T-minus four days until the big show. And my partner and I have barely reached the halfway point with our armor. We thought we were crunching last year, but this is a whole new level or taking things at the eleventh hour. Thankfully I was able to devote a little more time for this session, so more things could be…
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Alter 1/8 Aname Suzuha with Mountain Bike
And yet another piece that isn’t mine – this one also belongs to my pal who owns the Figma Black Gold Saw and Play Arts Kai Spartan Warrior. He more or less let me borrow just about every collectible piece of animu merch he owned for me to photoshoot and write up a review about. Not that I’m complaining, of…
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Figma Mato Kuroi
Another Figma that isn’t actually mine, also from the Black Rock Shooter series to boot! Another friend of mine had bought this online whilst it was on sale; I merely borrowed it for a quick photoshoot and subsequently this review. I’ve seen the school girl versions of the Black Rock Shooter characters around, but they never really appealed to…
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S.H. Figuarts Lelouch Lamprouge
I’ve always catered exclusively to the Figma line-up instead of the S.H. Figuarts, so this is my first taste in what the latter can do. Given that Figma Lelouch is long out of production, this little palm-sized figurine is the last of its kind still available on the market. I’ve been eyeing this figure for quite some time, since I…
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NG 1/100 Dynames Gundam
My comrade, who himself was a Gundam this past year at Anime Expo 2013, was introduced to Gunpla and to most of the Gundam metaverse by yours truly. I’ve taught him as my apprentice, and started him off on ‘pla with HG or NG 1/100 kits. He’s taken after my policy of avoiding 1/144 kits, though of course I wouldn’t…