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<\/a>While convention season is pretty much over stateside, Japan had a big one up its sleeve with Tamashii Nations 2012!\u00a0 Bandai of Japan has been garnering a large portion of my collecting interest over the last couple years, and the 2013 reveals make it blatantly apparent that my wallet doesn’t stand a chance next year.\u00a0 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The next big announcement came from the SH MonsterArts<\/strong> line with the revelation of Biollante<\/strong>.\u00a0 Like the other kaiju in this line, her figure looks amazingly detailed and incredibly massive.\u00a0 You can already tell she’ll be more expensive than both King Ghidorah and Destroyah<\/strong>, but she’s also going to make for an amazing addition to the Godzilla shelf.\u00a0 Speaking of Big G, I’m pretty sure that’s a new Godzilla<\/strong> figure facing down with Biollante.\u00a0 Last but not least, there’s a lineup of the previous MonsterArts above the case and we get to see a good size comparison<\/a> of Destroyah with the other Toho monsters.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Super Sentia\/Power Ranger news, the Red Ranger <\/a>shown at NYCC has now been joined by the Green Dragon Ranger<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’m pretty happy to see any Sentai figures, but like most Americans the MMPR were first.\u00a0 Getting Figuarts of the original team appeals to that same nostalgia as Sailor Moon.\u00a0 Now if we could just get Rita, Zedd, Goldar, and some Putties for them to knock around!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A surprising addition to the D-Arts line of figures is the addition of Pokemon<\/strong>!\u00a0 There are some great pics of a super articulated Mewtwo<\/strong><\/a> and Charizard<\/strong>, but off camera there was supposedly a Blastoise <\/strong>and Venasaur<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’m definitely going to be picking and choosing from this line, but I would kill for a super articulated Magikarp!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like the previous two Pokemon, not everything was shown.\u00a0 Over at TheDaytimeNinja<\/a>, Suri listed some Super Robot Chogokin figures that hadn’t been photographed yet.\u00a0 Apparently they had Tetsujin 28\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Giant Robo, <\/strong>as well as Brave Police J-Decker<\/strong>, but the most interesting mention to me was a new Big O<\/strong>.\u00a0 How many Big O figures does one man need?\u00a0 I’ll let you know when I get there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Great odds and ends were the Dragonball<\/strong> figures, including the revelation of Android 18<\/strong>.\u00a0 There were also Figuarts of Space Sheriff Gavan<\/strong> and Cyborg 009<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em>Ultra Act<\/strong> had a pretty impressive display, unfortunately I don’t know enough about the characters to say who actually was there.\u00a0 Same goes for the Saint Seiya<\/strong> setup, which you can find some great pictures of here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The pictures I used in this review all came from the official Bluefin Tamashii Nations Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0 A lot of the figures shown at Tamashii Nations are still considered to be in the prototype stage, and may not necessarily get made.\u00a0 So if you like what you’re seeing at this convention, head on over to their Facebook and let them know.\u00a0 It’s the best way to show your support for these products and help guarantee they’ll get produced.<\/p>\n For even more in-depth armchair coverage and fantastic highlight pics, head on over to TheDaytimeNinja<\/a>!\u00a0 You can also check out Poe’s take<\/a> on the MonsterArts Biollante.<\/p>\n And if you’re just interested in looking through huge coverage galleries of the entire event, check out AmiAmi’s<\/a> and Chara-net’s<\/a> Facebook pages.<\/p>\n -Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While convention season is pretty much over stateside, Japan had a big one up its sleeve with Tamashii Nations 2012!\u00a0 Bandai of Japan has been garnering a large portion of my collecting interest over the last couple years, and the 2013 reveals make it blatantly apparent that my 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<\/a>I want to start off with the biggest news (at least for me) from the entire event.\u00a0 Sailor Moon<\/strong> is getting the SH Figuarts treatment!\u00a0 The Sailor Moon cartoon was one of my first true experiences with anime, and I have a heavy amount of nostalgia for it.\u00a0 I even remember looking at the god awful dolls and wishing there were something better.\u00a0 Now, nearly two decades later, we’re finally getting the super poseable action figures that this anime staple deserves. Check out the great close-ups from Dengeki<\/a>!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tamf2.jpg?resize=300%2C224\")
<\/a>In other MonsterArts news, Bandai has revealed seven of the Angels<\/a> and an amazing diorama<\/a> from Neon Genesis Evangelion<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 I don’t collect these figures, but I’m still damned impressed by the engineering on these insane looking character designs.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tamf3.jpg?resize=459%2C210\")
<\/a>The Kamen Rider side is still going strong.\u00a0 I noticed the spiffy figures for the new Kamen Rider Wizard<\/strong>.\u00a0 What really made me happy was the revelation of the Showa era<\/a> Kamen Rider X<\/strong>, Stronger and Tackle<\/strong>, and Riderman<\/strong>.\u00a0 But it was the inclusion of a Shocker Soldier<\/strong> that surprised me.\u00a0 Finally some goons for my heroes to fight!\u00a0 I just hope they’re not too expensive to army build.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tamf4.jpg?resize=200%2C210\")
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