One Piece Stacking Vignette Box

Found some interesting One Piece candy box toys I found while looking around AmiAmi and thought I would write a short review about them. Bandai has just released their orders for Stacking Vignette One Piece - Episode Fishman Island figures. These come with 5 characters per box, along with a piece of gum. These mini figures comes with a character piece as well as a counter part, which can also be put together with one another.

The figures can be put together along with the counter parts which creates a mini model of the Fishman Island Arc. The set of 5 comes out to be 2,040 JPY or roughly around 25$ Canadian depending on the shipping will change the final price. Take a look at these figures and enjoy!

One Piece Stacking Vignette Candy Box Pre-order

AmiAmi Online Shop (2,040 JPY)

Bandai Figuarts Cobby & Helmeppo Review

Finally made some time to update on some new characters that I got this week. Got my hands on Figuarts Cobby & Helmeppo figures. As some of you may know I mostly collect Banpresto figures, but I did make some exception for characters, which I think won't be made into Grand Line Men/Lady figures (any time soon or ever). Figuarts Cobby and Helmeppo were one of those exceptions and I like the sculpt made for these characters. So here is a short review of these figures.

First off the sculpting is very well made for both of these characters. I know that some of the facial expressions for the Mugiwara crew weren't spot on, but these two are just fantastic. I love how Figuarts figures come with multiple poses and items, which Banpresto figures are lacking. Though I am a bit disappointed in some of the coloring done of these figures. Seeing that Bandai makes these figures in mass production, the quality of their painting is not as high as Banpresto's figures. Don't get me wrong on this. My Sentomaru and Buggy both had very good coloring quality, but this is one of those times that the coloring was not done well. Hence, One Piece Figuarts characters are considered (in my opinion) buy at your own risk.

The only coloring error which was poorly done was on the white colored parts of the figures. For instance a bit of the green, such as Helmeppo's shirt was rubbing on to his arms, or Cobby's white shirt has a bit of blue from his scarf. The coloring on the faces of both characters were done well and there were no smudge's or errors so that was a relief. However, for those looking for perfect spot on figures with very little or no errors on sculpt or coloring, I would suggest Banpresto figures. Banpresto only makes a small batch but you can guarantee that their quality is spot on! Over all I am pretty satisfied with these characters and once I make some space to place all my figures I shall post up some photos. Enjoy!


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Banpresto 2012 Naruto Figures

Been waiting and debating which Naruto series I should consider getting for my new collection. Banpresto just announced their new Naruto series, which include Naruto, Minato, Sasuka, and Itachi. They all look pretty amazing, though some are still in their prototype phase. I have yet to compare these to the Bandai line in terms of their quality and final outcome. The Bandai version of their Naruto series still look pretty awesome and the sculpt/coloring are fantastic. I will have to wait and see how the Banpresto versions match up with Bandai's version once they come out. For more photo's on the Banpresto Hobby convention check out AkibaHobby Blog link below.

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P.O.P DX Gecko Moria

P.O.P DX Gecko Moria

Available May 2012

It's the time again where the pre-orders for the up coming P.O.P (Portrait of Pirates) DX Gecko Moria came out tonight at 1:00 am Vancouver time, 6:00pm Japan time. I managed to pre-order Moria from AmiAmi, but since I did not order anything from their site lately because of their huge maintenance change, I was a bit worried. None the less I have managed to pre-order Moria from AmiAmi and also a while back I managed to order Doflamingo from Big in Japan. Currently I am 5/7 Shichibukai members being collected and just missing Jinbei and Crocodile. I believe I can find both of them if I went down to Tokyo, but at the moment both of them are pretty hard to find online.

I am a bit disappointed that Moria is pretty expensive, especially only coming with two additional bats and with no extra parts. I am not 100% sure of his actual height, but in relation to the manga he SHOULD be as tall as or maybe taller than Bartholomew Kuma. I hope MegaHouse gets his height accurate, otherwise I would be really disappointed in this figure. I hope those that were able to get their pre-orders, went through well. For those that were unable to pre-order him, try checking out Mandarake or Rakuten as a back up plan!! Enjoy!

Bandai Figuarts ZERO: Sentomaru

As some of you may have saw during the New Years post, I received Sentomaru during the Christmas break. As stated from the previous post, I am very impressed from Bandai's quality going up. Compared to Captain Buggy, Sentomaru does not come with any additional parts or changeable faces, but the scale is pretty accurate when placed with MegaHouse P.O.P Bartholomew Kuma and with Banpresto's Grand Line Men figures as well. It can be a nice addition, especially if Banpresto has not shown any concept or demos for any side characters such as Sentomaru. Here is a small gallery of Sentomaru. Enjoy the New Years!

Bandai Figuarts ZERO: Captain Buggy

I know I told myself that I would think twice when it comes to Bandai figures because of the quality I have been seeing online. but I got a few unexpected Christmas gifts that I thought I would share from my perspective. First off, I was very surprised at the quality that some of these Bandai Figuarts figures came out to be. I know that some people that collect these figures were not pleased with the quality of the paint or some of the sculpt quality was poorly made. I do believe they are inconsistent, but I was lucky enough to get two figures that were pretty well made.

Here's a short review of Bandai's Figuarts Zero: Captain Buggy figure. He comes with two forms (1) his normal form with his knives and (2) his miniature form when his other parts of the body was tied down. The heads are inter-changeable and he comes with a base plate. However, he is pretty well balanced that he can actually stand without the base.

The color and details done on the figure is well made. There are some imperfection on his hand holding the knives, which is lacking compared to the Banpresto or MegaHouse figures. I am treating this figure as equal to the other companies to bare with me here. The details done on his pants and clothes are pretty impressive and I love the fact that you can have inter-changeable faces, which is something Banpresto is missing. Unless you decide to go for the expensive MegaHouse figures, but for it's price and customization, Bandai Figuarts would be an alternative. Enough with the long read, check out some of these photos. Enjoy!

2012 Figure Update

Master Star Piece: JoJo

Starting the first 2012 blog post of some up coming figures in the coming months, although they are not One Piece related. I found a few figures online that some people may be interested in adding to their collection. I will be posting up a few One Piece figures soon since I have received a few awesome Christmas gifts and some Banpresto figures as well. I will update those in the next post; For now, here are a few figures by Max Factory, Ichiban Kuji, Figma, Banpresto, Figuarts, SCulture, and Master Star Piece. If there are any figures you wise to see or want to hear some updates on those, feel free to leave me a comment regarding those selections. Enjoy!

Ichiban Kuji: Hunter x Hunter

Figuarts: Naruto - Deidara

Figuarts: Naruto - Itachi

Figuarts: Naruto - Madara?

Figuarts: Naruto - Pain

SCulture: Fate/Zero Saber

Max Factory: Zero Suit Samus

Figma: Samus

Figuarts: Rurouni Kenshin 

Figuarts: Rurouni Kenshin

Figuarts: Rurouni Kenshin