Dennis' Top Ten Toys (TTT) 2011

The winner goes to 1/100 Customized Powered GM 

Made this my undisputed champion for 2011 because it's more than just a toy (In my context, giving model kits the same competition platform with toy). It's a combination of regular Gunpla with bash kit, plus a lot of my effort put in. My very own 1/100 Powered GM from Gundam 0083. 

2nd Spot: Macross Frontier - VB-6 Konig Monster MKII

Definitely a well made heavy duty mecha toy that gave knockout punches to other toys below its ranking. Unique Macross toy other than just valkyries. High quality and the devilishly sexy nose art of Sheryl Nome melts me down. 

3rd Placing: Robot Damashii GM Sniper II

Finally a figure of GM Sniper II that ended my long.... long.... wait. Before then, Bandai has never produced this mobile suit in toy, not even as model kit. This figure with great articulation came as a surprise.  

4th: Macross - 1/6 Minmay Figure 

A figure that stood against the advance technology of figurine these days. Brought back memories of the first Macross songstress and glory of the movie and OST "Do You Remember Love"  

5th: MG RGM Type-C (Space Type)

A must have for GM lover like me. For its ideal 1/00 scale for display and simplicity. Looks fabulous with touch-up and water slide decals. 

6th: Evangelion - Rei Ayanami Figure (School Uniform)

Hard to resist this innocent look of Ayanami Rei in school uniform, kind of more girl-next-door image. The sculpt and the paint works are utmost impressive for a budget figure.  

7th: Record of Lodoss War - Parn Figure

Though it's just a simple figure, this figure is an important memorabilia for me cos I love the anime dearly. The figure of parn was produced in limit quantity and this is rare find. Quality figure by Tomy. 

8th: MG GM Version 1.0

The original GM and one my first few MG kits which provided me a lot of fun experimenting with Gunpla.  

9th: Jumbo Grade Zeta Gundam 

In the top ten spot cos size does matter! The toy that became the centre of attraction on my display. 

10th: Street Fighter - Nash/Charlie Figure

Managed to squeeze into the top ten spot not for its quality. It's more of a personal preference cos I like the character a lot and this is the only figure that's available in the market. Thank you Desmond again for sourcing the dog-tag for me. It really added more realism.   

It's has been another great year for me having new toys, going to toy events, meeting up with toy enthusiasts and having the spare time to even do some model kits of my own. It's the time of the year to say goodbye to 2011 and my last post for 2011 will conclude with the top ten toys which I had reviewed this year. Thank you for all the support, you guys had given me and I wish you all a even better year ahead with blooming toy collection. Toast to 2012!

DX Deluxe RX-93 Nu Gundam Toy

One of those bigger toy in my collection this should be the biggest Nu Gundam toy you can find selling till date. One that's awesome either playing with or putting on display. I had two of these but had recently sold one to a friend to clear some spaces cos the box is this toy is gigantic. The toy itself stands approximately 13".  Some straight forward assembling are required for the rifle and fin funnels, but be assured that you will get to play the toy in no time. Beam sabers (Both normal and boost-up) and bazooka (Able to latch on the backpack) are also included among the accessories. Niche mechanism of the toy is that the funnels are foldable and can be attached together and onto the backpack. There's no need to apply stickers since the toy already come with decal-imprint. Man! I love the Amuro Ray's insignia on the shield. I bet Guy 'A' would be thrilled to see this post cos Nu Gundam has been one of his favourite Gundam.

1/6 Macross DYRL Lynn Minmay Figure

Known as the 1/6 P.V.C Hi-Quality Figure, this huge 29cm figure of the iconic songstress Lynn Minmay, in concert suit during her appearance in the movie 'Do You Remember Love', was released during Macross 20th Anniversary. This vintage fixed pose figure cost a less premium price compared to most anime figures nowadays without the details being compromise. Those big round eyes of Minmay look great and the big ribbon made her the best kawaii present. Ima Anatano Sugata Mieru translated as 'I can see you now' when Minmay was in this pose. Came in a blister card, this figure has accessories like a frame card of Millia (I wonder why not Minmay, but I still like) and a stand base for support. I would say this my first serious attempt blogging on non-mecha stuff of Macross, Minmay Attack! I love you sooo........

Chogokin Zeta Gundam MSZ-006

Zeta Gundam from the Universal Century U.C timeline, was designed by it's pilot Kamille Bidan and was built up with the spare parts of Gundam RX78 Mark 2. It is also the first transformable Gundam whereby the robot Gundam can transform into plane mode known as Wave Rider. Wave Rider is able a descent from obit to earth without causing the mobile suit to burnt up and self-destruct caused by the high descending velocity.

This mobile suit is remarkable in terms of speed and agility but not so much on it's firepower and defense. It is equipped with the basic beam rifle, beam saber, shield and optional beam launcher. Being a super new-type human, Kamille can some how be able to unleash super natural power when he was angered. It was a such a petty that Kamille lost his mind after witnessing his dear friends dying in tragedy one after another.

I'm slowly replacing my collection of chogokin Gundam on display cabinet to built Gunpla. At the same time, I had taken some pics of my chogokin Gundam for documentation and list them on Ebay Singapore. Fortunately, I had found a new owner of this Zeta Gundam despite its mild yellowing condition. The box artwork shows mainly how the toy look like with a touch of blue background. Instead of styrofoam tray, the figure and accessories rest on clear plastic insert.

Basic accessories like optional hands, shield, beam sabers and beam rifle are included. An additional throw-in is certainly the Hyper-Mega-Launcher which I find rather challenging to strike a pose of Zeta holding it in good balance. The biggest gimmick of this 1/144 scale toy with metal composite, is that it transforms between MS (Mobile Suit) to Wave Rider (Flight mode). The design of Zeta differ from convention Gundam and quite a breakthrough in transformable MS production during U.C timeline. Still I would still prefer Zeta Gundam in robot mode cos most of the transformable mecha in Gundam series, look kind of weird to me in flight mode. Maybe, I'm just being biases....