New hauls this October!

Christmas came early this year as my preorders from CWTOYS finally arrived last weekend! I am absolutely stoked about my new acquisitions: 

Robot Spirits God Gundam; my favorite Gundam of all time

SH Figuarts Iron Man Mk XLII and Iron Patriot from Iron Man 3

SH Figuarts 1st batch gift prize Tony's Sofa

Figma Iron Man Mk VII Full Spec Version

I did not realize how Iron Man-centric this haul was until I had them on hand. Haha! 

At the same time, since we were already meeting at the Good Shepherd Bazaar, I decided to pick up a few minifigure playsets: 

SY 304: Iron Man's suit up gantry

SY 305: Tony Stark's Laboratory and Hall of Armor

DeCool Iron Man Hulkbuster armor

More Iron Man stuff! Yay! I still lack the walkway gantry, the third IM playset though as well as the minifigure for Iron Man Mk I which came along a 9-figure set that was mostly reissues. I didn't feel like spending again for a bunch of minifigures that I already had so I had to pass on Mk I for now. Hopefully, I'd be able to score a solo one in the future. 

All of them look completely glorious in their respective boxes and my hands were literally itching to open them up and fiddle around with them, especially the RD and Full Spec. More so on the RD since I've been literally dreaming of that figure ever since Bandai first announced its release! Can't wait to get posing on that one!

For now, really really happy with my new purchases. Hopefully, I get to whip out the SLR and take some shots really soon. 

SH Figuarts Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

It's Morphin' Time!

My first complete Super Sentai team, actually, since I got Trini instead of Boi, it would technically make this my first Power Ranger team and what better team to be able to complete that the global phenomenon that is the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers!

The team!

Signature poses!

Weapons!

Power Blaster!

A morphinomenal addition to the Playground! But wait... there's still part two: we still have this figure to add on to the team: 

Hopefully, I can get to do the 2nd half of this gallery in the next upcoming weeks. Stay tuned! 

Kamen Rider Kabuto 2.0

The Cast off! Change Beetle! 

Recently just acquired the SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Kabuto Rider Form Ver 2.0 (that was a mouthful!). It sports a whole new body, with a whole new range of articulation and is a lot more show-accurate than its 2009 predecessor. 

To be honest, I was of two minds in getting this since a) I already had a Kabuto in my SHF collection and b) I was cutting back on my SHF purchases down to just essentials i.e. Main rider forms and ultimate forms only. But I said to myself, he's your favorite Rider; get him. So I did.  And boy, was I glad I did. 

The sculpt on him is amazing. It's like I'm holding the actual suit on the show in my hand. Much like Black 2.0, Bandai has talen steps to ensure that the figure looks as much as its real show counterpart as possible. 

Other than show accuracy, the most notable difference from Ver 1 to 2 is the bulkier sculpt. No longer do we have a lanky Kabuto figure with curving knee joints. We actually have a figure that has the bulk to really represent a man wearing armor. 

Articulation is topnotch as well. The Rider Kick pose took me awhile to balance but it was totally worth it to see this figure execute the pose so well. Played with the figure for a couple of hours and it was really fun getting it into various poses. The Impact Effect from Bandai added a great deal to the fun factor too so I recommend picking that up as well as this figure. 

All in all, this is a really great figure, one that I would love to do a proper toy shoot off in the near future. 

Till next time!