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More bad news for those who already ordered the following items. The following products has been delayed from its original release dates:

Name: Clayroid Puchi Lucky Star Season 02
Company: Good Smile Company
Scale: Non
Original Release Date: June 26th, 2008
New Release Date: June 30th, 2008

Name: Takamachi Nanoha Teaching Corps Uniform Ver.
Company: Good Smile Company
Scale: 1/8
Original Release Date: June 30th, 2008
New Release Date: July 7th, 2008

Name: Figma Asahina Mikuru School Uniform Ver.
Company: Max Factory
Scale: Non
Original Release Date: June 28th, 2008
New Release Date: July 12th, 2008

From Good Smile Company Info Site

This new 1/7 scale figure of “MC Axis Girl of Nose Art” is scheduled for September 2008 release by Run’a, and will be retailing for 6,800 Yen ^^ Hobby Search is taking reservation for her as of today.

Never heard of the company before, but the figure is designed by Shunya Yamashita~ The figure is cast off-able too ( ^ _ ^ );

Alright~ Continuing where we left off, here’s the 2nd part of Rize‘s review ^^~

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Cast off~ Garter Belt anyone~

Close up ^^;~

With the Battle Damaged dress~

Closer look~

The Halberd~

That ends Rize’s review ^^~ Shuraki figure series is definitely worth all the trouble getting them. I totally recommend all of them ^^

Next will most likely be Figma Nanoha‘s turn to get the review treatment~ Look forward to it~( ^ _ ^ )/

Finally, we’ve reached the final review of Shuraki series figure, well atleast the one I have right now ^^; This time it’s “Shuraki Trinity Box #05: Rizfis Luttiva Mente” from Good Smile Company ^^

This will be another 2-part review ^^;

Rizfis Luttiva Mente, also known as Rize, is the 5th and Final release of the Shuraki figure series, and also the 4th that I owned ^^; She was released not long ago on May 29th, 2008, and was originally scheduled for April 2008 release.

A little bit of info on the character~ Rize is a 19-year old Italian-born Halberdier that is specialized in close combat battle. She used a long dual-headed Halberd as her weapon and also a member of the secret White Raven organization ^^ She’s designed by Takumi Yano. I can’t really find a better info on him, but supposedly he’s part of the Sakura Wars artists. All I can say is, he has one of the nicest looking character design ever~

Just like any Shuraki figures, she comes with the Character Illustration Booklet “Shuraki Secret File Vol.5: Rizfis” and a Drama CD. In the Drama CD she’s voiced by Shintani Ryoko, who’s known for voicing Sakuraba Milfeulle in Galaxy Angel series. As for the other voice actresses and actors, basically the CD will features all the voices from the past Shuraki Drama CDs, since Rize’s CD is the final installment of the Shuraki story ^^

The figure comes with interchangable Battle Damaged version of the dress, in which you can switch around, and also a custom Diorama base stand ^^ She probably got the best looking Base Stand out of the Shurakis~

As usual, another amazing sculpt by GSC. Another amazing highlight of Rize is probably the “Crystal Blue” skirt. It got some weight in it like a freakin’ shell hard as hell ( > _ < ); It’s probably made out of ABS material. With Rize, now I have 4 Shuraki figures with Char as the final Shuraki figure to get. Unfortunately, I have to wait for GSC’s announcement on the “Re-release” version of Char. Probably soon…hopefully ( > _ < );

Anyway, on with the usual shots~ More Photos will be posted in Part 2 of the review~^^

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Close up~ As you can see there’s a bit of paint at her left cheek ^^;

Close up of the Dress~

The super hard “Shell” skirt~

The “Crystal” Base Stand~

To be continued to Part 2

The wait is over…again!! ^^;

This new “Figma Tohsaka Rin Plain Clothes Ver.” from Fate/Stay Night series, is finally ready for reservations. Rin will be available this coming August 2008 by Max Factory and will be retailing for 2,300 Yen. Hobby Search is taking pre-orders for her as of today.

Yay~!! Been waiting forever for this since Wonder Festival 2008 Winter~( ^ _ ^ )/

This new 1/8 Scale figure of “Xecty S.O.F.T” from Shining Wind series, will be available this coming September 2008 by Wave, and will be retailing for 6,500 Yen. There will be 2 versions released. One is the Normal version, and the other is Limited version.

There isn’t any difference in the limited version, in terms of colours or any, but it’ll come with a Limited Telephone Card that has the original Xecty art by Tony Taka printed on it, in which you can view it below:

The limited version is retailing at a higher price, at 7,500 Yen. Hobby Search is taking reservations for both as of today.

Is telephone card really that expensive? ( ^ _ ^ );

This new 1/8 scale figure of “Yoko Space Look Ver.” from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann series, will be available this coming October 2008 by Wave, and will be retailing for 6,600 Yen.

There will be 2 versions released, one is the Normal version and the other is the Limited version. Top image is the Limited version. Hobby Search is taking reservations for both versions as of today.

I don’t know about you guys, but this is probably one of the best looking Yoko I’ve seen, atleast for the matured one~ I like the limited version better ( ^ _ ^ )/

Bad news for those who ordered Griffon’s Shana.

Griffon Enterprises‘ “Shana 1/7 Scale” has been delayed to August 2008 release from its orginal release date. This figure was originally scheduled for June 2008 release.

From Griffon Enterprise Site via Foo-Bar-Baz

Man…I just hope they stopped delaying more stuffs. First was Goth Haruhi, now Shana ( > _ < )

A new alteration of the previous released “Saber Alter” by Solid Theater, is going to be sold during this coming Wonder Festival 2008 (Summer) in August, hence it’s another Wonder Festival exclusive ^^

This new limited “Saber Alter WF2008 Ver.” (As what I would call it ^^ ) will be up for 6,800 Yen. More images of this at Solid Theater Site

This version is definitely less scarier than the normal version~XD And she looks more matured on this~ Great looking figure, although it’s another WF exclusive~( ^ _ ^ );

I personally like this version better than the normal one~( ^ _ ^ )/

Kotobukiya posted the sample Box Art preview of the upcoming “Clalaclan Noir Ver.”, which are scheduled for September 2008, at their Blog

This new 1/6 Scale figure of “Ryofu Housen Plain-Clothes Ver. Red Colour” from Ikkitousen series, is scheduled to be released this coming August 2008 by Griffon Enterprises, and it’ll be retailing for 6,500 Yen. Hobby Search is taking reservations for her as of today.

Shirt can be cast-off ^^ (Heart-shaped ftw~)

This is definitely one of the better releases of Ryofu Housen I’ve seen so far by Griffon ^^ Is it just me, that the 1/6 scale version is getting not much different in price compared to the 1/8 scales ( ^ _ ^ );

Another updates on some of the confirmed release date for the month of June, plus other news ^^

Name: Clayroid Puchi Lucky Star Season 02
Company: Good Smile Company
Scale: Non
Release Date: June 26th, 2008
Note: –

Name: Takamachi Nanoha Teaching Corp Uniform Ver.
Company: Good Smile Company
Scale: 1/8
Release Date: June 30th, 2008
Note: –

Name: Figma Asahina Mikuru School Uniform Ver.
Company: Max Factory
Scale: Non
Release Date: June 28th, 2008
Note: –

Name: Figma Koizumi Itsuki School Uniform Ver.
Company: Max Factory
Scale: Non
Release Date: June 28th, 2008
Note: –

Other News:

Alter‘s Asahina Mikuru Maid Ver. has been pushed back to July 2nd, 2008, and the same goes to Good Smile Company‘s Nendoroid Melissa Seraphy, which is also pushed back to July 2008.

Both figures were originally scheduled for June 2008 release.

Thanks to Foo-Bar-Baz for the heads up ^^

My “Figma Takamichi Nanoha Barrier Jacket Ver.” by Max Factory just arrived today ^^

Supposed to arrive together with my Figma Kyon, but I guess they’ve decided to send it anyway, since Kyon is still delayed to unknown date.

Anyway, review for Figma Nanoha will be posted as soon as I finished with Shuraki reviews. Review for Meifeng will be posted later this evening, so look forward to it~( ^ _ ^ )/

From Figure/GK

Real or not, it’s for you to decide~( ^ _ ^ );

Another new entry by Good Smile Company is now ready for reservations ^^

This new figure of “Hime 1/7 Scale” from Princess Ressurection (Kaibutsu Ojou) series, is scheduled for October 2008 and it will be retailing for 6,800 Yen. Hobby Search is taking pre-orders for her as of today. The figure also comes with her small robotic maid servant ^^

I have to say, that’s one pretty figure ^^ I saw the anime series, and it was worth watching~( ^ _ ^ )/

Another entry from the Evangelion series is now ready for pre-orders ^^

This new 1/8 scale figure of “Ayanami Rei Gothic Lolita Noir Ver.”, will be available this coming October 2008 by Kotobukiya, and it’ll be retailing for 6,800 Yen. Hobby Search is taking reservations for her as of today.

This was made so you could paired it up with Gothloli Asuka ^^ Another fine figure I have to say, although I probably won’t be getting her~( ^ _ ^ );

You won’t believe this ^^ Alter just opened the reservation of their 3 new awesome entries, which is really unexpected ^^;

These amazing entries are “Elizabeth 1/8 Scale” from the PS2 game Persona 3 FES, “Ayanami Rei 1/8 Scale” from the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, and “Aya 1/7 Scale” from Onee Chanbara VorteX.

All of these figures are scheduled for October 2008, with both Elizabeth and Rei retailing at 5,800 Yen, and Aya retailing at 7,800 Yen. Hobby Search is taking reservations for all of them as of today.

Wow, these are so gonna blow my wallet away. I personally like this version of Rei a lot~( ^ _ ^ )/