Alita doll

[Sergio Nova]

I think you guys sould take a look at this.

http://anime.collectiondx.com/review/an ... er-stories

In case anyone finds out how/where to buy the doll, please let me know.

[crazyankan]

Isn't it the same doll that was posted here?
http://www.rippersanime.com/Forum/viewt ... ?f=3&t=158

[Sergio Nova]

Isn't it the same doll that was posted here?
http://www.rippersanime.com/Forum/viewt ... ?f=3&t=158

Yes, the same.
I was not a member of this glorious community, then.
The problem is that the product is sold out.
I thought I was too old to play with plastic dolls (or not so old yet, it is a case of interpretation).

The question remains: if anyone knows where to find it, please let me know.

[^Ripper]

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=gunnm+ ... t=0&bkBtn=

If you want to pay that kind of money...
I was lucky since there was a major fuckup at the store that sold them.
I was included once again while the product was sold out.
Its on my shelve next to my other figurines.

And yes people say i collect dolls too...
I say i have figurines of my favorite shows and i do NOT play with them in the sense of a 4 year old girl...
Meh they don't know how to appreciate to actually see/own a fictional character in the form of a figurine.

[Sergio Nova]

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=gunnm+ ... t=0&bkBtn=

If you want to pay that kind of money...
I was lucky since there was a major fuckup at the store that sold them.
I was included once again while the product was sold out.
Its on my shelve next to my other figurines.

And yes people say i collect dolls too...
I say i have figurines of my favorite shows and i do NOT play with them in the sense of a 4 year old girl...
Meh they don't know how to appreciate to actually see/own a fictional character in the form of a figurine.

Thanks a lot. I have already contacted a seller.
Just a curiosity. Did your package come with Gunnm Gaiden included?

[^Ripper]

As far as i know its the book + figurine.
But the ebay deals may just be the figurine, ask the seller if its the complete sealed set!

[kamugin]

I and a friend of mine purchased that gaiden special edition plus Alita figure twice. The first two were lost in mail because an strike at Brazilian customs in the beginning of 2008, fortunately HLJ http://www.hlj.com refunded us, but since they hadn't it in stock anymore we purchased another two at Yahoo Japan using a proxy bidding service, this time twice the original price... Crap, being Brazilian really sucks!

By the way, the figure isn't great at all, it is smaller than a figma and didn't have fidelity with any of the Alita's incarnations. It's only good for Alita's hardcore fans... Me included =P

By the way (2), I'm a figurine collector, here are the links to my crappy blog and to my profile in My Figure Collection:
http://kamugin-inconsistency.blogspot.com/
http://myfigurecollection.net/profile/Kamugin

[Sergio Nova]

Crap, being Brazilian really sucks!

Do you really think so? It could have been worse. You could have been born Argentine, for example. Let's see Dharko's opinion.

[kamugin]

I think Argentina is way better than Brazil in many aspects... And I don't give a damn about football!
Dunno how is to be an anime/manga fan in Argentina though...

[Sergio Nova]

Believe me, I was not referring about football.
The joke is much more complex.
Anyway, it is exactly that: a joke. I have nothing against (or pro) Argentines in real world.

[paridox]

is a cool figure but the one in the box looks far better

mine come with a unpainted arm really who knows if i was unlucky or the QC is quite bad

now atm im collecting lots of expensive toys like bousou shinkis, figmas and revoltech
only action figures from japan most of them from masaki apsy the sculptor who design this beautyful gally

[Sergio Nova]

I just hope the air chaos produced by the Icelandic vulcan will not make me wait an endless eternity for my doll.

[Sergio Nova]

That's it!
After the Icelandic volcano, after the air chaos in Europe, after mail delays, after…
my figure has finally arrived (and the package DOES bring Gunnm Another Stories, the book).
Now I have a new doll to play with.

Meantime, take a look at this: http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/687/Pa ... dolls.html
Life-size dolls at US$5,000? Well, it is something I cannot afford.

[moooV]

Meantime, take a look at this: http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/687/Pa ... dolls.html
Life-size dolls at US$5,000? Well, it is something I cannot afford.

Everyone knows what these things are for - this IS a deviation, only perverts and maniacks are the consumers for them. Anyway, buying something like this is a direct way to a mental institution, or just a giant subject for derision.

[Sergio Nova]

Everyone knows what these things are for - this IS a deviation, only perverts and maniacks are the consumers for them. Anyway, buying something like this is a direct way to a mental institution, or just a giant subject for derision.

I would say that there are basically two kinds of people on this planet: the ones who dare to be eccentric (if that is the word), and the ones who are too busy in categorizing other people's behavior. The second group is dwelled by the frustrated characters of history. What a pity!

[Cailon]

Everyone knows what these things are for

I wanna devour her I wanna devour her I wanna devour her!

[moooV]

Everyone knows what these things are for - this IS a deviation, only perverts and maniacks are the consumers for them. Anyway, buying something like this is a direct way to a mental institution, or just a giant subject for derision.

I would say that there are basically two kinds of people on this planet: the ones who dare to be eccentric (if that is the word), and the ones who are too busy in categorizing other people's behavior. The second group is dwelled by the frustrated characters of history. What a pity!

I'm not categorizing anyone's behaviour, nor blame anyone for it. I just don't understand such people, I find them sick.

However, Captain Freud is giving me a hint that you belong to these people, because you've got offended.

Do you REALLY think that buying a life-size doll, which looks like a child is perfectly ok? You don't see any abnormalties in such a purchase, do you? If you could afford it, you'd buy it, right?

I really can't understand such people. Having a plastic toy at your bookshelf is one thing, but having a life-sized child (even without any obscene stuff in it) is absolutely different! This is wrong, at very very least.

I'd like to qoute some Freud in this case, but I won't. Just not to take this discussion to speculate on him again.

[FlanMan42]

Well, I will say that the Alita figurine is very neat... if not very expensive.
Bottom line though; it's pretty cool.

[Sergio Nova]

However, Captain Freud is giving me a hint that you belong to these people, because you've got offended.

Yes, you DID offend ME.
Interesting. I remember you saying that Freud was sick exactly because he would see sexual perversion in everything. Now I can finally understand. It is YOUR problem. I daresay that a doll is a doll, simply; as well as a cigar is a cigar, nothing else.

[moooV]

However, Captain Freud is giving me a hint that you belong to these people, because you've got offended.

Yes, you DID offend ME.
Interesting. I remember you saying that Freud was sick exactly because he would see sexual perversion in everything. Now I can finally understand. It is YOUR problem. I daresay that a doll is a doll, simply; as well as a cigar is a cigar, nothing else.

I apologize, although I've just stated my opinion about it - nothing personal or against you directly.


Yes, I've previously said that Freud was a sexually posessed sick bastard. But this doesn't stop me from using small parts of him which are neutral, even if I disagree with him fundamentally. Yes, I don't share most of his ideas, his stand point, but still he is someone to listen to for a small ones, even with all that filth he has inside his books.

In this topic, my reference to Freud had absolutely nothing to do with any sexual side of him (read that sentence you've quoted one more time). Why I've mentioned Freud is that he has one really good thought about a subconscious reaction to an irritant. You can't deny it - if someone says something that goes against your opinion, you get offended.

That's obvious: if someone has reacted with offence to an instigatory statement, this clears all the doubts. And I really doubted you being serious about it, so I've just put my thought straightforward, I didn't wrap it to be more-or-less smoother. But still, this really was my opinion about the subject.


No, this is not my problem. This argument from your side is like an old russian proverb - "You notice the mote on someone else's eye, but can't see the whole timber log in your own.".
I don't use double standards, this is just wrong - I agree with Kant at this view.


The point is that YOU percept this being right, just because here we are in an anime forum. You watch animes, you communicate with the people supporting it, who share your ideas and interests, you are sucked into it, you form your opinion appropriately - just as a subcultural middle-ground. Yes, you have your own opinion (everyone has), but you can't deny the influence.


What about me - I'm judging at it all from a complete spectator point of view - as a person, who does not watch animes at all, and tries to stay out of that culture as far as possible.


Let me explain it further:

Normally, if you come to a psychiatrist and say something like "I want to buy a life-size doll, which looks like a child" - you'll get to a room with a soft walls in no time. If you tell the same thing to your friends, to your relatives, to your collegues - they will doubt your normality.

This all is possible on ONLY ONE condition - if all these people know nothing or have even never heard about anime and it's surrounding culture. If they know about it, they will tell you (even the psychiatrist) something like "Ah, you're the anime addict. You are perfectly normal then, nothing to worry about.".

It all depends on a pre-set context you come in to, formed about you by others, even without a secondary actions from you part. Everyone has it, this context varies from one subgroup to another, this is called the overall picture of you, a side look. In some groups you are considered normal, in others you don't, moral values differ between the groups, respect towards you and so forth - everyone knows it, no need to explain it - this is just incredibly obvious. Part of your context is that you are an anime fan and this explains everything for everyone - they percept you differently. That's why they will never tell you that is not right, even if they disagree with you - knowledge of you being an anime fan makes their response more open minded. I think, you understand it on your own, there is no need to explain it.


What I mean about this discussion of ours is that ALL THIS IS NORMAL. It's me outstanding from this exact group, not you. That's why that post of yours wasn't followed by a reaction of a community, but just mine - you thought that I belong to a group, but I don't. And this is absolutely normal, from my side, and from yours too. It's mine opinion that does not conform to an average opinion of the given group. But in a broader group, your opinion on THIS EXACT SUBJECT would stand out, just because they are not anime fans, although they know that you are (your context).


And Freud has nothing to do with it at all, it's the William Graham Sumner, one of the biggest sociologists of groups:

As soon as A observes something which seems to him to be wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and A and B then propose to get a law passed to remedy the evil and help X. Their law always proposes to determine what C shall do for X, or in the better case, what A, B, and C shall do for X.... What I want to do is to look up C.... He is the man who never is thought of.

Simplifying: If A and B (who represent the average group opinions) agree about X, they don't take in account the existance of C's opinion, which differs. And when C comes, he is a dissident.



PS.
Anyway, I'm not trying to get at you nor "play a smart guy" - I'm just trying to prove a point. Don't take this seriously, I really don't want to offend you or make you uncomfortable. And I respect you, really.

I suggest, it would be wise close this discussion, it will lead nowhere - just like all our discussions, only nerves will be severed and tons of crap produced.