Statues, Figures and other oddities from Japan!

Images Courtesy of Danny Choo ( www.dannychoo.com ) and various others

It's been a while since I posted some cool toy images, although I'm more of a robot guy, I can still appreciate nicely made cold cast, PVC, Vinyl statues & toys.

Sorry I can't name all of the characters, but who really gives a _____?

enjoy.

Idol Master Characters?

Not sure who this is but she looks cool.

Triela from Gunslinger Girl.

Index-chan.

Mecha goodness in the form of Dragonar-1 from Max factory - out next month.

World is Mine Miku.

Actsta Subaru.

Chick character from Canaan

Gorgeous GSC Saber.

A lovely sculpt

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Kyrie Rason from Valyrie Chronicles.

Closer look.

Closer shot.

Sweet! The black kanji says "Kanshu Chu" which means that the license holders still need to approve the design before its sent off for production - which means that the final product may look different.

Mecha x Miku - an illustration by Nagimiso gets the figure treatment.

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"figma ex:ride" bicycles from Freeing.

And here are the scooters from the ex:ride series. Also included are roller blades and skateboards too which you can just make out behind the SOS dan. No pricing available as yet.

Ein from Phantom which I still have yet to see. Recommended?

Nanoha 2009 movie version.

A grinning Fate 2009 movie version.

Ryogi - this is just a reference model and not finalized for release.

Ugh. I'm so behind in my anime watching. Luckily I have a relative of a relative who records the shows for me. Canaan on the to-be-caught-up-on list. Love the sculpting of the trousers on this figure.

Saber in her plain clothes.

Shirou Emiya.

And a look at the girls from Max Factorys first eroge Se Kirara. This is Yu Kawamura who looks like the main character in the game. Se Kirara PV 1 below.

Aya Kagura and PV2 below.

Izumi Shizuno.

Nozomi Akiyama.

Original Queens Blade character designed by Rokku. This Figma comes with a gimmick called Shift Body which is like a semi-cast off.

Watched Golgo on TV the other night for the first time. He does not say much does he? ^^; Love the CM below for Black Black chewing gum.

TRON IS BACK BABY!

The movie could be a big steaming pile of Donkey shit and I'll still be right in line with ticket in hand and a big cheesy smile for Two very simple reasons:

LIGHT CYCLES........wheeeeeeee!

And Mr Jeffrey Labowski (The Dude abides......in Cyber Hell!)

Video Games - E3 2009 - Video Game Trailers

"You must defeat Sheng Long before you can beat me"

My first introduction to the world of Street fighter was in 1991 in my old stomping grounds (the upper west side of Manhattan) in a bodega on Broadway between 93rd Street and 94th Street ( it's a "Subway" shop now ) that had Two arcade machines, a broken Neo Geo 4 in 1 Arcade that no one played and GHOULS AND GHOST.

One summer day, I happened to walk into the store to buy a soft drink and noticed a huge crowd of kids waiting for the "arcade guy" that came and collected the quarters regularly to finish installing the new machine.

That Machine... STREET FIGHTER 2.

I didn't give it much thought since it looked like another quarter gobbling Final Fight beat-em up style game, the crowd of kids turned me off and I went on my merry way not realizing that this innocent machine would change my life and lives of those I come in contact with.

One early morning, I found myself in that very store, no kids, with two quarters burning a hole in my palm and I said "fuck it", plunked two bits into the machine and went at it with the "KARATE GUY IN WHITE" vs "THE WRESTLER".

I wasn't too sure what I was doing but I managed to mash my way to a round Three, by now a kid no older than 10 was watching me play and asked if he could join in, I said "sure" thinking that I could breeze through the game with someone else to distract the WRESTLER on one side while I pummel him from the other.

Then I realized "he isn't fighting with me but challenging me....foolish boy I have the KARATE GUY!"

Kid picked the jarhead with the flattop and begins shooting lazers beams at me, round one"PERFECT"....Round Two "PERFECT"..."YOU LOSE" I remember being numb with anger, like someone who had just lost at 3 card monte to a street hustler. That's when I realized that this no mere button masher, this was one on one combat like chess with fireballs.

I was hooked and the rest is history.

This Video goes out to Stephen K, Rich E, Rich G, Robert G, Lou A, Eric "Chung" V, Victor F, Hugo R, Danton C, Anthony "caqi", Tevon G, Raphael R, Larry P, Joey V, Carlos R, EyeSire, True, Rene, Justice, DR.BANES and everyone else who I've beaten in a Street fighter.

thank you

COOL COMIC BOOK MOMENTS : DAREDEVIL (pt. 7)

And we're back!

In Daredevil #231, we see a rejuvenated Matt Murdock slowly begin his ascent back to being a hero again.

First, he rescues Ben Urich (and Ben’s wife) from an attack by Kingpin’s enforcer (that’s how good Born Again is – the scene where Matt saves them is awesome, but I don’t see how I have enough room to feature it).

Later, he shows up to foil a plot by the Kingpin to have a psycho in a Daredevil costume murder Foggy Nelson (Kingpin doesn’t know he has a chance for two birds with one stone, as Karen Page was staying with Foggy at the time).

Beyond a memorable psycho villain, this scene is also marked by some great storytelling by Mazzucchelli and, of course, that dramatic last page, which I would easily count as “the” moment here, as we see that while Karen Page might need Matt Murdock, Matt Murdock sure as hell needs Karen Page just as much!