A very old collectible piece that I acquired many a year ago when it first came out, this resin-cast statue of Samus Aran of Metroid fame was once the holy grail of my geeky collection. Unfortunately, since suffered some slight breakage, it was relegated to a forgotten corner of the display shelves, left to rot and collect dust for what…
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Propaganda Poster Test: Pacific Rim
Fooled around a little in Photoshop the other day during downtime in my Graphic Design class. Decided I would try my hand at making a propaganda poster based on Barack Obama’s famous “Hope” poster. Used our favorite Jaeger pilot as the test-bed. Didn’t turn out exactly as I had hoped, but close enough. I was gonna put “Jaeger” as the…
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Robot Damashii Gawain
I’ll say it now – the Gawain is hands-down my favorite Knightmare Frame from Code Geass. Aside from being 3x the size of a normal Knightmare (this is debatable; the anime, figures, and official reference material all clash on Gawain’s official size, but point is that it’s bigger and badder than your standard Knigtmare), sporting the awesome black and gold,…
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Transformers Prime Shockwave’s Lab [SDCC 2013 Exclusive]
Fairly certain this is the first San Diego Comic Con Exclusive I’ve come to own, without ever actually having attended SDCC before. This particular piece was released only this past year in 2013, so it’s a relatively recent exclusive. Picked this one up at Robo Toy Fest last year, not because I particularly cared for the SDCC exclusivity, but mostly…
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MG Aile Strike Gundam Ver. RM
Wanna kick 2014 off to a nice start, so here’s the year’s first review: my personal favorite mobile suit in its latest incarnation. Ever since Duel’s first prototype rolled out, I’ve been waiting for my remastered Strike. Needless to say, much a pleasurable ‘plagasm was experienced at this kit’s first announcement. As the other G Machines slowly rolled out in…