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Yukimura Sanada, Red Eyed Demon

By super rats on February 12, 2010

Yakimura Sanada, the crimson demon of war, is sculpted by Tanaka Senu. I doubt Sanada ever imagined wearing a funkified Captain Morgan costume, but when the cold sets in and all you’ve got is a gym class swimsuit, whatever works, works. Such is the life of a twin fan wielding samurai girl.

Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:8-scale, Alter, anime figures, Hobby Japan, Hyakka Ryoran, Tanaka Senu | 16 Responses

Yagyu Jubei

By super rats on November 6, 2009

Hello again. Time for plastic and jpegs. This go around it’s Yagyu Jubei from Alter and Hobby Japan, the first in the Hyakka Ryoran series, featuring a quartet of legendary warriors turned girly by Nitro+. Jubei is a standard release figure, but some of the others in the series are Hobby Japan exclusives. Nitro+ designs [...]

Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:8-scale, ahoge, Alter, anime figures, Hyakka Ryoran, Nitro+, pantsu, swords | 26 Responses

Beat this Blade Narika

By super rats on September 9, 2009

Summer is way too slow a time for figure collecting. Given the heat and the low melt point of PVC, there’s probably a good reason why July and August feel like all the figure companies went on vacation. Commerce happens year round, so it probably has nothing to do with that and I’m just linking [...]

Posted in Figure Review | Tagged 1:8-scale, Alter, battle suit, gloves, Highly-Recommended, pink-hair, thigh highs | 33 Responses