I can only hope that they do more "people" Revoltech models. I might be pursuaded to grab the "Evil Saber" repaint if only to get the alternate head...
Friday, June 29, 2007
Mix'n'Match Saber head!
As I posted previously, my absolute favourite selling point with the Saber Revoltech was that she's got a really awesome head. It's cute, has a relatively neutral expression good for a variety of "body language" poses, and it's got a great paint job... But the best is that its scale makes for a fun ani-manga "big-head" SD look when it's attached to a smaller Revoltech!! Enjoy the combinations I came up with. ^_^;
I can only hope that they do more "people" Revoltech models. I might be pursuaded to grab the "Evil Saber" repaint if only to get the alternate head...
I can only hope that they do more "people" Revoltech models. I might be pursuaded to grab the "Evil Saber" repaint if only to get the alternate head...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Revoltech Saber
It's time for another weekend haul redux. (There's something to be said for getting more mileage by blogging it piecemeal!)
Tonight I'm showing off the "Generation 2" Revoltech Saber. Saber is a featured character in a story project known as Fate/Stay Night (originally just an interactive novel). I don't need to get into the details but Saber quickly warmed fans' hearts with her quirky (and anachronistic) mannerisms... besides which, she happens to be a rather cute in her own way. And that's before we get to her no-nonsense capacity with a sword.
As the story progresses we learn that she wields the legendary Excalibur. In Sabers hands, it's an invisible blade...
Appropriately, Kaiyodo saw fit to include a clear plastic version of the sword. But despite its inherent coolness, I had to get this picture of her inspired by the closing credit roll of the anime series..
Tonight I'm showing off the "Generation 2" Revoltech Saber. Saber is a featured character in a story project known as Fate/Stay Night (originally just an interactive novel). I don't need to get into the details but Saber quickly warmed fans' hearts with her quirky (and anachronistic) mannerisms... besides which, she happens to be a rather cute in her own way. And that's before we get to her no-nonsense capacity with a sword.
As the story progresses we learn that she wields the legendary Excalibur. In Sabers hands, it's an invisible blade...
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If there's only 1 thing that bugs me about this set was that the optional sword was the only accessory in the box. Other than that, she's all there is to it. What makes for a Generation2 Revoltech, you ask?
Firstly, she's somewhat larger than the other Revoltech figures we've seen before. She stands nearly a head taller than the Type J-9 Griffon and as you can tell by her proportions, is somewhat bulkier. It's not just the armoured skirt that gives her bulk, either. Her legs are fully jointed allowing for much more dynamic poseability than the conventional Revoltechs. Same goes for the shoulders - replacing what was a cleverly angled swivel, it is now also a Revoltech-joint to simulate a ball-socket joint. Coincidentally, the introduction of ball-socket movement to the shoulder means that a revoltech-joint could be eliminated from the elbows... it's now a swivel joint and so the arm mimics actual human range of motion (prior to this, the upper arms acheived human-range by twisting the upper arm in odd contortions).
I think my absolute favourite feature turns out to be the sheer scale - which allows for a much more detailed face sculpt. Its perfection at a roughly 1/8 scale is stunning. Kaiyodo needs to do more of these Fate/Stay Night figures for the Revoltech line-up.
Firstly, she's somewhat larger than the other Revoltech figures we've seen before. She stands nearly a head taller than the Type J-9 Griffon and as you can tell by her proportions, is somewhat bulkier. It's not just the armoured skirt that gives her bulk, either. Her legs are fully jointed allowing for much more dynamic poseability than the conventional Revoltechs. Same goes for the shoulders - replacing what was a cleverly angled swivel, it is now also a Revoltech-joint to simulate a ball-socket joint. Coincidentally, the introduction of ball-socket movement to the shoulder means that a revoltech-joint could be eliminated from the elbows... it's now a swivel joint and so the arm mimics actual human range of motion (prior to this, the upper arms acheived human-range by twisting the upper arm in odd contortions).
I think my absolute favourite feature turns out to be the sheer scale - which allows for a much more detailed face sculpt. Its perfection at a roughly 1/8 scale is stunning. Kaiyodo needs to do more of these Fate/Stay Night figures for the Revoltech line-up.
DL saga: final post (for real this time)
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dual-layer burning,
PC,
technical
DL Conspiracy: Final Chapter
Two things... I'm going to go back and add a new "tag" type for this because when I started out documenting my troubles with Dual-Layer burning, I never imagined how many entries it would become. So, when you see those old blogs come up in your RSS, feel free to ignore them.
Anyway, I just wanted to report an addendum to the situation. Remember those Memorex DVD+R/DL that I bought? Yeah, the big 50-count spindle that I CANNOT use. Any ISO file imported to CloneDVD2 becomes a freezing, choppy, altogether irritating mess. And Nero makes a weird archive data disc that can only be read on the original burner.
You know what this reminds me of?...it reminds me of how Philips brand discs behave on my brother's laptop. It was completely incompatible. Could not burn to it at all (ISO file or otherwise).
But in an amazing turn, my brother successfully test-burned several ISO files this weekend using his laptop on the Memorex discs. Not only did they play back on his laptop, but they were readable in my two optical drives, and also in my living room DVD player. I gave them away to him.
So that about closes the book on this story. Memorex for him and Philips for me... I'm sure he will give the spindle a loving home.
Two things... I'm going to go back and add a new "tag" type for this because when I started out documenting my troubles with Dual-Layer burning, I never imagined how many entries it would become. So, when you see those old blogs come up in your RSS, feel free to ignore them.
Anyway, I just wanted to report an addendum to the situation. Remember those Memorex DVD+R/DL that I bought? Yeah, the big 50-count spindle that I CANNOT use. Any ISO file imported to CloneDVD2 becomes a freezing, choppy, altogether irritating mess. And Nero makes a weird archive data disc that can only be read on the original burner.
You know what this reminds me of?...it reminds me of how Philips brand discs behave on my brother's laptop. It was completely incompatible. Could not burn to it at all (ISO file or otherwise).
But in an amazing turn, my brother successfully test-burned several ISO files this weekend using his laptop on the Memorex discs. Not only did they play back on his laptop, but they were readable in my two optical drives, and also in my living room DVD player. I gave them away to him.
So that about closes the book on this story. Memorex for him and Philips for me... I'm sure he will give the spindle a loving home.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Oni-Musume family reunion
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stuff
This my lazy post for the week... I have no comments to say about her but that I'm just happy to have her finally home. Whatever the delay was, the local shop finally got some of the fourth Oni-Musume in stock. There really is no point to this post.
Reflections of Sunday
Trying to make something of the weekend in the city I brought
my family to the Dragon Boat races on Sunday morning after
breakfast. We didn't stay long - such is the reality of
dragging a senior citizen with you. But thankfully
porta-potties were aplenty and the weather was VERY
cooperative... The races themselves were... I don't know. I
only watched one and I thought it was interesting to know these
people trained hard to compete. But there was something
lackluster in the crowd - kind of hard to cheer for something
you have no stake in. Then we wandered around the park taking in the sights (the zoo folks were out with some crocs and snakes; that wasn't something you see every day).
Afterwards my brother and I went downtown to scour the shops
for goodies. And we ran head-long into the rib-fest. The weather was still cooperating. Sunny but a decent breeze and no humidity to speak of.We hit my usual haunts plus a special stop at the Running Room for my brother to grab his free T-shirt (we tore a coupon off a box of Vector cereal that morning). For my own treat, I found a Revoltech figure at Silver Snail and then we went off following our noses...
I suppose some vendors were worth waiting for, but really, I'm not a connoiseur, so I mostly ignored all the trophies the different teams had on display. I wanted to support the local team (local being a Canadian competitor) but they had a line-up of over 30 people! So I went "next-door" (I think they were from Florida) and I ordered a full rack for $20 plus a side of coleslaw and beans. I split it with my brother.
The only thing that bugs me is that the locals are obviously taking advantage of the situation because a convenience store sold me a bottle of Coke for $2.50... I must have been pretty high on something since I paid without complaining.
my family to the Dragon Boat races on Sunday morning after
breakfast. We didn't stay long - such is the reality of
dragging a senior citizen with you. But thankfully
porta-potties were aplenty and the weather was VERY
cooperative... The races themselves were... I don't know. I
only watched one and I thought it was interesting to know these
people trained hard to compete. But there was something
lackluster in the crowd - kind of hard to cheer for something
you have no stake in. Then we wandered around the park taking in the sights (the zoo folks were out with some crocs and snakes; that wasn't something you see every day).
Afterwards my brother and I went downtown to scour the shops
for goodies. And we ran head-long into the rib-fest. The weather was still cooperating. Sunny but a decent breeze and no humidity to speak of.We hit my usual haunts plus a special stop at the Running Room for my brother to grab his free T-shirt (we tore a coupon off a box of Vector cereal that morning). For my own treat, I found a Revoltech figure at Silver Snail and then we went off following our noses...
I suppose some vendors were worth waiting for, but really, I'm not a connoiseur, so I mostly ignored all the trophies the different teams had on display. I wanted to support the local team (local being a Canadian competitor) but they had a line-up of over 30 people! So I went "next-door" (I think they were from Florida) and I ordered a full rack for $20 plus a side of coleslaw and beans. I split it with my brother.
The only thing that bugs me is that the locals are obviously taking advantage of the situation because a convenience store sold me a bottle of Coke for $2.50... I must have been pretty high on something since I paid without complaining.
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