Kamen Rider Blade gets a massage.

So this is how HLJ’s staff relieve stress.
I’m guessing those “tourists” represent troublesome customers.

“Aren’t you a little short for a Dekamaster?”

“We.” “Love.” “Sports.” [via]
An “Eh?”-inducing beverage advertisement. (Flash-powered.)

An unlikely Transformers-Hibiki crossover.

SIC vol 29: Kamen Rider Faiz. [via]
The set includes the Faiz gear and parts to change the figure from Faiz to Takumi’s Wolf Orphenoch form. A nod to 555’s “man or monster” theme or an attempt to gouge more money out of fans by selling a separate Accel/Blaster combo set later? You decide.

Spore.
A multigenre game with smart tools for creating custom content. Finally, a Will Wright design I’m actually keen on.

A Lost convention report. [via]
One non-specific spoiler so avoid the link if you’re wary of that sort of thing.

Scientists fear another Indian Ocean tsunami.
“… when a major earthquake occurs it changes the stress in adjacent areas. Sometimes this can serve to lock the fault, but sometimes it can make another failure more likely.”

Hero. [via]
“His valour is worthy of the highest recognition.” Hopefully, they won’t demean his heroism by making an awful TV movie.

Takara expects profits this year, stock up.
The toymaker’s been successful in its cost-cutting measures.

Takara’s remote controlled Loch Ness monster.
Looks fake.

Toys for kids you hate. [via]

Condi Rice action figure.
So where’s the Rumsfeld figure with kung-fu action feature?

Somebody really, really likes Drill Robo.
22, in case you were wondering.

A Don Figueroa interview.
On Masterpiece Convoy: “I helped a bit. The head was based on my drawings as well as the details all over his body. The engineering’s all Hasbro/Takara though.”