- Banpresto Bakemonogatari DX Figure Sengoku Nadeko

- Takara Tomy Transformers Animated TA-05 Prowl

- Figma 132 Irisviel Von Einzbern

- D-Arts Vava

- Nendoroid 220 Megurine Luka Cheerful version

- Takara Tomy Transformers Prime AM-12 War Breakdown

- GSC 1/8 Miki Sayaka

- Ques Q 1/8 Yakumo Yukari

- Hasbro Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons Brimstone

- Takara Tomy Transformers United Black Optimus Prime

- Sega Prize Figure Fairy of the Music Hatsune Miku

- Megahouse Excellent Model Series Saya and Haji

- S.H.Figuarts Cure Lemonade

- S.H.Figuarts Cure Berry

- S.H.Figuarts Cure Passion

- Kotobukiya ARTFX J Hiei

- Takara Tomy Transfomers Prime AM-15 Vehicon

- Hasbro Kre-O Transformers Decepticon Ambush (not in the pictures above)

So yeah, one of these miraculously got a rather "quick" turnaround time for me to review and it's none other than the BRS DVD Box which contains figma Insane Black Rock Shooter; I also happen to have lent IBRS along with Yukari and Sayaka during our recently concluded display at Otaku Expo Reload, coverage of which you can view at my facebook fanpage or at Team Onii-chan's fanpage.

The list of hauls also makes me taking on new Transformers lines such as the Animated line with Prowl being my first from the line, also opening me in stepping into the what I dread/spite, the Arms Micron line with Breakdown (since he's a Takara exclusive) and Vehicon (for army building purposes). Also, I've managed to snag a Kre-O set and finally got an answer to my biggest Kreon question: "Can Kreons clip to a regular Transformer's clip on ports?" and the answer is a big YES, really tight fit too!

The others are a bunch of the usual articulated figures and scaled figures I've been hauling and actually Cure Lemonade and AM Vehicon are gifts from my friends. So... yeah, as much as I want to review some of these, my review area is temporarily unavailable due to the fact that it's being used as a box storage right now. My sister promised to help me clean up, so... once that's done, reviews would probably be back to be being more frequent. But anyway, that's it for my hauls. XD

Next up would be some nendo petits from Madoka, I didn't really intend on buying them but when a friend of mine opened a group buy I just had to get the Blue Justice Girl lol, Sayaka of course, so, I instantly reserved the two and got them during Team Onii-chan's last display which was at Vocafusion. 

And last but not least, a friend of mine went to Japan so I asked him to get me a G2 Gamera for a nifty price (cheap blogger is cheap lol!) and he got me one for 2.6k yen, a fair enough price I guess; after I got him, another friend of mine reminded me of an available UN WfC Prime around, so, when we checked, he was still there, and I bought it at a steal price since he IS quite rare already these days and thus also completes my WfC Rival pair. The Charlotte strap and the other one beside her, a *you know* doujin of Cure Peace are souvenirs from Japan that my friend gave me. I wasn't expecting a doujin and Cure Peace to boot @.@ oh well, hahahaha. But anyway, that's it for my final hauls this month.

Okay, so, having been busy going out and playing sometimes annoying Dragon Nest. I wasn't able to blog that much and thus, missing my ability to actually phost the last wave of April hauls on April itself. loooool. But Anyway, April hauls consists of articulateds and a certain nerdy yet wonderful scientist named Makise Kurisu in her scaled figure form by Good Smile Company. Anyway, figmas consists of Mami and Kenshin, Mami was a no brainer since she is my 2nd favorite in the series while Kenshin, well, she looked awesome even if I am not familiar with the eroge itself XD And last but not least, completing my Max Heart cast is SHF Shiny LoliLuminous, who also happens to be in my top list from my favorites in the cureverse. XD

Moving on to the main month hauls, this is probably going to be my grandest haulage of the month, notable for finally completing my Madoka Mahou Shoujo figmas with the yuri buddies, Sayaka and Kyoko arriving at the same time. XD Adding up to my Sayaka fangasms would be her nendo who also happens to have been released last month. XD

Now Wheeljack and Kurisu are actually hauls from the first day of the month after the pigfest we did at PapaJohn's unlimited Pizza promo. While the TF Prime RID line was just released late month there are quite notorious pieces who bites the dust quickly namely Soundwave, Vehicon and Wheeljack for being the top 3 hardest to find pieces after the release. Luckily, I informed my friend about it and he volunteered to get me a Wheeljack and so I finally got him! Also from the same friend, I also got figma Kurisu for a friendly price despite how much she's picking up these days...

And last but not least would be my 2 scaled figure hauls, while I've been into articulates since some time last year, I still can't pass up some scaled figures and in this case, Alter's Luke and Phat's Ran. While Luke is a must have since I am a Tales series fan, the figure itself is good and I can't wait to have the time to shoot him and put up a review. Ran, on the other hand, while looking pretty cute thanks to my favorite sculptor, YOSHI, is pretty much worth every penny; would you believe that Ran actually weighs 1kg? Phat did an amazing job by making his fox tail totally solid plastic, you really can feel the weight if you hold the box in person. XD

But anyway, that's it for now, bandai news will follow after a certain late bandai product news, looool.

So as you can see in the box, he's a tank, I could say that the tank mold itself IS definitely one solid tank mold but when I breakdown into actual details, it's pretty much not a perfect tank in any friggin' way. While the green color is indeed nice and the tank details just pop out nicely, there are some awkward looking parts of the tank; one of such is the sudden entry of an orange color, while I know it's to be a homage to G1 Bludgeon the orange suddenly being plugged there just doesn't make any sense, and it's a little off, not to mention having multicolored wheels (black, gray and orange wtf!?) also makes the tank look ridiculous.

Looking at the back of the tank also has this hollow spot which could've used some covering but that's just minor nitpicking since it looks fine as is. The worst worst worst feature of the tank is it's turret; the turret is completely plastic gray and the material itself is bendy, so if you bend it quite a bit since you will do so when doing osom poses in the bot mode, it just completely look ridiculous to have non-straight turrets when it's supposed to be complete metal. I mean, irl, if you see a tank with a turret that's wiggly, won't it be funny? XD But still, the major drawback is the fact that it's uncolored, it doesn't really look solid just because of the turret since that one detail stands out pretty much. So, shame that the mold was good but paint apps wasn't.