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Bravest Phone Ever!

He even has his own TV show here in Japan! Yes, it's Phone Braver 7 in all his mobile glory, packed with features and ready to investigate crime with his flock of cellular friends. They've generated an array of great loot from Bandai--check it out!

The Wonders of Wonder Festival

Enjoy Part One and Part Two of our two-part photo report on this month's huge Wonder Festival Summer 2008 at Tokyo Big Sight!

An important notice about Ma.K (Maschinen Krieger) products from Zitader Design

If you've purchased Maschinen Krieger conversion sets or pilot heads produced by Zitader Design (no relation to the Hobby Base items we're having a special sale on!) from us, please click here.

Up Where the Air is Rare

Reaching rare heights with its exquisite detail and innovative parts breakdown, Tamiya's 1/48 Mitsubishi A6M5/5a Zero Fighter is their first all-new Zero kit of that scale in more than 20 years!

Get Ma.K. collectibles at a price you'll never see again!

Time Out for Toys!

The 2008 Tokyo Toy Show at towering Tokyo Big Sight provided a peek at some of this year's hottest toys to come. Check out some of the eye-grabbing goodies in our photo report!

Lights, Camera...Bandai!

Bandai's Gundam-kit guru Kawaguchi-san shares Master Grade master plans in our second podcast from the 2008 Shizuoka Hobby Show! (And don't forget to see the latest wonders of the hobby world in our array of photo reports from the Shizuoka show: Aircraft, Cars and Bikes, Figures, Gundam, Military, Naval, Science Fiction, and Star Wars, as well as special sections on the show's tremendous Modelers Club Display and sights Around the Show!)

Serving the World and Our Own Backyard!

Live in Japan? Read Japanese? Unlikely, we know, but if you or a friend does, c'mon over to our new Japanese-language service for Japan at hlj.co.jp! Yoroshiku!

Aber-ociously Sharp Detail!

We're proud to serve up a huge selection of some of today's top photo-etched metal detail sets, from the exacting European craftsmen of Aber! Check out the metal magnificence HERE!

Yo Quiero MIG Productions!

I want, you want, we all want MIG Productions! And HLJ is here to provide. Check out all the crazy-great hobby supplies, pigments and resin accessories from world-famous manufacturer MIG Productions of Spain!

Saint Say-what?!

For a limited time, we're offering Bandai's recently reissued Myth Cloth stars Pegasus Seiya, Dragon Shiryu, Cygnus Hyoga, Andromeda Shun, and Phoenix Ikki individually, complete with their new die-cast armor parts and recolored to match the anime...for 30 percent off retail!

With X-treme X-citement...

...we announce the arrival of Groizer X, HLJ's first Japan exclusive! Limited to just 1,000 pieces, this manga-color version is a hefty handful of die-cast transforming fun. Don't miss out!

Tread Softly? No Way!

Culminating a quarter-century of "Mospeada" fans' hopes, massive mecha Tread has at last been granted transforming toy glory! Now CM's Corporation couples tremendous Tread with limber Legioss, in their sharp red Zeta scheme from the Jupiter Base, in this limited Brave Gokin EX set. Act fast!

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