All Posts by Danny Choo with tag "goodsmile"

Was invited along with a load of other game industry folks to a press conference held by a company called ImageEpoch. They've made a few game titles in the past and today they announced that they will be releasing a ton of titles under their JRPG bra...

Was invited by comrades at Poken to the press conference for the Good Design Expo. The conference was coupled with a networking event called YuruYuru Gadget Night where gadget makers and service providers show off their goodies. I was given an ar...

The Tokyo Figure Show (Good Smile Company x Danny Choo) has kicked off to a great start! The event started yesterday and runs through to 6PM this Sunday in Harajuku.

Woke up after 4 hours sleep to get mail from Aki-san - attached were these nearly completed photos of the Mirai Suenaga Figma. I want one nao!

Being a distributor for companies like Max Factory was something that Good Smile Company started off doing and then eventually started to manufacture quality figures themselves. Today we look at Good Smile's flagship product Nendoroid and other figur...

Posted a few tidbits from the Wonder Festival earlier today and now we are first going to look at the figma's from Max Factory. On my right is the boss of Max Factory - Max Watanabe and to my left is Asanon who you saw earlier on.

Lots involved in organizing a figure show which is taking just a wee bit longer than imagined. In the meantime, we'll use the "Tokyo Figure Show" title to go through my latest batch of figure samples. This photo article has 82 photos which will lik...

Check out the figma blog to see clearer pics of the di:stage Basic set ([currency=580]) and the di:stage Extended set ([currency=580]) which will both be out this Summer. The Basic set comes with a single base and clear attachments to hold your fi...

Just got out of a meeting with the figma team. Much of their time was taken up by the last Tokyo Anime fair so they didn't manage to drill the holes and fit in the figma joints yet. Next step is to drill the holes, stick in the joins and check the...

A couple of Kannagi items to go over. First up is Nendoroid Zange-chan - should be up for pre-order at your fave online dealer now. Due out in July and will retail for [currency=3500]. See more pics at GSC. Quite adorable. The great Kannagi OP be...

The Miyazawa Mokei show for business traders took place today and much of the main coverage has sprung up already. My fave being this Mikuru figma. Maybe there's going to be more Mikuru figures than Kanu Uncho? More coverage at:- http://wcloudxk...

New arrival today - some figure exclusives which are unfortunately not widely available - but may be in the future. Got the two clear Figma's Archetype:he and Archetype:she which you can see at GSC. Also got the black haired Shana that I think was o...

Taken last Saturday night at the Good Smile Company offices after my slot on the broadcast - here for those who missed it. T'was about 2AM and by then most of the stuff had come back from the event space at Akiba. A bunch of to-be-released decora...

Just up is preorder info for two figures at the GSC site. 1. Freeing Konata. 1/4 scale, [currency=11800] and due out in June. 2. Reco from the shooting game "Mushihime-sama Futari." Also due out in June and retail for [currency=9800] - 1/7 scale de...

Video is up at NicoNico of this mornings broadcast - you can switch off the comments by clicking on the chick in the corner of the player. I think I need to take a translators course ^^; Did the best I could considering the late notice. Was a rela...

Nendoroid Nagi should now be up for pre-order at your fave online store - details just went up at GSC where you can see more pics of this lovely cutie pie. Due out in May and retails for [currency=3500].

The first figma thats a fish - see the transformation at shishioh. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japan (<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Akihabaranews_en" target="_blank">Subs...

Also due out in May and retailing for [currency=3500] is this adorable Nendoroid Kureha. Folks who haven't seen the anime or played the game will be wondering why it looks like shes being stabbed... More pics at GSC. <ul> <li><a href="http://www....

Looks like the up n coming huge 1/4 scale Nanoha Takamachi by goodsmile as quite a handful - anybody care to lend her a hand? Due out in May and retails for [currency=12000]. See more pics at GSC. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" ta...

Just how many of the same figure is enough for you? Got a few doubles of the same figma's but that's only because I received them that way ^^; Used to buy two Gundam Fix Figuration sets many moons ago though. Via Figure GK. <ul> <li><a href="htt...

As requested - the NSFW warning at the beginning of ecchi articles. If you work in the Vatican then please refrain from accidentally scrolling down or risk being fried by a bolt from the heavens. Review of Pixy Hiyori by Good Smile Company - rece...

1/8 scale Saber Lily should be up for pre-order at your fave online store. Due out in June and retails for [currency=9800]. More pics at GSC and Mikatan Blog. Wondering whether you usually pre-order your figures or wait until they come out to chec...

The problem with Dollfie's is that you cant carry em around like Figma's... <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japan (<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Akihabaranews_en" target="_bl...

See more preview shots of Figma Hayate thats due out soon at the Figma Blog. Looking nice but still much prefer Fate. Your fave is which? <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japan (<a...