October 2025 loot

  

A rather blurry loot photo this time due to some mishaps in the filter but still overall solid hauls for this month. As usual it is a mix of Chinese and Japanese manufacturer hobby related goods though the Chinese based loots do dominate here. Just like many hauls before, the most highly valued loot does not have to be the largest box and it happen to be Riobot Soulgain, though Joytoy Tyrant 03 is not far off when it comes to quality. Surprisingly Blindbox had a significant representation in this one since I give what is essentially Sembo's equivalent for Blokees Shining ver for Metal Cardbot a try along with Blokees Defender 04. As for model kits I do look forward Soundwave model kit and FA Hyaku Shiki. As usual, I don't have much time to savor my collections these days though I do look forward for more opportunities once I moved to new place in near future.

Sembo Blocks Wandering Earth - White Death God Review

 
 Finishing my Sembo Wandering Earth Brick Model Review series with the last one, White Death God. To be this particular model is what attracted me to give this particular Brick model lineup a try which ended up to be a dud. White Death God caught my attention due to its design strongly reminded me of Tau Faction Stormsurge Battlesuit from Warhammer 40k.

Ultimately the brick model format constraint is what limit this design's potential and the finished product rather remind of the Bipedal mecha from series like Battletech or Future Cop LAPD instead of Tau Battlesuit. The overall structural integrity has its share of issues and the main cannon design is rather disappointing. Still a decent build if you can this one on good bargain.

Arknights 1/2500 Rhodes Island Diecast Model

A rather peculiar collectible for Arknights series, but Hypergryph decide to prepare something special for the release of Chapter 15 which is a pivotal point in Arknights main story. As such a replica of Rhodes Island is released on the 1/2500 scale in diecast finished figure by a Chinese manufacturer called Planet Ring with Kotobukiya served as Distributor for certain region. Released for June 2026, this 1/2500 Scale diecast Replica for Rhodes island will be sold for 30000 Yen.

Rhodes island is the landship that served base operation for Doktah and his Rhodes Island faction operators. It is a massive landship that harbor some artifacts of ancient periods which become the main plot of Chapter 15 as Priestess, former kindred of Doktah appear to hijack Rhodes Island to accelerate her own agenda which appear to be sinister so far.

This diecast products replica with 26cm span certainly makes good memorabilia for Doktahs who have gone through thick and thin with Arknights over 6 years including myself who have survived his 5.5 years with rather intact and positive regard toward the series. However the enormous price tag certainly deter most Doktahs and I would have considered getting a model kit instead and do the repaint myself. Arknights future may appear uncertain with upcoming release of Endfield but I will definitely stick around until this game’s conclusion with the pleasant memory it has gifted to me.

Girls Frontline 2 Exilium 1/7 Klukai Summer ver

HK416 or Klukai being one of the most popular T-Doll from GFL 2 certainly receives many physical renditions including PVC figure by Animester. Released as 1/7 Scale in her (in)famous summer skin, Klukai Animester PVC figure will be sold for 12000 Yen with June 2026 release schedule.

 As expected with current level of Chinese hobby manufacturing capacity, the PVC figure truly superb quality to represent the top GFL T-Doll waifu. While I have expected Klukai’s 1/12 action figure could made it first, turns out Klukai’s 1/7 PVC figure is the one who made it. In GFL2, Klukai summer skin gained quite an infamy since it is available as Gacha Skin which drew ire by Chinese GFL fans as players have to shell out as much as 100 USD to unlock this fanservice skin for the clingy elite T-Doll. Instead of forking out 100 USD for in-game skin, Animester PVC figure do serve as appealing alternative indeed.

Given the affordable price tag, I am quite interested to obtain summer klukai as part of my collection since I used her a lot being a very reliable low level sweeper in GFL2. I would also look around for any possible collectible for Groza, Daiyan, Machiatto and Qiongjiu which are quite a possibility.

Fate/Grand Order Nendoroid Caster Artoria Berserker 2nd Ascension

Summer Castoria is really given quite a favor lately. Shortly after her Plamatea version, the same second ascension for Berserker Castoria got her Nendoroid! Scheduled for March 2026, Nendoroid Caster Artoria Berserker will be sold for 7000 Yen.

Given the price gap between plamatea and Nendoroid are not too significant, collectors will be highly conflicted to obtain either if they have to pick one. This Nendoroid will serve as great substitute for Nendoroid Castoria for those who missed the Nendoroid back then considering it has been quite some time since the first batch came out with no rerun so far. With Castoria special treatment getting 2^nd nendoroid, I am quite sure that Summer Morgan will be likely getting the similar treatment in near future due to Morgan popularity in FGO. I also expect Castoria summer variant will be getting more products in the future since her 1^st/3^rd ascension could be still made use of.