Archive for October, 2008
Special notice: As November 3 is a national holiday called, seriously, Culture Day we will not be in If you want to know more about Culture Day or think we’re joking about it click on the link below for more details. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_Day We’ll be back next week for those interested with a detailed report on the Beagle- 1/10 Ride Armor.
Welcome to part 2 of our Revoltech Expo report. This will foucus more on the domesticaly popular line such as Hokuto no Ken Revolution and the soon to be released Haruhi and Queensblade lines.
The Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) Revolution series is doing well in Japan with many fans of the original manga series that ran over 20 years ago picking them up due to nostaligic factor. The characters that will be released after #007 Raoh were displayed for the first time and some were surprising choices to say the least. #007 Raoh: The last character of the first batch of seven. Though he may be the main villan of the story as he was not a true figure of evil grew to be one of the most popular characters in the series. Got so popular that a mock funeral was held in his honor when he died in the manga Release Date: February The following will be the second batch of characters following the first seven. No exact release date is available but they are all scheduled to be released during or after Spring 2009. Juza: Also known as Juza of the Clouds he is one of the members of the Nanto Goshasei who are sworn to protect the last Nanto General.
Shuu: The proud blind warrior of the Nanto Hakuroken who in the end sacrifiices himself to save the future generation from Souther. Souther: The self proclaimed “Holy Emperor” he was destined to rule over all the other Nanto styles He too like Raoh is not a true figure of evil though this is only revealed when he dies atop the pyrimid he built for his mentor. Falco: The Golden General of the Imperial Capital’s army and the chief rival of Kensiro in the second arc of the story. A honorable man who is held in high regard by his army who will sacrifice themselves to protect him. Forced to serve evil to protect Empress Lui he is the “tragic hero” of the story. Uighur, the Warden of Dungeon of Cassandra. The cruel giant in viking armor who uses his whip to kill any who dare try to escape from Cassandra. Of all the characters that will be released Uighur and Shuu are probably the most suprising. Both are essential characters in the story but are more popular among the hard core then the average fan. It finally looks like Revoltech caught the Haruhi bug. As you can see from their display expect to see alot of Haruhi related releases next year. Starting with the Haruhi figure that will be included in the soon to be released Wii game three Haruhi figures will be released in consecutive months starting from February.
Seperate from the Revotech Haruhi line the Haruhi bust statues that will be included in four magazines were on show with the Oh My Goddess! character item that will also be available with a magazine.
The Queensblade characters will also be making their much awaited debut next year. Called by many the odds on favorite to be the best selling figure line of 2009 it was considered by many “the real main attraction ” of the show.
The Revoltech’s many hobby magazine limited version will be last. Dengeki Hobby will be selling through their December issue “Black Overman” the first original character to be released from the Yamaguchi Revoltech line.
This will be a different version of the already released Revoltech Gurren Lagann Enkido which will be made available in the November issue of “Figure Oh”
This will be all for the Revoltech Expo 09 report. Hope you enjoyed it If you want to check out part 1 of our report click on the link below!! http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1780.html
We’ve been fortunate enough to be lent a sample of the Beagle 1/10 Ride Armor scheduled for release later this month. We have a detailed review up next week but as many people are wondering about how large the thing really is we’ve placed it next to a can of coke so that you can get a idea of how large the thing is. Please note this is a prototype and there is a possibilty that final product may be slightly different.
The annual Revoltech Expo was held this year on October 25 at the Tokyo Anime Center. The main attraction this year was unveiling of their newest brand “Assemble Borg” which is designed to be a mecha figure series that will come with many extra parts and be easy to costumize. There were a few more surprise anouncments that we will show later in this post. It has also been annouced that to prepare for the release of the Third Generation Revoltechs that are scheduled to be released starting on May 1 2009 both the Yamaguchi Revotechs and Fraulein Revoltech would be taking a hiatus after their November releases. The Yamaguchi Revoltech will be shut down until the May re-start while the Fraulein Revoltechs will be off three months before re-starting with the new Haruhi character line. The recently started Hokuto no Ken Revolution and Street Fighter Online series will continue for the forseeable future to be released every month. Lets start with the pictures with the newly announced “Assemble Borg” series. The concept of the series will be according to their official website ( http://assembleborg.com/) “Infinite Number of changeable parts combined with the ultimate action figure”. To be sold only domestically at this point and only through their website the first two from the series will be released on December 15 followed by two more on January 15. One of the things that stand out about the series is that the parts of vehicles that will be released with the action figures will be able to attach to the action figures making it easy to build your own type of powered armor.
Retail Price: 2500 Yen Assemble Borg #002 Barrels Speeder Retail Price: 3300 Yen Assemble Borg #003 Baron Retail Price: 2500 Yen Assemble Borg #004 Cyber Retail Price: 2500Yen By itself these might not look like much but when the parts are combined they look much better. A few examples look like this
When combined with the #002 Barrels Speeder it looks like this.
As you can see here the posibilities are limitless it up to you to find the combination that fits you. Next will be the Street Fighter Online Revoltech series that is being pushed by Kaiyodo. It was designed to replicate exactly how the characters actually move in the mouse controlled game. Not only does it feature many on the icons of the original it also introduces many new characters that can be seen here. The “Russian Red Cyclone” Zangief and the Chinese Martial Artist Baichoufu will be the next from this series to be released.
It was also announced that a Alien Revoltech Series would be starting in 2009. Two figures were on display but no word on if the items shown were real products.
The reproduction of the cute and well selling Amozon and Seven-Eleven versions of the Yotsubato Donbo- was also being pushed. Both are of course available only through there respectable shops.
This will be the end of part one of our report. Click on the link below to see part two!! http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1781.html
This will be a simple list of items that have been put on our web site last week. This is the same list that has been sent out through our newsletter every Friday. If you wish to receive the newsletter please make a account on our webshop and chose subscribe to newsletter. A account may be made through the link added below. https://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/login.php?osCsid=d632668a08672bef2cd559410665d0ef If you find something interesting please click on the link below to go October 18 to October 24 2008 New Item List: 1/6 Shiki Ryogi PVC Figure 1/7 Kanon Seena PVC Figure 1/7 Pastel Ink PVC Figure 1/10 Masaomi Arikawa PVC Figure 1/10 Kajiwara Kagetoki PVC Figure 1/6 Eve Sakakibara PVC Figure Reborn Figure Lanbo Figure 1/7 Kazami Mizuho (Swimsuit Ver) PVC Figure 1/8 Xecty Ein PVC Figure 1/8 Kanon Seena PVC Figure 1/8 Kensin Uesugi PVC Figure Tukisima Koko PVC Figure
The fourth part of our report on the Japan Mokei Hobby Show will feature the items shown at the Wave as well as a few other booths. Wave Booth First will be the PVC figures. Many of their soon to be released figure like the Yoko from Gurren Lagann, Nagi from Kannagi, and the every present Haruhi figures were being shown.
Here are the mecha section of the Wave booth. Tachikoma , Patlabor Ingram and of course a lot of the ever popular ,at least in Japan, Votoms were making there present felt. The new model kits from the Wave Macross Model Kit series were also on display. They are scheduled for a spring 2009 release.
And for the rest. As always the Kerbeus Saga items put on display at the Takara Tomy booth were impressive. The $1260 Millennium Falcon and other Star Wars ships that was being shown at the Fine Molds booth also caught the eye.
This will be all from the Japan Mokei Hobby Show if you’ve haven’t checked out the first three post on the show links will be provide below so don’t forget to check them out. Bandai Booth Report Yamato Booth Report Beagle and Hasegawa Booth Report http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1709.html
The third part of our report on the Japan Mokei Hobby Show will feature the items shown at the Beagle and Hasegawa booth. First will be the Beagle booth. Though famous for it’s kaiju items and Art of War designed Berserk items the main attraction for many turned out to be the 1/10 Mospeada Ride Armor that were being displayed. Both the Stick and Ray version was being shown. The Ray version was announced for a March of 09 release. Seems Beagle like their stuff large almost everything at the booth was huge and expensive. The latest Art of War Berserk item that can be seen in the last full sized photo goes for around $800 retail.
The Hasegawa booth is up next with everything from the always popular Battleships to Macross model kits. They had the beautiful artwork used on the boxes of their Macross 1/72 model kits on display as well as a few of their newest kits. The new model kits seen below are the VF-22S “SVF 124 Moon Shooters” and VF-0C “VMFAT-203 Hawks”.
Missed our earlier reports on the Japan Mokei Hobby Show? Bandai Booth Report Yamato Booth Report
This will be a simple list of items that have been put on our web site last week. This is the same list that has been sent out through our newsletter every Friday. If you wish to receive the newsletter please make a account on our webshop and chose subscribe to newsletter. A account may be made through the link added below. https://www.over-drive-inc.com/store/login.php?osCsid=d632668a08672bef2cd559410665d0ef If you find something interesting please click on the link below to go October 11 to October 17 2008 New Item List: Sunrise Mega Action Series GaoFighGar with Goldion Hammer Sunrise Mega Action Series Genesic GaoGaiGar (Gadget Feather Ver) G.R.O Neo-Human Casshern Zodd and Wyald Polystone Figure 1/7 Kinoshita Takako PVC Figure Dekalucha T-Shirt (White) Alto Cardholder Guts (Blue Cape Limited Version) Polystone Figure Asakura Yume Hugging Pillow Cover Yoko Skull T-Shirt (Black) Brave Gokin 20X VR-38LT Dark Bartley Ride Armor (Shinobu Type) Limited Brave Gokin 20 VR-38LT Bartley Ride Armor (Houquet Type)Edition
The 48th Japan Mokei Hobby Show is being held through October 16 to 19 at Makuhari Messa. As you may be able to tell by the name it is more of a model kit show then a toy show but there was no lack in interesting items. Unlike Wonderfest or C3 x Hobby this is a military and mecha centered show so if that’s what your looking for you’ll get a mouthfull of it. It is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday so if you’re in Japan and live nearby you might want to take a look at it. All pictures were taken on Thursday October 16. The second booth we will take a look at will be the Yamato Booth. Lots of new stuff were on display for the first time and they had a suprise a Macross bicycle! Read on for more. Lets just go to the Macross bicycle first. Called the VF-1S Roy Folker model this is a officially licensed Macross bicyicle. I was told there are actual plans to sell it but no final decision has been made about it. Ridiculously high detailed to say the least it was quite a sight. The word is that some of the people at Yamato took it out for a ride around their neighborhood and it was a joy to ride.
Now onto the toys section. There were a few item that were being seen for the first time. A quick list of what was being shown at their booth that may be of interest. From the new 1/60 series came the newly announced Destroid Defender, 2 new versions of the Destroid Tomahawk (Weathering Special Version as well as a version called a OD version), the VF-1D Two Seater. It was also announced that both types of the Queadluun-Rau Battle Suits will be reproduced next year hence their presence at the booth.
1/60 Destroid Tomahawk Special Weathering Version. No information on when or how they plan to release it is available at this point.
1/60 Destroid Tomahawk?OD Version VF-1D Two Seater Version. Can confirm there will be a small Minmay figure in the rear seat.
Queadluun-Rau Battle Suits. No exact release date or price is available but should be released next year. Macross Variable Fighters Series 1 and 2. 2 will be officially announced soon . Next is the other mecha stuff. The limited color version of the Motoslave and Danguard A as well as the huge Patlabor Ingram were also there. We have started re-taking orders for first two on our website so check them out if you’re get any interest from the photo’s here.
Finally for the non mecha figures of Yamato.
Missed the Bandai booth report? Click on the link below to go check it out http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1569.html We’ll be back next week with more pictures and info from the Hobby Show.
The 48th Japan Mokei Hobby Show is being held through October 16 to 19 at Makuhari Messa. As you may be able to tell by the name it is more of a model kit show then a toy show but there was no lack in interesting items. Unlike Wonderfest or C3 x Hobby this is a military and mecha centered show so if that’s what your looking for you’ll get a mouthfull of it. It is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday so if you’re in Japan and live nearby you might want to take a look at it. All pictures were taken on Thursday October 16. Lets start off with the Bandai Booth in particularly the Macross Frontier toys they had. Lots of new stuff were on display for the first time and as expected they will be coming out with lots of products from the series. First up is the Model Kits they were displaying. As well as the VF-25 Messia Ozma Version scheduled for November four other types were seen for the first time. The VF-25 Mikhail (Micheal) and Luca as well as a Super Parts version of the Alto version was on display. As a surprise a Bajra model kit was also being shown. No official announcment on whether everything shown will be released but with the way the Alto Ver. sold it looks highly probably.
Next will be the Chogokin Damashi Series VF-25 Messia’s. As with the model kits be they’ll be coming out with all four Alto and Ozma in November (Maybe December) followed by Mikhail(Micheal) and Luka in March of 09. Made in, I believe 1/60 scale, they were much larger and impressive then anything I imagined. Alas no huge Bajra was there to be seen.
The 1/100 VF100 series Bandai is coming out with were also being shown for the first time . The first release will be the VF25 Messia and is scheduled for a February 2009 release.
As for the rest of the booth there was the 1/12 Gundam Beam Saver Toy that is currently under development as well as many of the new Gundam model kits. The Gundam Fix Z Plus looked impressive along with the new Robot Damashi toys that will soon be released.
Checked out our Yamato booth report? Click on the link below to check it out. http://www.over-drive-inc.com/overdrive-blog/info/1671.html
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