This is what happens when the Chairman is left to his own devices.
He is undoubtedly pleased with himself and we all look on in stunned silence as a GA 50 and a GA 51 get it on.
Oddly enough his pathetic customization attempt proved more successful than the “bored”room had thought possible and the company stock rebounds… allowing all those involved to have enough confidence in the brand to continue their purchases on the internet financially unhindered.
You like Super Deformed toys? You like diecast? You like so called “Cloth”? You like midgets? Me too. These are awesome. Three inches of pure Japanese toy goodness..
A multi-part review in which I continue raving about little known Virtual-On toys…
Sega’s Real Model series seems to be mostly known for the rather immobile anime character statues and Evangelion Evas that made up most of it. However, Sega also released a small number of mechs (“Virtuaroids”) from their “Cyber Troopers Virtual-On” robot fighting game. These are considerably more articulated than the other releases. Five different Virtuaroid models were released: Temjin, Viper II, Raiden, Fei-Yen, and Apharmd. In this review I will cover two of them: Temjin and Raiden (Real Models 05 and 08, respectively), and their P2 (Player 2) recolors released later on. I hope to review the rest of them later on (hence the ‘Pt. 1’ in the title). (more…)
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One of those tins that you always tell yourself you will get around to getting once the bigger names are out of the way. Like Jeeg’s tin incarnation, it does not always bring the amount of respect it should. I finally got around to locating one in the condition I was comfortable with. Even though not a terribly difficult piece to find, the majority of boxes are in worn condition at best.
The self described “Warrior of Justice†and noble leader of Akumaizer Three, Zabitan has a demonic look that makes me think Kaman Rider and DevilMan might have a hidden drunken night of passion together back in 75′.
Although one of the few Takatoku tins, the Zabitan zenmai pound for pound is as beautiful as any Bullmark counterpart. This is in part due to the remarkable hand spray painting on the head, in addition to a overall sophisticated and classic color palette.
A true hidden gem among the easier to find vintage tin walkers.
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Here is my Underdog-Bot-Foto-Lovestory. I choose Popy’s Gonbesu
from the Kyodain series, because he really is a special piece of metal.
You love or hate him. If you hate him you could use
him as a cannonball or play boule with him.
You dont know boule? Ask the french…
Thats Gonbesu, Skyzel & Granzel’s buddy. The robotic bowling ball.
I tell you, he’s real heavy. It took a few years till I bought this robot,
because there was always something else on top of my “buy list”.
Gonbesu is not very sexy, compared to his two sidekicks Skyzel & Granzel.
But if you hold him in your hand. Hmmm, he’s not that bad.
Why didn’t I buy him earlier…
One of his action features are his “spring-loaded-legs”.
If you open the cover on his front, you find to yellow
buttons. Push them and the “spring-mechanism” of
the legs will be released.
Gonbesu comes with 3 little metal tools.
He could hold them in his magnetic hands.
The birthday haul.. AWESOME. Just wanted to give a public shout out to all my pals here for spoiling me rotten. I’m not bragging here guys, I’m just pointing out how much this community throws down. After all the great summit stories I thought I would throw another positive example into the mix. Our community ROCKS!! Here we are 10+ years into this, a 1000 in internets years, and we just get closer. Grab your tissues kids..
Thanks again to everyone for not only the good wares, but good wishes and thoughts as well. You all know who you are. Love.
Sjoen
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I know full well that there are maybe just a handful of people who like this stuff. And for those of us that do, information can be a bit scarce at times. And what we know is often limited, inaccurate or incomplete. I’ve tried to do my best to bring some of it to light over at CDX, but I feel I’ve only scratched the surface.
One thing I do know is that while the toys themselves may not be the greatest things out there, some of the box art is pretty neat. I’ve been buying these for years, but only recently decided to look at all the boxes together.
Eagle eyes will see parts of Great Mazinger, Combattler, Atoranger, Robo Kress, Daikengo and others mashed into nearly unrecognizable forms, while other images are much more obvious in their inspirations. Some of these (Gundam, Pegas) are even licensed toys. Two unique ones from the lot include the “Super Robot” as it’s the only one produced in Argentina and “Robot di Pace” which seems to take no inspiration from any other robot that I know.
