Comments on: Yotsuba meets Batman, plus more Random Crap

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:07:33 +0000

I’m more interested in the desk than the toys. But if you put the toys on the desk, okay. As long as we get to see your workstation through the aforementions Hockey-type photo collage thingy.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:04:00 +0000

MW, I went by CTMA just this weekend to pre-order the Hot Toys 12″ toy of Two-Face/Harvey Dent. It’ll be HK$980, which isn’t cheap either. But if you see these things, you’d probably understand why.

Gabriel and achillesgirl, I’ve long wanted to take more photos of my toys and publish them, especially the ones that are HK Cinema related. Sadly, most of them - including my beloved Ekin Cheng Man Called Hero figure - are in the United States. If I can find him in the basement this Christmas, maybe I’ll bring him back to HK.

I’m not so sure my desk is that interesting though. It’ll just prove that my workspace is messy.

And Hong Kong movies are picking up soon. There’s like one a week nowadays.

By: achillesgirl

achillesgirl — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:31:31 +0000

I’d like to see more about your toys and your desk, too. They are so much more interesting than movies lately.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:31:35 +0000

We want more pictures of your desk. Do one of those David Hockney-type collages made up of a bunch of photographs.

By: MW

MW — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:27:58 +0000

Went to CTMA to check if they had the Bandai Batman+pod, but they only had the beast that is the 12″ inch Batman and Joker. Those were about $1200+ HKD each.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:15:59 +0000

Hi Shaun, I think you can get the toy for HK$500 if you “know somebody.” I couldn’t get mine that cheap, though.

I should add some toy links to this blog, just because. Nobody realizes how close LoveHKFilm.com came to being a toy website, and not a HK film site. I think my wallet dictated the final choice.

Darren, all told there are 4 basic Yotsuba figures (Yotsuba, Danboard, Ena, Fuuka), with a few variants. There’s only one Ena, but her dress can be removed(!) to show a swimsuit. The Fuuka is available in school uniform, bikini, and 7-11 employee variants. Danboard can also be had in an Amazon.com and a 7-11 variant, both exclusive to each store’s website. Only Yotsuba and Danboard are poseable.

The only essential variant is the Summer Edition Yotsuba, which has the hat, extra faces, and other accessories. I got all of mine through YesAsia.com, naturally, because that’s where I work.

And though I check the traffic, I don’t really sweat it. If it goes up, it goes up. If it goes down, it goes down. Life is like that, as are the economy and HK Cinema. One can only hope everything is going up.

By: shaun

shaun — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:09:21 +0000

Thanks for checking out my site, Kozo, I’ve subscribed to your feed. Wow, HK$500 is a very good deal for the Batman & Bat-Pod.

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:59:26 +0000

Hey Kozo

A Dirty Carnival was one the best films I saw the year it was released (2006 maybe?), Korean films are so much mroe watchable than HK ones now

I think site traffic down 20% is understandable because HK movie output has declined right?

Also where did you get the yotsuba figures? I have the cardboard one and yotsuba but not the other two which Id really like…

thanks.

By: Webmaster Kozo

Webmaster Kozo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:57 +0000

Hi Shaun, I’ve been by your blog before while looking at toys I’ll never own. Thanks for the pics! Your patience and ability to take toy photos is something I will never have.

Hi Clara, there are only 2 Yotsuba action figures with a bunch of interchangeable heads. The Batman figure is readily available in HK right now.

Matt, Kozo the Hippo has been around a while, though I’m not sure he’s older than this website. I’ve had people send me the link a few times before.

Hi MW, I think you can get the Bandai Movie Realization for probably $500-700, depending on where you go. It does seem pricey, but the quality of the product is very high. Especially the Bat-Pod portion.

Hi Glenn, I don’t think Gillian is in the movie for a long time. Once the film is released we can time her appearance to decide if she or Edison got a rawer deal with their big 2008 Hollywood film.

By: glenn

glenn — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:11:29 +0000

Speaking of Gillian: go to IMDB and check out the cast for the Oliver Stone flick W; yes, she’s playing a stripper!

Way to break into Hollywood Ah Gil!