Jakarta Toys Fair 2018 Field Report

 This is the second time i came to this event, if last time i went here as visitor this year i work as a part of exhibitor. The experience participating an Event as visitor and exhibitor is quite a contrasting one. But this year's JTF is quite different with last year due to Tokopedia's participation in the event which shakes things up abit!

Yami's Winter Wonderfest 2018 Highlights

 When it is February, it is always a flood of temptations from the Winter Wonderfest! As for this year's i think there are less mecha stuffs that catches my attention since the new products are flooded more from non mecha series each year. So lets see which products that catches my attention!

Freeing 1/4 Kanzaki Sumire Bunny Ver Figure

 I never expect Sakura Taisen is getting more figures being a series forgotten by Japan. While it is not Kotobukiya 1/7 Figurine, this time Kanzaki Sumire from Teikoku Kagekidan is getting 1/4 Figure treatment by Freeing! The figure will be released around september this year with over 20000 Yen Price tag which is kinda expected for 1/4 scale. In Sakura Taisen, Sumire is the ojou-sama type of Heroine who appears to be haughty toward Ogami at first but kinda sweet girl when she opened up to him, in battle Sumire uses Koubu equipped with Naginata and specialise in Crowd Control attack. To be honest Sumire or Maria are the one who likely to get their figure treatment after Sakura considering their Popularity and i guess Maria will likely be getting one in near future. I will skip this one since 1/4 is out of my target but if there are 1/7 Figure being made, there is a good chance i will be getting it. Speaking of Sakura Taisen, i kinda procrastinate on the second game for three months already, gotta keep up i suppose.

Pokemon Gashapon Machine Toy Mini Mini Gacha Poke Machine XY&Z 19th Movie Version Review

 Japan has plenty of varieties for Gashapon toys but the ones that piqued my interest the most are compatible with 1/12 Scale figure as i start collecting figmas. One of those Gashapon Toys that i bought are Pokemon themed Mini Gashapon Machine which are made by Takara Tomy. These miniature Gashapon Machine make very nice addition if you are making Game Centre themed Diorama. This particular one is from 6th Generation Pokemon based on the 19th Movie of the series.

Sampling on some Kotobukiya Kits

 Being the company's resident gunpla guy, i sometimes got assigned to assemble Sample model kits. This time Kotobukiya sent some of their model kits for my company to promote their products which i get hands on some of them. This time i am assembling Asra Ninja from Megami Device and as for  MSG Gigantic Arms lineup, i get to make Convert Carrier and Rapid Raider.

Since Mecha Musume is off my radar, i never collect Frame Arms Girl and its Equivalent. For Megami Device i think it is FAG offshoot lineup that is intended with more liberty on its design since it doesn't rely on Frame Arms for its aesthetics. While i think Megami Device's face sculpt is not as good as FAG, it is still miles ahead from Bandai's with their Fuminas. Just as usual, Kotobukiya's model kit require painting to look good but the flesh sculpt is not too shabby. Personally i feel that Megami Device would benefit more with removable armor system instead of parts swapping.

 I haven't been keeping in touch with Kotobukiya kit for a long time already and now their MSG lineup include mecha accessories alrd. The Gigantic arms model kits are intercompatible for Kotobukiya 1/12 Frame Arms Girl and 1/24 Hexa Gear figure use which are very versatile. Between Rapid Raider and Convert Carrier i really like the latter more because the Carrier has more modification potential. Though i think the Rapid Raider can be still compatible for Figmas with some minor alteration.

After trying these model kits, i think i will look more into the Hexa Gear Lineup as they have rideable Robot model kits now.