What's this Touhou Thing?n/a

10 months agoTakoTalk

TyjosAzari (11 months ago) #999982Sakuya's the one that caught my eye at the start from this whole series....Saw a Figma of her that caught my eye as well...
I doubt my budget at this point if I can afford a Sakuya...I have seen the Nendo under $100 on Amazon but I don't want to risk a bootleg......

If you really want Nendoroid Sakuya, I found one that's somewhat cheap here: (ext link)

11 months agopiratepapillon

Seravy (11 months ago) #1000586 Also, the official games that have a non-whole number, like 7.5:Immaterial and Missing Power, are not bullet hell games either.

Not always. Fairy Wars is 12.8 and I would certainly consider it a bullet hell.

11 months agoSeravy

Other than the official Touhou games, there are a lot of semi-official and unofficial games of all kind (RPG, Fighter, Platformer, Puzzle, pretty much every genre).

Here is a (probably) complete list of them : (ext link)

Also, the official games that have a non-whole number, like 7.5:Immaterial and Missing Power, are not bullet hell games either.

There are even flash games, like this one with Flandre : (ext link)

11 months agopiratepapillon

Wayfinder (11 months ago) #1000110ZUN has said that he wants to keep Touhou a doujinshi work (and it very much is still), since that's the scene it originally spawned from. This means that he won't permit the taking his music, arrangements, characters, setting or other particulars and selling the resulting work outside doujinshi events or specialist doujinshi shops.
In other words, he doesn't want it to go commercial. It sounds strange, considering its following and size - but Touhou's still very, very much a doujin thing.
Oh, don't worry, I know. I just tried to simplify since I was on my break at work and didn't feel like typing all that :p You also said it better than I could have.

11 months ago (11 months ago)Wayfinder ┬─┬╯╯︵ /(.□.)\

piratepapillon (11 months ago) #999973Doujins groups love this series which is why there's so much fan stuff. High price of figures is because all must be exclusive which is a weird rule from the creator since he kind of wants to keep Touhou in check and not let it expand too much.
ZUN has said that he wants to keep Touhou a doujinshi work (and it very much is still), since that's the scene it originally spawned from. This means that he won't permit the taking his music, arrangements, characters, setting or other particulars and selling the resulting work outside doujinshi events or specialist doujinshi shops.

In other words, he doesn't want it to go commercial. It sounds strange, considering its following and size - but Touhou's still very, very much a doujin thing.

11 months ago (11 months ago)TyjosAzari

Beani (11 months ago) #999996Sakuya is my favourite from the series. You just missed the rerelease for her Nendo but Manda usually has it for 2500-3500 yen. (ext link)
If you are looking at Western stores Touhou will always be pricey, Japanese stores have more reasonable prices.
Edit: Just saw below you don't like Manda but really if you don't use them you will get ripped off.

I might have to brave Mandarake again then and hope there isn't a payment problem....found one of the rarer Macross Frontier statues the Alter Micronized klan from them last year or so but that was a hassle right there.....So might be time again soon to give them another chance.

11 months agoRainney _(┐「ε:)_

Personally, I like to get into things before actually collecting. I don't like buying figures of characters I'm not absolutely attached to If you're like me, I'd definitely suggest that if you're thinking about collecting Touhou merch, you should try to get into the games (or at least the characters) first. ouo

I personally love Touhou, and all of the characters. The games are addicting, and even though I'm not the best at them, I play them for hours on end everyday.. But honestly, they're definitely not for everyone. Some of the games, even on easy mode, can be really hard for people who are new to the genre (or gaming in general). But if you do like them, you'll get hooked.

There's also people that don't play the games, but like the series for it's amazing characters. That's fine too of course (even though most people look down on it). I just think that you should at least give the games a try as well, especially if you're gonna spend a lot of money on a figure.

So yeah, think very well about this before going into it, because it will suck you in and never let go.. ^^;

11 months ago (11 months ago)Beani (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Sakuya is my favourite from the series. You just missed the rerelease for her Nendo but Manda usually has it for 2500-3500 yen. (ext link)

If you are looking at Western stores Touhou will always be pricey, Japanese stores have more reasonable prices.

Edit: Just saw below you don't like Manda but really if you don't use them you will get ripped off.

11 months ago (11 months ago)TyjosAzari

Sakuya's the one that caught my eye at the start from this whole series....Saw a Figma of her that caught my eye as well...

I doubt my budget at this point if I can afford a Sakuya...I have seen the Nendo under $100 on Amazon but I don't want to risk a bootleg......

11 months ago (11 months ago)TakoTalk

Touhou is cool I guess, I just have the one Touhou nendoroid I have: item #52701, because Youmu's backstory caught my attention. Not to mention her character design! But, you should only go for the things that REALLY interest you.