march collection updates / 4/8/2025

have i actually done any collection updates on my birth month? dunno if i have, but hey, it /was/ my birth month on the 25th! and at my grown age im still chronically online and i dont have a job, but im working on it, trust me.

since it was my birthday (that passed) i did get plenty of bday money to buy shit for my privilaged ass, which might be the last considering... yknow, but il talk about it at the end. some of the stuff il talk about next month/when the month is over, because some of them didnt actually arrive on march!

just some pokemon cards, but they arent the most expensive. just thought they were cute (although i forgot to mention them last update, they technically came in feb) you can probably gather which set the joltik card is from, but i just need to collect more of that spider fella... wink wink

i also got a deoxys pokemon binder! mega latios/latias is also on the back but i was too lazy to picture it. it isnt the biggest binder, it can only hold four cards per page, but its cute.

i expected it to be empty as well, but it came with some cards! i actually do like klevor, so this was a welcome surprise.

anyway, one of the other items is actually a diancie necklace! i presume that, whenever a pokemon movie came around during the xy timeframe, these sort of merchandises are made. i actually havent seen anything on myfigurecollection about them though, which is a big shame because i still adore them..

the person who sent the item also sent in some pokemon stickers, specifically ones that you can find in japan in licensed food products and all. ive actually just been meaning to get a bunch to scrapbook, since they can be pretty cheap, but im kinda focused on other things.

the necklace itself is super cute! i think it probably aged from time, but i guess my one critcism is how flat the gems are compared the diancie portrait in the middle. or how dark it is. as said before, i do think its because of age and being sealed, but i wouldve just put some fake fitting gemstones on there...

ever since the release of magia exedra (that i need to blog about), madoka magica is finally coming back to me... so, while i went out to dinner, i got some mangas from barnes and noble!

ive actually been meaning to get different story/another story, but i couldnt find them in the store which makes me sad... i can just get them online though, but these were pretty good finds!

so far i have been reading through oriko magica, and i think its honestly neat. one can say the art is outdated, but it really adds to the charm of the newer characters... i did kind of get confused with kyokos design sometimes, but kirika is probably my favorite drawn within that style.

i wanna make another blog about the manga actually, since i did finish the two volumes inside (it was a manga that contained all three volumes) but still unfinished with the third. i really enjoy it! i havent read the other one, but from what i can tell its just an adaptation of the rebellion movie... i dont mind that though.

and for a complete surprise, the budew time plush! she seemed like something that was gonna be fucking impossible to get, but i got her by a mercari listing... for uh... 134 bucks... worth it still, and i was shocked when she still had her tag????? how???

shes also the biggest thing i own so far, next to my lovely eel plush. i keep on telling this story, but when she arrived in her box... she was literally BULGING open in a pokemon center plastic bag. i kind of thought it was insane that she still came in pretty good quality!

normally id end it there, but im not gonna lie how kind of bleak the tariffs been- at least in the usa.

i really dont want to make it about just collecting junk, because it just isnt gonna affect that. its gonna affect anything that isnt made in the usa- and his excuse is "well, things should be american made!" as if that means things are good.

many clothes are made out of the usa. many foods are produced out of the usa. hell, car parts are made out of the usa, so why does it matter so much to these people? usa itself can have sweatshops and poor working conditions, it comes with every fucking country...

im not gonna lie to you that i kind of think this is just racism at work, in some sense, and also a money grab. most of that money is gonna go the wallets of the rich while everything keeps getting higher. and i say this as a privilaged white guy that this obviously is fucked up! these tariffs are COMPLETELY pointless, and all of the things the current president has been doing dont do better for anyone but himself!

this does relate to collecting, considering that many of the things i buy are literally japan exclusive, but even then this is a hobby. things like, i dont know, food and clothing shouldnt have to be expensives to people. literally anyone with a brain, and even those who follow mr. catpuke hair, know this is an obviously bad idea. and with the retailatory tariffs... it kinda sinks in that the current president is literally a rich toddler throwing a tantrum.

not to say those said states are perfect, they have a lot of flaws too, but its ridiculous otherwise. you can tell me that "oh, you shouldnt talk about politics!" like its a bad thing to talk. i mean, im sure someone reading this is wondering that, but i still think its important to note this.

do i have any tips for the tariffs, outside of "not buying things"? unfortunately no. my only answers are bleak, and i dont have much else to do except... hope, i guess.

eitherway, make sure to pray for a certain something to happen. cough. cough. cough. il see you next time!