2010 Shizuoka Hobby Show

Hi guys, here is my once a year update. Just click this link to bring you to the Shizuioka Hobby Show by Hobby.co.jp. Enjoy.

2009 Tokyo Hobby Show

Just found this web has tons of pictures from the 2009 Tokyo Hobby Show. Enjoy!

Shizuoka Hobby Show 2008

Are you looking for info from the Shizuoka Show this weekend? Here is a link to Hobby.co.jp which has over a thousand pictures. In my opinion, the 1/144 Star Wars X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and the AT-ST Walker from F-Toys look awesome. Must buy.

As shown below, the F-22 from Doyusha also looks pretty cool. And now I'm in a stage whether another release of Bf-109, I won't complaint.

I haven't glanced thru all pictures yet so please feel free to share with me if you find anything interesting. Or if you still want more, here is another link to Hobby Stock which also has some nice pictures from the show.

Nuremberg Toy Fair 2008

Hi fellow bloggers

This is my first post in 2008 and it has been a while since my last post and I know I'm a bit lazy lately but there were not much new 1/144 trading items to talk about. For the few items released in the past couple months such as the new JGSDF or the F-Toys Bi-planes (my order is on the way), I think they were well covered by some fellow sites so I'm not going to repeat here.

As I mentioned, I just ordered the F-Toys Bi-planes as I haven't really checked on 1/144 for a while and when I tried to order, they were all sold out. It seems they are quite popular and I'm very happy to know that so hopefully it would encourage more 1/144 kits coming out this year. (Or may be not as the economy is not so good and the oil price is still so high which makes the cost a lot higher that before.)

Today I came across this Nuremberg Toy Fair 2008 site. Not a lot on 1/144 but the above 1/144 Bismarck is again very impressive. It should be come from the same company which made the 1/144 Yamato. Some very 1/72 items were on show as well so please check them out.

I hope my next post won't take another 3 months. Currently my shopping list includes the 1/144 Macross planes and the 1/144 U-Boat. Will get them when I see a good price.

Tokyo Toy Show 2007

Here are some pictures from the Tokyo Toy Show 2007. Not many military items and the above is one of the exceptions - the 1/144 LCAC which you probably have seen before. Looks pretty good but probably too big - storage becomes a big problem to me.

Updated: This link has a B-2 and it looks quite nice but too bad it's 1/120, not 1/144.

Project 144

Fumi's blog has some interesting pictures from the latest "Project 144". Check them out here.

Another link on Shizuoka 2007

Here is another link to hobby.co.jp on Shizuoka 2007. Besides the Panzer Korp Tiger I's, I can't find anything else special on 1/144. The 1/72 Dragon Armor M4s as shown below look quite nice though. Please note the link has over 500 pictures so the page load may be slow.

1/48 X-Wing

I haven't seen any 1/144 military kits so far and most interesting items to me are some new Gundams. But I like this X-Wings very much. However, I probably won't buy as I don't think I will build it anyway. I have a garage a un-built models already which my wife complains all the time.

Oops. I forgot the link. Here it is from Run Chickens.

More pictures from WF2007

Nothing new which you haven't seen but very nice pictures. Here has some 1/144 planes and here is the front page.

WF2007 Winter

As usual, not much news about military as this show focuses on figures. First set of pictures can be found from here and here. I like the Recovery Tanks and those BRDM2. Also, the Big Bird 2 look promising as well.

WF2007 from Cafereo

Cafereo's site has a couple special items will be released in WF2007 this weekend (from JWing 1 & 2). Don't miss them if you're lucky enough in Japan to attend this event. It seems more samples from Big Bird 2 will be on display too. Big Bird 2 is the item which I have waited for months.

And Kung Hei Fat Choi if you also celebrate Chinese New Year like me.

WF2007 and more from Nuremberg

Couple updates today. First of all, Wonder Festival, as usual, F-Toys has a couple special planes for sales in WF 2007. If you like 1/144 planes, you shouldn't miss them as they will be pricey in a couple of months. Here is the link.

Recently, there are not much to talk about on 1/144. If you visit my blog long enough, you may know before I have started collecting 1/144 kits, I mostly collected AND built 1/72 models.

If you also like 1/72 kits, you should know we have a lot more options than, say 5 years ago. I think every 1/72 collectors are very happy today as we now have Dragon coming out quality kits every months. We also have very nice figures from Pegasus or Caeser. You don't need to pay $20+ to bid for a 10 years old ESCI kit. I think I may spend more time and money on 1/72 from now on. (Don't worry. I will keep posting 1/144 news or reviews as long as I get hold any of them).

Finally, here are 2 more links from Nuremburg Toy Fair. Very nice pictures. I think the Feldgendarmen from Preiser are very impressive. If you like 1/144 planes, there are quite a few new items on display.

ipmsdeutschland.de Link 1
ipmsdeutschland.de Link 2
http://www.smallscaleafv.com/ANG/Akce/TFN_2007.htm

Nurnberg Toy Fair

Dragon has posted some pictures from the show. No 1/144 armor but still worth a look. Check them out here.

N Scale from Tomytec and other news

Long time no talk. I have been very busy lately and when I had time, I need to create another blog for my son. By the way, there is not much to talk about lately except piece here and there. What interested me are some N scale figures and buildings from Tomytec. Their first releases of these are some farm houses and farmers which I don't think they are that much usful but these second releases look more promising.

The Wonder Festival 2007 Winter will be held in late February. I think you may see some info sneaking out before that but I think if there are any new announcements, they will be announced there.

The Obake blog has just updated with some interesting pages regarding his last visit of Japan, if you understand Chinese, please check them out here, here and here. I hope I can have a chance to go there again this year. Finger crossed.

Have you guys noticed I add the "Snap" function to my blog which you can preview what the link looks like before you click and I think it's pretty handy. Hope you like it too.

1st Birthday of wtmblog

Hi fellow bloggers

Today is the anniversary of wtmblog. I started this blog exactly last year today. There are more than 16,000 click in the past year so it's about 50 per day. It's not a very good number but I think it's not a bad number as well as 1/144 is not a very popular topic in the U.S. (or in Europe). I think there are more viewers in Asia but since there was no such blog in English when I started so I decided to create one in English to serve my fellow 1/144 collectors (as most news are coming from Asia).

English is my second language so hopefully everyone can understand what I'm talking about and like what I share with you regarding the 1/144 world. Unfortunately, it seems Japan's market has switched the focus from the 1/144 world to something else such as 1/48 in the past year. For example, only one release of WTM and one relase of Cando this year proved that. And there are a lot coverages regarding 1/48 in most Japan magazines but most 1/144 coverages are gone. Forward looking, I think the 1/144 airplanes still look good and the release of WTM in the US can stir things up a bit (not so optimistic in my opinion from what they offer and the pricing). But if they start releasing something new not been released in Japan before, I'll be a happy guy.

Anyway, I'm happy with my blog so far and will try to keep posting as frequent as possible. Unless I expand the scope of this blog to something else, it's tough to have a new post everyday since the 1/144 activities are very few today. I think the direction of this blog is what I need to think about in the near future.

At the end, I would like to thank everyone who visits my blog and wish you all have a happy wonderful December ( Stugs, Stugs, Stugs. 8-)..... mouth watering ).

Project 144 - another link

Thanks makino san to provide this link.

Project 144 - More pictures

More pictures from Project 144 can be found from this forum. I like this Centurion.

Project 144

Oh. I just found out Fumi's blog has some pictures from Project 144. Some interesting dioramas. Not much new items so far. You can also click here or here to access the pictures. I think more pictures will be posted from other Japan sites in the next few days. Cheers.

Plamo Radiocon Show 2006

There is nothing so far from the show on the 1/144 armor area. The only thing I'm interested is the 1/144 Gun Tank in Gundam Igloo (above) and some other Gundam kits. There are a lot 1/35 or above new kits though. Too bad, I think they are too big to fit in my home. Anyway, check Runchickens or Hobby Shop Midori for more pictures. If you also like Armor Core, I think those 1/72 Armor Core figures are very cool.

More pictures on WF2006

The following has more pictures on WF2006 and it's not fully updated so please bookmark it and check again later. So far, only new products from Kaiyodo are updated. (Sorry, no WTM news, only figures or robots). Here is the link:

http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~syokugan-honpo/page353.html