Otaku Buys 174 IdolMaster Figures…
- Categories: Anime Figures, News
- Date: Jul 28, 2009 10:12 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, IdolM@ster, Nendoroid, Otaku, Puchi, Shopping
Another obsessed otaku demonstrates his mania here – he has seen fit to procure 29 boxes of IdolMaster figures, in this case Nendoroid Puchi The IdolMaster Stage 2.
This would come to somewhere in the region of $1,500.
At least he will have an impressive legion of idols on display, more than can be said for the even more profligate Mio headphone maniac…
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I WANT THAT MANY! I mean, a quarter or a half of that amount...
I'll never understand this sort of spending. Why buy 174 of the same figures when you can buy 174 DIFFERENT figures?
Or 87 different figures in case you destroy one of them in protest of an anime jumping the shark...
It's his money to spend, but I'm just saying I can't fathom why he'd do it.
that is tooo much for me i don't even buy one its just alot for me
welcome to otaku`s world..
Not all otaku is rich LOL~!
japan has less expenses when it comes to food because they would rather starve themselves than risk not buying their favorite otaku items..
MIURAAAAAAAAAA
He's crazy...wtf is his motive for buying so many of those figures? >_>
Everybody here has the answer to that question buried deep inside our hearts...maybe even YOU!@_@
stupid. you cant look at more than one at a time. why the fk would you buy that many. okatu or not, idiots
Thing for the future is.. Sell again in amazon, ebay ,etc! the profit is very sure for the rare one!?!
Mai 2 cetz:
1. Actually a store owner showing off his stock.
2. Motherfucker raising the price of Idolm@ster Nendos for the rest of us by limiting supply.
....And the next morning woke up with a terrible hangover.
this guy is awesome.
stupid awesome,indeed
He only bought them because he could, but he never stopped to think if he should.
i hate people who do things like this. they made some figures rare outside japan
He should give me the money. I want a new beamer and stuff.
He's gonna rig them with microchips and have an army of lethal cyborgs.
Well if you think about it rationally, he might have monopolized the idol master nendoroids, now what would stop other otakus buying for him even if he overpriced it. Profit $$$$$
This guy seriously needs to see a psychiatrist.
Using the mouse scroll wheel up and down on the first picture gives the coolest effect.
he building Mio's empire
I i'm not mistaken, such a box holds 12 figures, not 6.
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n78942060
so he bought actually 348 figures, not 174.
Oh shit its a conspiracy I tell ya, a conspiracy...We will all DIE...he is creating an army,an army I tell ya...We must kill or be killed by the kawaii figurines!
>_<
Imagine a 174 figure conga line winding its way through his house, all of the same figure in the same pose...
well thanks to these people, the anime community has some steady income. heck, i buy 1 thats good enough for me, another guy buys 174 thats good enough for him.
+1 (sarcasm aside)
I just want to know what kind of jobs these guys have to support their habits. I'm in desperate need of a job and I just can't wrap my head around this. Where does the money come from?
Credit card fraud, male prostitution, dope-dealing, robbery, theft, re-sale of stolen goods -- you know, the usual money sources for addicts. ^_^
Don't forget the whole pimping your female classmates thing
So... like... I don't get it. Why? Why? Of all things, why the number 29? What's the significance of it? Just because it's a prime number? Or because if you put it in Japanese, it sounds like "niku" (meat)?
Umm... wouldn't that be "ni-jyuu-ku"?
29 = nijyuukyuu (二十九)
2 = ni
9 = kyuu (but can be "ku" such as when used for 9 o'clock... 九時 )
Thus, 2 9 = ni ku.
Just trying to justify what I said...
Looks like you were dying to explain that one.
ok, I get it now, thanks.
>>174
I have no words to express what I'm feeling right now.
A fool's attempt to buy "coolness". FAIL.
Why should we care that these people waste their money when they could actually use it for something worthwhile? Think how many different things you can buy with that money! (or *gasp* actually donate it if you are fucking rich)
Presuming they acquired the money legitimately, it's theirs to "waste" however they please. If that means them living on ramen for a few months, welcome to "consequences".
Young punks downtown don't understand when I ignore them begging for change -- as they smoke cigarettes, wearing their leather jackets. They chose how to spend their money, and I'm not willing to support them by giving them handouts.
I'm not saying it shouldn't be the guy's choice whether he spends over a thousand dollars on the same figures. It's just that why are stupid things like this getting posted as news? (besides the fact that Artefact looks for random things he can write articles on to get money)
> why are stupid things like this getting posted as news?
logic phail
Anonymous gets both a spelling and brain "fail" for the lack of sense in his logic argument.
I'm not the one trolling.
trolling success
Where do these otaku get their money? They don't work do they? If they do work, who would have them? Do they leech off their parents?
Inquiring minds want to know.
whats up with these obsessive otaku hoarding articles today...
Men are not losing theyre penises in odd and unexpected ways recently, so the news turned theyre eyes in otaku money-burning.
Damn I hate these bastards thats why figures sold out in 2 fkin days :(
Yeah I was watching these on Hobby Search as well, since I missed out on the reservation. I get an email from them saying the figures have come in, and on that same day, I check the site....too late.
I know how you feel... I once got enough money to buy one thru mail order then I recieved this notice that it was sold out just a day after it went to market. Damn! That was a limited edition of Suigintou too....
HES OVER 9000!!!11!!one!1
You're giving him WAY too much credit!
what about 8999
touche
with all this news, u get the feeling that every otaku in japan has way too much money...
WTF~! It's resession! Japanese otaku spend way too much on eroge and plasmodels.... That's 29 boxes right? Who in his right mind would go buy more than 2 dozen of the same thing?
Otaku's don't have to pay their wife for sex and other odd jobs ~
They can also manage their own money.
Ha!
PWNAGE!! XD
It's the heart of Anime. Of course most
Anime fans there will devote their whole
life to this.
I bet its Kentarou Miura's private stash
And all those extra figures double as back ups just incase he ever feels the need to "rage" over something...
I would say this guy is insane, but Nendroid figures are cute anyway, so he gets my complete approval.
hey, i heard of a similar story, except that it happened in China and the guy stole figurines, not buy them.
YOU SIR, ARE FUCKING AWESOME !!! xDDD
the collector incurable, its my idol 8)
are they rich, how they make money, beg parent?
IF he rages, though the fact that he bought
all of these is also proof that he's most likely
jolly all the time. What the fuck does an Anime
fan, whose NOT normal by the way, have to rage
over? :p
what like the next haruhi episode.
Nah he's trying to build his personal army agaisnt Agnes.
Disposable income.
That would be ideal, but any person obsessed enough to buy this many tiny plastic figures is likely out of his fucking mind and poor as hell because of it.
This is because Otaku does not have to buy a bunch of shit normal people have to. They think that "Well, I can probably live on instant ramen these next 3 months", "Who the hell needs cloths anyway? (unless it's anime cloths)" or "I can probably borrow some money".
Not all Anime fans are like this.
Though you pretty much described
some of the Narutards i know. lawl, ruffle.
heh these hardcore otakus are just a bunch of dumb morons. There is no other explanation to this bullshit.
-5
+1
+2
lol, why so angry?
Obviously, his purchase is a bit excessive but if he saved up for it, let him buy it. Living costs are very different and yes, in this case, hes probably a single 20 year old so what does he have to spend on currently other than hobbies, food and etc.
Believe it or not, many asians are just fine with eating ramen for long periods of time. In fact, i grew up eating Korean type instant ramen and i could eat it all week, all month.
I partly understand your lulzyrage but to each his own and while you may prioritize buying new fashionable clothes, many people can care less what they wear.
Otaku are people too. Just people with different priorities.
Hey at least mine is not sticking out (lol) :P
If you are referring to your ego, then yes, I can see that it's pretty far up your arse.
And it is pointless to say that 'there is noting aggressive' in there, since that post is basically anti-otaku from start to finish.
Seriously,
"But hey? what do these Otakus know about the concept of hard earned money anyway."
Otakus work too, perhaps even HARDER than most of you people, in order to support their hobbies.
"“Different priorities”,lol. I think “dumb decisions” suits it better."
As above, basically anything which doesn't conform to your 'common sense' is to be considered dumb?
You can go stick your ego up your arse for all I care.
See what i mean :P
Nah it's so far up that it's sticking out of your mouth...
":P"<---
No no no, it's you people who wants everyone else to conform to your own reasoning and ideals, and whatever anyone else does which does not fall into line with that is to be considered 'excessive', 'pointless' and 'what a waste'.
It's his fucking money, why should you care what the fuck he does with it??
This is like going into a restaurant and bitching about why did that other guy order meatballs, when waffles are so nice!
Why? Because he should have ordered waffles, because they are just so so nice!
In the end, most of the crap around here sounds like "Omgosh what a waste of money! I don't have that much money, but IF I did I would have done this and that with it!! But I don't, so it's just not fair this guy has the money to spend on stuff I deem a waste! I would have spent it so much better than him!!"
Because were are only stating our most heartfelt thoughts, so why are you so fucking defensive?
Actually, there is nothing aggressive in the statement you quoted. It's only a mere opinion and expression of disappointment as said by our fellow Anon.
You Otakus just take it so hard everytime someone doesn't approve of the silly things you do.
You just want everything to sound nice to your ears. :P
"“Bit excessive” my ass, he just spent $1500 on things that have absolute zero utility, and you call that “bit excessive”?"
so why are you people so fucking aggressive?
This is a bit ridiculous unless all those figurines are different. This is just a way of him showing off how much he has rather than love for the object itself. However to be fair people blow money on much much much worse shit than this, look at audio systems worth 100,000 dollars.
Nah, that's a tounge. :P
Why bitch about it? is it so wrong to express one's disappointment and sensible opinion on what he did?
As much as your saying that he did not stole that money, it's not like I'm gonna murder him for what he did.
"Bit excessive" my ass, he just spent $1500 on things that have absolute zero utility, and you call that "bit excessive"?
And if you say that he indeed saved up for it, he should at least had the common sense and self control not to splurge on such things.
But hey? what do these Otakus know about the concept of hard earned money anyway.
"Different priorities",lol. I think "dumb decisions" suits it better.
Lol. i see where youre coming from but like i said, if he made that 1500 and wants to buy 1500 worth of the same figures, why bitch? its not like he stole 1500 from you and did it. It is his money and if he can live in a box while affording nice goodies, let him.
If life was all about utility, it would suck. Suck hard.
There are always extremists in anything, and its ur right to bash em but imo, its seems normal to me. Though i would use that 1500 very differently.
Quantity vs quality...
Who wins in the otaku world?
I think both quantity and quality would win,if the otaku has the cash they'll buy the product.
You know...........it's very unfortunate
that these Anime fans don't donate to the poor.
There are poor Anime fans in this world too
you know.
What good does multiple figures of the same kind
do anyway? One of each figure is good enough for me.
Like the fuck we give a damn about 'the poor and less fortunate'.
I would rather have a few extra boxes to collect dust on or buy some pointless crap like mugs and towels and what not, than give it away to someone else.
It's money we earn through our own efforts and hard work, including the spending of the extremely limited time in our lives.
There is zero reason why we should give them away to someone else we don't know of nor don't give a damn about, for free.
Agreed, besides a big portion of donated money goes to the organisation >_<
i completely understand how you feel. We earn it (for the most part, and for the working people). We earned it, we should obviously get to spend it on what we want. Obviously 1500 on the same figures is a bit excessive but if i want a golden toilet with golden C.C. in my shower, i will do that no matter what any fucktard says.
People who bitch that buying that theyre 'losers' are just angry because they dont have 1500 to blow or choose not to understand that people have different priorities.
stop lulzyraging people.
But dude, seriously? atleast get 1500 of C.C. figures... =)
^ you're a major asshole, u know that? wow dude hope ur house burns one day then you go read your comment again. Perhaps then you'd realize what a stupid thing u wrote
the real story though...
one day in a very fine day an otaku saw a store stocking on Idolmasters
otaku: OMG my lovely waifu Idolmasters !!!1111 (buys one)
after a few seconds...
otaku: wait...what if other people by my waifu? then it will not be speshul! (buys all)Nobody owns em but me..wahahahahaha!!11 (increased his credit limit and buys off with a shitload of boxes)
Asshole? No, just realistic.
And seeing as how you are capable of cursing someone else to have their house burnt down over a comment on the internet...
You can't really count yourself as anywhere even close to 'light', as well.
hey, until that day comes, i will continue buying 'worthless' crap and stockpiling because i can.
Though, i will hopefully have all my goodies insured and whatnot =)
Anyway, let me put it this way:
Perhaps, if by chance your house burns down one day, you will finally get to see how reality is truly like, then 'you’d realize what a stupid thing u wrote'.
I refer you to my above statement ^