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Tomopop Unboxes: Gurren Lagann Chozoukei Damashii trading figures


10:12 PM on 06.26.2010


When I first laid eyes on the Gurren Lagann movie trading figs from Bandai, I was pretty much ecstatic. Not only were we finally getting a figure of Simon is his fully grown (ahem, super hot) incarnation, but we were also getting a Nia in her black costume AND one wrapped in Simon's coat. Anyone that had even a slight Simon/Nia fixation would simply pass out from the power of the heartthrob this induced. I was smitten!

Anyway, we were finally lucky enough to get our hands on them, and if you'd like to see me unbox them with great relish, hit the jump and watch the video of me doing so. If you want to try your hand at getting the ones you want, you can buy the full box here at HLJ for 6500 yen or individually through Play-Asia for $7.40 apiece. However, they're sold randomly and are blind boxed, as you'll see in the video, so you can't pick which ones you want. You'll have to hope you see them opened at a con if you have your heart set on a certain one!

And yes, I do refer to them as "Chogokin" in the video, which is totally wrong, because there is no chogokin Gurren Lagann. I pretty much made that up. There is a Chogokin Miku, though. What can I say, I was tired.






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Hate Yoko!?!? huh?
STARTITS! I love how blunt you said you hated her. Great unboxing!
I'll openly admit I'm not a fan of startits Yoko, regardless of the figure. If someone gave me one I wouldn't even open it, I'd just resell it. Flametits Yoko looked way better; I've actually got the Real Image figure in transit, which is the first Yoko statue I've considered to be worth buying.
Awesome unboxing Colette. LMAO Yoko hate. XD Simon me wants you rawr!!
"That is some sexy shit!" Ha ha! Your unboxings are awesome, Colette.

Also, the blatant Yoko hate is refreshing. Nia and adult Simon were way more awesome!
i like yoko >.> (teacher and space)
First of all- I LOVE YOUR EARRINGS. So cute.

Secondly- I love watching you unbox things. It's so much fun, almost like I get to do it myself! I'm terrified of buying things blindbox (bad experiences with Heroclix and Dungeons and Dragons minis as well as years of buying Pokemon and YuGiOh cards...), but it sounds like an adventure. Hopefully one day I'll get a chance to do it... Just the idea of weighing the boxes in your hands and trying to decide which is which, trying to get the one you want... It sounds exciting.

Third- Those stands are so cool! I don't mind the black stands, but those would give so much more room for the places I have to display my figures... I have no room, and I collect mostly trading figures... So if everyone has the wide black stands, I have so little room. And I just think it allows for better set-up of your figures, too. They can get closer together and set up a display scene better. I like them a lot!

Fourth- You're right! Nia looks amazing there. Her hair really is crazy, but it's so cool! Way more than I'd expect given what I normally get when it comes to smaller figures like that! I really like the shading on it, too. And the base for her, as well since... I would be so worried about her leaning. I've got figures that lean and it's just... So sad. It makes me sad just to look at them. It does suck that it messes up the aesthetics of it but I think I would rather have a stand showing than have her resting her weight on some other figure.

Fifth- OMG ADULT SIMON LOOKS GREAT. He's definitely one of my favorite characters, too, beyond Kamina. And the alternate arm is so great.

Sixth- I hope you enjoyed your alone time with Simon! XD

Seventh- ... I am so sorry I went on so long. This is what happens when I watch a video while writing a comment, I guess.
Seriously Colette, you need to do these videos for all the figures you get, because they are AWESOME. I love how excited you are.
Also, we need more Kamina, adult Simon and space Viral figures. Like 1/8 or 1/6, not trading figures.

By the way, why the Yoko hate?
@Mobius -- I just hate how oversaturated she is as a character. For months after the show all I saw was her. Also, I'm not the type that's into red hair and big tits and guns..more of a Nia kind of girl :)

Thanks for the comments everyone! More videos coming very soon :)
@ collete to be fair that's not exactly a detriment to the character... just greedy corporate ppl :P
@dao2 - You're right. I still hate her. :)
I'll take any Yoko's you don't want, she is my favorite character from that show.
Actually, there IS a chogokin Gurren Lagann:

http://www.collectiondx.com/node/2470/
Aww, but Yoko is such a badass D: It's funny though, you talk about Yoko with the same disdain that I have used to have when I'd talk about Nia XP
I like Yoko, but I dislike how her outfit makes it somewhat hard to find a figure of her I can openly display in my room. Yomako, thankfully, is my answer to that, so I'll probably be getting something showing that version of her at some point.
Shit, damn site refreshes must've wiped what I was writing when I stopped into the can. Total argh moment...

Like I think I was saying, I didn't like Nia's character design prior to that cool AS outfit. She was also hella annoying most of the time prior to the time skip. The only real cool interactions she had was the Kamina diss and making Yoko jealous. She felt really contrived for the longest time, too. However, by the end of the series I had really come around and was tear-broken at the finale.

Not digging Yoko's outfit. Simone looks okay. Didn't really like Simone up until the aftermath of episode 8 when he gradually began a stronger character. He totally owned after the time-skip, as he started to greatly remind me of Shanks from One Piece.
YES HOT SIMON IS HOT. :3 I love the way you worded it hahah I love your pure honesty Yoko star tit outfit makes NO sense to me. I would love a bigger anti-spiral Nia figure. GARLOCK Simon would be worth it for the box itself.
I'll take any Yoko's you don't want, she is my favorite character from that show.


I gotta spare Yomako sensei if you want.
@ Colette: Yeah, I can see where you're coming from. I thought your problem with her was her personality, not her design and the abuse she took from soulless corporate drones, which is why I asked.
Damn, now i have to buy a box. did you get a full set?
@Kuma - Yeah, full set.
Lol, same reason why I hate that fucking Miku germ. She's ahead of Yoko by a mile, yet I don't see people bitching about it. But as I'm being terribly biased toward Yoko and Kamina, I wouldn't mind if the whole market'd get overtaken by them, the TRUE hottness in TTGL :P I'll get them both even though Kamina's face didn't turn out so great. Yoko on the other hand is a sbadass and true to her space self as you can get, unlike those flabby Wave and Movic sluts. She's not 'Titts and guns', she's 'Blood on the hands and a fiery broken heart' and knowledge :)
As for Nia, this one's pretty meeeh to me. Stiff pose, hair that looks like a barf in slow motion... I would only go for a short-haired, casuall Nia or a dolfie, so I could burn her hideous rags and buy her new ones. Come on, frustrating over Yoko's perky bosom while you get a spread'n'naked, ' trench-coat fetish' Nia? Not gonna hate on the character, which is pretty retarded, but I think that Yoko has summed her best- "What a boring bitch" ...what has she ever done besides getting herself rescued, naked and sitting on Simon's lap?
Hate Yoko!?!? :'( :'(


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