And I thought Treasure Festa was a little too close to Christmas... Well, Volks chose to prove me wrong as, along with Jump Festa, they also held their own event this weekend, a mere five days before we all take a few days off in the west!
Normally, this event would be called Hobby Round but they decided to combine Hobby Round with their Dollpa event so we get Joint Festa 2 (just don't ask me what happened to Joint Festa 1)!
The doll part of the event was more of a dealer and social event but the new Dollfie Dream Tohsaka Rin from Fate/Stay Night and Shijou Takane from the Idolm@ster were on sale and, if you want to try and buy one, the Volks Doll Lottery should be live now!
As for the rest of the show, Volks showed off a number of new plastic kits of mecha from the Five Star Stories, including the Auge and the Knight of Gold Lachesis. Volks also showed off some new kits of scopedogs from Votoms as well as new kits of mecha from SPT Layzner as well as Panzer World Galliant. That should please a few old school fans!
On the figure side of things, it was all Charagumin with our first good look at the new Purple Heart figure from Hyperdimension Neptunia and Niko and Maki from Love Live! As for new kits, there were new prototypes on display for Iona from Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio and Super Pochako christmas version but the biggest news for me would be the prototype best goddess Black Heart from Hyperdimension Neptunia! Definitely going to get her at some point!
What about you, readers? Any of these goodies from Volks catch your attention?
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