Sunday, January 31, 2010

Robot Damashii Lancelot Club Clearer Image

(Not exactly) clearer image of Robot Damashii [Side KMF] Lancelot Club that is going to be on display at Tamashii Feature Vol. 1 spotted:


The GM-type Robot Damashii [Side MS] figure shown this morning is a unit from the "late period of One Year War".

Image is from CyberGundam.

BB Senshi Sangokuden Sonken & Senjin Gasshin from Hobby Japan March Issue

Sample work on last month's BB Senshi Sangokuden kits, with new paint scheme for Gotaitei Sonken Gundam Korinpaku and improved articulation for Senjin Gasshin Shu Gundam. ^^










All images are from ToyWorld Forum.

New Packing for S.H. Figuarts & Others

More updates regarding the highlights for the upcoming Tamashii Nation after yesterday afternoon. A lot of the information through the images are not confirmed actually. They are more like tit-bits to ask you to pay attention to the event.

The images you saw in this posting and the previous one are from the newsletter called "Tamashii Spot" which Bandai distributes on the streets of Akihabara this weekends.




Bandai being Bandai there. ^^; Images from the official website isn't telling us anything thanks to the masking in the second image. But thanks to those who did get the newsletter since yesterday and uploaded them, we do get to see them anyway.

New updates this round:

New packing for S.H. Figuarts?



With paper box now? Good for recycling actually, once you decide to make room by getting rid of the boxes. It would be even better if the placeholder inside the box are made of paper as well. ^^

New Robot Damashii



* [Side HL] Zegapain Altair

* [Side MS] GM Kai?

* [Side KMF] Lancelot Club can be seen (partially) in both images there.

Special campaign for S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade



First round: May - featuring Final Attack Ride card x3 and card holder

Second round: June - Final Attack Ride customized stand.

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider G3-X - Late May release.



All images are from Tamashii Web Diary and CyberGundam.

Yamato's 1/60 VF-1S Weathering Ver. Release at Wonder Festival 2010 [Winter]

Yamato announces that the special 1/60 Complete Transformation VF-1S Weathering Ver., which is listed as a Yamato Web Shop limited item will be available in limited number at the upcoming Wonder Festival 2010 [Winter].








Not too much difference in terms of timing actually. Wonder Festival 2010 [Winter] will be on February 7th, while the release date for the online limited release version will be one day later than that (February 8th).

The price is 15,540 Yen (inclusive of tax).

Another goodies from Yamato at the event is the pre-order for Shunya X Mitsumasa Asuka Langley's figurine at Studio Reflect's booth, as mentioned in this previous posting.

All images from Yamato: Link 1, Link 2.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Robot Damashii Zegapain & Other Future Releases

Robot Damashii [Side HL] Zegapain Altair is going to be on display at Tamashii Feature Vol. 1.



Release info TBA.

Robot Damashii [Side HL] Zegapain Altair was first showcased at Tamashii Nation Autumn 2009 held early October last year. Hopefully the release info will be confirmed at the upcoming Tamashii Feature Vol. 1.

Updates on S.H. Figuarts:



* S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Fang Joker confirmed to be released in late May.

* S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider G3-X and G4 will be out in late May as well.



* S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade Shop Campaign - Special prize set of display stand and cards to show Kamen Rider Decade's finishing move I suppose. ^^

All images are from ToyWorld Forum: Link 1, Link 2, Link 3.

DX Chogokin VF-25F & VF-27 New Images

New images of DX Chogokin 1/60 VF-27γ Lucifer Valkyrie Brera's Unit and VF-25F Tornado Messiah Valkyrie Alto's Unit, which apparently screen shots from a recent CM about these two action figures shown in Japan.






Special prizes for the first batch of release is shown as well (last picture): B1-sized posters featuring Sheryl with VF-27γ, and Ranka with VF-25F. The poster is a combination of character illustration by Risa Ebata (江端里沙), CG background from the movie and photographs of the action figure in Gerwalk mode. The posters will be given out by stores, one each for the two DX Chogokin releases.

DX Chogokin 1/60 VF-27γ Lucifer Valkyrie Brera's Unit - February 20th release, 16,800 Yen (inclusive of tax).

DX Chogokin 1/60 VF-25F Tornado Messiah Valkyrie Alto's Unit - March release, 17,850 (inclusive of tax).

Images are from Tamashii Web Diary.

Lighting Up MG GN-X

There's a lot of talk about lighting up the just released MG GN-X's GN Drive Tau, but so far, this is the only review that did it - from Gunpla Revenge:


Lighting up with MG Exia Ignition Mode's GN Drive, and fake solar furnace becomes the original one. XD


Gunpla Revenge's own proposed solution - DIY to change the green LED of the original GN Drive to red.



But Bandai does have an easier solution for you - order form to purchase a red LED lighting unit and two other parts needed are included separately with the manual.



The set of parts listed: LED lighting unit, J1, and a screw are exactly the same as the one used for MG Exia Ignition Mode.
Images are cropped from Dalong

The price for the set of parts is 700 Yen, plus another 120 Yen for delivery according to Gunpla Revenge, which is also the same as that listed for MG Exia Ignition Mode. So it's pretty safe to confirm that both MGs are using the same parts to light up their respective GN Drive.

To light-up the one in front and another one on the back. It's 1,520 Yen for two lighting unit sets. Folks who know some electronic tricks will be able to cut cost on that to achieve the same effect I believe. ^^

Image are from Gunpla Revenge.