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Post by ayakoholic on Sept 19, 2005 11:42:29 GMT -5
I've got my small but happy SIC collection set up in our TV cabinet: Hangin' out with the Whedonverse, Kamen Rider Agito, and the LOTR Trilogy, as well as the works of Proust and Guy de Maupassant. Stylish! Our really neat TV cabinet. We have matching satellite cabinets, one which houses my sentai bot collection, the other for booze (soon to be the home of one Black Wing Mazinkaiser). Please note the difference in lighting outside between the two photos, because just unpacking these suckers takes FOREVER. While I'm thinking of it, I'd like to send an open note to the guy in charge of packaging for the SIC division: you know, I really don't think you put enough twist-ties in your SIC packages. Seriously. You could put MULTIPLE twist-ties on every single item in the box. And then you could twist-tie the trays to each other, and twist-tie them into the box! AND THEN TWIST TIE THE BOXES TOGETHER! I swear, the packaging chief for the SIC division must be obligated to a Yakuza who owns a twist-tie company. Either that, or he has some sort of bizarre twist-tie fetish. If you laid all the twist ties in those three boxes end to end, you could reach the freakin' moon and still have enough left over to circle the British Isles a couple of times. After taking all those twist-ties off and reconfiguring Ryuki and Knight to Survive mode, my fingers were ridiculously sore... However, I can't wait 'til my Faiz Blaster/Autovajin set comes in, infinite twist-ties of doom or not. Still waiting on my local comic shop for delivery of the SIC Faiz that I preordered ages ago... Oh, Diamond Select, how you taunt me.
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Post by Omni Existence on Sept 19, 2005 14:22:27 GMT -5
Please note the difference in lighting outside between the two photos, because just unpacking these suckers takes FOREVER. While I'm thinking of it, I'd like to send an open note to the guy in charge of packaging for the SIC division: you know, I really don't think you put enough twist-ties in your SIC packages. Seriously. You could put MULTIPLE twist-ties on every single item in the box. And then you could twist-tie the trays to each other, and twist-tie them into the box! AND THEN TWIST TIE THE BOXES TOGETHER! I swear, the packaging chief for the SIC division must be obligated to a Yakuza who owns a twist-tie company. Either that, or he has some sort of bizarre twist-tie fetish. If you laid all the twist ties in those three boxes end to end, you could reach the freakin' moon and still have enough left over to circle the British Isles a couple of times. After taking all those twist-ties off and reconfiguring Ryuki and Knight to Survive mode, my fingers were ridiculously sore... However, I can't wait 'til my Faiz Blaster/Autovajin set comes in, infinite twist-ties of doom or not. Still waiting on my local comic shop for delivery of the SIC Faiz that I preordered ages ago... Oh, Diamond Select, how you taunt me. Two words for you dude.... wire cutters!!!Twisties are one of the worst things ever invented for a toy collector. Luckily, a wire cutter (toenail clippers will also suffice) here and there really speeds things up. ;D
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Post by lanatir on Sept 22, 2005 0:58:13 GMT -5
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Post by Mechadevil on Sept 22, 2005 16:33:57 GMT -5
I am out of my mind with excitement over Akumaizer 3, I mean that's insane my fave toku!
Between these and the Aura Battlers, sheesh they are making everything I want them to. If anyone finds painted prototypes of the Akumaizer 3 set please stick em up here!
What could they hit next with the super re-imagining?
Kamen Rider S? Maybe Evangelion done mega savage?
Hell, original Ultraman would be great if they were permited to go a little crazy, Baltan too...
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Post by Omni Existence on Sept 23, 2005 10:27:54 GMT -5
The Akumaizer characters looked silly in the show, but the SIC prototypes really look bad@ss.
But I think the Dunbines have my attention now.
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Post by Otaru Ikari on Sept 23, 2005 16:06:21 GMT -5
More Kaixa and Delta pics, and a Riotrooper custom: **Pics from SGCOLLECT
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Post by Otaru Ikari on Sept 23, 2005 16:22:34 GMT -5
Older releases but I recently got them... SIC 25One of my favorites !!!
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Post by Mechadevil on Sept 23, 2005 17:24:05 GMT -5
yeah, it would be cool if the new shows were as brutal looking.
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Sept 23, 2005 22:41:47 GMT -5
Kick @$$! So Kaixa and Delta will be a two-pack?! Neat! I'm totally digging the revamped Kaixa face. Delta still looks fat tho... Not that I don't appreciate it, but I wish the scan were bigger - I wanna good look at that "Riotrooper" - the actual show costume was so plain-vanilla I never really liked the design. SIC treatment is just what this costume needs.
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Post by Mechadevil on Oct 3, 2005 3:07:31 GMT -5
The Akumaizer characters looked silly in the show, but the SIC prototypes really look bad@ss. But I think the Dunbines have my attention now. Wait- ALL of these characters are silly as all hell! I mean the unitiated are totally puzzled by mine having any interest in them! especially now a days.... I tried to watch some Kamen Rider stuff from now,,,oh my god. LAME video taped! With pouty girly boys with limited totally fake martial arts skill! Yikes....I don't think these shows even have anything to do with grasshopper/human/cyborg technology anymore. Faiz, dude is his whole face a street light? I dunno? Best contemporary rider design hands down was Another Agito for obvious reasons. I am hoping the new movie slays. SIC is the lense that all these shows should be realised through. Now Akumaizer 3 , that sh!t rules. I love the costumes, have since I was 4 or something. They are demons from hell, with fencing foils... so rad. The did not even henshin to human for till the series was over pretty much. Yup, they just looked like that all the time....so rad.
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Post by Otaru Ikari on Oct 4, 2005 10:56:38 GMT -5
More :
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Post by ayakoholic on Oct 31, 2005 16:17:20 GMT -5
So, is it just me or are the Faiz SICs smaller than their predecessors by at least an inch? They seem more in scale with the S-RHF figures that came out when Faiz was on.
HLJ has Delta and Kaixa in now... COME ON, CHARGE ME AND SEND IT ALREADY! ^_^
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Post by lanatir on Nov 13, 2005 20:45:12 GMT -5
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Post by Omni Existence on Nov 13, 2005 22:15:29 GMT -5
Nice shots Lanatir!
I like the foreground and background shots!
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by ayakoholic on Nov 21, 2005 22:42:53 GMT -5
Just got my Kaixa/Delta from HLJ today! Seriously sweet... I hadn't noticed from the shots before Lanatir's, but Delta's chest pieces are actually translucent. Not a huge amount of diecast, but still, excellent poseability and insane detail. I just wish they'd included extra Mission Memory chips like they did with Faiz Blaster Form; I just *know* I'm going to end up losing those little ba$t*rds.
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Post by lanatir on Dec 6, 2005 21:25:02 GMT -5
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Post by mpchi on Dec 7, 2005 18:29:48 GMT -5
Just got a few SIC and here are some comments on them: Another Shadow Moon - Just became one of my favorite SIC in my collection. Thought it was just a red paint job with new shoulder pads & antennas that doesn't warrant another purchase. I was dead wrong. The tall shoulder pads & antanna add so much to the profile sihlouette, making the red Shadow Moon looks so much cooler than the original. The Paint job is gorgeous. When standing next to the Red Doras, the Red Doras pales in comparison. Not even close. Tight joints everywhere too, with nothing fall off easy, other than the hand can't hold the Satan Sabre too firmly. Plus if you follow the story line of Black & the SIC story, its the ultimate bad guy final form that never shows up on TV, with both the Kingstone of Black & Shadow Moon. Very cool You need this one if you haven't bought it already. Agito - Decent, but not that impressive. Normal form torso looks fat and short, but the head sculpt is cool. The back is very plain and flat compare to almost all other SIC. The blue & red form don't look that interesting either. But the diecast weapons are nice. All metal, but probably too heavy though. But the treasure in this release is the female body. It has more detail than the others, and look pretty nice. The lady-like(more hip) thigh armor is too loose, so need double side tape to secure it. Another Agito & Agito Burning Form - Burning Agito not as nice as shown in pics, as the red is not transluscent enough. Barely see the details carved on it, with not much dirty wash on either. One of the knee hinge is cracked out of the box...but fixed it with super glue. Clear right fist ball joints is super loose for posing, but won't fall off easy though, weird. So the Burning form is a bit disappointing. Nice design, but didn't get in quite right on toy. Another Agito however is really nice. Much better than the Agitos in all forms. Didn't bother with the Shining Form much as I don't like the design too much, even though thats Agito's strongest form LOL. All the Agito (exclude Another Agito) tends to have loose knees and ankles. So I barely pose their legs much now, before they really turn loose. Faiz Blaster Form with Auto Baijin (not sure why people translate as Vaijin or Vajin as "Auto Bai" is Auto Bike abbreviation in Japanese, so literally Auto Baijin = Auto Bike Man ) - Nice figure, but just ok bike. Bike due to the disassemble transformation, leaving it with a bunch of parts that separate too easy. Time to whip out the super glue again. Some sculpt details are really nice, but the overall form is not that attractive. The robot form is even worse in terms of look, and one of my leg is kind of loose. Hard to support the weight of the thing. Its heavy & pretty big. Faiz Blaster Form figure is cool though. I still like the original better, but this one does look more upgraded with more fire power. Good weapon accessories and the phone & small bits actually stay on the belt and leg this time. Not loose like the original. Legs also tend to get loose easy, just like the original. Thats about it. I am feeling SIC...
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Post by ayakoholic on Dec 7, 2005 20:54:11 GMT -5
So, anyone know what this is? www.hlj.com/product/BANOP-08I've got it on preorder. I'm hoping it's actually Ryuga Survive, but I honestly have no idea...
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Post by subarunyon on Dec 21, 2005 6:09:05 GMT -5
HLJ cancelled orders for that figure =_=;; And I was happy that the figure turned out to be a really nice one, too >_>;; www.geocities.jp/tastemojya/hobby051218.htmI'm ordering it from another site for... around 120$ now =_=;; dunno if I'm paying, havent decided yet.
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Post by Mechadevil on Dec 23, 2005 15:15:30 GMT -5
Akumaizer 3 is going to reign in blood all over our collective ass.
once you take the grasshopper cyborg out of Kamen Rider it's just a lame pouty girl boy under plastic robocop redesign of classic bug guy.
BRING ON THE DEMONS!
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