#k18mas

So happy! I'd had my eye on this guy for a while now, too!

Second day of K18Mas-Xmas Tree.

I’ve never done unboxing before but felt this one is very necessary given how much effort had been put in by the ever so generous and awesome Jen at @chestnutisland @xfadedmemoriezx

As the fortunate contributor chosen at random to receive this year’s Chestnutfest 2k22 Giveaway, I received these two lovely figures, along with a heartfelt thank you note from Jen.

Yes, they are the stars of K18, Krillin the strongest Earthling Man (クリリン－地球人最強の男） and his spouse, Android 18 (人造人間十八号）. Yes, those are titles given to them on the box, sorry Tien, but Krillin’s the strongest Earthling not just human.

Also here we can see that there are several official trademarks from the merchandise copyrights holders. What this meant is these figures were released with the official acknowledgement of Toei, Bandai, Funimation...etc. No, the presence of these logos does not impact the figures themselves, but it does mean they cost way more than unlicensed merchandises and are possibly of higher quality.

Now onto unboxing. Let’s start with Krillin first. This is a fully posable figure with 4 expressions (heads) and 6 hand gestures plus the Destructo Disc and Senzu bean.

Next, we have Android 18. Unlike her spouse, she is not posable but the craftsmanship on this one is no less amazing. I mean just look at how she wants to blast anyone who has annoyed her or cause her family harm.

No, I don’t want to stand in the crosshair of these two badasses (Note: These figures are not accurate depiction of Krillin and 18′s heights relative to each other as they were made by different companies and belong to different figure series).

While I do not know what kind of Xmas gifts participants of K18 Xmas 2k22 will receive and cannot guarantee the prize will be equivalent to what I have here, it’s safe to say Jen is very generous and does not cut corners when giving out gifts. I myself couldn’t imagine giving away two licensed figures of such quality and shipping them free.

Merry Xmas folks! Here’s my submission for this year’s K18 Mas day 3 prompt: Hot Chocolate. Also available on AO3.