Skip to content


Bragg

Busou Shinki Fort Bragg

A photo of a Busou Shinki MMS figure with Fort Bragg accessories parts.

I was only mildly intrigued when the lineart for the Fort Bragg EX weapon set appeared online. It only became a Buy It Now figure for me upon release when fan-modes (like the one above) starting appearing.

I’m puzzled why this Mecha Musume-ish mode wasn’t documented in the instructions. The artillery platform legs were clearly designed to double as legs for an MMS figure; there are peg holes of the right sizes and joints in the right places.

(Long-time Transformers fans will know the toys sometimes had features that weren’t adequately documented in the instructions. This was particularly true during the Beast Wars era and it was mainly a problem with Hasbro’s figures. Takara’s instructions were generally better.)

I can understand how someone might consider these undocumented features a hidden bonus waiting to be discovered but I’m of the opinion cool design features ought to be pointed out and highlighted.

That can be the difference between sale and no-sale.

Posted in Busou Shinki, Pix, Toys.


A capitulation to violence

The cover of the book shows armed policemen with standing and crouching over the body. Most have the widest of grins on them and one gives the thumbs-up. The back cover describes the events leading to the killing as an “exhilarating” true story.

But as Mark Bowden‘s Killing Pablo makes clear, the victim was hardly a sympathetic figure and his death was indeed a cause for relief if not outright celebration. Who would have imagined that a short, fat, double-chinned stoner could hold an entire country hostage?
Continued…

Posted in Books, Reviews.


Elsewhere on the web

Girls with guns.
Guitars and guns make an interesting combo. (Rocked ’em, shot ’em?)

Magnet-swallowing.
Y’know, for health reasons.

Pantai Morib.
The beach is about 15 minutes away from my house.

Posted in Web.


Toy soldiers

Xevoz Alpha Ranger

A photo of a Xevoz Alpha Ranger.

The play version of the armed forces have come a long way with welcome improvements in mobility (articulation) and technology (firepower) but some prefer the old guard.

Posted in Pix, Toys, Xevoz.


Elsewhere on the web

Busou Shinki Power Loader.
A stunning fan-mode made from multiple Fort Bragg sets.

Kotobukiya’s Batman.
A fantastic photo by PowerPee.

They don’t make ’em like that anymore.
And that’s probably for the best. “Winwood gropes for a Amazon, but it has no effect!” Wha-?

Star Wars rocks. [via]

Words never used in the titles of good films.
That anguished sound? The producers of “Troll, Son of Dino-Ninja, Heat Force of the Ice Universe: The Final Movie.”

Posted in Web.