Kotobukiya Velvet Crowe 1/8 Figure Photo Review

Many of the figures I write about here on Hobby Scratch are figures I have purchased for myself. I have a difficult time being enthusiastic about products I don’t personally support, so due to this, sometimes there are gaps in my posts. Since anime figures tend to sell out and go out of production, I…

Tales of Berseria Velvet Crowe 1/8 Kotobukiya Figure Update

Back in September of last year, I covered the announcement/pre-order for Kotobukiya’s Velvet Crowe figure. At that time, pre-orders were being taken by Play-Asia and CDJapan. Play-Asia’s pre-orders have since closed, and at the time of this writing, CDJapan only has 20 left reservations remaining. However, Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the release of…

Dragon Ball Fusions – Nintendo 3DS

After a few months of uncertainty on whether or not the west would see this game, the pre-order for December 13th release of Dragon Ball Fusions for Nintendo 3DS is now available. In Fusions, players can customize their own avatar: appearance, gender, and a choice of 5 different races. You can recruit various other warriors…

Tales of Berseria Velvet Crowe 1/8 Kotobukiya Figure

Pre-orders have begun for Kotobukiya’s 1/8 scale figure for Tales of Berseria’s lead character: Velvet Crowe. Velvet has a really cool aesthetic; her design is sort of a cross between goth and pirate style that somehow works wonderfully. Kotobukiya makes some of the best statues (though a bit pricey) and this one appears to be…

Tales of Berseria – PS4

Tales of Berseria is the latest in the long-running “Tales” series from Bandai Namco. Admittedly I have played very few games in this series, and though they were moderately enjoyable to me I never really had the drive to play them until the end. However, this is the first time I have actually been anticipating…