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Black Rock Shooter [DELAYED]

icyfawkes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:06:10 +0000

RAGE or SAGE?

http://www.thefiguremall.com/figure/531

the BRS is gonna be delayed till October 2009

kinda saw this coming, but hell…sure didnt want that to happen thou…

lets not get distracted by that, good news…ive located all the EVA’s, bad news? Unable to comply due to massive expendature on the new wireless system dammit! Wrong timing for all these to happen at once…hope the stock is still available by the time im up for it.

Alter Aozaki Touko

icyfawkes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:11:06 +0000

Aozaki Touko from Alter was in my hands the same time Rei was, have been wanting to post this earlier but was in a online blackout for 2 days, lent my friend my wireless for his presentation. Gotta say…she looks more cute than sexy compared to her in the anime LOL. Even thou i prefered more sexy Touko but she still looks great anyways in cute mode. Gotta say this is one of my worst P&S ever! wasnt using a tripod as usual…so…bear with it yeah >.<;

The Box! Looks awesomely well designed...LOL

Inside the box...they gave us 2 expressions...had a hard time selecting the perfect one LOL, there was i thinking i could take off the glasses...i took it off later anyways fer the lulz

If you noticed down there...they gave a black base too...didnt use it for display thou...

The manual

And yes...you were saying?

My fav shoot of her >.< the light from the wallpaper blends well with her pose, too bad i was using a low resolution pic for a background...couldnt find a really good pic other than that for it

didnt post up much pics for this, deleted many...like i said...the background was low resolution and it was a really bad bunch of photos...only posted the best of the bunch

some minor details...

Gotta say...this figure look plain...but the small details are pretty well done...not the best...but its applaudable

The legs ;D

The sleaves and minor creases of her white shirts...note that

If you had watched the anime...yeah...she smokes...ALOT!

Ok the ciggy falls down VERY easily...there was once while i was meddling with her pose...lost if fer a while...pretty annoying LOL but its a very nice prop for her

A VERY detailed chair indeed

lower part

I still find her more cute than sexy...darn...

side shots

Finger shots!

No pantsu shot this time, Touko said so

Thats bout it for today, spent the whole night doing this...had some errors and bad photos...but Touko still made me happy ROFL

Overall a pretty good figurine…could had been better! Something’s amiss with her facial expression…but i dunno what…

ratings? 8/10

wanted to give a 7, call me an arse but the chair changed my mind hahaha…

Kotobukiya Ayanami Rei Maid Version

icyfawkes — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:56:02 +0000

My new avatar! loving Rei more and more everyday!

Bad news and good news on the same day, words cant really express how i feel right now lol, imagine frustration and joy together, thats the closest i can get in explaining my feeling now.

Ok lets start with the bad news first; received a msg from a dealer that my supposedly arriving in a weeks time EVA’s is a lie! LOLWUT?! It seems her supplier messed up his/her inventory, and on the day i was supposed to deposit for the item she said it was gone! Great…there goes my whole month of anticipation for the 2 Bandai Tamashii XS EVA 02 and 00…oh well…she did say she saw a shop in LowYat Plaza displaying a full set…BUT! Catch is…rumors are the shopkeeper of the particular shop marks up prices for its goods ridiculously high…

Nuff bout the bad arse news, now the great happy news is…i got my Kotobukiya Ayanami Rei Maid Version & Alter Aozaki Touko today too! ^^

Manage to do a little point and shoot for Rei before i hit the sack…again…i dont own a DSLR and i suck at photography LOL, hope you enjoy the pics of my lovely ahem* wife Rei. Will do a the point and shoot for Aozaki Touko maybe tomorrow…

Pic of box! LOL!

Front view

Side view

Decided to try it with a background imaging shoot

Her legs IMO were well sculpted...ahem* nice legs~

Time for a little tea?

What i like bout this version of Rei is her face...Kotobukiya manages to capture the essence of Rei's personality at her face...not 100% but its as good as it gets ^^;

Side view of her sitting

Need more sugar?

Noticed the unbalanced cup & saucer? My bad...didn't notice that earlier to put it properly before taking the pics lol...oh well...

Sigh* she seems to be staring in the blankness pondering...(my fav shot >.<)

OK now this is a little awkward for me but checking her pantsu i noticed its quite detailed...down part is it will be sitting down all the time...so most probably its gonna remain unseen...ok nuff of checking out my wife's butt! kthxbye!

I’m actually VERY happy with this Rei Ayanami!

Kotobukiya manages to retain its quality of product, the whole package was well done and packed

ratings? 9/10 ;D

Another Black Rock Shooter?!

icyfawkes — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:09:54 +0000

God…the new BRS sure caused quite a panic for me…i could still recall reading a blog post by valho @ http://www.valiantho.com/archives/692 regarding a couple of figurines which look shockingly like BRS that we pre-ordered that is coming out on August. Heck, since i cant really read from the source since its all in japanese, shit was stirring in my mind regarding either the BRS was delayed or worse…they changed the design?! My assumptions sure was shitty…but come on…look at those pics there…ROFL.

Pics from Mika-tan‘s Blog

the similarities even from above was dead close

the floor goddamit! the patterns were similar ROFL!

But at that same day, thx to a couple of japanese literate “The Figure Mall” members that assured that it was not the BRS that was coming out on August. A new post at valhos blog regarding Wonder Festival 2009 summer over here : http://www.valiantho.com/archives/720 sure assured that there was no delay nor change to the August BRS but actually another BRS coming out! Dammit! it sure hell looks good!

Pic linked from valho's blog* Dammit! it looks cool!

The BRS coming out this August

Final conclusion?

Buy~Buy~Buy~!

Just waiting for its Pre-order to come out. My wallet is complaining… T.T

Soul of Chogokin Spec XS-03 EVA-01 Rebuild of Evangelion Version

icyfawkes — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:05:18 +0000

Ok i have to admit that i started out on Neon Genesis Evangelion way too late, i started with the manga instead of the anime thou, and getting the older stuff of this series is costing me a kings ransom. Take this Soul of Chogokin Spec XS-03 EVA-01 Rebuild of Evangelion Version for instance…it was friggin hard to get em especially in Malaysia where Gundam is more popular than Evangelion (I do not like gundam XD).

So yeah…if anybody have any Evangelion stuff to let go, send me a mail to see if im interested, currently hunting for the Soul of Chogokin Spec XS Eva’s and the Anime’s DVD

ok so now to the picture part of the 01, enjoy

check out the details and articulation

A clearer picture of how the knife slot works

A different angle...pardon me for my lazyness to change the pose XD

the umbilical cable

not to forget the cream of this model is the gattling gun

will edit this post when i have the time to take more photos of this outside in the garden, posting this at 3am in the morning is really a feat my boss should not know lol.

Fireball Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Figma Drossel

icyfawkes — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:08 +0000

Finally…my first PO arrived…got delayed from recieving this due to my irregular work schedule but hell yeah! Finally got it! Had to sacrifice a farewell party to get it thou sob* (Sorry Kelvin! Will make it up to you when you get back from Aussie XD). Alright nuff of the text, time for the pics. Do note that im using a digital compact…and im not really good at photography…so yeah…bear with it ya XD

The packaging...gotta admit it was sweet!

Back...

Side...after taking this pic my battery kinda ran out...LOL!

Back at home, after charging battery...the opening...XD (building the suspense)

Hello World!

Kinda automaticly puts her in this pose when she wore the accesory LOL!

My ears! Its goddamn huge! And not to mention twin turbo engines too!

Did i mention the ears was goddamn huge?!

I ain't wearing that twin turbo ears anymore! Ever!

Now give me a new set to go!

Whoops~! Accidentally dropped it!

Oh no~! Is it still working...?

Sniggers* hehe...

Somehow this pose reminds me of someone else...

Now now...she DOES resembles a girls with green hair does she?

Hope you guys and girls enjoyed the pics,

overall i’m quite satisfied with it…but still…im giving the Fireball Non Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Figma Drossel a score of 8/10

My First Batch of Figurines

icyfawkes — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:00:27 +0000

My 3 figurines! Shiryuu, Yami & Shiki!

Gosh! I really didnt know that i would be getting this 3 figurines first instead of my initial plan to get the Fireball Drossel and Black Rock Shooter first, still i did POed both of em, but the fact is Fireball Drossel is still with TFM which im going to go collect this Wednesday and the obvious fact that BRS is gonna be released some where around August. Oh well…the anticipation of other new releases continue…LOL.

I actually missed out alot of great PO’s like the PO of the Alters Subaru, still wondering should i go for it since i had already POed the Actsta Subaru by Good Smile. Well there will be another surprise for me coming out a few months later as i had already commisioned a painter to help me on the Motorcycle version 1 of Asuka (fingers crossed) too bad the kit is still under booking, hope it comes out just fine. So yeah…the beginning was crazy! Who’d tought i would be going for figurine hobbies till now!

Will be doing a seperate review and photo posting for each of the figures when i have more time.

Sengoku Basara (The Anime)

icyfawkes — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:30:45 +0000

The Cool Date Masamune!

PUT YA GUNS ON! Now i dont really do recommendation on anime coz most of em these days are really crappy but when i was lurking at “The Figure Mall” lounge someone posted a YouTube link to this baby and OMFG! Date Masamune, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen! Thats a whooping 3 legendary figures of ancient japan, well…the only flaw is…Date Masamune was not supposed to be in the same period as Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen LOL! But who cares! Date Masamune rocks the anime! You will understand when you watch it. Oh yeah btw,this is an adaption to the game by Capcom.

Yatterman

icyfawkes — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:17:30 +0000

Was reading “Air Gear” just now, and Ikki, Ringo and gang shouted something like this:”Fukakyon Doronjo-sama wedding dress”! for their new victory battlecry, LOL trust me, i wouldnt had googled it if the translater didnt put a note asking us to do so, and im glad he did, coz i found this when he ask us to google it by image LOL

The introduction XD

icyfawkes — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:10:54 +0000

The Spammer...obviously...

Misleading as it is…i spam…a little…once in a while…oh well…honestly i spam everyday! who doesnt?!

After having a test run with blogspot.com, i’ve decided to venture out with WordPress for a quest in learning how to use this whole new system. Though…i will still be updating both sides…but the content shall be different indeed, i mean…whats the point of making 2 blogs with the same contents? *rolls eyes* well generally i would start with rants about how my day went, YES! I just LOVE irritating the cyberspace with megabytes of my rants…so enjoy your stay here…i will try not to piss you off and i think i will stay optimistic as much as possible ;D

PS:oh yeah…i will be moving all anime related post here too…justforthelulz