Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Tamashii Nation 2008

From Gunota Headlines: Bandai held Tamashii Nation 2008 in Akihabara from the 20th to 23rd of March. The event displayed product line aimed for adult collectors. These toys are usually pricier (for working adults) and most of them are based on anime characters and series in the past (to match the childhood background of the targeted age group).

From the many images shown, I only know a handful of the characters shown, but they are extremely beautiful nonetheless.

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Saint Seiya series! I'm sure to have such a huge collection would be the ultimate dream of all its fans.

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Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga and Shun. What a nostalgic scene ToT

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Extremely shiny Myth Cloth for Sagittarius Aioros.

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Real-size Sagittarius Aioros! Wow!! I wonder if anyone out there would like to produce such armors and wear them to Cosplay event ^^

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Special helmet and cloak set for Saint Cloth Myth Aries Sion, which is an event release for Tamashii Nation 2008.

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Soul of Chogokin lineup.

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Soul of Chogokin GX-43 Daimos

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Is L Gaim going to get its Soul of Chogokin treatment in the future?

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Soul Spec Black Selena.

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According to the list, after Daimos and Ironman 28, one of the mecha from Super Robot Wars will be released as a SOC figure. I wonder who will be be? ^^
Alteisen maybe? O_O

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The dream home office for Gundam Fix Figuration fans? ^^;

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00 Region Exia.

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Many MSIA figures are also on display. I wonder how many Gundam fans out there who still collect MSIAs, after the emergence of GFF and then the HCM-Pro lines.

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Unknown S.I.C Kamen Rider to me ^^;

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S.I.C. diorama

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Another S.I.C. diorama

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This S.I.C diorama was available on HLJ some time ago. It is a dungeon scene featuring Kamen Rider and a few evil priest-like characters. Can't locate the link now though ^^;

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Extremely realistic monster head replica. Anybody has one of these in their room? ^^;

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Dragonball gashapons which will surely bring back plenty of sweet childhood memories to many people ^^

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Super Sentai girls in anime ver.

Images from DengekiOnline.com, Akiba Hobby and GA Graphic. You can also see more images from the following sites:
- Blog-like Review Yard
- Mainichi News
- Moe Yo! Akibajin 1
- Moe Yo! Akibajin 2
- Moe Yo! Akibajin 3