Tuesday 25 May 2010

IMEN Robotech/Macross








The Japanese often convert anime characters to those sweetie cute figurines like SD version or Nendoroid. I guess to the westerner, the way of converting characters from cartoon, movie and comic into cute figurines will be turning them to IMEN.

Call them ugly or not, these Macross/Robotech IMEN by Toynami are adorable in their own ways. They ain't very tall, only standing approximately 2". Each card comes in a pair and if complete, you will have characters from Macross/Robotech pairing up with their IMEN battroid.

Each IMEN has magnet fixed to the base of their feet that helps the figurine stands firmly with the support of metallic coin. One side of the coin has IMEN logo and when flipped over, it's Robotech logo.

13 comments:

chrismandesign said...

WOW !!! i absolutely love these ones & they r a bit like the Minimates or the Lego figurines... excellent acquisition... i saw u played with them while u took the picks =PPPPP look at this big kid playing... is good to see the kid inside =PPPPP

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

Oh yes! It's really quite fun revisiting these toys!

LEon said...

I saw these at ToyRus before but I didn't get it. No surprise you get it as you are a BIG Macross fan.

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

Still remember a friend of mine helped to buy from these from Toy'R'Us the other time.

Asrul "iLham" Sany said...

so adorable...

;-)P

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

It provide fun too! Can stick them on metal surface!

bluedrakon said...

magnets - very bad around my computer. Must keep away -

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

I see! I kept these figurines inside a box and placed them in storage after taking pics.

G.G. said...

The human figure looks like Lego. LOL

Many you guys are so lucky to be in Singapore with ToysRus that sells these stuffs. At my local ToyRus... we only have cheap plastic ironman, star wars & power rangers....

Gunstray said...

This is freakin Bad@ss comparing it to megabloks and LEGO just aint enough^^

SD VF are coming out soon too.

mangyver5223 said...

hmm.........looks like Lego

deSMOnd said...

They are cute especially having the same size and height.

Dennis aka Katsuden said...

>> G.G.
Toy'R'Us in Singapore had also shrank over the years. I remember Toy'R'Us used to be 2 levels like a warehouse with a lot more toys.

>> GunStray
Similar to Lego, Megabloks or PLaymobile but unique in their own ways. Hee! Hee!

>> mangyver5223
Yes, but IMEN seems to have the licenses to produce a lot of characters from popular anime, cartoon, movies & comic.

>> deSMOnd
Cute = Ugly but adorable! Ha! Ha! See you at the carnival my friend.

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