#unlicensed statue

[dailyfatefigures]

Rin Tohsaka - Chibi ver by SC Studios

#rin tohsaka #tohsaka rin #sc studios #resin statue #unlicensed statue #anime figure #figure collecting #fate #fate series #fate stay night

[jadedrrose]

Trafalgar Law resin statue // by Model Palace Studio

Scale/height: 42cm

Resale Only - mainly found on eBay, most of which are probably recasts. This is one I wouldn’t buy, personally. Too risky.

#it was so hard to find high quality photos of this one lol #also it’s a shame you can only buy recasts now since it’s such a nice figure 🥲 #trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #unlicensed figure #trafalgar law one piece #law one piece #one piece law #trafalgar d. water law #one piece figure #one piece #anime figure #anime figures #resin statue

[yotd2009]

that's not a fucking garage kit

#garage kits are official figures you have to assemble and paint. released either by gk circles at events w one-day licenses. like wonfest. #or occasionally by certain figure companies (mainly volks). that is an unlicensed resin statue. wildly different things. #romeo.txt

[subarashiihibi]

n e WAYS @ gsc @ freeing @ native next Izaya figure will be sexy 1/4 bunny scale or nsfw figure yes ??? 🙏🙏🙏

#I’d say I want him to get one of those unlicensed statues #but they always look so buff and the body is so inaccurate 😒😒😒 #and they make their dicks freakishly huge too…

[semi-sketchy]

It's pretty fucked up how people will harass women because those people are offended over a fictional woman.

Like guys maybe you should care about the feelings of a real person more than a fictional one.

#yes this is about the xenoblade 2 situation #short of it is because it's an anime game some company made an unlicensed figure of one of the characters #anyways like no joke the one of her outfit looks really good and well made #but someone who really likes xc2 was like ''oh i really want this'' and they got sent death threats over it #because it's one of those ''sexy'' statues that also comes in a nude version but like #the girl didn't want that version she just liked how well made the statue looked and everyone jumped on her #so many comments about ''how dare they do this to pyra'' as if pyra is a real person that will thank you for protecting her #man i'm just tired like this is an unofficial figure the game itself did not promote this #this place sells figures from so many other series it's not just xenoblade #and honestly if someone gets off to that i really don't care because. get this. pyra isn't real. #anyways rant over i guess i'm just so fucking tired of the accusations thrown at xenoblade 2 fans

[stevie-petey]

we thought love was something (we weren't meant to find)

﹂ season two of "come home"

as you approach a year since will's disappearance, things seem to be back to how they were. you still have jonathan and the boys, hawkins is boring again, and you and steve harrington aren't really friends. you convince yourself that it's fine, but time can't heal all wounds, and you sure as hell have your fair share of them. when will starts having episodes and your brother hides a literal monster from you, junior year becomes a lot more painful than it already was. (and because you can never win, steve gets dragged into it). (more complicated feelings arise). (as usual).

episode one: MADMAX - what does steve fear more ? you or the plague ? currently it's you, some guy with an awful mullet stares you down in the parking lot (gross), nancy invites you to a party from your nightmares, and you become an official unlicensed therapist for will. yay for junior year !

episode two: trick or treat, freak - you and nancy have a bonding session in the library (kinda hot tbh), billy gives jonathan and steve a common cause to unite on: Protect Y/N, you're a chauffeur to a very sad steve harrington, and dustin uses will's trauma to his advantage.

episode three: the pollywog - you lecture jonathan about daddy issues and then have an intellectual debate about healthy relationships, you play Mr. Love Dr with Steve, nancy and jonathan go on a sick side quest (and actually inform you this time !), meanwhile: you're about to put a leash on your damn brother.

episode four: will the wise - jonathan is gone for one day and suddenly all hell breaks loose, your hesitant friendship with steve is already rocky (thanks billy) but steve is hot when he's angry tbh, you become a couple's counselor to lucas and max (sorry dustin), and you're now officially the world's worst cat owner ever. and babysitter. but what else is new ?

episode five: dig dug - you and dustin bury a body and con your mother into fleeing town, great sibling bonding time ! you play hockey with a monster, dustin gets ghosted by his friends, and now it's your turn to kidnap steve (technically dustin does, but you don't stop him) who later gives you some terrifying realizations.

episode six: the spy - dustin and steve haggle a butcher, you throw some meat at steve and then have a weird conversation about love, you stop dustin from becoming an incel, and then you wrestle some demodogs like any real woman would. side note: steve is hot protecting the kids.

episode seven: the mind flayer - jonathan is back and has a lot of questions and you have even more for him, the gang gets back together and ties will to a chair, you tell the kid a story to distract him from his demons, steve is a confused mess but at least youre with him, and someone makes a surprise appearance (her name rhymes with shell).

episode eight: the gate - you encourage nancy to take your place (everyone is shocked), you and steve are the newest babysitters in town, billy ruins things as always, tunnels are weird when youre concussed, you remind jonathan of an old promise, and when the snowball comes you make your own promise with steve that you know you can keep.

⌑ set between seasons 2 and 3

﹂ episode nine: the fall - surprise ! life still carries on even with minor brain damage from constant concussions :( on the bright side, you and the gang all become homies. meanwhile, steve grapples with the warm fuzzies and parental issues before his worst nightmare happens: you meet robin. the horrors !

⌑ status: FINISHED

⌑ season two title based on this song x

⌑ blurbs set within "come home" can be found here x

⌑ “come home” season masterlist

*note: this is a part of my stranger things rewrite, “come home”, and other seasons can be found linked above :)

#steve harrington x henderson!reader #steve harrington x reader #steve harrington x you #stranger things #steve harrington fanfic #stranger things rewrite #slowburn #angst #wdtai #m's writing #get ready gamers #season two is alllll about steve and the kids #this is the season ive been waiting for <3

[heckyeahponyscans]

Happy Fakie Friday!

Yes, this adorable Mew statue, though high quality, is unlicensed. It's not a bootleg of a genuine product, though; it was created by a third party company whose employees clearly love Pokemon. Sometimes fakies are collection-quality. :)

#pokemon #Mew #i can tell they really love Pokemon bc they have a statue of Ash and his original team and they included Krabby #remember Ash's most popular pokemon KRABBY? #fakie friday

[bnomiko]

Argh my walleeeeet...

versus

Obviously it'd be stupid to get both. Gotta admit I'm feeling the first one more. Unlicensed but same studio as the Atem on horseback (and they did a great job on Atem there), and anyone who knows me knows Yami > Atem...

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Update: F4F's Atem preorders opened 4/23, so here's the Definitive Version:

It's a definite no from me; last thing I want is to commemorate the final moments of the Ceremonial Duel that I've refused to read after all these years : p

I did order the Yami one though : 3 Hail to the king, baby.

#yami no yuugi #yami yugi #yami muto #yu gi oh #yugioh #resin statue #anime figure #ygo atem #pharaoh atem

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Jay Kuo at The Status Kuo:

In a letter to the Fox Network, Hunter Biden’s attorneys have put the company on notice that it’s about to get its pants sued off for defamation.  Again. Biden’s attorney, Mark Geragos, best known for his successful representation of celebrities, issued the following statement: 

[For the last five years, Fox News has relentlessly attacked Hunter Biden and made him a caricature in order to boost ratings and for its financial gain. The recent indictment of FBI informant Smirnov has exposed the conspiracy of disinformation that has been fueled by Fox, enabled by their paid agents and monetized by the Fox enterprise. We plan on holding them accountable.]

The letter specifically cited the network’s “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him.” It also stated that Hunter Biden would be suing the network “imminently.” Supporters of the younger Biden cheered, glad to see he was finally taking the gloves off against purveyors of salacious, fake news. Fox is already reeling from other defamation lawsuits, including one it settled with Dominion Voting Systems for nearly $800 million and another by Smartmatic, a voting software company presently seeking $2.7 billion in damages. Not everyone is happy, though. Advisers to the president had been hoping his son would keep a low profile and not put himself back in the news during an election year. They worried that news stories about the lawsuit would resurface the allegations, even if false and defamatory, which would then suck the air out of the news cycle. Such media time might otherwise be focused on Donald Trump’s problems and Joe Biden’s many accomplishments.

[...]

The Burisma bribes lie

There are three main things Fox was fixated upon that have now opened it to possible massive liability. The first is what I call the fake “Burisma bribes.” Fox gleefully amplified the false claims of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who had conveyed to his handler that he had information that both Joe and Hunter Biden had accepted $5 million in bribes from the Ukrainian company, Burisma, on whose board Hunter Biden once served. This false statement was dutifully recorded, as most statements by informants are no matter how wild, in a standard FBI informant form. This was left to gather dust for years until Rudy Giuliani and the FBI, at Bill Barr’s urging, resurfaced and weaponized it along with help from members of Congress.

For its part, Fox made sure that story went wide and was repeated ad nauseam. For months, host Sean Hannity ran nonstop coverage about the alleged bribe, poisoning viewers with actual Russian disinformation. Hannity’s show alone aired at least 85 segments that amplified these false Burisma bribery claims in 2023. Of those 85 segments, 28 were Hannity monologues.  After his indictment and arrest, Smirnov admitted that the story he received had come straight from Russian intelligence. By centering and repeating the fake story, Fox had become a willing Russian disinformation mule, along with many members of Congress. But it never retracted the story or apologized for its role. Instead, it continued to claim that the source, Smirnov, was “highly credible.”

[...]

Nude pics

We all have heard about, but hopefully not personally seen, intimate images of Hunter Biden at parties and in sexual acts with various partners. His lawyers claim that these images were “hacked, stolen, and/or manipulated” from his private accounts, and then aired by Fox in violation of his civil rights and copyright law. They also appeared during congressional hearings as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-MW) infamously used them as visual props. (She’s lucky to be shielded by the Speech and Debate clause of the Constitution, or she could be swept up in a suit as well.) The decision to go after those committing what amounts to “revenge porn” on Hunter Biden, including the Fox Network, is part of a larger legal counteroffensive that began last year, according to sources with NBC News.  As you may recall, the “Hunter Biden Laptop” story emerged as a kind of “October surprise” in 2020. The repair technician who leaked the contents of it to Rudy Giuliani later sued Biden and others for defaming him, claiming he had suffered damage to his reputation because they had claimed the laptop contents were part of a Russian disinformation campaign. 

[...]

The “Trial of Hunter Biden”

In fall of 2021, Fox aired a six-part series called “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” which amounted to a mock trial of what his upcoming trial would look like if he were charged with being a foreign agent or with bribery, none of which has happened.  Biden’s lawyers claim in their demand letter that “the series intentionally manipulates the facts, distorts the truth, narrates happenings out of context, and invents dialogue intended to entertain. Thus, the viewer of the series cannot decipher what is fact and what is fiction,” and it should be removed entirely from all streaming services.

[...]

The reality is, Fox and other right wing media continue to give oxygen to Rep. James Comer, who has yet to end his evidence-free impeachment inquiry. At least now, Fox will be on notice that it could face ongoing liability for failing to retract its false reporting, even while pushing out more lies about Hunter Biden. The network will have to tread more carefully, and ultimately it will have to consider whether it doubles down or backs off. Then there is the actual trial of Hunter Biden which is set to begin this fall. Attention will be on the president’s son at that time anyway, but with this lawsuit, just as with his counterclaims and counteroffensives against those who violated his privacy, Hunter Biden will look like a fighter and not just a victim. With all that has been done and said about him, he has very little to lose but a very large ax to grind. And if the GOP overplays its hand, as it inevitably will, it could create voter sympathy for him, even though it had hoped to paint him as a criminal, drug addicted womanizer. Democrats are often accused of not having enough courage to go on the offensive, of being too reticent to push back against the onslaughts of numerous bad faith actors on the right. Then when they do, there’s a good deal of hand wringing about how this assertiveness might come across to the voters.

Glad to see Hunter Biden fight back against the right-wing smear machine by threatening to sue Fixed News for defaming him.

#Jay Kuo #Hunter Biden #Fox News #Mark Geragos #Burisma Holdings #Alexander Smirnov #Joe Biden #Hunter Biden Laptop #Fox Nation #The Trial of Hunter Biden

[batmanego]

observations as someone who has been labeled and treated as both a “gifted kid” and a “special needs kid”:

1. the division is racialized. white gifted kids who have never experienced the other side of it you have no idea how racialized it is. that is first and foremost when discussing this — brown and black kids are more likely to be labeled as “special needs” or “problem” children, especially brown and black kids with autism, adhd, etc.

2. the division is arbitrary, and a lot of it is based on how well you behave. which is also arbitrary and, again, racialized.

3. the division is enforced by a system that wants to foster animosity between students. as a special needs kid, you grow to resent the gifted kids for their golden child status. as a gifted kid, you are taught to resent the special needs kids for a lot of shit, least of which being that they’re Just Not As Smart As You.

4. the division is a blurry line. i was put in a “gifted reading program” in first grade that was actually unlicensed and illegal ABA therapy. was this placing me in a box of “gifted” or of “special needs”? if i wasn’t autistic, would i have still been subjected to this program? what about future programs that put pressure on me and ultimately revealed the cracks in my “gifted” facade and led to me entering an alternative highschool?

5. the division being stupid, arbitrary, and ultimately pointless does not mean that gifted kids who have never experienced the other side of things do not need to analyze their ableism. it is something that is drilled into the skulls of “gifted kids” and often times those who have never experienced the other side of it do not get an opportunity to unlearn it. i cannot tell you how many gifted students i’ve met that have agreed with me on all these points, but still looked down at me for going to “the stupid school” (or made snide remarks about how wow, me, going to THAT school?) or not graduating at the same time as them.

[dailyfatefigures]

Ereshkigal - 1/6 Scale by S.H.E. Studios

#she studios #ereshkigal #1/6 scale #anime figure #figure collecting #fate #fate series #fate grand order #fgo #fate go #unlicensed statue #resin statue

[jadedrrose]

Trafalgar D. Water Law resin statue // by MG Studio

Scale/height: 35cm

Available here for $137 USD

#trafalgar law #trafalgar d water law #unlicensed figure #trafalgar law one piece #law one piece #one piece law #one piece trafalgar law #trafalgar d. water law #one piece figure #one piece #anime figure #anime figures #resin statue

[lpmurphy]

Of the Care and Keeping of Spartans Master List

Spring in Tchakova Park Full work on AO3 Spotify Playlist

Pairings: John-117/OC Status: Completed Summary:

Green was the color of the grass where he used to walk in Tchakova Park.

In which John meets a stranger in the park, Violet learns of the care and keeping of Spartans, and Cortana offers dating advice.

Chapter One: Lights on the Water

Chapter Two: The Jungle

Chapter Three: Goose

Chapter Four: The Rock

Chapter Five: Picture Frames

Chapter Six: Gold Visor, Hazel Eyes

Chapter Seven: First Aid

Chapter Eight: Headboards (NSFW)

Chapter Nine: Family Dynamics

Chapter Ten: Anthuriums

Chapter Eleven: Conversations

Chapter Twelve: Pillow Talk (NSFW)

Chapter Thirteen: Meet the Parents

Chapter Fourteen: Eavesdropping

Chapter Fifteen: Confessions

Chapter Sixteen: Arrivals

Chapter Seventeen: Downtown

Chapter Eighteen: Flashes and Blinks

Chapter Nineteen: Bathroom Conversations

Chapter Twenty: All Too Well

Chapter Twenty-One: Headboards Volume 2 (NSFW)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Girlhood

Chapter Twenty-Three: Fishies

Chapter Twenty-Four: Night Swim

Chapter Twenty-Five: Gúta (NSFW)

Chapter Twenty-Six: Carvings

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Persephone

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Sunshine

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Scarf

Chapter Thirty: Cultivation

Chapter Thirty-One: Incursion

Chapter Thirty-Two: Ignorant Innocence

Chapter Thirty-Three: Home

Chapter Thirty-Four: Epilogue- Spring in the Highland Mountains

Something Borrowed AO3 Spotify Playlist

Pairings: John-117/OC Status: WIP- Updates Tuesdays/Thursdays/Sundays Summary:

Springtime on Reach had always been Violet's favorite season. She had always adored the mild temperatures, the flowers and greenery in constant bloom and the beauty it brought to Tchakova Park. Meeting John beside the pond the year before had only given her another reason to love the spring. But, on a May evening beside a lake in the Highland Mountains, Violet found yet another reason to love springtime.

In which the 117s tie the knot, Cortana becomes an unlicensed therapist, Kai and Vannak organize a bachelorette party, and Riz plans a wedding.

Chapter One: The Desert

Chapter Two: Sisters

Chapter Three: The View From Tchakova Park

#halo fanfic #halo tv show #halo fanfiction #john 117 #master chief #fanfic #John 117/OC #AU #not canon compliant #romance #falling in love #RomCom in Space #grumpy/sunshine

[getinthefuckingcarkitten]

It's short wait for her at Harper's office, as always. The doctor is surprisingly accomodating whenever she stops by, and Avery isn't sure if it's the money talking or something else that makes her so cooperative. This makes all interactions with the good doctor so very uncomfortable.

"How have you been?" Harper asks, smiling pleasantly. She has one of those unsettlingly calm faces. It might be comforting for something else, but to Avery it's like a still lake. Probably swarming with bacteria and parasites, that is.

"Fine." Avery is always curt to her, albeit polite. "I just want my prescription. I have work today until later, and i'm all out of my medicine."

"On a sunday?" Harper's eyebrows shoot up. "My, that must be stressful."

"You're also working on a sunday." Avery points out, with a hint of a frown on her face.

"Yes, but i like my job." Harper gives her another one of those unnerving, placid smiles.

Avery doesn't like the implication of her words, but she keeps quiet. She needs to stay on the doctor's good side, at least until she gets another supplier.

"And you're in luck." Harper says, getting up to grab something in a cabinet behind her desk. "I've just gotten samples of your prescription, so you don't even need to go to the pharmacy."

She holds out two little bottles of pills, unlabeled, unlicensed opiates. Likely stronger than the stuff she could buy anywhere else. Avery can't help but get a bit excited to feel that high again, as her tolarance built up over the years.

"That's nice." Avery smiles carefully. "How much?"

"Because it's you... I guess £20000 will do." Harper decides. "A discount for a regular. So?"

"Hey, that's steep." Avery frowns, but Harper seems completely unfazed, as always.

"You can always just grab the usual." Harper shrugs, setting the bottles down on her desk, then getting in front of them as she leans back on her desk. "Ah, i hate to see you looking so sad. I can give you a prescription for the pharmacy for the same price as always, or..."

"Or?" Avery raises an eyebrow at the doctor. She doesn't like her tone, but if it's a good offer...

"You can help me with research, and i'll dock the price." Harper's smile widens a bit as she says it. "Answer some questions for me, and i can do it for around... £15000. What do you say?"

Avery has blinks a little. That big of a discount, just for answering some questions? It had to have a catch, but... The temptation of something that could give her a decent high was too strong.

"Okay, fine, but make it quick. I have work." Avery hurriedly replies, and Harper's claps once like a little kid.

"Okay, great! Let me just..." The doctor turns and grabs a clipboard and pen from her desk, scribbling something on the paper. "Whenever you're ready."

"Let's get this over with already." Impatient, Avery has to hold back from rolling her eyes at the pretense of profissionalism.

"Right, first question. What drugs do you usually take?" Harper asks, and as Avery shoots her a glare, she explains. "Drug is an umbrella term that describes medicines, too, as i'm sure you know. I'm not implying anything here, miss Avery, please don't be offended."

"You know that already, then." Avery huffs, but Harper just chuckles a little.

"For the purposes of research, i can't assume anything about the subjects. Now, if you'd be kind to tell me..." She insists.

"God, fine." Avery reluctantly lists them, by brand rather than name, to emphasize their legal status just in case that file falls in the wrong hands. Harper seems a bit amused by this, but doesn't comment on it.

"You smoke, correct?" Harper asks, and Avery takes a moment before nodding.

"Just occasionally." She adds, making Harper shoot her a look. Whatever, she didn't need to prove anything.

"What about alcohol?" Harper continues.

"...Socially." Avery replies, and Harper sets down the clipboard.

"Miss Avery, i know i said i shouldn't assume anything about the subjects, but i'd like it if you were truthful." Harper almost sounds like she's begging, and Avery hates that it could work if she didn't know better. "Don't worry, nobody else is going to see this, and your name won't be on it. It's... Personal research."

Avery lets out a loud sigh as she looks away from Harper's pleading eyes.

"Fine, yes, i do drink more than socially, but i'm not an alcoholic or something! Put that down exactly like that!" Avery half-growls, her impatience getting the best of her, and she hates even more that Harper seems pleased by that.

As Harper takes her time writing, Avery looks at the watch on her wrist. She'll run late if the good doctor doesn't pick up her pace.

"Are we done?" Avery asks, not bothering to hide her irritation anymore.

"Two more questions." Harper grins at her. "Do you often mix alcohol and your usual drugs?"

"...Sometimes, so what? You said it'd be fine if the dosing was on the low side." Avery grumbles.

"It's usually fine, don't worry." Harper shakes her head. "Last question, how do you usually feel when you do that?"

She stares at Avery intensely, making her feel even more reluctant to answer.

"I feel fine." Avery replies, but Harper doesn't even bother writing it down. She wants details, clearly. "I don't know, i feel relaxed, my head feels lighter for a moment. Is that what you want to know?"

"A little more, if you will." There's a glint of something in Harper's eyes that Avery can't quite discern, maybe just a sick curiosity, or maybe something more dangerous.

"I... I get drunk easier. I guess. I suppose it makes me more willing to get drunk." Avery says, hoping that will satisfy the doctor, but she keeps staring behind her pink-tinted glasses, expecting even more. "Sometimes when i fall sleep like that and wake up i don't remember much, but it feels like a really good night's sleep."

Harper nods and quickly scribbles something, as Avery starts to tap her foot on the floor unconsciously, wanting to get out of there as fast as possible. When Harper looks at her again, there's an intensity in her gaze that wasn't there before.

"I have another offer to make." Harper says, her grin widening as she reached for the bottle behind her. "If you take one of those right now, i'll give you another £5000 discount."

Avery feels a chill run down her spine, something telling her that this would be a bad idea. The alarm on her phone goes off and warns her that lunch break is over, and she can't thank herself enough for setting it up earlier.

"No, i'm already late." She gets up, and Harper's smile fades a little. "I'll just pay for the samples, thank you."

Before she even finishes speaking, the money is already out of her wallet and being shoved in Harper's direction, but the doctor takes an awfully long time before reaching for the bank notes. There's an almost forlorn look on her face as she hands Avery the bottles.

"Next time i might make some ajustments." Harper says, sounding a bit defeated, though Avery knows it means it might get more expensive. Her smile is back shortly after, though. "Please tell me if it's any good."

"Yeah, yeah, i'll be in touch, thank you." Avery can't hide her relief to have ended that crazy negotiation.

The doctor's eyes fixate on her back as she leaves the office and closes the door maybe a bit too forcefully. It occurred to her, maybe a bit too late, that this might entice Harper's curiosity even more. With a shiver, she hoped that those little pills were enough to stop her from having nightmares about prodding, curious little needles and scalpels reaching for her forehead, trying to pick her head open like Harper always tried to do.

#dol avery #dol harper #dolgl #idk why i did this honestly i just like putting avery in situations. i also think she gets her downers from harper for legal purposes #also yay to harper for managing to be a creep to a woman 20 years her senior who is also a known creep. true STEM girlboss #will she ever manage to lure avery into a false sense of security she can use to her advantage? who knows! #maybe she just needs to lower some Awareness first :) #anyway i wrote this too quickly and didnt really review if theres any mistakes i'll fix it later soz

[majimasleftasscheek]

You posting all your yakuza merch has inspired me to get a job so I can start my collection

Where do u usually look to find this stuff?

eyyy good luck with the job search! long ass merch write up below 👇

most of my stuff has come from ebay or jp mercari / jp yahoo auctions. I proxy via buyee since it's ez pz to browse a bunch of different markets in one place 👍

I don't recommend using ebay unless it's something you absolutely cannot find elsewhere. you often see the same exact items on jp markets listed on ebay (same photos, sellers, everything) cuz sellers count on people not knowing how to proxy so they charge far more there or they count on people thinking the often free shipping is worth the jacked up price - it isn't lol. unless you're ordering something that's huge, shipping via proxy is manageable imo so long as you consolidate orders)

that's what I do for older merch. for newer stuff, you can very easily find things on amiami like the plushies now that RGG is actually putting out merch for an international audience. you just gotta get in on those preorder periods cuz you never know when restocks happen if at all

*there are some things that you can only proxy buy tho as far as I know - for example, LAD ishin internationally came out with just the physical copy (and steelbox for US only? I don't remember lol). buttttt if you ordered from ebten (which is like a bigass jp merch site) you could get the jp version of ishin which came with a lotta shit like a wall scroll of Ryoma, a fan, a pillow, etc.

moral of the story is if you don't live in japan your game specific merch release will probably be lame as hell lmao but jp versions/exclusives are often available for proxy purchase. for a recent example, here's the preorder bonuses for jp gaiden which includes a lotta cool shit whereas I believe RGG said gaiden's not going to get a physical release internationally (don't quote me on this, it's been a minute lol)

for things like statues, looks like amiami will stock those but GK (garage kit) figures (like the chocobo studios stuff) are only on GK sites like FNC and i.hstoys due to being unlicensed and therefore unofficial but they look hella good 👀

should also mention kuji merch too. kuji stuff is basically those jp lottery things where you make x number of pulls and you're guaranteed to win something every pull and there's tiers of prizes - so if you've seen the Majima kuji stuff, it's all those pins, wall scrolls, hoodies, etc. there's a few sites dedicated to them or you can proxy. I don't often do these cuz I don't want a million copies of a prize like a can badge lol but people do like the random aspect and people often trade dupes of prizes. amiami also has sold extra stock of kuji prizes

I think that's bout all the stuff I use 🤔 of course if anyone has any questions on anything, do feel free to ask ^^

#I should prolly write up something on how to proxy huh that might be helpful lol #also maybe on amiami too cuz some people get surprised by how that works a bit #rgg merch

[underlockv]

I recently made a gift for Hocus' birthday and I forgot to post about it here until now! Behold, The Unofficial Unlicensed Talking Magnetic Karl Heisenberg Plush!

More pics and info under the cut!

I've made dolls like this in the past, and had a pattern for it, but this project took me a while. Partially as he was hand sewn (and hand embroidered) and I have a mild hand tremor, partially because I kept adding stuff to him and making him more detailed as I went along (so much so he was late for birthday, sorry Hocus!) but I'm glad Hocus likes him thats the most important part! He wasn't entirely a surprise because I had said I wanted to make him for them, but I think maybe they weren't expecting how overboard I went on the project (nor was I! I just kept having ideas).

I really wanted to be able to make an alternate outfit for Karl based on a fanfic my friend wrote so I made a base doll body and then made Karl's clothes with a bunch of little buttons and snaps. The shirt buttons are decorative (made of sculpey, I couldn't find small enough regular ones) and it has a hook and loop (velcro) tab on the inside. The pants are a combo of this and some snaps. The belt has snaps but technically works like a real belt and then the undershirt also has snaps as do the "boots". His necklace accessories (sculpey, wire, paint) just tie on and off loosely with strings of embroidery thread. The hat has a cardboard/maskingtape base for shape and just an eyeballed-pattern sewn around it (I think it turned out nice!)

(this is prior to me adding his scars in embroidery thread).

The Glasses though are attached with his second feature

I knew I wanted to add some semi powerful magnets to his hands so he could pick up metal objects because that just MAKES SENSE with Karl's powers. I also made him his hammer (paper mache, paint and sculpey again) and added in a magnet to it's handle (as I wasn't working with actual metal for it lol, but I forgot to photograph it before I sent him off) . But in the process of doing that I realized if I attached some magnets on the inside of his head I could also make glasses that snap on and off, and that solved the issue of them staying in place.

Third feature: HE TALKS! Yes, just as advertised on the box if you squeeze him he says a voice line. Just one voice line really, but it's a long one. I'd argue it's probably the most important line he says in the game that really decides his fate with our protagonist (not in his favour, unfortunately). I used a voice recorder for plush toys that allows up to 20 second recordings. one of the unlisted features is there is a zipper on his back so they can take the recorder out for battery replacement, or to rerecord the message if desired.

POV: you're about to go in the hole (I only took a vid for this in the middle stage lmao). The last part of the manual goes over the alternate outfit and then includes a personal message for Hocus I won't show here. The alt outfit, is like I said before, based on a fanfic. But it's actually the unpublished portion of Hocus' long running fic series so its technically SPOILERS. I may post about it later because I actually tea-dyed fabric while making it and it was a more involved process than expected lmao. I hope you enjoyed reading about all the details of this ridiculous project! Oh! btw the box is actually the box the Chris statue came in for the RE8 collector edition. I bought it a few months ago from ebay (found a good deal!), and inspiration struck when I realized I still had it so thats why Karl got an official looking unofficial box lmao. I just cut chris' face off it for the window haha.

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