In today’s update: Catching up on figure news from Hobbynet today, leading the pile of scoops with a Rozen Maiden manga special edition figure and a new Gundam bishoujo offering from Yoshizaki Mine. Other items of note include a release date for Solid Theater’s Nukenin collection, the third set of Tetsudou Musume figures from Tomy, a Hazuki doll from Megahouse, and June restocks of Kaiyodo’s Himekuri Image Girl.
- Big news for Rozen Maiden fans: the first, limited-edition printing of volume 7 of the manga will come with a Shinku figure included, and is set for release on September 26th. [source]
- Gundam 0079 meets Yoshizaki Mine in this set of “Card Builder Girls Figures” from Banpresto due out in August. I don’t recall Renpou Queen Reiko and Zeon Queen Cathy from the original series, but that may just be moe-induced memory loss setting in…
Now On Sale
- Medecom’s Asuka plug suit poseable doll from Evangelion
- Medecom’s Rei plug suit poseable doll from Evangelion
- Yujin’s King of Fighters Gals Collection vol. 2 capsule figures
- Max Factory’s Mizuho (white shirt ver.) PVC from Onegai Teacher
- Goodsmile’s 1/10 scale Tokiha Mai PVC from My HiME
- Orchid Seed’s Kanu Unchou (gosurori ver.) resin kit from Ikkitousen
- CMS’s My HiME & My Otome trading figures
- Yamato’s Bunny Girl Lydia PVC (original design)
- Yamato’s Bunny Girl Lydia (white ver.) PVC (original design)
- Yamato’s Ropponmatsu II (special color ver.) PVC from Excel Saga
- Goodsmile’s Ohno Kanako (clothes-changing ver.) PVC from Genshiken
- Yamato’s Growlanser Heroine Collection trading figures
- Amie Gran’s Natsuki & Shizuru resin kit from My HiME
Coming Attractions
June 2006
- Kaiyodo’s Himekuri Image Girl (black ver.) PVC (restock)
- Kaiyodo’s Himekuri Image Girl (white ver.) PVC (restock)
July 2006
- Toys Planning’s Nekomiko-tama PVC (original design)
- Max Factory’s Carmen 99 PVC from Gun x Sword
- Max Factory’s Wendy PVC from Gun x Sword
- Goodsmile’s Eri PVC from School Rumble
August 2006
- [ERO] Millennium’s Sensei Daisuki capsule figures
- Megahouse’s Naruto Premium Heroines Alpha trading figures
- Megahouse’s Detective Conan Premium Heroines trading figures
- Megahouse’s Portrait of Pirates Tashigi PVC from One Piece (restock)
- Megahouse’s Hazuki poseable doll from Tsukuyomi
September 2006
- Griffon’s Talho PVC from Eureka Seven
- Griffon’s Eureka PVC from Eureka Seven
- Solid Theater’s Nukenin trading figures
- Toysworks’ Ichigo Mashimaro Bathtime (repaint ver.) trading figures
October 2006
- Tomy’s Tetsudou Musume vol. 3 trading figures
- Wave’s Hakufu (china dress ver.) PVC from Ikkitousen
Date Pending
- Wafuudou Ganguten’s Rio PVC from Super Black Jack
- Yamato’s Yupiteru Rasa PVC from Birth
Finally. A release date for Nukenin…
I like the designs for the Gundam figures; but I’ll have to see the 3D versions to determine if I want to buy them or not.
Whole lot of good stuff in this batch… And I think I’m in love with Nekomiki-tama~♥
Woohoo ! More PVC from Eureka 7 !
/me happy !
Woot! It’s hard enough to find someone who remembers Birth, let alone a new Rasa figure!
>>Agent Wax
Amen. Still, so far away… not sure if you’ve seen this, but Elizar.com has a good review up of the actual game. I like the art on a cerebral level, but the combination of moetically deformed faces and bodies with an exceptionally murky color palette still doesn’t grab me where it counts. I think the figures may do better in this regard.
>>wildarmsheero
Yeah, it’s hard to make a pronouncement based on sketches like that. And 12,000 yen is a fair bit of coin to lay out on a figure set, 1/6 scale or no…
>>DMC
Yeah, I think I’m going to have to pick her up as well. :3 Damn the nonsensical mascot cuteness of it all.
>>SbebiWan
This is apparently Griffon’s first foray into PVC, and I’d say it’s a good thing (although something nags me about Eureka’s complexion). I’m hoping to see further PVCification of some of Griffon’s kits, especially from their Art Road line; they could be competitive with the Goodsmile junta if they tried.
>>David R
I haven’t seen Birth myself, but the figure looks like something that retro animephiles will swoon over. I’m guessing someone at Yamato was having a kick of nostalgia…