@@orbalology Nah, I love what you are doing. This is some of the most genuine thoughts and opinions you could ask for by someone as most of the big names in the community are faking and reading off scripts from developers. Keep on the good work!
A fun fact :) I bought these two figures last December! They are currently traveling on a boat, shouldn't delay. I'm also a little afraid that the packages will be damaged during transport, even though I asked to have the package reinforced ^^ It was almost mandatory the French post office is a packet destroyer. I can't wait to receive them it's been so long since I looked at these with envy. I had also taken Melia shortly before, but the figurine that I expect above all is Nia, Pre-order has been made for almost a year at Goodsmile jp. I hope Mio's scale figure will be officially announced very soon ! It is a pleasure to share this unboxing with a true enthusiast ;) Thanks for sharing ! Edit: wrote this before i finished To watch the whole vid.. ok hahaha same for you :p you already have got Melia and also waiting for Nia ^^
I hope your figures arrive safely! I haven't used surface parcel in a long time because I'm often impatient, but I may need to look into it more given the rising shipping costs 😅 And yes!! Nia is going to be stunning - can't wait for her release!!
@@orbalology By the way, I can now share this sensation that you described in this video. The figurines have arrived!!! No damage, well packaged, no problems, unopened, the boxes are still covered with their thin paper. Customs fees have stung, 60€ 😥 But super happy to finally have these 2 splendid figurines of my favorite franchise 😃
It's been so long I'm glad they're finally releasing! I don't collect myself but they're a really great option for affordable (and somewhat functional) figures.
Nice! I am glad you got them and although I haven't been here long I think this is the happiest I've seen you on camera. They are great figures I can understand the excitement. I've been trying to hold back on figure purchases lately. A single figure purchase is like 3 games or a piece of new equipment. It's just rough and I am all out of figure real estate. My poor Feena is being held up in the dark depths of my closet shackled by twist ties and bound to a blister pack. The same fate awaits Marth once he arrives via snail mail. Just no place to go but the confines of my closet and no plans to purchase another display any time soon. It's truly a cruel fate );
I feel you on space and especially cost - the figure market has become so much more expensive this year alone! I was looking at the upcoming Fire Emblem figures and they're over 10,000 yen more expensive than the previous models. Shipping prices keep rising too. It'll be a really scary hobby to continue once the Japanese yen goes back to 'normal'.
Wow, gorgeous figures. I'm surprised youve heard mixed things about Mandarake. Theyre usually the cream of the crop in Japan when it comes to nerd culture of all kinds. There Akihabara store location is just 9 floors of pure nerdom its fantastic. Have you tried ordering from surugaya before? They also have a good selection and usually cheaper than Mandarake but they are less strict with their grading system than Mandarake is.
I think the mixed things I heard was more along the lines of packing quality & price. But maybe this was just a comparison to amiami who I think do a slightly better job in both respects. But I would love to visit one of their physical stores next time in Japan - I unfortunately never made it to one I don't believe. And yes! I've purchased a few things like CDs & photobooks from Surugaya (though this was through a proxy service and not directly).
So pretty those figures 😯. Nice haul! If it wasn't for my vacation I would have splurged on these figures, gotta restrain myself for just a little bit longer.
Oh mannnnnnn--- I am jealousssss! 😅 Ahaha Really happy you were able to get them though, they look great! I've never been too much into figures, as I know it can get pretty pricey, but some of the XC2 figures really have me wanting to pick up one. The Nia figure looks really good haha, its the one I definitely would like to get! The KOSMOS XC2 figure looks gorgeous as well, so maybe one day I'll get one haha. Never been into Gundam making and all that, but the Siren one as well!! ❤️🙏 I love seeing your unboxings Emily, once again awesome you were able to get them!
I'm learning all to well that figure collecting is an expensive rabbit hole 😂😅 I've found making sinking funds for upcoming preorders helps (as well as enables) this hobby. So my advice is to proceed with caution lol
I learned a lot on how to import consoles and games from you but as cool as it would be having a Mythra statue, that’s some serious rabbit hole. Fun fact: While writing this I got an ad for kids' dolls... Not precisely the demographic you would expect for the aegis.
Haha that does sound like a strange ad placement 😅 The nice thing about the ageises is that they'll be getting Smash amiibos soon! From the previews I've seen they look nice.
I do love collecting figures myself, have been slowly buying plushies, amiibos, bigger statue types/scales for years now and buy them once or so a month, sometimes less. But its definitely something I love, no idea how much I've spent doing this lol. I think my first one was a Yoshi amiibo years ago and that got me started.
Collecting figures & other merch is so addicting! And makes for great display pieces. I only started collecting scales earlier this year and the hobby has already been racking up quite a bit much to my wallet's displeasure lol😂
Haha these are not as 'bad' as some of the figures out there 😂 though idk, it's great to embrace your hobbies. Most people won't judge and if they do then 🤷♀️😆
Wow, those are some really amazing figures. I have so much figure envy whenever I see somebody show theirs off, but I also know that figures is one rabbit hole that I can't allow myself to go down. One weird question: what is the tee-shirt you're wearing? Whenever I see somebody wearing one that looks unique, I become slightly obsessed with seeing more of it and what the theme is?
I resisted for years and finally gave in when they starting make Trails figures at the end of last year. It's a bit scary how far my collection has grown in just under a year's time 😅 The sweatshirt is part of a One Piece collaboration they had during a Japanese concert of one of my favorite groups. They've featured on some of One Piece's OST tracks over the years so it was a really fun collaboration for concert merch.
Great video as usual! totally not buying the “not buying more figures for now” though ;) . Also, missed opportunity on the title, should have been “got my Waifus in the mail today!“.
I need to stick to my guns lol. But we'll see - the next figure I have coming is Byleth from FE3H (if she doesn't get delayed). But the other already released figures I need to wait on for a bit after these 😅 And that's a great title haha. I guess technically Nia is my XC2 waifu but the Aegises come close 😂
Awesome! You collect figures too! Here I thought you were just a gamer! I love collecting mostly Halloween season figures…I’m just discovering that as I look through my stuff…Lol. I’ve collected over the years…nightmare before Christmas, the crow, coraline, Sam from trick R treat. Anywho. Do you ever cosplay? I could see your eyes in the first figurine you showed here. I bet you’d be an excellent match! Love the channel! So mellow! I get tired of some of the in your face TH-cam stuff. Keep on trucking!
@@orbalology lol yeah it can be a lot of work. Do you ever go to gaming conventions? I thought about going to Nashville this weekend for Music City Mullti con but too short of notice. You will be as famous if ya aren’t already 😆as the peeps that will be there like…Metal Jesus ,John Riggs, and Nintendrew. I’m telling ya, You got a great channel going.
Personally never tried Xenoblade but love watching people enjoying their favorite things :D - is there a game that you would compare Xenoblade to if I were wanting to get a better idea of what it’d be like before hopping in?
So I would probably describe Xenoblade as something very similar to a single person MMORPG, as well as sort of similar to FFXII. Xenoblade is a bit more interactive though when it comes the combat timing and attack placement. Outside of combat the games place a lot of emphasis on story/characters and exploration. Overall the games on the Switch are slightly different but they all share a similar combat style & feel when playing :)
@@orbalology thank you for the great explanation! I definitely missed the initial xenoblade wave and only know of it from playing smash. I may have to add it to the backlog once I beat through the new Fire Emblem game coming this Jan.
@@orbalology I’ll be sure to let you know if and when! I lack a lot of irl friends into story games so finding your channel has been such a blessing for me. It was crazy timing too cause I’m just starting to embark on my journey of more modern game collecting as well. Truly feeling inspired by the content here!
I have never wanted to have any statues as much as these 2, they are amazing but so pricey 😢 my only hope is that the upcoming amiibos look a little bit like these
Awesome figure pickup Emily ☺️ thank you for the in depth details on the store. I never heard of that store before. I always thought these figures looks really great and I kind of wanted them. But the price definitely deterred me. It's kind of hard to spend that much for a figure. And the fact it's a set of two means twice the cost. I wish they reprinted them for US stores on good smile That way I could use PayPal and then do a Pay in 4 Payment plan. Do you know If when they send that PayPal invoice if they allow you to choose pay in 4 so you can break the cost up if your low on funds? You also said they have Xenoblade 3 figures coming? Where did you see that news at? I wish good smile would actually put out articulated figmas or nindoroids of the Xenoblade characters. That way you can put them in your own pose and play around with them. I'll share your video on my Twitter. ❤️🥰 Also look forward to seeing what spooky game you spoke about in our collaboration.
I don't think they have allow an installment plan option through PayPal. What I usually do for figure pre-orders is to create a sinking fund where I'll save a little cash every month until the figure releases (they usually announce them way in advance). That really helps me prepare for them, though these two figures I couldn't do that obviously so they were a bit of a splurge for this month 😅 So far they've announced a Mio scale and figma figure (which you can articulate) for Xenoablade Chronicles 3 through Good Smile Company. They made a post on twitter & their website last month shortly after the game released. I imagine they'll announce more characters at some point.
@@Phil1Up_Collects this site only has second hand items and I don't think they take preorders but I may be mistaken. So the items they have listed are all in stock and ready to ship. I like to preorder on either amiami or Amazon Japan who don't charge your card until the order ships.
Literally came back from Tokyo Mandarake this weekend xD great Xenoblade figures! Would love to chat to you sometime about recommending me switch JRPGS ^.^ will message you on insta! Great video
Your channel is literally so relaxing and I love hearing you talk and share your passion♥
Aww thank you! I'm glad to hear you've been enjoying the content 😊
I love stopping by this channel. It's all genuine thoughts and opinions with such a relaxing atmosphere!
Oh thank you so much! I'm glad to hear my thoughts are coming across well and not being too overbearing, which I'll admit I can be at times 😅
@@orbalology Nah, I love what you are doing. This is some of the most genuine thoughts and opinions you could ask for by someone as most of the big names in the community are faking and reading off scripts from developers. Keep on the good work!
Might be the most adorable thing ever... your excitement right here 2:46 😭
lol thanks 😂
lovely haul! it's so nice seeing your passion show on camera!
Thank you! I've always been a rather reserved person so it's a little surprising how many are commenting about this in today's video 😅
A fun fact :)
I bought these two figures last December! They are currently traveling on a boat, shouldn't delay. I'm also a little afraid that the packages will be damaged during transport, even though I asked to have the package reinforced ^^
It was almost mandatory the French post office is a packet destroyer.
I can't wait to receive them it's been so long since I looked at these with envy.
I had also taken Melia shortly before, but the figurine that I expect above all is Nia, Pre-order has been made for almost a year at Goodsmile jp.
I hope Mio's scale figure will be officially announced very soon !
It is a pleasure to share this unboxing with a true enthusiast ;)
Thanks for sharing !
Edit: wrote this before i finished To watch the whole vid.. ok hahaha same for you :p you already have got Melia and also waiting for Nia ^^
I hope your figures arrive safely! I haven't used surface parcel in a long time because I'm often impatient, but I may need to look into it more given the rising shipping costs 😅
And yes!! Nia is going to be stunning - can't wait for her release!!
@@orbalology By the way, I can now share this sensation that you described in this video. The figurines have arrived!!!
No damage, well packaged, no problems, unopened, the boxes are still covered with their thin paper.
Customs fees have stung, 60€ 😥
But super happy to finally have these 2 splendid figurines of my favorite franchise 😃
Those are some awesome figures, love the way they look! Can’t wait for their amiibos to come out as well!!!
It's been so long I'm glad they're finally releasing! I don't collect myself but they're a really great option for affordable (and somewhat functional) figures.
Truly incredible find! Congrats Emily 👏
Thanks Jay!
Whoa !! I can totally understand your excitement to show off these figures right when you got them lol I’m glad they’re in excellent condition.
I'm glad they came in pristine condition too! I always feel apprehensive ordering from a new store but I'm glad this was a smooth experience.
Omg that figure opening sounded like gunshots... RIP headset. XD
The paint job for Homura is spotless, I mostly own Legos, Funkos and Amiibos but this is another level. Nice
Scales really are on another level! I just wish they weren't so expensive, my wallet weeps every time 😅
Nice pick-ups! Ps. So many boxes, my cats would go nuts!
Thanks! Haha, boxes + cats = 😻
Damn those figures are FIRE 😮💨😮💨 & as always thanks for the content , you’re my favorite collector to watch
Thank you! That's nice to hear 😊
Nice! I am glad you got them and although I haven't been here long I think this is the happiest I've seen you on camera. They are great figures I can understand the excitement.
I've been trying to hold back on figure purchases lately. A single figure purchase is like 3 games or a piece of new equipment. It's just rough and I am all out of figure real estate. My poor Feena is being held up in the dark depths of my closet shackled by twist ties and bound to a blister pack. The same fate awaits Marth once he arrives via snail mail. Just no place to go but the confines of my closet and no plans to purchase another display any time soon. It's truly a cruel fate );
I feel you on space and especially cost - the figure market has become so much more expensive this year alone! I was looking at the upcoming Fire Emblem figures and they're over 10,000 yen more expensive than the previous models. Shipping prices keep rising too. It'll be a really scary hobby to continue once the Japanese yen goes back to 'normal'.
Wow, gorgeous figures. I'm surprised youve heard mixed things about Mandarake. Theyre usually the cream of the crop in Japan when it comes to nerd culture of all kinds. There Akihabara store location is just 9 floors of pure nerdom its fantastic.
Have you tried ordering from surugaya before? They also have a good selection and usually cheaper than Mandarake but they are less strict with their grading system than Mandarake is.
I think the mixed things I heard was more along the lines of packing quality & price. But maybe this was just a comparison to amiami who I think do a slightly better job in both respects. But I would love to visit one of their physical stores next time in Japan - I unfortunately never made it to one I don't believe.
And yes! I've purchased a few things like CDs & photobooks from Surugaya (though this was through a proxy service and not directly).
So pretty those figures 😯. Nice haul!
If it wasn't for my vacation I would have splurged on these figures, gotta restrain myself for just a little bit longer.
Don't give into temptation like me. Hold strong! 😂
You keep introducing me to new places to spend my money...!😱 Haha, but anyway, these are fantastic, great video as always!
Thanks! Haha yeah I may have been called an enabler a time or two before 😂
Buying figures is bad addiction that I myself have fallen into
It's truly an expensive rabbit hole hobby! 😂
Oh mannnnnnn--- I am jealousssss! 😅 Ahaha Really happy you were able to get them though, they look great! I've never been too much into figures, as I know it can get pretty pricey, but some of the XC2 figures really have me wanting to pick up one. The Nia figure looks really good haha, its the one I definitely would like to get! The KOSMOS XC2 figure looks gorgeous as well, so maybe one day I'll get one haha. Never been into Gundam making and all that, but the Siren one as well!! ❤️🙏 I love seeing your unboxings Emily, once again awesome you were able to get them!
I'm learning all to well that figure collecting is an expensive rabbit hole 😂😅 I've found making sinking funds for upcoming preorders helps (as well as enables) this hobby. So my advice is to proceed with caution lol
@@orbalology Yeahh, I already have problems enough with impulse buys ahaha. I shall proceed with caution 😅
I learned a lot on how to import consoles and games from you but as cool as it would be having a Mythra statue, that’s some serious rabbit hole. Fun fact: While writing this I got an ad for kids' dolls... Not precisely the demographic you would expect for the aegis.
Haha that does sound like a strange ad placement 😅 The nice thing about the ageises is that they'll be getting Smash amiibos soon! From the previews I've seen they look nice.
@@orbalology Oh, yes and I like the smash redesigns a lot... Maybe I should... Wait, are you pushing me into the rabbit hole, no, wait!!
@@Manu-vm4wb 😂
I do love collecting figures myself, have been slowly buying plushies, amiibos, bigger statue types/scales for years now and buy them once or so a month, sometimes less. But its definitely something I love, no idea how much I've spent doing this lol. I think my first one was a Yoshi amiibo years ago and that got me started.
Collecting figures & other merch is so addicting! And makes for great display pieces. I only started collecting scales earlier this year and the hobby has already been racking up quite a bit much to my wallet's displeasure lol😂
Lol the details on these figures are amazing but I’d never display them in the open. My parents would kill me if they see it
Haha these are not as 'bad' as some of the figures out there 😂 though idk, it's great to embrace your hobbies. Most people won't judge and if they do then 🤷♀️😆
I dig Pyra and Mythra! Good video, Emily! Keep it up.
Thank you!! 😄
Wow, those are some really amazing figures. I have so much figure envy whenever I see somebody show theirs off, but I also know that figures is one rabbit hole that I can't allow myself to go down. One weird question: what is the tee-shirt you're wearing? Whenever I see somebody wearing one that looks unique, I become slightly obsessed with seeing more of it and what the theme is?
I resisted for years and finally gave in when they starting make Trails figures at the end of last year. It's a bit scary how far my collection has grown in just under a year's time 😅
The sweatshirt is part of a One Piece collaboration they had during a Japanese concert of one of my favorite groups. They've featured on some of One Piece's OST tracks over the years so it was a really fun collaboration for concert merch.
Great camera angles for the unboxing. I would suggest doing the same for showing off pickups and your collection sometime!
I'm hoping to keep improving! I'll need to think of how I'll want to implement different b-roll and/or camera shots in my game collecting vids :)
Great video as usual! totally not buying the “not buying more figures for now” though ;) .
Also, missed opportunity on the title, should have been “got my Waifus in the mail today!“.
I need to stick to my guns lol. But we'll see - the next figure I have coming is Byleth from FE3H (if she doesn't get delayed). But the other already released figures I need to wait on for a bit after these 😅
And that's a great title haha. I guess technically Nia is my XC2 waifu but the Aegises come close 😂
I visited mandarake in Tokyo in 2018. It was an amazing place with an incredible amount of gaming, anime and pop culture items. Nerd heaven!
I wish I had visited their shop the last two times I was in Tokyo - I'll have to check it out the next time I'm there.
Awesome! You collect figures too! Here I thought you were just a gamer! I love collecting mostly Halloween season figures…I’m just discovering that as I look through my stuff…Lol.
I’ve collected over the years…nightmare before Christmas, the crow, coraline, Sam from trick R treat. Anywho.
Do you ever cosplay? I could see your eyes in the first figurine you showed here. I bet you’d be an excellent match!
Love the channel! So mellow! I get tired of some of the in your face TH-cam stuff. Keep on trucking!
Oh Halloween themed figures are neat haha. I actually haven't dabbled in cosplay, not sure if I'm cut out for all the work it takes tbh 😅
@@orbalology lol yeah it can be a lot of work. Do you ever go to gaming conventions? I thought about going to Nashville this weekend for Music City Mullti con but too short of notice. You will be as famous if ya aren’t already 😆as the peeps that will be there like…Metal Jesus ,John Riggs, and Nintendrew.
I’m telling ya, You got a great channel going.
Would love to see the room where you put all of them. XD
Maybe after I move! Honestly the display thing I have going on right now doesn't look that great 😅
Those two are so cool! I haven't played XC2, but after those figures were released a few years ago, I have considered getting them multiple times lol
Their figures are really cool so I don't blame you haha
“Lots of booty there” 😂 Made me laugh. Hard to ignore i guess 😜
It is 😂
I mean hikari that’s the figure I liked :)
Personally never tried Xenoblade but love watching people enjoying their favorite things :D - is there a game that you would compare Xenoblade to if I were wanting to get a better idea of what it’d be like before hopping in?
So I would probably describe Xenoblade as something very similar to a single person MMORPG, as well as sort of similar to FFXII. Xenoblade is a bit more interactive though when it comes the combat timing and attack placement. Outside of combat the games place a lot of emphasis on story/characters and exploration. Overall the games on the Switch are slightly different but they all share a similar combat style & feel when playing :)
@@orbalology thank you for the great explanation! I definitely missed the initial xenoblade wave and only know of it from playing smash. I may have to add it to the backlog once I beat through the new Fire Emblem game coming this Jan.
@@shnoo8900 I hope they don't disappoint if you end up trying them! All 3 have become some of my top favorite games on the system :)
@@orbalology I’ll be sure to let you know if and when! I lack a lot of irl friends into story games so finding your channel has been such a blessing for me. It was crazy timing too cause I’m just starting to embark on my journey of more modern game collecting as well. Truly feeling inspired by the content here!
@@shnoo8900 I'm glad to hear! 😊
Wow they look gorgeous ❤ and I like mythra a little more then pyra also 🤫
They're super prettyyyy. Haha Mythra always cracks me up 😂
I have never wanted to have any statues as much as these 2, they are amazing but so pricey 😢 my only hope is that the upcoming amiibos look a little bit like these
From the previews the amiibo look really nice! Hopefully Nintendo really delivers after the long wait.
awesome video!
Thank you! 😄
Cool pickups. Haven't played there game yet but, I love them in smash ultimate.
They're quite popular in Smash I hear! They also have amiibo coming out too that were delayed ages ago.
@@orbalology good to know. I don't buy many amiibos at all but, that might be one that I grab.
Awesome figure pickup Emily ☺️ thank you for the in depth details on the store. I never heard of that store before. I always thought these figures looks really great and I kind of wanted them. But the price definitely deterred me. It's kind of hard to spend that much for a figure. And the fact it's a set of two means twice the cost. I wish they reprinted them for US stores on good smile That way I could use PayPal and then do a Pay in 4 Payment plan. Do you know If when they send that PayPal invoice if they allow you to choose pay in 4 so you can break the cost up if your low on funds?
You also said they have Xenoblade 3 figures coming? Where did you see that news at? I wish good smile would actually put out articulated figmas or nindoroids of the Xenoblade characters. That way you can put them in your own pose and play around with them. I'll share your video on my Twitter. ❤️🥰 Also look forward to seeing what spooky game you spoke about in our collaboration.
I don't think they have allow an installment plan option through PayPal. What I usually do for figure pre-orders is to create a sinking fund where I'll save a little cash every month until the figure releases (they usually announce them way in advance). That really helps me prepare for them, though these two figures I couldn't do that obviously so they were a bit of a splurge for this month 😅
So far they've announced a Mio scale and figma figure (which you can articulate) for Xenoablade Chronicles 3 through Good Smile Company. They made a post on twitter & their website last month shortly after the game released. I imagine they'll announce more characters at some point.
@@orbalology so this website take money for Preorders up front or when they are shipped and releasing? I'll have to look up that figure.
@@Phil1Up_Collects this site only has second hand items and I don't think they take preorders but I may be mistaken. So the items they have listed are all in stock and ready to ship. I like to preorder on either amiami or Amazon Japan who don't charge your card until the order ships.
@@orbalology good to know thanks Emily ❤️ have a great evening.
very cool video!
Thank you! 😄
...and this is her backside WHOOP lol
Literally came back from Tokyo Mandarake this weekend xD great Xenoblade figures! Would love to chat to you sometime about recommending me switch JRPGS ^.^ will message you on insta! Great video