of batmen and catwoman

been trying to track down comparisons between Takara's Batman and Hot Toy's version for quite a while now and have since found a superb write-up/review over at Michael Crawford's (including a Medicom Batman comparison) and to sweeten the deal, there's also a Takara Catwoman review = *schweet* all of which are unfortunately out of my financial reach, darnnit ... *sob*

new takara genx core body

the new GENX Core body from Takara (used for Batman Begins and the upcoming Kerberos Saga figures) is looking mighty limber and expressive so far, IMO. great for "superhero"-poses and kitbashes, innit? altho the shoes-for-feet's a tad annoying = hard to kitbash another figure, unless it has a suitable ball-joint, innit? - here's hoping they'll come with extra feets! LOLwhich reminds me of these

takara batman

Takara's Batman is giving Hot Toy's-version a serious run for the money, no?a decent Christian Bale-headsculpt and a wicked uniform/batsuit = the harness is to die for, innit? "proportion" is something very important to me and this looks just about right, dunnit?nose-bleed first, check bank account later ... *gulp*added 01.06.06:new images of Takara-Batman for your viewing pleasure :)/////

i *heart* cy-girls

new from Cool Girls/Takara:*oh-my-toy-gawd* < this sure ain't your "average" Barbie Dolls, innit?the above pix is of the Takara's Dark-version June of the original pink version (also seeing a re-release), along with the/my much-coverted Protect Gear Midori (maybe even Harley and a possible Yuri)my Cy-Girls "history":my first foray into CyGirls was back in '01/'02 (i think?) when Takashimaya was