Zielbellen Amethyst – Busou Shinki

Posted by Persocom on May 14, 2012 in Figure Review | 5 comments

It’s time for another Busou Shinki review. This time around I’ll be reviewing Zielbellen Amethyst – MMS Type Fencer, a WonFes Limited Edition Busou Shinki that released last Summer, in bundles with exclusive goodies and such. This particular one though, came with none of the extras. I bought her from BigBadToyStore, an online store here in the US, that I’ve never had problems with before. I was quite surprised that they carried her, as it’s quite rare to find Busou Shinki in stores from the US at all, let alone such hard to find limited editions. The price was a steep $137.99 USD, but that just goes to show how much I wanted her. Unsurprisingly, she is no longer in stock at the time of writing this up. I also have the original version of Zielbellen, which I haven’t yet reviewed (nothing new there, right?) but I’ll save her for another time. Read on for a detailed review!

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Cobalion (Pokemon Plamo)

Posted by Persocom on May 5, 2012 in Model Kit | 11 comments

Time for another Pokemon Plamo review! This time around I’ll be showing off Cobalion, one of the legendary “musketeers” Pokemon from Black & White/Best Wishes, and soon the upcoming movie Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo. He’s a Steel/Fighting type Pokemon and supposedly the leader of the trio. The official name for this plastic model kit is Pokemon Plastic Model Collection No.23 Select Series Cobalion, but that’s quite a mouthful, thus the shortened title. It’s another kit brought to us by Bandai. I bought this from AmiAmi for only 555 Yen (not including shipping), and this time around it’s available for back-order. This is another one of the solo Pokemon kits, so there’s not as much to it, but I’ll be reviewing it anyway.

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Ika Musume Figma

Posted by Persocom on May 3, 2012 in Figure Review | 20 comments

Back in 2010, I wrote up a review of Shinryaku! Ika Musume. Today, I’m reviewing Ika Musume herself, in Figma form. It didn’t dawn on me until writing this up, that I never got around to reviewing the 2nd season of Ika Musume, but I guess that can wait for now. It’s also not too often that I actually review a figure the same day I get it, but it’s something I love doing when I can. I bought this squid girl from AmiAmi for 2,600 Yen, not including shipping. Currently, she’s sold out at AmiAmi, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they have more in stock soon. She was just released near the end of last month and arrived at my door this afternoon. I opted out of getting Nendoroid Ika Musume in favor of the Figma for some reason, and I’m not disappointed, de geso~

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Pangya + Nisemonogatari

Posted by Persocom on Apr 26, 2012 in Games | 11 comments

I’m not sure how many of you have heard of or play Pangya, the MMO golf game that’s been around for quite a few years. I personally play it every once in a while, for the last several years, and have even reviewed a couple of figures from it ages ago. The official US version of Pangya just celebrated it’s 3rd year anniversary (though it’s been around much longer), and with it they also announced a collaboration event with Aniplex, which is the first of this kind for Pangya United. These type of collaborations are normally for the Japan version, as I’ve heard of a Code Geass, Vocaloid, Ika Musume and other such events in the past. So since this has to do with an anime that I’m sure a lot more people are familiar with than the game itself, I thought it relevant to make a little post about this.

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Mirai Nikki

Posted by Persocom on Apr 24, 2012 in Anime Review | 9 comments

Mirai Nikki, or Future Diary, is a 26 episode anime series that recently ended in Japan. It’s created by Asread, the studio who brought us Miname-ke, Shuffle!, Kiddy Grade and Ga-Rei: Zero, and has been licensed by FUNimation, so you can probably expect a dubbed release some time in the near future. It started airing in October of last year, and was originally a 12 volume manga by Sakae Esuno. I haven’t personally read the manga yet, but from what I’ve heard the story in the anime quite closely follows it. There is no doubt this falls into the realm of psychological thriller, with action, a fair amount of blood, mild nudity (nothing extreme) and minors committing violent acts. A bit more “grown up” than Higurashi, but somehow comparable, though the stories are far from similar. Read on for my full, spoiler free review~

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Diorama Studio Digest #07

Posted by Persocom on Apr 12, 2012 in Games | 7 comments

Yes, even though Busou Shinki Battle Rondo and Diorama Studio have been gone for months, and I haven’t posted a DS Digest since September, it isn’t dead yet. I’ve been saving a bunch of pictures and I will use them until they’ve been exhausted completely. This time around I’m going to celebrate Spring with some appropriate screenshots I’ve been hoarding. If anyone happens to be a fan of Kohiru, she’s featured quite prominently in this post. That reminds me I’ve had her figure for quite some time, perhaps we can expect me to do a review of her finally, in the near future?

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Kyurem (Pokemon Plamo)

Posted by Persocom on Apr 10, 2012 in Model Kit | 11 comments

Persocom, back again, finally, and catching up! Tonight I’m doing a little review of another Pokemon Plamo, or in this case Kyurem, the legendary ice dragon who’s going to be one of the main features in an upcoming Pokemon movie! This kit is by Bandai, and it’s full name is actually Pokemon Plastic Model Collection Select Series Kyurem, and he’s number 21 in the series. This one is a loner, it doesn’t have any other Pokemon with him, so it’s a relatively quick and easy to build kit. It’s a miniscule 555 Yen over at AmiAmi, and it’s currently sold out. Chances are Kyurem will pop back up for back-order eventually though, since I just recently got it and the original release was late December. I did a little bit on this, but most of the credit for building goes to my son, as this was one of his many birthday presents.

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