I say I should post on this blog of mine more often and fail to do so (then again, I do show off my purchases on Twitter as soon as they arrive anyway).
Ah well, I haven't had much time for it as I've been doing some real serious catching up on my anime backlog by finally clearing the likes of Amagami SS+, Black★Rock Shooter, Busou Shinki Moon Angel, C³, Dantalian no Shoka, Gundam 00 (Season 2), Haganai, Macross 7, Majikoi, Maken-Ki!, Mashiro-iro Symphony, Persona 4, Shakugan no Shana III Final, THE iDOLM@STER, Towa no Quon, WORKING'!! and Zero no Tsukaima F from it.
And while I'm focusing most of my attention on that I haven't even spent much time playing Hoshizora no Memoria which got a completed translation patch recently (Hell, I'm actually falling behind on quite a few visual novels now).
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Another case of infrequent backlog clearing
Things have been pretty stressful lately and doing another post for the blog was the least of my worries, so once again I've ended up being incredibly behind in posting these recent arrivals of mine.
Besides that I've also gone through Emi, Hanako and Lilly's routes in Katawa Shoujo and replayed Muv-Luv Alternative using the complete patch (I previously finished it with the leaked patch), the latter was a really helpful distraction when I lost my internet connection for a few days.
Besides that I've also gone through Emi, Hanako and Lilly's routes in Katawa Shoujo and replayed Muv-Luv Alternative using the complete patch (I previously finished it with the leaked patch), the latter was a really helpful distraction when I lost my internet connection for a few days.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Nemmy's first arrivals of 2012
It's the start of the new year and I've already received a vast assortment of items (the AmiAmi haul also got my ass heavily stung by Customs).
I was able to finally play Ougon Musou Kyoku CROSS (which was a pain in the ass to get installed properly) and the official English release of Osananajimi wa Daitouryou (my purchased copy took too long to arrive so I got it via 'other means' as soon as it became available). I also have the much awaited Katawa Shoujo ready to play as well (I've been wanting to see more of this since I finished the Act 1 demo).
I was able to finally play Ougon Musou Kyoku CROSS (which was a pain in the ass to get installed properly) and the official English release of Osananajimi wa Daitouryou (my purchased copy took too long to arrive so I got it via 'other means' as soon as it became available). I also have the much awaited Katawa Shoujo ready to play as well (I've been wanting to see more of this since I finished the Act 1 demo).
Monday, December 12, 2011
More backlog clearing and a belated birthday present
I really need to get back into the habit of doing this more regularly, but I can't see it happening just yet.
In the meantime I've played and completed Bible Black -The Infection- (sadly, it was nowhere near as good as the original) and started Harem☆Party which I now can't being myself to finish (the only route left for me do is Sofie's, but her stupid antics and grating voice really piss me off). So instead of that I finally managed to finish the trial for Aiyoku no Eustia (I do hope the full version of this gets translated at some point).
And as part of a dlvr.it test I'm doing I've also created a blog for myself on Tumblr.
In the meantime I've played and completed Bible Black -The Infection- (sadly, it was nowhere near as good as the original) and started Harem☆Party which I now can't being myself to finish (the only route left for me do is Sofie's, but her stupid antics and grating voice really piss me off). So instead of that I finally managed to finish the trial for Aiyoku no Eustia (I do hope the full version of this gets translated at some point).
And as part of a dlvr.it test I'm doing I've also created a blog for myself on Tumblr.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Clearing another backlog of arrivals!
Welcome to yet another very delayed post from yours truly!
Again, I've been very engrossed in playing various visual novels such as Little Busters! (just waiting on the Rin2 and Refrain patch so I can finish this awesome game), We Love Master!, Princess Eris and MangaGamer's new re-translation of Edelweiss (I'm also replaying Edelweiss Eiden Fantasia for total completion sake).
And that's not counting the patches for Hanabira 5 (I haven't even finished Hanabira 3 and Hanabira 4 yet), Shikkoku no Sharnoth and Muv-Luv Alternative (I originally finished it using the leaked patch) which have been released and waiting to be played.
Hell, I even managed to play and complete the highly controversial R***Lay (it should be bloody obvious WHY I'm partially censoring the name of this particular game) in my spare time.
Friday (August 12th), newtownvideo, I received Angel Beats! Complete Collection.
Saturday (August 20th), HobbyLink Japan and junkshopu.s.a., I received...
Wednesday (August 31th), AmiAmi, I received...
Friday (September 2nd), envywolfe, I received Timelines Side Burn.
Tuesday (September 6th), the_unbelievable_store, I received Hunt for the Decepticons Tomahawk.
Saturday (September 10th), Yokatta Shipping Service, I received...
Again, I've been very engrossed in playing various visual novels such as Little Busters! (just waiting on the Rin2 and Refrain patch so I can finish this awesome game), We Love Master!, Princess Eris and MangaGamer's new re-translation of Edelweiss (I'm also replaying Edelweiss Eiden Fantasia for total completion sake).
And that's not counting the patches for Hanabira 5 (I haven't even finished Hanabira 3 and Hanabira 4 yet), Shikkoku no Sharnoth and Muv-Luv Alternative (I originally finished it using the leaked patch) which have been released and waiting to be played.
Hell, I even managed to play and complete the highly controversial R***Lay (it should be bloody obvious WHY I'm partially censoring the name of this particular game) in my spare time.
Friday (August 12th), newtownvideo, I received Angel Beats! Complete Collection.
Saturday (August 20th), HobbyLink Japan and junkshopu.s.a., I received...
- chibi-arts Eas
- Dark of the Moon EZ Collection Darkside Optimus Prime
Wednesday (August 31th), AmiAmi, I received...
- S.H.Figuarts Masked Rider Ixa
- S.H.Figuarts Cure Moonlight
- Revoltech Muv-Luv Alternative Takemikaduchi Type-00R
- Super Robot Chogokin GaoGaiGar (with bonus Overload Effect)
- Super Robot Chogokin Key Of Victory Set 1
Friday (September 2nd), envywolfe, I received Timelines Side Burn.
Tuesday (September 6th), the_unbelievable_store, I received Hunt for the Decepticons Tomahawk.
Saturday (September 10th), Yokatta Shipping Service, I received...
- Revoltech Muv-Luv Alternative Takemikaduchi Type-00F
- S.H.Figuarts Shinken Red Kaoru Shiba
- S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDol Combo Effect Parts Set
Sunday, January 16, 2011
I got the armour, but not the main bot itself
After being kept busy by D.C. II ~Da Capo II~ for the last week or so, I finally get around to posting this entry.
Thursday, toystar_galactica and supermart_usa, I received Drill Boy and CLANNAD Complete Collection.
Drill Boy is basically the token partsformer power-up. I haven't bothered with his own vehicle and robot modes at the moment cos I purely wanted this so I could 'upgrade' my Build Tiger.
CLANNAD, easily one of the better visual novel adaptations I've seen, and also the starting point in my exposure of KEY's other works such as Air and Kanon.
Friday, robotkingdom.com, I received Shadow Scythe.
The inevitable black repaint of the Protector, and a totally awesome one at that (even if it did get stung by those fuckers at Customs).
One complaint I have is with the scythe itself, as those connector tabs are an awfully tight fit and probably prone to breakage.
I wasn't to take this shot until the Shattered Glass Rodimus I bought arrived, but I'm still waiting on it. So I took the opportunity to use the armour on my Challenge at Cybertron Rodimus.
Thursday, toystar_galactica and supermart_usa, I received Drill Boy and CLANNAD Complete Collection.
Drill Boy is basically the token partsformer power-up. I haven't bothered with his own vehicle and robot modes at the moment cos I purely wanted this so I could 'upgrade' my Build Tiger.
CLANNAD, easily one of the better visual novel adaptations I've seen, and also the starting point in my exposure of KEY's other works such as Air and Kanon.
Friday, robotkingdom.com, I received Shadow Scythe.
The inevitable black repaint of the Protector, and a totally awesome one at that (even if it did get stung by those fuckers at Customs).
One complaint I have is with the scythe itself, as those connector tabs are an awfully tight fit and probably prone to breakage.
I wasn't to take this shot until the Shattered Glass Rodimus I bought arrived, but I'm still waiting on it. So I took the opportunity to use the armour on my Challenge at Cybertron Rodimus.
Saturday, October 09, 2010
So as I pray, Unlimited Brave Works!
After what seems like over a year (even though it was a little over 9 months from its Japanese cinema release in reality), I finally got to watch the anime movie adaptation of Unlimited Blade Works and I enjoyed it for what it was (a means of seeing some of my favourite scenes in animated form). However, I still prefer the pacing of the route in the Fate/stay night VN (the movie trimmed out some of the slice of life parts I really liked).
Other than that, I'm STILL waiting for my bloody Escaflowne! Basically, Amazon won't do fuck all about it until the 13th, and I find that rather annoying (they fucked up, not me).
But on a more positive note, this week's haul measures exceedingly high on epicness meter.
Monday, crosszgundam, I received...
I've been a fan of the show for years (and have been pimping it ever since), but nothing tops having the characters you've come to adore in their original toy incarnations, especially in the condition these arrived in. All of them are MIB (barring Big Volfogg, GaoGaiGar and Goldlymarg who were MISB) with stickers not applied (and they'll be staying that way), and better yet, none of them are the Sonokong releases (not that I would've minded too much).
And because it just has to be done, here's the Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan (or Strongest Brave Robot Corps when translated) in one glorious group shot.
Now for some brief thoughts...
GaoGaiGar - He's rather simplistic compared to the CM's Brave Gokins I own, but he's a lot more chunky and solid. The only thing I dislike on him is the GaoLiner not locking in-place when you slide it into GaiGar.
ChoRyuJin - The first of the Symmetrical-Dockers, and they've already won me over. The indivual robot modes for HyoRyu and EnRyu are nice, but the real selling point is when you combine them into ChoRyuJin. He's big, he's imposing, and he has some big ass tonfas for weapons!
Big Volfogg - Volfogg is one of the weaker toys in the line-up in my honest opinion. In robot mode he's very blocky, and I hate transforming his legs because they're very awkward. GunDober and GunGlue aren't that much better. Big Volfogg is the sole saving grace in all this, and even that has its flaws.
Goldymarg - Ah, Goldy. Oh how I planned to have you as a permanent Goldion Hammer for GaoGaiGar until I realised you were simply too damn big and weighty to be kept that way. You're not too bad by yourself, but I truly wanted you as my GOLDION HAMMER!!!
Mic Sounders the 13th - The smallest guy of the bunch, but that doesn't make him any less awesome. And now that I think about it, you should already know how awesome Mic Sounders is without my needing to tell you!
King J-Der - Quite possibly the biggest brick of the lot, and I don't even care. I mean c'mon, he's King fucking J-Der! There's no chance in hell of me not liking him when he's one of the coolest things I remember about the show. Hell, I'd even go as far to say that he's the one I was looking forward to owning the most.
GekiRyuJin - There's not much to say here as FuRyu and RaiRyu are basically the same as their combined 'brother' with a few remoulded parts and new weapons to replace the big ass tonfas. Even so, having the option to interchange him with ChoRyuJin to form both GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin is a pretty damn awesome in itself.
Tuesday, simonh9362, I received Build Tiger.
My week of Brave acquisitions isn't just limited to that of GaoGaiGar, but J-Decker too. Hence I now have a Build Tiger (which is comprised of McCrane, Power Joe and Dumpson), and for a partsformer he's very nice (if you dismiss McCrane's head peaking out near the crotch). But I do have to admit his colouring makes him look like he's been Tango'd.
Ideally I'd also like a Drill Boy so I can form this guy into Super Build Tiger, then he might not seem so dwarfed in size when placed next to the Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan.
Other than that, I'm STILL waiting for my bloody Escaflowne! Basically, Amazon won't do fuck all about it until the 13th, and I find that rather annoying (they fucked up, not me).
But on a more positive note, this week's haul measures exceedingly high on epicness meter.
Monday, crosszgundam, I received...
- GaoGaiGar & Goldymarg (Reissue)
- G-14 DX King J-Der
- G-04 DX ChoRyuJin
- G-08 DX Big Volfogg
- G-16 DX GekiRyuJin
- G-13 DX Mic Sounders the 13th
- G-03 DX GaoGaiGar Base
I've been a fan of the show for years (and have been pimping it ever since), but nothing tops having the characters you've come to adore in their original toy incarnations, especially in the condition these arrived in. All of them are MIB (barring Big Volfogg, GaoGaiGar and Goldlymarg who were MISB) with stickers not applied (and they'll be staying that way), and better yet, none of them are the Sonokong releases (not that I would've minded too much).
And because it just has to be done, here's the Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan (or Strongest Brave Robot Corps when translated) in one glorious group shot.
Now for some brief thoughts...
GaoGaiGar - He's rather simplistic compared to the CM's Brave Gokins I own, but he's a lot more chunky and solid. The only thing I dislike on him is the GaoLiner not locking in-place when you slide it into GaiGar.
ChoRyuJin - The first of the Symmetrical-Dockers, and they've already won me over. The indivual robot modes for HyoRyu and EnRyu are nice, but the real selling point is when you combine them into ChoRyuJin. He's big, he's imposing, and he has some big ass tonfas for weapons!
Big Volfogg - Volfogg is one of the weaker toys in the line-up in my honest opinion. In robot mode he's very blocky, and I hate transforming his legs because they're very awkward. GunDober and GunGlue aren't that much better. Big Volfogg is the sole saving grace in all this, and even that has its flaws.
Goldymarg - Ah, Goldy. Oh how I planned to have you as a permanent Goldion Hammer for GaoGaiGar until I realised you were simply too damn big and weighty to be kept that way. You're not too bad by yourself, but I truly wanted you as my GOLDION HAMMER!!!
Mic Sounders the 13th - The smallest guy of the bunch, but that doesn't make him any less awesome. And now that I think about it, you should already know how awesome Mic Sounders is without my needing to tell you!
King J-Der - Quite possibly the biggest brick of the lot, and I don't even care. I mean c'mon, he's King fucking J-Der! There's no chance in hell of me not liking him when he's one of the coolest things I remember about the show. Hell, I'd even go as far to say that he's the one I was looking forward to owning the most.
GekiRyuJin - There's not much to say here as FuRyu and RaiRyu are basically the same as their combined 'brother' with a few remoulded parts and new weapons to replace the big ass tonfas. Even so, having the option to interchange him with ChoRyuJin to form both GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin is a pretty damn awesome in itself.
Tuesday, simonh9362, I received Build Tiger.
My week of Brave acquisitions isn't just limited to that of GaoGaiGar, but J-Decker too. Hence I now have a Build Tiger (which is comprised of McCrane, Power Joe and Dumpson), and for a partsformer he's very nice (if you dismiss McCrane's head peaking out near the crotch). But I do have to admit his colouring makes him look like he's been Tango'd.
Ideally I'd also like a Drill Boy so I can form this guy into Super Build Tiger, then he might not seem so dwarfed in size when placed next to the Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Wrecking courage for sticking rarity
This week brought Nemmy some new goodies, and only one of them is a DVD!
Monday, Kapow Toys and dvdmagnetinc, I received the Warbot Defender and King of the Braves GaoGaiGar Season Two Collection.
I think I mentioned it before, but I'll be calling the Warbot Defender Springer (cos c'mon, it fucking screams Springer!), and that's that.
As for the toy itself, I do feel safer in transforming this than the Knight Morpher Commander, but there's still that nagging fear I'm gonna break the damn thing.
And the second half of GaoGaiGar? Do I really need to explain that?
Tuesday, nosvette1 and Reprolabels.com, I received Animated Arcee and Classics Springer stickers.
Arcee's not a bad toy, but it felt somewhat lacking in my eyes after removing it from the packaging and transforming it a few times.
I dunno why, but it just strikes me as underwhelming in the face of other Arcees I have in my collection (such as the BotCon and WonderFest exclusives).
Regarding those stickers for Springer, I think this photo should cover it (and no, there was no room for Hot Rod in it, so don't even ask!).
Monday, Kapow Toys and dvdmagnetinc, I received the Warbot Defender and King of the Braves GaoGaiGar Season Two Collection.
I think I mentioned it before, but I'll be calling the Warbot Defender Springer (cos c'mon, it fucking screams Springer!), and that's that.
As for the toy itself, I do feel safer in transforming this than the Knight Morpher Commander, but there's still that nagging fear I'm gonna break the damn thing.
And the second half of GaoGaiGar? Do I really need to explain that?
Tuesday, nosvette1 and Reprolabels.com, I received Animated Arcee and Classics Springer stickers.
Arcee's not a bad toy, but it felt somewhat lacking in my eyes after removing it from the packaging and transforming it a few times.
I dunno why, but it just strikes me as underwhelming in the face of other Arcees I have in my collection (such as the BotCon and WonderFest exclusives).
Regarding those stickers for Springer, I think this photo should cover it (and no, there was no room for Hot Rod in it, so don't even ask!).
Friday, April 09, 2010
Yippee-ki-yay, King of Braves!
Here's yet another postings of 'no toys, just some DVDs' from yours truly.
Anyway, this next lot of DVDs from Tesco and supermart_usa are as follows.
I did like this film a lot when I saw it on TV (I believe it was on Channel 4), and from what I understand both it and this DVD are the 'PG-13' cut.
After learning of this I really want to see that so-called 'Unrated' cut so I can see how it should have been (c'mon, even the usage of "Yippee-ki-yay, Motherfucker!" got hit by the censors).
And of course there's the GaoGaiGar I got yesterday, or at least half of it.
GaoGaiGar was the first Brave series I watched, and it is still one of my favourite anime series ever.
It got me buying various GaoGaiGar toys, and it also had me watching Betterman because of its apparent connection.
Anyway, this next lot of DVDs from Tesco and supermart_usa are as follows.
- Die Hard 4.0
- King of the Braves GaoGaiGar Season One Collection
I did like this film a lot when I saw it on TV (I believe it was on Channel 4), and from what I understand both it and this DVD are the 'PG-13' cut.
After learning of this I really want to see that so-called 'Unrated' cut so I can see how it should have been (c'mon, even the usage of "Yippee-ki-yay, Motherfucker!" got hit by the censors).
And of course there's the GaoGaiGar I got yesterday, or at least half of it.
GaoGaiGar was the first Brave series I watched, and it is still one of my favourite anime series ever.
It got me buying various GaoGaiGar toys, and it also had me watching Betterman because of its apparent connection.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Brave Gokin gains another Hero of Justice!
I haven't been paying much attention to CM's Brave Gokin range in recent months, as I'm still pissed over those Ver.2 remakes of Star GaoGaiGar and Genesic GaoGaiGar.
Just how could they do that to me after I faithfully bought all their Ver.1 releases of Star GaoGaiGar, GaoFighGar, Genesic GaoGaiGar and GaoGaiGo dammit?!
Ugh, I'm so gonna break into another tangent at this rate. But what the hell, being pissed about something or another is what makes blogging fun!
And now before I totally forget what I was here for because of my tendency to rant; I best start talking about the 27th entry in the Brave Gokin range.
That said entry is none other than Linebarrel from Kurogane no Linebarrels (a.k.a. Linebarrels of Iron if you've been watching the series on Crunchyroll).
I know relatively fuck all about the details of this toy as I only knew of its existence today from browsing Ami Ami.
CM's haven't got it listed on their site. My usual sources have no information on it. And the damn thing is supposedly due out in June!
If I had the cash to risk, I'd place a pre-order right now. But I'm sure if it'll be worth it, or that they'll pull a fast one on me later and do a Mode-B repaint.
UPDATE 16/06/2009 - I thought I'd best change the picture of Linebarrel to one from CM's product page.
Just how could they do that to me after I faithfully bought all their Ver.1 releases of Star GaoGaiGar, GaoFighGar, Genesic GaoGaiGar and GaoGaiGo dammit?!
Ugh, I'm so gonna break into another tangent at this rate. But what the hell, being pissed about something or another is what makes blogging fun!
And now before I totally forget what I was here for because of my tendency to rant; I best start talking about the 27th entry in the Brave Gokin range.
That said entry is none other than Linebarrel from Kurogane no Linebarrels (a.k.a. Linebarrels of Iron if you've been watching the series on Crunchyroll).
I know relatively fuck all about the details of this toy as I only knew of its existence today from browsing Ami Ami.
CM's haven't got it listed on their site. My usual sources have no information on it. And the damn thing is supposedly due out in June!
If I had the cash to risk, I'd place a pre-order right now. But I'm sure if it'll be worth it, or that they'll pull a fast one on me later and do a Mode-B repaint.
UPDATE 16/06/2009 - I thought I'd best change the picture of Linebarrel to one from CM's product page.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
For every ending series, there's a new beginning series
For every series I start, there's usually another I'm close to finishing.
My most recent finished series is FighBird; the third Brave series (fourth if you count GaoGaiGar FINAL as a series) I've seen in full. The other two series were GaoGaiGar and Might Gaine (with very shitty quality subtitles I should add). I would of course like to watch more of the Brave series, but it seems that the only active fansub project at the moment is for J-Decker.
It took me awhile to finish FighBird as it lost my interest towards the end. I don't dislike FighBird, it simply lacked that 'spark' which makes me watch episode after episode after episode.
When we mention that 'spark', Hayate no Gotoku! comes to mind. Hell, I'm still surprised by my marathon feat from when I was so engrossed in it that I somehow got through all 52 episodes in a couple of days!
Although I saw the first episode of Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season a few days on Crunchyroll, I jumped at the chance for getting it fansubbed by the joint that worked on the last series.
And one-half of that joint is also working on another new series I've been wanting to see, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
They say it'll follow the FMA manga more closely, but I'm not too bothered by that.
For me it's just enjoyable to see more of Edward Elric getting pissed over comments on his height after such a long time.
My most recent finished series is FighBird; the third Brave series (fourth if you count GaoGaiGar FINAL as a series) I've seen in full. The other two series were GaoGaiGar and Might Gaine (with very shitty quality subtitles I should add). I would of course like to watch more of the Brave series, but it seems that the only active fansub project at the moment is for J-Decker.
It took me awhile to finish FighBird as it lost my interest towards the end. I don't dislike FighBird, it simply lacked that 'spark' which makes me watch episode after episode after episode.
When we mention that 'spark', Hayate no Gotoku! comes to mind. Hell, I'm still surprised by my marathon feat from when I was so engrossed in it that I somehow got through all 52 episodes in a couple of days!
Although I saw the first episode of Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season a few days on Crunchyroll, I jumped at the chance for getting it fansubbed by the joint that worked on the last series.
And one-half of that joint is also working on another new series I've been wanting to see, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
They say it'll follow the FMA manga more closely, but I'm not too bothered by that.
For me it's just enjoyable to see more of Edward Elric getting pissed over comments on his height after such a long time.
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