Popcult Helsinki 2016

9.-10.4.2016

Picture heavy post coming up!
It's been a few weeks since the convention, but I haven't found the time to write about it until now. I probably would have more to tell you about the event itself, if I'd written this right after the convention weekend, but instead here's all the wonderful stuff I found and brought home from there. <3

The very first panel I went to see was held by Mari Kasurinen, who is known for her sweet My Little Pony sculptures. It was really interesting to see some work-in-progress photos of her sculptures and there were a few actual ponies on display. I didn't realize before that they came in various sizes, from really tiny ones to big ones. Now I regret that I didn't go to her workshop, but there were so many other interesting panels held at the same time! Curses!

The main thing that attracted me to come to the convention in the first place was of course the Pokémon Musical - I Choose You! It was quite spectacular, I especially loved the costume design for the Pokémons! I want one of them Zubat/Golbat hoodies so much!! Unfortunately, during the first half my view of the stage was blocked, because I just so happened to sit behind the tallest guy in the audience who also had big frizzy hair. Lucky for me, there was a half time and I was able to move to another seat and enjoy the rest of  the musical.

I couldn't leave the place without something Pokémon in my hands and that's when I found these super cute sleeping starter Pokes at a vendor table. I originally only wanted to buy one, because these tiny figures were too expensive for my taste. I was torn apart between Bulbasaur and Charmander, I couldn't pick just one! So I decided to take them both, but then I got a touch of OCD and couldn't leave Squirtle behind and now my wallet is crying.

Then I also found this chibi Mewtwo that came with a display background (or whatever you wanna call it), which I think is a bit unnecessary, but that might just be because I don't recognize place it's supposed to be. Good thing there wasn't any more of these for sale, otherwise I might have ended up getting the equally cute Mew, Eevee, Jesse & James and Meowth as described on the backside of Mewtwo's box.

....... and now we get to the part where I really lost control of all my money. For once, there were some Dragon Ball stuff up for sale and I bought it all, well, not all but most of it anyway. I got a cute Baby Goku, Super Saiyan Goku, Piccolo, Freeza.... oh sorry, I mean THE Freeza, like it says on the box. Also, I got close to 50  Dragonball Heroes game cards with awesome artwork. <3<3<3

Last but not least, the only Star Wars thingy I found worth taking home was this mini Shaak Ti. Do I even need to mention I think it's cute?

Truly a great weekend! :D

Not suitable for anyone under the age of 14

Funko Pop! Movies super-stylized Alien vinyl figure and Star Wars Clone Wars Darth Maul bust bank!

I got these two lovelies in February and do you know what's special about 5th of February?  Well, it's the birthday of the Swiss artist and creator of the Alien (aka Xenomorph) monster H.R. Giger (d. 12 May 2014), coincidentally, this date also happens to be my birthday. So, I'm more than happy to add this chibi Xeno into my still very scarce Alien collection.

I'm not gonna lie. I did think twice before I bought this, but my mind was weak and so here we are. Initially I thought that there was something very disturbing about this bust, mainly the fact that Maul is actually smiling or alternatively *le evil grin* but I have gotten used to it now. I love the details put in the gauntlets on his forearms. However..... <entering nitpicking mode> ..... there are some spots of white paint on the lower lip and the tattoos aren't that well painted on if you look closely.

It just so happened that I bought these two from the same place, so they were shipped in the same box. However, the way these things were packed left something to be desired for. The Maul bust was loose and didn't come with any original packaging (or any kind of protection for that matter). So the bust was basically shoved down on top of the Alien figure's box, slightly damaging it. So its original box got a bit crumbled, but the Alien figure itself is fine, no big deal. Same thing can't unfortunately be said of our red, horn headed friend here. I can only imagine that the horn's have been rubbing against the box for the whole postal trip, resulting some paint being scraped off of a few horns. Which is a little disappointing to say the least. I mean for Pete's sake, all you needed to prevent this was a small piece of bubble wrap if you didn't have enough to cover the whole damn thing! Ò ‸ Ó

And what's up with this post's title? Well, that was just something that was written on the bottom of the Alien's box. It sounds absurd and a little over exaggerated in my opinion. Oh, and the Darth Maul bank? Age recommendation is only 8+!  ＼（＾▽＾）／

Lil' SW

From a little while ago, this is the first drawing I made with this "bobblehead" style. All the characters are drawn in the order they appear from left to right except for Ventress that was drawn in last in the space that was left. Feral is the odd one out since he was never given the opportunity to swing a red lightsaber. Poor guy.