Danny's "Chara Hobby" Categorized Photo Articles (19)

Today we look at the rest of the Mecha and "boys toys" from the weekends Chara Hobby - and does this Volks Gurren look stunning or what? The first Mecha machines that I came in contact with were the Valkyrie from the original Macross film and loved the d...(more)

Continuing the Chara Hobby 2008 coverage - today we look at the figures n dolls. First up is Hatsune Miku - She should appear in my office next week ^^; Regret not pre-ordering this figure of Alice - shes sold out everywhere in Japan. ...(more)

Yikes - has it really been that long since the last Gundam article ^^; These were taken today at the Chara Hobby being held this weekend at Makuhari. Looking at the Gunpla made me realize how much I miss making them - the Unicorn looked especially cool....(more)

Here are some mecha and "other" stuff from Chara Hobby 2007. First up is Optimus Prime with a Gundam Zeta head - not sure why... Optimus Prime bust. Classic design ...(more)

Up next is the figure stuff from the chara hobby. I like Noiji Ito-sans work and liked the look of Nanatsuiro Drops but Sumomo's character put me off from watching any further than ep1. Some baka girls are cute but she seemed a bit too baka ^^; These sh...(more)

Next up is the Gundam stuff from Chara Hobby. This is a coolsome Musha Gundam mod at the Hobby Japan booth. Always feeling like playing Gundam Musou whenever I look at this. 1/60 scale Gundam 00 mobile suits. HCM Pro. ...(more)

Next up is the Code Geass stuff from Chara Hobby. Been waiting for a decent figure of Kallen and here she is ready to be painted. Will let you know when pre-order info is up. Back of the sculpt looks great. I fell over and t...(more)

Just under 14 mins of video coverage taken at Chara Hobby 2007 Yesterday. The first half of the video is Gundam stuff - the latter half being everything else. Headed straight for the Gundam stuff as soon as I got in. After I was done with Gundam, I looked around to notice that the event was extremely w...(more)

Next up is the new spanking Gundam 00 trailer that was previously released at the Gundam Expo. I was worried that the new series didn't have any moe girls but I spotted at least one - she also had big eyes ^^; As you can see from the video, the quality of the animation looks pretty good. According to ...(more)

Just got back from Chara Hobby 2007. If you have just changed your underpants then you will need bleach for your next pair to remove the new skid marks - Gundam Unicorn. I dont know much about Gundam Unicorn apart from the fact that its a novel. I personally prefer the designs fo...(more)

"C3 X HOBBY" is another term for Chara Hobby and todays post concludes the coverage for this year but theres no rest for the wicked as I'm currently scheduled to be at the Tokyo Game Show 2006 to bring you more geek goodness from the land of the rising sun. I'm sure there will be lo...(more)

Continuing with the Glorious Gundam Goodness from Chara Hobby starting off with Full Armor Gundam - 1/100 scale and yours for a laughable 28,800 yen. Really like this but its not articulate. Me love me Gundams posable. This was when I decided to make th...(more)

The humongous HY2M was on display at Chara Hobby along with other 1/12 scale red, green and silver Zaks. What I didnt know was that the HY2M comes with a remote to control a ton of present Gundam type sounds like the vulcan cannons, explosions and farts. The eyes light up too and th...(more)

Chara Hobby is just full of Gundam goodies but there were also plenty of figurines for those who needed a break from the mobile suit madness. Starting off with these rather nice figurines of Lunamaria and Meilin - didnt remember seeing them in this gear in the anime - not that I'm c...(more)

Back in Tokyo on the ever so missed 100Mbps connection so on with the Glorious Gundam Goodness from Chara Hobby. Today we are going to have a look at some of the models used in Hobby Japan magazine. My favorite in particular is the Destiny kit that you see in these pics – it was k...(more)

Looks like you enjoyed yesterdays GGG (Groovesome Gundam Goodies) so how about some more? I always see the AoZ stuff in Dengeki Hobby but dont really read the story behind it and dont really know whats going on. But one thing I do know - cool do they look. All of these models on dis...(more)

This is only the first batch of Gundam stuff from Chara Hobby - Starting off with Akatsuki. Not as sexy as the up n coming GFF Kamper ( which we didnt see any of ) but is still a tempting buy. H...(more)

Continuing with the Chara Hobby coverage starting off with the wide angle shots which should give you a feel of what went on. Unfortunately my Xacti bit the dust and is permanently dead so I couldn’t get any video footage ToT. This is only some of the ...(more)

Useful Japanese word - Tsukareta (疲れた(つかれた)) - means "To be tired". And after a day at an event like the Chara Hobby 2006, one would say TSUKARETAAAAA! Dead tired but theres no rest for the wicked as I'll be off to Wonder Festival Summer with my wife tomorrow. I will be at the cosplay area in a...(more)