Drinian <sailracer6@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bu2188$cjm1a$1@ID-210864.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Richard Qunt wrote:
> > Part of the appeal of Evangelion is definitely in the sheer number of
> > incredibly sexually attractive female characters featured in the series.
>
> 
> One could argue the same thing about Baywatch, but I was never drawn 
> into that enough to watch more than five minutes.
> 
> > What do you think?
> 
> I think I lost all respect for GAINAX as a company when they started 
> selling this:
> 
> http://www.gainax.co.jp/goods/cat_3.html
> 
> One wonders how much interaction the merchandisers have with the 
> creators of the series.

The only response I can think of to those figurines is "Only in Japan"
I know that Gainax are big on fan service and probably get most of
their merchandise from selling goods with the girls and women from
their series. But really this was just taking fanservice a bit too
far. The ones with Asuka and Rei in their plug suits were okay. I
didn't even really mind the one with Rei in the mini-skirt, top, and
Gainax "fuck-me" boots. I would never buy it but if someone else did,
all the power to them. But who needs the pornographic figurines of Rei
and Maya? Especially the first one on the page which looks like the
designer got the position from a doujinshi or porno video.

Thiugh now that I hvae seen them, I have a morbid desire to know how
many Gainax has sold? And who buys them?

> 
> I also think this post has lost any focus. Sorry.