Hobbylink Japan, site sponsor to our sister sites Toyark & TFW2005 is celebrating its 15th anniversary with ongoing sales! This newest sale has Toku fans in mind, as it focuses on none other than Bandai! Do you like Super Robot Chogokin, SH Figuarts, Armour Trans Kamen Rider, et al? Don’t miss out on this sale! Here are select highlights:
Thanks to GA Graphic, we now have new images of the following 3 red SH Figuarts figures on display at Tokyo Toy Show 2012:
Amiblo has posted a pictorial preview of the highly anticipated SRC DaiZyuJin by Tamashii! This main mecha from Zyuranger gained notoriety in the West as none other than the original Megazord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Amiblo has posted images showing this upcoming figure in dynamic poses and the effect parts in use.
The very 1st diecast DaiZyuJin figure is a welcome addition to the Super Robot Chogokin line. If you want Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA to bring this over stateside, make your voices heard! Check out the new images after the jump!
We’ve received a press release from IDW Publishing regarding their summer plans for Godzilla comics!
San Diego, CA – Expanding what has become an explosive publishing partnership, this summer IDW Publishing and Toho Co., Ltd.are bringing even more kaiju chaos to comic fans everywhere!
May 23rd brings the launch of Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane’s new, ongoing Godzilla series, which features covers by Arthur Adams and Tony Harris! That’s not all, though!
That same day, after much anticipation, Godzilla will finally hit digital platforms! Available on iOS, Android, and Nook, IDW’s entire back catalog of catastrophic, giant monster destruction will be available as single issues and trades. Not only that, but the new Godzilla ongoing will launch day and date with two exclusive digital variant covers!
This bounty of crushing comics destruction comes hot on the heels of IDW’s announcement of Orc Stain creator James Stokoe’s Godzilla: The Half-Century War, a generation-spanning tale packed to the gills with Stokoe’s trademark hyper-detailed linework and nearly-psychedelic colors. If any comics creator out there was born to draw giant monsters leveling crowded metropolitan areas, folks, it’s James Stokoe.
And as if all that city-stompin’ goodness wasn’t enough, IDW has made the necessary space in Godzilla’s monstrous world for even more of Toho’s creatures, with more than 20 of Godzilla’s co-stars joining the roster of licensed characters. From fan favorites such as JET JAGUAR to lesser-known greats like the gargantuas, SANDA and GAIRA, the future of Godzilla at IDW is bound to be even more action-packed than ever.
Needless to say, it’s going to be a chaos-drenched summer for Godzilla fans.
Hopefully they all have insurance.
Godzilla #1• 32 pages • $3.99 • in stores May 23 • Diamond order code: MAR120364
Godzilla: The Half-Century War #1 • 32 pages • $3.99 • in stores 8/22 • Diamond order code: JUN120326
Godzilla: Legends TPB • 128 pages • $19.99 • in stores June 13 • Diamond order code: APR120372
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Vol. 3 TPB • 104 pages • $17.99 • In stores now • Diamond order code: MAR120367
Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/idwpublishing and http://tumblr.idwpublishing.com/ and on Twitter at @idwpublishing.
For fans of Godzilla Comics by IDW Publishing, today we bring you a preview of Godzilla #1 from the new ongoing series!
Godzilla #1
Godzilla is back… in an all-new ongoing series! Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team to take down monster-sized threats… at $7 billion a bounty. What starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer… if he can live past day one!
Read on to preview this new issue! It’s scheduled for release tomorrow, Wednesday, May 23rd 2012.
Thanks to sister site Toyark.com for a press release and images of the upcoming SH MonsterArts Comic Con Explosion Godzilla, an exclusive for San Diego Comic Con 2012!
Product Name: S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)Copyright
© 1994 Toho Pictures, Inc.
GODZILLA and the character design are trademarks of Toho Co., Ltd.
© 1994, 2012 Toho Co., Ltd.
Basic Info
Product Name: S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)
San Diego Comic-Con Price: 55 USD
Figure Height: 6”
Total length (head to tail): 15”
Articulation: 29points
Materials: PVC, POM, ABS
For ages 15yrs and older
Product Announcement
Get ready to celebrate destruction this July 2012! Bandai Japan’s Collectors label, Tamashii Nations, is proud to announce a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive that will blow the roof off with S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)! Featuring a unique fiery explosion color scheme and twenty-nine points of articulation, this high-end collectable action figure has been professionally crafted by the renowned monster maker Yuji Sakai to meticulously replicate Godzilla’s form as seen in the 1994 Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (commonly referred to as “MogeGoji”). Illustrated by prominent Japanese artist and character designer, Yasushi Torisawa, exclusive package art commemorates San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, and appropriately depicts the beloved San Diego Convention Center being attacked by Godzilla. Run to the Bluefin booth while supplies still last…and then run for your life!
Artists Profiles
Yuji Sakai
(Sculptor)
Born in 1958, Yuji Sakai represents Japan’s top sculpting talent and has come to be known as the world’s foremost Godzilla sculptor. Working as the lead prop designer for the 1999 film, “Godzilla 2000: Millennium”, Yuji Sakai has since released numerous Godzilla kit’s via his namesake sculptor’s workshop and has received praise from around the globe for his remarkable craftsmanship.
Yasushi Torisawa
(Illustrator)
Born in 1962, Yasushi Torisawa is a prominent Japanese illustrator and character designer. His “kaiju” monster design debut began via a collaboration with Godzilla art director Tetsuzo Osawa for the movie “Mothera 3”. Following this project Yasushi Torisawa has established himself as a renowned character, costume, and visual content designer for Godzilla and other popular Japan “tokusatsu” (live-action) series. He also contributes frequently to “tokusatsu” magazines with original “kaiju” illustrations.
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Check out images of this fiery Comic Con Explosion Godzilla after the jump!
Courtesy of GA Graphic we can feast our eyes upon “new” images of Medicom‘s upcoming RAH DX Space Sheriff Gavan images! We saw these images initially sans background towards the end of last month. Now we can see the unaltered images.
This 1/6 scale figure will retail for ¥19,950. Check out the unaltered images after the jump!
Were you looking forward to SRC MagiKing? Wait no more, it’s out now in Japan! Here for your viewing pleasure are some images, thanks to Gamu-Toys! What are you waiting for?! Check out more images of what could be the most articulated Sentai mecha in the Super Robot Chogoking(SRC) line to date!
Hobbylink Japan(HLJ) has started a new Kamen Rider Super Sale! Whether you like medals, random soundtracks, vinyl figures, or the ever-popular SH Figuarts Riders, HLJ has you covered! Up to 80% off on select items. Sale ends March 25th at 6PM JST.
The Cybergundam Bloghas posted new images of the Real Deforme line of fully articulated, Super Deformed(SD) Kamen Rider figures by Banpresto! Riders from such series as Ryuki, Den-O, W, and more are included in the lineup. Shown are full color samples as well as uncolored test shots.
Check them all out after the jump! Thanks to TokuNation boards member Kiryu for the heads up!