Sudah lebih dari 3 tahun kita tidak menulis artikel, tapi sebenarnya kita tidak pernah berhenti koleksi hobby toys & action figures. Kini kita kembali berusaha meluangkan waktu untuk menulis artikel, mengenai perkembangan pop-culture terutama hobby toys & action figures. Dengan adanya pandemi yang berkepanjangan sepanjang tahun 2020 ini, kita jadi menyadari bahwa setidaknya website ini bakal menjadi salah satu warisan kita, dokumentasi koleksi kita, dan pandangan-pandangan kita terhadap budaya populer di masa kita hidup ini.
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Halo semua. Pada kesempatan kali ini, kami tim NeverMOC ingin mengucapkan....
SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2017!! :D Tahun 2016 lalu memang luar biasa, kita bisa saksikan Superman bertarung melawan Batman, Captain America melawan Ironman, haters vs lovers, dan lain-lain. Tahun 2016 kita juga dapat menikmati film superhero baru, Dr.Strange, yang filmnya bisa dibilang merupakan gabungan dari film Inception, Freighteners, dan Naruto (yep, Naruto! Izanami-jutsu... Dormammu, i've come to bargain!? if you know what i mean...). Selain itu kita juga bisa menikmati film tentang tim super villains yang bekerja sama untuk berbuat kebaikan... Suicide Squad! Hmmm, penjahat tapi berbuat baik, ide yang menarik :) Dan di penghujung tahun 2016 juga kita bisa menikmati kembali film Star Wars yang fenomenal, berjudul Rogue One. Film Star Wars kali ini bukan merupakan lanjutan dari Episode 7 tahun 2015 lalu, tapi merupakan sequel dari Ep.3 dan prequel dari Ep.4. Kalo orang bilang, Episode 3,5. Sangat menyenangkan bisa melihat film baru yang asalnya merupakan ide lama era 70-80an. Speaking of which... salah satu tim NeverMOC juga sampe sekarang masih sangat menikmati serial action figure yang asalnya juga dari ide lama era 80-90an, yaitu Masters Of The Universe Classic plus Thundercats Classic. Seri yang memang gak ada matinya nih kayaknya, walaupun anak perusahaan Mattel sendiri yang mengurusi serial ini sebenarnya udah bakal "mati" seiring berakhirnya tahun 2016. Well, anyway... kita lanjut talking-talking lagi di tahun yang baru, 2017. Semoga di tahun ini kita tim NeverMOC dapat lebih 'rajin' menulis artikel-artikel tentang hobby kita. HAPPY NEW YEAR, GUYS!!! :D
So the first one that i opened was the Barbarian Pack (for me it's more like Gladiator Pack, since barbarian usually didn't wear much armor). This one is definitely my favorite. I really like the black tone color on the armor. Didn't like the bearded head, but it's fine because i can swap it with another helmet head. It has several combinations you can play with those armors. This pack really gives you quiet much on armors and weapons, that make me more agree to called this as Gladiator pack.
Okay, now for the downfall.... (hate it when there is)
When the Four Horsemen announce this series in their kickstarter project, i was like thinking that this series can also interchangeable with Masters of the Universe Classic series. Well... it's not. Their parts are not compatible to each other, but only stands in a same scale. It's a bummer... at least for me. Also, when we talk about the paint job and the figure material, i really must say that "3rd party" toy vendor never really compares to the big toy company vendor, in terms of quality. There're some minor scratch that you can found usually in a prototype display (in Toy Fair, SDCC, or such shows). The plastic material also not as sturdy like Mattel MOTUC series. But i have to admit, in term of design & details, "3rd party" usually have less boundaries than the mass-market toys. But i guess it'd be fine. He-Man can still visit the gladiator arena to kick some gladiator's butt. Attlus can still come over to Eternia and challenge some masters to become Eternia's number one champion. Or like one of my friend said, Gorgo could also become as a full-armored Marzo version, since they almost has same color tones. (Oh wait... i forgot... the head, they've different neck joint. Dooh!!) After waiting for almost a decade, Finally... the Fantasy has returned! Square Enix officially announced the release date for Final Fantasy XV as September 30, 2016. I was growing up with Final Fantasy games, from Nintendo to Playstation platfrom (with a few ROMS in EMU along the way... tehee). So, having a new FF game in this most advanced digital era is quiet astonishing. Well...it just not the game itself, but off course with some toys that came along the way. I remembered it was Final Fantasy VIII that came with most highest hype for the toys (I still can’t get over the “Eyes on Me” song). And then the final being replaced with another fantasy, and so on. Recently, we also been hype with the release of Final Fantasy VII action figure by Square Enix in their Play Arts Kai series. So, we could expect that the release of Final Fantasy XV Play Arts Kai figures will follow soon after the game, and they’ll surely come in hot! Final Fantasy XV is keeping the tradition as a role-playing game, now combine with strategic elements. And it’s also evolved not only in visual graphic but also in gameplay. Weather system introduce to the gampelay along with day-and-night time system. Well, it gets more complicated to play where your character should eat & sleep to keep reserve their strength instead of just using potion to heal your HP, right? This game would also have a very massive landscape, which your characters could travel using their car “Regalia” or riding Chocobos (yep! That giant-yellow-chicken-like creature still exist! I guess they’re not endangered species yet, teheee). For the note, Regalie can be upgrade from car to airship later in the game, to be faster and save time in exploring the massive map. Final Fantasy XV is set on Eos, a world similar to modern-day Earth. It’s divided between multiple nations, including Lucis, Tenebrae, Niflheim, Solheim and Accordo. The people also grown divided between Magic users & Technological civilizations. A long waged war make the protection crystal of each country diminished and their world had been in a great threat to be perished. The Fantasy Immortalized in plastic figures by Square Enix in Play Arts Kai Series.
By the way, do you know that the name Gladiolus comes from a name of flower? it cames from Latin name Gladius, which means sword. Sometimes it called “Sword Lily”
Originally, this Play Arts Kai Noctis action figure was bundled-offer, along with the game. But now you can pre-order just the figure alone. This Play Arts Kai Noctis also comes with two type of swords, and two extra pairs of hands. The fashion design of this character is also unique as it appears asymetric, representing from Japanese fashion house Roen, leads by Hiromu Takahara.
Did you know, that Tetsuya Nomura created Noctis originally for Final Fantasy Versus XIII? But it was cancelled. He also wanted his personality to be unique in the series, being unlike protagonists like Squall Leonhart or Cloud Strife, instead focusing more on realism. His full name loosely translates from Latin into "Night of Light Sky". His nickname, Noct, translates as "of the Night". by: Michael Elwin Setiadi Our affections to these giants that used to roam the earth seemingly never fade. It seems that in every generation, they always found a way to bring these wondrous monsters back to our attention, be it in their near accurate form (Jurassic Park) or their fictional form (Toy Story, Godzilla) and every time they done it, the kid in my heart jump with joy and start looking forward to what kind of toy they’ll came up with. My amazement with them started long ago (those who grown up in the internet-less time, might have experience this similar situation); is when my parents bought me a encyclopaedia about Dinosaurs. Mind you, at the time I was already expose to godzilla, so a book about giant lizards that used to roam our earth? Capture my heart immediately Growing up, there is always some involvement with them due to my hobby, from desiging the hit Indonesian arcade game Dino Duel and it’s sequel Dino Duel:Masters, and also from my habit of collecting toys. These toys are what I had from when I was a child and to adult:
By: Muliady Kodrata; Edited by: Michael Elwin Several weeks ago, I was impressed by Bandai's Star Wars model-kit. They really awaken my ‘force’ (my passive modelling skills). Now, we have these babies from Bird Studio/Shueisha, the Dragon Ball model kit, Figure-Rise standart series. Yup, from its name alone you may have figured out that they’ll be different from those Bandai Master Grade ones (1:8 scale, series before these). This one came in 1:12 scale, it should be around 6”, just about in the same scale as S.H.Figuarts (well, it’s just our assumption though). As for the 6” scale, these babies sure looks nice. Pre-Order is already opened for Super Saiyan Son Goku & Final Form Freeza. And you can be sure that this series will continue with other main characters such as Vegeta, Trunks, Cell, Bhuu, etc. So, first lets breakdown what we’ll be getting. First of all is articulations. The downfall is, you can see on those pictures below, the joints are very noticeable. Especially at the knees area. But as you all may realize, that should be acceptable as other figures usually have the same kind of joints too (action figures with double jointed knee also have sticking out joints like that). But the bright side is, these Son Goku figure will be moving better than most other action figures. Secondly, the seamlines. It’s a line that appears when you connect two separate parts. As you can see, the seamlines are quiet hidden in the muscle area. Well, okay, perhaps it's still noticeable, but still it’s quiet well hidden
The downfall is that you can not make custom adjustment to where the eyes would look, but it should be fine as most action figures are also like that, right?
Look forward to the entire line due this year! Satu lagi serial yang dulu nge-hit di era akhir 80an / awal 90an, kini muncul kembali dengan tampilan yg lbh keren! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Atau yg lbh kita kenal sbg Kura-Kura Ninja Serial TMNT yang terbaru ini berupa animasi 3D yg ditayangkan di channel TV Nickelodeon. Sehingga serial action figurenya juga dikenal dgn sebutan TMNT Nickelodeon. Serial animasi TMNT Nick ini ternyata sangat nge-hit saat ini, sehingga bahkan ketika season 1 saja masih belum tamat, kontraknya sudah diperpanjang hingga season 3. Penampilan para Kura2 Ninja yg kini tampil dgn karakteristik/penokohan yg lbh kuat & realistis nampaknya merupakan kunci kesuksesan serial ini. Serial animasinya sendiri sebenarnya sudah ditayangkan sejak akhir tahun 2012 lalu, berikut dengan rilisan serial action figurenya. Namun saat itu, distribusi mainannya masih terbatas untuk lisensi Amerika saja, sehingga kita yang berada diluar Amerika kesulitan untuk mendapatkannya. Hingga awal tahun 2013 ini baru lisensi international bisa dipasarkan. Serial TMNT Nickelodeon ini menarik bukan hanya karena action figurenya saja, melainkan juga karena banyaknya jenis Vehicles/Kendaraan serta Playset/Diorama yg bisa dibilang massive/sangat besar utk ukuran playset jaman sekarang. Menariknya lagi, serial action figure TMNT Nick yg baru ini juga punya skala yg sama dgn figure TMNT versi vintage dulu, maupun dengan beberapa versi setelahnya, sehingga masih bisa dipajang atau dimainkan bersama! Jadi, apakah sekelompok kura-kura ini bisa bertahan lebih lama daripada segerombolan kucing (Thundercats) yang untuk saat ini diluar dugaan sudah tamat riwayatnya? Kita lihat saja :) |