Astro Toy K-On! Prop Plus Petit Trading Figures  by David
Cabrera, Mar 14th 2010  Series: K-ON! By: Bandai Cost: $59.99
After coming straight out of the gate brandishing the intense
manliness of our last piece, I have chosen the next piece out of
the review pile by favorite color. This is by far the pinkest
available object. It will bring balance.  It's a box of trading
figures from K-ON!, Kyoto Animation's recent moe sensation about
a high school pop band. You might need to know what a trading
figure is. In short, a trading figure is just another way for a
cruel toy company to fleece a fan, but I'll explain more
specifically. Notice that while there are a number of different
figures in the set, the boxes only have one image: the beaming
face of protagonist Yui. That doesn't mean that Yui is inside.
As with trading cards, when you buy a trading figure you don't
know what you're going to get. Say you buy one of these, and you
like it so much you want another, so you go back to this
attractive store display an