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Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the greatest fucking toy of all time. I don't care if you don't like anime in general or Akira in specific -- if you don't think that the motorcycle scene in Akira is totally badass, your opinion on anything is not to be trusted (like if you didn't like Batman or something). The reason this 12-inch figure from Medicom and the in-scale motorcycle is the greatest toy of all time is not because of Kaneda's leather outfit, nor because of the laser cannon accessory he carries, nor because of the GOOD FOR HEALTH BAD FOR EDUCATION pill logo on his back. It's because, well, this:
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Wesley said:
This must be third "Kaneda + bike" toy to hit the US market in as many as ten years. Weird.
Lithroe said:
I shall be selling my kidneys to the highest bidder starting today just to afford that piece of awesome.
Baltimoron said:
A man who is building the ultimate "Akira" collectible: http://www.matus1976.com/akira_bike/index_menu.htm
The site hasn't been updated since May 29th, but that's par for this particular course. I'm sure he's still working on it and will update sometime in the near future.
Dr Rotwang! said:
The picture of the bike was one screen down as I was reading this article. I scrolled down after the words "It's because, well, this:" ...
...and I now I need clean pants.
Dave said:
I freaking hate anime...but that's pretty cool.
Aeon said:
...holy shit that's awesome.
I think I'm gonna have to stick to my McFarlane version this time though.
Kaoy said:
That was never my personal favorite scene in the anime. Either the sewer chase or Kaneda walking down the street as tanks and artillery fire futilely at him probably share even ground.
To hell with the 'Kannneeeee[ect.]' scene. Just one more reason why I think the movie, as a whole, was terrible.
FireKraken said:
TETSUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Fuck the economy. We need to mail Japan a metric shit ton of money express to make a live action version full of gore, WTF, and win, cause God knows the vague Hollywood Akira adaptations could only ever amount to sanitized, whitewashed, irrecognizeable, lowest common denominator bullshit.
tasakeru828 said:
Wow, Rob. Your spelling in this column is extraordinarily accurate for being typed while "otherwise occupied"...
Selaphiel replied to tasakeru828:
I know, less typos than usual.
Rob, you should masturbate while writing articles more often.
Pills replied to Selaphiel:
Nah, he'd go through too many keyboards and thus too much money. Then this'll become one of those "if you like this site, please donate blah blah blah." And the day I pay for FFF is the day my shit's gone completely to hell. So for the sake of the wallet, Rob, keep in your pants and both hands at ten and two where we can see them.
Xanthippas said:
I kind of got over toys when I grew up, but even I think this is pretty sweet.
kitsuneopal said:
This is not a toy.
This is a work of art.
MORS said:
i need this. one of my all time favorite mangas and animes and the bike actually lights up! check out that console! so cool
Templar said:
Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the greatest fucking toy of all time
Which, being made by Medicom, will inevitably break in half as soon as you breathe on it.
Gleeman replied to Templar:
NRFB!
Also, I'm not wrong to have been masturbating furiously the whole time I was reading the article, am I?
DoctorSmashy said:
I'm going to be the first to say it.... Rob masturbating, EWWWWW
Awesome toy, though.
Thunder said:
I want this. But I know if I bought it, I would just sit there, staring at it until I grew withered and old, and eventually died. Happy.
TrapJaw said:
That is damn sweet. But it would be even sweeter if Canon, Shoei, and Co. would kick in some money to Medicom for the advertising space so that we wouldn't have to pay 450 bones for this bad mutha.
*sigh*
CChaos said:
That IS pretty cool. I dunno, I have a thing with toys that they go to the trouble with to make it look as accurate as possible. Especially if it's in the form of things like LEDS. It might break pretty easy, no doubt, but one has to respect being able to make a cool toy.
Snoodle said:
Oh my GOD I need that in my life...
KB_SBI said:
My Bookshelf is already pretty filled up with Figures but i need that...
Atlas said:
Minor Nitpick:
Weren'T the lights on the wheels orange/yellow/red or something in between instead of green?
Almighty Spock said:
Shit shit shit shit shit shit I NEED THIS
Karma said:
"if you don't think that the motorcycle scene in Akira is totally badass, your opinion on anything is not to be trusted"
Well, then, since you put it that way...
The bike scene was not badass. The movie was not badass. There was nothing at any point in this film that could have been possibly referred to as "badass".
Unless of course, your definition of "badass" is "plodding", "boring", "tedious", "Incomprehensible", "Pretentious", or "Intelligence Insultingly Vapid."
All of which this movie was. Badass does not even enter the equation of this garbage.
Sorry. Akira sucked.
Meanwhile, it really doesn't matter to me at all, if you think my opinion isn't trustworthy for not agreeing with your taste. Because you liked Akira. You sir, HAVE no taste.
Lithroe replied to Karma:
I question why you read this site at all? You only come to complain about what was posted. Your view of the movie does not take away from the fact that the entire bike sequence was a fantastic feat of animation. To this day it still holds up. The movie may not be to your taste or others, but there is no denying that it is a truly marvelous work of animation. Why do you bother reading his posts on anime if all you ever do is complain and bitch. Your posts are neither well thought out or well worded. They are poorly written pieces, using sequences of repetition to make your point.
Lithroe replied to Lithroe:
P.S. Still waiting for a bid on my kidneys...
Skemono said:
I'm not even going to lie; this thing is so awesome I've been masturbating the entire time I've been writing this article.
Pics or it didn't happen!
demoncat said:
omg that thing is a piece of toy awesomeness. may have to replace my mcfarlane version with that one. and glad to see kandea comes with it . the toy makers making that thing should be praised.
Atlas said:
i still don't understand how people can not like the master piece of anime that akira is . . and it's usually the same people who claim to have an excellent taste in this matter and then start about how rad yugioh, naruto and NGE are . . all of which sucks in my eyes . .
cocacolaoso said:
oh Al! While watching Kaneda's bike toy I think I had my first real orgasm!
Ambrose said:
SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Hell I don't even know what to say...
...now if only Santa were real...*sigh*...
Capsulesn'Coffee said:
I'm not big into toy/model/figure collecting. I've only dipped my feet into it thus far, but my God......It's frightening how quickly I could see myself dropping $450 for this. Ive wanted that bike since I first saw Akira when I was 12 or so; this is the closest i'm going to get.
Metal Soldier said:
I don't normally spend more than $30 on a toy, but I would pay a lot for this one. Still, I'm waiting on one of the bike companies to get off their ass and make a real one. I'd sell out some serious cash for one.
meApe said:
I put LEDs in my pc because it made me feel like an Anime
Sesame said:
You're a bit behind on the toy news Rob! I've been debating on which organ I should sell to afford this for weeks.
May I humbly suggest that you link to this bike scene instead? ^^;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixAHUWgBKsw
