Wesley Snipes Imprisoned for Three Years

"Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has received a three-year prison sentence for tax offences."

From BBC News

Wesley Snipes is one of my favorite actors, especially for his role as Blade. I watched the trilogy, and although the story got worse by each movie (personal opinion), Snipes as Blade was great and very enjoyable for me. I also remember him as the rather funny antagonist in Sylvester Stallone's Demolition Man.

Well, unless the court accepts his appeal, I suppose we won't be seeing Snipes for the next three years, and there'll definitely be no Abigail Whistler and Hannibal King going to bail him out this time (from Blade 3). ^^;

Revoltech Lazengann, Macross & Others

Moeyo reported that several upcoming Revoltech figures were being displayed at Kaiyodo's Hobby Lobby some time ago, which include the highly anticipatable Lazengann from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.



Lazengann - to be available on June 15^th, 1,995 Yen (inclusive of tax).



YF-19 (Isamu's unit) - to be available on June 15^th, 1,995 Yen (inclusive of tax).



YF-21 (Gardo's unit) - to be available on June 15^th, 1,995 Yen (inclusive of tax).
All images from Moeyo.

Amiami has these three upcoming Revoltech figures up for pre-order as well.


Lazengann


YF-19


YF-21
Good news for those who missed Revoltech Convoy and Ultra Magnus early last year: they are up for pre-order again from Amiami. Release date for them this time will be in May. The two of them should be available in your local toy stores as well. Don't miss them again! ^^


Convoy, 1,995 Yen (inclusive of tax), 1,474 Yen from Amiami.
Ultra Magnus, 1,995 Yen (inclusive of tax), 1,474 Yen from Amiami.
Both images from Amiami.
Also, unconfirmed report of two future Revoltech figures:


Enki and Yoko? ^^
Image from Toysdaily.

MG Sword/Launcher Strike & Others on Sales in Japan

Not exactly the latest news anymore ^^;

Moeyo reported the sales of MG Sword/Launcher Strike, 1/100 Astraea, and BB Senshi Sangokuden The Miracle of Kanto box set in Japan:









Personally, among the three, my pick is only 1/100 Astraea ^^

All images from Moeyo.

Gundam Paint Price Hike & Others

Still remember the news about Gunpla price hike beginning in May posted some time ago? Well, it seems that not only the model kits are going to be more expensive, the price for hobby supplies, especially paints are going up too.

Mr. Hobby reported the price of their aqueous paint series will be marked up around Mid May. The new price for each bottle of the paint will be 150 Yen (exclusive of tax), up from the old price of 120 Yen.



"The current prices have become unsustainable due to increased crude oil prices and raw material costs"
Image from Mr. Hobby.
Also, it seems that the company is also revising the price for their airbrush set and other equipments as well, :( as reported here.

Bad news for all Gundam fans, and fans of other model series as well, since price hike in paints and other hobby supplies affect all model kits.

On the other hand, some more updates on three upcoming Gunplas from (seemingly) Model Graphix June issue:


MG Shin Musha Gundam


HGUC Sazabi - the containers for his Funnels on the backpack are fully functional! ^^


HGUC Zaku II FZ
Magazine scan from Toysdaily.

Still remember the Beam Gatling Gun to be included in Gundam Unicorn reported last year? Many people, especially those outside Japan are still clutching their teeth and fists over this limited item? ^^;

Well, the magazine was released a couple of days ago (26^th April) on Hobby Search, and guess what? It's sold out now (28 April, 12.01AM) ^^;

I'm hearing groans and even curses now XD


Gundam UC4 - 1,200 Yen.
Image of the beam gatling on the right is from SRW Hotnews.



Extra images from SRW Hotnews as well.
On the other hand, another exciting Gundam book to look out for is Gunpla Package Art Collection from Media Works. See how the box arts of Gunplas evolve from the very vintage hand drawn style to today's CG.


With so many Gunplas released in the past, even the box arts can be released as a book. From Hobby Search, 3,800 Yen.
Let's see if there's any company which decides to compile all the instruction manuals of Gunplas in the future XD

Gundam Double O's Aftermath in 00F

* Spoiler (sort of) ahead for Gundam Double O. *
Many important questions are still vexing fans of Gundam Double O after Episode 25. Many are concerned with the whereabout of the remaining Meisters. Did Setsuna died? What happened to Allelujah and Tieria? We get to see plenty of stuff to anticipate in Season Two during the epilogue, but it said nothing about the characters right after the war.

Perhaps you can get some hints about that from the June issue of Gundam Ace 00F manga. Since its story runs in parallel with the anime's time line, it seems that the characters from 00F were involved (some how) after the final battle.


More misfortune for Patrick as he encountered Fon Spark's Astraea Type F.


The last page of the manga... Tieria's fate is....?



More scans on Gundam 00 Live Journal.
Not to confuse or mislead you, NOTHING is really being confirmed or explicitly mentioned in the manga. We only get a bit of hints about Tieria's fate and the GN Furnace ejected from his Nadleeh. The whereabouts of Setsuna and Allelujah still remain as mysteries...

Also, it seems that this issue will be the ending of 00F First Chapter as well. The Second Chapter will begin together with Gundam Double O Season Two I presume?