September 2019 Loot

 Possibly my most expensive haul in a month considering plenty of Heavy Duties included in this one. While my haul nowadays tend to deviate to Fate/Grand Order products, I do get some good mecha stuff from Demonbane and Cowboy Bebop. As usual most of these items had been highlighted in this blog before which serve some sort of wishlist that i can keep track off. The significant spike in this month's toy spending has to do with the Wonderfest Exclusive which i decided to get the Figma Maid Alter and Nendoroid Miku Snow Princess. The best of the bunch in this haul would have been the 1/7 Jalter Dress but This year's Snow Miku takes the cake because is the 1000th release by Goodsmile and the packaging is very special. Nevertheless Jalter Dress will get her review quite soon.   

Cowboy Bebop Soul of Popynica PX-05 Swordfish II

 Perhaps it slips under my radar, but the definitive toy for the iconic Spaceship from Cowboy Bebop had been around for 10 years and it was made by Bandai, surprise me! So Bandai did release the Diecast version of Swordfish II back then under Soul of Propynica lineup which are basically for mechanical designs that doesn't fit the bill of SOC. As the part of 20th anniversary The Diecast toy of Swordfish II will be released around mid of this year with 6800 Yen Price tag. I promised myself to get a physical representation for the Swordfish, and this is the best one i could asked for. Once again i am looking forward how SRW T will handle Cowboy Bebop as a series.

Yami's Wonderfest Winter 2019 Highlight

 It is this particular time every year where the the floodgates are released for the Toy Collectors. As usual temptations are always flying everywhere which may make your wallet go bust. Like every previous Wonderfest, i always make coverage that highlights things that catches my attention but this time i will make separate post for FGO since i got assignment for that one and might as well make a new material out of it.

Cowboy Bebop SHF Spike Spiegel

 As a part of 20th Year Anniversary of Cowboy Bebop, Tamashii Nation announce the release for SHF Spike Spiegel last month. Not the best rendition of this free spirited Bounty Hunter, but at least it is a good substitute for the now rare Kotobukiya Figure. The SHF will be released on April this year with 6000 Yen price tag. The SHF does not come with many accessories but it seems that it is nimble enough to pull some roundhouse kick pose. At first i was considering to get this figure but my company happens to still have the Kotobukiya with good discount so i will get that one instead.

 Spike is one of the more unique Anime Protagonist out there created in the time where Anime Characters can afford to have some attitude. Beneath his carefree attitude, Spike comes with amazing marksmanship skill, kickass Bruce Lee Kungfu and troubled past in single package. His Journey in the tv series is one of the best Space Outlaw story out there and i am curious how SRW T will handle it. I think there is a good chance for Bandai to release Swordfish in Chogokin lineup most likely so i will look forward at that!

See You Space Cowboy...

Cowboy Bebop

 One more post before wrapping up this year! I think it is the 20th anniversary of Cowboy Bebop and couldnt be happier to complete this series in time. Bebop is a showcase what an anime can pull off with its storytelling capacity and a top one at that. It is inevitable that the Anime nowadays are mostly created only to pander the consumers but back then there was more opportunity for anime to do its own thing and Bebop is a prime example. Cowboy Bebop had your typical Space Outlaws as premise with bunch of misfits doing their own things, I have watched Baccano and Coyote Rag Time which felt most similar to this one. But Bebop is a Space Outlaw anime with 26 Episodes of solid story and are not afraid of to pull some tragic stories. No Doubt this series is the all time favorite of Western anime fan because it is definitely a timeless masterpiece. If i want to get my fix for Space Outlaws again, i will be moving onto Dirty Pair and Outlaw Stars.