It's been 20 years since the iconic virtual pet Tamagotchi hit US shores, becoming a must-have item for kids and teenagers and proving enough of a distraction that it was banned from many classrooms. Many of those youngsters now have offspring of the...
Gundam fans will no doubt recognize this adorable Haro robot from the anime, as did I on the CEATEC show floor in Tokyo. As it turns out, Bandai, Bandai Namco, IBM and VAIO have joined forces to bring us a lifelike "Gundam Concierge Haro" aka "Ganshe...
James Rhodes’ first War Machine suit was a more heavily armed and armored version of Tony Starks’ Iron Man Mk. 11. His samurai variant is no different. The latest from Bandai’s Manga Realization action figures, Samurai War Machine is a walking gunship.
The 7″ tall action figure has guns on its wrists and more on its backpack, including a cannon. The backpack-mounted weapons can be folded down. Like the Samurai Iron Man figure, the toy also has a jetpack and a samurai sword. Oh and his chest plate has abs and nipples. Take that, Tony Stark. You can pre-order Samurai War Machine from BigBadToyStore for $90 (USD).
You've already seen Nintendo revive the NES and Nokia reintroduce the 3310, so why not resurrect more '90s tech? Bandai certainly doesn't see a problem with it. The company has relaunched the classic Tamagotchi toy in near-original form to mark its...
Bruce Lee was a certified badass. In fact, each night before Chuck Norris goes to bed, he checks for Bruce Lee under the bed. One of the coolest flicks Lee made was Game of Death. The saddest thing about it is that Lee died before he finished the film leaving scenes to be spliced together using different actors trying to be as badass as Lee.
In some of the most iconic scenes in Game of Death, Lee was clad in a yellow tracksuit and kicks lots of ass using nunchaku. Kids everywhere in the late ’70s and ’80s crushed their own nads with nunchucks trying to be like Bruce.
Now you can replicate those scenes without risk of injury with Bandai Tamashii Nations’ Bruce Lee Yellow Track Suit SH Figuarts Action Figure. The figure is 5.5-inches tall and comes with four sets of hands, three facial expressions, two nunchaku, and one staff.
The action figure will ship in April 2017, and you can pre-order yours now from Entertainment Earth for $55.99(USD).
Late last year we caught a glimpse of Tamashii Nations’ samurai-inspired take on Ultimate Spider-Man. It turns out Spidey is just the first in the company’s Manga Realization, a new line of samurai-themed action figures based on comic book characters.
Manga Realization is a spinoff of Tamashii Nations’s Movie Realization, which so far consists of samurai-themed Star Wars action figures. Like Samurai Darth Vader and company, Samurai Spidey looks really cool, and the details and paint should make you wish it was taller than 7″ so you could ogle it more easily. Instead of a web shooter, the action figure comes with a grappling hook and a chain, which can be attached to Spidey’s wrists. He also comes with a sword and a knife.
This is a reboot I can get behind. The Manga Realizations Samurai Spider-Man action figure sells for around $85 (USD) and should be available in toy stores soon.
[via Pop Critica]