In this update:
Prop Plus Petit Fullmetal Alchemist
Yujin Deformed Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Portable Figurine Set
…and Blurbs about Oretsuba, K-on!
Prop Plus Petit Fullmetal Alchemist

- Surely amongst the first of literally hundreds of Fullmetal Alchemist merchandise to come for the new anime season in April, preorder for Prop Plus Petit Fullmetal Alchemist mini-figurine set has opened. Like other PPP sets, a box will feature nine variations (Edward, Alphonse, Winry, Mustang, Hawkeye, Hughes) and retail for 4,725 yen, or 473 yen individually as blind boxes. Each mini-figurine is about 1.5 inches tall and comes with a small keychain trinket (hence ‘prop plus’) The set will be released in late May 2009, probably on or around May 25th.
- Fullmetal Alchemist was one of the few shows that I watched pre-bittorent era and steadily followed, so I’m looking forward to the new season and, by connection, all of the merchandise to come. You will probably see a lot of future Merchandise Tidbits posts featuring Fullmetal Alchemist stuff, since my current fixation, Kuroshitsuji, will be over by April. Anyhow, I have the Fullmetal Alchemist PPP set on preorder— I’ll be keeping two figurines out of the set and selling off the rest. I was kind of hoping that the set will feature some new character as a spoiler for the new series, but I guess not.
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