New Nerd Addiction: Figmas

I like to think of myself as somewhat of a masculine dude. I rock a mohawk, tattoos, and facial piercings. I enjoy going out to clubs and “getting crunk” with my friends and dry humping with the ladies on the dance floor. I enjoy beer pong, keg stands, and shots. I have a penis. I have facial hair. I enjoy aggressive heavy metal music, and most of all, vaginas.

But I also like really cute Japanese things.

I’ve been collecting toys for a few years now, but my preference is usually either urban designer toys, or anime figures. As a rule, I usually hate on anything with obvious articulation. After all, joints are for action figures, and action figures are for little kids and uber-geeks, not cool kids like myself.

The first time I ever saw a Figma figure, I almost vomited all over myself. I think I actually diarrhead my pants from the sickness that was induced by the tacky display of ball-joints. Gross.

But then something happened. After a routine of browsing sites like DannyChoo.com and Figure.fm on a daily basis, I slowly succumbed to the cuteness of these articulated toys. I found myself falling in love with the little things, like how each figure comes with a number of faces with different expressions and extra sets of hands, each uniquely posed, or how each Figma includes a base for maximum diverse displayability.

Not to mention, there’s all kinds of accessories like mopeds and display stages than you can decorate using printed-out backgrounds. You can even download papercraft accessories like hats and Christmas trees from the Figma site!

You can find Figmas based on characters from popular anime and manga series like Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Fate/Stay Night, and more. And while the PVC and resin statues that I’m used to collecting tend to hover around the $100 range, figmas are only about $35. They also look damn good on a shelf.

If you’ve been following the site this week, you know that I just recently visited the 2009 New York Anime Festival. My main goal at the festival was to either purchase a Haruhi Suzumiya or Hatsune Miku figma, but sadly, I wasn’t aware of how rare they are. However, I did find both Ryomou Shimei and Kanu Unchou from Ikki Tousen. I had some trouble deciding which one to get because Ryomou is my all time favorite, but the Kanu figure is just so badass looking.

Check out her friggin’ sword thingie!

She also came with a spare set of knockers, which I found kinda’ weird. While she’s not necessarily ultra-cute, she’s definitely badass. I just can’t wait to get more so that I can line my walls Danny-Choo-style.

Figmas are produced by Max Factory and distributed by Good Smile Company.

Does anybody else collect Figmas? Let me know in the comments.

Get Figmas at Play-Asia.com!