19 August 2012

Tamashii Feature Vol.4 Hong Kong

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Last weekend Tamashii Nation of Bandai has hosted an exhibition in Hong Kong called Tamashii Feature Vol.4, which took place in KITEC. It is to show off what new toys are coming soon. It was open to public on 12th & 13th August, but it was also open to those specially invited on 11th.

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At the main hall of the building, there are a few figures on display for people who are queuing to get ito the venue. Here we have Ultraman figures on display.

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Naruto figures

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Drossel chokugin

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Kamen Rider chibi figures

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Wing Gundam mecha girl & Son Goku

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Display shelves at entrance

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Entrance to venue

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The main hall showing off the new 12-inch action figure line called 12"PM (12 Perfect Model).

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Interactive touch screen showing pictures of designs and structures

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Wild Tiger

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Barnaby Brooks Jr.

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Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, the man inside Wild Tiger

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Barnaby Brooks Jr.

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R2-D2

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C-3PO

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Godzilla

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Akiba Red of the Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger

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Wild Tiger & Barnaby Brooks Jr. in action

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Now onto other figures, which are all brushed to one side of the hall. First off is the D-Arts line, which varies from Digimon to Persona, and even King of Fighters. A little strange how no Mega Man (aka Rockman) figures are shown here though.

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D-Arts Kight Blazer

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D-Arts Terry Bogard

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chibi-arts figures from One Piece and Code Geass

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UltraArt Ultraman Max

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UltraArt Gridman

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Latest and upcoming figures of the Figuarts Zero lineup

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Other shokugan scale figure lines

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Upcoming C-style Petit EVA figures

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Half Age Character series, here showing figures from One Piece

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And the Chouzoukei Damashii figures, again here showing figures from One Piece

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A huge display of One Piece figures for the Figuarts Zero lineup

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Robot Damashii line

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Super Robot Chougokin line

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DX Super Robot Chougokin Mazinger Z with light-up gimmick on display

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DX Super Robot Chougokin lineup on a conveyer belt display

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Armor Girls Project (AGP), a relatively new line of mecha girls including Gundam girls and characters from Infinite Stratos (aka IS) and Strike Witches

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Cecilia Alcott from IS and Strike Witches girls

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Laura Bodewig from IS and Gundam Girls

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SIC Kamen Rider Decade

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SIC Kamen Rider OOO Tatoba Combo

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S.H.MonsterArts lineup on display

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S.H.MonsterArts Fire Rodan

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S.H.MonsterArts Moguera & Godzilla

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S.H.MonsterArts Space Godzilla & Mecha Godzilla

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S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla 1995 version from Godzilla vs Destoroyah movie

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S.H.MonsterArts Ghidorah

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A closer look at the Ghidorah's heads

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S.H.Figuarts Silver Crow from Accel World

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S.H.Figuarts Dragon Ball Z lineup. Most of these would be under web shop exclusives I afirad.

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Son Gohan vs Cell. The effects do look pretty cool.

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S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze lineup.

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S.H.Figuarts Kamen Riders

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S.H.Figuarts Akibarangers with Mong Kok's Animate shop at the background lol XD

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And life size Akibarangers on display

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More Akibaranger-related figures on display

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Tiger & Bunny chibi figures on display

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S.H.Figuarts Tiger & Bunny lineup

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Other Tiger & Bunny merchandise

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Saint Seiya Myth Cloth line, which has been going for nearly 10 years.

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Myth Cloth Pegasus Kouga from Saint Seiya Omega

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Myth Cloth Poseidon

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Myth Cloth EX Sagittarius Aioros

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Premium Bandai Hong Kong display case, showing the figures available for pre-order in the Hong Kong web store.

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To finish off, there is a line displaying past Tamashii Features and Tamashii Nation events

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As well as a few samples of toy lines that are introduced over the recent years.


It's nice to see Bandai taking the time and a place to display upcoming toys in a venue like so, and also with free admission. The 12"PM display really does take up the majority of the space at the centre of circular hall, perhaps up to 75% with a lot of empty space, whereas the others are shoved to one side of the venue as an arc.

Personally, I think that the event done last year, which was a first time done in Hong Kong back then, was done a bit better; there were a lot more interactions such as videos showing how chokugin toys were built and painted in factories, or letting people play around with the then yet-to-be-released GFFMC RX-78-2 Gundam THE ORIGIN version.

A selection of photos can also be seen at Tamashii Nations in Hong Kong's official facebook.

Album:
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4 comments:

  1. It is really cool seeing these in those displays. Really wish I had some of those display cabinets.

    I actually just purchased Armor Girls Project - Wing Gundam. Hopefully I can find the time for a photo shoot soon.

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    1. Oh nice! I look forward to see your review of the Wing Gundam! I heard mixed opinions regarding on the quality, but hope yours is a good one!

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  2. I love the entrance to the venue, looks awesome. I'm pretty interested in those Armor Girls Project figures too. I think the timeline idea was pretty cool as well.

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    1. The entrance does give quite a grand impression, of which it surprises me and made me overestimated the size of the event ^^; The Amour Girls Project does seem like a promising one, as I think it hasn't been done before. The timeline idea is quite need to give visitors an idea the history. I do hope it will come back again next year!

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