Arknights Dungeon Meshi Collab Afterthoughts

It has been about three weeks since Arknights collab event wrapped up with a bang! Given Hypergryph did a well-done job for the collab event just like previous ones like Monster Hunter and Rainbow Six, I feel that this Dungeon Meshi deserves a post-event review article.

Despite Arknights gameplay is not exactly as fresh as it used to be, given the same formula has been running more than 5 years, Dungeon Meshi is still an overall fun and compact experience. Thus, as a Dungeon Meshi Fanboy who is quite satisfied with the Collab adaptation, I feel that I should contribute a part in preserving the better part of Dungeon Meshi collab event.

Archer (TV Series)

 
 Archer is one of the few western animated TV series that I have been following for quite a long time. For almost 10 years, I followed Archer TV series up to Season 7 which is quite a rollercoaster ride and only until recently that I got the opportunity to marathon this series right until its finale. Archer is a Super Spy animation series targeted for mature audience featuring a severely Alcoholic douchebag yet somehow highly functional Secret Agent named Sterling Archer as the main protagonist that comes along with equally dysfunctional team members. If you have Super Spy with quality like James Bond that comes with extremely self centered personality, behaving like major assholes to almost everyone yet somehow still being the best one in the profession, you got yourself Sterling Archer!

Platinumhugen Ordian Moderoid Ordian

 
 Talk about coincidence! Just as I recently finished watching Ordian early this year, Goodsmile decide to pull off a Moderoid product out of this particular Obari series! While Platinumhugen Ordian is an utter failure as anime product, the mecha designs are still a good one expected from Obari and GSC do take notice. Scheduled for January 2026, Moderoid Ordian will be sold for 9800 Yen.

Ordian is the titular Super Robot mecha of the series called Platinumhugen Ordian. It is a super robot that has some capability of altering Reality and its fated fight with its Jet black counterpart will decided the fate of the world. However given Obari's proficiency does not lie in Storytelling, Ordian does not really live up to its potential as a worthy contender with Evangelion considering Ordian only made its appearance halfway on the series and most of its appearance have it ended up jobbing badly most of the time.

Regardless of its glaring flaw in the storyline, Moderoid Ordian is a decent physical rendition that obscure series like Ordian could ask for. Standing 18cm tall, Moderoid Armament comes with Gungnir lance as main armament that comes with several weapon configurations. Moderoid Ordian also come with deformed size Rimhugen Dragon Fang and one of the rival unit which is a nice touch. Personally I am still waiting for a Toy manufacturer who are willing to make a diecast rendition for Ordian with docking option gimmick for Dragon Fang because Ordian as mecha design is a well made one even if the storyline of the series is almost as bad as Cybuster anime.

SEMBO Block J20 Mighty Nation Mecha Brick Model Review

A rather odd addition to my collection since I don’t usually build Original Mecha brick models. But out of strange turn of event early this year, I decided to pick up one of the Larger Sembo Blocks products which is called the 强国雄风 lineup. Just like Sluban, this particular Chinese toy brands called Sembo do have selections of Brick Models as their main products and apparently, they are quite active as well on the mecha related products.

Out of their Mecha Brick Model Catalogue, Sembo do make some mecha based on China People Liberation Army Military vehicles and the one I picked is the Large version of the Mecha based on Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon Jet Fighter. This version of J-20 consists of 1281 Blocks and stand over 34 cm tall! Aesthetic wise it is what you expect from a sleek aerial type Mecha converted into Brick Model format.

The size is certainly the main selling point of this version of J-20. Just don’t expect playability out of this behemoth despite this product do come with articulation since playability are not exactly these sorts of products strongest suit. Apart from J20, Sembo do have the large size format for the Battleship mecha but I am quite sure the 99A Mecha Tank do have one as well. If you wish for better playability, could always look at the 500 block count version of the SEMBO PLA Military Mecha lineup.

Nikke Hyper Body Anis

 
 Of all popular gacha series, Nikke gotta have one of the most competent merchandising department out there. As we are getting yet another Nikke Hyper Body action figure and this time it is Anis! Rather surprised that out of the Counters team, Rapi is not the first one to get her action figure but Anis is still a good choice regardless. Scheduled for February 2026 release, Hyper Body Anis will be sold for 15600 Yen.

In Nikke, Anis is one of the starter Nikke who is part of the main heroine team under the direct command of the Commander. In battlefield Anis wield Grenade Launcher to deal medium AOE damage. But what makes Anis stands out the Nikke series is her straightforward personality as well as her slightly chubby yet still voluptuous body type which is brought upon full front with her summer version. Anis is probably one of the Nikke character with high visibility with her fanservice quality as well as serving as the joke character in the game where her Dog impersonation trashtalking is one of the iconic moment from the series.

I suppose Anis would have worked out just fine as Figma but the decision for the product made into Hyperbody had to be more accomodating body sculpt of the latter. Apart from her Grenade Launcher weapon, Hyper Body Anis comes with 3 sets of Faceplates including her iconic expression. In near future I would expect Rapi coming out within a year given her main character status and her Red Hood version has been confirmed. As part of the counters team, Neon might follow up in a year or two though I will be surprised if she come as Hyper Body as well.

B-Daman Bakugaiden Toyrise Yellow Crasher

 After being revealed as teaser around the end of last month, Yellow Crasher is now officially available for Preorder as Toyrise! This makes all of the Saint Blaster set completed by Takara Tomy. Scheduled for November 2025 release, Toyrise Yellow Crasher will be sold for 12000 Yen just like the rest of its team member.

Yellow Crasher is equipped with some sort of Stabilizer part to aids its flight capability and also equipped with some sort of sonar weapon on its chest apart from the standard belly cannon. For the Saint Blaster combiner, Yellow Crasher form the Left Leg though the original model kit do allow position swap with the Blue Braver. With this only Black Bomb's dragon called Black Devaster left which we could expect coming within 2-3 months. But hopefully the price tag won't exceed 15000 Yen.

Arknights Nendoroid Shu

 
 A combo breaker after a week full of Mecha related posts! So after we got Mlynar as the last Arknights Nendoroid. Of all Sui Siblings, Shu become the first one to get her Nendoroid! not Nian or Dusk no Ling.  It really seems her character is quite popular among CN fanbase that Shu got fast track for the merchandise which are no surprise though given her quality as character. Scheduled for September 2025 release, Nendoroid Shu will be sold for 7400 Yen.

In Arknights, Shu is a 6* Limited operator just like her previous siblings and took a role as Defender class with healer as her Specialty. Apart from powerful healing ability, Shu had a special skill where she can teleport any enemies that went past her back to the front which can have many tactical uses apart from bullying Crownslayer. 

Just like her other Sui Siblings, Sui had an art mastery in particular field which happen to be Agriculture. As she had a mastery in a discipline closely tied to nurturing and fostering new life itself, Shu's personality is a very gentle one, acting like a big sister figure who will take proper care of the nutrition intake of her siblings. Along with her many other quality, this really makes Shu's quality as waifu a Top tier one. While Arknights does not have any shortage of Good waifus, Shu had a very strong "Housewife" quality as she is more than capable to take care of Doktah and their offspring should they tied the knot someday. Not to mention Shu got some good artist making some wholesome fanart for her and Doktah ship. So this is why Shu got her Nendoroid first despite Nian/Dusk/Ling is no inferior when it comes to their design. Hopefully other Sui Siblings could follow up soon in the future with their Nendoroids..

86 - Eighty Six

 
 One of the better Mecha Anime produced from the Past 10 years that I recently marathoned which is simply called Eighty Six. This is one of the Mecha series sponsored by Bandai that is actually good and turns out to be quite successful compared to series like Sakugan or Kyokai Senki. No wonder the famous composer Hiroyuki Sawano also lent his talent to produce a music for this series.

Super Mecha Champions Mechatalk: Part 5

 
 At long last after almost 5 months,  I am able to put a wrap for this Mechatalk series that was supposed to conclude within 2 months. At first I only planned to cover the mecha parts only for SMC series, but given how badly this series treated by its own creator, I decide to make a full fledged SMC Mechatalk series that included the pilot as the part of this mini project's scope. After I have covered several SMC Pilots in the 4th SMC Mechatalk, I will be posting the remaining SMC Pilots in this 5th and Final part of SMC Mechatalk.

 While the Pilots with most costumes has been covered in the previous Mechatalk, this one will make up with the quantiy. Overall there are 18 Pilots to be covered in this Super Mecha Champions Mechatalk as well as the WIP Pilots that never made it even if the Mecha was already available. Netease does not have manpower issues to sustain SMC but they are just simply unwilling to allocate the proper resources for their game to have it thrive after a single moment they see their game going Downhill

Despite not being properly cared enough by its parent company, at least there are fans who cared enough for Super Mecha Champions and willing to contribute their effort to preserve the memory that this series had. While this will be the last of SMC Mechatalk, there will be a little bit more SMC contents before Realm of Darkness properly concluded with this series.

Without further ado, I proudly present the 5th and Final SMC Mechatalk!

SRW OG Riobot Vaisaga

 
 At first I thought Sentinel will release this one back to back with Soulgain last year but it seems they are still prudent enough to let the SRW fans wallet to recover. It has been around 6 months since the initial reveal but Sentinel is finally ready to announce the next SRW Riobot, Vaisaga! Scheduled for September 2025, Riobot Vaisaga will be sold for 39600 Yen.

Vaisaga is the second Shadow Mirror mecha to get the Riobot treatment after Soulgain. In SRW OG it is a Secret unit usable by Lamia if you fulfill certain condition but back in SRW A it is the Super Robot option available for both Axel and Lamia. Just like Soulgain, Vaisaga is a close combat monster who had a bastard sword as its primary weapon. Despite it is not as accomplished as Dygenguar in OG verse, Vaisaga is still quite a powerful Swordmaster type mecha. While Sentinel might have decided Raioh as the next Riobot candidate, I am quite sure that other Shadow Mirror mecha have a good shot coming up like Angelg. Though Vindel's Zweizergain would be awesome as well if Sentinel is interested in giving it a physical rendition.