In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
A photo of Dragreder from Bandai’s R&M1 Kamen Rider Ryuki set.
Dragreder, Kamen Rider Ryuki’s contracted monster, was modelled after an Oriental dragon and specifically, a Japanese dragon since it has three toes on each foot. The figure is an impressive 52cm-long and features 24 joints which allow for some sinuous poses. Unfortunately, the 9 ball joints on the body are prone to popping out making this a frustrating figure to play with and pose.
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– Saturday, April 28, 2007
Nike Free 7.0 Convoy released.
Japanese pictorial reviews: Gamu, Hiro, Toybu.
Revoltech Patlabor digirama.
I am stricken with awe.
Monoblos hunt.
Cool tableaus featuring Microman Monster Hunter customs. Hope they packed sonic bombs.
Optimus Prime through the ages.
Prof Jenkins on media violence.
“A thorough account of violence in media would include: fairy tales such as Hansel and Gretel, oral epics such as Homer’s The Iliad, the staged violence of Shakespeare’s plays, fine art paintings of the Rape of the Sabine Women, and stain glass window representations of Saints being crucified or pumped full of arrows, or for that matter, talk show conversations about the causes of school shootings. If we were to start going after media violence, then, we would need to throw out much of the literary cannon and close down all of our art museums.”
Roger Ebert on the news media on Columbine.
“The message is clear to other disturbed kids around the country: If I shoot up my school, I can be famous. The TV will talk about nothing else but me. Experts will try to figure out what I was thinking. The kids and teachers at school will see they shouldn’t have messed with me. I’ll go out in a blaze of glory.”
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– Friday, April 27, 2007
Posted in Pix, Toys, Transformers.
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– Friday, April 27, 2007
A photo of a Bandai R&M2 Kamen Rider Knight, one of 13 Kamen Riders from the 2002 Kamen Rider Ryuki series.
It’s one of my favourite Kamen Rider designs despite the absence of most of the traditional Rider suit elements. Bandai translated the design into a fine action figure which is only let down by the fact the toy company used pliable plastic for the sword. You can see how it’s been warped in the photo.
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– Thursday, April 26, 2007
A photo of a …
Wait, let me break it down for you:
It’s not a great fan-mode but I was attempting to showcase the coolness of 5mm peg/port connectivity using parts from different Takara toylines.
Takara had some geniuses for designers. The company was also terribly poor at marketing. There was no indication whatsoever that parts were interchangeable between different toy lines and I suspect most toy fans wouldn’t have realised this until years later.
(Bandai is guilty of the same thing as well. If it wasn’t for some fans, few would realise that Machine Robo Mugenbine, Machine Robo Rescue, various sentai robo and Ultraman Nexus vehicles all made use of the same connectors.)
If it had been advertised back then, this 5mm connectivity could have boosted sales for smaller lines like Blockman. If you were a kid in mid-80s and you knew that parts from one line could boost the cool factor of a figure you owned from another line, wouldn’t you pester your parents get it for you?
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– Wednesday, April 25, 2007
