Complementing the series' encyclopaedic penchant for figure-collecting are Nintendo's real life Amiibo smart figurines – place them on to the Wii U GamePad and they bring your fighter to life onscreen where they can learn and level up.
As a painter, he showed a penchant for formal figures suddenly released from all constraints.
Picabia's penchant for piling figures into elegant linear tangles was especially influential, and this exhibition underscores the success of that tactic in his later abstract work.
Lamenting the press's growing penchant for trashing public figures and manfully admitting his own part, Mr. Reeves wrote that Mr. Ford "had done a better job than I had predicted or imagined" and added, "You have my respect and thanks, Mr. President".
In The Silent Room, Wright repeats her penchant for isolating a figure in space, here surrounded by a Matisse-like wallpaper that may be hiding a secret clue.
The native Venetian has a penchant for modern design.
Far from being a reason for receding into the background, his penchant for delegating to strong figures will be a test of, not a substitute for, his own political skills.
Inside, it recalls the bedroom of a teen-ager with a penchant for collectibles: Japanese action figures (Godzillas, Totoro, Mazinger Z), Chinese luck charms (laughing Buddhas, golden peanuts, children holding fish), original paintings and sculptures by local artists, skateboard decks, a gigantic lion head.
All three mature Weber operas were heard in Edinburgh last week, each in concert performances by different conductors and companies, in commendable defiance of the usual festival penchant for composers with round-figure anniversaries.
Working long hours as an office administrator, with a three-hour commute and a boss with a penchant for throwing things, Jane Croft figured there had to be more to life.
