Japanese people are either slighty screwy in the head, or incredibly innovative. Wait...make that Japs ARE slightly screwy AND incredibly innovative. No offense to any Japanese reader that may come across this. I like Japan, and when you guys come up with something like the Gundam 0079 Cardbuilder, I LIKE it it even more, lol. ^^ For those who haven't heard, this Cardbuilder game was released in arcades in Japan somewhere in 2005. It's a sort of a strategy game that uses trading cards which you move about on sensor-equipped tables. It's like Sangokushi Taiken from Sega...with added coolness. Here's a picture of the machine at the arcades.Battle Stations, you sweaty teenage guys! ^^Each arcade represents a battlefield...each machine racks up and records the number of times the Federation or the Zeon have won, through the cards, that is. The arcade then becomes 'territory' of the prevailing side. Geeky, yet infinitely awesome for some reason.The two PVC figures from err, Unifive, here are supposedly secret characters in this game. Hmm, I'm still not sure how you get hot babes through cards, but feel free to find out more. Reiko Holinger and Catharine Blitzen are both 1/6 scale and actualy look half-decent. I don't know, but Unifive aren't particularly prevalent in the figure-making market are they? I know they've done some Dragonball figures, but that's about it.Reiko on the left, Catharine on the right.Honey, I Shrunk The Toy.They're going to be big, so you kinda hope they'd be slightly more detailed. Hell, I've never played the game, so if this is how they look, then so be it. Not bad, may interest Gundam fanatics out there. On sale this August.Name: Reiko 1/6 scale PVC / Catharine 1/6 scale PVCManufacturer: UnifiveRelease Date: August 2006 (Both)Price: 6615 Yen (Price of one)>>> ToyzlogTags: PVC Figures, Figurines, Toys, Anime, Anime Toys, Japanese Toys, Unifive, Gundam 0079, Reiko Holinger, Catharine Blitzen, Tenjou
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