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Official JULIANA’S TOKYO doll, from the Jenny line of dolls by TAKARA in 1994.
Included is the iconic feather fan, a really cute stand and little pound bills that were used in the club as drink tickets.
If you answered the questionnaire included, you could have won an official, real feather fan.
Pics by foundinjapan.com
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Print ad for Takara’s Magneborg Death Cross and Machinezaurer.
What’s worth noting here is that, in addition to the rubber suits built for commercials, both toys shared a really unique gimmick. In the ads, Takara encouraged children to decide for themselves which of the two was the true hero and/or villain. I always admire toy companies that encourage kids imaginations.
Which is great because, come on. Death Cross? Totally the bad guy here.
EDIT: The best part of this, according to ally-in-arms @tokugami,Machinezaurer had a Go Nagai manga and tie-in theme song!
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A new Moncollé box will be available in Japan starting May30 via Takara Tomy.
From Bandai, Pokepla Rowlet releases May28.
Jets vs Hovercraft.
So I thought I’d mess around a bit with the weapons and the posing for the new ladies and give my Seekers an airing (and also an arse-kicking)
Skywarp and Acid Storm were sent by Megs to capture Solus Prime and Elita One. Unfortunately they weren’t very stealthy and they got ambushed by Elita One while they were still trying to formulate a plan.
After recovering from their wounds, they happened upon Solus Prime out for a stroll on this garden world, and tried to take her by brute force. Sadly for them they didn’t factor in her incredible weapons skills. Acid Storm was left with a nasty gash across his chest and Skywarp surrendered rather than get shot again. Luckily for them she didn’t have the Forge of Solus with her at the time else she’d have turned them into rather fetching floor plates.
The ladies watched with a mixture of amusement and condescension as the two seekers left to report their failure to Megatron, telling how they were faced with insurmountable odds and barely escaped with their lives…which is basically the truth.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring.
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Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-11SW Skywarp
My second Masterpiece (I’m beginning to see a pattern here…). Again, I adore the colours here. Most of what I had to say about this model can be seen in my pics of Acid Storm, and there’s very little else to add. Again, with the eyes, the flash/sunlight really bring them out and make them look like they’re glowing. I also noticed that depending on how the light catches his face he can actually have quite a number of expressions ranging from smug passing though stern and soft and ending up just plain silly (though that may be largely contextual).
I meant to show him with his Megatron in gun form but I forgot so instead you get him trying to be badass and then deciding that he rather be dancing and frolicking with nature instead.
He also would like to point out that he is a very good dancer and all the seekers can just bugger off unless they want a face full of missile.
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Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-01 Acid Storm
This was the first Masterpiece I bought, coming up for nearly a year ago now. I love his colour scheme (My three fave colours are Black, Green and Purple so it’s not surprising I was drawn to him). Also, the eye paint is a little reflective so if you catch the sun or use a flash, it can really look like they’re glowing!
Once you get used to the transformation it’s quite easy and he looks great in Jet mode as well, but he’s awesome in Bot mode. He’s not quite as posable as some of the others, the fins on his feet can get in the way and the wings can set him off balance, but as a whole I think it’s a great design. Looks totally badass too.
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