Archive for 2008

Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Preview

August 7, 2008

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From Figure/GK

Another look of a new scan featuring the upcoming “Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann” ^^ It was shown during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer, but I think it was still unpainted.

It looks quite cool though~( ^ _ ^ );

More Figma And Nendoroid Goodness!!

August 6, 2008

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Danny was invited to an event that only traders and sellers can attend, just after Wonder Festival 2008 ended, where they get to see and observe the upcoming products much more closely.

Some are even exclusively displayed just for this event and was not shown during Wonfest 2008 Summer, which includes the above Nendoroid Saber Lion ^^ For more images you can visit here.

Also, Hobby Stock has more pictures of the above Nendoroid Saber Lion~( ^ _ ^ )/

Wave’s Karen Reservation Starts!!

August 6, 2008

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This new 1/8 scale figure of “Onodera Karen” from the series Onegai! Twins, will be available on January 2009 next year by Wave for 5,200 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations of her as of today.

Hmmm, that’s quite a long release date ^^; The figure itself still could do some more improvement though. I wonder what she’s doing down there~( ^ _ ^ );

Kotobukiya’s Double Trouble

August 5, 2008

The following Kotobukiya items are ready for reservations ^^

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Name: Nanako – Nekomimi School Swimsuit Ver. –
Scale: 1/5
Series: To Heart2 Another Days
Release Date: November 2008
Retail Price: 9,800 Yen

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Name: Riannon
Scale: 1/8
Series: Tears To Tiara: Earth’s Wreath
Release Date: November 2008
Retail Price: 6,800 Yen

Hobby Search is taking reservations for both of them as of today.

Both of these figures were shown during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer few days ago. Beautiful figures indeed~( ^ _ ^ )/

Early August Haul~

August 4, 2008

Just arrived today:

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– Nendoroid Melissa Seraphy (Good Smile Company)
– Figma Izumi Konata Winter School Uniform Ver. (Max Factory)
– Figma Fate T. Harlaown Barrier Jacket Ver. (Max Factory)

The other sets are for my friends ^^;

Woot~ Been waiting for these to arrive ( ^ _ ^ )/

MegaHouse’s Nanael Reservation Starts!!

August 4, 2008

Finally ^^

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This new 1/8 scale figure of “Excellent Model CORE Queen’s Blade Nanael” will be available this coming November 2008 by MegaHouse for 5,500 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations of her as of today.

Weee~ Nice looking figure indeed ^^ If you didn’t know yet, she was designed by the same designer as Fauna from Megachu!, which is why the close resemblance ( ^ _ ^ )/

Wonder Festival 2008 Summer Coverages

August 3, 2008

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Wonder Festival 2008 Summer just ended a moment ago and some new full coverages of the event are just in ^^ I’ll update this post as more coverages posted. For starter, you can view the full coverages here at Ota-Suke.

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Foo-Bar-Baz also just added some coverages photos on Wonfest 2008. More should be up on his site later tonight.

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Danny has also posted his Wonfest 2008 Coverages. More here.

[WF2008 Summer] GSC’s Nendoroid News

August 3, 2008

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From Figure/GK

As you can see from the image above, atleast 5 new Nendoroid are planned for release. I can’t really named all of them, but some that I know of are Nendoroid Ignis, Nendoroid Yoshika from Strike Witches, and that girl from Kodomo no Jikan ^^;

More:

Nendoroid Tsukasa & Miyuki Animal Ver.

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More Nendoroids

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More at Ota-Suke

ARGGHHH!!!

[WF2008 Summer] Kotobukiya’s Booth Sneak Peek

August 3, 2008

This time it’s Kotobukiya‘s Booth ^^ Still not that many yet, but more should be out soon. From Figure/GK

To Heart2 – Maryan Senpai

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Tears to Tiara – Octavia

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Shining Wind – Ryuna

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[WF2008 Summer] Alpha x Omega’s Booth Sneak Peek

August 3, 2008

Actually I wanted to put this together with Alter, but I guess they deserved their own entry ^^

Anyway, remember the 3 “Secret” figures image earlier? One of them is indeed Kuran Kuran Chibi form ^^ Scheduled for November 2008 release.

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Still have to wait for more pics for the others ^^;

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On other news, a poster was spotted at Alpha x Omega booth announcing that they’re planning to make figures of Kalen and Shirley from Code Geass, scheduled for December 2008 release ^^ I have the feeling the other 2 secret figures might be the 2 of them ( ^ _ ^ );

Many thanks to Figure/GK

[WF2008 Summer] Good Smile Company & Max Factory’s Booth Sneak Peek

August 3, 2008

Good Smile Company and Max Factory‘s Booth just in ^^ Another big thanks to Figure/GK & 4chan

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Figma Yagami Hayate Barrier Jacket Ver.

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Figma Ryomou Shimei – December 2008

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Figma of another baseball team mascot

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From tsukihime?

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Nendoroid Yoko~XD

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Figma Seto San – January 2009

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Figma Kagamine Len & Ren

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Figma Hatsune Miku

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Figma Saber Lily

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Golden Darkness

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Shining Wind’s Seena

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More at Ota-Suke ( ^ _ ^ )/

[WF 2008 Summer] Alter’s Booth Sneak Peek

August 3, 2008

The event is heating up~!! Some sneak peek of Alter‘s Booth new items has just been posted at Figure/GK ^^ Some of them are just mind-blowing and you might have to look forward to ^^

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Sengoku Lance – Senhime

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS – Teana Lanster

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS – Fate T. Harlaown Shin Sonic Form

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Odin’s Sphere – Hmm forgot her name, and I just played the game not long ago~XD (December 2008 )

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Xenosaga III – KOS-MOS Swimsuit Ver. (January 2009)

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Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu – Nagato Yuki School Uniform Ver.

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Persona 4 – Forgot her name also ( ^ _ ^ );

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Zero no Tsukaima – Louise

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Posters~

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Looks familiar to me~

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More coming!! ( ^ _ ^ )/

Wonder Festival 2008 Summer Starts!!

August 3, 2008

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Wonder Festival 2008 Summer starts today!! Well, it just commenced a while ago. Event time is from 10 AM until 5 PM Japan time.

Expect lots of news by the end of the day~( ^ _ ^ )/

Alpha x Omega WF2008 Goodies + Others~

August 3, 2008

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As we all can see from the image above, looks like Alpha x Omega going to announce 3 new figures during this coming Wonfest 2008, or atleast they are going to display the finished product ^^

My only guess is that those 3 might be from Macross Frontier. I know that the far right is Kuran Kuran Micron Ver. since they have already shown the prototype before. The middle one looks like Alto to me~XD Well, we’ll just have to wait for tomorrow I guess ^^

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On other news~ According to Shine Na Blog, we will get to see some new Shining Wind figures displayed/announced during tomorrow’s Wonfest 2008 ^^ They includes Kotobukiya‘s Ryuna (Above Image), and others might be Alter‘s Claclaclan Full Armor Version, and Max Factory‘s Seena ^^

I’m so looking forward to these~( ^ . ^ )/

Asahina Mikuru Maid Ver. (Alter/Chara-Ani)

August 2, 2008

Alright~ Next review will be “Asahina Mikuru Maid Ver.” by Alter, in collaboration with Chara-Ani. This will be the 1st for the month of August ^^

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The figure was released earlier last month on July 2nd, 2008, and is my first ever PVC figure of Mikuru ^^; I was hoping to get my hand on Max Factory‘s Waitress Mikuru first, but still no luck on her ( > _ < );

Anyway back to topic~ As expected from Alter, the quality was great. I don’t know why, but I think the most obvious point that usually distinguished between Alter’s product from the others is probably their paint job. How should I say it, theirs have more “depth” in the colours they used.

No other accessories given. You just need to take it out of the box and it’s ready for display. The most disappointing part of the figure is probably just the plain base stand. Otherwise, everything is perfect ^^

On with the shots~!!

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Close ups~

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Closer look~

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Base stand~

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Pantsu~^^;

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You can also view another great review of her here at Foo-Bar-Baz.

That ends my review on Alter’s Mikuru ^^ As you probably have noticed, her eyes are pretty much shiny since it can easily reflects the light, and I’m talking about the top eyes~XD

More reviews coming, look forward to them~( ^ _ ^ )/

Orchid Seed’s Comic Aun Reservation Starts!!

August 1, 2008

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This new 1/7 scale figure of “Lala Poplip Pipiruno Pipiru Paparemmo” from Comic Aun series, will be available this coming November 2008 by Orchid Seed for 7,100 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations of her as of today.

Yeah, she got one long name~XD Never heard of the series before, but this is one beautiful figure I have to admit. She’s Full Cast Off-able also~( ^ _ ^ )/

GSC’s Nendoroid Sakura Reservation Starts!!

August 1, 2008

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This new figure of of “Nendoroid Nankyoku Sakura” from Penguin Musume, will be available this coming December 2008 by Good Smile Company for 3,500 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations of her as of today.

I’ve only heard of the series before, but never really get the chance to try and watching it. All I can say is cute!!~XD

Yamato’s Ignis Reservation Starts!!

August 1, 2008

All I can say is…YAY!!~XD

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This new figure of “Creators Labo #016 Ignis” from Jingai Makyo series, will be available this coming November 2008 by Yamato, and will be retailing for 7,800 Yen. Hobby Search is taking reservations of her as of today.

I’ve been targeting this figure ever since it was announced few months back. Good thing it’s not another exclusive item ^^;

This Month Upcoming Goodies – Part VIII (Part 1)

July 31, 2008

A little bit early, but here’s the latest news on some of the release dates for the month of August ^^ Also some other related news, which include the Delayed goodies ^^;

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Name: Chua Churam
Company: Alter
Scale: Non
Release Date: August 9th, 2008
Note: Pushed back a few days, which originally planned for August 7th, 2008 release.

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Name: Nekomiya Nono Nekomimi School Swimsuit Over Knee Socks Ver.
Company: Kotobukiya
Scale: 1/6
Release Date: August 2nd, 2008
Note: –

Delayed Goodies:

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Name: Vita
Company: Alter
Scale: 1/8
Original Release Date: August 2008
New Release Date: September 11th, 2008

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Name: Unison Vita
Company: Alter
Scale: 1/8
Original Release Date: August 2008
New Release Date: September 11th, 2008

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Name: Ryofu Housen Red Plain-Clothes Ver.
Company: Griffon Enterprises
Scale: 1/8
Original Release Date: August 2008
New Release Date: September 2008

From Alter Web & Post-Chan

Revoltech Yoko Reservation Starts!!

July 31, 2008

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This new figure of “Fraulein Revoltech Yoko”, will be available this coming October 2008 by Kaiyodo for 2,300 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking pre-orders of her as of today.

Never really got into Revoltech stuffs before, but this Yoko does look nice ^^ If you look at the bottom right corner of the image, you can see Revoltech Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann shown there ( ^ _ ^ )/