Sabtu, 19 Februari 2011

Gacha Review: Flower Shop

Welcome to the flower shop! It's the first quarter-gacha. And Atgames (JPTM) don't have it! Whee! Yays.
This gacha has clothing and interior items. Only 8 items, and the complete sheet prize is yummy. Besides, it's cheap.

Tops:
Adorable! I like them all. I can imagine a kid running around in those pretty overalls. The checkered shirt looks ethnic--cool.

Headgear:
I believe that wouldn't fit with spiky hairs that are volume-y in the upper part...

Apron
Similar to Cafe Apron, only longer and decorated with a rose print.

Watering Can
Sleek, more chic design compared to the event Watering Can.

Interiors
Flowers will be very useful as a decoration, beautifully detailed too.
 I really like the flooring, it looks dynamic, modern and simple.

BG
Too crowded to my taste ;( but it's still good. Not very wearable though.

EXTRAS! People strutting their Flower Shop items C;
Cute, isn't it? The muted pinky purple hair matches very well with the shirt and pants. Stunning, daring combination of contrasting colors. Too bad the shoes are too greenish.
Highlight: Matching hair and purple-gradient of the shirt.
Awesome, even that a few almost invisible curls didn't fit the bandanna. She looks casual, yet gorgeous.
Highlight: Kanji T-shirt gives a casual, drowsy feel ;P

Gacha Review: Miracle Star 2 aka Miracle Heart

The sequel of Miracle Star, one of the most hideous but wanted gachas of all time. Ironic, mhhm? And sexist, too. Perfect for hardcore mahou-shoujo lovers! I bet a lot of (tweenage) girls will spin this.

In reality, I know a tweenage girl that spent LOTS of G-coins in the Miracle Star.
(And even if TM's a 13+ site, I met a 8-yr-old girl in Selfytown today. HA! She acts like an 8-year-old too.)


Whatever. Let's review.

GC GACHA
Animated
One word: Hideous. Even if they are compared to Star's animated--their Purple Devil and Pretty Angel are good--. Wrong color choices. The complete sheet's Villain version is much better. And what makes them worse? The sparkles. Looks very cheap, I tell you. Stephanie ears looks way more expensive than these, honestly.

Tops--Female
Hey, they're quite good. I like the sailor uniforms. Heart Angels are okay, the green and purple one is pretty. Heart Villain..average, quirky, not very good to collect. They're like the Star's equivalent of Starry Style.

Hairs--Female
Tell me that the twintails originally belongs to the Shop. Cheap, cheap looking. The side ponytails are like the proportionally correct version of Neru hair. Looks good.

Accessories
Hairpins and wings are super love! Easy to wear and match. Tambourines--looks like it's taken directly from Tokyo Mew Mew. <<Only mahou-shoujo manga I read til finished<<

CC GACHA
Tops--Male
What. The. Hell. Are. THESE? The lackeys, I mean. They have no string attached to Miracle or Hearts. Wrong gacha, Lackeys! Uniforms--standard. Headgears--also standard. Metal staffs? That's nice!

Kamis, 17 Februari 2011

Gacha Review: Blissful Nightmare

This gacha lives up its name! Indeed, Blissful Nightmare is blissful. Uber-awesomeness.
*puts this gacha in favorites list* My favorite sleeping gacha.

GC GACHA
Animated
Until this time I don't understand what relation does lilies have to nightmares. Well, I like the inverted S-shape of the lilies. Nicely animated and stunning details--it's something you shall be thankful if you get it. Not very versatile, but I bet it will look good on classical themes.

Tops--Female

Beautiful. Simply beautiful! And they comes in basic colors, so it'll be easy to mix and match. Elegant and sweet, a must-have! GIMMEH!

Tops--Male
Adorable! Reminds me of
Imagine Hibari in those supercute pajamas. *Imagining* *Nosebleeds* <<hell yea I'm a worshiper :DD
This version of male sleeping attire is far forward in quality compared to Sleeping Princes. (Not really a fan of Little Lord Fauntleroy-ish look)

Accessories
The headgears are very good and wearable C; Simple, but attractive. I want to huggle the bunnies, they're so squee. The rest's also good, and I feel a strong urge to make reserves on everything.

 CC GACHA
Tops--Female
In CC ratings, they do 4.5/5. Pretty good design, easy to mix and match with other stuffs.

Accessories
Honestly, meh. Sure, the sheep is cute and the slippers are good. Lipsticks? Geez. Hate the stiffness of the ribbons--are they starched?

I'm definitely going to waste a ticket.

Gacha Review: Dragon Spirit

I guess TM's gacha is following a pattern now. Here's the newest Japanese Magincient (Magical+ancient) gacha, the Dragon Spirit. Involving demonslayers, princesses, and swords. Again.
In some ways I strongly agree that this is a sequel to Sengoku Reign, which is like half a year ago. The models above use Sengoku hairs, and the item design are similar, too.

Well yeah, let's begin the review.
GC GACHA
Animated

Is it a dragon? In my eyes, that looks like a snake crossbred with a frill-necked lizard. I like Mystic Chinese Dragons better. Nice try, at least TM break away from the usual moving swords.

Tops--Female
OHWOW, I love them! Sealing Art Mikos' colors and form are super nice. Worth collecting. Especially the blue one, with the delicious midnight blue shade..Tempting! Snake princesses are great, I like the flowing garments and matching colors.

Tops--Male
Definitely a must-have for samurai/Japanese fighter lovers, the Sealing Masters. The other top..average.

Accessories
Pretty standard. I somewhat like the hairpins and the lance umbrellas are interesting.

CC GACHA
Tops--Female
I'm sad. They would be one of my favorite CC tops without the armorlike sleeves. Well, they are almost equally as good with those sleeves.
I like how it comes as a set with matching shoes.

Tops--Male
Those look more like combat attire than school uniforms. Whatever, it's okay. Sometimes TM made me want to bleach my eye for their clashing color combis. Especially the blue one.

Accessories
Innovative! They didn't put any unsheathed sword! *applauses*
The demon claws are super cute :D O.0 huge rifle, is that Japanese? Don't think so. Put on the horizontal katana to make your selfy a Selfy Kebab. Sacred katanas--good, and the paper seals are very well detailed.

Minggu, 13 Februari 2011

Fashion Police #9

< Genius combination of blacks and golds (and a bit of brown).
Simple, not overly accessorized, yet good looking.
Highlight: Golden touches of the hat and eyes.
>> Amazing, creative combination of items. Black and white with a little of color is hot.
Highlight: Eyes+sneakers+earrings.















<< Literally hot selfy!
I really like the colors and how she matched it all. Good choice of eyes. Usage of Fire Demon Jutsu is stunning. Only thing I deem odd is the hairpin. That kind of hairpin should be used only to updos, otherwise it looks a bit odd :(
Highlight: Awesome eyes and usage of Fire Demon Jutsu.

You know I don't usually like feminine, pinky Selfies. Especially those who used TOO much pink. Can't resist capsing this selfy, though.
 She did it so well! The pale yellows tone down the pinkiness, and the best thing is that she doesn't over-accessorize. Love the way her bitten chocolate match with her doggy.
Highlight: Chocolate+doggy combi
<< Simply stylish. Sweet and edgy at the same time. Wrong eyes, in my opinion. Too..bland. Cool Black eyes will do much better.
Highlight: The guitar!

Jumat, 11 Februari 2011

Gacha Review: Axis Powers Hetalia

Is this coincidental? At my last Gacha Review I wrote something about Feliciano and Hetalia and Marunikaite Chikyuu. Well, I guess I have a bit of divination talent in myself. Yes, I often draw a fashion drawing and next--it appears on TM! Whoa whoa.

This Hetare-gacha, oops, I mean Hetalia gacha is the fourth sponsored gacha in TM. 3rd gacha that costs 75-Gcoins. And that means pure CC users like me--who never own any single Gcoin-- can afford it fresh from the maintenance. Whatever. I still enjoy looking (and reviewing) pretty things *wink


Not every Hetalia character appear in this gacha. The main Axis Powers troika made the most appearance. Beside those three, there's also Switzerland aka Swiss and Liechtenstein too. I was expecting Hungary or Hong Kong..Or Ivan with his sunflowers.

Since this is a character-gacha..Let's review per character.

N. ITALY aka Feliciano Vargas aka Veneziano aka Ahoge-boy /SLAPPED
Feliciano's eyes resemble Cute Wink Brown a lot, yeah, but it still retains the Felicianic goofiness there :D
Clothes: The screen outfit looks kinda cheap. No offense.
Hair: Oooh! Holy ahoge *pulls* The color's very nice. Auburn with highlights.

Germany aka Ludwig aka Doitsu aka Sausage :D
Eyes: So typical of Germany, ever-serious and stoic. Not to mention so cute when blushing >:"3
Disappointed at the face w/glasses. It's exactly the same with the normal face, just adding glasses. (Cmon, we can do it ourselves!)
Clothes: Average militaristic clothing. Not bad.
Hair: Will be practical for cosplays, I believe. 

Japan aka Kiku aka Tentacle-lover *Evil grin
Eyes: GIMME GIMME. That is better than Akahitoha, at least for me :P Love the warm brown gradation.
Clothes: I heart the matte greyish-white color of the outfits. Looks vintage and classy :D especially since it's combined with gold.
Hair: Raven-black hair with side bangs? Win.

Switzerland aka Swiss aka Vash Zwingli
Eyes: Disturb him a bit little and he'll kill you. Vash's face looks damn annoyed.
Clothes: I LOLed at the pinky pajamas, it seems to be very comfy :D The academy uniform's nice too.
Hair: Very unique as it is blonde with darker edges.

Liechtenstein
Eyes: Another face with blushes! Liechtenstein's blush is faint, but visible. It suits shy Liechtenstein very well.
Clothes: Simple but beautiful. I like this better than Elizabeth's dress. (Dunno why, I am currently addicted to classical dresses like this)
Hair: Adorable! Yellow with pinky lowlights win.

Accessories
Kind of disappointed on how simple they are..I mean, wasting 75GC for a barely visible ribbon or a barrel? Overpriced, I think. Well, everything is of good quality..I like the hat, ribbon, and white flag the most. Lmao. Oh, and Pochi-kun is cute too!

Selasa, 08 Februari 2011

Gacha Review: Choco Valentine

Wooyeah! It's nearing Valentine. And here's another Valentine gacha, chocolate-themed. An expansion of Sweet Paradise's popular Chocolate items eh?

Compared to last year's Valentine gacha, I think this gacha has better items--with exception to the animateds. That's pretty obvious when we're talking about Blushes and Heart Teddies, which are STILL a most-wanted item. Even after Alchemy! Sparkling sugar crystals won't ever beat those two.

And there's a gifting event, similar like TM had a year ago. Last year the event was to gift Sweet Sets, and the reward items are highly wanted. Like blue Heart Teddies, white BM and Mouton Coat. This year TM gives us freedom to give away our items (Or disposing trashes), but we shall gift 100 Selfies. Hard work always worth the reward, and I'm looking forward to the Jewel Eyes. C'mon, from 2400+ items in my closet, about half are trashes. The worst part is to type receiver's names..I hope my keyboard won't breakdown after this.

Ok, stop that random blabbering. Let's review.

GC GACHA
Animated
Excessively sparkly in my opinion. And I don't quite like sparkly items, for example Edward Cullen. Is that really sugar crystals? Or snowflakes? I like their whirling motions, but their attractive movement are overshadowed by those hideous sparkles. Honestly, this will be a neat animated without the sparkles. Or glimmers, or whatever you call it.

Tops--Female

Atgames' influence is more conspicuous in 2011, which is good. Again, nicely done poofy dresses! They will pass as Amaloli aka Sweet Lolita. I'm pretty sure that Lolitas in TM are chasing after these. Color coordination, check--fancy the blue-brown combo the most, but everything are cute. Though lavishly embellished, they look sweet and retains the innocent, angelic aura of the gacha concept.

Tops--Male

Don't exactly know why but they reminds me of Trump King suits. Maybe it's the hearts. I doubt that real boys would wear this, really. Nothing really special but the colors.

Hairs--Female
Sexy. Seriously--it looks sexy. The curls looks really natural, playful and wild. Also love the colors. Definitely a must-have! I dreamt of a hair like this, and now I shall make the dream come true :D

Hairs--Male
Marunikaite chikyuu~ Marunikaite chikyuu~ Boku Hetalia!
That song just POPs into my head. Since there's an adorable ahoge atop--like Feliciano's hair. Natural-looking curls--read Female Hair description above in 3rd sentence--, even the ahoge!

For those who don't know, Ahoge is a part of hair that pops out the hair-stream.
Example of popular Ahoge owners: Edward Elric, Konata Izumi, Feliciano/N. Italy

Accessories
Apart of the headdresses, they're not generally collect-worthy--at least in my opinion.

CC GACHA
My expectation failed me. For real! I expected some chocolate-related stuffs like cakes or something sweeter.

Tops--Female
Judging by the design, I think that it belongs to the same series to Dewdrops Dresses. Average, but it's something that maid enthusiasts will happily hoard.

Tops--Male
Nice design, I like the casualness. Will be much better if it comes in another colors!

Bottoms--Male
Same opinion as the male tops': Nice, but will be better in other colors.

Shoes
Not really wearable =/ I admire some, though. The green-white Stripe Heart is admirable.