What's Happening

I received 2 full boxes of the Japanese Wine III series yesterday. However, when I opened all the sets, I noticed I did not have a full set of 12. For companies like re-ment or megahouse, you will receive the complete collection if you purchase by the full box. I think the maker of this is Kanebo and within the full box there were many duplicates! After I gathered my set, I found out that I'm missing 1 set. I'm not sure if I got ripped off or this is how the company packages their toys. The wine bottles in general are really nice except for the labels, which won't stick well to the bottles! I guess I can go get some craft glue. Eventhough they're made of plastic, they look like frosted & tinted glass.

Megahouse will be introducing another animal shop manager! This time it's a Panda who runs a candy wagon. Both the wagon and panda candy series will be released around November 26 in Asia. So expect them to appear in the US in about 1-6 weeks after the release date. I wonder when they will release the panda figurine.

Megahouse has focused so much on the animal-related miniatures lately and I really want them to focus more on creating parodies of everyday items like the Pierre Herme Sweets series (the release date is Oct 22nd) :

Here's another miniature series that's animal-related. From Kabaya, this is the Sylvanian Families collection and this time it's an animal-shaped bakery series. I think they're suppose to resemble bunnies but they look like bears to me (great for the Megahouse Koguma Bear items)! Nov 20th release. Unlike, Re-ment & Megahouse, the Kabaya boxes will have a number printed on the box that indicates the corresponding set you'll receive (I've made numerous mistakes before because I always assumed that they're mystery boxes like re-ment or megahouse so I just randomly grab the boxes. Right after opening them that's when I noticed the number and I always get the undesirable sets)! Total of 5 sets: