Fags Messin’ With Mah Figs
Posted by: Shin in Miscellaneous, tags: Fuck Yeah Malaysia, Lulz, News, Omake, Otaku, Plastic Wives
BABY DON’T HURT ME, NO MORE!
Being the responsible blogger that I am, I take it as my duty to shed light on the following news item regarding the crackdown by authorities on figurine outlets in my home country. Surely these people have been misinformed and are blowing things out of proportion. Erotic figurines? Surely such lewd objects do not exist!
KUALA LUMPUR: Surge of erotic figurines sold in several shopping complexes around the city capital had been confirmed being imported by local retailers for the sake of fulfilling the demand and interest of people with such weird hobbies especially those that are rich.This matter was unveiled by Central Enforcer Chief, Publication control and Quranic text Division, Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN*, Ministry of Internal Affairs) Mohd. Rizal Abidin - after several raids to toy selling premises, following a cover by Harian Metro (The newspaper responsible) regarding the selling of erotic toys on the 4th of August.
According to him, most of the sellers claimed that they only sell those figurines to ‘the more established youngsters’ due to the price of said figurines reaching up to MYR 200 each. “According to the seller, most of these ‘obscene’ toy dolls are popular amongst teenagers that buy it for their personal collection, or as gifts for friends.” “The KDN (see above) take the selling of said erotic themed toy dolls seriously and investigation of this matter is conducted as soon as the news was published. Action had to be taken as these erotic figurines contains elements that can harm corrupt our society’s morals.”
According to him again several operations made involving four locations of toy shops around famous shopping complexes at Star Hill, Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya and Brickfields since last Monday. “The operations involving 8 officers from Putrajaya’s KDN branch supported by Selangor’s KDN officer led by Assistant Senior Enforcer from Publication control and Quranic text Division, Mohammad Hashim Kamaruddin finally succeeded to track down various erotic figurines found to be sold openly to public.” “From the acquired evidences, the KDN confiscated more than 114 units of figurines with erotic elements from all of the above mentioned premises.”
All of the confiscated erotic figurines are estimated to be around MYR 10,000 and were brought to the KDN’s HQ at Putrajaya while prosecuting measures are being undertaken. “Shop owners found posessing and selling of said figurines can be jailed for no more than 5 years and fined for no less than MYR 20,000 according to Section 7 of the Malaysian Law.” According to him again, most of the sellers of above mentioned erotic figurines are aware of their crime. “They claimed that those figurines were mainly imported from China and were succesfully avoiding authority’s inspection at local ports before being smuggled into this country.”
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Original Translation: Exiled_Gundam
Edited by: Quazacolt
Trying my utmost best to rage, but I just can’t, due to the fact that disillusionment and apathy have caught up to me a long time ago. This blatant act of self righteous faggotory is typical of the ever so pretentious Malaysian authorities, though it was really just a matter of time anyway, inevitable, following their recent clampdown on gay comics. What impeccable timing too! Just when I was comtemplating on dedicating myself to this “weird hobby”! Thanks Malaysia, you saved me from irrational squandering of hard earned money! 
Just kidding, I really still want that Nanako figurine! 
Images sourced via moeyo.
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Turambar on 
August 12th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
yeah, now lets hope your nanako can be…uh…”smuggled” in here,
sooner or later we have to resort to safe figurines
is this a sign to move out of here?
August 12th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Sucks to live in Malaysia. Come down South. It may not be the best place to be, but at least we don’t have bans imposed on figurines.
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August 12th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
they are so funny
August 12th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
@waku2
Just another reason for us otakus to pack our bags.
@double
I’m honestly considering that option, you know. We’ll see how it goes after I graduate.
@fran
What Will They Think Of Next?
August 12th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
hmm dont know, mayb they’ll ban the manicure next?
if they saw some shops leaving it out there castoffed 
August 12th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
So umm liek… i blogged too but didn’t react much. Wonder what’s going to happen to XL Shop in BTS.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
@double: would try my luck there once i graduate.
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Cross the causeway Shin. I’m sure blogging buddies here will be glad to show you the many shops that are legally selling those “erotic figures” for a profit.
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Up to 5 years for selling erotic figurines?? Good grief!
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
LOL at people with such weird hobbies especially those that are rich who’s perpetrating this stuff? some kind of government ethics committee? note to self: malaysia is a not weaboo-friendly territory.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Sorry for your lost Malaysians, but do not fear Nation, for there is an alternative way to buy your figurines & they are located at the an eastern Kingdom that i have travel called Brunei.
Their anime store sell dozens of these models including One Piece, Dragonball, Bleach, Naruto, Sailormoon, Full Metal Alchemist, World of Warcraft & many more. And if you desire eroticism in your figurines, then today is your lucky day for they are selling Tenjo Tenge & G-Taste models!!
So Nation, if you desire to fulfill your figurine obsession then go!! Go east & buy your figurines!!
(This message was brought to you by the Republican Anime Fans of America. PS. Vote for McCain & Schwarzenegger!)
August 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
its manequin” sorry, forgive my spellings XD
August 12th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Again, it’s totally unfair… Come on, figures are harmless and are only made for hobby-ing (unless you use them for impaling someone…)! Anyway, good thing our country doesn’t really care about these stuff…
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August 12th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
If u arent local in Malaysia its a wonderful place to visit but if u are its a hellish place to stay and grow up in…. First they raided illegal porn stall which i nvr care but now they are so free until confiscate Erotic figurines is too much…. I feel like stealing all those figurines from the police department : (
August 12th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
ALL HAIL BRITAIN(NIA)!
August 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I’m not getting too much information from that newspaper. We’re the stores that contained these figurines for “mainstream” consumers? We’re the figurines isolated from the rest of the store, or at least indicated to be NSFW? How is this supposed to work, since I don’t know how things work in Malaysia. :/
Otherwise, fight the power?
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Oh great, just what we need- MOAR LULZ DORAMA
As for the first pic, now I understand why Figmas can actually sell.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Malaysia is not safe for otakus anymore.
They should stop attacking us otakus already.
I wonder what will they do next?
First figurines, then cosplay, manga, anime, and eventually teh internet…
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August 12th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Oh my god they actually did it
Malaysia is not safe for much more than just otakus *remembers incident where couple gets caught for holding hands 
*
Sigh, nonetheless I have come to like my country alot after being down south for like 5 years. What Malaysia needs, is moar rage.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am
“MALAYSIAN-STYLE” dakara… shou ga nai wa ne…
nani mo nai country… *shakes head*
August 13th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Why don’t we do the protest at PutraJaya “Anti-Odex” style. Get as many people, fans, figurines, gundam models and many more in front of KDN’s HQ at Putrajaya.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Freedom is just a causeway away Shin. And here I was thinking WE were conservative.
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:07 am
I bet the police who confiscated the figurines sure must be having fun with them secretly D:< I feel so sorry for you Malaysia your otakus are suffering whys!
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August 13th, 2008 at 4:45 am
Before this spreads to my home country, I must enlarge my family of Ayanami Rei waifus and chibi Ayanami Rei children…
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August 13th, 2008 at 6:01 am
“the KDN confiscated more than 114 units of figurines with erotic elements from all of the above mentioned premises”
…let me guess, the confiscated figurines ‘mysteriously’ dissapeared from their evidence room, along with the yaoi mangas…
August 13th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Otakus of the world we must unite. conservaties in this country are crazy and most of the media is idiotic, this could go global!…
August 13th, 2008 at 6:24 am
Malaysia is having some rage politically atm … next few years will be uncertain , there should be better things for them to do like PROTECT OUR PEOPLE from MUDERING HOUSE BURNING RAPIST CRIMINALS then to waste their time and resourse doing what they did … it no wonder the curent admin lost half of states ! GG i so hope they lose the other half !
I RAGE ! this is my responce !
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=yH8b5ruc_-E
August 13th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Shin: you DO realize that some conservative with an agenda’ll take your staged pics as an excuse to ban this sort of thing as promoting pedophilia, right?
August 13th, 2008 at 10:23 am
most of the pics are from the intarweb … they could’nt do JACK as if try to censor porzn on mah interweb !
most pics here pedobear would not want
August 13th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
@Haesslich
most conservatives probably think all anime is about pedophilia and lolis…
August 13th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
No one will be able to say no to bunny figs
Damnit, all this news keeps coming up that I have to keep fixing the bunny channel comic before I can publish it …
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August 13th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Once the heat dies down, we can all gamble and have a cold beer in peace once more.
Oops, isn’t this the Islamic values of our beloved country?
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
SPREAD THE RAGE TRU YOUR BLOGSSSSSSSSSSS
anyway~ anyone else that did post about this news, email or leave a comment in mah blog with teh link
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I’m sure we all know that the cops are just looking for an easy way to build up their collections. I lost any faith in anything proclaimed by conservatives after I read an article about a hotel hosting some sort of conservative Christian convention (C3, with booth nuns, pounding christian rock, and bible swag?) here in the States four or so years ago. The hotel noted that some 70% of the rooms had… taken advantage of the porn on demand available in every room, the most ever- and every single room in the hotel was booked by convention goers. So yeah, by and large conservatives are hypocrites. At least we have the almighty 1st amendment, as well as a court system that (usually) actually thinks, on our side here in the U.S. Sorry for you.
You should have had a poll for favorite figurine. I vote the nurse, although it was tough.
Are you sure its not “don’t hurt me, no Moe,”?
August 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
@fran
You can be sure that’ll happen once you hear complains of kids getting aroused by them.
@Aoshi
Well, now that I’m starting this hobby it was something worth mentioning.
@Hynavian
I’d rather you take me to cosafe first.
@Caitlin
It’s just a bluff to get you to pay the fine.
@biankita
Which is why you shouldn’t trust our Visit Malaysia ads.
@Anime Loving Republican
I’d vote McCain right now.
@kanzeon
The sad thing is we’ve more important issues to worry about.
@Ryvious
Spoilers: The police doesn’t have it.
@Omisyth
I’d rather NIPPON BANZAI!
@BigN
I know which shops that got raided, and they’re notorious for displaying those NSFW stuff at their display window. Should have at least been more discreet about it, which is why I feel no pity for them. As the authorities are the reactive rather than the pro-active kind, it was inevitable that this happened.
@Faye
I’m going to do so with Kagami and Tsukasa!
@Setsukyie
Indeed, it’s eventually going to happen from the way things are unfolding right now….
@Jason
What we need is regime change!
@hoshi
And I’m proud to show the world for what we truly are.
@Cho_Hakkai
Best to rally outside Harian Metro first. In before liwat.
@C.I
You can’t beat us at that.
@Mini
True. They can’t afford these with their wages.
@FFVIIKnight
Anime Loving Republican assured us that McCain wouldn’t do so. Vote for the old white guy!
@EvilDevil
Makes sense, since there is never any mention where these items go to. Then again, in Malaysia, seized vehicles are sold to govt lackeys at rock bottom prices, so who knows.
@K1
And we poor otakus are always bearing the brunt of their ineptness.
@Haesslich
I own none of the figurines featured.
But yeah, if they really want to stir shit up, they won’t even need this post to do it.
@blissmo
Bunny girl figs are banned here.
@Hangmen
FUCK YEAH MALAYSIA!
@Aiko
Should post this in 4chan.
@westrim
I guess they’re all the same everywhere then.
I had a lot more “erotic figurines” to post actually, and these were the safest I could muster. 
*BA DUM PSH*
August 13th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
[ID SOJOURNER]
Seriously. Just study hard, be an Ivy League dude and eventually become the leaders of your countries and voilà… your problems are solved. I believe in Prime Minister Shin.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Well I don’t know much about asian history, but since the time of the greeks there has been statues with erotic details so we don’t care much about it. Surely some figures are to erotic to be sold just like that, those type of figures should be always inside the store and you should only purchase them if you’re an adult, not a 14~15 year old, you wouldn’t buy an erotic DVD at a porn shop at that age I suppose. I understand the authorities point of view but confiscating entire collections?! That’s wrong, at least they should warn the shop owners that they could only sell those figures to adults
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Interesting. I have been wondering if KDN is going to take action about these ero figures found in many local stores and they finally did. I wonder if XL is safe? I mean they still have those Yakin Byoutou stuff hidden in their shelves, don’t they? Btw, if KDN keep on going like this, won’t castoffable figures be their next target? Alright I’m getting me more ero figures…
August 14th, 2008 at 9:34 am
@Divine Fang
Actually during the raid at MidValley, KDN do raid XL, and try to confiscate bikini and bunny girl figurines, but somehow the shop staff there refuse to let KDN do it. Animetech there just surrender their figurines without a fight.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
@shin
in the US evidence is still lock up for years… maybe drugs will ‘mysteriously’ shrink… or get damage or eaten by rats… maybe big rats kidnapped the figurines as sex slaves, and giant rats stole the cars… seriously i hate this anti-otaku stupidity…
August 14th, 2008 at 10:47 am
@ Sojourner
Unfortunately round here it would take nothing short of a revolution to put someone of Shin’s, ahem, colour, onto the Prime Minister Seat.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
O_O Holeee Shiiiittt
well, what you expect from a Muslim country………I wouldn’t expect less from them anyway 
Luckily, my Dark Future of the 41st Millennium isn’t big enough nor exposing enough to warrant the authority’s attention. We play as Demons and Satanic Cults here 
Anyway, Shin, you remembered the article I did on my blog about these Figurines?
Anyway, this wouldn’t happen if they didn’t display OUTSIDE. The figurines should be under-the-counter
August 15th, 2008 at 12:56 am
good, should I be glad cause I don’t have a weird hobby?
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August 15th, 2008 at 1:31 am
@ID Sojourner
NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!
@Belela
The authorities are asshats like that. Don’t count on them to be rational and just.
@Divine Fang
What E_G said
@Jason
So true.
Also, Jason, the avatar DB is acting up for some reason, so if you still want your Lina avatar, be sure to re-register it. Sorry for the inconvenience! 
@Zenai
Yes I do. Sure took them a long time since then though.
@cbjkelvin
Don’t know about you, but I’m proud to be weird!
August 15th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
@shin @cbjeklvin,
"Something for everybody is something for nobody".
August 15th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
@ Divine Fang: Oxygen is for everybody. I’ll take yours if you don’t want it.
August 16th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
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