki.  I apologize for the poor photo quality since they don’t like people taking photo inside, I have to use my G1 to sneak these photos in >.>;

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3D Custom Girl – Saber Lily Mod is finally here

Filed Under: Eroge PC Game, Otaku Home screen
May.18, 2009

Ahhh, I finally got my hands on the 3D Custom Girl Saber Lily mod after so long (ok, I admit I haven’t spent too much time on looking for it).  Thanks to the good folks at Hongfire, the mod has been uploaded in megaupload since last month!  The link can be found under this post.  It’s not really news anymore to those who are actively playing 3DCG, but for those of us who don’t have the time to sort through the thousands of mods that are already out there, this is a huge find!  I have noticed that someone has made this mod since march on this post, but the sad thing is I haven’t been able to devote any time to find it, but I finally found it today!

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3D Custom Girl Saber Lily

Filed Under: Eroge PC Game, Otaku Home screen
Mar.16, 2009

3dcg_saberlily_09_larComrade Hangmen has found an absolutely beautiful Saber Lily mod for 3D Custom Girl, more pictures available on his site.

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Loot of the Month March 10, 2009

Filed Under: Otaku Home screen
Mar.11, 2009

Went out drinking in a local Rock Bottom Brewer with a colleague until 11:00pm, got home and found this pile of loots coming from HLJ, Hobby Search and BeNippon!

Pile of boxes

Pile of boxes

The loots inside the boxes!

The loots inside the boxes!

Now the Alteisen Riese, Auβenseiter, and Dygenguar are pretty much self explanatory so let’s not waste time on them until I finish building them.  Lets move on the the books.

Replicant, G's Magazine March, G's Festival Vol. 15 and the Saber Portrait mook

Replicant, G's Magazine March, G's Festival Vol. 15, the Saber Portrait and sneaking in the middle like a mouse is the Rin/Archer optical mini mouse

I am not a regular reader of Replicant, but with a Saber Lily on the cover can only lead to one result: Click to buy.

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Saber Lily Fold out, nice!

Saber Lily Fold out, nice!

back side of the Saber Lily fold out

Back side of the Saber Lily fold out

Next up are the G’ses, they never disappointed me and this time is no exception.

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There have been enough coverage of the Honey Moon Box that I don’t think I need to do it again here.  Now, the G’s Magazine comes with a little pencil board of the gorgeous looking Feena on front side, Cynthia Marguerite a Moonlight Cradle excluive character on the back, very nice looking indeed.  And with the G’s Comic Vol. 5 received late last month.  I say I got all the bases covered for all the Feena merchandise this time around!

Then there is the Saber portrait, quite a few pictures have been circulating in the Internet cloud, a very special book if you consider yourself a Saber Fan.

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And last, but not least… is the Rin/Archer mini usb mouse!

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Besides my well publicized interest in Saber, I am also very fond of Rin the devil.  Unlimited Blade Work is still my favorite arc of the Fate/stay night visual novel.  Too bad that there aren’t as many merchandise on Rin as there are in Saber >.>

A few more things that are on their way here, there is Queen’s Blade Alice from Megahouse, all thanks to comrade twu from Theinfernoproject that I decided to check an ebay seller with tons of inventory.  The trick is to get Alice delivered to me without any damage >.>, we will see about that one.  Comrade Optic over in http://thedisjointedzone.com kindly informed us over in DC that there is a Megami Super Deluxe floating around with the best illustrations from vol. 1 to vol. 100, just what the doctor’s ordered! I tried to snatch a copy at HLJ immediately but now it’s showing to be on backorder >.> 1/7 Teana Lanster PVC from Alter is also on her way.

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