Besides Bandai Spirits, Kotobukiya, and more recently Good Smile Company, another company that's becoming more and more active in the hobby market is Takara Tomy, and their T-Spark label of collector-oriented products. While I'm a more casual Transformers and Zoids collector, a good number of items from their display already has my attention. Synergenex Shield-D-Prime … Continue reading Shizuoka Hobby Show 2025: Transformers and Zoids… and Diaclone from T-Spark
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Work in Progress Detour: “Triple D” Figure Maintenance
It's been a couple of weeks since I made a work in progress post, or anything for that matter. Unfortunately, I don't have a valid sounding reason besides just being busy at work. Although I did have some furniture assembly done in the last couple of weeks so there's where my build efforts went. That … Continue reading Work in Progress Detour: “Triple D” Figure Maintenance
It’s Phoenix, not Phenex: The Robot Spirits <Side MS> Phoenix Gundam
With the recent release of SD Gundam G Generation ETERNAL, Tamashii Nations is going to release one of the more popular exclusive units from the game series with The Robot Spirits <Side MS> Phoenix Gundam, and yes, it's "Phoenix" and not "Phenex." The GGF-001 Phoenix Gundam is a powerful machine which first appeared in SD … Continue reading It’s Phoenix, not Phenex: The Robot Spirits <Side MS> Phoenix Gundam
Mazinger Z Redesigns are Eternal: Yotiro-Lab “Go! Saga” Mazinger Z
I have been a collector of mecha figures and model kits for a good half of my lifetime. And if I learned anything from all these years, is that you'll never run out of Mazinger Z redesigns. Case in point being this pre-order from Yotiro-Lab, a company I've never heard before though do note that … Continue reading Mazinger Z Redesigns are Eternal: Yotiro-Lab “Go! Saga” Mazinger Z
Speculation Time! Transformers MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen. Revealed!
I don't normally delve into Masterpiece/Masterpiece-adjacent Transformers figures, mainly due to how they don't scale with mainline figures. Well, then came MPG-09 Super Ginrai (or Powermaster Optimus Prime), and while I hoped it was a one-off thing, it was like a Pandora's Box is just waiting to be opened. Lo and behold we got this … Continue reading Speculation Time! Transformers MPG-17 Optimus Prime Style Gen. Revealed!