So here’s the true story from my side: I initially had absolutely no clue about fire emblem until I saw your “pre order video” for 2022 whereby one of them is Ike from IS. It’s exactly what I was looking for back then and the night after watching your video I went pre-ordered it. After a while (and bunch other preorders lol), I thought to myself that I may need to cancel few of PO including Ike (literally been ignoring the notice of payment for a week). Then today I watched your video and seeing what the figure actually looks like and went against my rule (not having any figure whatsoever with plastic support) and completed the final payment of Ike hahaaa. Hope it turned good ; Though I won’t assemble him with the ugly support (gotta think of something more natural to support the stand).
I’m glad my videos helped! Honestly Ike is fantastic overall for the price I’d say. And I hope you can find a way to support his cape without the plastic support rod. I wish I could give some info on how to support a figure without the support rod. Maybe they might have a forum on MFC or online in general. Hope he gets to you safely! ☺️
I play Heroes pretty much everyday. It’s going to be sad when it shuts down in the distant future. 🥲 I hope you love your Ike figure! Do you have any other figures from the series preordered?
@@SakuraUnboxing Hmm I'm scared to go through my preorder list lol. But I have the Cordelia and Tharja waiting to be opened! You can come and be a guest on my podcast sometime if you want to chat about Fire Emblem, love the series ^^
@@TheMiyazakiMan Nice! Those figures are awesome, but that after market price for those figures are crazy. 😂 I would love to be a guest on your podcast! My knowledge of Fire Emblem is mostly Heroes. I’ve played Awakening onward and a bit of Three Houses. And I watched full let’s plays on the Tellius saga and Blazing Sword. And I know bits and pieces of the GBA games. After that the other games I have not a lot of knowledge on like Thracia, Geneology, and Archenea. 😂 But it would be fun to talk about the games! I really appreciate you asking for the opportunity and I would love to attend if possible! ☺️
Your collection is great! I've been eyeing a lot of the Japanese visual works/art books myself but ah some of those can be difficult to come by 😅 Also the more I see unboxings of Ike the more I want to get him 😂 (I really hope they bring his games over to the switch someday).
Thank you! If you see in my background I have a bunch of the Illustration books that I got off of Mandarake for not that much! It can be tricky to search on there so if you can find the Japanese name of the item and copy and paste it into the Mandarake search bar then you’ll get better results. CD Japan also have some art books on there. In terms of Fire Emblem art books I’m looking for the FE Fates art book which it seems like they’ll never release in English. And I do hope they remake Ike’s games! Considering how expensive they are to find I would hope for a remake. And this figure I’d definitely recommend! If you do want to get him in the future o hope you can find him for a good price! I wish you the best with your collection as well! ☺️💖
@@SakuraUnboxing I haven't used Mandarake before but I've been eyeing one of the Xenoblade figures on there these last few months 😅 I actually really enjoy using Amazon Japan for large art book orders - been thinking about making a nice haul of game related art books during one of my slower hobby buying months (though who knows whenever that'll happen lol). Also proxy services can also come in handy for some of the harder to find books (or ones that are steeply discounted). Though I'm still kicking myself for not getting the FE Echoes visual works book on there - it's my current favorite FE game but now it's hard to find used copies for under $100 😭 Sometimes playing the waiting game bites me in the butt so I should probably try to get Ike and a few other scales I've been eyeing sooner rather than later 😅 But anyway, best of luck with your collecting too! :)
@@orbalology That’s a good option as well! Buyee is a great proxy shipping service and it doesn’t hurt to take a look on Yahoo Japan Auctions, Yahoo Shopping or Mercari as well. I hope you can find that art book on there for a reasonable price! And yeah sometimes waiting for something to release can either be good or bad because of finding what you want at a reasonable price. Thankfully these current Fire Emblem figures haven’t been hitting crazy aftermarket prices like previous ones. Budgeting is key and sadly we have to sacrifice some items for others when things don’t work out. But in the end I hope that you can find what you are looking for to fit your overall collection! Best of luck again! ☺️✨
