Sometimes you see a figure that is beautiful or so well crafted that you really want it. These days, I can't bring myself to spend to bucks for it. Still, you can admire them, but these days I'm buying cheaper figures from anime series that I enjoy. Most of my figure collection is from anime I have watched over the years. These days I'm buying UFO catcher figures and Popup Parade level of quality figures that don't break the bank but bring me joy in having them. These figures have also improved in quality over the past and they've reduced the amount of painting that needs to be done by choosing the costumes or molding the parts in the correct colour to avoid painting. Some of these are still quite good in terms of detail, but they are not like fully painted figures that often came in at the same price or maybe 50% more not adjusting for inflation.
This time I bought pre-owned figures (all from unopened boxes) from Amiami for I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, Golden Kamuy, and Sakamoto Days.
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| I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, Golden Kamuy, and Sakamoto Days figures. |
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I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time Figure
The fantasy-comedy workplace anime, I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, pretty much tells you the concept for this show. Alina Clover is a sharp-tongued, overtime-hating guild receptionist who secretly moonlights as the mythic “Executioner.” Jade Scrade, the chivalrous tank leading the elite party Silver Sword, complicates her plan for a quiet life by trying to recruit her for dungeon crawls and romance her too. The plot follows Alina’s attempts to keep her overpowered hammer-wielding identity hidden so she can reduce paperwork by personally deleting stalled dungeon bosses, only for her covert exploits to pull her into bigger conspiracies and god-tier threats that clash with her desire to just clock out on time. This show ran along side I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! another dungeon crawler, both shows making for a nice change of pace from isekai. I quite like the premise of this show, but it could definitely drag if the core premise doesn't shift over time.
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| Alina Clover from Sega. |
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| From the photos on the box, you couldn't really make out the hammer, but I went and bought it anyways. It turns out there is a nice hammer included and it basically acts as the base. |
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| Alina's hand has a post that anchors onto the top of the hammer, but it isn't a super tight fit. She'll be stable for awhile, but vibrations and such will eventually tip her a bit too much and she'll fall over over a few days or a week. |
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| The figure is nicely modeled and captures her adventurer's guild receptionist uniform nicely. The uniform isn't complicated and molding in the base colours with a bit of painting works well. Her face is done really nicely and the wink is good, but I think it depends on how you look at it. |
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| Alina with her hammer. |
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| Back view. |
This figure was pretty nicely modeled for a UFO catcher prize and I'm pretty happy with it. Alina shouldn't have to work overtime and they need to hire more clerks! The one drawback with this figure is that it really could have used a base for her.
Sakamoto Days Figures
Sakamoto Days is an action-comedy where a hitman falls in love to flip the assassin power fantasy into a domestic bliss. Taro Sakamoto, once the underworld’s apex killer, retires into dad-bod gentleness to run a simple convenience store under a strict no‑kill vow. He has a mind‑reading ex-partner Shin Asakura, scrappy heiress Lu Xiaotang, and deadeye Heisuke Mashimo to help him outwit increasingly dangerous assassins out to get him because of his past. The plot blends set‑piece brawls and slapstick with a core theme about protecting family even as rivals and the assassin underworld drag Sakamoto toward a war he refuses to fight on their terms.
I quite like this show for the comedy and action with some unique characters. I originally read the manga when I wanted to find out what was the next hit from Japan. Sure enough, an anime adaptation of this manga was announced within months. Strange coincidence. I wasn't familiar with the Vibration Stars branding of these figures when I went to look for some cheap figures and just decided to get these. The figures are modeled in mid-air action poses with a decent stand to support them. They are solid chunks of PVC and Taro is a big piece of plastic - heavy enough to cause shipping costs to increase!
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| Front of the box for Shin Asakura. |
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| Front of the box for Taro Sakamoto. |
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| Taro in a mid-air ready to punch action pose. |
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| I have to say that these figures are very simply modeled, but they capture the essence of the characters. The molding of the costumes in the basic colours pretty much match up with the anime and I have no complaints. |
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| Back view of the figure and the base. |
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| Shin in a flying dropkick pose. |
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| Shin and Taro are in very extended action poses where the length of their bodies and extremities go out a long way in their mid-air poses. Shin has a pretty determined expression and a bit of a change from Taro's practically calm demeanor hidden behind his glasses. |
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| The drop kick. Again the costumes are pretty much molded in colour with a minimum amount of painting. |
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| Taro and Shin together reaching out to touch someone. |
Golden Kamuy Figures
The title Golden Kamuy combines two ideas. “Golden” refers directly to the central treasure in the story, the stolen Ainu gold that drives the plot. “Kamuy” is an Ainu word meaning “god” or “divine being.” Golden Kamuy is an over the top historical adventure that is part Japanese Western, part survival chronicle. It pairs Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto, a scarred Russo–Japanese War veteran, with Asirpa, a brilliant young Ainu huntress, as they chase a tattooed-map treasure across Hokkaido while dealing with outlaws, renegade soldiers, and Ainu legends. Other characters like slippery “Escape King” Shiraishi and the unhinged Lt. Tsurumi add grit and dark humor to the show. The series’ soul is its meticulous references to Ainu language and culture, frontier set pieces, and shifting alliances that play like a morally thorny gold rush. Popularity-wise, it’s a heavyweight in Japan, too, with over 29 million manga copies in circulation, major awards (Manga Taishō, Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize), four anime seasons with a fifth announced, and a 2024 live-action film.
I quite enjoy this historical fantasy with its oddball characters and adventure plot. I do wonder how the relationship between Saichi and Asirpa will develop and what will become of the gold hoard, too. The two lead characters are awesome and I bought full-priced Popup Parade figures of them.
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| Asirpa with her traditional costume and a bow. |
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| The face is nicely done and the costume is mostly molded in the base colours with a minimal amount of painting. The fur elements of the costume are nicely textured for this simple figure. |
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| Side view. The is some nice painting on the trim of the coat and the headband. |
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| I previously discussed Saichi, but present him here alongside Asirpa as they are a team! |
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| Both have nicely detailed faces. |
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| All the figures together! Now to find some place to display them. |
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