Twinbee and Winbee, part of Yujin’s new Shooting Historica 4 set of capsule toys. You may have read about this line on another blog run by my esteemed colleague, but at the time that article was published, there were no pictures of these toy versions of the protagonists from Konami’s Twinbee series, which are clearly the best ones.

These are only available as part of the full set for $29.90 from NCSX. Unless you’re near a Japanese capsule machine, I suppose.

tags / yujin / sr shooting historica / toys / konami / twinbee / jc

Yujin’s Phantasy Star Zero gashapon figures. Did you remember that this game comes out in the States next week? No? I don’t blame you; other than a community event Sega held at its San Francisco HQ last week, I’ve hardly seen press for the cooperative action RPG.

I know JC has an import copy of Phantasy Star Zero, and I plan to pick it up, too (players from different regions can play with each other) — maybe if you buy the game, you’ll run into one of us online.

BradyGames published a Phantasy Star Zero strategy guide for the U.S., and it lists codes to access unique items (spear/shield from Valkyrie Chronicles’ Selvaria, Puyo Puyo soul) from an in-game vending machine. Apparently, there are several items missing that were in the Japanese version, like Hatsune Miku’s Leek, the Warp Pipe bazooka, and Samus’ arm cannon. This doesn’t mean they aren’t in the game, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Sega cut them during the localization process.

You can also use a code to grab a Nintendo Power item, which I presume replaced the Dengeki item.

Preorder: Phantasy Star Zero ($33.99)

See also: Phantasy Star Zero’s janky typeface

[Via ebay auctions. xshinox]

tags / ec / gashapon / phantasy star / sega / toys / yujin / phantasy star zero / ec