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!
I speak for the entire staff of HH when I say we are all huge Berserk fans. We all own a few of Art of War's magnificent statues. Last year AOW shattered the bar with their offering of their 1/10 scale Knight of Skeleton on horseback. Poised atop a Ogre head, it is simply one of the most magnificent statues I've ever seen. Now Zodd's nemesis returns in a new, extremely limited edition. This time instead of being a weathered silver, he is painted in a striking metallic green. These days its obvious he's silver, but this new scheme remembers his early days, when he was a mystic green hue. Personally, I always prefered this to the all-too-generic silver. And this isn't a mass produced piece; every one is a hand repaint by the in-house artists Only 20 pieces max will be made! The final kicker: a price tag of 80,000 yen!! This piece is for the most diehard of Berserk fans! If you're game, preorders start May 28th on their home page.
Side note: Japanese toy companies take such better pics of their toys than US ones. Why is that?
Anyways, This 1/8 hunk of Gar-ness is due out late August, with an MSRP of 7800 yen (with the dollar being what it is now, I'm not even gonna bother converting that.)
心のマグマが炎と燃える !!!
Tendou is away on business (*chortle*), but I know this is news that he would want posted right up. Eye Up Hobby is showing off pictures an upcoming release!
Pictures speak louder than words so:
One of the most popular characters from Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's classic Fist of the North Star, Rei reminds us that it is better to die for love than live for hate.
This release will inevitably be followed the white-haired 'dying' Rei. Whether it will be a mail-away or regular release is the biggest question.
Rei's scheduled to be released in May of 2008 and retail for 18,900 yen.
While we at HH (im)patiently await the release of the RAH Kenshiro, word has just reached us of Medicom's newest way to test our patience: RAH Rei!
Well, it's been a long time coming, and now we at HH are proud to present our review/gallery of Medicom's second Rocketeer 1/6! Nazis and Cybermen beware!!
To read this review in its entirety please click the image below...
Less and less people these days have actual house phones, with the proliferation of cell phones. One alternative to land lines is of course the IP phone, which uses your computer to place outside calls. Now to spice life up a bit Japanese companies KAGA Electronics and Taxan are bringing the mecha-loving citizens of Japan IP Phones themed for Gundam RX-78 and Char's Zaku!
Priced at 5000 yen each, each set includes both a themed headset and the software that sets up the phone and gives you a display simulating the cockpit of the respective mobile suits!
Sadly, being in the US, I'll just have to make due with the Cherry Chocolate cellphone that I customed into Char's Cellphone. Sigh.
It is the year 2007. The treacherous Decepticons have conquered the Autobot’s home planet of Cybertron. Not too hard since there seem to be roughly five Autobots total, but hey . . .
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Okay, I’m good now. The reason is simple: how can a movie fight be cool without massive collateral damage? And I will say the fight that follows is very cool. This is what the audience came for and it was not disappointing. Massive destruction and chaos ensue, as it should in all good action movies. I can’t complain they cheaped out on the fight, since the budget of each frame of film could easily pay for my higher education. However, they very obviously tried to limit the use of the computer models, with their millions of components each, but having the individual scenes of the fight remarkably small scale. You have Ironhide and Ratchet team up, spend some time with Brawl, flash over to Starscream strafing for a while, then off to Bumblebee with the kids, then back to Brawl. All this creates a very disconnected battle scene, and you’re often left wondering where one Decepticon is when we focus on another. It seems like they’re nice enough to wait and fight the Autobots and the humans one at a time. And it seems Barricade took a wrong off-ramp because he’s totally absent. Meanwhile Megatron shows up and proceeds to tear Jazz a new one. Or two. This is how Megatron should be: the God of Destruction to the average Autobot. Prime shows up and the real fight begins. I’ll admit my latent Transfan blood stirred when Prime told Megatron “One shall stand, one shall fall.” Pity they didn’t follow it up with the rest of the dialogue. Then Megatron proceeds to thoroughly and complete own Prime. I have no problem with this. Again, I like my Megatrons more powerful than their Prime; it sets up for very desperate situations, as it did here. I did find the conversation between them very odd, as Prime and Megatron debate whether the humans deserve protection. Prime I understand, but to Megatron this is like having a debate about the poor little ants on the battlefield getting all stepped on. They are so beneath him as to not even be a concern. He’s just there for the Allspark. So anyways just as all seems lost, a new power comes to light their darkest hour.
The US Air Force. With their missles.
No. No no no no no no no no. No. There is no way the Military should be able to hurt him this badly, not after Prime got his skidplate handed to him. The same goes for the others, especially Blackout. “The weakspot’s behind the chest???” So not only do these Transformers have armor weak enough to be breached by thermal hand grenade launchers, but they also have their Sparks right in the center of their chests?! No wonder there are only a handful left on each side, they must fall like matchsticks during battles. One guy on a bike should not be able to deliver a fatal shot to a Decepticon warrior.
Much of the first half of the movie is focused on Sam (Spike) Witwicky and his first car, The Autobot hero Bumblebee. It’s mostly comic relief with Bumblebee helping Sam hook up with fanboy-dream girl Mikaela, but obviously they’re trying to build the relationship between the two. The drama aspect is a bit slow for an action movie, but there is a lot to set up for the uninitiated. Soon the rest of the Autobots arrive, and the real action beings. About forty-five minutes later. I don’t have much more to say on the first half of the movie. It’s good, but there’s not much worth talking about.
So first comes a pretty ridiculous scene with Sam searching his room for the glasses which hold the map to the Allspark, with the Autobots pressuring him outside and trying to hide from his parents. The scene pretty much shows that these ‘warriors’ have no concept of stealth, or patience for that matter. Seriously, if you’ve spent millennia looking for the Allspark (which you yourself shot into space) what’s fifteen minutes to let a fleshy search his room? And are the Witwicky’s neighbors all blind and deaf? And then enters the FBI. I mean the CIA. I mean the court jesters. Seriously, the worst excuse for government agents ever blunder in. Personal politics aside, between these Area 51 losers and the comical Sec of Defense, could we find one more opportunity to bash the Bush Administration? Oh yeah, I forgot about the Ding-Dongs on Air Force One. So Sam gets taken into custody, which invariably involves being given a grand tour of the most super-secret military base on Earth, along with random Army guys 1-5, that useless Austrailian chick and her personal ‘Token.’ God bless national security. They find out the the base houses both the frozen Megatron and the Allspark itself. Meanwhile the Autobots use the map on the glasses and head towards the base themselves. Thanks to their spy Frenzy the Decepticsons find this out too and rally for the battle to follow. Meanwhile inside the base Frenzy proceeds to begin to thaw out Megatron, which Sam dolefully informs everyone is their signal to leave. With two opposing groups of warrior super robots barring down on them and the Harbinger of Death well into the defrost cycle, the military guys make what I think to be one of the most retarded strategic decisions in the history of retarded strategic decisions: instead of having the fight in the middle of desert, they elect to move the Allspark (and the fight with it) to the middle of a major urban area!
I’m sorry I need a moment.
Prime ultimately decides to make the ultimate sacrifice, but Sam quickly decides that Megatron should instead and sticks the Allspark right into Megatron’s spark. And turns him into Galvatron.
Seriously I so wish that was what happened. But really the most powerful evil robot in the galaxy crumples like a tin can in a terribly anti-climatic ending. Good wins. Evil loses. The dork gets the girl. Bumblebee’s voice box magically grows back. Somehow the US government covers up the existence of the Transformers, including the battle between a dozen of them that destroyed a major city center in plain sight. Yay! And Prime calls out to the stars:
“Join us. Join us for Transformers 2”
And they will come. And so will I.
Now if only they do a red Spartan . . .
After months of teasing, we finally have info and the first pics of Kotobukiya's Master Chief PVC figure kit. It'll retail for 9800 Yen ($83) and measures in at 300mm, or 11 3/4 inches tall! Even better he comes with at least two optional weapons, double-wielding Magnums or the ever-popular Energy Sword! I'm sure details for US release will be available shortly. Personally as a Halo-fan, this piece is a must get!
Well loyal readers, today I present our latest review: The Kotobukiya Shield Liger model kit! Just so yo know, a good X-acto knife blade gave his life to bring your this review, so honor him well.
Most US fans haven't heard much out a Zoids is a while, so is this new line worth getting into? Read on:
To read this review in its entirety please click the image below...
Review and Pics by Casval
Ore, Sanjō!
We've got new pics of the second entry in Kotobukiya's HMM Zoids line: the Command Wolf, due out in June. Priced at 3000 yen, it's sure to be one frelling great kit. They're starting with the standard issue white, but we're sure to see one or two other versions before the end. I hope to have my full review of the Kotobukiya Shield Liger uploaded and ready to read shortly!
I have been working behind the scenes with the Henshin Hobby team for sometime now, but it's high time for my debut.
Ore, Sanjō!
Today I bring an update from the world of Gunpla. For sometime now we've been seeing pictures of the upcoming version 2.0 of the Zaku II. We now have confirmation of the inevitable: my personal Zaku II MS-06S in it's full crimson glory! It's due to be the 98th Master Grade in May, priced at 4500 yen. It comes with some form of crane accessory. It will then be followed in the next month by my custom Gelgoog 2.0, all ready to recreate the battle of Texas with your RX-78-2!!
