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They aren’t actually Japanese, but they might as well be they are so cool & cute at the same time.

They are called Unipos from UNKL.

Series 3 the Cosmo-Knotts and Series 4 Fright Night are both out and ready to go.

Buy them here

I watched the Transformers cartoon in the mornings before catching the bus to go to school. I like transformers, I haven’t followed any of the story lines or payed much attention to them since I was a kid. Anyway… I went to the movies the other day and during the previews, there was this one where a giant bug looking thing was jumping around. I thought to myself, “You know what would be cool? A Transformers movie”. But, sigh~ The giant bug looking thing preview WAS the Transformers movie! I’m so disappointed. Did I mention, that the movie looked seriously LAME? Yeah, it looked extra, extra lame, with a giant poo on top.

Pinky:St are Japanese dolls/figures that you can interchange parts to create new looks. They are cute, cool, and very fashionable. Plus there aren’t real expensive so that’s always a plus!

Ace & Ion are fuzzy covered vinyl figures from kidrobot which were designed by Tara McPherson. After openingAce & Ion I thought they looked a little like pinky:st figures and they could play together.

Of course the pinkys and the Ace & Ion were bought @ www.freebento.com

Tara McPherson has a website @ www.taramcpherson.com

My favorite toy store is freebento.com and they have figures from Jigoku Shōjo (地獄少女), aka “Hell Girl”

Enma Ai is the Hell Girl and she allows people to have their vengances, for a price. Sort of like Anya, the vengance demon on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

freebento has 2 figures on of Enma Ai in her innocent looking schoolgirl uniform and another in her traditional kimono.  Neither figure has any articulation, but they really aren’t for playing with but are small affordable art pieces to make your home more beautiful, and to show off your love for all things Japanese.

Find them here:

http://www.freebento.com/store/customer/search.php?substring=jigoku