Storm Rider 9 inch Sword

The STORM RIDER aka FUNG WAN aka TIAN XIA aka PEDANG SETIAWAN are a few names associates with Mah Wing Seng comic book creations. Some of its 9 inch Sword Collections made from Die-cast Metal and with wooden box casing. Its 1st release only 7 sword from the popular comics book series in the early 90's then gradually extended to 10 sword currently.

The "World Greatest" Sword yield by "Cloud" (left)
and "Hero" Sword yield by Cloud's master "Nameless"

The World Greatest Sword is in glossy black, i don't know what material its made from but look like porcelain or metal covered in black paint.

The Hero sword looks like a typical Chinese sword with its sword sheath. Both are die-cast metal .

The following above is the DESTINY SABRE aka "TIAN MENG"yield by "Mo Tian Xia" a new sabre that appear in the comics 4th story arc. Nemesis to the DEMON KING SABRE.

The Tian Meng sabre cames in 2 version, the original version (Left) which is gold/ black in color and Special version which is the silver / blue in color (Right).

Both the Sabre and sheath are made from die-cast metal and are the heaviest among all the 9 inch sword series.

The following Sword are the new Generation after Wind and Cloud era. The "Lonely" Sabre" yield by "San Fung" (left) and "Loser" Sword yield by "Nie Fung" (I know direct translation of chinese name can sounds so weird)

Both the Lonely sword and Loser do not have sheath and are consider the lightweight of all. Both handle have string woven to them.

Finally the DEMON KING sabre. There are 4 version to them, 3 of them are shown like the picture above with the 3rd being a black box with red line design and the 4th being the regular rectangular shape box like all other releases. The crafting design on the boxes is simply amazing.

The Special Editions is on the left while the right is the Original Editions. They come with interchangeable parts as shown and are quite heavy in addition to the wooden box casing. The Demon King Sabre was later yield by "Nie Fung".

Other 4 Sword and Sabre not in my collections are the SNOW Sabre, Unchallenged Sword, Fire Kirin Sword and the Heaven Sins Sword. Each of the Sword and Sabre have 3 version to them which is the Original, Special and Collector Editions.

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Rider Masked Collections : Vol. 8 (Secret)

Yes this is official, the secret masked for Vol. 8 is going to be a Villain mask and it is APOLLO GEIST. Never in a million years that it will be APOLLO, well after 2 villain secret masked release previously (Shocker & Rider Shocker) guess we could have see it coming, just not this soon.

The series was officially release last week in Japan and hopefully will reach our shore soon, cant wait to get this vol, all great masked to collects.

Counting down to days of release..........

GLOOMY BEAR

Gloomy Bear by Kaiyodo's Revoltech Yamaguchi is the #073 in line release for this series. For those that have no idea who or what is a Gloomy Bear, here are some of the background taken at Wikipedia.

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Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, and especially the character Gloomy Bear, a 2m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans. The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, and other companies. Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature. This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and attacking humans. Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs. Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy). At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner. So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty. ""

Credit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori_Chack

Not much accessories that came with Gloomy, in the packaging there is Pitty (Pity? i wonder if Mori chooses it because he pity the boy), an extra head of Pitty with difference facial expression, 2 base (1 each for Gloomy n Pitty), a mask for gloomy (similar like for canine to prevent biting or in this case eating.) a coin and a box. Kaiyodo also release an update and size up version of gloomy recently and more pricey too.

Both figure have great cut joint and revolt joint for all posing feature in packaging and more. Downside is, both can't stand on their own, they need the base to stand. Other then that, they looks cute and great .

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