Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
My review of Figma Mikuru Asahina
Mikuru Asahina in a character from light novel, and now anime, series, "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya." In this series, Haruhi forms the SOS Brigade, to stave off boredom. The purpose of that club is to search for aliens, espers, time travelers, and basically anything abnornal, because normal is completely beneath her.
Mikuru was dragged into the club completely against her will, because Haruhi felt that her cute face, large breasts, and luscious curves would make her a great mascot and a powerful marketing asset. Little did Haruhi know, Mikuru Asahina was in fact a time traveller sent from the future to investigate a temporal disturbance centered around Haruhi.
Figma Mikuru Asahina is the ninth release in the Figma line. Err, sixth, I typed it upside down. The Good Smile Company continues their long standing excellence in their action figures, as I will show in this picture review.
This picture practically shot itself.
The Figma releases come with these really nice bags to hold the figure and all of their stuff, which I think is awesome.
This figure seems to be born to be shy and timid, which is perfect to the character. When I was posing her for this shot, I noticed that her right leg is about a millimeter longer than her left. Has anyone else had this concern?
Mikuru comes with five sets of hands, (as opposed to four with Saber) two extra faces, and one extra pair of shoes. I kinda wish that she came with an extra hair that didn't look like it was so windy, but this one works fine.
She also pulls off the "sweet and innocent" really well. Again, that comes with the character.
Her elbows bend a little over 90 degrees, just a bit less than Saber's elbows. I kinda wish that they bent a little more so that she could clasp her hands to her chest better, but with the right photography, you can't really tell.
She also comes with a pair of cute shoes, that in the anime, she keeps in her locker and changes into when she gets to school. The first time I saw pics of this figure, I noticed the shoes, but I thought it was a production error. But I'm glad she comes with them, they're really cute!
Changing into her cute shoes is a simple as taking off her feet, and attaching these alternate ones. The Figma joints are all modular and standardized, which is great. I'm also going to take this time to say how thoroughly pleased I am with the work GSC put into Figma Mikuru Asahina. This pose is one that many of my figures, such as Revoltech, Transformers, or even Gundams would have troubles with, but the Figma figures pull off really well.
The five pairs of hands she comes with really add to the character of her poses.
Everything on this figure is pretty much perfect, but there are some things that could have made her more perfect. For instance, if she came with a hand and face for her "Mikuru Beam" that would have been more awesome than words can portray.
All in all, if you are a fan of the Haruhi series, (like me) get one. If you are a fan of Mikuru, (like me!) get one. If you are a fan of Figma, (like me) get one, or even if you are just a fan of some cute moe anime girl figures, (um, that's me too...) get one. This figure is great!
Mikuru was dragged into the club completely against her will, because Haruhi felt that her cute face, large breasts, and luscious curves would make her a great mascot and a powerful marketing asset. Little did Haruhi know, Mikuru Asahina was in fact a time traveller sent from the future to investigate a temporal disturbance centered around Haruhi.
Figma Mikuru Asahina is the ninth release in the Figma line. Err, sixth, I typed it upside down. The Good Smile Company continues their long standing excellence in their action figures, as I will show in this picture review.
This picture practically shot itself.
The Figma releases come with these really nice bags to hold the figure and all of their stuff, which I think is awesome.
This figure seems to be born to be shy and timid, which is perfect to the character. When I was posing her for this shot, I noticed that her right leg is about a millimeter longer than her left. Has anyone else had this concern?
Mikuru comes with five sets of hands, (as opposed to four with Saber) two extra faces, and one extra pair of shoes. I kinda wish that she came with an extra hair that didn't look like it was so windy, but this one works fine.
She also pulls off the "sweet and innocent" really well. Again, that comes with the character.
Her elbows bend a little over 90 degrees, just a bit less than Saber's elbows. I kinda wish that they bent a little more so that she could clasp her hands to her chest better, but with the right photography, you can't really tell.
She also comes with a pair of cute shoes, that in the anime, she keeps in her locker and changes into when she gets to school. The first time I saw pics of this figure, I noticed the shoes, but I thought it was a production error. But I'm glad she comes with them, they're really cute!
Changing into her cute shoes is a simple as taking off her feet, and attaching these alternate ones. The Figma joints are all modular and standardized, which is great. I'm also going to take this time to say how thoroughly pleased I am with the work GSC put into Figma Mikuru Asahina. This pose is one that many of my figures, such as Revoltech, Transformers, or even Gundams would have troubles with, but the Figma figures pull off really well.
The five pairs of hands she comes with really add to the character of her poses.
Everything on this figure is pretty much perfect, but there are some things that could have made her more perfect. For instance, if she came with a hand and face for her "Mikuru Beam" that would have been more awesome than words can portray.
All in all, if you are a fan of the Haruhi series, (like me) get one. If you are a fan of Mikuru, (like me!) get one. If you are a fan of Figma, (like me) get one, or even if you are just a fan of some cute moe anime girl figures, (um, that's me too...) get one. This figure is great!
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
A new scan of GT-R Alternity Convoy
A new scan of this figure, in it's awesomeness! The image is rather small, so there's not a lot of information to be gleaned from it. I think we can reasonably rule out the forearms claws the lineart had. The roof and windshield hang a lot lower than I hoped they would, but such is the nature of kibble. I'm looking forward to seeing how this figure transforms, especially seeing how the middle section of the bumper integrates into the chest. If I were the Transformer designer, the head would probably be in that section.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Way early prototype of the MG Infinite Justice
Found this in my random wanderings of the internet. Bandai just showed off a very early prototype of the upcoming Master Grade Infinite Justice Gundam.
Bandai did a really good job with the MG SEED Gundams so far, this one should be no exception to it.
You can see that the build is really early. All that's being worked on at the moment is the external sculpt of it. You can see that many parts that would be moving or removable are one solid piece.
Also missing is the signature backpack/glider/booster thing.
I've been of two minds about this MS. I've never liked the color of it, I think it would be much better in a deep red instead of the pinkish color it comes in, but if I ever got myself a pink Gundam, this would probably be it. I'll be following this and posting updates as I find them!
Bandai did a really good job with the MG SEED Gundams so far, this one should be no exception to it.
You can see that the build is really early. All that's being worked on at the moment is the external sculpt of it. You can see that many parts that would be moving or removable are one solid piece.
Also missing is the signature backpack/glider/booster thing.
I've been of two minds about this MS. I've never liked the color of it, I think it would be much better in a deep red instead of the pinkish color it comes in, but if I ever got myself a pink Gundam, this would probably be it. I'll be following this and posting updates as I find them!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Posting should be important...
But I've been busy for a past couple weeks, and so I'm a slacker. So, I'll post some videos!
This is a cool video of someone building a Lego Millenium Falcon in stop motion. The music didn't agree with me, but it's fun enough to watch muted.
Here is a substance called Ferrofluid, some sort of liquid, probably a type of oil, impregnated with a ferric material, which makes it magnetic in nature. Really cool to watch!
This one's cool, some sort of puzzle thing.
Here is some sort of amazing Rubik's cube, that is literally two in one!
Oh, and just one more really cool thing:
Anyhow, I'll do my best to update more often.
This is a cool video of someone building a Lego Millenium Falcon in stop motion. The music didn't agree with me, but it's fun enough to watch muted.
Here is a substance called Ferrofluid, some sort of liquid, probably a type of oil, impregnated with a ferric material, which makes it magnetic in nature. Really cool to watch!
This one's cool, some sort of puzzle thing.
Here is some sort of amazing Rubik's cube, that is literally two in one!
Oh, and just one more really cool thing:
Anyhow, I'll do my best to update more often.
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