Kira Yamato G.E.M. Megahouse

Sadly, I didn't buy any figures at Supanova however, this did turn up in the post yesterday!

I have waited so many years for a proper figure of Kira Yamato! Of all the people to make a figure of from Gundam Seed/Destiny, he should have been first on the list. They made multiple figures of Lacus, Cagalli, Athrun, Stella, Lunamaria, Flay etc (NO ONE even liked Stella or Flay) Yet Kira Yamato remained lost, that is until the 21st April when finally Megahouse released a figure of him and it arrived my door step. This may not be the most stunning figure I have laid eyes on however, it is still a well crafted work of art. The tone of his skin is quite nice. I'm used to figures being quite pale unless a bootleg so having a bit of a tan in a figure is somewhat refreshing. He comes with two faces, one serious, one happier. He also has two hands. The hand in the above picture can swivel around which can give off different impressions. Birdy is also included. Twice actually, as there is a second hand with Birdy permanently attached to it and Birdy by itself. The separate Birdy and Kira's right shoulder are magnetic so it is easy to place and remove Birdy from the shoulder easily without there having to be a peg there to hold it in place. I was quite excited to find this as I have not encountered another figure which uses such a technique and in my opinion it is quite useful. The other hand with Birdy on has Kira's hand flat out with Birdy sitting in the palm of it. Overall the figure is well painted and nicely sculpted. The base to me feels a little average however there is nothing particularly bad about it, just nothing stunning either. It has the name Kira Yamato in front of his feet as well as O.M.N.I. and it's logo in the middle. I've noticed a disturbing lack of people ordering this on Myfigurecollection so I urge people to order this quickly if it's still available in stores. Send a message to Megahouse that it's okay to make male figures, especially of ones who are the main character in a popular anime series. I'm so glad to have a figure of one my favourite characters from one of my all time favourite shows. I feel as though I can rest easy now, knowing that I own such a figure.

As usual, here is a slide show of Kira Yamato. There are photos showing both faces and the different hands in different rotations etc. There are also photos of the box.

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Supanova Brisbane 2012!

Well I went to Supanova in Brisbane last weekend! My friends and I ended up going on the Saturday and it was raining all day which was pretty lame because the venue has things split up in different building so we had to go through the rain to get to different sections. I also missed the cosplay competition this time. :(

The venue for the Gold Coast one earlier this year is a LOT better than the show grounds because everything is contained in one giant structure which makes finding things easier and you don't have to worry about rain. There's also toooonss of parking underneath at $10 for the day which is handy. OH! And Mcdonalds is close by too haha.

This was the Art Gallery building. Those air conditioning vents were incredible when they actually had them on.

One of the Gundam displays for the competition. I'd say this is the best one there by far. Maybe I should make an entry one time.

Some wrestling ring. Wasn't all that exciting. This was the building where they had all the stores. Hopefully next year they'll put the stores back in the regular building which is a fair bit nicer.

My favourite gundam hehe.

Anyway, it's still worth going to the Brisbane one. It's great to see all the anime merchandise on display and seeing people dressed up in their costumes and hanging out with friends even though we tend to kind of go off and do our own thing lol. I managed to pick up a large plush Totoro for my nephews first birthday and later on decided that I had to have one myself so I went back and got a second lol. I also decided to purchase the Vampire Knight Box sets that Madman sell at the conventions. I'm a sucker for collectors boxes of anime especially since Madman mostly use fatpacks now. I also got my first dakimakura of saber as well. It's amazing how much they managed to squash such a huge pillow down into a little packet. I was a bit worried until I opened it that it wouldn't actually be all that big lol. I found it interesting how I got a few comments on my Saber T-shirt because I didn't think it'd stick out much at the show. Someone even wanted a picture of it lol. I didn't take too many photos unfortunately, there wasn't really all that much that stood out that I thought needed a photo. Looking back on it I probably should have taken more general shots of stores and the venue itself. Anyway here's some of the few photos I took.

Sorry about the lack of Athrun photos, it's been raining or overcast here lately so it's taken a bit longer than I thought to find a sunny day!