Tamashii Nations at SDCC 2008!!!!

I managed to stumble upon the Tamashii Nations booth which held several museum-like cases of these wonderful SIC dioramas. If you check out Matt Alt's coverage of Tamashii Nation 2008 in Akiba Square UDX, he notes that it's interesting to see Bandai position "their Saint Seiya, S.I.C., and Chogokin collector lines as "lifestyle goods" rather than toys. In addition to three showrooms housing new products, the main floor featured a series of faux rooms designed to show toy-freaks how they can best display their treasures." Hey, works for me. Had I known it was cool to disply my toys this way, I would have done it a long time ago. Were way ahead of you Bandai!

SIC Vol. 38 Kikaider 01 Double Machine Set!!

Check out the latest SIC!!! Vol.38 is here and this is a must have set. I'm a sucker for any toy featuring motorcyles. Combined with the fact that Kikaider is my original childhood favorite and we have a set I couldn't pass up. Kikaider has a stylized, modern appearance, yet somehow slightly retro. His motorcyle and signature sidecar sports an all-new design that kicks-ass. I'm not sure about the trumpet accessory tho...The set also comes with this blast away Japanese bronze looking statue that Kikaider fits into. It replicates a scene in the live-action series long, long ago...

If you dig toy motorcyles, check out these past post featuring some of the most bad-ass toy motorcyles around.