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July 27, 2008
July 24, 2008
Medicom News: Regular Releases...
And here we are!
First up is the legendary, iconic, mysterious Captain Harlock. Known for mostly looking cool and giving speeches on what a boy must do in his life to be a MAN (he and Kenshiro should get together and pen a tome of MAN or something) this is actually a 2.0 Captain Harlock medicom. The first one came out years ago (and I mean years) and at one time fetched 800 bucks on the secondary market. Yep believe it. This Leiji Matsumoto creation is something I can blab about forever but I won't. I will say that this looks 100% fantastic in every single detail. If you have a pair of balls and call yourself a man you must get this (too much?).
And now we have Kamen Rider Black RX. Ok, this is a mixed bag for some. Yes he's cool and he's got a light saber (and multiple forms and a car. You can tell this was in the 80's when the Japanese economy was kicking ass because Black RX had every weapon and vehicle you can think of). Some really dug the series and some didn't. After all this was the sequel to Black but it might as well have been a different timeline. It's a mixed bag but cool regardless.
This is the Dark Knight version of the suit from the movie The Dark Knight. Looks great, looks awesome. Another great outfit by Medicom.
If I were August Ragone I'd rattle off tons of shit about Ultraman Leo. Sadly I ain't August Ragone but you don't have to be to fully appreciate how nice Leo looks. I admit I was never into the Ultra stuff but they do look great together on a shelf. :)
And here's mister Space pimp himself Mr. Han Solo. Looks nice, looks great. Am I going to buy it? NO. I already have my Return of the Jedi Vader so I'm happy for life. But since this is the year of Harrison Ford 1/6 I guess one more can't hurt and he looks really, really nice.
Medicom News: Limited Releases... WATAAAAAA!!!!! (yes again)
I know what you are thinking. "What's up with posting the limited Medi's first?" Simple question easy answer; there are only three limited Medi's while the regular releases are five hence I can't pop it out as fast as I can this one.
So lets move on.
Well finally some more pics (tiny as they are) of the Summer Wonderfest Kenshiro from Hokuto No Ken. This year Japan has been celebrating the 25 anniversary of this legendary series and this Kenshiro harkens back to the look of the old show with the red shirt underneath the jacket (although he didn't start off with the boots, he wore shoes. Those boots came later.... yeah yeah nerd alert. Or I could just be seeing things and that "red shirt" is just a shadow).
All I can say is hell yeah and I'm like getting five (I really don't need a new suit).
Next up is the queen of the fighting game genre. This is Chun Li (duh) and she can add a Medicom to her enormous list of items devoted to her. She's the merchandise queen and well she'll look great on this site.
Next up is Kohei Jinnai from Crows X Worst. I wish I can tell you other than the obvious that this is a GLAM store exclusive. Tell you things like how awesome he is. Unfortunatly goddamnit I can't read Japanese and Tendou is at SDCC living it up with all the hot west coast bitches (no not really).
July 22, 2008
Cherry Blossom Petals On Standby . . .
We've got a fresh, new picture of the hotly anticipated Medicom Captain Harlock v2. Behold some OG (Original Gar)! In this new pic we can clearly see the incredible detail; from his side arm and wired cape to Tori-san, ever faithfully perched on his shoulder. This piece is one of the ultimate-must-gets for fans of classic Japanese anime and manga!
July 21, 2008
FACEBOOK: Taking things a Step Forward...
For those wondering what this step forward is I'm talking about getting more exposure here in the U.S. While I could just sit back and chill and beam with pride that we got 1.3 million hits last month (yeah I'm giddy about it) but I want to expand our outreach. So I made a HenshinHobby.com FACEBOOK page. I put it in the links section along with a bliptv henshinhobby.com channel containing the toy video galleries I made for the site.
I upload images of stuff that's here and stuff that isn't on the blog to. Also you, the reader can post images of your collectibles to!
So please check it out, enjoy and have fun!
(Oh and yeah expect a myspace up in the links section soon. Just gotta give it a quick makeover).
July 20, 2008
TRAILER: We Will Destroy The Rebirth
This one is a bit late too but hell with the announcement of Setsuna BM, this calls for a celebration!!! Behold the Trailer for Gundam 00 Season 2!!!
TRAILER: Believe In Me Who Believes In You
Finally it's Here!!!! Yeah I know I should have updated it a few days ago but Hell Yeah It's Here!!!! The Trailer for the first of 2 Gurren Lagann Theatrical Movies!!! Gurren Chapter!!!!
BM PROJECT: I'll Keep Looking For It, Together With My Gundam
Setsuna will be available for preorder beginning on the 29th of this month at the official Tamashii site, here!
Bandai has finally unveiled what one of the main reasons for starting the BM line of 1/6 figures, To do 1/6 figures of characters from Gundam series of course! To celebrate the launch of their new Tamashii webshop Bandai is offering a very special Exclusive for all you Gundam 00 fans!! a 1/6 BM Figure of our Main Hero Setsuna F. Seiei!! Setsuna will be a web exclusive and will be ready for online orders between the dates of July 29, 2008 - September 3, 2008. Price is set at 17,640yen and he will ship in September. Although it's not insanely short, it's Not a very long window either, so any of you guys or gals who want to add Setsuna to your 1/6 collection should jump on this ASAP before the window passes.
Does this mean we'll get all 4 Gundam Meisters?? If anything I wonder if we'll get Setsuna (Age 21) Season 2 version announcement to coincide with the highly anticipated premiere of 00 Season 2?? My only complaint will be that it seems that Season 1 Setsuna uses the standard RAH301 Body which will make the season 2 version out of scale is they were to do it, unless this Setsuna will be a bit shorter when he's released. I really don't want the 2 Setsunas to be the same height. Anyway I sure hope we see more Gundam characters soon and not just 00 but from all Gundam series. This announcement has open the door to many possibilities. I knew it was inevitable we would get BM Gundam characters eventually. With so many Great licenses under Bandai's belt the possiblities for the future of BM are endless and Gundam is a Bandai Staple so I am sure we can expect BIG things from BM in the future.
July 18, 2008
Tendou @ The Theater: Tendou just saw The DARK KNIGHT (ダークナイト) at the Midnight showing in his local theater and...
It was FUCKING AWESOME. Now I am normally not a Batman fan but Man this Movie Kicked So Much Ass that I even feel compelled to write about it. If you have not seen this movie yet, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go see it as soon as you can cause definetly if you plan on seeing only one movie this summer then make this the movie to see. I can't even begin to describe the greatness of this film. The Complexity, the acting, the screenplay, the strong themes, the mood, hell even the Soundtrack Kicked Ass and to top it all off I normally don't care about Batman that much. I only thought Batman Begins was a pretty good movie and was expecting the Dark Knight to be just a notch above but man who knew that I would be blown away so much!!! The Dark Knight is Leaps and Bounds and Universes above it's predecessor. It was everything a sequel should be and MORE, A WHOLE LOT FUCKING MORE. Oh My God I don't even know where to begin. If you have not seen it yet and you're a fan of Comic book films, then you really need to go and make time to see it.
The only thing is now, if Nolan plans to do a third film I am really not sure how he could possibly top this one and I really don't know what villain he could use next that can even touch the portrayal of Joker in this film. The Joker in this film was just Perfect, the Best rendition of Joker ever PERIOD, Comic, Cartoon, Film it doesn't matter. Ledger plays a Complete Anarchist who loves to see people in pain with absolutely no moral limitations whatsoever. It''s all the Best Jokers over the years fused together and refined. He plays it so convincingly well with great character and charisma. Such a dominant and charismatic villain that I am not sure it can possibly be topped and that's saying a lot cause I normally don't care for Joker much as a character at all and always found him too gimmicky and silly for the most part but this movie has really changed my perception. Aside from the unrivaled Joker performance the Rest of the Movie is Incredible as well. I would go as far as to say that the plot and character relationships in this film make it the most complex and ambitious Comic Book movie ever. There is so much going on and you'd think that normally, having so much go on at once would make for a disaster of a film but they make it work really well. Hell they make it a masterpiece. The themes are very strong and are expressed very solid throughout the film which is very important and makes the film that much better.
The reviews were overwhelmingly positive but I always just kinda assumed that it was because everyone are such huge Batman and Joker fans and that people just love Batman Begins and would naturally love the sequel. I really didn't know what to expect and I went in without much expectation and now I am just speechless at how great a film it was.
Man enough of me talking, you just gotta go see it.
July 17, 2008
Gwailo Goku and the Magical Dragon Sphere's of Wishing Movie News: Another image and Rumors of a Trailer in Late July or August...
Pretty much everything that needed to be said about this was said in the title. It's amazing how the Watchmen trailer that came out today filled me glee and high expectations while just hearing about the Dragonball trailer fills me with dread and limbo low expectations.
Anyway bask in the glory of the cosplayer below being Goku.
Gallery Teaser: Cammy Sure is Popular...
It is so insane that one of the oldest galleries that we shot is still getting hits... and this was BEFORE we decided to become Henshinhobby and was still doing the Hokutonokentoy.com site.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, I'm referring to the Cammy SF Zero 3 PVC statue from Kaiyodo (a gallery shot before the statue was released by Diamond).
To think we shot this thing like three camera's ago (Camera phones are better than the old Olympus we used).
Now in that Cammy tradition I bring you this one here... Hopefully you'll dig this beauty as much as some of you did the first one.
July 16, 2008
Gallery Teaser: Indy Isn't The Only One Who Fights These Guys...
Ifyou were thinking Nazi's then you're right. This right here is actually a teaser for two Kotobukiya statues but since they go together (and are meant to be together) I figured it would be best to do them both as one gallery.
It's almost done kids, don't have to wait too long...
July 14, 2008
ME: "Yes There Will Be a Medicom Kenshiro Gallery."
But not yet. We're so busy here as the crack staff at Henshinhobby.com try to balance the rigors of work and... work (exciting isn't it).
Below is a little comparison between the classic Kenshiro vinyl from Bandai circa 1985 and the recent Kenshiro released by those talented Medicom guys in Japan.
Expect this and gallery and others soon enough (the Kenshiro teaser won't be up until the gallery is mostly shot) but for now enjoy the clash of past and present.
July 08, 2008
ENTERBRAIN Gallery: Valkyrie From UNDERGROUND
Photos by Tendou
A Beautiful Yoko Statue from ENTERBRAIN. Check out the gallery!!
July 04, 2008
Gallery Teaser: If He Didn't Have Bad Luck He Would Have No Luck At All...
Seriously it must suck to be Guts. Not sometimes, not most of the time but it must suck all the time. Jeez I've never seen a main character get it so bad so frequently (and don't mention Batman or Wolverine. Both are pussies by comparison).
Expect this and more Berserk statues on this site soon enough.
"Oh."
July 02, 2008
KOTOBUKIYA Gallery: Date Masamune Gallery
Sure the real life guy is controversial; some admire him while others take issue with him but he's one dominant and important figure in Japanese history.
However this version from Kotobukiya (based from the Basara series from Capcom) is one uber badass fighter/general who has one hell of a cool look to him. He's a great PVC statue but man I wish he was a little bit bigger in size (which keeps to the Koto rule of thumb of bigger statue for female characters, which is a plus but for male characters they tend to be smaller which does suck if you like to have some from the same series in the same scale... but we've been through that).
Anyway enjoy this gallery folks!
