Bandai’s Godzilla X Evangelion cross promotion line takes a turn for the bizarre with their latest piece: a vinyl figure depicting a strange fusion amalgamation of Eva Unit 1 in his Awakening Form with bits of Godzilla attached to his body.
Eva Unit 1 G Awakening Form commands a hefty cost at 32,400 yen before middleman fees and shipping but stands at a massive 38 cm x 36cm, the vinyl figure will be released in January 2017, released as a Premium Bandai exclusive.
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While SDCC raged on this past weekend, Premium Bandai released the perfect piece to accompany the recently released CSM Faiz Gear: The CSM Accel Watch!
The CSM Accel Watch will come with a removable Mission Memory which can be inserted into the Faiz Gear for some lights and sounds. In addition, a countdown timer is shown displayed via an LED gimmick.
On top of that, the Accel Watch is capable of playing two songs from Faiz’s soundtrack much like the DecaDriver!
All this can be yours for 6,999 yen shipping out in March 2017.
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Following it’s recent showing in Hyper Hobby magazine this past weekend, Bandai Tamashii is finally gearing up to release S.I.C Kamen Rider Drive Type Speed to the masses, whom was previously shown and various Tamashii Features events.
S.I.C Drive Type Speed will be avalaible this Holliday season, released among the December batch of Tamashii Pick Up releases for 7800 yen.
The figure is shown to include both the Door Gun, Handle Sword, and Max Flare effect parts among it’s accessory count.
Now that the Ultraman manga is in full swing on both sides of the pond it’s no surprise that the series is proving popular with figure manufacturers. At this year’s Summer Wonderfest a number of different companies had figures on display, including Sentinel, ThreeZero and of course Bandai Tamashii Nations.
Among the figures seen at the event were:
Check out the full selection of images after the jump!
The S.H. MonsterArts continues its current trek through the various iterations of the King of Monsters with Godzilla Ultimate Burning Ver.!
Recently revealed via the Godzilla Spirits book and on-show at Tamashii Nations events, Ultimate Burning Ver. is a repaint of the 2012 Burning Godzilla figure from the film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, featuring new orange sections and steam effect parts that can be attached to the figure to simulate the blistering heat the monster’s body is giving off.
Godzilla Ultimate Burning Ver. is a Tamashii web exclusive figure due for release in December 2016, priced 9504 yen. If you missed out on the original figure, be sure to grab this one now!
Just a few days ago, Bandai teased the release of high end props from the Ultraman franchise that will be coming down the pipe line, we now have official images of the first two offerings of what is now being called the Ultra Replica line, which will be released via Premium Bandai.
First off, we have the Ultra Replica Beta Capsule of the first Ultraman it will be joined by Ultraman Tiga’s Spark Lens, both pieces will come with distinct display bases.
Pre orders will simultaneously begin on July 8th and will ship out sometime November 2016. Both pieces will cost 7800 yen before middleman fees and over seas shipping.
Just recently, Bandai’s announced that their Proplica will be releasing high end roleplay items from the Ultraman series with an official web site having gone up. This is to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the franchise.
At the moment, not much is known about the line or even what will be the first release but stay tuned and we’ll be sure to bring up to date info as it’s made avalaible.
News of Kamen Rider Converge’s next instalment have been making the rounds with several teaser images popped up recently.
First up, we have what appears to be an image of Kamen Rider Kiva in early stages of development, in addition to that we have sketches for G3-X, Chalice, and finally Kuuga Ultimate form though weather or not these will share a case together is currently unknown.
Due note that as that the source of these images is still being tracked down so for now take this posting with a grain of salt, but stay tuned and we’ll bring you more up to date information as it becomes avalaible.
In the recent deluge of Figureoh magazine, Bandai’s announced that the small sized Shodo VS line will be expanding into the Ultraman series.
Shodo VS Ultraman Series 1 will include Ultraman himself, Ultra Seven, and two Kaiju to fight: King Joe and finally Zetton.
Series 1 will be released this October 2016 each individual one costing only about 540 yen each.
It’s that time again! The newest batch of magazine scans from Japan have revealed the forthcoming Bandai Tamashii Nations solicitations for November/December 2016, and this batch of S.H. Figuarts looks like one that will go down well with fans.
First up are the eagerly anticipated Kamen Rider Alpha and Kamen Rider Omega from Kamen Rider Amazons. Both are retail release figures, with Omega arriving in November and Alpha following in December – both priced 5616 yen. Interestingly the scan also makes reference to an exclusive Amazon.jp version of Omega also due in November and priced 6696 yen. What differences this figure will have are currently unknown.
Next is S.H. Figuarts Zoffy, Ultraman‘s superior and officer in the Space Garrison! Previous Ultra-Act versions of the character became extremely sought after, but this will be retail release in November and cost 5940 yen.
Look out for more magazine reveals over the coming few days and be sure to check out the full-sized images after the jump!