Megahobby EXPO 2013 Autumn - POP

The Megahobby EXPO 2013 Autumn event has already wrapped up by the end of Saturday, 30th of November 2013. But the butterflies of excitement for the upcoming new figures are still clinging on my whole body. Of course the first thing that I watched out for are the new POPs by MegaHouse.

MegaHouse has a whole lot to offer, but as usual, they have to give the best priority to their most famous 1/8th figures of One Piece characters product line, the Portrait of Pirates. We got six new surprises. By surprises, I mean new figure prototypes that we haven't seen before. Two fully painted and four unpainted ones.

What's more surprising is that MegaHouse is on full throttle on bringing us characters that hasn't even appeared on the One Piece manga yet. The problem with this is that non-manga readers or anime-only followers may not even know these characters yet. So this is some kind of spoiler for them. So before you proceed reading this, I should warn you of some spoilers. But if you're a manga reader or you just simply don't worry about spoilers, let's go check out the photo and talk about it as we go.

Naruto Sage Mode in Minato's White Coat

MegaHobby EXPO 2013 Spring has lot's of surprises. One these is the unveiling of the fully colored prototype of G.E.M. Series - Uzumaki Naruto. We've already seen the unpainted prototype before but what surprised me are the colors of his coat (haori).

It's not the usual red coat with black flames-like motifs on the edges (the one he was wearing during his battle with Pain), but with white-red color scheme same as his father Minato's coat. I can't read Japanese but if I'm not mistaken, it seems that the kanji writing at the back says "Fourth Hokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage). Am I right?

I'm a huge fan of Naruto but I prefer to follow the Anime only and avoid the Manga (well at least until I cannot hold it much longer). So I don't know if he has worn this coat of his father already. But for me actually, it looks way much-much cooler than the red-black color scheme. I don't know if it looks powerful, but for me it is, since it pays respect to his late father Minato.

Some may not like this pose as it seems to be a little bit odd, but it's totally fine with me. I'm just having a hard time thinking how it will look next to G.E.M. Series - Hatake Kakashi Ver. 2. But with the next in line G.E.M. Series - Uchiha Sasuke, these three will totally look awesome. It won't be long 'till MegaHouse announce a G.E.M. Series - Haruno Sakura.

Oh, and before I forget! G.E.M. Series - Uzumaki Naruto has been announced to be available for preorder starting next Thursday, 6th of June 2013. No release date announced yet though, but I'm assuming this is an October 2013 release.

Update (2013-06-04): Set to be released on October 2013 at a price of 8,190 yen.

Megahobby EXPO Autumn 2012 - MegaHouse One Piece

MegaHobby EXPO was held last Sunday, 25th of November 2012. As always, MegaHouse was there bringing their One Piece merchandise for exhibit. But what is brings the most excitement and set the event on fire are the new POPs announced. Yes, MegaHouse has finally heard our voices and bring us a lot of good characters that we have been always requesting to be released.

You have probably seen the photos of these new POP's already flooding the internet. Thanks to a lot of sites that brings us these photos on the day of the event and even more photos after. So here are some high quality photos that I gathered to share with you. Let's see 'em all again and discuss of each one along the way.

MegaHobby EXPO 2012 Autumn Officially Announced

MegaHobby EXPO 2012 Autumn is now officially announced. It will take place on 25th of November 2012, 10:00 - 17:00 JST at the Akihabara UDX Gallery. MegaHouse, Alter, Kotobukiya and many more companies was present during the previously held Megahobby EXPO Spring 2012, so expect most of them to also be present on this upcoming event.

Personally, what's excites me the most is the announcement of new POPs from MegaHouse. They usually bring all their new surprises on every MegaHobby EXPO events. So be sure to visit this site (or follow my Facebook page) on that date for information about new and interesting items that will be revealed during that event.

Event Photos: Megahobby EXPO Spring 2012 - One Piece

Megahobby EXPO Spring 2012 was held last Saturday, 26th of May 2012 at Akibahara Tokyo, Japan. And as usual Megahouse's Portrait of Pirates merchandise were there to show their new and upcoming releases as well as those that were released previously.