The most articulated figure of Ultraman you’ve ever seen as brought to us from Bandai. While my figure was plagued with loose joint issues, it’s still got a lot of presence and attitude to adorn your shelf. He’s also fun to pose next to my vinyl Millennium Godzilla. Check out the gallery for some Tokusatsu action!

Well, this weekend saw the release of the first of the summer blockbusters and the “bridge” to the Thor, Cap and Avenger movies. That’s right, Iron Man 2!  Wal-mart’s selling exclusive 6 inch figures of the main guys from the film. The Iron Man MK VI armor and WARMACHINE. There are some others that are out as well, but I don’t care about those actually.

Only had the chance to mess with Iron Man Mk VI so far.  It seems the figures themselves are well sculpted and have great paint apps. Articulation could be a lot better, but Hasbro has pulled back in that area. Still, the figures have nice shelf presence and are great collectibles for those who want some memorabilia from a great movie. Pick ‘em up!

EDIT: I need for Bandai to make us a Movie Realization Iron Man figure now. Diecast metal and all! 

My very first Alien figure. REALLY COOL! If you call yourself a fan of anything science fiction. You need this! Click the photo to view the gallery!

I wanna thank all the well-wishes of friends, coworkers and family that have said kind words of offered comfort over the past few days. The house is pretty quite without Ted, no doubt. I’ve been trying to keep busy as they say. I’ve had a couple request for commissions as well. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to talk to those who’ve requested work from me. That said, I wanted to take the opportunity to post inprogs from a recent commission for a member of Robot Japan forums. The commission is of Harvest WKS limited series of Rockman (Megaman) garage kits.

http://harvestwks.blog59.fc2.com/

These pieces took me several months to finish due to several hurdles (I’ll get to those later). All told, the results were better than expected. The models are TINY. I mean they are freakin’ small. They also required an insane amount of precision. The process itself wasn’t bad….drill here, sand there, repeat. The instructions, while in color, still left a lot of interpretation of the builder. Mainly placements of which ball joints to which area were of concern, but at the end of the day it all worked out. Those who have further questions can feel free to contact me directly through email and I will answer your questions best I can.

I will have finished pics up soon, but for now please have a look at the in progs!

After the events that unfolded this weekend, I felt I needed to post some photos of the life and adventures of Teddy. The photos are just a few of many that were taken over the span of his life. I feel really blessed to  have had him in my life for 13 years. He really brought a sense of joy and adventure to our boring lives. We will miss him, but we won’t forget him. Thanks for the AWESOME years, Teddy! Again….I love you, bro!

Please click the photo to go to Teddy’s Gallery! Thanks for looking!

This is a really tough blog entry, but I have to take a break for a bit from talking about all the models and collectibles. Friday morning, March 5 2010 It was time to say goodbye to my little fuzzball. Teddy. He was 13 years old and was more than a furry companion. He was a extremely well-loved, spoiled family member. I’m going to miss him greatly.  I’m going to have more photos of him when he was a puppy and his life in general. I’m in the process of getting them uploaded now and I’ll post again when I finish. I hope visitors will take a few minutes to look at them and enjoy.

I love you, Ted!

Kaiyodo’s Arbalest, released in Dec ‘09 is another masterpiece in the Katsuhisa Yamaguchi line. Finally got around to posting some pics. Get this now!

The February 2010 issue of Dengeki Hobby comes with a 65min long DVD featuring PG OO Gundam modeling tips from Kawaguchi Sama!  Pick it up before it’s gone!

So….the pictures aren’t working now. I’ll try to get them back up or something. Sorry for the inconvenience!

EDIT: Nevermind! I suck. You can view the images if you don’t block them! LOL!

Just adding a few more pics I took today. Corrected the eyes thanks to the critical feedback. Toriyama eyes tend to be a bit more toward the center, perhaps a bit cross.

Anyways, I’ll be starting a new commission with a nice NeoGrade Baikanfu GK. Can’t wait to start on this. Will have some in progs a bit later. I also need to post the Harvest WKS Rockman GKs I did for MechamasterJ on Robot Japan. I’ll get around to that this weekend maybe. That’s it for now. Need to get some sleep!