About the angles, my tripod is a cheap $10 deal, but it can be rotated to any angle needed. But for shooting individual figures, I don't usually use a tripod. I use risers (and CD cases LOL) to achieve different angles.

I used to do everything hand held, but after comparing those shots to shots taken by a stationary camera, my hand helds look tres crappy!

I've only had the tripod for a few weeks, and I love it. I'd recommend looking into one. They're so cheap - what have you got to lose?

I'm certainly no photography expert, but in my experience, I'd say the two keys are steadiness and lighting.

I always place the camera on a firm surface (or tripod) and set it on 2 second delay, so there's no camera shake. Even with anti-shake feature built in, you're never going to produce as crisp a shot if it's hand-held.

To get the right lighting for indoor shots, first go with ISO 200 or above (if your camera can handle it without producing noise - mine poops out over 200). I usually don't fiddle with the more exotic manual lighting settings (ex: flourescent, cloudy, etc) but I often open the camera up to + 1/3 metering. So I'll take a shot at that setting and one at 0, and choose from the two.

Finally, it never hurts to sharpen images in an image editing program. I often do that to compensate for the crispness lost when I export theJPG at a roughly 75-80% optimization rate (which really brings down the file size without sacrificing too much in terms of crispness).

Sounds like a lot to do, but once you get into the habit, it's fast and easy.

Same here. Flashes are nice for social/travel shots in poor lighting, but not much more. Sometimes it's fun to force the flash to open when shooting a clear figure outdoors. That can produce some nifty results!

Oh yeah, Calvin - for GID shots, open your camera's light metering up as high as it can go. Also, set it to ISO 400 or above. Set the camera to a 2 second time delay. Then, charge the figures using indoor or outdoor lighting. Take the shots in a small room that doesn't allow much external light in. When you're ready to shoot, have your wife stand next to the light switch. As soon as she turns the light off, snap the pic. It may take the camera a few seconds to process the image, so you definitely want the camera stationary on a table or tripod.
I've gotten really nice results that way. (Check out the GID shot of the Ilanena figures on the first page of my blog.)

Lurker, I want to know too. If anyone knows the name of this I would like to add it in the database. The box for this toy is in storage. This figure is so great.

Jason, I knew you would be the first to pick it out. I was going to make the orange bandana so no one can tell. Haha. I was talking to Tim about this and realized it was impossible for me to obtain this since there are only 10 out there. I am sure you have this

Andy, every angle looks good. I can't help it!

well i don't know why i questioned what it was but it is definetely Dororon Enmakun. it was a anime from 73/74, created by Go Nagai of course.
i have a bandai version but not sure if that one is it.

there is the mecha terror windup of this, but you wouldn't suspect he was a boy witch.

go nagai = everything awesome

man, that white Gas Bawer is the best one I've seen. (the Bemons aren't bad either...)

awesome collection. I love the T9G & Anraku pics too.

Nougaki is from Hobby Complex in Nov. 2007. Sold as a lucky draw, I think.

Do you have the header for the Rainbow toy? I remember seeing one in Japan, but can't remember the name.

Awesome new pics.
I'm loving that Clear Blue Bemon.