The Konami Club
Eccmy7 years ago
Founded as a jukebox repair business in 1969, Konami grew up to become a big video game company, first in the arcades and later in home systems, and then a major holding dealing not only with video games, but also things such as health and fitness, sports and pachinko parlours.
Today the 4th biggest Japanese video game company, Konami has one of the most varied line-ups of renowned franchises: from the stealth action series Metal Gear, to action-adventure series Castlevania and Ganbare Goemon, to survival horror series Silent Hill, to sports series Pro Evolution Soccer and Live Powerful Pro Baseball, to shoot-em-ups series Gradius and TwinBee, to run’n gun series Contra, to RPG series Suikoden, to rythmn games of the Bemani series, to dating sim series Tokimeki Memorial and Love Plus, to visual novels Snatcher and Policenauts, and many, many others.
And as far as figures (the focus of MFC, after all!) go, they also produced the Busou Shinki and Figumate lines.
With those franchises’ impact, the memorable Konami Code, and their innovative character merchandising marketing strategy from the mid-90s to mid-2000s via the Konamilook physical stores and Konamistyle webshop, Konami’s influence on Japanese pop culture is undeniable and is felt even nowadays.
Are you a fan of Konami franchises? If yes, then this club is for you! Please go ahead and discuss! And if you have news about Konami’s new releases (be it video games, figures, or any other kind of merchandise), please do not hesitate sharing them here! -_^
Konami games are filled with unique and exciting characters. Konami characters are your guide to challenging and fascinating adventures.
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You're welcome!
Sorry for the wait, I've now made the entries. I've also made the Jogging one while I was at it, and linked your photo of your pin to the pin's entry. Enjoy!
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I unfortunately don't have access to a scanner this week-end. I'll scan the book, and make the entries sometime during next week. I'll contact you as soon as they'll be done!
yayy thank you so much!!!
Thank you for the info! I found the data I needed in the Super Collection 1 book.
I unfortunately don't have access to a scanner this week-end. I'll scan the book, and make the entries sometime during next week. I'll contact you as soon as they'll be done!
And can you please provide a photo of the pin?
I can add the entries to the database if you can provide me those informations. With those, all I'll need will be to check the Super Collection 1 book ITEM #172216 to get the GK and pin's data and scan the appropriate page to get their official pictures.
Thanks in advance!
No problem! And yeah, it's not the jogging one. Here's a pic of the pin:
Does the box of your Nozomi GK looks like this one or that one?
And can you please provide a photo of the pin?
I can add the entries to the database if you can provide me those informations. With those, all I'll need will be to check the Super Collection 1 book ITEM #172216 to get the GK and pin's data and scan the appropriate page to get their official pictures.
Thanks in advance!
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Ayup, those figures came out of nowhere, I'm very surprised to see new Love Plus figures, even more so in 1/4 scale, given how the franchise is basically dead (the smartphone game Love Plus Every was a bomb that only lasted about half a year) and there's no real milestone celebration (the 1st game was released in September 2009, i.e. nearly 12 years ago).
I would have pre-ordered Manaka, if she had been depicted with her ponytail style and with a non-sucky swimsuit color and pattern. As is, none of the three figures are tempting me. And I've got a feeling their sales will bomb...
(And personally, I'm frustrated that the Love Plus franchise get those figures, while the Tokimeki Memorial franchise doesn't. There was a major missed opportunity two years ago with that franchise's 25th anniversary. *Grumble grumble*
I'm longing for a new Hikari Hinomoto figure... T_T)
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Only two new figures revealed, directly as unpainted prototypes.
Both are from Bombergirl, the arcade game they released last year, with Wing as their manufacturer:
* Sepia Belmont ITEM #946334
* Aqua ITEM #946338
And another Bombergirl figure, Aqua ITEM #919649 made by Amakuni had an update: her unpainted prototype has been showcased.
To celebrate Konami's 50th anniversary, from July 24th 2019 till August 8th 2019, the shop "The Akihabara Container" will hold a Konami pop-up store, as well as, in July 27th and August 3rd respectively, Super Bomberman R and Gradius special events!
The pop-up store will sell goods from various venerable franchises from Konami, including Tokimeki Memorial, Twinbee, Gradius, Castlevania, Goemon, and Genma Fuuden among others.
Full list, and details on the event here:
indor.jp/konaan...
If you're a fan of the old Konami and have the possibility to go to Japan during that time frame, don't miss it!!