I went through some of my storage bins Saturday afternoon as part of my ongoing effort to actually, you know, move in to this new house properly. Put stuff on shelves, put stuff in storage, live a bit less “in boxes.” That sort of thing.

In the process I came across some of my old Tenchi Muyo merchandise purchases, such as some “super deformed” figurines and a 6 inch tall McFarlane Toys rendition of Ryoko (complete with small companion Ryo-ohki).

Then I realized… I have shelf space now. And it’s not like I’m keeping this for resale value as a collector’s item. Why not just… get it out of that packaging after all these years? So I did:

The quality’s actually fairly decent overall. The “flowing robe” is sort of a rubbery plastic and holds its shape pretty well. Getting the “beam saber” into her hand was tricky and I nearly broke the thing in the process. Having the entire figure kind of leaning forward in an action pose isn’t the worst choice they could have made. All things considered, though… something looks off about her. It’s like some other figurine is cosplaying as Ryoko, which is a weird-assed thought to have but that’s what I’ve got. My brain is the way it is.

Anyway. Another fandom represented on the display shelves, this time one of the oldest of all my anime fandoms over the years.

Oh, right, I also unboxed my Zentraedi Officer’s Pod. Did I forget to mention that?

So that’s the absolute oldest anime fandom of my life (Robotech!) represented. I’m such a nerd.