Konnichiwa! For this massive 92-shot photoshoot, we step away from our
Gothic Lolita Girls, and welcome the
1/7-scale "Purple Motoko" and approx-1/10-scale "Blue Tachikoma" figures released earlier this year!
Sculpted by Tuyoshi Takahashi, manufactured by a Vice & Alter collaboration, and released in January-February 2007, this faithful
1/7-scale PVC rendition of Motoko -- from the long-running cyberpunk epic series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex -- portrays her
standing coolly and calmly in her gray combat suit with a black pistol hanging loosely from her gloved hand. Just as the Major should be, lol...
Meanwhile, manufactured by Art Storm, and released in May 2007, this excellent approx-1/10-scale Soft Vinyl version of the blue Tachikoma --
also from the same Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series -- depicts the bubbly Artificially Intelligent spider-like
mini-tank in a joint-poseable bright blue armor. Just as slick as its animated counterpart!
For this Canon photoshoot, I saved 117 shots, then narrowed it down
to these 92 shots. While I used Photoshop to clean up an annoying dust particle which reappeared in Motoko's hair for many of the shots, no
color or lighting adjustments were made. Now, without further delay, enjoy the photoshoot!
P.S. Internet Explorer has now officially pissed me off. If Firefox can
handle 90-100 images (4-10 MB total) per page without breaking, then why can't IE? For instance, (1) both IE6 and IE7 erratically interprets
pure black (#000000) in these images as transparent pixels, which results in white dots popping up through these holes (even if I change the
[img] background color to black!), and (2) when using [div] tags, IE also fails to display the [div] content as the total number of images
approaches 100. Ridiculous. So from this point onward, I can no longer promise my support of IE. Sorry.
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My Bio
"Never forget how to play..."
xJAYMANx grew up with a predilection for science, mathematics, drawing, and those ubiquitous LEGO blocks, building anything
from racing cars to Star Wars fighters and transports. Beginning his college career in Architecture and Psychology, he somehow
ended up with a degree in Civil Engineering. Bouncing around from his home state of New York to Cleveland, Ohio, xJAYMANx inevitably married and settled in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998 (and amicably divorced in 2006).
Tinkering with web design, enduring some data entry and suffering brief but necessary stints as a mortgage agent and licensed
Realtor, xJAYMANx currently and thankfully works as a technical writer/editor for TRIRIGA (a leading Software-500 company), and
unabashedly plays as a newfound otaku/collector of anime series, soundtracks, and figures.
My Faves
Anime Faves
- Anime News Network -
The fastest news and largest reference for anime and manga!
- Danny Choo -
Awesome news from the highest-ranking otaku trooper in Japan!
- Hobby Search -
The best Japanese site for anime figures!
- Toys Logic -
The best American site for anime figures!
Random Faves
Translation Sites
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Here's some randomly shared news!
Danny Choo
Welcome to my favorite anime blog!
- dannychoo.com - Danny Choo : Anime, Figures, Idols, Gundam, Otaku and Events ...
dannychoo.com
- G4TV
Comrades from G4TV were in town from LA for a week and we thought it would be great to so some stuff together.
The first thing I sugge...
- Good Smile Company
It gives me great pleasure to announce the beta launch of the English Good Smile website at eng.goodsmile.info.
Furthermore, we have deci...
- A Day at Good Smile
So you probably know by now that I spend quite a bit of my time at Good Smile but what is my typical day like in their offices?
Up at 6AM...
- Mecha
Today we look at the rest of the Mecha and "boys toys" from the weekends Chara Hobby - and does this Volks Gurren look stunning or what?
...
- Chara Hobby 2008
Continuing the Chara Hobby 2008 coverage - today we look at the figures n dolls.
First up is Hatsune Miku - She should appear in my offic...
- Gundam
Yikes - has it really been that long since the last Gundam article ^^;
These were taken today at the Chara Hobby being held this weekend ...
- Tsukasa Hiiragi
The cutest most adorable Figma out so far - Tsukasa Hiiragi.
Been carrying her around with me everywhere lately.
See clip below to ...
