Sunday, December 26, 2010

PRESENTS!!!!!

Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and great hauls...my Christmas this year I thought was alright. As you can tell by the picture, I got something last night a gift from my sister's BF...and that gift is: Master Grade Strike Noir!

So to recap...my Christmas haul would be as follows:

Master Grade Deathscythe version Ka
Master Grade Strike Noir
1/10 Rockman.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Mail Call: Automaton Toys

I won't bother doing an unboxing, because alot of you knew that this was coming for me...but the god damned Canada Post kept me waiting long enough Finally! It's here.... ..something that I've been eagerly awaiting for the last few days: Fansproject's Protector armour and Sidearm! I had this shipped out on the 16th, and it only arrived today. I became pretty paranoid when I saw the tracking status changed to "Item successfully delivered" yet nothing had arrived at the door yet...I was suppose to get this on the 20th, but I suppose it got held back because of the Holliday rush...I suppose I can only blame myself for having something ordered so close to Christmas. But this is a very, very cool set none the less!

For those not in the know, Fansproject is a well known third party company that works outside the boundaries of Hasbro and Takara Tommy. They take pre-existing figures and then improves upon them by adding armour or extra pieces, their more well known for their City Commander upgrade set for the Classics Ultra Magnus...pictured below here:


The Fansproject Protector Armour set came curtsy of Automaton Toys, I'll post a link down below here: 
http://www.automatontoys.com/

And I'll post a link to Fansproject's main website as well: 

http://www.fansproject.com/

Friday, December 17, 2010

Tron Legacy thoughts and impressions

I'll try to keep this as spoiler free s possible, and will only give how I thought the movie was overall: 


I went to the Midnight premiere last night and saw it in Imax 3D, without having seen the original Tron I went into this with zero expectations, and not really getting a lot of the references the film made  I can say though that this movie is just awesome though! Granted there were a few moments of the film I felt were cliched, almost making me wanna roll my eyes...and the film was a bit predictable.  


I love the sound track, and the visuals and special effects were pretty awesome. I went to the Imax 3D Showing, and i can tell you that at least half of the film isn't really in 3D...the beginning part and the end in the human world anyway.


Overall, I really had a fun time with this movie, I think it really is worth a watch. 

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Yet another shopping trip

As you can tell by the photo, I went out and bought something again. This time, it's the 1/100 Master Grade Death Scythe ver Ka, I bought this from Gundam Base in Pacific Mall who FINALLY got some new model kits in. The price for this kit wasn't bad either, it came up to about 60$. Either way, my parents gave me some cash for Christmas, and I paid it using that money...so this is technically their present. I do have plans for this model kit, since I have some black paint left over from another project, I'll be using that to add a bit more black here and there...personally I love the design but think there's a bit too much white.

On a side note, I just got my shipping notice for the Fansproject Protector Armour and Sidearm, so I'll be getting that within the next few days! So very excited for this set.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Shopping Trip




I did some more shopping today and I was met with a couple of nice and unexpected surprises first, my reason for going out today was because Power Core Combiners were on sale at Toys R Us, unfortunately I don't have a Toys R Us near me, so I had to take the flyer to get it price matched at a different store. Like an idiot, I didn't take the whole flyer with me, just the page that had the sale. Luckily, I found a cashier at Zellers(A Canadian Target) And they were able to price match for me no problem. Then I went to EB Games today, and I found Alpha Protocol for the PS3 brand new for 10!! I nearly bought Persona 3 Portable too, so I'm pretty glad I decided to take one more look before buying it. 

At the same EB Games, there were these girls there advertising Tron Legacy, after talking with them I told them that I already got my advance tickets for the midnight showing, and they gave me this really spiffy double sided poster: 
And yes, I do really have my advance tickets for the movie, I'll be seeing it opening night. 

Saturday, December 11, 2010

China Builds a Giant Gundam!

With Japan building their own life-sized statue of the RX-78 Gundam, it seems as though China wants to get in and make their own version of the statue,  . Oh China...is there nothing you'll rip off just to make a quick buck?

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Shopping Trip


I went downtown on a cold, Wednesday afternoon the other day and stopped by my favrioute import shop: Anime X Treme. I was in a mood to build some Gunpla, so I picked up: The 1/144 High Grade Beginning Gundam...cool design, but I still think the name is garbage. I also picked up some Tamiya cement, which will be used for a kit bash/custom that I have planned for somewhere down the line. 

Friday, December 3, 2010

Figma Dragon Knight is OUT!

Seems as though the Japanese market's getting their hands on the Figma Dragon Knight now! As you can tell by the photos: this toy is going to in perfectly with you're S.H.Figuarts, so it seems as though it can act as a stand-in for an S.H.Figuarts Ryuki! Now I'm wondering if this will be in scale with the R&M/Souchaku Henshin EX Mirror Monsters. You can see more photos of this figure here:




http://herofigure.blog24.fc2.com/blog-entry-541.html
http://schizophonic9.com/figma_dragonknight.html http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/taka421jp/53160848.html http://zzkeroro.blog75.fc2.com/blog-entry-556.html http://taste.image.coocan.jp/hobby101202.htm
http://shishioh.info/figma-sp015.php

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger Rumours and First Impressions


Taken from the Rumours thread at HenshinJustice, please take it with a grain of salt:
New Program, "Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger" February 13th, 2011 Start on TV-Asahi, Nationwide!

The 35th Super Sentai Series, the likes of which have never been seen before in history. Their name, "Kaizoku Sentai Goukaiger."

POINT 1- Goukai! Soukai! Tsuukai! (Heroic! Exhilarating! Thrilling!) The motif of this year's heroes is "Pirates". This motif overflows in from both its popularity in anime, cinema and other types of entertainment.

POINT 2- Super Sentai Series 35th Work. A Memoiral Year. 34 Sentai Series and 200 past heroes are used in this work. Both parents and children alike can enjoy it.

POINT 3- Transformation items are the "Ranger Keys", keys which have the likenesses of past Sentai Heroes, and the Mobile Phone, "Mobairetsu". Using the keys, the Goukaiger can turn into past sentai heroes and fight their enemies.

POINT 4- Their sword is the GoukaiKen, their gun, the GoukaiGun, which creates both an enchanting and violent Pirate Action.

POINT 5- Red's machine, GoukaiGalleon, unites with "vehicles favorited by boys" to form the gattai robo, GoukaiOh. 







Now, I'll like to start that I'm not into Sentai as I am into Kamen Rider. The only Sentai I've seen start to finish is Dekaranger, I dunno I find Sentai to be a little "meh". Goukaiger is shaping up and looking quite interesting though. I loved Kamen Rider Decade, so I'll no doubt enjoy Goukaiger as well. 


Goukaiger however, is shaping