In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
Bowgun style. [via]
A custom Lego creation by Izzo.
Marketing and the Transformers movie.
“One of the strengths is that ‘Transformers’ has been around for 20 years and as a result there are a lot of fans … They’re fans with a strong emotional connection to the characters. They take it very personally and they have particular expectations about how the Transformers will be portrayed.” Case in point …
Michael Bay, your Optimus Prime sucks.
Oh wait, sorry …
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– Friday, May 4, 2007
This is one of my favourite figures ever. Gaze upon it and it should be obvious why. Outstanding paint and weathering, good articulation and a delicious mecha design. Instead of going into great detail, I’ll simply direct you to the same Prabal Nandy review on Usenet which convinced me to get one.
The Front Mission 3 figures were later released in the US by Palisades Marketing in Spring 2000. I don’t think the figures did that well in the States. They went on clearance and at one point, they were on eBay for 8 bucks without any takers.
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– Friday, May 4, 2007
A photo of Gali, a Lego Bionicle figure released in 2001.
I’m sure everyone is aware Lego sets come in numerous parts which children have to assemble themselves. So, essentially, children are paying for the dubious privilege of role-playing underpaid Chinese toy factory workers. There are child labour laws throughout the world yet somehow Lego has circumvented these by claiming its products are educational.
It’s all in the marketing, kids.
Continued…
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– Thursday, May 3, 2007
Microman 2007: Wecker Signa.
Apparently based on a series featuring teenage gravure idols.
Shakespeare the action figure.
“What shall I need to draw my sword? the paper
Hath cut her throat already …”
LOEx-001 Exo-Force. [via]
A custom Lego mecha creation by kwi-chang.
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– Wednesday, May 2, 2007
The basic building block of the Mugenbine line was initially the Mugenroid. This chunky 9cm-tall action figure has 14 pegs and 3 peg holes and is capable of folding up into a cube.
One of the neat things about the Mugenroid is each has a unique head sculpt and colour scheme. Each Mugenroid also has an alphabet theme. For instance, Xenonbine, as you might be able to tell from the head sculpt, is the X set.
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– Tuesday, May 1, 2007
