It's been not only a long time since I've posted here, but it has been a long time since I shared photos of my place. The last time you guys saw where I lived I was still living at home with my parents. It was back in 2012, so easily 4 years ago you saw my collection. Now you can see not only has my… [more]
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Pre-ordered this figure the moment she was released for pre-order. I needed for for multiple reasons, she's sexy/half naked, plus while she's not Sora she reminds me of Sora from Yosuga no Sora! But she's Yuki from Maid Yome and she's pretty amazing. The only issue is her adorable mouth really looks… [more]
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I recently went on a trip to a magical place, The Container Store. Ok it's not really magical, but I happen to have discovered a love for organizing my home. I tend to prefer Ikea and Daiso but we went to The Container Store on a whim and I discovered this lovely storage container! I've been needing… [more]
Random reader: “ANOTHER YOKO! Seriously Dancing Queen! You need to stop! Enough is enough! There is a point when it becomes crazy! There comes a time when 16 Yoko figures are far too many”
ME: HA! I’ll never stop getting all the Yoko figures I can get!
Again as usual another Yoko, this time it’s the Lottery prize B Banpresto Yoko. She’s a hard one to track down but i got my hands on her for a pretty penny through eBay. Was she worth it? Read on to find out!
Cute face, Dynamic pose, love the base and how it’s her trademark skull clip.
I love the open mouth and teeth, her Yoko-opai are very cute as well.
The paint overall is well done, not any parts on her that are poorly painted.
As I mentioned the cute base and well detailed shoes, love the zipper!
Now here comes the complaining parts. Love at that curve of her back, NO WAY CAN HER BACK BEND LIKE THAT AND NOT BE BROKEN! Really it’s a 90 degree angle! while it does give her more of a dynamic pose this way and makes her Butt look amazing it really isn’t at all realistic, even for an anime figure.
When you look at her from the angle that you see that bend in her back she really looks very strange.
Favorite shot of this set, really an experimental shot and i’m glad how it came out.
See from this angle Yoko looks amazing! Very Nice underboob
Look at the curve, just drives me crazy! In a bad way!
I really do like her gun, it’s not hard to mess that up but then it’s possible.
Nice Butt for sure.
While I did have my complaints, as usual I still love her. Of course once again we all know my legendary bias towards Yoko and how she can do no wrong. So as always i’ll give the same recomendations I have been giving out. Love Yoko almost as much as me? Get your hands on this figure, she’s a rare one and a bit pricey but really a figure no Yoko fan should be without! Kinda iffy on Yoko but want a good figure of her? Try Gift Yoko, Enterbrain Yoko, Up-lark Yoko, or Alter Yomako Sensei. There are also some Amazing figures that are out that I have yet to get like the Kotobukiya Yoko you can see from Happy Soda or the yet to be released Bounty Hunter Yoko from Alter, She’ll be the Yoko to get!
Do I ever think i’ll stop getting Yoko figures? Not any time soon, still have tons more Yoko figures on order! It’s the first time that i’m not getting tired of getting figures of just one character. There is something special about each Yoko figure that I just can’t help but then them all! Will it Interfere with my regular collecting? Not at all as well! Still getting many Non-Yoko figures so it’s been a bit of a stretch to get them all but nothing shall stop me!
-Figure Info-
Manufactured by Banpresto
non Scale 250 mm
Initial release in May ’09
Price of 800 yen per try with the Lottery (paid around $120)
So Yoko is gonna be hard to find, but any of those other Yoko’s i’ve mentioned are available at any one of these fine retailers!
beNippon
HobbyLink Japan
Hobby Search
J-list
Kid Nemo Company
Otaku Fuel
Play Asia
Toylet
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Very nice. Love how they used the skull clip for the base, too may figures now a days seem to suffer from fugly base syndrome.
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dont you know? yoko is secretly an invertebrate!
now that explains it all!
original bases seem to be a rare occurrence as of late
Jesus Christ!! What happen to her back? Did she broke her spine or something?
seems like
never seen this one, the base is really nice. you should share the wealth of all these nice yokos/
not giving these away! but yes i know of most of the Yoko figures out there and like i said, if it’s an official PVC i’ll most likely own it
didn’t say to give these away :p was just a joke! gawsh
i figured, you’d have to kill me to get these figures, and even then i’d haunt you
Wow, this is a lottery prize figure? Everything about her is awesome except the really awkward bend in her back! Looks painful ^^;
Anyways, nice photos!
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she is and i have to agree, everything is awesome except that bend
this one actually one of the better sculpt of yoko figurines… too bad she’s not mass produced 🙂
seems like the quality is good considering it has “prize” on the name (was thinking something similar to sega prize quality)!
going to look around for this one 🙂
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it does suck she’s not mass produced, you know Banpresto would have made a killing off her if she was
Hey, I helped you get her! :p Lol, kidding. ;D
I did not notice her broken back until you mentioned it. I can be unbelievably inattentive at times, lol. Of course, I’ve seen worse in official art. I’d link it if I remembered which one it was, but my memory is helping me out less than it usually does. :p
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thanks again for the help in getting her! I’ve seen my share of bad yoko fan-art as well
This was official art, I think. LOL. Too bad I can’t find it. 😡
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let me know if you find it, i’d like to see it
Oh! I finally remember what it was now. It was the camo-Yoko from the Yoko Portrait artbook. I think it’s considered official, but I don’t know if Gainax drew those.
And I think everyone broke the rifle on the EnterBrain Yoko. We did too. 🙁
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the rifle is so fragile, that and she grasps it pretty hard
If it wasn’t for that unrealistic back bend… she’d be a very epic get!
They made Yoko into a contortionist!
I think Banpresto probably got a lot from this particular figure since it can only be won from a lottery… *nod*
they must have gotten a lot but i bet they could have made a killing considering they are charging over $100 for her on eBay now
Love the Yoko figure! Her pose isn’t totally unrealistic. I think I’m probably the only person next to Yoko who can bend my back like that!
I would totally get this figure if it wasn’t so hard to find! Maybe they will make a re-release?
(The secret is gymnastics/yoga and a big back end 🙁 Damn… )
oh see i doubt yoko did either
i doubt a re-release since it’s a lottery prize
Banpresto must be getting better. I bought their Ryuugu Rena PVC, and she came loose in the box, each piece wrapped up like a Happy Meal toy (but I’m 100% she
‘s not a bootleg.) Not to mentaion the rather poor quality of the figure overall >_< Anyway, she was only from ’08 so they seem to have improved quickly^^
well for a lottery prize they have to make sure the figures is of good quality, for normal releases they tend to be not so good
I had a chance to buy her for a decent price (well as decent as you can get with limited figures) but I skipped due to the curve in her back. I liked everything else about the figure but I really couldn’t overcome that oddness. My favorite Yoko figure (that I currently own) is the Enterbrain one. But I only actually own 2 Yoko figures right now so that’s not saying much, all the rest are on pre-order. Enterbrain would be my absolute favorite even over the pre-order Yoko figures if getting the gun in and out of her hands wasn’t so delicate.
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i broke the gun on my enterbrain yoko, but it broke at a part that was easily fixable and you don’t notice
Mine got a small crack in it that I can hide. With so many reporting that their guns completely broke when trying to put it in her hands I count myself lucky that it cracked in a way I can hide. When moving my figures I packed her with special attention and didn’t dis-assemble her. My 1/5 Scale Gift Yoko is in the mail 🙂 YAY!
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ohh You’ll love Gift Yoko!
Love it. So hard to find good Yoko’s these days. I am hoping to find the Dollfie Yoko you posted earlier.. going to be spending big bucks sadly..
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i want that Dolfie Yoko so badly, but don’t have the funds for her at all :'(
I want her too. She is awesome, but only the Danny Choo’s of the world can afford her.
that’s not true, you can find her for not too crazy a price online
Dancing Queen since you love Yoko so much (who doesn’t) you need to check this version of here coming this October. http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVDT-64 is beautiful.
seen her, pre-ordered already as well. while i like it since it’s got Nakim and Maosha i think the Alter Yomako sensei will be the better Yomako figure out there
I never knew that girls collected female figures. Now I know.
oh we do, but to this extent it’s rare
I like the outdoor themed photos with the figures. A refreshing change from just seeing them on a table.
ooo… yeah, that back really killed it. Still a beaut, tho
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other than the back being bent so awkwardly she’d be a good Yoko
Really nice shooting of a really sensual Yoko adaptation. Congrat’
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thankies
I tried winning this Yoko at a raffle at Anime Expo. Didn’t get her but I did get this super cute Nia chibi 😀
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i totally missed that raffle!
Never stop getting Yoko figures!
I love looking at all of your amazing pictures of them. (This one included!)
This Yoko is pretty cute. I absolutely love the base!
Her back is just so unnatural, but her cuteness makes up for it!
i doubt i’ll stop anytime soon <3 Yoko too much to stop
For a hardcore fan and collector, there is no such thing as too many figures of your favorite characters ^^; I’m kind of the same way with Kagami & Lucky Star figures. I like to collect anything Kagami-related that I can find 🙂
As for the figure, it’s quite cute aside from the biologically impossible back pose you pointed out >_< Ouch!
that’s true, i know people who have gone farther with other characters
Hmm.. to the experimental pose… it looks interesting, but still dark? Is that on purpose? Nice sexy figure tho.
dark, i don’t think i understand
My back hurts just looking at it lol But, cool shot of her silhouette with the sun in front of her. 🙂
thankies bunches
You can definitely never have to many yoko figures. I have four myself want to get more but that mrs doesn’t like yoko and my other anime girl figures everywhere around the house. I don’t like that spine curve either put me off getting that figure.
can you say paraplegia?