For those that's interested of recent announcement of "Akaoni Samurai Predator" by Hot Toys. ๐Ÿ—ฃใ€Hot Toys x Takayuki Takeya ใ€‘๐Ÿ’ฌ แด€แด‹แด€แดษดษช ๊œฑแด€แดแดœส€แด€ษช แด˜ส€แด‡แด…แด€แด›แดส€: โ€œ๊œฑแด‹แดœสŸสŸโ€ แด„ส€แด‡๊œฑแด› แดษด ๊œฑแด€แดแดœส€แด€ษช สœแด‡สŸแดแด‡แด› ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฒ๐š, ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž! ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ? ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž? After the initial release of the โ€œSamurai Predatorโ€ figure, I was excited to be invited back to revisit this project. For this second version, Iโ€™ve introduced new elements to the helmet and drew inspiration from the โ€œAkazonae(่ตคๅ‚™ใˆ),โ€ a unique military unit in Japan, which influenced the crimson red color scheme. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ โ€œ๐€๐ค๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ž(่ตคๅ‚™ใˆ)โ€ ? โ€œAkazonae(่ตคๅ‚™ใˆ)โ€ refers to a style of attire characterized by being covered entirely in crimson. It was commonly used by brave warriors and elite troops during the Sengoku period(ๆˆฆๅ›ฝๆ™‚ไปฃ) and the Edo period(ๆฑŸๆˆธๆ™‚ไปฃ). ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ "๐€๐ค๐š๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ž(่ตคๅ‚™ใˆ)" ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง? Iโ€™ve imagined a scenario where a Predator landed in Japan during the Sengoku period and fought against an alien army controlled by the Oda Nobunaga(็น”็”ฐไฟก้•ท) clan, with human allies crafted a crimson red-armored samurai suit for him. ๐–๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ข ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ. ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐? The Japanese character on the samurai helmet crest is Doku (้ซ‘), which means โ€œskullโ€. The crest is a decorative fitting mounted on the front of a samurai helmet, and it could represent a specific family or clan, unit, rank, personality trait or mythical symbols to invoke divine power, bravery, cunning, and more. Similarly, the Predator is known for collecting the skulls of their most worthy opponents as trophies, making the use of a skull crest particularly fitting as it symbolizes both honor in battle and the recognition of formidable foes. Photo by Keiko Takeya https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=hottoys&set=a.932722232225123&__cft__[0]=AZUDHC5CdvDt831AyJNv2hkQS7kH8MZdks3aJRSkroZAJCT7wHs4AK60Ia_jYB7PXG1ZhXE13esdfVKAKZfrCyh61QL-R4mhFT1Nm-yS_Yiboie6hNy_3f4wOXa62OroH7oM6caACbyx5bCeC3vC7XNk6CMCn1agjLdnzEx9lhLnrq8gXFz88wrTOH86dvh_9YA

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