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While a certain raven-haired lass might be the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Kanu, one does need to remember she's based off a historical figure. With Japan's penchant for historical gender-bending, you...
| Emily Smalara |
Hobby Japan brought a couple of Queen's Gate figures to MegaHobby Expo. We've seen both before but here's a chance to see them up close. We have the alternate color version of BlazBlue's Noel. She was in last month's magazine...
| Tianxiao Ma |
This months scans show that the Hobby Japan series of figures isn't going anywhere with a few new figures to expand their ever growing line of figures. Firstly, we get a look at a new figure of Yagyuu Jubei from Hyakka Ryoura...
| Chris Seto |
Once again, Hobby Japan is dipping in to the Queen's Gate series to provide us with, what will inevitably be, a limited figure of one of the characters from their gamebook series. However, instead of following any kind of ord...
| Chris Seto |
Last months magazine scans gave us the announcement of a Noel Vermillion figure as part of the Queens Gate series of figures by Hobby Japan. And now, this month, we get to see what the figure looks like! If I sum it up in one...
| Chris Seto |
Queen's Blade: Spiral Chaos was known among Queen's Blade toy collectors as that game people got just for the Figma. Now it seems Namco has gotten wise to the nature of things and released a new game with a new toy. Queen's G...
| Tyler Jones |
Alter is not really known for their repaints, but when they do one they do it damn well. Point in case: Alice from Queen's Gate. They recently did a repaint of her Boost form (which is available for order on Tokyo Hunter), an...
| Tomopop Staff |
Just a few days ago we got the scoop on Hobby Japan's 1/8 scale Ivy figure, and now you can order it through proxy buyer extraordinaire Tokyo Hunter. This figure seems to have really great flow and a nice sculpt, giving Ivy t...
| Tyler Jones |
Looking significantly different than the previous Alter version, Hobby Japan has their own limited edition Queen's Gate version of Senhime. To get her you'll have to go through a proxy service, as she won't be showing up on t...
| Tyler Jones |
The last time the Queen's Blade franchise visited the Playstation Portable, they included a figma of the new exclusive character, Cute. With a new game, this time uniting several game franchises under the Queen's Gate label, ...
| Andres Cerrato |
Hobby Japan has produced a lot of figures, but they are almost always in tandem with a company like Alter or MegaHouse. In fact, they are best known for the limited-edition Hyakka Ryoran figures with Alter and the magazine ex...
| Tomopop Staff |
Hattori Junko, originally from anime/manga Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, and recently acquired by the Queen's Gate series of books, was barely on my radar until today. I know we've covered her a few times in the past, from her o...
| Scott Kremer |