Alter 1/8 Ryomou Shimei

Now I said before that I don’t plan on becoming another regular figure update blogger, but early breaking news I have received that makes me love and hate Alter (my fave figure company) just compels me to break my Machiavellian rule of conformity and succumb to the societal powers of going with the flow with other “I want to be first to report on figure XXX” web sites.

Alter 1/8 Kakouen Myousai

I love Ikkitousen, and I know every other hot-blooded male out there does too, so hearing news of Ryomou and Kakouen being released (I was surprised as well, since the last Ikkitousen figure by Alter was more than a year ago) was definitely an epiphany of unbridled joy to me, knowing that some where out there, the devious geniuses at Alter are already planning to complete the voluptuous ladies of Ikkitousen (Sonsaku, where  are you? Lelouch is out to hunt you…), much like how they’ve completed the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS line (more on that in a moment). But with childlike wonder and happiness also comes self-loathing at the fact that I cannot afford to buy either of these two figures (Kakouen not a must, but Ryomou’s pushing it) since I’m already tied up to 28000 yen of figure pre-orders for the entirety of 2009’s second half. It seems that despite the happy carefree days of student life, I have to come to terms with the reality of not having the same amount of liberal spending possessed by job-possessing people. Me having a bout of mental insanity? Currently… ummm, yeah…

Alter 1/7 Nanoha Takamachi (Exceed Mode)

Moving on, Alter’s hijacked my budget again with their newly announced Nanoha from the StrikerS line, which obviously has disallowed me to go after the two previously mentioned Ikkitousen babes, since this alone costs as much as the two ecchi wonders above. I mean, seriously, Alter’s marketing strategy is disastrous, seeing as to how they’re releasing their 1/8 Saber Lily, 1/7 Nanoha, 1/8 Ryomou and 1/8 Kakouen at the same month of October 2009. If they want to maximize profits, they’d do better to release them separately, or even at least 2 figures per month would suffice. Sadly, we just have to accept the consequences and admit our powerlessness and budget limitedness at the hands of the powers that be. I need some comforting right now… T_T

Please Alter, if you’re releasing Sonsaku Hakufu as well, make it on January to allow me to recover from my near death experience of financial troubles… as well as to make it on time for my birthday.

Related posts:

1. Boring July, Hiatus and Ryomou…
2. 1/8 Alter Mio Akiyama
3. Alter’s October Wallet Raep
4. Wonder Festival 2009 – Lulu’s Alter Edition
5. Wonder Festival 2008 Summer – Alter, Orchid Seed, Resin