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...
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!
NEW GALLERY! Togainu no Chi Soft Vinyl Figure gallery!
Here's a quick gallery of the referee of Togainu no Chi~ After Arbitro, and Shiki, here's our Akira!! :D
Check out the gallery ^_^
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!
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.
Photos by Tendou
And you'd check out this new Gallery if you don't want to feel that way again.
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.
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.
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.
I always have to tip my hat to Japanese companies for coming up with creative names for their items. Instead of bikini version they call it "Candy" bikini swimsuit version. I can't help but get a laugh from it.
I doubt we'll see a DC Direct "Candy" Bikini Power Girl statue (but man would it sell, you know it) but thank god companies like Kotobukiya are tagging on provocative words to their boxes. This red head here is again Shana from Shakugan no SHANA (this is her third gallery on the site I believe).
I dedicate this gallery to this socially awkward fanboy I met in New York who wouldn't shut is pie-hole about Shana Season 2.
Enjoy!
Well I'm glad this gallery is up. Kotobukiya has gotten a lot of praise over this statue and deservedly so. It's the best representation of Dante ever created. So much so even Capcom echoed those same sentiments. Honestly it's a beauty and I hope you agree.
This gallery was fun to work on and I can't wait until the next DMC PVC statue that Koto does. Who knows, I might be inclined to do a video gallery of them all. Well, lets not get ahead of ourselves.
Until next time enjoy the gallery.
Photos by Tendou
Photos by Tendou
NEW GALLERY! Togainu no Chi PVC Statuel gallery!
Here's a quick gallery of the referee of Togainu no Chi~ Arbitro~ !! His sadistic creepiness, CHIBI-FIED! :D
America got their Togainu no Chi chibi figures backwards strangely. Japan got Akira and Shiki first.... why are they coming later??? o.0 I don't get it. Anyway here's the CHIBI-FIED Creepy Referee!!
This teaser should come as no surprise as it's that white haired dude in that's featured in our banner. He's very impressive and his extensive gallery should be up any day now.
Yep.
Any day now. At any time this gallery could pop up and sneak up on you like a ninja... BAM! What's that? Is that the Dante Gallery? Nope. Not yet but soon padawans.
But we finally have Belldandy.here. Not that we don't have enough Belldandy in the toy stash of Henshin Hobby but we've never put this lovely icon on the site. It's been years since I first saw this on VHS and this piece gives me a certain sense of nostalgia before bills, work, stress. You know all the grown up crap we have to deal with.
Regardless I enjoyed working on the pix of this statue. Hopefully we'll put more Belldandy stuff up. Until then enjoy the gallery.
Ok, I tried to do something clever with the Oh! My Goddess title but kept thinking of George Takai for some reason. Regardless of my title short comings I'm very happy to say that we'll have a Belldandy gallery up soon.
You'd think after all of this time we'd have a Belldandy PVC statue up. Seriously.
I have a soft spot in my heart for Final Fantasy, more specifically Final Fantasy VII. Maybe it's pure nostalgia to a simpler time I don't know but every time I see Cloud I can't help but smile a little bit.
Now while I'm pimping just Cloud this isn't an FF VII set. This set includes several mini-characters that span several FF games (sadly no evil octopus). Rinoa, Penelo, Van & Yuna are also represented in this set and they look great (especially Yuna).
Enjoy the Gallery and thanks for looking!
Photos by Tendou
NEW GALLERY UP!!! MORE P3 ACTION!!!!!!!!
The Super Hot Student Council President Kirijo Mitsuru, She's Brave, Intelligent. Beautiful, Strong And full of Integrity. What more could you ask for in your Student Council President? She has a BadAss Persona too..
A fine Offering by the Awesome talent at Kotobukiya, They NEED TO RELEASE MORE P3 FIGURES IN THE SAME 1/7 SCALE!!!! Make sure you all Email them and LET THEM KNOW!!!! HERE- fanquestions@kotous.com
Photos by Tendou
NEW GALLERY UP!!!
If you were the Hero of a Super Epic Adventure, wouldn't you want a Beautiful Persona Summoning Android Protecting you??
A fine Offering by the Awesome talent at Kotobukiya, They NEED TO RELEASE MORE P3 FIGURES IN THE SAME 1/7 SCALE!!!! Make sure you all Email them and LET THEM KNOW!!!! HERE- fanquestions@kotous.com
NEW GALLERY! Pictures of Final Fantasy Potion :D
Please click on the picture for the gallery! ;P
It's Wednesday and we all know what that means... Comic Book day! Yaaayyy!
With that said I can't think of a better gallery to put up than this one. It's the Kotobukiya Superman PVC statue. With all the love Batman has gotten over the years it's good to see everyones favorite Last Kryptonian get a statue from Kotobukiya.
Speaking of which, expect the girl of steel to make her way on the blog sometime this year (again, thanks to Koto).
Photos by Tendou
New Gallery Up! Kotobukiya graces us with another 1/8 Asuka figure, This one is a great default piece and goes great with Koto's Shinji 1/8 as well! Enjoy!
Hey everyone! When I was at San Diego Comic Con 2007, I had the greatest honor to interview Akiko Kihira from Kotobukiya's ES Line! She's the lady who oversees the creation of awesome, high quality to chibi figures for well known popular titles such as Togainu no Chi, Lamento, Sengoku Basara, Persona 3 and more!
Please click on the picture for the interview :D
ALSO!!!! Something EXTRA for everyone!!
ANOTHER Gallery! Togainu no Chi again, but this time CHIBI One Coin Figures :D
Please click on the picture for the gallery!
New Gallery for you guys! Well, it's something special especially for the girls too :D
I know I can't stop starring at that unbuttoned pants XD (And Shiki is just damn gorgeous)
Please click on the picture for the gallery!
Photos by Tendou
New Gallery up!!! It's another late one I know but hey still worth a look!!! Our Star today is Haruka is the main heroine from Hit Current Anime iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia!! Koto has really captured her personality in the sculpt, don't you all agree?
Photos by Tendou
Another Fine Sculpt of Masane by the talented team at Kotobukiya, This Version of Masane depicts her in her Power Up form toward the end of the series. Becoming More Powerful to Protect the dreams and future for her daughter Rihoko..
Being a Huge fan of Shunya Yamashita and erotic school girls, there's no doubt I had to do a gallery of this one. Another fine addition to the Yamashita Collection by the Geniuses at KOTOBUKIYA!!!
Photos by Tendou
This Gallery is Dedicated to all you hardcore To Heart 2 Fans!
Kotobukiya has blessd us with this beautiful 1/6 Tamaki statue, Just like she stepped out of the game!!!Check out the Gallery!!
Photos by Tendou
BEHOLD!
Here is my second Video Gallery, the Ninja Gaiden PVC statues from Kotobukiya. Since Ninja Gaiden Sigma is due out today I figure why not remind people how awesome these statues are. Too bad they only did four of them, I would have loved to have more characters and/or different posed versions of the four characters that are already out.
Anyway, enjoy the video!
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
"The Final Messenger"
I was originally going to call this "It's only gay if you make eye contact" but after talking to my fellow reviewer (and photographer) Tendou, he told me that it probably wasn't a good idea. Of course if you're familiar with the roaring estrogen torrent that is the Yaoi Fan Girl Community, then you know that title would have been more than appropriate. But the chosen title works well enough, and as for all the imagined or unimagined double entendre that comes with these two characters, I'll leave that can of worms alone.
What we have here are one-eighth scale PVC statues of Shinji and Kaworu (with nifty NERV stand) from the universally popular Shin Seiki Evangelion/Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series from the mid-90s. I may be in the minority, but I like Shinji. Yeah, you heard me: I'm a fan of Shinji Ikari. In fact, he's the main reason I'm reviewing this. While he's the most frustrating guy to watch on screen, I can easily say that he's been treated unfairly from day one. At his worst he's not fun to watch but you can't blame him. Then there's Kaworu Nagisa, who is by far the most popular male in the show, and it can be argued (to a certain degree) that he's the second-most popular character in the whole series behind Rei Ayanami.
To read this review in its entirety please click the image below...
Photos by Tendou Kabuto and Review by Gatack
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!
Today we have a very Special treat for you all. Everyone has been raving about the new FFXII Play Arts Action figures since the pics have been unveiled. Today we bring you the first of 4 FFXII reviews!!! Yes, that's right! We'll be reviewing the whole set!!! First up is our Leading Lady Ashe. Make sure to post your comments on the gallery and the review! Enjoy!
The Princess of Dalmasca awaits..
Review and Pics by Tendou-Kabuto
Hot Amnesiac Mother Masane Amaha and Daughter Rihoko just cant get a break when it comes to life but at least she looks hot and Dangerous!! Masane Amaha Gentlemen, The Anime WitchBlade!!!
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Takase Mizuki The Main Heroine from Comic Party, Takes a lively Stroll around the Convention hall. Could the Contents of that bag be Doujinshi??? Enjoy!!
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Oh man wouldn't you love to have Sayaka as your waitress on a tropical island??
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
New Gallery for you guys, A Very Nice Interperation of Everyone's Favorite SNK Kunoichi Shiranui Mai!!! Nippon Ichi!
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Inuyasha fans rejoice! The Kagome Gallery is here!!! And Shippo too...!
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Kotobukiya probably gave us the Best Inuyasha figures ever. Too bad they only did 5 in the end. Here's a Gallery of the first one, None other than our Hero himself!. And as you guessed it, There's more to come...
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
After numerous requests we have finally done a gallery for her!! Yes! Rachel from Ninja Gaiden joins her crew in our archive! Now is your chance to check her out along with all other Ninja Gaiden Figures!!
Check it out here!
Also check out previous Ninja Gaiden galleries!
And here!
And here!
AND here!
Photos by Kabuto
Today as always we got a special Gallery for you guys. This is the BASTARD! 1/6 scale PVC statue of Polno from a few yrs back. Based on an insanely popular Resin kit, and we can see why. Wouldn't you wanted to be tempted by this woman? Go Check out the Gallery!
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
Konnichiwa Minna-san, Misa Misa desu~<3
Today, we got the photographer to take pictures of one of my favorite PVC statues of my all time favorite characters, Rei and Asuka from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Not that you guys wouldn't know who they are, they are quite iconic after all. ^-^
Not much else to say but please take a look! It's very beautiful and totally a must for all Evangelion fans!
Ohayo Minna-san, Misa Misa desu~<3
I've got great news to all Kingdom Hearts fans! The Play Arts are out in Japan!!!
These are in scale with the Final Fantasy Play Arts from FF VII, VIII, X and X-2!
Axel of course must come with his huge Chakrams. His arms are very nicely molded too!
Kairi is in her blue school outfit instead of her pink outfit. And she comes with her school bag :D
Roxas has a very serious face and comes with his keyblade.
And last but not least, Sora! He too has a very determined face and comes with his regular keyblade.
Go take a look! ^-^
Ohayo Minna-san, Misa Misa desu~<3
Today's featured gallery is very special to me, as a gothic lolita fan!
It's none other then Gothic Lolita Asuka!
I'm quite pleased to say this figure is from my own personal collection! And it's displayed right above my bed *^-^*
Though I personally think the photographer was chotto ecchi desu.... kedo.... -.-;;;
Please click on the icon to check out the gallery :D
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto
I'm a couple of days late but hey, what can you do? Anyway here is the Sera Chan gallery. Quite an attractive PVC statue regardless of what color shirt she's got on.
Next up I've the Takara Superman and Supergirl Microman along with a few other items... I'd have something more definitive to tell you in terms of what's coming but customs is being such a pain.
Check it out here!
Photos by Kabuto