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1:6 Scale

11 Dec 2010

The ‘Hunt’ for superb custom figures ends here!

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 1

You’re not going to find better custom 1:6 scale figures and weapons than Hunter Pig‘s incredible one-of-a-kind offerings. If I was loaded, whoooo boy… HunterPig (aka IronCrossHunter on eBay) is particularly gifted in weathering and ‘battle damaged’ armor and clothing, … Continued

1:6 Scale
19 Oct 2010

KARASUTENGU KABUTO manga

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 2 - Books and Manga | 2

Is there a more perfectly 80’s manga creator than Buichi Terasawa? His art – augmented by then fledgling computer graphics – oozes MTV, Nagel, neon, hair products. His samurai wore suit jackets with the sleeves pulled up; traditional garb filtered … Continued

1:6 Scale, Buichi Terasawa, Karasutengu Kabuto, Monsters and Masks 2010
19 Jun 2010

Best figure I HATE ever…

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

I have a real pet peeve – when it comes to RED NINJA I’m a total hater. I understand why comic book and toy companies use the color, I get the appeal of the aggressive hue, etc. and so forth, … Continued

1:6 Scale, GI Joe
17 Feb 2010

A Tonbei-esque 1:6 kitbash

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

Fooling around with some sixth-scale stuff last weekend, put together this Tonbei the Mist-like kitbash: I have all sorts of 1:6 shinobi cluttering my place, but I always wanted to do an elder suppa figure, a crafty old spy. And … Continued

1:6 Scale, Samurai Fiction, Sarutobi Sasuke, The Samurai, Tonbei
12 Jan 2010

TAKI: video game heroine comes to 1:6 scale

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 0

I’m not a video game guy in the least, but man do I love the elevated place lady ninja have in that realm. If only movies followed suit more often… Taki is a twin short-sword wielding kunoichi from Soul Calibur, … Continued

1:6 Scale, video games
14 Aug 2009

Amazing 1:6 SHIRANUI

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 3 - Toys and Merch | 1

Anyone wanting to show their appreciation of this site can remember me at Christmas and send about three bills to Art of Toy in Japan… I’m actually a big fan of the Keita Amemiya’s Mirai Ninja (aka Cyber Ninja and/or … Continued

1:6 Scale, Keita Amemiya, Maki Fuyukichi

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