Upcoming Toys on TOYSREVIL (Feb/6/2011)

Oh c'mon! How many NOMS do we really need, ThreeA Toys? How many colorways and different weathering a similar body-build figure can be produced and released? BARGUEST The Fallen N.O.M.? C'mon, who are you kidding here! Release in March too? Just perfect for the 3AA discount you say? C'MON! …. ooooohhh did you mention "comes with two guns"? Ooooohh must buy then …. *readies mouse-click*Yet another

Bandai Gundam Exclusives for Anime Festival Asia 2009

Gundam Exclusive toys for this weekend's Anime Festival Asia 2009 [tagged] has been revealed via the AFA-fanpage! (Will update once better & higher-res images are available.)

Ultraman Seven Capsule Toys by TOUMA x Bandai

ULTRAMAN 7 x TOUMA sees two series' worth of iconic Ultraman (Ultra Seven) characters interpreted by Japanese designer TOUMA, and produced by Bandai into the form of capsule / gashapon toys = featuring 5 sets of 4 designs per set (Series 1 x 2 sets / Series 2 x 3 sets) = hella loads to collect, IMHO! Best bet is to check with your fav toy-retailer for availability (FYI: these are circa 2008-09)

seen@anime festival asia 08: bandai / sukichika series (day zero)

This is a new term for me "(Super) Squashed" - which I reckon to be the equivalent of "Super-Deformed" BUT also utterly adorably baby-cute (litle an even squashier Pink St. with short limbs and body *giggle*). Seen @ the S.I.C Booth within Bandai's PLANET MECH Zone @ the Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] was this huge series of mini-figures (approx less than 2" tall) - each standing on a base

seen@anime festival asia 08: bandai / super imaginative chogokin / s.i.c. (day zero)

The S.I.C. Booth @ Bandai's PLANET MECH Zone @ the Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] saw a truly awesome display of articulated figures - featuring Kamen Riders, Saint Seiyas, and loads more - both production and prototypes of future releases - most notably the S.I.C. Vol.44 Zeronos & Deneb Imagin (shown below), and a new smaller-scaled figure with Kiwami-Damashii Masked Rider Hibiki (yep, I took

ben 10 @ anime festival asia 2008 (day zero + one)

The BEN 10 Alien Force Toy Showcase at Bandai's arena @ Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] saw the latest toys associated with Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 Alien Force Series on display. (Some were available for purchase at seperate satlls/booths within the exhibition hall itself :p)./// CLICK THRU for pics taken on Day Zero (pre-event / Press Con / shown above) and have just added Day One pictures -

digimons @ anime festival asia 2008 (day zero)

Digimons seen @ Bandai's showcase arena @ Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] on Day Zero (pre-event / Press Con-day). Some figures still "taking a nap" before their full-on debut the next day for two days between November 22 and 23rd 2008 :)

bandai cute @ anime festival asia 2008 (day zero)

I literally do not know how to label this particular showcase booth @ Bandai's display arena, other than "Bandai Cute" - basically becoz it is going to be displaying all the kiddie-cute toy-concepts and products in the following 2 days happening this weekend at the Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged] @ Suntec City Hall 403-404. Hopefully more images of toys on display other than these taken on Day

bandai @ anime festival asia 2008 (day zero)

Day Zero @ BANDAI's PLANET MECH Arena saw the set-up of a human-sized Gundam figure greeting vistiors as they enter Suntec City Halls 403-404 for the Anime Festival Asia 2008 [tagged]. More of a thorough-fare pragmatic display concept compared to their presence at the recent Singapore Toy & Comic Convention 2008 [blogged] - the Bandai banner flew high (literally) with a cube-balloon, and seperate

toy exclusives for anime festival asia 2008 @ suntec city, singapore (nov 22-23)

So what's an anime festival without TOYS? And toys you're gonna be getting! The Anime Festival Asia [tagged] website has listed a whole slew of exclusives and limited edition toys from Bandai, Kotobukiya and Medicom Toy - set to debut at the show happening this weekend @ Suntec City, Halls 403-404 (Nov 22, 23) - to whet otaku toy-collectors' appetites./// CLICK THRU for Gundams, Tetsujins, Kamen

seen@sdcc2008: tamashii nations

In addition to the Movie Realization Batman & Batpod [tagged / pic courtesy of Steve Talkowski's flickr] on display at the Tamashii Nations' booth @ SDCC (altho I wonder why they are still showing the unpainted proto) included various rump-kicking hyper-insane'O S.I.C. Imagination Works Dioramas showcasing works by Takayuki Takeya and Kenji Ando - for which Kirkland of Toybot Studios has more

shitama-kun & konta @ san diego comic convention 2008

Peep the devilish vinyl-duo SDCC-exclusive for Toynami dubbed SHITAMA-KUN & KONTA! ... And while I have no empirical evidence to back this up, my humble deduction is that: this figure is a vinylization of a Furi Furi-designed character and is one of the character icons for Tamashii (Bandai's new collector-focused label / Japanese-www) - Shitama-Kun and his trust doggie Konta is limited to only

movie realization batman & batpod for bandai

Remember the Masakazu Katsura-designed Batman / Dark Knight (with Batpod) for BANDAI's Movie Realization line - showcased [and featured] during the recent Tokyo Toy Show? Well, here are more (prototype) pics courtesy of Amiami.com [all pics via] with a pre-order price of 6,952YEN (US$65 / SGD$88) compared to the SRP of 8,925YEN (US$84 / SGD$114) - wish I had the dough tho :p ... CLICK THRU FOR

seen@stcc08: ben10 epic alien figures

I watched my first (near) full episode of BEN10 [wiki] today on the telly. Via pure happenstance I clicked unto the kids' channel this Saturday morning and watched Ben dial and transform into a multitude of super-powered Omnitrix characters (reminds me loads of "Dial-H-For-HERO" tho) ... and I remembered also standing, transfixed at both 12-incher tall EPIC Alien Figures FOUR ARMS and HEATBLAST

ryubi gundam @ singapore toy & comic convention 2008

seen @ BANDAI (Booth C07)

bandai's gundam @ singapore toy & comic convention 2008 (day zero)

Seen @ BANDAIBANDAI was out in full force @ STCC with the Gundam Caravan pavilion that would be too hard pressed to miss! Featuring the entire 109#s of the MG-series on display, as well as oddles of S.I.C. figures, BEN-10 and the launch of RYUBI GUNDAM, CHOHI GUNDAM and KAN-U GUNDAM!(sorry folks, I not otaku enough to elaborate - will come back again with further details!)

tamashi nation batman @ tokyo toy show 2008

Now, I do not think I'm known to be an "eloquent" man (I'd like to think I am but I know I'm delusional) - so when I set my humble-peepers on this TAMASHI NATION's THE DARK KNIGHT figure currently on display this weekend at the International Tokyo Toy Show 2008 [tagged] - all I can think of to share with you folks is: I shat meself - twice. (thank teh CyberGawds I don't write for a living, innit