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Square Enix has revealed a video prototype of a 1/6 scale statue of Terra riding on a Magitek Armor from Final Fantasy VI produced by Japanese statue maker Prime 1 Studio.

Monday, 09 November 2020 16:15

New Ahri Unlocked Statue

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The League of Legends Store in China opened preorders on a new Ahri figure. The figure is a part of Riot's Unlocked Statue line which portrays their characters in a somewhat cartoony fashion resembling their in-game models.

Ahri has been released as a figure before in their larger, more realistic premium line based on her A New Dawn cinematic design which was met with mixed reviews.

Historically, merchandise such as figures appears later in the American store and we expect to see her available sometime soon in the future.

UPDATE (12/4/20): Ahri is now available from the US Store:
https://merch.riotgames.com/en-us/product/ahri-unlocked

Wednesday, 14 August 2019 16:42

Giant Transformers Unicron Toy Crowdfunding

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On July 15th, Hasbro started crowdfunding on their HasLab platform for Unicron as a part of their Transformers: War For Cybertron toy line.
Standing at over 2 feet tall in robot mode and weighing 19 pounds, Unicron is the largest Transformer toy to date. Hasbro has also promised a range of additional features including the recently announced detachable head with interchangeable faceplates.

Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:02

Smart Doll: Hands On Preview

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The ball jointed doll (BJD) community received some rather interesting attention last year with the announcement of the Smart Doll, a robotic doll that would interact with your phone. Originally started as a joke by popular anime blogger and entrepreneur, Danny Choo, the popularity of the doll has led to the creation of a non robotic version. How does the Smart Doll compare to other leading doll lines such as Dollfie Dream? How does the Smart Doll really feel like or handle?

We stopped by Danny's office, Mirai Inc. in Tokyo to find out.

Good Smile Company has announced that they are now taking pre-orders at their online shop for new figures including fan-favorite Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, Armin Arlert from Attack on Titan and Shinobu Oshino and Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari. The figures will be shipped between June and July of this year, with pre-orders closing soon.

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Anime blogger and entrepreneur Danny Choo has announced that he is working on releasing a robotic doll dubbed the Smart Doll based on his character mascot, Mirai Suenaga. Originally posted as an April Fools joke, apparently the joke generated enough buzz for several robotics experts to join the cause.

According to Danny's post, the Smart Doll will contain: "about 24 servo motors, a CPU board, bluetooth and touch sensors." The initial production models will run off external power plugged into the back of the neck with future models currently conceptualized to be charged via a USB mobile battery.

Features currently planned include reactions to users who pat her head via touch sensors, an idle mode where the doll will look around and shift its body, dance to existing sequences made in the popular program Miku Miku Dance, move via Microsoft Kinect, and preprogrammed gestures and movement including Android and iOS remote control.

Currently as the doll is still in the development, there is no price; however, Danny has mentioned that the Smart Doll will be cheaper than the price of standard dolls on auction sites. I am assuming he is referring to Volk's Dollfie Dream line (which is probably also what the Smart Doll's exterior is based on) which normally sells for around $1000 with the more expensive dolls selling for $2000 on Yahoo Auction.

The first version of the prototype is expected to be completed by June and we'll do our best to get a hands on preview at Anime Expo in July where Danny is most likely to bring with him.

Wednesday, 20 February 2013 09:57

[Max Factory] Belldandy w/ Holy Bell Priced

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Good Smile Company has finally released additional information regarding the highly anticipated Belldandy figure from the popular series Ah! My Goddess.

The figure will be release as part of figure maker Max Factory's 25th anniversary. The figure was originally a garage kit but due to the complexity of the kit, making a faithful PVC rendition would have proven too difficult. From the delicate curves of the wings, to the thin strands of hair, if I could only pick 1 figure to own, this would be it!

She will be available for preorder starting on February 22 for a whopping 19,800 yen, probably one of the most expensive PVC figure to date! Check out additional images inside.

Monday, 11 February 2013 15:36

Winter Wonder Festival 2013 Coverage

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With a rough total of 195 new figures at the latest Winter Wonder Festival 2013, there is a lot to cover. Fortunately, we've taken the time to look through most of the new releases and picked out the best ones we think deserve the spotlight and your precious pre-order dollars.

Not surprisingly, Good Smile Company ranks in as #1 for their sheer number of new figures.  Granted more than half of them are Nendoroid and Nendoroid Petit series, but they've covered good ground and haven't left their non-Nendoroid fans in the dark.

Max Factory has 26 new figures, most of them are figmas, while Kotobukiya previewed 11 new figures for their line up.  (Warning: This post is very image heavy.)

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