• Animu,  Life

    Anime Expo 2016: Day 4

    Day 4 – as usual usually our unwinding and kick-back day. No armor or cosplay of any sorts of course – just some good ‘ol fashion comfortable exploring of the last few halls we haven’t quite combed clean yet. This would usually also be our buying day where we hunt down all the nice last-day-deals in the Exhibit Hall, but…

  • Animu,  Code Geass

    Robot Damashii Lancelot

    I once owned the 1/35 Lancelot model kit from Bandai, but have since sold it, therefore being deprived of everyone’s favorite titular Knightmare Frame from Code Geass. The Robot Damashii release brought a fresh update to the mech design, and wasn’t short on included figure features and accessories. My one gripe with these Robot Spirits figures is how overpriced they…

  • Animu,  Code Geass

    Robot Damashii Mordred

    I always told myself that I would never succumb to paying the crazy premium prices for Exclusive and Limited Release Robot Damashii figures. I thought I’d be pretty well sated with just the regular release line-up – I consider myself a die-hard Code Geass fan, but I don’t think I’d be too down to shell out over $100 for a…

  • Animu,  Code Geass

    Robot Damashii Tristan

    Tristan has the distinct honor of being the only Knight of Rounds Knightmare Frame (barring series main-mecha Lancelot) to be a regular release in the Robot Damashii line-up, as near everyone else (Mordred, Percival, Galahad) came as Special Edition exclusives. Whether this was due to the Knightmare’s popularity (doubtful) or ease of production (further doubtful), Tristan unfortunately ended up as…