This Christmas brought Nemmy another face

Well, isn't this shocking? The guy who has a low opinion of Christmas is here to post about presents he received from friends and family.


So besides the usual festive assortment of cash, clothes and toiletries, I woke up to these.

• Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire
• Universe Masterpiece Skywarp x2
• Wrestling Superstars Collection
• Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee Voice Mixer
• Transformers Movie Collection
  

The Jetfire will most likely be combined with my Buster Optimus Prime until I can get myself the black repaint of RotF Optimus Prime.

I'll probably open one of the Skywarps and keep the other MISB.

The wrestler feature movie DVD set will be watched when I have the time.

The Transformers DVD set won't get much use because I've already got them (but I do appreciate the thought).

And the Bumblebee Voice Mixer has been put to good use...


It allowed me to have another photo of myself without showing my REAL face!

My Rangers get a dose of Black and Blue

It is the day before Christmas, and I'm still feeling kinda pissed.

• Hassles within the caring profession
• Customs screwing me over in more ways than one
• My nan having a cancer scare
• Buses not running in my estate due to the weather

...and a bunch of other annoying shit are really making this a truly loathsome Christmas to remember.

But on a more pleasant note, I received my MMPR 2010 Black and Blue Rangers from redrobot1.


It would have been nice if the MMPR 2010 Pink and Yellow Rangers I'm expecting had arrived today as well, but I had no such luck.

Another load of toys fresh from Japan

Today brought me another delivery of toys from Fan2Fan.


Most of the items were of the figma and Revoltech variety.

• Revoltech SFO He Tai Shou
• figma Makina Hoshimura
• figma Haruhi Suzumiya Cheerleader Ver.
• figma Mikuru Asahina Cheerleader Ver.
• figma Haruhi Suzumiya Summer Clothes Ver.
• Revoltech Revolution Jagi
• Revoltech SFO Chun-Li
• Revoltech Fraulein Yoko Movie ver.
• figma Signum
• figma Saber Casual Ver.
• figma Shirou Emiya
• S.H.Figarts Masked Rider Gaoh
  

But I did get a couple of anime figures too.

Max Factory 1/8 Haruhi Suzumiya Gekisou Ver.
Alter 1/7 Fate T. Harlaown Shin Sonic Form

This will probably be the last of my 'big' hauls for 2009, and it was a pretty decent one at that.

Lovely customer service and my first Masterpiece Black Convoy

In the last two days I received this lovely lot of toys.


The first shipment is from Fan2Fan, and it contained.

• Kotobukiya 1/8 Index
• Wave 1/7 Kyou Fujibayashi
• Henkei! Henkei! Gentei! Gentei! Dirge
• Henkei! Henkei! Gentei! Gentei! Thrust
• Henkei! Henkei! Gentei! Gentei! Strafe
• Alternity A-01 Convoy Vibrant Red
• Alternity A-01 Convoy Ultimate Metal Silver
• Alternity A-01 Convoy Super Black
• Kotobukiya 1/7 Rei Ayanami Gothic Lolita Blanc Ver.
• Alter 1/8 Rei Ayanami
• Busou Shinki Light Armor Valona
• Busou Shinki Light Armor Werkstra
  

The second shipment is from Kapow Toys, and it contained.

• Masterpiece MP-1B Convoy Black Ver.
• City Commander Add-On Set
• Revenge of the Fallen Recon Ironhide
  

I have to give a huge thank you to Kapow Toys for this one, as they dealt with my queries about the delay of the Add-On Set and using the £5 refund from it towards Recon Ironhide very promptly.

But the crown jewel of this haul is Masterpiece Black Convoy.

I've been wanting to see this repaint for many years now and it is finally in the hands of yours truly!

Time for some Red Ranger action

You've already had my thoughts on the MMPR 2010 Green Ranger.

Today we get to expand on that a bit as I now have my MMPR 2010 Red Ranger from klotzy101.


The figure is basically the same as the Green Ranger, but with a greater degree of arm movement because he doesn't have the shield hampering it.

He also differs from the Green Ranger by having a Blade Blaster to go with his personal weapon and the DinoFlyer (and those claw thingys).

I don't really like the Blade Blaster as it looks dumb when plugged into the belt, and also that it doesn't stay in his hand with a steady grip as it just fits in there very loosely.

Was I really going to pass this up?

While I was in the process of getting the fifth (and thankfully final) ending of the Discipline VN (which I'd put on the back-burner for close to a year), I received this item from Kapow Toys.


What I got was the visually stunning Revenge of the Fallen RA-24 Buster Optimus Prime.

For a item I only decided to purchase on a whim (as I wasn't originally intending to get any other version of this mould in favour of the upcoming black repaint), and believe me, just seeing it in the box made me glad that I bought it.

Hell, I'm quite surprised to have it at all to be honest considering it was listed as 'out of stock' when I ordered it two days ago.

More Death Note goodness on a disc

Play.com have delivered the goods again (even if it did get a bit dinged-in in the post).


Today I got the live-action movie version (to go with its anime counterpart) of Death Note.

This set contains both Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name in one neat little set (although the box is a bit on the cheap side).

I quite liked the movies as it does things the anime didn't do, like having an ending that's closer to the manga (so there's no miraculous on the verge of death sprinting from you this time, Light!).

Hours of fun with Transformers and Terminators

Today's edition of Nemmy's posting about stuff he's bought was brought to him by Play.com.


The first (that I actually got from them last week) is the SteelBook edition of Terminator Salvation (which looks well nice in my opinion).

The film may not have been as great as the original Terminator or even Terminator 2, but it was more enjoyable to watch than that bleeding awful piece of shit known as Terminator 3 (yeah, I have a major disliking towards that film for retconning John Connor's age among other things).


The second is the 2-Disc version of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

I'm still not too keen on the movie due to most of the cringe-worthy crap in it (take Sam's mum for example; I'd have to resist the urge to brutally beat her to death with a stick if I was related to someone like that in my family).

A tiny Green Ranger is fine too!

While I'm taking a quick break from playing VNs and the various new anime series I'm catching up on, I thought I'd give my opinion on this item I received from klotzy101 today.


As you can see from the picture I've got my first sampling of the new MMPR revival for 2010 (although I'm still kinda pissed that we won't be getting an adaptation of Shinkenger). And what can be better than starting with a figure of the ever popular Green Ranger?

Well, the first thing I've got say about it is a big damn you to the postman for trying (and of course failing) to shove it through the bleeding letterbox!!!

But putting my rage on that issue aside, let's return to the figure.

One thing you'll immediately notice about the new MMPR figures is their size, which is now comparable to that of a Microman. So yeah, they do look really tiny when displayed with my Power Rangers figures of yesteryear (including the Super Legends I've been getting).

I won't say that's necessarily a bad thing, but it does seem like an odd thing to do after all this time (especially when they spent money to give the Rangers these DinoFlyer and claw thingys for accessories).

And the DinoFlyer when used as wings on the Green Ranger gives off a Kamen Rider Odin (or Kamen Rider Wrath for those of you watching Dragon Knight) with Goldphoenix vibe, and it matches pretty well the shield I think.

What treats does this special day hold?

Well, today just happens to be the 25th birthday of ol' Nemmy here, so I thought I'd do another post on hauls.


The other day (so no, these aren't birthday presents) I got another Power Rangers Super Legends figure from 1977gp and a rather nostalgic (to me anyway) anime offering on DVD from Play.com.

• Green Samurai Ranger
• Street Fighter II The Animated Movie Special Collector's Edition
  

That being said, I did get one Transformer as a present from some friends.

• Revenge of the Fallen Demolishor

I'm actually pretty happy with this as they were worried that they might have bought one I already had (which I can understand), but I truly appreciate their thought to be honest.

It isn't that bad a toy either, even though the transformation is kinda like doing origami and balancing it in robot mode takes a lot of patience (and that isn't one of my strongest points).