By previous standards, the hype around Konami's booth was a bit subdued. They banged hard on a live-action character, known as "Spector-man" or something which was the only WF exclusive figurine from them. A lot of previews of what trading figures as well as shokugans they would be coming out. 2 of those really caught my eyes. Firstly is the "Mecha Musume Vol.2" & the "Sci-Fi Movie Selection: King Kong -1993-" which was not allowed to have pictures taken. However some renegades still took pictures of that set.
  
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Mecha Musume Vol. 2, releasing in winter 2006 |
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Konami Figure Collection, Rumble Roses, releasing in December 2005 |
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More Rumble Roses babes, details unknown |
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Mahou Sensei Negima! figurines, Details unknown |
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Konami Figure Collection: Mahou Sensei Negima!, releasing in September 2005 |
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Figumate Mahou Sensei Negima! Vol. 1 Track Version (August 2005 release) & Vol. 2 (November 2005 release) |
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Two interesting to note for this Wonder Festival. Firstly there was no booth for Tomy (which had merged with Takara). Secondly there was an allocated booth for Yujin which many would know is a subsidary of Tomy; and they had a strategic location, the first booth in the cental which one would easily notice when they came into D Block. A lot of Binchotan and the carnival diorama made entirely of the SR Binchotan series sure drew a lot of attention.
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Yujin's Booth, strategic location |
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Huge Binchotan Plushie, releasing in December 2005 |
Large version of Binchotan Lantern, releasing in October 2005 |
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TFC Binchotan Part 1 (Released in August 2004) & 2 (Released in May 2005) |
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Binchotan "Hibi no Oshigoto" Mascot (Released in December 2004), SR Binchotan 1.5 ~Kokoni a...~ (Released in April 2005), SR Binchotan 2 ~Sono 2~ (Released in August 2005), Binchotan Saving Bank (Released in July 2005) |
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Binchotan & gang at Summer Carnival!! |
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Time Capsule: Modern Pets Friend Disney, Releasing in September 2005 |
Time Capsule: Matsumoto Taiyou's "Number 5", released in May 2005 |
Loosely translated as the Tiger's Hole (think it means den), this popular otoku-targetting franchise had an unrivalled selection of doujinshi and appeals more to guys while "animate" has became more of a niche for the girls. They had been producing high quality trading figures as we have known since 2003 and been featured in D Block surely indicating their big player status in Japan's Hobby/toys industry.
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Toranoana's booth is perhaps the most vibrant looking one |
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Wonder Festival exclusive Palm Characters: Suigetsu ~Swimsuit Ver.~ |
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Palm Characters: Suigetsu, releasing in November 2005 |
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Palm Scenery: Suigetsu, releasing in December 2005 |
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Palm Characters: Kujibiki Unbalance, releasing in September 2005 |
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Palm Characters: Disgaea Ver. 2, released in August 2005 |
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Mecha Musume Figurine Part 2, details unknown |
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Palm Scenery: Tsukuyomi, releasing in September 2005 |
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Otona ni Naru Joubun Issue 3 with exclusive Figure, releasing in September 2005 |
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Palm Scenery: Girls Defence Force, details unknown |
Palm Scenery: Naado tan, releasing in Spring 2006 |
Only the custom figures of "Ichigo Mashimarou" girls from Happinet Robin that interest me. They did had an impressive line-up of all 4 sets of "Hakuto no Ken" capsule figures. Nearly bought the Fireman of the World trading figures from F Toys as they were the WF exclusive. I was pretty disappointed with the range of T-shirst available for sale at the COSPA booth this time round.
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F Toys Confectionary booth with the WF exclusive "Firemen of the World" |
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Cospa booth, disappointing selection this time round |
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Hakuto no Ken Polystone Bust by Happinet Robin & Kaiyodo |
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Ichigo Mashimarou Custom Figure, releasing in November 2005 |
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