Howling Star x Earnestcore Craft 1/100 Arbiter

 

The collaboration between Howlingstar and Earnestcore Craft continues to deliver yet again! After the striking Kishin Colada, the duo returns with another standout original mecha, Arbiter. Scheduled for release in August 2026, the Howlingstar × Earnestcore 1/100 Arbiter is priced at 188 RMB, making it a relatively accessible entry for collectors.

The most eye-catching feature of this kit beyond its strong fantasy-inspired design is undoubtedly its Centaur-style quadruped mode. While Arbiter’s default configuration is a more traditional humanoid mecha, it can transform into a four-legged form that fully embraces the centaur concept. This mode is further elevated by its signature weapon: a spear that can convert into a war bow, completing the mythological aesthetic.

It’s a bold and creative design choice that helps Arbiter stand out in an increasingly crowded mecha market. If this release is anything to go by, there’s plenty of potential for future projects from this collaboration. Hopefully, Howlingstar and Earnestcore will continue to push the envelope and deliver even more unique and exciting mecha kits down the line.

Howlingstar x Earnestcore Craft CZ-011B Kishin Colada

 
 Chinese manufacturers ability to take corrective measure always amaze me. From the manufacturer of Kishin Nebula model kit with the help of Earnestcore Craft, they come up with a very kickass mecha design. Dubbed as Kishin Colada, this model kit certainly will give Japanese modellers a run for their money when it comes to value for money. Scheduled for Q2 2026, Howling Star x Earnestcore Craft Kishin Colada will be sold for 339 RMB price tag.

Earnestcore Craft Rosado 1/10 - Star Flower Black Iris

 
 Apart from mecha model kits, Chinese Manufacturer is very quick at closing the gap with Japan when it comes to Mecha Musume product. Famed for their Robot build product, now it is the turn for Earnestcore Craft to flex their skill in Mecha Musume and they come up with Rosado 1/10 Black Iris. Scheduled for Q2 2025, Earnestcore Rosado 1/10 Black Iris will be sold for 335 RMB.

November 2024 Loot

 A very sumptuous haul that come around early this month with some Heavy duties from P-Bandai stuff!. Also this month's loot is yet another reminder how far Chinese hobby industry have progressed because they easily provide values for their products that are multiple times higher compared to the Japanese counterpart. 

Hemoxian Tastier and Fruity Robo model kit are easily the eyecatcher in this one. Certainly they are very difficult to ignore with its value for money when they are Big box product under 400 RMB Price tag that could give 1/100 Scale gunpla a run for their money. FYI Joytoy Leman Russ are still more expensive even when those two combined. I also got several heavy duty for Joytoy as well in this batch with the Rome Legion box set which are surprisingly small in size but will still look forward for the unboxing opportunity.

The main star of the batch are no doubt the P-Bandai RoDa FA Hyakushiki and Amuro Dijeh which combined values easily surpassed the rest of the loots in this batch, yet they end up with modest box size. I also got myself a MG Hyaku Shiki clear as the bonus on the side because I am a Lieutenant Quattro fanboy after all since SRW MX and got to complete a set with another recent collection as shown below. Lastly if anyone wonders what is inside the Top red box, it is 3rd party Yoroiden action figure for Ryo made by Dasin which I will look forward to compare with my armor plus.

Earnestcore Craft Robot Build RB-12AH Anubis & Horus

Earnestcore is on full swing with their creativity once again! After going the Cyberpunk Route with Auto Nine, this time they aim for Egyptian themed mecha with Robot Build Anubis & Horus named after the God of Underworld and Light from the Egyptian Pantheon. Scheduled for Spring 2025 release, Robot Build RB-12AH Anubis & Horus will be sold for 299 RMB.

For a long time only Zone of Enders cater to this particular Egyptian theme niche with Jehuty and Anubis. But now Earnestcore prove themselves to be very versatile when it comes to their talent in Mecha design. In this Robot Build you get a customizable Black Gold Egyptian mecha with two contrasting style. Whether you can go with Edgy route with Anubis that comes with Scythe or a flashy one with Horus that comes with more Gold adornments. Seriously this sort of products really makes me look forward what Earnestcore could come up with their next product as they even surpass Japan mecha designers these days with their designs. As usual I will end this post with the contents you will get from this Robot Build product.

Earnestcore Craft Robot Build RB-14 Denki Auto Nine

 

 Earnestcore output pace might not be as fast as other Chinese manufacturer but they sure churn out Quality products after another for their Designers Toys lineup, Robot Build! Back then, some of their previous entry of Robot Build did have mecha musume action figure coming as the part of package, but this time Earnestcore integrate their Mechas with the Mecha Musume even better with their newest entry RB-14 Denki Auto Nine! Scheduled for July 2024 release, Robot Build Auto Nine are open for Pre-order with 268 RMB Price Tag.

Earnestcore Craft Super Mecha Champions Mini-kit

 Before I got into Super Mecha Champions until recently, there was a particular merchandise from Earnestcore which probably served as my first exposure to this Netease Mecha Battle Royale series. Back in 2022, Earnestcore released Mini Plastic Model kit for 3 Super Mecha Champions mecha which are Arthur, Caramel and Hurricane. These Mini model kits are sold for 1100 Yen each back in July 2022 and also  

Standing 7cm tall, these Minikits came prepainted so the collector just easily Snap and Fit the kit for the finished product. These Mini Kits are probably one of the pet project by Earnestcore to test the waters whether SMC series are feasible for their future lineups, which probably fell through because Netease's Marketing is not exactly their strong suit. In any case these are some of the handful available Super Mecha Champions merchandise and we haven't come the best available one yet.

Late Sept 2023 Loot

  At times I am quite surprised that I am still able to maintain my pace in acquiring new collections at steady pace and this time the Chinese made series really begin to overtake the Japanese counterpart. In this batch only 2 of the items are Japanese series which I will leave you to figure it out because the Nendoroids is from Arknights anyway. My 40k Collection is growing in very fast pace with Saint Celestine being the most notable among the crowd. I am also giving a try for Chinese Model Kits which apparently have Diecast frame though I personally still doubt that I have spare time to build one. In any case the 40k series will be featured faster in my Instagram feed compared to the rest.

Earnestcore Craft Robot Build RB-13P Poseidon Raya Test-type

 Earnest Core strikes back again with their cool concept mecha and this time they are revisiting their previous Robot Build Poisedon and add a new touch up to become an alternate version dubbed R-Test Type. Previously designed as all rounder medium heavy mecha, this new variant of Poseidon is given a flight capability and got a giant energy sword as Icing on top. Robot Build Poseidon Raya Test-type will be scheduled for December 2023 release with 7800-8500 Yen Price tag.

 At the first glance of the loadout, this Poseidon is getting Advance of Zeta treatment as the flight unit parts makes the mecha look very similar to Hrairoo from the Gundam Spinoff series. Apart from the plane mode, Poseidon R is also capable to be transformed into Bipedal form which makes this guy looks like something in between Macross Gerwalk and Zoids Geno Saurer probably due to the similar parts from Valhallan was given to this guy. While I had the original Poseidon since last year, unfortunately the guy still lies in my Pile of Shame which I blame to my 966 work schedule. In any case I won't mind getting this guy if my local distributor had this guy available for preorder.

May 2023 Loot

 Well these are the whole hauls of this month apart from Riobot SRX of the earlier post but to be exact it is the loot collections over past 2 months. By no means this haul is the most expensive one as there previous one that had higher value collectively, though that one is like cumulation of 6 months worth, but this one is closing there just from the sheer value of Riobot SRX itself. But from this month's loot you will notice that there are no any Anime related collectibles as I focus more onto mecha series themselves and the proportion of Chinese made stuffs is already surpassing the Japanese counterpart and might stay that way eventually. Out of these loots, apart from the SRX set, Cangdao Metal Slug is quite eyecatching since I ended up yoloing out of fear of trouble finding stuff later on due to scarcity. In any you would notice that I rarely make any reviews on this Blog but I am still trying to be relatively active on Instagram which you can check if interested.

Early December 2022 Loot

 Even if i have left my previous job from Toy Distributor company for few months already, my toys collecting hobby are relatively unchanged and got myself another solid batch this time. For this loot collection, it come from several different sources and not strictly Preorder items only and as usual the loots are predominantly Mecha stuffs or else from gacha game that i played. 

For this batch i bought retail stock of Earnestcore after the RB13V Valhallan catches my attention and might as well secure the recent models before they are out of market considering these types of products tend to be very difficult to find once the initial batch are out for quite sometime. From my trip to AFASG22, I got myself some collectible merchandise which are acquired from Hakken Flashsale and Genshin booth. Will definitely join the flashsale with Hakken again should they consider doing it again in next AFA. Lastly out of this loot the items that i hyped the most would be Armor Plus Kourin Seiji and Ensemble Dendrobium, the former because it completes my Yoroiden collection while Ensemble Dendrobium is the biggest addition to my Ensemble collection, hopefully it will worth its hefty pricetag.

Earnestcore Craft Robot Build RB-13V Valhallan

 Around last year there has been a new Mecha toys lineup that caught my interest called Robot Build which is made by manufacturer called Earnestcore craft and they appear to be of Chinese origin. Their product lineups reminds From Software's Armored core series but with more sense of individuality especially the humanoid types. For the newest entry, they are making a bulky Aerial type mecha unit named RB-13V Valhallan which is just a sick looking design. This one appears will be sold for 9500 Yen with early Q2 2023 release schedule but not sure whether this one will be distributed by Wave for Japanese channel like the previous series.

From the first glance, RB-13V Valhallan looks like a Protagonist mecha specializing in Aerial combat with its Rifle weapon capable of changing into dual blades for melee choice. This mecha is also have transformation gimmick into Jet fighter and Geno Breaker expy. Valhallan leaves very strong impression on me since it really reminds me of a crossbreed between Murakumo Unit and Crest Type armored core which are both made by From Software. For the reference here is the model kit for Murakumo made by Plum few years ago.