14 August 2011

ACGHK 2011 Part 2


Continuing on from Part 1, this is part 2 for the ACGHK 2011 coverage, which focuses on anime related stuff.

Captions will come later in the day.


Kadokawa booth. Its queue is long as always; it takes more than half an hour just to get inside and have a look what manga or light novels they have on offer.


Big picture of Haruhi. Speaking of Haruhi the novel series has resumed after several years of hiatus. Anyone still following it these days?


Lots of costumes


It's funny how other than the bishoujo are featured on the pillow cases, Madoka Magica's notorious Kyubey (キュゥべえ) aka QB joins in the rank too ^^;


Various wooden signs


More pillow, leeks, Saber Alter's Excalibur as well as character plushes spotted in one of the shops


Yamato's doll as well as a Zoids on display








Event exclusive D-Style Griffon and Infram 1 special coating plastic models


Royal Guard Combat-san Kotobukiya Exclusive plastic model.


Different plastic parts of hair or "wigs" for Hoihoi-san plastic model available for purchase as runners







Many Kotobukiya figures on display


Kotobukiya booth


Magic the Gathering booth.


Another event exclusive item: Gundam Coverge GN Flag & Gundam Exia Pearl Coating ver.



Entry Grade Gundam Exia, 00 Gundam, RX-78-2 Gundam, and Strike Gundam Gunpla. IIRC these models are made in China, unlike most other Gundam models which are made in Japan.


Transformers booth


Brief lunch break: Cold ramen in a plastic cup


Bandai booth


Upcoming Gundam Age on display


1/144 scale HG and AG Gundam AGE-1 Normal on display


AG Gundam AGE-1 Titus and Genoace on display


1/48 Mega Size Gundam Age-1


GB 1/100 Genoace, Gundam AGE-1 Normal, Titus, and Sparrow


Lore and settings of Gundam AGE explained in Chinese. Now I've finally realised that the 3 kids are supposed to be grandfather, son, and grandson from left to right at the bottom of the picture, rather than just 'friends' @_@;


Candy Toy Gundam AGE-1 trading figures


Candy Toy Gundam AGE-1 Normal under magnifying glass. I think it is around 5cm tall in real life.


More Candy Toy (shokugan) trading figures. This time the FW Gundam Coverge and StandART figures on display


Real Grade (RG) 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam, Char's Zaku II, Mass Production Zaku II, and Aile Strike Gundam


Event exclusive MG 1/100 Zaku II Clear Colour ver., HGUC 1/144 Unicorn Pearl Colour Coating ver., and HGUC 1/144 ZZ Gundam Clear Colour on display


HGFC 1/144 Master Gundam & Fuunsaiki on display, to be released on 25th August


BB Senshi Kshatriya (with Loto) on display, to be released on 25th August




The said models along with recently released Gunpla such as HGUC 1/144 GM III, MG 1/100 Delta Plus and Gundam Epyon EW ver.


Mega Size 1/48 RX-78-2 Gundam on display


The AGE Device and GAGE-ING Haro on display for AG 1/144 scale and GB 1/100 toys


Ashley Wood's Zaku II on display


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENY1avqEWm
Here's a video of it as recorded and uploaded by 2Old4Toys








Numerous One Piece figures on display


Gunpla shop sponsored by Toys 'R Us with event exclusive models


Boxes and boxes of Gunpla in the shop. Some limited ones such as MG 1/100 Heine Westenfluss' Destiny Gundam as well as 1/100 00 Raiser (not MG) Clear Colour ver. are available as well.


The lego booth with a man holding up a sign stating where the end of the queue is. There's a smaller wording on it saying that the queue has already reached its capacity ^^;


It's too hard to get inside the lego booth due to the long queue, but one can still take some pictures of some of the diorama outside the booth~


Square-Enix booth


Play Arts Kai Ezio Auditore da Fironze of Assassin's Creed II


Minigame booths


A whole wall of gashapon machines~


A shop selling some rather interesting stuff, such as the hallowed masks from Bleach, Lightning's gunblade from Final Fantasy XIII as well as Zero's mask from Code Geass


Last but not least, a shot of someone launching Luffie's big bunch near the One Piece booth




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9 August 2011

ACGHK 2011 Part 1


Hot Toys has been a big talk for this year's ACGHK event.

This first part of the coverage focuses mainly on non-anime stuff. Hot Toys has been something of a big talk for this year's ACGHK, and not surprisingly I have taken quite a few pictures of them too.

Without further delay, let's roll out the first part of the coverage!





Lots of customised Iron Man figures from various prominent hobbyists and modellers.


Custom Iron Man by Max Watanabe of Max Factory


Rows of display


Iron Man with Cradle








Davy Jones


Captain Jack Sparrow


Chair of Jack Sparrow as the Cannibal King


Tron's Sam Flynn with Light Cycle


Captain America


Thor


Sweeny Todd


Batman and Joker. Really cool diorama I'd say.


More Iron Man


Iron Monger with Obadiah inside (you can just see part of his face in the photo)


Michael Jackson x Resident Evil / Biohazard crossover.


Alien


Luke Skywalker


Indiana Jones


Jake Sulley from Avatar




Original character/mecha designs as part of the annual competition whose notable entries will be displayed in the event



This Moon Saver Luna looks pretty cool. An action figure (possibly a figma mod) along with design drawings and character lore are all available.







XBOX Kinect being played on stage


Kinect Star Wars showcase with life size Darth Vader and a Storm Trooper standing


R2D2 theme XBOX 360 and C-3PO theme XBOX controller


Life size C-3PO and R2D2 on the other side of the showcase


More Kinects are available for visitors to try out



Enterbay's Onimusha and Bruce Lee figures on display.


That would be the end of part 1 of ACGHK 2011 coverage. Anime-related part of the coverage will be next!
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31 July 2011

Knackered

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It appears that I am having a fatigue of some sort recently. The fact that I have to sleep in early should be some sort of tell-tale signs for me. This is a reason why I don't get to catch up reading on other blogs yet. I hope I can get to do it next month.

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30 July 2011

Purchases from ACGHK 2011

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Just a quick update here. I've bought a few things from the ACGHK 2011 event which is currently ongoing until Tuesday night. More details after the jump!

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Black★Rock Shooter Artbook. A compilation of artwork from the original character designer and illustrator huke, along with many other artsists. Apparently it's identical to the one that is sold in the recent Comiket C79 event but localised, however I need to check on this.

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HGUC 1/144 RX-78-2 Gundam Ecopla, basically a Gunpla kit made of recycled plastic, hence the black for most stuff except for the beam effect of beam sabre. Even the polycaps are black as well. There is also a special decal sheet with lots of "GUNPLA" signs on it. This is no new kit, but it's not the most common kit out there for sure. Will most likely do a post for it once I get around to build it.

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Gundam Legacy manga. There are only 3 volumes in total, which makes it pretty short. It appears to be a compilation of several short stories involving side characters (from one of the anime series or those who appear exclusively in games). The seemingly heavy depiction of grunt units over Gundams is surely what tickles my interest ^^; Speaking of buying manga, I think the last time I've bought manga for myself was probably sola way back in ACGHK 2009.


As for the coverage photos, I need some time to sort them out. I hope I won't procrastinate and take too long to get the posts out!
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