P.O.P DX Limited & Sailing Again

P.O.P Limited DX - Shanks

Here are some up coming awesome P.O.P (Portrait of Pirates) Limited DX and Sailing Again editions for next year. For the Limited DX line we have Califa, Gol D. Roger, Sadi-chan, and Shanks (New World). For the Sailing Again series, we have Trafalgar Law and Franky. Mega House is also planning on bringing out Shiki from the One Piece Strong World series as well but the date of his pre-order is not yet released. Here are some prototype photo's I have found online for the time being.

P.O.P Sailing Again - Trafalgar Law

I apologize to my subscribers for the very delayed post! I have been really busy the last months with work and trying to find some time to write a post. I will try to get on top of that in the next few weeks! For now, enjoy these prototype photos and I will post some photos up on some figures I was able to open while I went back to Vancouver during a short vacation from work. Enjoy!

2012 JUMP Festival: P.O.P MegaHouse

Here is the updates on the new P.O.P (Portrait of Pirates) Sailing Again and DX series. We have an update from the DX series of Ben Beckman and Moria. It is said that they confirmed that Moria's arms are not changeable, but might be considered just a static pose but with different items that comes with him. I assume it would be something similar to Akainu with different bat elements or action items. For the Sailing Again series, we have an update on Brook, Usopp, Robin, and Franky sculpt confirmed. I love Brook's pose and sculpt; I wish I was collecting the Sailing Again series, but it wasn't enough for me to collect the whole group. For me personally I wouldn't just get one of them and not consider getting the others, even though Zoro, Brook, and Usopp all look fantastic. Here are some photo's found online from the JUMP Festival conference.

Source link:

http://blog.hobbystock.jp/report/2011/12/tp0818.html

NDS: One Piece Gigant Battle 2 New World!! + MSP Luffy Limited Edition

Here is a update on the NDS: One Piece Gigant Battle 2 New World + MSP (Master Star Piece) Luffy Limited Edition. Have been playing the NDS game itself for a good week and just finished playing and I must say, being able to use all my favorite One Piece characters is pretty awesome. Compared to the first one, you can now use the entire Mugiwara crew plus a lot of extra characters. There are around 40 playable characters and at least a good 100 support characters in the game.

The package I got was the MSP Luffy Limited Game edition bundle, which included a limited color alter of the MSP Luffy figure. The difference is the vibrant colors as I wrote before in previous posts. The figure pose s basically the same, except for the coloring done on him. Personally I love the vibrant color version of this luffy, but I do like the regular MSP skin tone color done on him more that the Limited Edition. The packaging done on this box set is well put together and the overall game and the figure is fantastic. 

One Piece fans, if you can get your hands on the Gigant Battle 2 game, I would highly recommend it. You don't need to play the first one to know what happens in the second one, since the story is completely different. However, the game is only in Japanese but it's not that difficult to play through the game. It is mostly about destroying your opponent and kicking ass. Enjoy!

Banpresto Grand Line Men Vol.10 - Monkey D. Luffy

Banpresto Grand Line Men Vol.10 - Monkey D. Luffy

At last Banpresto's Grand Line Men: Monkey D. Luffy is here and I am very pleased with the figure. The only sad part with mine was that a small bit of black paint drop was on his eye. I removed it using photoshop, but regardless it's still there on the figure itself. Banpresto really knows how to capture the figures really well in my opinion compared to the other One Piece figures out there. Especially when comparing them to MegaHouse's portrait of Pirates or Bandai's Figuarts series. The detail on Luffy's clothes is done well, especially with the fold done on the back. Although I think the folds on his pants from the back are a little bit emphasized, but regardless it's a nice finish. Here's a small gallery of the figure. Enjoy!

Banpresto Grand Line Men Vol.10 - Usopp

Banpresto Grand Line Men Vol.10 - Usopp

Finally my Banpresto Grand Line Men Usopp came in just a few days ago. Just as expected the coloring and the sculpt details are fantastic. One thing to note is that for their packaging, the set comes in two parts: the base and the figure itself. Before it use to come in three parts: base, upper, and lower body. I believe this saves the packaging cost for them but it might change. Back to the figure itself the details on his clothes and accessories are very detailed. The buttons on his belt is well made compared to Bandai's Figuarts series. His boot sculpt is made well with the gap between his feet and the upper part of his boots. Here's a small gallery of the figure. Enjoy!

Master Star Piece Luffy (New World) Release

Master Star Piece Luffy (regular version)

Just found out that the Master Star Piece Luffy (regular ver.) comes out today in Japan. For those that are in Japan right now, leave me a note to see if this is true! I will be posting up some gallery photo's for any that I have found online. I hope the Limited Game edition comes out soon! Can't wait for it! Here is the promo poster for MSP Luffy. Enjoy!

NDS One Piece Gigant Battle! 2 + MSP Luffy Limited Edition

Banpresto MSP Luffy + NDS One Piece Gigant Battle! 2

Nintendo and Banpresto have also finally released their NDS One Piece: Gigant Battle! 2 Limited Edition with MSP (Master Star Piece) Luffy (Game Edition). The packing is pretty sweet, very different from the other MSP boxes that they come in. On the top left corner of the MSP box, it has the label of the Gigant Battle! 2 Limited Edition logo on the box. For those that are ordering the Limited Edition, keep an eye out for those when you get yours in! There are two different types of MSP Luffy (New World/Time Skip) versions out there. One is based on the Banpresto color scheme (dark and a little bit more realistic), while the Limited Edition one is based on the Manga color scheme (brighter red top, non-gold belt, and straw hat color is lighter).

Personally I like the upper part (mainly his scar) of the regular MSP Luffy compared to the Limited Edition. I may do a mix and match and maybe buy both of them. But I may change my mind once the Limited Edition comes in and see how it looks. For those that are still looking for the pre-order of the game and the figure, the link can be found below. Enjoy!


Pre-Order Link:
Big in Japan - NDS Gigant Battle! 2 with MSP Luffy Limited Edition 
(note: immediate payment is required for this order due to limited stock)

Supernova Time Skip

Supernova Time Skip

Just a short post about a Time Skip of the Supernova's I found while I was browsing around. Some changes in some characters and missing Zoro in this photo.

Banpresto One Piece Fair

Here are some photo's taken by DengekiOnline at the Banpresto Convention in Tokyo. They have a few new releases and a few new updates on the coming Grand Line Men/Children series. No information on the Grand Line Ladies at the moment, but hoping within the next few day we will see some. At the moment here are some of the following Grand Line Men: Marco, Gol D. Roger, Roronoa Zoro (New World/Time Skip), and Sanji (New World/Time Skip). As for Grand Line Children, Lucchi is set to be released probably for Vol.3 since Vol 2 would be Ace & Boa Hancock.

Here is the reference link:

DengekiOnline: Banpresto One Piece Convention - Tokyo