Post by hypnotator on Dec 29, 2005 16:44:29 GMT -5
Well? Didja? Get any robots, I mean? I did! Look at mine!
What a colourful array! I hope it’s good enough for those who were bold enough to opine that Hypnotator’s Christmas tree lacked colour.
The silver and black fellow is the biggest and the most expensive and exciting, a vintage Android Robot A. He came in a lovely vintage box with a beautifully tiled shower interior.
The red and yellow guy is a King Walder Satan King Junior, which is a recent reissue, sort of, because it’s a reissue of a figure that was never produced vintage! Can you diggit?
The little green chaps are the Microman Birth of Acroyear set, which is another reissue, but in colours that were never done vintage. It is a toy show exclusive, which means they didn’t want you or me to get our filthy hands on it.
Here is a shot of Robot A with a couple of British issue counterparts. These British figures are treasured vestiges of my long since disappeared youth, yet they are lacklustre beside their Japanese progenitor! The chrome is better on Robot A, which could just be ageing on the British one, but I don’t think so. Also, the detail is superior. Okay, he’s bigger, but even so, the detail is finer. Check out the Hypnotator head (right), my namesake of course, and its resemblance to Robot A’s chest engine.
Ah, the intricacy of the fishboning and honeycombing within the Transducer! Okay, most of you collector ba$t*rds out there have already got a Robot A, so I won’t dwell on him too long.
Let’s move on to King Walder Junior Kaijin Satan King Junior. What a jolly young whippersnapper! Why, if I had fingers like that, I’d be able to pick up really small seeds and poke people in the eyes more efficiently. I like the fusion of organic and robotic. This ambiguity is the essence of Henshin Cyborg and Microman design. I also like the theme of the demon child, most engagingly explored in the films It’s Alive and Eraserhead. As a parent, my love for my children is boundless and unconditional; however, at times the experience of looking after a baby, with the entailing sleep deprivation and screaming, can add resonance to such a theme. But I digress.
The Nagoya Toy Show exclusive Birth of Acroyear set. I’ve already got a green Cosmo Man but these little blighters have a slimy pond water finish! Transparent Acroyear is truly funky, and I like the story angle too. I’m glad I waited to get this one; it was the cheapest I’ve seen. Can anyone out there tell me how many were produced?
Show Hypnotator what you got from Santa.
What a colourful array! I hope it’s good enough for those who were bold enough to opine that Hypnotator’s Christmas tree lacked colour.
The silver and black fellow is the biggest and the most expensive and exciting, a vintage Android Robot A. He came in a lovely vintage box with a beautifully tiled shower interior.
The red and yellow guy is a King Walder Satan King Junior, which is a recent reissue, sort of, because it’s a reissue of a figure that was never produced vintage! Can you diggit?
The little green chaps are the Microman Birth of Acroyear set, which is another reissue, but in colours that were never done vintage. It is a toy show exclusive, which means they didn’t want you or me to get our filthy hands on it.
Here is a shot of Robot A with a couple of British issue counterparts. These British figures are treasured vestiges of my long since disappeared youth, yet they are lacklustre beside their Japanese progenitor! The chrome is better on Robot A, which could just be ageing on the British one, but I don’t think so. Also, the detail is superior. Okay, he’s bigger, but even so, the detail is finer. Check out the Hypnotator head (right), my namesake of course, and its resemblance to Robot A’s chest engine.
Ah, the intricacy of the fishboning and honeycombing within the Transducer! Okay, most of you collector ba$t*rds out there have already got a Robot A, so I won’t dwell on him too long.
Let’s move on to King Walder Junior Kaijin Satan King Junior. What a jolly young whippersnapper! Why, if I had fingers like that, I’d be able to pick up really small seeds and poke people in the eyes more efficiently. I like the fusion of organic and robotic. This ambiguity is the essence of Henshin Cyborg and Microman design. I also like the theme of the demon child, most engagingly explored in the films It’s Alive and Eraserhead. As a parent, my love for my children is boundless and unconditional; however, at times the experience of looking after a baby, with the entailing sleep deprivation and screaming, can add resonance to such a theme. But I digress.
The Nagoya Toy Show exclusive Birth of Acroyear set. I’ve already got a green Cosmo Man but these little blighters have a slimy pond water finish! Transparent Acroyear is truly funky, and I like the story angle too. I’m glad I waited to get this one; it was the cheapest I’ve seen. Can anyone out there tell me how many were produced?
Show Hypnotator what you got from Santa.
