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A Guide To Cleaning Your Figures/Figurines

In Figures on December 22, 2007 at 2:01 am

It’s come to my attention that my figurines are somewhat dirty. Perhaps it was the fact that my glass shelves had become opaque with dust, or possibly the spider making its way across my Yukanalia figurine as it spanned a thread of web from one wing to the next, but things Were Not Right in my shrine to PVC love.

Now, a pet hate of mine has always been cleaning my figurines. Not because I dislike the work involved, but because I’ve never been sure of just exactly how to clean them. I have an air-compressor, and would regularly wind that up to blow the majority of the dust off. But dust can sometimes be a stubborn beast, and often tenacious particles would cling on in clumps of resistance here and there, mocking me.

Thus, in the quest for scientific progress and the development of knowledge within the human species, I have embarked on a journey of discovery with my grimy PVCs. I hope the following guide and suggestions will prove useful. Read the rest of this entry »

Light Novel Review: Scrapped Princess – A Tale of Destiny

In Light Novel on December 15, 2007 at 7:59 am

Scrapped Princess, Volume 1
Publisher: Tokyopop
Author: Ichiro Sakaki

Synopsis:

In the Kingdom of Lineven, the 5111th Oracle of Saint Grendel, of the Mauser church, has just concluded the most odd and distrubing prophecy. An infant girl – the royal heir, no less – must be killed, lest the world fall to the Apocolypse. Before the act can be carried out, however, the girl mysteriously disappears.

Fifteen years later, there are rumours and tales abound of the Scrapped Princess. To Pacifica Casull, youngest member of the Casull family and semi-kinda-maybe helper around the Casull Weapons Shop, these rumours mean little. But the death of her father will reveal a dreadful secret that will change hers – and her siblings – future forever… Read the rest of this entry »