This Griffon was cool enough for me to want the other one

You've seen what I got with the £2 off and 10% off vouchers on eBay, but what of the 5% off voucher?

Well, I used that to get this Brave Gokin 09x Type-J9 Griffon [Aqua Unit Ver.] from figure_shop.


I happened to see it going for a fairly decent price, so I went for it. And now that its here, I think I'm going to display it with the other version of the Brave Gokin Griffon I have in my collection.

This Mode-B repaint of Linebarrel will be mine!

Now THIS is more like it CM's! THIS was the Linebarrel repaint I wanted to see, not that nasty pink Mode-C repaint you made.

The time I can finally place an order for this Brave Gokin Linebarrel is close at hand now that stores like Ami Ami are listing the Mode-B repaint.


The Mode-B repaint will also have a figure of Emi Kizaki packaged with it, but I'm not too interested in her when the main attraction is an awesome looking black repaint.

I was after a Mode-B repaint, and CM's give me a Mode-C instead?!

Well, I was right in believing that CM's would do a repaint of the Brave Gokin Linebarrel.

But where in the hell did they get the idea for this Mode-C repaint from?


I don't even remember Linebarrel having a Mode-C. I know it changed colour after Hayase went berserk when Emi died, but does that officially count as a mode?

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.