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
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Name: Takamachi Nanoha Teaching Corp Uniform Ver.
Company: Good Smile Company
Scale: 1/8
Release Date: June 30th, 2008
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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.
Alright~ Next is the the review for “Shuraki Trinity Box #02: Liu Mei Feng” by Good Smile Company ^^
Just like Nida, Meifeng’s review will also be divided into 2 parts because of the photos. This will probably also apply to Rize, because of their alternative costume capability ^^; From now on, any review that produced more than 40 photos will be divided into 2 parts. This just to save bandwiths and reduce lag ^^;
Back to topic~ Meifeng is the 2nd figure to be released from the Shuraki Trinity series, and was originally released last year. The one that I have is the “re-release” version which was released earlier on May 22nd, 2008. Meifeng probably, in terms of popularity, is on par with Char, which makes her almost impossible to get if you’re not quick enough. It’s probably too late to get her now ^^;
A little bit info on the character~ Just like I mentioned before, each character from Shuraki series is designed by different famous designer. In Meifeng’s case, she’s designed by Satoshi Kiba. You can view more of his work here. He’s quite well-known around the Doujins Circle, especially during Comiket.
Meifeng is a 17-year old China-born fighter that utilized and specialized in lightning quick melee attack, by using her trusty “Twin-Engetsurin” as weapons.
Just like any Shuraki figures, Meifeng also comes with alternate Battle Damaged China-Dress, which you can switch around, and also a custom Diorama base stand ^^
Other bonuses also include the usual Character Illustration Booklet “Shuraki Secret File Vol.2: Meifeng” and a Drama CD. Well, as you guessed it, Meifeng also gets her own Voice Actress in the Drama CD. She’s voiced by Iizuka Mayumi, which is more known for voicing Kasumi (Misty) in the Japanese version of the Pokemon series. The Drama CD also features other famous Voice Actresses such as Koshimizu Ami and Mizuki Nana. More on the Character Illustration Booklet and Drama CD will be posted later on different entry ^^
Well, what can I say, another amazing figure from GSC ^^ There’s no flaw on Meifeng either. She probably got the best dynamic pose out of all the Shuraki figures ^^ My only complain about the figures is it’s really difficult to do cast-off on her, and probably the hardest. All the joints are so tight and difficult to take off, which makes me really afraid of breaking her if I use too much force ^^; So please be careful if you ever get her.
Ah, and don’t forget to clean up the Oil excess from the skin and the inside of the dress when you’re casting off her for the first time ^^
Anyway, on with the shots!! More pictures will be posted in Part 2 of the review ^^~
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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~( ^ _ ^ )/
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~( ^ _ ^ )/
Another nice line up from the Nendoroid series by Good Smile Company is finally ready for reservations ^^
The wait is over!! These 2 new figures of “Nendoroid Kagamine Len” and “Nendoroid Kagamine Ren” from the Vocaloid series, are scheduled for October 2008 release, and both will be up for 2,800 Yen retail price. Both are sold separately. Hobby Search is taking pre-orders for both of them as of today.
I pre-ordered them the moment I saw them available~XD If you want to order them, better be quick, because the twins has the same potential as Miku ^^; Which means, they’re gonna sold out fast!!~( > _ < )/
Finally, the next Nendoroid series to be released from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu series is this “Nendoroid Asakura Ryoko & Extension Part Set” ^^ As the name implies, Ryoko will comes with extra accessories, in which you can use them on Nendoroid Haruhi, Mikuru, and Yuki ^^
Ryoko will be available this coming September 2008 by Good Smile Company and will be up for 4,700 Yen retail price. The higher price is because of the extra accessories ^^; Hobby Search is taking reservation for her as of today ^^
She looks cute and deadly~ Definitely a must get if you already owned the others~( ^ _ ^ )/
As promised here it is, a look on the Nida‘s character illustration booklet, “Shuraki Secret File Vol.4: Nida” ^^ I don’t have a scanner right now, so I had no choice but to use my camera ( > _ < );
As mentioned before, this booklet was included with Nida’s figure, together with the Drama CD. The booklet has 24 pages, including the front page and back page. Basically, it contains and mostly towards the Drama CD, the summary of the story, each character biography, cast interviews, and also Nida’s character song lyrics ^^
Since this is also considered an Illustration booklet, you get to see all the gorgeous art that was done by Shunya Yamashita ^^
As for the Drama CD, it also contained the character song for Nida, sung by none other than Chiba Saeko, which also voiced Nida herself ^^ The song title is “Anfang”, if you’re wondering. The Drama CD also featured other famous voice actresses, which include Chihara Minori, Koshimizu Ami, Mizuki Nana, and also Tamura Yukari ^^
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Front Page
Back Page
Page 1 & 2: Prologue
Page 3 & 4: Main Characters Profile
Page 5 & 6: Supporting Characters Profile and Others
Page 7 & 8: A nice full 2-page art of Nida
Page 9 & 10: Nida’s Model Sheet
One of my favourite art of Nida ^^
Page 11 & 12: More Nida, Drama CD content, and lyrics of “Anfang”
Page 13 & 14: Illustration referring to Chapter 5 of the Drama CD.
Page 15 & 16: Illustration referring to Chapter 10 of the Drama CD.
Page 17 & 18: Illustration referring to Chapter 14 of the Drama CD.
Page 19 & 20: Cast Interviews
Page 21 & 22: Staff Comments and Credits
I haven’t finished listening to the Drama CD, so I can’t really say much about it, but looking at all of this, they really need to make Shuraki into an anime series~( ^ _ ^ );
2 new figures by Eye Up from Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann series are now ready for reservations~
These figures of “Gurren Lagann Kamina” & “Gurren Lagann Yoko” will be available this coming August 2008 and September 2008 respectively ^^ Both will be up for 7,800 Yen retail price. Hobby Search is taking reservations for both of them as of today.
Yoko does looks nice, but something just not right with her mouth ^^; Both figures looks really good in term of quality though~( ^ _ ^ )/
Here it is, the first figure review for the month of June, and Nida here, will take the honour to be the first one ^^
As you can see, I’ve divided the review into 2 parts, because of the photo intensive review ^^; This is the first time I actually needed more than one part to do a review. This just shows how awesome Nida is ^^
Anyway, this figure of “Shuraki Trinity Box #04: Nida Schuetlich” by Good Smile Company was released on 24th May, 2008. It was originally scheduled for March 2008 release, but was delayed for more improvements.
Just some info on the series, for those who new to this ^^; Shuraki Trinity is a figure series made in collaboration between Good Smile Company and RED Entertainment. There are 5 figures to be released based on this series, and Nida is the 4th of the character. You can visit the official site here.
Ironically, Nida is my 2nd Shuraki figure, with Akatsuki being the 1st ^^;
Each character is designed by famous character designers and each has different nationality. In Nida’s case, she’s a German and designed by the awesome Shunya Yamashita ^^ It’s probably easy to distinguish the designer, even if you don’t know who designed Nida in the first place~XD Shunya Yamashita’s trademark is probably the lips and the eye design~
To make it even spectacular, they even have JAM Project to do the theme song for the series, which you can view the PV below:
Alright, back on topic~Nida comes with interchangable uniforms between the Normal version and the Damaged version, and of course, she’s Cast Off-able ^^ She also came with two different Sniper Rifles, the big one and the small one, and also a Dagger for safe keeping ^^
After reading all this, you know that Shuraki figure series is really special ^^ Just like previous releases of Shuraki figures, Nida comes with a 24-Page character illustration booklet called “Shuraki Secret File Vol.4: Nida” and a Drama CD. Oh, and also comes with the instruction manual for cast off.
Nida is voiced by Chiba Saeko ^^ She’s probably more known for voicing Natsuki Kuga/Kruger from Mai Hime/Otome series. The Drama CD also featured other famous voice actresses such as Koshimizu Ami, Mizuki Nana and Chihara Minori ^^
(You can view the content of the Nida’s Illustration Booklet right here)
Anyway, what can I say, this is one awesome figure. The paint job, sculpt, everything is top notch. Even the Base Stand is well made. The wait is really worth it ^^
As mentioned before, the review is divided into 2 parts, because I took lots of photos ^^; So on with the shots!!!~
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Some new previews of the upcoming “Nendoroid Kagamine Ren” & “Nendoroid Kagamine Len” ^^
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Just like Hatsune Miku with her Leek, the twins will also come with their own accessories, Len gets the Mike and Ren gets the Keyboard ^^
Just a reminder that these 2 are scheduled for September 2008 release and it’ll be up for 3,000 Yen retail price. The reservation for both should open soon~( ^ _ ^ )/
According to Mikatan, as posted in her blog, a new Figma TV commercial is scheduled to air on June 2nd, 2008 ^^ This will be the 2nd Figma commercial to be aired, and it will features the whole SOS-Dan cast members!!
The first commercial was the one that featured Figma Nagato Yuki. You can view it below:
The new CM will be aired during commercial break of TV anime series “Monochrome Factor”. Really looking forward to this ^^ Hopefully someone will be kind enough to upload it on Youtube~( ^ _ ^ )/
A nice collaboration and cross overs between the characters from Dragon Ball Z and One Piece series ^^ I have to say, Goku looks really good in Luffy’s outfit~XD
This is what happen when they actually meet each other~
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