Oh look, Studio Dimension Diver has finally produced images of their revised "Complete Version Rockman" Garage Kit figure that they will be selling at Character Hobby 2011, which is happening this weekend.  Not to steal their web hits, you can see the whole collection of images of the completed and painted figure here:
http://www.daibadi.com/g0022.htm
          If you are the buying kind, you will probably have to hunt down a Buyer Proxy who specializes in purchases from Japan. and be aware that you will actually have to buy additional parts as well as paint the thing after you get it.  Not Bad, although I still much prefer Atelier Sai's Rockman Garage Kit, though it's rare and doesn't come with non-combat faces,....

          Now an E-Can Factory bulletin of sorts.  As I had written in the site's About page, this site was meant to function as a collection of my Rockman related talks, not some daily news reporting/recycling hub.  But the recent strings of events seem to have lead me down that path.  Between Activism for Dash 3's revival, LBD moving off the old msg system we were on, Heatman's currently occupied with his Himeji Adventure, and for some reason news going around that I don't see being commented on elsewhere (like the above figure release and tech news post), every update seems more and more current events driven.  With that said, I'm probably going to take a step back and evaluate the purpose and goals of this site. Updates may be slower in the future as I work things out.

          When introduced in December of 1987, the Rockman series has it's story set in a robotic dominated "near future" of 200X.  Of course, 23 and so odd years later, we have already a ways passed that marker.  So where are we in the field of Artificial Intelligences and Automatons in respect to the World of Rockman?  Given the complexity of the subject, it's not something that can be plotted on a graph. But to give an idea of where we stand, I'm presenting a few recent news stories in the field of robotics.  And since this topic seems perfectly open for reintroduction in the future with new advancements (and me maybe reusing this same intro paragraph): "On The Path to A Mechanized 20XX: August 2011"