Toys: Riobot Blodia revealed at Wonder Festival
Posted on : 01-08-2012 | By : Cacophanus | In : Toys/Kits
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At this summer’s Wonder Festival, Sentinel have definitely revealed something rather cool in their increasingly awesome Riobot toyline. That of the mighty Blodia (pictured above) from the classic arcade game, Cyberbots. The mecha was also featured in the Cyberbots sequel Kikaioh as well, though as a slightly pimped up unlockable. If that wasn’t enough, Kotobukiya are also apparently releasing a kit of Metal Gear Rex as well. Though, Sentinel still steal the show for us as the recent reveal that the exquisitely designed Tsugumori from the Knights of Sidonia manga (by the simply brilliant Tsutomu Nihei) will be also getting the Riobot treatment. If you want to peruse the rest of the Wonder Festival coverage, then have a look here and here.
It’s exactly one year after this post and I have to ask, is this ever coming out? It’s still not on Sentinel’s site, and they never replied to my email in Japanese about it.
That doesn’t normally mean anything though. The smaller toy companies, like Sentinel, normally take their time with some of their products.