One Piece Miracle Battle Carddass: Part 18 - Box Opening Video!

Hi Everyone, I thought I would try something new, a box opening video!  Hopefully this is as interesting as my normal photo posts.  I had a blast doing this, and yes I need to work on my camera skills.  Enjoy!

Edit: Here is  a second box opening video as well!

One Piece Bandai Candy Toy: Dressrosa Box

Finally more candy figures from Bandai.  I really do like picking these up when I can, but they often sell out so fast.  This set is the final part of Punk Hazard and the Beginning to the Dressrosa Arc we are currently enoying.  

I liked the lineup and the outfits for this set so I was happy to see it hadn't sold out by the time I got around to picking these up.  Simply I had to have tiny Doflamingo and Aokiji.

Let's get this party started, first off we have Sanji, Luffy, and Nami who all happen to look great.

Next up are Momonosuke, Baby 5, and Chopper, all of which are really too cute (Momonosuke is especially well sculpted for such a little guy).

Finally the stars of the box are Doflamingo and Aokiji, two of my favorite characters!

The extra special note to this box? Two secret characters that are "Ice Colors" Doflamingo and Aokiji. Really a nice surprise since color variations don't happen too often past separate metallic sets.

 

Aokiji looks like he is activating his ice powers, while Doflamingo looks more like he's ready for a 90's esque party.....Although these colors would work really well for him as a character as well XD

All in all a great little set, I'm hoping to pick up the next box in the near future.

Figuarts Zero: Killer

It's been a while since I did a proper Figuarts Zero review so lets take a look at a pretty neat supernova: Killer.

Here is the box, and wow do I love this design.  It has the stripes like Killer's helmet along with the Figuarts Zero scroll work seen around the windows of the box.  My favorite part is the bright neon orange of the lettering.  It's really eye catching, like most of the Figuarts Zero boxes.

Freshly popped out of the plastic killer doesn't have his blades attached.  He has his base with his name, dead or alive, and the Kidd pirates jolly roger on the base.

 

I always like seeing how the clothing and the hair are done on these figures.  For Killer it stays quite true to his character design.  His DBZ-esque hair in particular is quite the draw for this figure.

Adding on his blades really completes the figure.  These were really difficult to put on in all honesty.  The attachments for the blades were slightly too large along with being oddly soft.  Basically it takes time, but it's worth it.

Even from the back, the blades look intimidating.  Really like the details for his chaps as well. Man Killer, that's some great hair.....

Here are some detail shots.  I really like the hands and the weapons on Killer's figure.  My favorite might be the metallic paint on Killers helmet.

I don't have any sour opinions on this Killer figure.  All of the elements work well together, and the sculpt and paint are solid.  If anything this figure doesn't look as active as it could be, but I like it being static.

One Piece P.O.P.: Tony Tony Chopper Horn Point MAS

It's been a while! So that means it's time for another figure with a long title: Excellent Model Portrait.Of.Pirates ONE PIECE "MAS" Tony Tony Chopper Horn Point 1/8 Complete Figure.  The new line of P.O.P. are "MAS" which stands for "Motion Ability Statue" as the newer figures are supposed to be more action oriented poses.

Here is the box, and yes, it is a large one.  Being a foot tall (30 cm) means it will be pricey shipping wise.  This box is clean with light blue colors and bold white on brown lettering. I like that Chopper's boxes seem to always come with the 'X' shape on one of the windows.

As a "MAS" P.O.P. this means it won't come with any additional parts.  This is fine for collectors like myself that find the one pose and keep figures that way, but not good for collectors that like to swap out parts.  I just really wanted a super cute figure of Chopper's new Horn point anyway!

Here he is in the plastic hold that kept Chopper safe in the box, and the first look at the hot pink base! I actually really dig it, it matches Chopper and looks different from previous pale pink bases.



 



 

Chopper out of the box! He reminds me of Luffy in this form and I guess that's what I love about it.  He just seems strong/capable as well as lovable in this point, and I wish we saw it more often in the manga/anime.  The combination of the pose, details and proportions are fantastic! What a cutie~

 

 

 

The horns really are the best feature on this figure.  I can't believe how close to the manga/anime they match.  I'm not even worried about the figure leaning with these because it feels so balanced with the mass of hair in the back of the figure. 

The molding on all the separate parts are a nice combination.  The clothes crease realistically, and the fur is shaded and sculpted out really well.  The fur on his arms looks different from the mane flowing down his back. I'm liking the details on Chopper's hooves as well.

Size time! Here is Horn point Chopper with his Brain Point Chopper from the Figuarts Zero line. With the Large Horns he is a over 8 inches (20 cm) tall, so it's important to make sure you have room for this guy.  While I can get him to stand without the base, he is much better on it, plus it looks good.  So that's all!  it's rare for me to pick up a preorder P.O.P. but I couldn't pass this guy up.  Pre owned versions should be hitting amiami soon, and well as a couple of sale ones in the future. 

 

Hi Chew: Special Edition One Piece (2013)

It's been a while since I reviewed something I picked up completely at random.  But when I found these online I couldn't resist them. 

For one thing, I really like trying sweets from different countries (like most people).  I've had different flavors of Hi Chew before, and always really liked the texture (Think chewing gum crossed with taffy).  I felt like picking some up again and to my amazement found these:

I found One Piece special edition packs complete with a random tiny gashapon charms!  These were apparently a limited edition item back in 2013 along side the punk hazard arc in the anime.  I wasn't aware of these existing then, otherwise I would've picked these up sooner.

I bought eight packs trying my luck at pulling the few I really wanted.  The backs of the packs show the ten possible charms: Caesar Clown, Smoker Tashigi, Dangling Chopper, Sanji Nami, Trafalgar Law, Luffy, Tashigi Smoker, Diable Jambe Sanji, Nami Franky, and Dragon form Momonosuke. As adorable as little Chopper and tough Nami are, my real hope is for that blushy Smoker.

The packs themselves are nice, coming with ten pieces of individually wrapped Hi Chew candies. Even the packs have little characters on them.  The candy itself have a flavor somewhere between their Apple (possibly Lime?) Hi-chew and Ramune Soda Hi Chews.  These were unique by having the green and blue jelly parts floating throughout the Hi Chew piece rather than mixed in; as it shows on the wrapper below.  If anyone knows the exact name of this flavor on these let me know!  They happen to be really good....

The tiny bonus boxes have numbers on them that correspond to the charm inside.  I had two 3 boxes, two 4 boxes, 5, 7, 8, and 9.  I never mind pulling doubles though, so lets see what these are!

 Starting off great! Chopper was in my number 3 box! This little guy is going straight onto my purse.

 Pulled a second one, which is good incase I ever loose the first.

My number 4 boxes had the lovey Sanji Nami! Another one that I wanted.  I ended up putting one on my keys.

 Next up Nami Franky!  Trying to shoot the beam, poor Nami in this arc....

 Caesar Clown looks really good like this actually! He is doing his Villian pose very well here.

 Pulled Momonosuke right after Caesar clown, and he is also a really cute charm.

Yes! My finale was the way cool attacking Sanji!  He was another one I wanted to get out of these packs.

So here is my bounty all in all.  I'm considering getting some more of these packs, just to have Hi Chews around for a while and try my hand at getting Smoker again.  If anyone has the Smoker from this set and would like to trade or sell, leave me a comment or send me a message!

These are really detailed metal charms, not just plastic or paper.  I tend to prefer the metal ones for things like my purse and my keys, because they stay clean and last longer.  They are also very small, here is chopper next to the bead and Layton coin I have on my purse for a size comparison. 

 I can't say the word CUTE enough in this post.....