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Houquet confirmed (not that there was much doubt), http://www.hlj.com/hlj_gallery2/v/wonfest/...C_9596.jpg.html

I watched the tv spot the other day on the official site, this is looking like the best movie out this year.

Alex, great review, thanks, really put my mind at rest after I ordered a Ray last night on whim. Dissasembly doesn't bother me much on these since it's an impossible design to begin with. Tires be damned, I think they put them on Yellows bike to make it stand out more. The visor is the wrong colour, no doubt about it but I'm no gonna let it stop me from enjoying this! That's the first one of those I've actually liked, pity about the other comments made on it. I'll bet your 1/18 doesn't have unfolding verniers in it's hub caps that need to face down in the ride armour mode it also doesn't have.

Well the figure still looks a little wack but the bike and combined mode are kickass. I think I'll order a Ray type right now. Count me in for recasted parts please.

Arbalest finally comes out of hiding and it's not even remotely affordable. http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-55094-1-1.html Posted on TBDX by Anavel

Yeah, I get paid, always a good day.

I like it, I'm not going to buy all four unless the Knight Saber figures themselves are really worth having though.

Who's Ariel? Is it Aisha?

That next SPEC had better be an L-Gaim with modular armour and that hover trailer thing it wa scarried about on. *drool*

Cool, I'll be keeping an eye on the progress of this.

No, sorry, I mixed myself up (didn't re-read the article befoire I posted it). That is the Jpanese packaging, all the japanese text is very small on it however, which is why on looking again I thought it was the English box. To be honest, I don't care what langauage is on the box or what country it comes from.

Very nice, I await April with renewed glee.

They were at Toyfair, in english packaging so it's certainly not a rumour. http://collectiondx.com/node/2230

Put another tick in that box Yamato, I would love an E=X Garland.

I'm really pleased with Meaghouses version of Yellow's ride armour, even the character figure look great and very accurate. I might jump on these or wait and see how the Beagle/Toynami partnership to distribute the bigger ones turns out.

Ah cool, thanks for the info. I was thinking the flight pack/loads of little drills one might be a second version, I hope not.

But they didn't go anywhere near this far for Eureka Seven (much to my chargrin) , a show which Bandai was a heavy investor in. Which is why I said they must have the belief it will succedd in order for them to have already started on high end toys. I think Bandai just views Kawamori's name as a sales gurantee, they did the crazy ass Aquarion as a full on Chogokin after all and that was a completely unknown property.

Now that's more like it, Bandai is really flexing their muscles. I'd guess they've got a pretty good assurance that this new show is going to be a success. I'll only buy one of these SOC Valks, I'll wait for the yellow coloured one with the armour and weapons.

When is the Gurren Lagann coming out? I tried to find it on HLJ last night but to no avail, it looks pretty much finished to me.

Lots on ebay, my mate got lucky and got the entire run of english volumes in one auction for a good price.

Ooh, who da new spec, possibly L-Gaim...

I doubt very much that they were at the UK toyfair, there's practically no market for their stuff here. Even if they were, coverage is thin on the ground due to being overshadowed by the US event which is next weekend.

They look like gashapon prototypes to me, not much detail and no moving parts. I hope Bandai does something a bit more ambitious, they're capable of great things when they put their money/best people on the job.

Looks a little alien-y, don'tcha think?

Gunbuster 2 has been solicted in the UK for £25, no idea if it's a thinpak or whatever but that is very cheap, especially for the UK.