Mizuno Junko  has  just  started a collaboration with Kid Robot and this is Keiko the Director (from the pages of  Pure Trance manga book) one of the figures produced in collaboration with the american toy shop...
If you want to discover Junko psychedelic/dark/ero/kawaii world you should take a look to this fansite: Miznotic Phantasy.

(via XRC ITALIA) The latest issue of our  hobby magazine has just been released in Italian newstands. A really cool news is the new Hitech Mavin Robot. I first saw this little bot during last Nuremberg Toy Fair and seems that it's finally been releasead in the European market. What I like of this little robot, beside the accessible price, is the fact that you can choose several blocks (modules) to modify the characteristics of the bot: something like a mix between a Lego robot and the Denshi blocks from Gakken with a little retro touch (the design rminds me the Movit robots from the 80's). The only thing missing from the package is a MAC OSX version of the icon–based visual programming software (right now it's just compatible with  Windows).


There is a free contest for the italian readers of the magazine but I just found out that this contest is actually open to anyone and you can win one robot here.

Applications:

- Line tracer, detect and follow line
- Light tracer, interaction with light
- Sound tracer, respond to sound
- Pathfinder, navigate a maze
- Robot sports, soccer, sumo

Sensor Modules Included:

- LCD display
- 7 segment led display
- Speaker
- 3 x Tactile Switch
- Light detection
- 4 x LED
- Touch sensor
 
System Requirements

- Windows Xp
- Intel® Pentium® 3 or better
- 1 available USB port
- CD-ROM drive
- 256 MB or RAM minimum
- 300 MB harddisk space
- XGA display [1024x768]

...the person who is outside the window...

by Mario San.