Through the Looking Glass

Project: tomo-tiger!

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:45:23 +0000

Just a short post this week, but I think it’s safe to talk about it now. I hinted about this little project last week but here’s a little more info. As some of you may know, I occasionally write articles for a toy and collectibles site called Tomopop, where I tend to focus on mecha and garage kit news. The site is fairly large with an active user base and have good relationships with some big online stores like HLJ. These relationships allow them to get review samples of some figures which they then post on their sites and also do some pretty cool collaborative competitions (though I am now not allowed to enter any since I’m a staff member. BOO!!).

Anyway, back to the main point. HLJ have recently started to sell their own garage kits in limited numbers. The first of which is a kit of Aisaka Taiga from Toradora which was on sale at Wonder Festival and they offered to provide us with a review sample of the kit. Long story short, FREE KIT!!!

So here’s the plan. As this is a tomopop feature, the main bulk of the stuff I will write about the kit will go there. The plan is that I’ll be writing a tutorial on how to do a garage kit for the readers, try to make it look less intimidating and maybe even get a few readers to give it a try! Once the posts are up, I’ll write a post here as a little omake-like thing to supplement the main post. So for the beginners who are looking to try their hand at gk building, I’ll post a link up to the tutorial for you to follow and for the more advanced guys, you can tell me how you think I’m doing and what you think I should cover more on.

In other news, the Vanquish demo is now available on PS3! GO GET IT!!! Awesome fun! Not Bayonetta awesome but still very good! Can’t wait for Oct 22nd! Oh, and the voice acting is absolutely terrible! On both English AND Japanese!

…FREE KIT!!!

The Best Laid Plans…

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:03:20 +0000

“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”
Colin Powell

*Sigh* I had hoped to have found a little stability for my current situation by now but alas it was not meant to be. As it stands, I may need to find a new place to live in a months time which makes doing big projects rather troublesome. I don’t even want to think about what it’ll be like moving all my gear…

There is a chance that it won’t happen (and I had hoped to have it sorted by now) but until then, my projects are limited. Having said that, I remembered that I had an old Asagi kit from Taimanin Asagi, one of the last recast kits I purchased a long time ago before I went cold turkey on recasts. If you don’t know the source material, don’t worry. If you do, well good for you… This kit doesn’t really hint much on her origin though.
Seemed like a waste to just leave her, and a large portion of the cleanup was already done (I must have started and then moved on to something else) so she’s part way done already. In fact, she’s almost primed and ready for painting! And since it’s a recast, I don’t mind too much if anything happens to her in transit.

And as soon as she has reached this stage something else has come up! Still modelling related mind you, but I’m not really able to talk about it yet. It is kinda cool tho. In any case, I have a few things to do in the meantime while trying to sort out this housing issue of mine…
HLJ also seem to be doing the special decals again for certain macross items so I *could* get another set and try my VF25 again… Or maybe not.

And on top of all that, I’m still trying to contact Tokyo Hunter with regards to Chara Hobby this weekend. His site has pretty much gone dark… Only a few days left to put an order in…

Taki Corporation goes bust! All’s right with the World

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:16:14 +0000

Normally, I don’t really care for PVC figure news but this was too good to pass up.

I think everyone who collects anime figures have heard of Taki Corporation. They are known for making incredibly ugly, poor quality figures and a metric craptonne of Ikkitousen stuff! (please note that the 2 are not mutually exclusive)

Here’s one of their handyworks.

And that’s arguably one of their better ones!

Well, if this twitter account by AmagiBC5 is to be believed, Taki are finally bankrupt! That’s right, no more ugly Ikkitousen figures!! Here’s a japanese blog page with the twitter post specifically saying so, in case you can’t see it in the twitter (although some level of understanding will be required) and more pics of the Taki quality figures available.

Sankaku complex brought it to my attention but I thought I’d better do some extra investigating before posting, for obvious reasons.

And I’m 100% certain there won’t any disappointed faces. In fact, some may be crying tears of joy! How they managed to stay afloat for this long is beyond me! But it’s all over now. Unless they somehow rise from the ashes even stronger, like some cliché shounen plotdevice.
Current preorders and releases are unaffected but then, that’s all folks!

Try not the make too much noise when you celebrate! ^_^

At Last! Colour images of the Volks 1/4 Bayonetta!!!

gundamjehutykai — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:03:27 +0000

After all this time and far too much teasing, Volks have finally released colour shots of their 1/4 scale Bayonetta!

Not too shabby! I do think that this kit is better than the cerberus project offering but the face, while having an appropriate expression, looks a little off. The absolutely stunning level of detail is still ever present though!
In the end, the colour pics haven’t turned me off the kit, but it hasn’t strengthened my desire to own one either. Anyone else decided for or against the kit after seeing her in colour?

Just under a week to decide what to purchase from Chara Hobby, although Laila (who I missed out on at Wonder Festival) and Celia are back for a second round as well!

[via Volks chara hobby page]

Last Frontier

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:09:54 +0000

One of the worst feelings a modeller can have is that feeling that, after everything is done, you know you’ve done your best… but it’s not good enough. I’m no stranger to the feeling, especially in my early days but it’s been a while since I’ve felt it. And who would have thought it would be a set of decals which set it off…

The build itself admittedly, wasn’t perfect but as I was applying the decals, I really thought that they were much better suited to a non transforming kit. especially since the decals made transforming pretty much impossible without destroying them. And no amount of topcoat or solutions will fix that issue. Heck, even the slightest movement on the fighter mode damages them, to which I can attest! Damn I hate decals…

It wasn’t all bad news however. Some of the smaller decals, particularly the ones on smooth areas like the shield at the back, turned out rather nicely. It’s just a shame that most people won’t really take notice of those…

The right wing was a nightmare and the tip of the wing was actually badly damaged during the process but I managed to salvage it somehow. If you look closely, you can see the break lines where it tore.

The purple lines on fins were also very annoying, especially the ones on the upper fins as they were meant to wrap around together. They didn’t. In the end I actually painted several parts because it was easier than wrestling with the decals.

The decals on the underside were, thankfully, far more cooperative!

As were the ones for the nose.

The main decal for the back wasn’t as hard as I had feared to apply. The problem was afterwards! Since it rested over several moving parts, including the parts which bend the wings back for battroid mode, it had a tendency to shift slightly while it was drying and even the slightest movement causes it damage! you can’t really see the damage at a distance, not the worst affected ones at least, but they’re there!

That tear lies exactly under the hinge where the wing would normally bend back for battroid mode. The tip on the top left also wasn’t quite enough to wrap around the underlying part of the wing like it was intended to…

The area just behind the cockpit turned out quite nicely in the end, even if the parts refused to fit together perfectly. That probably contributed to the damage on the main decal too…

In the end, I felt that there were far too many moving parts which were either on or close to the decals, which ended up damaging them. Had the model been a fighter jet without the transformation gimmick, I think the decals would have been easier to apply and be less prone to damage. It effectively prevents any kind of transformation now anyway! In the end, I did try my best to apply the decals and, while it’s not particularly great, it’s not a trainwreck so I have that to be thankful for at least. But still, knowing your limits and seeing just how far from the ideal it is will always be a hollow feeling.

It still makes for a pretty cool addition to the “Sheryl Army” though!!

Project: Frontier (Part 2)

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:19:28 +0000

Well, that didn’t take too long! All the parts are now completed and the next stage is… I’m not too sure. Some areas will require painting but I’m not sure if I should work too much on the details as the decals will cover a very large area, making any panel lining either redundant or an eyesore which detracts from the new artwork… Guess I’ll have to tread carefully from now on.

But since the kit is complete, I figured I’d do a quick shoot of the various modes as it’s highly unlikely that I will move it out of fighter mode once everything has been completed. Aside from the decals being damaged, I notices several “break points” where the parts are likely to snap off with repeated use, so to preserve the kit, I think I’ll keep it in fighter mode, though gerwalk remains a possibility for now.

So white… One thing I always hated about transforming kits is that unless the build is absolutely flawless (and even if it is!) there will always be little gaps where the parts don’t quite fit together 100%. The smoother and more aerodynamic the kit, the more obvious the gaps are, and this is a fighter jet we’re talking about here! I wonder how badly that will affect the decal applying procedure…

You can see the problem areas a little better in this shot. They are just behind the heads. Unfortunately, those areas correspond to the shoulders of the battroid mode, which accounts for the problem gaps. Glue is always there as a last resort, but I do stress last! I may need to cut up the decals a bit to accommodate the gaps but lets worry about that when I get there.

Simple back shot of the fighter.

I’ll leave the landing gears unpainted because it’s unlikely that I’ll be using them again. I actually have a bandai action base for the kit, I just haven’t put it together yet and I think the action base will be better for showing off the finished kit. I’ll need to paint Alto though…

And onto what is traditionally my favourite form for most macross units, the gerwalk mode. Admittedly, I feel that the gerwalk designs have been going downhill since the original, but I still like them! It’s just the thin back parts… couldn’t they do something about them instead of having them sticking out like that?

This shot shows the shoulder points rather well so you can see why I am reluctant to transform the kit once everything is completed. There’s no way decals, or even paint could survive unscratched there!

And the back shot. See what I mean about the hanging back? It serves no purpose!!

And finally, we have Battroid mode. At this point I feel that I should apologise to the guys over at Bandai who made the Chogokin VF-25 series. For me, Yamato have always been king of the transformable Macross toys. Their releases have always looked awesome, been accurate to the show and gave loads of details. Then I found out that bandai would be making the Macross F merchandise instead of Yamato. My heart sank a little but I thought I’d give bandai a chance. Then when I saw the Chogokin VF-25, I was horrified! The proportions were just awful and made the battroid mode look like its body was squashed down.

But after building the kit and going through the full transformation process, I feel that I should apologise to Bandai because there’s not much they could have done (though I bet Yamato would figure out something). It’s been known that Kawamori uses copious amounts of “anime magic” in the shows to keep the proportions looking good but this one takes the cake!

Detailing is fairly impressive though. But I have to admit that I’m not a massive fan of this battroid design compared to the ones of old. It does seem to borrow a lot from the SF-51 design, although not as much as the YF-27.

And the back, where it seems the sole reason for the hanging part of gerwalk mode is for, to cover the internal mechanisms. without relying on the wings like back with the VF-1.

And this is pretty much all you are going to see from battroid mode from me. I do think that Fighter mode is the best for the VF-25 but then I guess that’s to be expected since the other 2 modes are built around the fighter. The next trick is to sit down and find enough time to apply the decals and then figure out what remains to be done in terms of painting. Got a pretty busy week ahead and Chara hobby is creeping ever closer (and there are STILL no colour shots of bayonetta from Volks… Yes, I’ll be moaning about that until I actually do see colour shots of her!) But for those who have forgotten, here’s what the decals for the VF-25 look like

I suspect things are going to get very messy…

Project: Frontier

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:12:13 +0000

OK, it’s official! I’m getting old!!! Back in the day (see? I even sound old!) I used to be able to snap together a MG gundam kit in the space of a few hours (3~4 hrs to be precise). Now, in the same time, I can barely do the limbs and front nose of my VF25!

In any case, it’s been a long time coming but my next project will be the VF25 model kit with Sheryl Nome decals. And I assure you, I am really dreading the decals!!

It’s been waiting to be built for quite some time. I had primed all the parts in their base colours ages ago so it just needed to be put together and detailed. I just never got around to it. But I needed something relatively simple to work on at the moment as there’s a few major things going on IRL which may very well take a lot of my time. I had initially wanted to start work on KOS-MOS but I don’t want to start work on her unless I can guarantee that I can give her my undivided attention. Izanagi is on hold while I try to figure out what remaining joints I need and I couldn’t decide on which GK I should start on (tho the Try-GK saber was winning). So in the end, I started work on the VF25. I should finish the actual build very soon and will take pics then but once the decals are on, I think it will be restricted to a single mode as from what I can tell, there are far too many “scratch points,” points of contact which could damage the decals regardless of how much clearcoat I apply to allow it to transform.

In the meantime, I’ll be looking out for the cool stuff which will be on show at Chara Hobby at the end of the month. Volks have already announced that they are bringing Gundam garage kits to the event, which is a bit of a surprise since bandai are notoriously protective of their property. Otherwise, it’s pretty much a corporate event so don’t expect any circles to be showing off stuff like at Wonder Festival or Treasure Festa. Also, unless there’s a really amazing kit on show at the events, I think I’ll be on an effective spending freeze. At least up until winter Wonder Festival. Let’s see if I really can make it to next years event!!

WonderFestival 2010 Summer Garage Kits

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:45 +0000

Getting the motivation to write this post was surprisingly hard. Maybe it was because I researched too hard prior to the event so there were no big surprises in store on the floor. Maybe it’s because I failed to obtain my 3 target kits and the likelihood of them hitting Y!JA is pretty slim. Or maybe it’s because it feels like my regular news sites seem to be taking their time with this one compared to the winter event.

It’s probably due to my failure to acquire my intended targets but I didn’t really find any other kits which really made me want to go out and get it. In hindsight, I should have tried to get the Mr Surprise Kanu 2020 since I really liked that sculpt. In the end, I did manage to get the Himeji Shoukanjuu from silent minority. Another kit I wanted from the last WF but pickings were slim this time round. Still, there were some impressive kits. Oh, and there’s some seriously NSFW stuff at the end. Consider yourself warned!

Seeing a full body shot of the Volks Bayonetta was definitely a highlight. Tokyo Hunter did some excellent shots for Tomopop so I’m shamelessly pilfering! Additional images are from Dengeki hobby and WFS21

Still not as amazing as KOS-MOS but with a coat of paint, I’m sure this kit will go from “probably buy” to “definitely buy”

Sousou Moutoku from Shin Koihime Musou. I don’t know why but I really like this flat-chested character.

Fate Extra seems to have breathed some new life into the Saber sculpts and this one in particular was amazing! Shame that I don’t enjoy doing the same character over and over again…

Cerberus Project Bayonetta continues to impress but, to me, simply doesn’t compare to the Volks version. Then again…

The less said about this one, the better. I had been keeping my eye on it ever since I saw the first WIP pics over on FG site. but the final product is better best forgotten, methinks.

Love Plus was insanely popular this time round and Nene was the most popular girl it seems (I don’t blame the sculptors for thinking this. I personally prefer Manaka tho). And this was probably my fave kit of the lot. Not the character herself, but the whole package.

Ooki Futaba by Cerberus Project again. Still beautiful, still no desire to actually paint her. That’s really kinda odd the more I think about it…

Tohsaka Rin. One of the PVC companies showed off an unpainted figure of this exact pose but the face was rounder and more anime like. I prefer this one!

Mafuyu from Seitokai No Ichizon!!! I would have preferred Chizuru or Minatsu (with her hair down, of course) but still… MAFUYU!!!

Togame from Katanagatari. There was also a version of her with short hair after she cut it, but I like long hair dammit!!! Characters instantly look less cute with short hair!

Another Mafuyu, but this time it’s Oribe from Seikon no Qwasar. I would have thought that the show would have given more kits than this!

The Primal Scream Saber continues to impress. A part of me really wants one but again, I don’t like doing multiple kits of the same character, especially too close to one another.

Bakemonogatari also made a big splash alongside Love Plus with 2 characters doing most of the work. One was Tsubasa cat (YEAH!!!) and this kit was my pick of the bunch. The rest were just variations of Tsubasa in her Pyjamas. But by far the most popular character was…

Loli Vampire Shinobu! I must have seen at least 7 or 8 different kits of her but this one by T’s System was my fave (I also have their Hanekawa Tsubasa kit). And before anyone asks, no, I don’t know if she kept her choice of underwear under the skirt.

This painted resin kit of the adult Mina Tepes from Dance in the Vampire Bund was also really impressive. There’s a PVC version planned but we can enjoy looking at the completed gk for now.

And from out of nowhere, it’s the MAJOR! Mokoto Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell! That was a blast from the past! Speaking of which…

It’s yomiko! YOMIKO READMAN!!! Where’s my Ms Deep?

And to add to the randomness, here’s a GK of Whii, one of the characters from the 4koma manga Three-tan. You can pick up around 50 translated mangas on the iPhone if you search for PS triple.

And Hatsune Miku Riding Tako Luka. Sexual innuendos aside, this was just too weird not to post.

But it wasn’t just character figures on show. This model of the Castle of Cogliostro from the Lupin III movie of the same name was really impressive.

As was this Jehuty kit…

That’s pretty much it for this Summer. Overall it was a good event, save for buying part. Really makes me want to go there at some point. I wonder how many GK I can fit into my bags…

And yes, there were NSFW figures at the event. VERY NSFW figures! Initially, I was going to keep things clean but since Tomopop won’t be doing a NSFW post this time around and I KNOW that a few of you will be asking me about it, I decided to pre-empt you and post a few NSFW images here.

Little gap to protect the innocent (HAH!)

I Hope you’re all satisfied now!! Dirtying my blog with this stuff. Pervs in need of more can go to the nearest private space to fap go here or here and scroll to the bottom.

Oh god, don’t tell me that I’ll have to do this for future WF posts from now on…

Volks continues to tease us with their 1/4 Bayonetta!

gundamjehutykai — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:30:14 +0000

Damn you Volks!!! Stop jerking us around and just show her off!!

At this point, I think it’s safe to assume that we won’t see a complete version of the kit until Wonder Festival itself. But that doesn’t stop Volks from publishing even more teaser images of the kit. But if there’s one bright spot this time, it’s that the preview pics leave little to the imagination.

The new images pretty much shows off her complete pose as well as facial expression and kit detail.

Unlike the Cerberus Project version, Volks have opted for a much more provocative and less action-y pose. As for the face…

Yep, you just know that’s a face which Bayonetta would pull in such a situation!

Some insane detail on the Scarborough Fairs. They even etched the description of the guns on the barrel! This particular one is Parsley. The one on her left hand should be Sage.

All in all, Despite not seeing a colour image or a full shot, I am mighty impressed! Not quite blown away like I was with KOS-MOS but still mighty impressed. Seeing her in colour may very well tip me over the edge tho!

Sadly, my current funds are depleted for Wonder Festival and it’s a bit late to place an order in anways. But at least there’s Chara Hobby as well… And I budgeted a little on the side for later!

[via Volks Wonder Festival site]

Wonderfestival Summer 2010 Preview

gundamjehutykai — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:11:57 +0000

Cutting it a bit close since the event is on Sunday but that has given me the chance to catch some better images of kits as the makers have finished their previews and are gearing for the event in earnest! Colour shots of kits which were initially only grayscale are becoming more common!

Having said that, I have not really been looking forward to this post. Not because I don’t want to do one, but simply because this Wonderfestival is shaping up to be awesome and there are too damn many kits which have caught my attention!!

So I’m going to do things a little differently this time around and try and organise things a little. If you’re interested in just a quick glance, then I posted a gallery over at Tomopop earlier this week which is just images. I’ll be putting in a few lines for several over in this post. At present, I’m still trying to decide on a max of 3 kits to purchase. 2 slots are taken with a 3rd up for grabs. With that done, let’s get started!

These kits are definites for me, as in I’ve already put in a request order via Tokyo Hunter for them!

Sheryl Nome Black bunny version by Grabianski

Oh come on! You’ve seen my Sheryl fanboy credentials when I bought (and posted) the Sheryl Nome LAF from Megahouse. (I’ve gotten the stage version as well since then!) so when I first saw this sculpt months ago on the FG site, I’ve been keeping tabs on it and now I finally see it in colour! Granted, it’s not perfect but none of the Sheryl figures GK or otherwise are so I can cut some slack here!

Laila Ria Sorel by Volks (A-Brand)

Normally, I don’t buy kits of characters which I know nothing about. The closest thing was back in 2007 when I purchased the Cerberus Project Ignis kit which was later turned into a PVC figure by Creators Labo. But then I was able to research the character a little. No such luck with Laila. But I guess that just goes to show how taken in by the design I was. If she was an original sculpt, I probably would have still bought her, and originals have to work VERY hard to get on my radar!! She narrowly won out against another volks kit for the 2nd kit slot from this event. Which one was that? Well, we’ll cover that next with the “maybe” kits.

These kits are the ones fighting for the possible 3rd place on my buy list. Pretty hard for me to choose between them all. Which do you think I should go for?

Noel Vermillion by kuruzedaichou (never trust my Kanji reading… EVER!!)

A pretty good sculpt of one of my fave characters in Blazblue. The dynamic pose means that she looks better at other angles but this is the only full body shot of the entire kit. Currently, she’s slightly in the lead in my choices.

Celia Kumani Aintree By Volks (A brand)

And here’s the second volks kit which nearly made the “buy pile.” In the end, Laila won out as, in close up shots, the face of Celia looks a little off. But the level of detail on the armour is just amazing!! I really want to paint this kit just for the chance to do up the armour!!!

Bayonetta by Cerberus Project

If you read Kotaku, Tomopop or Destructoid then this kit may look familiar. It’s the full colour version of the Bayonetta kit which the sites posted over the weekend. Overall, I have to say it looks rather nice, with lots of details closeup. The pose is a combat one from one of her punch combos. I think if you press punch 3 times and then hold the button, this is the pose she strikes as she shoots the enemies down.
In different circumstances, I’d have been all over this kit due to it being Bayonetta but she’s facing competition, or rather should be…

If things don’t turn out the way I think it will, I just hope that Cerberus project will make her available again at another event. I really want a bayonetta!

Litchi Faye Ling By Akifu (again, kanji reading SUCKS!!!)

Another blazblue character and one which is actually PRICED!! 8000 yen will grab me this Litchi but I have to admit that I think I prefer Noel.

That’s pretty much it now. I have until Friday to get my complete list to Tokyo Hunter but I hope to have it done before then. For the rest of the post, here are some other kits which I think were really good but I don’t think I will buy!

Bayonetta

Oh Volks, you’re such assholes teases!! I’m really looking forward to this sculpt. The various teaser shots have given me an idea of the pose but the devil is in the detail. Unfortunately, this close to the endgame and volks STILL haven’t given us a full preview! At this rate, we won’t see her till the actual event!! And at 46,000 yen, this is NOT a kit which I want to walk into blind!! Well, there’s always Chara Hobby!

Love is War Miku

I’m doing this more as a thing for Johnson over at GK heaven. Hatsune Miku really isn’t my kind of thing and there’s a good chance that this kit will be made into a PVC figure in the future, seeing as the first time she was spotted was at this years winter Wonderfestival at the GoodSmile booth!

Meh, not for me. The only Miku Kit which has ever made me raise my eyebrow was the seated “world is mine” miku by Kiking which, by the way, I should be in the process of purchasing. Tho it is straining my connections and proving to be elusive. The guys Dead Master is even harder to get!!

Space Channel 5 Miku

I’m more into the Space Channel 5 bit than the Miku bit!

Natsuki from Summer Wars

I rather enjoyed summer wars so this little critter got my attention. Koi Koi!!

Hanekawa Tsubasa from Bakemonogatari

A really cute Hanekawa kit but I think I prefer the T Systems kit, which I now own!

Tsubasa Cat from Bakemonogatari

I prefer the regular Hanekawa!

Tohsaka Rin from Fate/Stay night

GK based on the poster for the new “unlimited blade works” movie. I just like the pose and how it flows, even though she really looks like she needs to lean on something.

Saber Extra from Fate Extra

Saber based on the new Fate Extra version

Saber from Fate/Stay Night

Gorgeous Saber kit but I’m all Saber-d out with the TRY-GK kit from Volks. This one is as good tho. Not sure if it’s better tho…

Hmm… Maybe I should bump up to “buy” anyway…

Plugsuit Rei From Evangelion

Not exactly an excellent job but if Asuka can get a new Plugsuit, why not Rei??

Celty Sturlson from Durarara!

All it needs is a scythe and a slight brest reduction. Then it would be perfect!!

Chachaumaru from Mahou Sensei Negima

Be honest, how many Negima figures have you seen? Exactly!!!

Dead Master from Black Rock Shooter

Not as good as the Kiking version but I like the playful face more than the serious one.

C.C school uniform from Code Geass

Yeah, I still like C.C. One of the very few good things to come out of Code Geass

Shinobu from Bakemonogatari

Hurrah for more bakemonogatari!!

Hayami from H2O: Footprints in the Sand

Remember H2O Footprints in the sand? I do…

Gertrude Barkhorn from Strike Witches

One of the few Strike Witches I actually liked (and actually remember. I only remember her, Perrine, Sanya, Mio and Luchini)

Vash the Stampede from Trigun

It’s vash. Nuff said!

Honoka from Sora no kakeru Shoujo

Cute kit. I would have preferred Itsuki tho I think.

Sheryl Nome Black bunny ver from Macross F

I can’t make out the details properly on this one so it loses out to the one I am buying!

Vita from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha As

What’s a wonderfestival without at least a few new kits from the Nanoha crew?

Airi from Queens Blade

The first of 3 kits from Mr Surprise who have really impressed me with his last few sculpts! One of my regrets is that I missed out on the chance to buy his Kanu 2020 kit. The only Ikkitousen Kanu kit I have ever truly liked!!

Rezui Utsuho from Touhou

Can’t say I’m a huge fan of the Touhou characters but this one just looks cool!

Saber from Fate Stay/night

And the 3rd kit from Mr Surprise. Love the base. Not so hot on the saber rendition but it is close to the original art!

Yasuna & Sonya from Kill Me Baby

A really fun and cute kit which I would like to own but I don’t think I would really want to paint it…

Ooki Futaba from Amanchu

2 words: freaking gorgeous!!! The only reason she’s not in my buy pile is the same reason as the above kit. While I love the look of the kit, I don’t feel any major desire to actually paint it. I’d definitely get it if it’s a PVC tho. Did I just say that? I think I feel sick…

Nearly there… Finally, one look at a kit I really wanted but sadly won’t be available at WonFest as the maker has stated that he didn’t get the license required to sell it. Let’s have a look at Popura from Working!!

And I really wanted one too… :sadface:

That was a mamoth post… Well, that’s what I’m looking forward to seeing at WF. I’ll be collecting data and images from various sites for next weeks post but if you want up to date stuff, check out Tomopop, which should be updating through the day with Wonfest stuff!

And there is one last thing… Some of you may remember Vispo? The GK maker who have done some rather memorable kits. Heck, I own one of them, Asuka Langley on motorcycle! Sadly, I have felt that his latest kits, various versions of Raquel Gothic, have been lacking compared to his older stuff and then he kinda disappeared for a while. Well, Vispo will be at WonderFestival and he will be selling… an Asuka DOLL?? WTF????????

I’m no expert but it looks like the doll is a volks dollfie body with a custom head. Why????

If you are so inclined, she will be on sale for 65,000 yen. But I can only ask again… WHY????

[images are from fg Site, Mr Surprise and Vispo]