News: Armored Core V Top of the Japanese Charts
Well, the sales figures for Armored Core V's first week in Japan are out. For the PS3 version, the game shipped a respectable 163,906 units placing it at the top of the...
News: Super Robot Wars Z 2 Saisei-hen Site Opened
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News: Web Power Dolls Gets New Mecha
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News: Mobile Suit Gundam Alpha Test Results
Towards the end of last year an alpha test was carried out on Mobile Suit Gundam Online. Today, we received the results. Of those that signed up, 1,269 opted to play in...
Kits: Nineball (Armored Core Ver.)
To commemorate the release of Armored Core V today and courtesy of our good friends at HobbyLink Japan, we've been sent the Nineball (Armored Core Ver.) kit from the original...
Much like the other Valken figure we recently mentioned, this one features the same booster pack but in the traditional green colours (instead of desert camouflage). This was released at last year’s Winter Comiket as a special figure. Thankfully, Tokyo Hunter is taking orders and at 1000 yen it’s a very nice bargain to boot.
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The Valken figures remind me a lot of the early mecha of Code Geass. I’m actually starting to wonder if Code Geass actually used the Valken games as inspiration for their first season mecha designs, or if these figures might have been redesigned slightly to take advantage of their similar and more popular brethren.
Being a huge Valken fan, I was surprised to see this when I was at Comiket. Of course, it was already sold out…