While hunting high and low for the latest Spider-man figures, I came across these 2 Movie Master Gotham City Thug from The Dark Knight movie. Even though I did not find what I was really looking for, I still managed to find something else I was looking for.
The figures are the same, and the only difference is the mask. There are actually 5 versions, and I only managed to find 2 on the shelves. (Picture from Fwoosh)
Guess I will never find the rest, as these were only available in the first waves if I am not mistaken. They must have been some old stock left behind some storeroom. Also did not see the Fear Toxin Batman and Unmask Batman chase figures as well.
Anyway, the only minus point about these figures are they do not come with any accessories.
Sky Girls With this third piece Rai-Jin, I hope this Sonic Diver collection is completed. So far, no other news of future releases. See Rei-Jin and Fu-Jin.
Konami Busou Shinki MMS Werkstra and Valona. These are the first in a new light armour series.
I also wanted to pick up Roger Dean's Dragon's Dreams artbook, but was not sure of its contents. After searching through the web, now I will have to wait till the next discount period, possibly in late Dec 08.
After checking the internet for reviews of Toyman from Alex Ross's Justice, I eventually got the figure from GnB after an initial hesitation on the articulation. This has to be the most articulated figure from DC.
Let there be light ! Thanks to the tip off from marcus, managed to get some cool custom light-up SIC and a Medicom 1/6 RAH heads for a fraction of the original retail cost. Also bought the loose G4 body (without the head) from SIC vol 39.
Star Wars Picked these Clone Wars wave 2 figures from TFH, as I know getting the Clone Troopers from retail will be quite impossible nowadays if you do not have any connections, or at the right place at the right time. And this brings us to the next haul.
Quite surprised to find the latest Legacy waves on the pegs during a morning appointment with a retail store employee. Actually I only found the FX-6 medical droid, among the other figures (sans Clone Troopers) of this wave. The employee asked me if I was looking for any particular figure, and I told him I was looking for Clone Wars Odd Ball. He said he would check the stocks for me, and came back with a Shock Trooper as well. Thanks man ! (Btw, the other figures in the latest Legacy wave was taken by another person.)
Transformers Universe Even though I had bought the Henkei version, I still bought the Hasbro Silverstreak because shaun keeps telling me something about the shoulder missiles being G1 accurate.
Got Universe Blades (repaint of Live Convoy or Evac) from OG at 20% discount.
I was introduced to the Blade of the Immortal manga like more than 10 years ago (I think, maybe less), from a shop keeper. I told him I was into comic art, and he told me to check out this series. Since then, I have been buying each translated volume, but still, have not read a single one. haha. Anyways, the anime was released a couple of months ago, and I just happen to chance upon it. Only seen one episode, and was kind of ok.
It has a nice opening though, Akai Usagi (Red Rabbit) by Makura no Soushi.
CM's Master Action Series (MAS) The wait is finally over. The first set of Blocker Corp Machine Blaster Sundaio and BossPalder has arrived, courtesy of the guys at TFH, who helped me get this from Japan, as well as one for Marcus.
Revoltech Picked up the latest Revoltech Mouse Generation Street Fighter Online (SFO) He Tie Shou, as well as the regular #62 TengenToppa Gurren Lagann Final Form and #63 Ricky. Did not pick up Ryu, as I did not quite like the figure. Until it grows on me, it is not on the ToGet list. The Mouse Generation is roughly 3.75" tall (or rather short) by the way.
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.
Here's a preview of some of the upcoming figma figures that I might be picking. Something about girls with swords just gets me excited.
Shana from Shakugan no Shana anime. This is the red hair version, and there will be another version with black hair.
Still in prototype stage, Reika from Gantz. ETA is June 2009, and is packed with vol 26 of the manga. Not sure if we will see a normal release. These figures packed with manga are quite difficult to get, let alone being expensive to import, like the previous Rei from Evangelion manga, and Gally from Gunnm: Last Order manga.
DC MiniMates Shaun and myself paid a visit in the afternoon to our favourite comic shop GnB hoping to score some MS Hulk, but shipment was only due in the later part of the afternoon or evening. Disappointed, we just looked around (Shaun apparently at something else), so as not to waste the trip, and I eventually picked up this piece. I thought the Green Lantern was quite cool. I would have picked up an Alex Ross ToyMan (from Justice), but not sure of the articulations, I decided not to.
Wall.E I managed to find the deluxe Eve and also Mo at TRU Forum, at the discounted price of S$14.90. There is still a few more Eve, so those need one head on down !
After reading Desmond's post on Sunshine Plaza, I decided to head on there for a look, and the fact it has been ages since I last went there. Also, there was sightings on a Bandai candy toy at one of the shops there prompted my visit.
And this is the damage due to the visit, all from Xenohobby Workz. (Note for those heading there, they only accept cash.)
The Amazing Spider-Man Manwolf is quite an old figure from this Spider-man line which I never did really want to pick up when it was first released, as I was not familiar with the character. But after seeing pictures from other collectors, I decide to pick it up, for a good price of S$15 as well.
Final Fantasy VII Play Arts This version of Yuffie Kisaragi (S$48) is from Final Fantasy VII. There is another version from Final Fantasy: Advent Children movie, which looks a bit plain. But this is where I first saw the character, and that cool looking weapon. It reminds me of Sasuke's weapon from Naruto.
MuGen This is the Bandai set of candy toys MugenKaiSeiJuu that I was tipped off, but found at the shop instead of another. It is S$2 more than what you will normally get at Comics Connection.
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.
