Haul of the Day

Movie Masters The Dark Knight

Went down to Vivocity to visit a camera shop to redeem some freebies, but went there a bit too late, and they were closed. So decided to pop in the Toys R Us there, and surprised to find another Gotham City Thug with a mask that I do not have. And the cool thing is this is the mask the Joker wore at the Bank heist.
Previous haul.

Transformers Custom

Picked up another cool custom by FansProject, the people who gave us the TFX-01 City Commander. This is a gas/petrol can/container that can transform into a big gun, suitable for Bineltechs/Alternators. It was created for Optimus Prime SRT-10. The Matrix of Leadership fits nicely into the figure.

Macross

And finally haul the 1/60 Destroid Tomahawk back, and surprisingly in a smaller and compact packaging. Thanks to Yamato for being environment friendly by reducing the unnecessary large empty spaces in their previous packaging. I think all other Japanese companies should follow suit.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Destroid Defender Update

Prototype pictures from the recent 48th Japan Model Hobby show.



There is now no stopping Yamato from creating the other Destroids like Phalanx, which essentially has the same lower parts.

Related link.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Weathered Destroid Tomahawk Update

More pictures from the recent 48th Japan Model Hobby show.



The weathered effect seems to be overdone. Somehow it just does not feel "weathered". Maybe it is too flat.

Related link.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Olive Dark Destroid Tomahawk

You knew it was coming. More repaints, announced during the recent 48th Japan Model Hobby Show.

This is the OD, or Olive Dark version.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Destroid Defender

Hot on the heals of Yamato's recently released Tomahawk, Yamato released information on their next 1/60 Destroid, the Defender. Another cool toy to add to the checklist. ETA Dec 2008.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Weathered Destroid Tomahawk

The figure should be hitting the local shores within the week or so, and just announced in Hobby Japan Nov 2008 edition, Yamato will release a weathered version. No mention if this is limited or an exclusive. Thanks a lot Yamato. If given a choice, I would rather get this weathered version.



Related posts here and here.

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Destroid Tomahawk - Update

Found more pictures, some from toy shows. Cool !








Toy shows

Upcoming Yamato Macross 1/60 Destroid Tomahawk

I usually do not post future releases, but the recent news just got me excited.
I am not a Macross fan, although I liked the original anime/movie (Do you remember Love is still one of the best sequence in my opinion) and Macross Zero, and watched some of the other anime like Macross Plus and Frontier.

The thing I liked about Macross are the other mechas (the Valkyries are overrated) like Tomahawk, Monster, Regult, etc. Yamato has been making Valkyries all these while, and the only non-Valkyries mecha they released was the Koenig Monster awhile back. Now they are back agin, to release the Destroid Tomahawk.



So far, these are the promotional pictures we have seen, and no other pictures from the recent toy shows in Japan. But it is looking great !

I remember as a kid, I was so taken in by this mecha design that I bought and built the model kit. I should still have the kit somewhere in the storeroom, or at least the box. It'lls be great now to own an action figure.