It's FanChat Friday! This week's prompt is: Do you have any physical merch? How do you choose what merch to get? Now's your chance to show it off!
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@FandomChats A lot of my collection is still back in my old house in Puerto Rico, some of it seen in the four photos attached here--but as an adult, I like collecting stickers or keychains if they are below 5-10 bucks including shipping XD Sometimes some chibi figures. Otherwise I try to not collect much due to space or money, unless it's something super rare that I know I will never see again, like very obscure manga. Thankfully that hasn't happened much lol. Thank you, second hand markets that sell things super cheap!
The dolls featured in these photos from my house, I brought with me to my home here in the US but OVA!Belldandy's head broke when getting her out of the protective casing, and I think Ryoko's sword broke Not sure how to fix them, and some of the stands (the pole thing that helps them stand up) are missing but I'm sure it's because they're still in storage. Not sure how they would be replaced...But I love them, anyway
I've done repairs on similar-sized figures and smaller by very carefully making small holes in each half (tiny drill bit in a pin-vice) and then inserting a chunk of a paperclip as a permanent pin. (maybe a drop of model superglue if I'm sure I want it permanent)
Beautiful collection, btw. I keep trying to stay out of merch-heavy fandoms but it doesn't work. ^^;;
Yeah, I keep caving to temptation. ^^;;
@kalloway Yeah, I used Surugaya once to try out the free shipping and MAN, it's so tempting to do it again. But have to hold out XD
And I see 👀 📝 I see, I see...that looks very much like pro work, hehe.