Following the Gundam Seed and Saint Seiya collections, China’s 170-year-old jeweler Lao Feng Xiang (老凤祥) has given another pop culture icon the golden treatment. Folks, meet the Lao Feng Xiang x Tetsuwan Atomu Collection. Tetsuwan Atomu, for the uninitiated, is the official Japanese name of Astro Boy. It literally means […]
In Saint Seiya (or Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac, as it’s known in North America), the Gold Saints wear “Gold Cloths” that—spoiler alert—aren’t actually made of gold. But here in the real world? They are. And no, we’re not talking about gold-chrome-plated action figures. We’re talking actual gold Saint […]
Lao Feng Xiang (老凤祥 loosely translates to Old Auspicious Phoenix) and Bandai Namco’s Mobile Suit Gundam SEED are possibly the most luxurious and most expensive yet. The collection includes several jewelry pieces crafted from 99.9% pure gold. However, while pretty, it is the golden Gundam statue that commands everyone’s attention.