S.I.C Vol.50 Masked Rider Kiva

Greetings heroes/citizen. Since Bandai announced that they are making a Kiva S.I.C instead of Kabuto. I was a bit disappointed, as they’ve skipped Kabuto for the Den-O series. Yep, Bandai is reaping as much profit as they can from that series (Den-O) probably because it is more popular there in Japan. Although I’m a bit disappointed with that, I’m glad that Bandai is making another S.I.C that is not from the Den-O series. I’m sick of all the Den-Os S.I.C lol. I just hope there wil be a Kabuto in the making, please Bandai. This S.I.C was released couples of weeks ago, I got it last Wednesday from HLJ. I’m paying it for early bird price, but retail for this action figure is around Yen 4500 depending on where you get it. I don’t suggest you get it from eBay, trust me the prices are crazy there. This King of Fangire action figure was sculpted by Ando Kenji.

Packaging; normal S.I.C box, the graphics are influenced by the series’ theme. Inside there is only 1 plastic tray to hold all the items. Twisties are as usual, the background of inside the box is Kiva’s logo. Included in the box is the instruction leaflet.

Design/sculpt; I’m really impressed by the design. The generous amount of die cast metal (chogokin) is very appreciated. This really bring back the soul of “Chogokin” back to this series. Fans of S.I.C were complaining that S.I.C is lack of the metal parts nowadays. With this amount of chogokin on him I don’t think they should complain anymore about that. Both the shoulders’ armors were cast of metal. It was pinned to the back of his body, the body armor is not removable. I can’t removed the shoulder armors, I think it was meant not to be removed.

The headsculpt is very detail with fine Gothic patterns. All the die cast metal parts also have a lots of fine detailing. The Hell’s Gate (when close) is made entirely of die cast metal. It is clamped to the right foot. It’s heavy, but if you tied the chains right, it will not fall of or even move. To make the “Darkness Moon Break Finisher”, you have to change the metal parts with the plastic parts (translucent red). All the chains on him are also made of metal. The knees are also made of metal so are the wrists.

The Fuestles, are easy to put on his belt, just make sure you put them carefully as they are quite soft and fragile. It’s amazing that Ando can sculpt very tiny items with very intricate scupt. All he Fuestles can be inserted to Kivat’s mouth. Actually only 2 Kivat The 3rd are equipped for this action figure, but since I bought this from HLJ, I got and extra piece of Kivat made of metal. So there are 3 Kivat in the box, I think you’ll get it only if you buy the Japanese version.

The panels on his legs are removable, it will make the legs looks slimmer, but there’s quite a large hole to hold that panels. At his pelvis, there are rubber flaps to hide the joints, it really make the action figure looks good. It will not disturb the movement of the legs but the panels on his legs can be a bit annoying when you try to pose the figure.

Points of articulations; this is a super poseable action figure, but to achieve the good looks, some joints were sacrifice and so they are limited in movement. Mostly the shoulder and the hips, other than that they are okay. Ball jointed are use for the shoulder,hips,body,neck and ankle.His wrist are all using spiral peg joints. usually at the knees, the joints are able to turn around, but this time they can’t. It can only be turned back and forth.

Colorings; the paint apps are nice. They are neat and the washing is only for the black parts of his body. They used blue to bring up the detail sculpt of the body.

Accessories; not much if you didn’t count the Hell’s Gate on his leg as accessories. But since this is the normal mode, I think the numbers accessories given are quite good. They are good enough to give a set of violin, 6 Fuestles 6 pairs of extra hands/fist, 3 Kivats (some might only got 2, I’m not sure about this) and the opened Hell’s Gate (the wings).

Overall this action figure is really worth the money I paid for it. Honestly I wasn’t aspect much from this action figure, but once I got to hold it the first time, instantaneously my feelings were changed. I really loves this action figure, and I am quite sad that Bandai is not making other form (they’re making Decade for vol.51) of him besides the Emperor form. What is making me more sad is that the Empero form is a Tamashii Shop Limited Edition. I hope they will make other version of him as normal release. So, to recap ;

Packaging; 4.5/5

Design/sculpt; 4.5/5

P.O.A; 4/5

Colorings; 4.5/5

Accessories; 4/5

Credit by SuperheroesBase

S.I.C. Limited Masked Rider Kiva Emperor Form

Another hot item from Bandai, I think this kiva Emperor form will make another great move like SIC Limited Wild Chalice a long ago, well we just only wait, let time show us the motion...not much I can talk about,,

Bloody Wings (his cape I think) made of crimson PVC. Wake Up Fuestle and Zanvat Sword can be combined, can perform the move of "Final Zanvat Slash". Includes option hand unit, Bloody Wings, Tatsulot, Zanvat Sword, Tatsulot Fuestle and Wake Up Fuestle.

Pre-order started since August 11th. December release, 5,250 Yen (inclusive of tax). Well this is Japan price, when it arrived in Indonesia, the price will start to increase. Right now it goes to Rp1jt, and I predicted it will up up and away ^^. Fans must be really hating the "Tamashii Web Shop limited" tag of this S.I.C. now ^^

credits by gundamlunatic

G.I. Joe : Duke 12 Inch Figure

Still with G.I. Joe,, but it is a little different with the movie because the model was taken from classic movie... well he is a Leadership, personified...

The embodiment of the American Soldier, Conrad Hauser's leadership and ability to perform his duties of First Sergeant to the unit known as GI Joe is the stuff of legends. Time and again he has lead his fellow 'Joe's into the fray against the organization known as COBRA, and time and again he has emerged victorious.

Duke is well versed in modern combat, as well as all weapons and tactics of the modern battlefield. His understanding of combat and strategy, as well as proper leadership, commands great respect from his GI Joe comrades. Wading into the battle with the battle cry of "Yo Joe!", Duke is the tip of the spear against the threat of COBRA, and will not stop until the fight is won.

The Duke 12 inch Figure features:


* Fully articulated Pro male body Version 1.2 with 30+ points of articulation
* Duke portrait
* Undershirt
* Shirt
* Pants
* Boots
* Detailed belt
* Go Bag
* Utility belt
* Handgun pouch
* Helmet
* Goggles
* Water bottle
* Dog tags
* Medal
* Laser Rifle
* Rifle
* Rifle grenades x 6
* Pistol
* Pistol magazines x 2
* Grenades x 3
* Yellow smoke grenade x 1
* Red smoke grenade x 1
* Three sets of interchangeable hands
* 12-inch display base with G.I. Joe logo
* Sideshow Exclusive: Binoculars

source : Sideshow Collectibles

G.I. Joe Action Figures

hello bloggers...
I thought I missed my persistance in this month so that I realy need my spirit to get back and share you a lot of fun stuffs better than this. Well I guess this can't be helped ^^.. Talk about movie in this month, there are a lot things that we can discuss. One of the favourite movies is G.I. Joe from what I heard. I haven't catch this movie yet but somehow this movie is great basicly from the classic figures and comic long long time ago ^o^ ...

Because I haven't watched it yet, we'll do some warming up for the figures, actually there are many characther figures in G.I. Joe. Well of course they can't show them all. If you still don't know what G.I. Joe is, let me share you a little clue about it. G.I. Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. Armed Forces with the Action Soldier (Army), Action Sailor (Navy), Action Pilot (Air Force) and Action Marine (Marines). The term G.I. stands for General Infantry and became a generic term for U.S. soldiers, especially ground forces. The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure".

The G.I. Joe trademark has been used by Hasbro to title two different toy lines. The original 12-inch line that began in 1964 centered around realistic action figures. In the United Kingdom, this line was licensed to Palitoy and known as Action Man. In 1982, the line was relaunched in a 3 3/4-inch scale complete with vehicles, playsets, and a complex background story involving an ongoing struggle between the G.I. Joe Team and the evil Cobra Command. As the American line evolved into the Real American Hero series, Action Man also changed, by using the same molds and being renamed as Action Force. Hasbro has stated that the figures will be all new sculpts and the most detailed and articulated G.I. Joe figures ever!

Thats for the warming up, next time I will share you more about G.I. Joe stuff..
source from wikipedia

S.H.Figuarts Piccolo issues

If you still remember about my last Dragon Ball post, I have posted about RAH Piccolo... This time I would like to share a new information about an action figures from bandai named S.H.Figuarts...

Fan-favorite Namekian Piccolo marks the start of Bandai's S.H.Figuarts "Dragon Ball Kai" toy line! Not only is this 15cm action figure incredibly poseable, it's also accurately sculpted in sharp detail to its anime counterpart! Accessories include an interchangeable head, mantle, a fixed-pose crossed-arms part, and optional hands.

Well it is still in prototype yet,,, this great stuff will be release on November 2009.

source from HLJ

Alter 1/60 ARX-7 Arvalest

Back again with the new stuff, today is for mecha action figure.... :D
Finally, fans of the popular anime series; Full Metal Panic’s ARX7 – Arbalest has been revealed. Coming from Alter and is set in 1/60 scale, it is slated to be release on May 2009 though just exactly on which month has yet to be announced. Click on ‘read more’ to see more images of the prototype model built by Alter.

Alter ARX-7 Arbalest from the anime Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid is a Generation 3 arm slave with an experimental Lambda Drive. In the story the Lamda drive gives supernatural abilty to the arm slave, making it a 1 man army.

Alter has replicate this iconic mecha from the series with very high detailed in 15cm or about 5 inch action figure.

Anyway the good news, is that Alter is still releasing the ARX-7 Arbalest on May. The bad news? Alter is still selling it at 13,440 Yen (inclusive of tax) and the typo error on the display base. Seems like Double’s fear is really coming true after all, where he first reported it on ‘What The Heck? ARX-7 Arvalest?‘ It’s definitely a bad news for us who are going to splash out 13,440Yen ( estimated to be around $126US dollars according to XE.com )on this baby. Let us all keep our fingers cross and hope that it’s a genuine mistake on Alter’s side and they’ll rectify this before they sell them to us.

source from Gunota

Play Arts Final Fantasy IX

Square Enix's Play Arts line of figures has been a real hit with gamers and figure collectors alike. The gauntlet has been run through as we've had releases for Final Fantasy VII, VIII, X, X-2, XI, XII, and the two Kingdom Hearts games. Notice something missing? Well, that hole in the lineup is about to be filled as Final Fantasy IX will see its first figures being released this August.

Imported from Japan! Based on Square Enix's Final Fantasy IX, the last of the Final Fantasy series released on the original Sony PlayStation, these Final Fantasy IX Play Arts Action Figures bring the game's protagonists to life. The game's hero Zidane, his love, the Princess Garnet, and his friend, the enigmatic Vivi, are sculpted by the artists of Square Enix and feature detailed sculpts and game accurate accessories. Window box packaging.

This set includes the following figures:

1x Garnet with Air Racket
1x Vivi with Mage staff
1x Zidane with Dagger

For FFIX, the initial run will see three figures, Zidane Tribal, Garnet Til Alexandros XVII, and Vivi Ornitier. They'll each run you 3800 yen if you order them through Japan via Hobby Search. If you are patient and wait for the state-side release in September, you can get them for only $29.99 a piece via BBTS.

source by Bigbadtoystore

Soul of Chogokin GX-45 Mazinger Z (Shin Mazinger)

Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Chogokin series, this represents the first total re-design of the Mazinger Z in 11 years. This time, every resource was dedicated to a single aim: enhanced posability. The result of the designers' efforts is a figure capable of taking poses long believed to be impossible for a diecast toy, such as the iconic Mazinger Z pose of firing a "rocket punch" while down on one knee.

Featuring abundant use of diecast metal components for a satisfying weight and feel in the hand. The overall sense of quality is enhanced by the redesigned Hover Pilder, which features a translucent canopy and integrated folding wings, a feature that required parts-swapping in previous versions of the toy.

Bandai celebrates the 35 years of die-cast metal goodness that is their Chogokin brand with this SOC entry featuring none other than the dynamic daddy of the super robot genre, Mazinger Z! Based on its design for the 2009 "Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen" anime series, this highly poseable 16cm action figure is a completely brand-new sculpt of the seminal 'bot! Its lower arms are attached to the upper arms via magnets on the elbow joints, and also packed in this set are a pair of interchangeable lower arms with spring-loaded mechanisms to recreate the super robot's trademark Rocket Punch attack!

The Hover Pileder is of course included too, featuring a clear blue canopy and foldable wings for docking the craft into Mazinger Z's head. The included Jet Scrander can be attached to the robot's back, and its wings are movable. A custom display base with stand is also provided to help pose Mazinger Z in mid-flight, and accessories can also be stored on the base. Too great!

picture taken from ngeekhiong & source by HLJ

MSIA Devil Gundam Last Version

Finally my dream comes true. My Devil Gundam has arrived this morning with great package so then the box is still pure without a big streched or any dented ^^ and absolutely it is Mint In Box,,not openede yet...thanks to Yuchan from KafeGaul forum who help me to get this stuff. He help me to bid on Yahoo Auction and win it ^^. But for sure, the price is very expensive because it is rare stuff and the charges from Japan to Indonesia is too much T-T... But I must get whatever it takes hehehehe...Lets take a look at the packet.

I have posted my search about Devil Gundam all things,,, HERE...
till now, I have 1/14 Devil Gundam, SD Devil Gundam, MSIA Devil Gundam, and MSIA Devil Gundam Last Version...

I still need two more things to complete my Devil gundam, they are 1/144 Devil Gundam resin kit by B-Club and MS Head Display Collection #4: Devil Gundam ,, long way to go because I need more extra fund to reach them ^^.

Final Fantasy XIII Issue

Final Fantasy will never die! Although the game has not been released, but many people already waiting for this stuff, including the merchandise and absolutely the Toys also, this far the information what will comes up is :

- Playart Lighting
- Playart Snow
- Playart Vanille
- Playart Kai
- Playart Shiva motorcycle
- And some stuff (pendant, ring, etc)

The most important thing is Playart Shiva motorcycle, because it can transform from the summon beast into motor! cool huh ~ XD.

There have been no information how Square Enix will be giving a price, the possibility is around Y9800 ~ Y12800. And the most scaried is, those Playart Shiva Motorcycles will comes up into LIMITED items, only hopefully not ~, probably it will release around December 2009, the same time with Final Fantasy XIII released, we wait for the further info.

by JapanFreakz

Revoltech Danboard original size with a bird

malem bloggers ^^...maap ya dalam beberapa hari terakhir ini tidak ada post terbaru atau kunjungan balik dari ku,,lagi belum ada mood buat ngeblog lagi ditambah liburan panjang semester genap ini, bukannya tambah semangat malah loyo gini hehehe...malem ini aku cuma menyempatkan diri untuk posting sepatah dua patah goyang patah patah kata sebelum tidur hehe... dan mulai besok akan aktif lagi seperti sedia kala. mohon pengertiannya dan banyak-banyak terima kasih buat sobat bloggers yg selalu setia berkunjung ke sini dan memberikan komen nya,,,anda komen saya komen hehehehe sebelum kita berpisah alangkah baiknya kita membaca doa masing-masing...loh?? ada yg salah keknya...

mo bagi-bagi poto aja nih... smoga bermanfaat dan menjadi inspirasi tersendiri weheheheh...
masih ingat dengan postingan terakhirku tentang revoltech mini danboard ?? ayo liat lagi di SINI nih ^^... danboard ini berasal dari anime & manga Yotsuba & !

judul dari perjalanan hari ini adalah indahnya persabahatan antara si kardus dan burung gereja,,,apakah kita bisa meniru contoh panutan yg satu ini hahahaha apa sih maksud nya ^^... yah sebagai info aja,,foto ini asli dan bukan hasil rekayasa, burung gereja itu sendiri juga bernyawa lho bukan imitasi..hanya saja burung itu lagi sakit...duh jadi ga enak nyebut burung itu dan burung anu hehehehe...
okeh hari ini kita cukupkan segini dulu dah,,,mo istirahat dulu...besok baru acara kunjungan nya hihihihi...malem bloggers...

Marvel Legend Galactus Series

I'm back with another awesome Marvel Series, it is time for Galactus series and it's official, Toy Biz is sure out to take all of my money. Series nine includes Professor X, Nightcrawler, Dr. Strange, War Machine, Deathlok, First Appearance Hulk (with green variant that has a different head sculpt) and Bullseye (with angry head and dirtier paint application). It is a nice selection of some more obscure characters. Oh, and there is a big, hungry, purple guy in there too.

The figures are all fairly well displayed. Deathlok and Nightcrawler are in rather unusual poses to accommodate the piece of Galactus that is hidden at the bottom of the bubble. It actually works well for Nightcrawler since his character is usually shown crouching or leaping. But it seems out of place for Deathlok. Less of the contents of the bubble are visible with the figures in this wave due to the large image of Galactus on the front of each package. But this is advantageous as it generally helps to hide the parts of Galactus. The comics make a nice background. The back of the cards has all of the usual information: character's ability profile, a brief bio and images of all the figures in the series, including Galactus and the variants.

Toy Biz finally seems to be getting the quality control of the paint work under control. The paint on all the figures turned out well. Marvel Legends continue to be some of the best articulated figures on the market today. The packaging lists each figure as having between thirty three and forty four points of articulation. But those numbers are actually a bit low since Toy Biz usually counts the shoulder and hip joints as just one joint when they are really two joints in one, a hinge and a rotating joint. Nightcrawler for instance is listed as having forty four points of articulation, but the truth is he has forty seven plus the bendy tail for a total of forty eight.

GALACTUS

At last we come to the big guy, the planet eater, the devourer of worlds, Galactus. Each of the figures in the series comes with one piece of a Galactus figure.

* Professor X - head

* Deathlok - torso

* Nightcrawler - waist

* Dr Strange - right arm

* FA Hulk - left arm

* War Machine - right leg

* Bullseye - left leg

When the seven pieces of Galactus are assembled you get an awesome figure that stands almost sixteen inches tall (to the top of his helmet fins). Galactus is solid, or at least his limbs and head are. He has all of the standard articulation of a regular figure in his arms, neck and legs. But instead of the waist joint and torso hinge, Galactus has a triple jointed torso. The waist section has a peg sticking up which is mounted on a track to slide forward and backward. This peg connects to a piece in the bottom of the torso which is also mounted on a track.

But this time the track runs side to side. The third point of articulation comes from the ability of the peg to rotate even after it is inserted into the torso. Thanks to the ratcheting joints Galactus can hold a pose well, though his heft and the flexible skirt armor limit his poseability.

source by tmnttoys

The Joker by Alex Ross

DC Direct and its stable of talented artists have to develop new ways to disguise their useful articulation of the figures who have the appearance of artists to the three dimensions, a fan, but still not all products are preparing several articulated statue. With this in mind, DC Direct has enabled us to look more closely at the Joker figures are sculpted by fan-favorite Tim Bruckner.

The challenge facing the translation of Alex Ross' Joker in the action figure is able to bring in the historic "with his hands resting on the cane as well as the design flexible enough to allow him to hit alternative poses like the hands on the hand. He gave the ball articulated shoulders modified, re-enacting the ball inverted neck, wrist articulated ball joints of the elbow and modified V-crotch articulation to give a wide range of maintaining the integrity poseablity the nyayuschih intact.

just look at his crazy face, what a great detail they made...

The Clown Prince of Crime haunts his arch-rival Batman as he enters into the league of assembled villains. This Alex Ross Justice League Joker action figure features a cane, multiple points of articulation and a display base. Packaged in a four-color blister.

source by action figure insider