August 11, 2008
August 10, 2008
Hokuto No Ken Edification 02: Tough Boy!
We it's been a while since the last HNK edification (Novermber of last year to be exact) and with all the new stuff surrouding the franchise (including that "Elseworld-ish animated Special their doing where Kenshiro is a hunter and Jagi is like an undead thing, There will be toys based of it btw) that I figure I should post another video. This video is the final opening of the series. This one has that famous "Tough Boy" song but since it's the end of the series this one has Kaioh at the end instead of Falco (Kaioh is Raoh's cool looking but not as cool older brother).
Enjoy the vid and oh yeah below is the HNK special I was talking about.
August 09, 2008
SHOOT 2 FLY 004: "I Believe it's Called Freeballin'."
Haven't done a shoot 2 Fly in a while so I figure this would make a nice little three picture post. For those who were around collecting at the time Fewture was making really nice action figures that while they weren't super posable or anything were damn nice looking. and had that unique look that only the designer YASUSHI NIRASAWA could give it (how to describe his stuff.... lets say he can put a cute face on an alien/fetished out body with massive human naked tits sticking out. Needless to say he can draw monsters as well. He can draw tits and monsters. God Bless him).
This was about 8-9 years ago and Satan was a regular release in the second series of Devilman: More Than Demon line. But this Satan here was a limited release gold version (as opposed to the translucent blue one). Officially it's called HEAVENS'S AGE GOLD SATAN 666.
I get very nostalgic just talking about it. Enjoy the pix.
August 07, 2008
ART OF WAR Gallery: A Moment of Silence After Kicking Ass...
Ok ok, this statue's pose is actually from a pretty well known image in the multi-award winning manga BERSERK by Kentaro Miura but I couldn't think of a romantic-ish title for this post (that's the other guys style). This is actually the exclusive bloody version that comes with the coin. If your wondering where the coin is in the gallery, we forgot it but as soon as we get back from Otakon (no autograph requests please) we'll add it to the gallery.
So for the moment enjoy Guts here in his bloody glory.
August 03, 2008
Congrats to One of Our Very Own...
Our very own BlackJackie999 will be the official Yoko at the Bandai booth at this weekend's Otakon in Baltimore!! For those who don't know Otakon is the largest Anime Convention in the east coast and it's just annoyingly huge and filled with.... fandom (take that as you will).
Regardless it's a great honor and a big deal for Blackjackie! So go up and say hi (and for those who don't know who Yoko is this is her).
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 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 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 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!
"Delightful."
June 28, 2008
News: Michael Turner Passes Away
FROM NEWSARAMA.COM
Unfortunately it's with great sadness that I must inform everyone that Michael Turner tragically passed away last night, June 27th at approximately 10:42 pm in Santa Monica, Ca. Turner had been dealing with recent health complications arisen in the past few weeks. More details concerning Turner's passing, and services, will be given shortly.
Anyone wishing to send their condolences to Michael Turner's family is encouraged to send to:
Aspen MLT, Inc.
C/O Michael Turner
5855 Green Valley Circle, Suite 111
Culver City, CA, 90230
Aspen also encourages anyone wishing to make a charitable donation to please send to Michael Turner's requested charities:
The American Cancer Society
Or
The Make-A-Wish Foundation
Turner was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma (a bone-based cancer that attacks the cartilage) in March of 2000, which ultimately cost him his right hip, a portion of his pelvis and several pounds of bone. Turner was very open about his cancer, making convention appearances throughout the entire time, and never giving in to the illness.
Mike got his major break in comics at Top Cow, where he made his name as the artist on Witchblade with a look that was reminiscent of studio founder Marc Silvestri, but was all his own. His work was highly in demand throughout his career, and he was a frequent cover artist for a diverse number of series over the years. Turner’s style influenced many artists in the new millennium, probably more than Turner himself ever realized.
Turner’s creator-owned Fathom debuted in 1998, and in 2002, he left Top Cow to found his own Aspen MLT, Inc. where he saw Fathom resurface, along with other projects such as Soulfire and Ekos. Turner had done a significant portion of work at DC early in the decade, providing covers for Identity Crisis and Flash, as well as for the “Godfall” arc in the Superman titles (which he co-wrote), and the interior art for “Supergirl from Krypton” in Superman/Batman, where he and writer Jeph Loeb re-introduced Supergirl into the modern DC Universe. More recently, he had been providing variant covers for Marvel titles, such as next month’s Uncanny X-Men #500. At his most recent convention appearances, both Turner, and later Aspen representatives spoke of how the artist was eager to complete his obligations to other companies, so he could finally get back to work on his own projects at Aspen.
Despite his illness, Turner was one of the most upbeat people at conventions and in the industry. He always radiated a sense of humility and gratitude to his fans, and always had time for a quick chat or a smile. In an industry that can and has beat the happiness out of many creators, Mike was resistant to it, and was ever happy to work and talk to his fans, and even talk to the press. From the first moment you met him, you were his friend, and he treated you like he'd known you all his life.
Since his initial diagnosis in 2000, Turner had several ups and downs, but, surely thanks in part to his positive attitude, he was seen as the guy who was going to beat it, and be drawing for years to come - he just had to kick this thing first. Mike was 37.
June 26, 2008
Medicom News: Limited Releases
Said I'd talk about the limited releases and so here I am.
First up is Shadowmoon and you have to send off mail away info that comes with the Kamen Rider Black Medicom. Needless to say this bit of news is what excited me the most. Next we have an olive suit version of Snake from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. I doubt this will be the last Snake we get from that game. To wrap up this post we have Kouichi Haruyama from CROWS X WORSE and Father of Ultra.
June 24, 2008
Medicom News: "Here's My Card."
So here we are with some more info on SOME of the Medicom's that were shown in the Medicom Toy Exhibition 2008.
Here we have a Batman Begins suit V2 that appears in The Dark Knight, the Heath Ledger Joker again from The Dark Knight, Piccolo from Dragaon Ball Z and The Nega form of Kamen Rider Den Oh. All the appropriate info is on the images themselves.
Next up, the limited Medi's.
MOVIE Poster: Gwailo Goku and the Magical Dragon Sphere's of Wishing
Here is the first official picture Dragonball movie poster. Behold the power of the montage. At least it's better than the floating head posters that some studio's use. It says DRAGONBALL: THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE.
I'm sure it will.
June 23, 2008
Kotobukiya Gallery: Nope... Not a Teaser but a Full Gallery of that Ruby Eyed Underage Chick Fanboys Have been Drooling Over for Over a Decade.
Hey it's True.
Anyway here is one we just did of a one-sixth Rei Ayanami and it's one of the nicest ones I've seen. Rei gets all the good stuff even after all these years. She always gets nice merchandise and this one is no exception and I like this statue a lot. Yeah there have been plenty of nice ones in the past but there is no such thing as too many nice Rei statues (same goes for Chun Li and Mai Shiranui).
So without further ado please enjoy the gallery!
June 20, 2008
MEDICOM News: Medicom Toy Exhibition 2008
NOW we're talking about HUGE news!
I don't know where to begin so before I go on I'll give credit to newsvisualmedia.com/HK for their pix.
These are pix from the Medicom Toy Exhibition 2008 and let’s just go down the list of what we see…
We see Shadowmoon from Kamen Rider Black for the very first time as he’s standing next to Kamen Rider Black AND Kamen Rider Black RX. Needless to say they look vicious and I must get them.
We then see unpainted prototype parts for a new Kamen Rider Stronger RAH 220. Not much to really say as there is no finished product but the pick confirms that they are making one.
Next up we have a contingent of Kamen Rider Den-oh characters. We see a closer image of Momotaros (that’s the red demon looking guy with the cup who also happens to be the most popular guy in the series), the PLAT form of Den-Oh (the plain white one) and the Nega Den-Oh Form .
Next up we have a couple of Ultramen. We have Ultraman Leo (the one with the smaller horns) and Father of Ultra (YES)!
Next we have the Toriyama character section. We Son Goku along with an incredible Piccolo and a VCD of Son Gohan (Freeza Saga version). Then we have Arale and Obotchaman from Dr. Slump.
After that we have The Dark Knight one-sixth. We see Bruce Wayne, Batman and the Joker. Joker’s head looks amazing. I like the Hot Toys clothes more but I like the head of this one better. Gotta get both I guess.
On the Star Wars front we have an Episode III Anakin Skywalker and a classic Episode IV Han Solo. Han looks great… easily the best looking Han I’ve seen, great proportions. There are some clone troopers and some kubrick’s and a VCD or two. Big news obviously is the Ani and Han one-sixth.
Next we have two incredible one-sixth from the CROWS : Z.E.R.O movie as the two rivals Serizawa (the dude with the flowered shirt) and Genji are well represented here. I actually feel like watching the movie again. Next to them are several other Crows characters from the manga. It’s worth mentioning that the dude in the green trench is KOUICHI HARUYAMA and he’s a fan favorite. The TFOA guy you see with the big curl is Shogo Nurata. Next to Shogo is Tesho who is also a TFOA (which stands the Front of Armament).
After that we have the Hokuto No Ken (Fist of the North Star) lot. Big thing in this shot is that we get to see a Jagi one-sixth (the one with the helmet). Now that I think about it this is the first posable Jagi character figure in ten years (I think the last one was from the Kaiyodo 199x line). The Kenshiro in the middle is a darker blued version of the first of the first release of the Kenshiro figure. It looks like it’s based from the current movie series. We can’t see the other shoulder pad so we don’t know exactly which version it is. It could be the Wonderfest one but it’s hard to confirm by the image here.
Next we have the iconic Captain Harlock. This is the second release of Captain Harlock from Medicom but the first one was released about a decade ago. Needless to say he crazy awesome and one could only hope that this means that Medicom will go back and re-do the previous releases like Ashitano Joe and Black Jack in an updated DX form.
Next up is JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure Part Seven: Steel Ball Run. Gyro Zepelli is one of the two main characters (the more popular one). Hopefully this means Johnny Joestar and other JoJo characters from other storylines are next. We all saw JoJo one-sixth coming rvrt since the WF Bao was released.
Next up we have Chun Li from Street Fighter. What sticks out here the most is that she has the muscle thigh action thing going on and she looks like she’s from Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Also it’s great to see a new posable female body from Medicom. Maybe they’ll release a Street Fighter Zero one where she’s wearing the tights to. Can’t get enough Chun Li!
We have a new Snake from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. This shouldn’t be a surprise since the first Medicom Snake had several releases. And I’m pretty sure that won’t be the last Snake released either.
Next up we have Sweeny Todd…. Moving on…
And Finally Indiana Jones gets another figure in the Medicom Library as we have a great representation of the late River Phoenix as a young Indiana Jones from my favorite movie in the series, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Whew.
June 19, 2008
Gallery Teaser: Huh... It's... Not I What Intended
You know when I made this little teaser I must have subconsciously yearned for some 80's teen sex romp because upon further review this looks like a teaser for Porky's 4: The Quickening (if only). But if you know your PVC cooter shots then you can tell this is Yoko from Gurren Lagann.
Honest.
She's a red head and really that's all you need to know (I call it the M.J. rule). Expect her on this site soon... seriously.
June 18, 2008
VIDEO: 地獄少女, Jigoku Shōjo, Hell Girl
What is Jigoku Shôjo? Who is Jigoku Shôjo?
In all honesty I sorta know but not really. Sometimes I arrive at Henshinhobby HQ and I see stacks of new toys and things that Tendou recently bought or got as a free sample (honestly he gets tons. I'd have to quit my job if I were to do a gallery of EVERYTHING he gets). So this long haired goth chick with red hair looks cool.
That's cool I guess. Tendou could tell you everything about this series in any of it's incarnations (anime or live action). I on the other hand will show you the first opening of the show. And sorry for the lack of updates but I've been sick as a dog for a while (fret not true believer, it's not the consumption). We have some REALLY great galleries on the way (WATAAAAA!) so please bear with us.
June 12, 2008
Gallery Teaser: Wow That's Like... Six Swords.
Date Masamune is a name that can bring about many different emotions. Personally I'lm glad I'm not Japanese because I've seen them go back and forth on that BUT what I can say that he looks pretty damn cool. As he does in Sengoku Basara 2 (Capcom game for the PS2).
And thanks again to Kotobukiya we've got a sweet representation of Date from the Sengoku Basara 2 game. He's crazy nice I tells ya'.
Below is the Japanese PS2 opening.
June 10, 2008
AOW x HNK News: It's not the Kabuto Helmet You're Thinking Of...
Wow now THIS is a dream piece! Some item props are very expensive but are usually made of fiberglass. This one is made out of iron. Forged like the old Japanese Kabuto Helmets, that's both old school and hardcore. It also means that this 1/1 scale helmet must be one heavy monster. For those who can't tell by looking this helmet is one of Raoh's. I can say easily it’s his most famous one.
Here is what ART OF WAR themselves have to say about the crafting of this helmet:
Using same materials and technique of Japanese traditional helmet、the item will still be appreciated 100 years later. Hand-perfected by the artisan、the shape of the Kabuto is achieved one by one from striking iron. By using real material completely for this Kabuto, ART OF WAR guarantees that this effort detail is suitable for Raoh's own personality.
I heard that Art of War (makers of the excellent Berserk statue line) were making HNK props. Two things came to mind when I heard that.
1) Wow that's awesome!
2) Wow that's going to be expensive!
Right on both counts. I respect AOW and I love what they've done with the Berserk license and for years I always dreamt about what they would do with the Hokuto No Ken Licsense. I was hoping for statues but I got a one of a kind Raoh Ken-oh Helmet. I can live with that.
This incredibly awesome item is 450,000 YEN which is about 4,242.88 USD and it's limited to 30 pieces..
May 29, 2008
Medicom News: Musicals, Flops and Disappointments Abound...
Some of these images have been floating around but I was waiting for Medicom to put them up on their own site and now that they have we can talk about 'em!
First up is a flop. A flop that only an idiot could not see coming and that's Speed Racer and this month Medicom offers RAH #413 the mysterious Racer X. He goes for 17,640 YEN (167.17 USD) and will hit the streets on November 2008.
Next is the disappointment (movie wise) is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This Medicom is limited to and 2008 pieces, RAH #400. From the looks of it it's obviously the older Indy from the fourth movie. His yen is 17,640 YEN (167.17 USD).
You also will be able to buy him from indianajones.com. It's not on that site yet but soon will be. He will also hit the streets November of this year.
Almost everything I said about Indy above can be used for Mutt Williams except he's not limited to anything and he’s RAH #411.
And rounding it this update is RAH #412, Sweeney Todd. He goes for 17,640 YEN (167.17 USD) and will also be released this Novmeber.
May 27, 2008
Gallery Teaser: I Guess This is The Main Dude...
I'm just guessing really. Black Jackie knows more than I who this guy is.
This is another Togainu no Chi Soft Vinyl figure from Kotobukiya. This one here is Akira who by looking at his eyes looks perfectly sane to me (that or he hasn't recovered from that Zeebra video I posted last week).
Anyway expect this to be posted up soon.
May 23, 2008
VIDEO: "We Need to Reach to the Japanese Audience!"
So here I am checking the stats for the site and I talk to Tendou about where hits are coming from, what popular pages we have and all that. To no ones surprise most of our hits from Hong Kong (which is huge for us as that’s practically toy capital of the world), Brazil, South East Asia... but only ok in Japan.
TENDOU: Hey, didn't we get tons of hits from the Jay Chou video you posted?
ME: Yeah and?
TENDOU: Oh Man, Post Up Some Zeebra!
ME: F**k no. I don't even like hip-hop. Think of something else.
TENDOU: Oh come on man! It's Zeebra. We need to reach the contemporary Japanese audience!!
*****after much bitching back and forth*****
ME: Fine I'll post a goddman Zeebra video but I chose the goddamn video because I'm the goddamn Gatack.
So since this is Tendou's most favorite music ever ever ever (oh he'll love reading that). Other than to whore out my post to get more Japanese viewers I chose this video because of its BLATANT use of SNICKERS in the video. No it's not a commercial. It’s an honest to god music video. It's hard not to laugh each time I see a Snickers in that video but apparently eating a Snickers can make you look cool and probably hook you up with someone hot.
Man those Japanese can improve on almost everything.
Sideshow News: Nope. Sideshow PF Bruce Lee Gallery Won't Be on This Site.
Sorry.
There isn't going to be a Gallery of the Sideshow Premium Format Bruce Lee. The images are out and well I've got better things to spend money on.
Really, who here is surprised? Honestly who thought this was going to be great? In a scale of 1/10 it's a six. I was expecting a seven maybe eight from Sideshow but it's actually lower than my expectation (it's a shame Bruce Lee isn't some fictional Marvel character because I guarantee you they would have gotten him right then).
As it is now it doesn't look much like him. It doesn't look like Dragon Lee or Bruce Li or any other Bruce Clone I can think of either (FYI - it's all about Dragon Lee in clone department. Bruce Li is the Tom Welling of the Bruce Lee clone community. Looks great but stiff and boring as hell).
You're better off buying an ENTERBAY Bruce or if you're on a budget getting the MEDICOM Bruce (which is a damn great 1/6). Save your money.
Here are two high res images of the Sideshow Bruce Premium Format. I cropped out the body to just show you the head because if the head doesn't look good then the rest is doesn't really matter now does it?
May 22, 2008
Movie News: Prayer Doesn't Work. DBZ Movie Still Happening.
My feelings for the upcoming Live Action Dragonball movie are well documented. Lets just say I don't like it. But since this movie is still going foward more and more images are coming out. Linked to the image below are bigger scans from the Roadshow magazine. You'll see clear shots of what Bulma and Yamcha others look like. Of course there is the man, Chow Yun Fat. Who is the best thing this movie has to offer.
Anyway get ready for a chosen gwai lo to save the universe (again).
May 21, 2008
GALLERY TEASER: A Male Persona 3 Statue...
Don't see those around too often do we? Who is this? This is AKIHIKO SANADA from SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI. Sure he's 1/10 scale and isn't in scale with the Aegis and the Mitsuru but what can you do?
I'll tell you what you can do! You can email fanquestions@kotous.com and tell them (nicely) that you'd like them in the same 1/7 scale!
Back to Akihiko, expect this Koto gallery to be up soon. But enjoy the teaser (as much as you can) and watch the video below about him. Yeah it's a spoiler so don't say I didn't warn you.
May 20, 2008
Gallery Teaser: It's SHIKI!!! No Wait... Wrong Shiki... Mother@&*C@%$!!!
Sorry guys. I was pumped for a second. I thought we had a Shiki statue from Samurai Spirits. I was pumped because she's hot you see. But this is a different Shiki from Togainu no Chi. This is a cool Chibi vinyl and all that. Honestly I don't know much about him other then he's into... odd things I had no idea you could do those kinds of things with a hand full of syringes... (****must remove images from brain*** ****must remove images from brain*** ****must remove images from brain***).
Other than the interesting images I've seen of him he seems to be pretty tough. Expect fellow Henshinhobby member Black Jackie 999 (she's the Togainu no Chi expert after all) to post this gallery up sometime soon.
VIDEO: "These ALIENS... Aren't a Problem!"
Sometimes a concept is just too good. Sometimes crossovers fail us and leave us with empty wallets and empty hearts. However this... THIS could be the movie that re-invigorates the ALIEN franchise.
Too bad they’ll never make it.
Only in my dreams would Takeshi Miike direct a movie like this. And it would rock. Hard.
May 19, 2008
FIGMA Gallery: You Say You Want A Revolution?
Lelouch Lamperouge is for sure someone who can ace any test that's in front of him. Although when it comes to physical activities he's not what I'd call a natural athlete. He's not really athletic and that came into play when this gallery was shot. While he does come with a gun he's not Tequila from Hard Boiled. He's not going to do anything fancy and we like to do our galleries that fit the character's personality (you're not going to see Bruce Lee pull off some Jet Li moves in our galleries).
This Lelouch Figma action figure is awesome. I've really been impressed with this line and I can only hope Max Factory does more characters from Code Geass. Hell there are plenty of characters they could do and I'd probably buy all of them.
May 16, 2008
Sideshow News: MORTALLLL KOMBAA.... Sorry, Logo Threw Me Off.
Hey you look at that logo and tell me you weren't thinking Mortal Kombat. Anyway, looks like Sideshow will do a Premium Format of the legendary Bruce Lee.
Funny story about that.
Last year at SDCC I noticed that Sideshow put the Medicom Bruce Lee on display which caught my interest. After all, I had just posted my review of the Medicom Bruce a few weeks before so naturally I was curious. I went to a rep and asked him about it.
He had no idea what I was talking about.
All of a sudden the Bruce Medicom wasn't on display. He had no idea there was a Bruce there. I asked him where it was and he had no idea. As far as he was concerned he had (say it with me) no idea it was even put out (which I'm sure is the case as it's always Medicom or Hot Toys who set the non-SST items up at a show and not the SST staff). Anyway he said he didn't know about a 1/6 Bruce but did mention a PF Bruce. He had that look of "crap, I shouldn't have said that" on his face and I asked him point blank about it and he was mum really fast from that point on.
So I knew there was a PF Bruce coming down the pike from SST for a while now but no ones seen or heard anything about it. But finally last night there was a teaser of a PF Bruce. The first thing that came to mind other than Mortal Kombat (and a Shaw Brothers poster) is Arnie Kim. Honestly in this day and age it's hard to NOT think of him when it comes to sculptured Bruce's. He is the definitive Bruce Lee sculptor.
Whatever Sideshow has in mind I hope they aim high and get their best guy/people on this because ENTERBAY has set the Bruce Lee bar absurdly high.
May 15, 2008
Sideshow News: BALROG is Here... and Looking Quite Buff
Maybe a bit too buff. I don't know. I dug the Gouki and the Ryu Premium Formats but Balrog (as he's called in Japan) is ok. I think Balrog here is based off the Jo Chen painting of him. I think he's a bit too buff and ripped to be honest.
He Kinda looks like the 2002 version of He-Man went to Spain got a poor man's Crying Freeman Tattoo. Regardless it does look nice and impressive but I think he's a bit too buff and has too many hard facial features. He's too damn manly looking.
Maybe this will be on the site, I don't know. But two versions of it are up right now on Sideshow. The exclusive one has "Interchangeable head and right hand for alternate unmasked display!" while the standard one doesn't. The good one, I mean the exclusive one goes for $274.99 and the non-exclusive one goes for $249.99.
Click the image below to check it out and pre-order.
May 14, 2008
Gallery Teaser: Tiny Ankles Are Hot
Nothing worse than a chick with big feet and thick ankles. That's not hot. Ever. Normally with most teasers on this site it's pretty obvious who or what the character is but I'm in my perfume ad phase I guess and well it works for me.
Who is she? Well she's an attractive high school student who is also one incredible pilot. Hint? Ok fine. She just had a nude scene this past Saturday on Cartoon Network (which was blurred. Adult Swim my nuts).
Anyway expect her and certain other cast members of her show to be on this site.
May 13, 2008
Gallery Teaser: Lelouch... Fragrance for Men
I don't know why the teaser pic ended up looking like a men’s cologne ad but I'll take it. All I need is some kind of Udo Kier accent when I say "Frayyy-graaaance for Men" to make it sound really sexy... in German.
Anyway now that Cartoon Network has been showing Code Geass for about three weeks now I've noticed more traffic on the older Code Geass galleries.
Good. Because we've got more Code Geass items waiting to hit the site.
May 12, 2008
WTF: God Hates Us More than I Originally Thought (Yeah It's Dragonball Movie Related)
While seeing Speed Racer crash and burn made my heart sing with glorious I-told-you-so glee (and for those waiting for it to do well in Japan... It's not. People in Japan don't give a crap about Speed Racer. Hope that wasn't too subtle of a message) I'm quickly brought back down to earth as I see this ad.
This ad is from today's Shonen Jump #24. As you can see it looks like complete and total garbage. I expect zero out of this movie as just by the looks of it, it looks like a bad cosplay group at some crappy mid-level anime convention (you know the ones; with fat Ryu’s, unattractive chicks wearing skimpy clothes hoping to divert attention from their face to their tits. You mean you've never been?!).
Regardless this movie will suck. I know it, you know it, the dog knows it. Hell I’m pretty sure Chow Yun Fat knows it and he’s in the damn thing.
SOURCE: dbzmovieblog
