• Animu,  Life

    Operation NT-D: Episode 3

    Three days to show time. Given this is only the third real time I’ve worked with my partner on the armor, a lot of it was done by him alone. We’re really crunching on this one, and the rushed effort shows. Most of the armor is taking shape this time around, though a very important aspect has yet to be…

  • Animu,  Life

    Operation NT-D: Episode 2

    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…

  • Energon,  Transformers

    Transformers Energon Mega Class Ironhide

    Ah, Energon Ironhide. While the character itself wasn’t particularly well-received in-series (I sure as heck wasn’t Ironhide’s biggest fanboy) his figure treatment wasn’t too bad. I rather like big, blue, and bulky. He still ended up being one of the Energon era’s most abundant shelf-warmers though. Poor rookie.

  • Pacific Rim

    NECA 7″ Coyote Tango

    Coyote Tango, the Japanese Jaeger featured in merely a flashback in Pacific Rim. This marks NECA’s third new Jaeger mold for the 7″ figure series, and is part of their third wave. I had mentioned getting this one in the mail a while back, along with fellow Mark I Jaeger Cherno Alpha, which I will get around to in due time. I…

  • Pacific Rim

    NECA 7″ Crimson Typhoon

    “Crimson Typhoon. China. One of the Greatest. Assembled in Changzhou. Full titanium core, no alloys. Fifty diesel engines per muscle strand. Deadly, precise fighter.” *Cue Typhoon getting curb-stomped by Otachi in under a minute*