Marisa and Miku - Safe at Home!

Yay! My package from Otacute containing figma Marisa and Mini Miku with pull-back car arrived Saturday afternoon. Crappy USPS tracking never updated and was making me think they'd never arrive. I haven't taken many pictures of Marisa because she's a limited figma and I don't want anything to happen to her (my figures and I are accident prone). But here she is:





The rest of the pics are of Mini Miku and Tako Luka.





Miku steals my iPod and hides on my blanket:





These pics were taken in the hallway because sadly that's the best I had for lighting.











Really, I will do a proper photoshoot - one of these days! Next post will be of Tako Luka devouring a package of Milky Way candy bars. I already took the pictures, but I want to make a separate post. 'Til then, enjoy!

Nendoroid Luka Megurine

Please welcome the newest members of the family, Nendoroid Luka Megurine and Tako Luka! -




They arrived via FedEx Home Delivery this afternoon. Despite many horror stories I've seen about this service, I have yet to have a problem. Her box, in excellent condition, was placed on the porch around 1:15 PM. My landlord noticed it and placed it inside by my door. I removed the shipping label with my address :P




I ordered her from OtakuFuel, and I have to say so far I'm very happy with them. I would recommended them if you live in the U.S. I placed my order on Saturday, and they actually processed my order on a Sunday! Shipped out on Monday, and arrived today. Inside the box was Luka, who was again in mint condition, the usual order slip, and an awesome freebie - a yummy snack of fruit gummies! I don't have a picture of those (I hadn't eaten yet!), but here is Luka -





Tako Luka took a quick liking to my dog, Zefie -








I know I don't have many pictures, but by time I started taking them the lighting wasn't very good. I'll have more tomorrow.

And in very sad news, my order from Otacute still hasn't arrived. it's been at the New York ISC for over a week and I'm losing hope that I'll ever be seeing it. Although I'm glad Luka arrived safely, I'm still pretty upset over my first order going missing.

A Second Order? It's True!

In a twist of luck, I found a gold bracelet I thought I had lost. Where? In my dog's crate. Yeah, he's a hoarder. Well, I don't wear a lot of jewelery, and the bracelets I wear I make myself with Swarovski crystal beads. I prefer having cash over a tiny little bracelet so I sold it, gave some of the money to my mom for breakfast and gas for the car, and spent the rest on a nendoroid.

Luka Megurine! Photo from mikatan's blog:


I ordered her for $35 from OtakuFuel, plus shipping. I was already close to being over budget so I had to go with the cheapest shipping available, which was FedEx Home Delivery. Now it's making me kinda nervous because of all the complaints about FedEx, although I personally haven't had any problems yet (knock on wood!).

Which leads me into my next bit of news, decidedly less happy. My package from Otacute was sent out almost two weeks ago. It arrived in New York (which I don't get, I live like an hour and a half away from Chicago...), and it's been sitting there for a week. It took less than one week to get halfway around the world, and now according to the tracking, it's been sitting in one friggin' spot for another week.

Detailed Results:

	Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
	Inbound International Arrival, June 02, 2010, 4:08 pm, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
	Foreign International Dispatch, May 30, 2010, 11:51 am, TOKYO INT D, JAPAN
	Foreign Arrival at Outward Office, May 29, 2010, 5:08 am, TOKYO INT D, JAPAN
	Foreign Acceptance, May 28, 2010, 7:28 pm, JAPAN

I used registered SAL. My Saber Lily nendo arrived in only a week and a day via regular SAL. Should I be worried? What does all that USPS coded language crap mean? Has the black hole in New York's sorting center eaten Marisa and Miku alive?

I hope not. I hope I can report that everyone arrives safe and sound at the end of the week.