Toy Story I : Saint Seiya 聖衣神話

When I was nine years old, one day I went to a place which rents Japanese Anime tapes. I looked up to the TV screen, and it's showing some men, wearing metal armors, fighting on a stage. I was watching it for 15 mins, then asked the 哥哥 at the counter what this show is about. He told me that it's a show called Saint Seiya (聖鬥士星矢). This marked my first day watching the show, and also marked my long relationship with this excellent Japanese Anime!!!

A while ago, I noticed that this comic's last series - The Hades Series, was finally made as OVA by Toei. I was so overly excited. Not only the series was finally animated, but then A TONNES OF TOYS WERE RELEASED TO THE MARKET, AND STARTED ROBBING THE HEART OF MANY PEOPLE FROM AGE 26 - 32!!!!!

Originally I was not tempted; however, finally I bought two figures : Kraken Isaac and Gemini Saga. Thanks to my friend DL and KC who successfully put me into this POISONOUS TRAP!

Anyhow...You may be wondering why I will buy Kraken Isaac, a character which just showed up for couple episodes? The classic Kraken Isaac was actually the first Saint Seiya model I bought before I left Hong Kong, so to me it is quite special :-)

Last time I had a chance to talk to MT. We think that the reason the Saint Seiya figures bring such a great hit is because the people who will buy the figure did not get a chance to buy the classic figures when they were young. Now these people are making money, so they start to buy the toys of their dreams. Last Saturday I finally had a chance to assemble Kraken Isaac, and then I was crazy enough to take some pics of it. Share with you all: