Bandai HG 1/144 Gundam Marchosias English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Amiami Revises Site Design

If you dropped by the english site of Amiami yesterday you probably noticed that they changed their site design. Not sure if its entirely new or they copied it from their Japanese site? They also wrote a post on the changes to expect in the newly revised site.

Autumn 2011 Clearance Sale at CDJapan

CDJapan just announced today the start of their Autumn Clearance sale, sale will end on October 30, 2011 at 11PM Japan Standard Time

Number 1 Reason why I would recommend a Sliding Door Display Case

Update: One year after buying this, I noticed that there was some visible dust forming already on the glass shelves. Guess nothing is really perfect in this world. At least compared to my leaving them on an open shelf where they'll get dusty after just a few days, this is still a good option.

Its been 5 months since I decided to have a $90 display case fabricated to place my toys & model kit collection in and I have to say that it was a worthy investment. The fabricator gave me the option of a cabinet door type or a sliding door type. I chose the sliding door type so as to save space and so that I can easily lock it. Turns out that that was a good option to take for me.

1/80 Godzilla 1989 Soft Vinyl Kit

Was googling the announced 1/80 Soft Vinyl Godzilla kit by Kaiyodo when I chanced upon this product image at CollectionDX I couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh (translation inserted). Those guys at Kaiyodo do sure have a sense of humor.

Alien vs Predator Figures by McFarlane Toys

Got these figures in 2004 but never really got to opening them. These were from the Alien vs Predator movie that was made into collectible figures by Todd MacFarlane Productions. I had to take them out from storage as the place they were stored in was being pummeled by the summer heat. Their age is really showing from the yellowish tinge of the plastic container.

Display Case

The stand I had decided on and had comissioned finally arrived. A backgrounder on this post, I finally decided to look for a display case maker to make a case for my modest collection of mecha model kits and toys.

Revoltech Getter 1 from Change! Getter Robo w/ Base

Can't get enough of this base, its finally growing on me *snicker*. This time I used Revoltech's Getter 1 from Change! Getter Robo OVA as model for the photo shoot.

Revoltech Getter 3 with Base

Tried out taking pictures of the base I made again but this time I used a Revoltech Getter 3: Shin! Getter Robot figure as my model.

Wonfes 2011 (Winter) Pictures

Had fun looking at the pictures of 2011 Wonfes at Flickr. Check out those posted at Flickr... here, here, here and here.

1/67 Diecast Tomica Hummer H2 by Takara-Tomy

I got this for my son a few days ago and sneaked it away from him while he was sleeping in order to take some pictures. Its a 1/67 Hummer H2 from Takara Tomy's Tomica line of diecast toys.

Classic Godmars Toy by Popy

Ever heard of God Mars? I know I haven't till only recently (a year back I think). Yet I have a diecast toy of this. A classic your-parents-didn't-know-what-you-wanted-for-your-birthday-and-were-out-of-tune-with-what-was-in. So I got a God Mars diecast toy because they knew that I was into giant robots.

Hobby Search SAL commemorative sale extended till March

Hobby Search announced that they are extending their SAL commemorative sale till March 31. This anniversary sale commemorates the adoption of Hobby Search of the SAL method of shipping for their international customers.

Macross Chronicle 43 and 44

Scheduled for release on March 4 is Macross Chronicle 43. Preview of the pages listed below.

Character sheet will have Maximillian Jenius of Macross DYRL.

Yamato Toys 1/60 VF-19 Fire Valkyrie and 1/60 Brittai Soft Vinyl Figure

Saw this a few days late from the Yamato Toys official blog. Looks like Yamato toys is going to be releasing a VF-19 Kai of Basara Nekki in 1/60 scale perfect transformation by 2010. Along with that is a 1/60 soft vinyl of Brittai from the original Macross Series.

Megahouse Klan Klan Armored Figure

Saw this picture at Amiami's blog of a Klan Klan figure wearing a VF-25 Messiah's Super Pack. Since its from Megahouse, I guess it would be logical to assume that it is a 1/8 scale figure. This was taken from the ongoing 2010 Wonder Festival in Japan.

Amiami 50% Off on SAL and EMS shipping for February 2010

Just saw this now on Amiami's english website. And the battle for online anime retail supremacy heats up with this announcement! Traditionally Amiami has always had one of the lowest prices (usually 20%+ off on model kits), add the 50% discount in shipping and you have yourself a fiesta in February!

Hobby Search SAL commemorative sale from Feb 2 - 10, 2010

Update (02/11/2010): Whoa, it seems like it has been extended further till the 28th of February and because of which I also realized that its a leap year this year *snicker*

Update (02/04/2010): Looks like the sale has been extended till the 11th of February.
Online Anime and Hobby Seller, Hobby Search, announced that they were having a sale from February 2 to 10, 2010 to commemorate the start of their SAL shipping service.

Yamato Toys Starship Troopers TAC Fighter

Posted on Yamato Toy's website is the TAC Fighter from Starship Troopers. You can usually see the TAC Fighter in the movie doing the bombing runs on the bugs at Planet P. The kit will cost 13,440 yen and will be released by March of 2010. According to the product page the production run is limited to 1000 and that the fighter length is 110 mm. The resin stand that comes with the kit will have a serial number to indicate its production number.

Bandai HG 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam Ver G30th English Color Guide

During Gundam's 30th anniversary, there was a tie up of the Gundam franchise with the 7-11 store franchise and one of the things that came out of that was a limited edition HG RX-78-2 Gundam in 7-11 Colors. Below is the translated color guide for the 7-11 Gundam.