Most of Max Factory's presence at ACen was in figma form, but they had a trio of scale PVC figures there too. Two of them are recent releases: DRAMAtical Murder's Aoba, and Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere's Tomo. Aoba looked...
| Tianxiao Ma |
It's funny how being around a lot of something can make me want that thing. I never figured myself to be big on Gunpla, as I was never into Gundam. But seeing all the various model kits on display at Bluefin's booth was enoug...
| Tianxiao Ma |
This isn't what we usually cover, but it is hand-crafted collectible merchandise so I thought creations of Athena's Wink are worth taking a look at. Their booth was run by Carolann Voltarel and Carrie Wink, who spend a lot of...
| Tianxiao Ma |
At Anime Central, Max Factory's figma line had a great selection of their current and upcoming figures. Among them, there were figures from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Cobra, and Kid Icarus. Also in attendance were the very p...
| Vanessa Cubillo |
This week, Custom Made Monday has some more heroes for your viewing pleasure. Not just the designer toy variety, too; there's a few action figures of note to share as well! You could say we've been busy as a beaver gathering ...
| Brian Szabelski |
At Anime Central, Bandai had figures on display from their own line in the Bluefin booth, as well as D-Arts and SH Figuarts. There was nothing particularly shocking or brand new from them here. Most of their collection ...
| Vanessa Cubillo |
DC Collectibles has announced its SDCC 2013 exclusives: a 3.75-inch Green Lantern 4-pack, a Batman: Arkham City Doctor Hugo Strange, a Super Best Friends Forever 3-pack, and an Aardman: Superman figure. These exclusives will ...
| Scarecroodle |
Good Smile Company had a lot of products on display at ACen this year. My favorite of which was Deep Sea Miku but their Nendoroid Racing Miku is pretty sweet. It looks like she has semi translucent hair and with the car and u...
| Jon Wills |
Over at the recent Anime Central convention, Tasty Peach Studios served up some adorable plushes along with clothing and accessories. But, let's be honest, what I have my eyes on are the plush toys and, boy, are these cu...
| Natalie Kipper |
Sammy Kammy Studios is a relatively new name in the world of plush, but looks like she's got something that's pretty interesting. Sammy is planning to make and sell plush Mass Production Evas from End of Evangelion. She was a...
| Brian Szabelski |
In addition to Bandai's wares, Bluefin also had many of Square Enix's recent Play Arts Kai releases on display. If you've forgotten what's out there or otherwise haven't kept up, consider this a good reminder. They include bo...
| Brian Szabelski |
We saw Alphamax's one-piece dress Kirino go up for pre-orders a few weeks ago and, as is the immutable law when it comes to Oreimo, Kuroneko was sure to follow soon. Now she's here, sporting a similar dressed-down look to Kir...
| Martin Siggers |