Metal Gear fans rejoice! Our dream of owning a fantastic representation of the Metal Gear Rex figure is finally going to come true! 3A Toys will be releasing this exceptionally well done (at least from the looks of these preliminary shots) Metal Gear Rex figure sometime next year. Rex here is rumored to be around 15″-17″ and will be constructed of PVC, resin, and ABS plastic (much more cost effective materials compared to its full-scale in-game counterpart ). As with all 3A figures, it’s probably not going to come cheap though. I’ll be waiting anxiously for the final pricing. Here’s hoping I’ll be able to go for it when the time comes.
This custom-made 1/6 Aliens Stasis Tube would make the perfect diorama accessory for those Hot Toys Aliens & Colonial Marines. It is built by Frank Cerney of FM Model Co. Head over to the company’s page here for more info & graphic goodness. Good news is the Statis Tube is available for sale for $60 and comes in kit form.
They’ve also produced a few other equally fine kits such as the Viper Mk II from Battlestar Galactica and the upcoming B-Wing from Star Wars. Their kits aren’t exactly cheap, but apparently they’re pretty well known for their quality among kit builders.
Holy $#!+! A few weeks ago, I mentioned about a beautiful pair of custom Evangelion Rei Stratocaster & Telecaster that were being produced by Fender Japan. Well guess what, there’s going to be 1/8 miniaturized versions of these and they will be produced by F-Toys! This is absolutely amazing news, at least those of us who aren’t prepared to fork out that many greens for the real-deal can now own the miniature versions. Hey, if we can’t own the full-sized one ourselves, doesn’t mean our lovely 1/8 figs can’t have one too. Can’t wait to have these to go along with my 1/8 Haruhi.
Expect these to hit shelves around January 2010 for 4,725YEN ($50) each. Best of all, they even come with their own Nerv carrying case.
Good news for Figma collectors, gamers and Saber fans. Fate/Extra will be released around March next year for the Sony PSP. Unlike the previously released Fate/Unlimited Codes (for the PSP & PS2) which is a VS fighting game, Fate/Extra will instead be an action RPG featuring the lovely characters from Fate/Stay Night such as Saber and Rin Tohsaka.
The best part is, the game will come in a Limited Edition version which features a special illustrated box, a beautiful figma figure of Saber in her Fate/Extra costume, a soundtrack and a visual book. The Figma figure will come with 2 different headsculpts, sculpted by Wada Aruko and Takeuchi Takashi respectively. The game still has a few months before finally coming to market, but there’s already something to like based on the screens in the Famitsu magazine scans as well as preliminary pics of the figure…Saber’s see-through costume! Can’t wait.
This massive figure (see size comparison with Luffy in picture) of Bartholomew Kuma from MegaHouse will be charging at you sometime November for 8400 YEN ($90)! Yet another awesome release from MegaHouse’s amazing One Piece Portraits of Pirates line of PVC figures. Very imposing sculpt and beautiful paint job.
One Piece is a pretty good anime IMHO and fans of the long-running show will have something to look forward to in the next few months. These figures of Luffy, Chopper, Zoro, and Nami from MegaHouse’s Portraits of Pirates 1/8 PVC line will be available in conjunction with the upcoming One Piece: Strong World movie to be released in December. Luffy and Chopper will see a December release date while Zoro and Nami will be available in February 2010.
Here’s a sweet video demo of Hot Toys‘ new Parallel Eyeball Rolling System (PERS) which made its debut on their recently released MMS DX 01 The Dark Knight - Joker figure. After seeing the video and realising how appropriate it was to use such a system on the Joker (gives Joker’s expression an almost life-like appearance), I’m kind of regretting for not pre-ordering this wicked figure. Oh well, I’m pretty sure the figure’s still widely available for now so it’s all good.
Winson Classic Creation is about to add another cool figure to its line of Apexplorer figures. For this outing, these wicked primates will be all dressed up for space. There will be two variations of the figure, an Original Space Color Adam figure and a Space Special Adam figure which will be limited to 400 units.
The Original Space Color Adam figure will include the following:
- Space Clothing inclusive Space Gloves and Space Boots
- Space Helmet
- Space Helmet-mounted Scanner
- Space Power Engines
- Blaze Gun
- Gear Belt
- Power Controller
The Space Special Adam figure will include the following: - Space Clothing inclusive Space Gloves and Space Boots
- Space Helmet
- Space Helmet-mounted Scanner
- Space Power Engines
- Blaze Gun
- Gear Belt
- Power Controller
- Apes DNA Test Tube
Both figures are scheduled for a March 2010 release and will be distributed by Hot Toys. I agree that some 1/6 collectors do not like the idea of the unrealistic ape-faced figure on a “human” body, but personally I kinda like the space theme to these figures, especially the suit and the light-up helmet.
This shouldn’t come as any surprise since Hot Toys (or any other toy manufacturers for the matter) will milk every penny out of a franchise by releasing minor costume updates and variants. Well, at least this one comes with a battle-damaged endoskeleton featured base and a 1/6th scale fully articulated Hydrobot with light up function. So I guess it’s all good.
How many of you who purchased the original-release John Connor are intending to pick this version up as well? Or are some of you thinking that you should’ve waited for this instead? Me..I still prefer the original one, but the light up Hydrobot on this is making this kinda tempting…hrmm. Damn you HT!
ACI Toys has just released their line of 1/6 Military Sweater Series. They come in 3 different colors with both Round Neck & V Neck versions in fine knitted and woven fabric. These sweaters accurately represent military sweaters of most modern nation forces and will be an indispensable accessory for modern 12″ military customisers. They supposedly fit best on Hot Toys figures, but will also be suitable with other brands.
). As with all 3A figures, it’s probably not going to come cheap though. I’ll be waiting anxiously for the final pricing. Here’s hoping I’ll be able to go for it when the time comes.
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