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Sisterly Love… Hatachi

The 4koma makes her triumphant return after a fortnight of absence! :Dc



And of course this 4koma aren’t the only ways to serve our shy beauty, no? XD Like I said last time, I’ve more than a dozen of strange ideas brewing in my mind… Here’s several more of the same-pose-different-takes on Mio bullying… XD

Attack of the Colonel’s genetically modified karaage gundan~

The vibration of the car’s engine… Chotto waku waku suru~! XD


The remnants of my failed attempt to customised a Figma Lacus… ^^;

Will need the correct parts from SEED Heroines 1 & 2 set… Altho her head is totally compatible with any Figma body…

Orange-kun with a messed up grin… 0_0


Roarrrr~! Me Grimlock eats puny joshikousei for din din!


Surprised! Inside Mikkumiku is actually Nendojou~! :Dc


Dolphin Rider strikes again!


Mecha love…?


Sisterhood to the rescue~! :D It’s good to have a good bud who’ll share your feelings…


Orz… Too—much—moe…


Little Sisters Adoption Campaign

Dear Mr./Ms. Bubbles,

Today we have lotsa Little Sisters upped for adoption, hopefully you’ll pick up some of them and protect them like a Big Daddy/Big Sister you are… XD

All of them are authentics originally adopted from the Japanese store Hobby Link Japan or elsewhere and NOT bootlegs.

With the exception of Klan Klan, all items are unboxed at several occasions for photoshooting and checking, otherwise they’re still intact. All items are free from dust / smoke and kept in cool, dry

cabinet…

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Shimapanchira?

Reaching my den after a hard day’s work to find a nice lookin’ danbooru on my bed… ^_^ Delighted, I updated my Tweet with the mentioned sentence, but somehow a fellow comrade thought I’m going to build my own Danbo just like a certain figure.fm comrade… ^^;


Anyways, it seems Otacute recycled one of their used packages again… ^^;

No harm was done onto the danbooru as it was delivered by
FedEx, a trusted courier service unlike the national Postal Dudes…
>,<

A pretty weird way of packaging my acquisition… 0_0 The contents* are intact so no worries… ^_~

* Horo plushie not included… XDc

A thank you slip and another unknown trading card as freebie… 0_0

I kept seeing this Nakamura guy for each of my Otacute
packages… Is he somewhat assigned to solely handle all my
acquisitions? ^_~

The shy beauty exposed! Sorry no shimapan shots for all of you HEro (Hentai-Ero) yet… :P

A challenge to you all tho… How many situations can you made
from having Mio in this same position in every shots combine with any other chara in
various actions? So far I’ve already thought of more than a dozen… XD This Yui >_<
is one of them… XD

I’ll do the rest of the shots in a couple of more days… I’ll
feature a quad of them as this week’s Sisterly Love 4koma… XD

Jinxed for a Quarter Moon

A week full of unpleasant surprises… >,< But it’s all done now… The pain subsided and I can finally fully floored my foot into walking stance instead of zombie-dragging… 0_0 Do not underestimate the healing power of A Certain Horo’s Nuigurumi… XD

That aside, my latest MG Gunpla, GN-X was completed just before the jinxed event, but wasn’t documented up until yesternite… This report will be short so take heed… ^_^


GN-X, or so called Jinx due to its pronunciation, is one of my fave non conventional MS designs in the 00 series…

As a cannon fodder of the series, its overall feature emits sleekness and intimidation, with a hint of feral-ness on it… :Dc


GN-X is equipped with a GN-Tau Drive, an imitation of the GN Drives utilised by the likes of the Celestial Being…

The drive is installed onto Jinx’s hollow chest via the drive’s quad sets of attached screw-nuts and a single peg underneath the chamber…


A comparison between the two drives, each docked onto their respecting display base…

Note that the base for GN-T can dock with one another to form a huge bunch, if you have more Jinx kits at your disposal… XD


Length-wise, GN-T Drive is longer than the GN Drive… The cone-shaped end of GN-T is also pointier…

Note that the grey parts of both drives are identical to each other, for each can hold a couple of Light Units to imitate the ignition of the drive itself…


Jinx’s drive is supposed to emit red GN Particles, therefore red Light Units (Similar to the ones included with the recently released MG Exia Trans-Am Mode…) are needed for this purpose.

Unfortunately, the kit doesn’t come with the Light Units themselves, instead you’ll have to pre-order a couple from Bandai by yourself… 0_0

The PO will only start on the 28th of this moon, but I’ve managed to secure mine thru HLJ’s Gunpla parts request system… :Dc


Stealing green GN Particles from the genuine drive! XD…

While it shines brightly on one end, the claustrophobic structural design of the other end of GN-T kinda blocks most of the GN Particles from coming out, making the drive glows dimmer than the likes of GN Drive… ^^;


Searchlight thru the chest! See how brightly it shines? :D

I can’t wait for the red Light Units to reach my den… :3c


As always, a look at some of Jinx’s basic articulations…

There’s a certain restriction to the movements of the shoulders as Jinx’s arms are built onto a large ball joint… Elbows and Hand units face no problems…


The chest armour pieces at either side slide according to how the shoulder moves…

Quite restrictive as the armour pieces are pretty huge… >,<


Jinx’s waist can rotate 360 degrees at its pivot, while its body can move at a certain degree forward and backward…

Sideway rotation is slight tho…


The rear skirt armour pieces are adjustable at various points…

Kinda resembles that of an aircraft’s fins and verniers…


The most attractive part of the whole MS is perhaps the Jinx’s head…

It is hunched at the neck, so whenever you tilt its head it would appear as if the Jinx is glare at you…


Sideways motion is blocked by the chest binder fins, tho… ^^;

Notice that the rear head armour piece moves accordingly with the tilting of Jinxed head…


Unlike the conventional positioning of a pilot’s seat as seen on many MS designs, Jinx’s cockpit is located at the crotch of the MS, similar to Turn A Gundam… ^^;

The huge binder fins at each side of the cockpit is adjustable… Taking the whole thing apart, one can imagine the whole cockpit being an escape craft… ^^;


Beneath the huge thigh armour is a compartment for storing Jinx’s Beam Sabres, one on each thighs…

A pretty unconventional way of stashing away one’s Sabres… XD


Huge armour pieces around the legs prevent healthy articulations all round… ^^;

The cockpit’s binder fins also contribute to the inability of wide hips-leg range of movements… ^^;


Only two accessories are available to Jinx besides its Beam Sabres…

The Beam Long Rifle and the Shield…


The barrel of the Beam Long Rifle can be detached to reveal a much shorter sub-machinegun-esque Beam Rifle…

Between the two modes I prefer the short one… ^_~


The rotary fins on the Shield can be raised into position to form Deflects Rod capable of boosting the defensive capability of a Jinx…

Similar to the ones utilised on Enacts and Union Flags… XD


Some shots of the Jinx in action… ^_^





An omake to celebrate the imminent release of Red Frame Kai in several more days… :D

Blue Frame 2nd Revise pulling a Delta Form! XD


News of upcoming MGs has been released just this noon… MG Musha Mk II coming in May and MG Wing Gundam (Neither the Wing Zero Version KA nor Wing Zero Custom Endless Waltz Version…) TBA… XD


Left 4 Dragging Around

If you’ve been reading my Tweets these couple of days, you’ll know that I’m slowly been zombified, dragging my legs around in a painful attempt to walk around, craving for brrrraaaiiinnnssss… ^^;


It all started since Tuesday morning, day 3 of the new Lunar year…

I woke up from my wonderful Biri-Biri filled Yume only to find sharp pain on my foot and ankle when I stepped down from my futon…

I had these kinds of Asa before so I pay no attention to the pain, at least until yesterday when it became unbearable… The surface began to swell as well… 0_0

Walking (more like dragging around LOL…) around is like stepping on thousands of rock hard needles, forcing me to do single-legged bunny hopping around my den at times…

As my left leg overworked to support my weight now, I’m easily exhausted every 5 minutes or so of dragging around… ^^;

Earlier this morning, I’ve finally paid a visit to a Chinese DieDa Sensei (Sort of a traditional foot reflexologist…) to fix my poor foot…

Now that it’s all wrapped up, I’ll be taking my days off lazing around catching up backlogged anime series like Kobato and Shugo Chara… XD


I wonder if I can return to my job this Tuesday if things keep on going like this… ^^;


Ookami no Nuigurumi

Still in holiday mood~! :D It’s already day four into the new Lunar year of the Taiga… Been consuming lots of mikan lately… ^^;

However, not so good thingies do happen… Been experiencing sharp pains at my right ankle and foot base this past couple of days ever since I woke up yester morning that I couldn’t even walk properly… >,< Been dragging me legs around like some zombie now… 0_0 Hopefully I get well soon by tomorrow…

Anyways, the FedEx Dude came by earlier today, dropping a box from Otacute… This is the one rare occasion I’m around at my den to welcome my acquisition… ^_^


Guess what I got? XD

W-Wait… Isn’t that…?


Chibi Horo plushie from Ookami to Koushinryou Charamofu by Aoshima!!!

Mah, kawaii desu wa~!


Ookami mimi!!!

She doesn’t groom her ears much does she… ^^;


I was sold by her energetic eyes and :D smile…

Too bad she doesn’t go fang-tan on us… :3c


Her wheat grain pouch is included as well…

No seven seeds available to plant in side of her tho… XD


What will Horo be without her signature and pride — her majestic fuwa fuwa shippo~!

I can’t help but grabbing and squeezing her tail every now and then… ^.^


Her over-shoulder cape is removable via a shiny, sparkling button…

I’m so love her dress…


To answer your curiosity… Yes, all of her clothes are all removable… ^^;

You’ll need to work harder on her upper dress tho, whereas her pants are easily removed to reveal — plain white pantsu… 0_0


So drop-gorgeously adorable.. XDc

Mah— Mah– Mah-Mah-Mah! Those huge red eyes are too mesmerising…


A peek at her back…

And shippo… ^^; *Grabs*


And a random shot… *Nosebleeds*

For some reason every time I cast my eyes on Horo I’ll purred “Nyaa~!”… ^^;


Meet her Azone counterpart! :D

Wallpaper material!!! XD


Henceforth she’ll sit beside me guarding my Yume while I’m counting Biri-Biri… :3c


Dawn of a new Lunar

Another blissful yesternoon as I continue the assembly of the
Jinxed, managed to install the genuine GN Drive onto the unconventional
Mobile Suit… ^_^

Together with my new love, I spend the nite
along with my kazoku feasting upon a free-for-all at a local buffet
house… XD



My
Valentine! <3 Incidentally the 1st day of a new Lunar year falls
upon the same day when couples around the world spending their quality
time celebrating the annual event… ^_^

Of all the many, many
combinations I’ve tried with Nenpuchi Luka and her alter ego Nenpuchi
Tako Luka, I find this one the most attractive and poseable amongst the
rest… Busu kawaii indeed… <3 The pink tentacles grow on me
lately… 0_0


Off
we go to the venue of the feast~! XD



Pearly
Luka… :3c



Couple of mean-looking
dolphins…

Waxing needed to calm them
down? 0_0

Tarts… Lotsa tarts… :P





Mmm… Mmmmmm…



Cheers,
mate!



Meat-nite
express FTW~!




Yee
Sang, pre-mixing… XD



Delicious~!



This
is (Not) Red Wine… :3c





Tasty and sweet~! <3



Itadakimasu~!



Muax~!



The
pipe belongs to my uncle… ^_^



Luka
smells like carbon
after pulling her outta there… ^^
;

RE: Uni-On!

On the last day of the Lunar year, families from far and wide will flock together to have a feast, with long-time-no-see siblings, cousins, uncles, aunties and many more return to their ancestral home for a visit and recounting their yearly exploits to one another… XD…


I too will visit the host’s (Which is my uncle, the youngest in line of my grandparents’ sons… I call him Say-Ku
in Hokkien, meaning "Little Uncle"… ^_^)
place for this year’s annual Reunion Dinner (Now you get my title now? RE: Uni-On! XD)…

The scenery as I step outta my den into the setting sun heading to my uncle’s place… :3c

Komtar (Komplex Tun Abdul Razak, the iconic building on my island… ^_^

Off I go along with my other uncle’s (A-Ku, the eldest son of my grandparents… So it’s "Big Uncle"… XD) ride to the
host’s place… ^_^


The place is only a few streets away from my residence tho, so it took only a sixth of an hour to reach my destination… :P


I’m actually Altophobic (No… I’m not really scared of Alto from Macross Frontier, if that’s what you think… ^^;) to a certain extent, as my uncle’s place is a dozen stories high… ^^; But the buildings against setting sun are too nice to be not captured onto my lens… XD


Pre om nom nom ritual… XD

The little ones scurrying around the place trying to grab some bites into the munchies… :P

Now those are some pointy buns of balls! 0_0

Tentacles attack imminent!

Post om nom nom, the little ones settle down for some delicacies…

Mmm…! Peanuts, a must have during Lunar New Year celebrations…

"We are legion, for we are one of many…"


"We work together to break the nuts so we can eat the peas inside…" ^o^

The Big Sister takes a bite from the helpful hands (Tentacles!?) of the medium one…


Plentiful nuts were harmed during the shooting of this piccie… XD

Unfortunately, the resident Bionicle (Belongs to my cousin actually, given to him by a friend of his…) robs our little ones of their desserts!

Rawwwrrr~!

The Bionicle is actually a masked crystallised Iron-Man!


The nuts is his~! :3c

As I return to my den, I notice a lot of fireworks popping all around the town… Now the spirit of Nian (In Chinese mythology, Nian is a monster that comes out every Lunar New Year to eat humans… Fireworks were made to keep the monster at bay… :P) should rest in pieces… >:3c

Less than an hour left until the dawn of a new Lunar year! Gong Xi Fa Cai, minna gata~!


Sisterly Love… XIX

Lunar (Chinese) New Year is coming in a couple of moon cycles… Incidentally, the annual celebration of lovers fall upon the same day! :D



I’ve seriously neglected Figma Alliance ever since the booming of Nendo Coalition… ^^;


An Army of Acquisitions

Triple A’s indeed, but not the shineitai Ai Ai Asa from Shuffle! XDc

Yesterday, I went to fetch a huge danbooru from the Postal Dude because he failed to deliver it the day before and marked me "Unable to deliver due to addressee’s request" eventho I’ve never receive any call regarding the situation! 0_0 Found this out by checking on the tracking information provided by Amiami, how convenient it is this tracking number… ^_^

Quite a haul I got~! ^_~


Acquisitions include 1/100 MG GN-X, Revoltech Triple Transformation VF-1S, a couple of goth loli accessories for my daughters and a complete volumes of S.A. manga… ^_^

The manga volumes were actually acquired from my local manga shop… XD

While Amiami’s discounts on various items are very appealing (And with the February 1/2 price shipping offer… :Dc), their stock and purchase processing is very, very slow… Therefore, this Gunpla only reached me now instead of half moon ago if I ordered at HS instead… >,<


Assembly will commence this weekend…

Got the Valkyrie because I’m quite a fan of its original design since I was a youngling… And also due to the reason I couldn’t afford the superior 1/60 Yamato version… I have one huge bootleg VF-1S made from bad plastic during those days but it’s all broken and lost now… ^^;

My first thought when I unboxed this thing is how small it looks! Only a couple of Nenpucchi’s length! XD

It comes with a clear stand and a Revol Box for keeping the accessories which include swap parts and hand units…


The clear stand is pretty useless due to its structural weakness… 0_0

As its name suggests, this Valkyrie can convert from its fighter mode into Gerwalk mode…

There are some balancing and posing issues in this mode tho…

…And finally into Battroid mode… The transformation process is quite easy, but feels a little too fragile due to the Revol Joints system…

Part swapping like the hand units and the canopy sheath is needed during the transformation… However, loose joints are ever present on this Revoltech figure, especially around the shoulders and hips, which utterly disappoints me… >,<

And here are the goth loli accessories… I actually POed a whole set but only this hair piece and stockings out for now…

The rest, which includes a dress and neck x arm bands, will have to wait until this end of month… ^^;

Hnnngggg~!!!




A close-up at Otome-chan’s smexy leg… XD




Service, service~! :3c



On another note, Otacute just contacted me about Horo plushie‘s availability… She’ll probably arrive at my den by next week! XD Otanoshimi~!

Retaining Thy Lens Self

Been playing with Chibi Lacus-chan these past few days, fiddling with her body and researching around the net for advanced ways to caress her… ^^;

So far she doesn’t disappoint me in many ways, and she doesn’t mind my greasy fingers at all… 0_0


Yesternite
a chibi envelope arrived at my den, immediately recognised it as
the particular eBay item I acquired about a quarter of moon ago, free shipping
and such… ^_^


It’s a self retaining lens cap JJC ALC-3 for my Chibi Lacus-chan, a third party peripheral from a Hong Kong based modder.

Installation
is pretty straightforward, just unscrew the ring attached on
Chibi-Lacus-chan’s lens and attach the peripheral in its place…


Notice that I have exchanged the default strap with the one used on Fey-chan… I prefer to keep my girls close to my hands… ^^;


With
this I won’t have to remove and replace the default lens cap ala DSLR
as this particular modification allows Chibi Lacus-chan to push her way
out at ease…



The tri-piece retracts as Chibi Lacus-chan returns to her loft… ^_^




A tele-zoom test piccie with the mod installed…

Keen-eyed enthusiast may notice slight shadowy area on each corner at the top of the piccie… The vignette is caused by the pointy ends of the tri-piece of the installed cap…

The problem is more noticeable at a 3:4 aspect ratio… Will need to remedy this problem later using foam tape or something… ^^;


Another test shot, this time at wide angle…


No problem in this mode tho, altho it seems there’s a limit at how close an object can be before the built-in macro mode lost her touch, no wonder macro lens are needed as advised by many enthusiasts…

An attempt at a bokeh shot…


This technique is pretty much impossible for the veteran Fey-chan… XD

Sisterly Love… Eighteen

Olympian Fey-chan (Olympus FE230) lived a full life offering her service to the Den, and she did so with utmost dedication and responsibility…  Now she finally earned her rest, stepping aside to allow the newer generation Chibi Lacus-chan to succeed her…



Otsukaresama Fey-chan~!


Delta Red

A glimpse at the box art of the upcoming 1/100 Master Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai, from the latest installment of Versus Astray manga series, can be seen on the buroggu of the mangaka and creator of Astray series, Tokita Kouchi sensei himself! ^_^


Coming this end of month, the Gunpla comes with an extra clear type runner in conjunction with the celebration of Gundam 30th anniversary…


Looks like Red Frame’s going Delta Astray with its Tactical Arms… :D


Mouth-watering artwork! Can’t wait… :3c

Chibi Lacus-chan Kenzan!

Henceforth I am a parent of a new baby girl! XD After a week of jinxed events, I’ve finally procured my dream loli… The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3!!! :3c

I actually went to the detention centre twice today; Once during my lunch time, but my card still doesn’t register… ^^; Finally later the day, my banking clan updated my account, thus I head back to the lockup to release my loli after work… ^_^


The whole package lay bare on my bed! A standard tripod, default leather case, XL size Puma jacket, huge paper clip (Not pictured here; Not the memory card holder x keychain as reported earlier…) and of course LX3 herself… :D

Piccie taken using LX3 on Auto… ^_^


Been thinking of her name even as I’m writing this message…

Mmm… Lumix = Rumi-chan? Nope, taken by comrade WiseFreeman for his daughter… XDc

Piccie taken using the veteran Olympus FE230 on Auto… ^_^


LX3 = LaX3 = LaX = Lakus = Lacus?

Yes… I’m naming her after you, my musume… :D Thus Chibi Lacus-chan she is! ^_^

Piccie taken using the veteran Olympus FE230 on Auto… ^_^


As warned by comrade WiseFreeman, the default case isn’t really suitable for Chibi Lacus-chan…

True enough, it takes effort to contain her into this tight coffin, especially along with her straps and lens cap… 0_o

I’ve also procured a self retaining lens cap from eBay a few days ago… Once it arrives, attaching the cap will probably makes it more difficult to use the leather case…

I’m aware of the official button based leather case, but the price is too steep (1/3 the adoption fee of my Chibi Lacus-chan! 0_0) so this will do for now… >,<

Piccie taken using the veteran Olympus FE230 on Auto… ^_^


The tripod I got alongside Chibi Lacus-chan is much chibier that my previous work horse… 0_0

Look at the size of that thing!

Piccie taken using LX3 on Auto… ^_^


With Chibi Lacus-chan on loose I can finally show you the elite that have been accompanying me these couple of Earth cycles…

Behold the veteran Olympus FE230!

Piccie taken using LX3 on Auto… ^_^Otsukare sama, FE230!


I can finally return to Sisterly Love series by tomorrow, after I spend some quality time molest—I mean—playing with her… XD


Datte Hontou ha Crazy…

Was going to pay the ransom in order to procure my detained LX3, but the card still won’t register… >,< Had to give up for now and try tomorrow or later… ^^; Hopefully I can do so before Chinese New Year next week…

On the other hand, a couple of nights have passed since Luka made her grand entrance; Another visitor graced the entrance to my den!


For some reason the visitor managed to hitch a ride on a luxury carrier… 0_0


It’s… It’s… Figma Hirasawa Yui from super popular Moe blob anime K-On! XD


Accompanying her are a couple of brochures on more Revoltech action figures… None of them caught my attention tho… >_>


Figma aside, a sheet of water transfer decal is included for customisation! Gunpla modellers will have no trouble with this… ^_^

The inner cardboard of the Figma box also contains a paper cover meant for use with a di:stage…



While fiddling with Yui, I heart skipped a beat as I can’t find her strap for Guitah anywhere in the package!!! 0_0

I was practically in panic as I searched high and low around my immediate area for the lost property…

…Until I flipped over the decal sheet only to find the straps safely packed along with a couple of instruction sheets inside the water slide decal’s plastic wrap… ^^;

A sigh of relief… Wheew…

Yui in action! Most
of her body is covered in very soft PVC so posing is very natural
without obstructions of hard pieces similar to MSLN series Figmas…


However, I find her thigh a little too wide to my liking… X3c

Her guitar carrying bag is made from two separate pieces, one soft while the other hard PVC.

Guitah can be stashed safely inside the bag… ^_^

School girl Aigis is MOOOOOEEEEEEE~! <3


Doki doki over the upcoming Mio… :D

To Aru Tako no Megurine Luka

Otacute has become my last resort acquisition of popular FigNendo that I failed to PO at Amiami or HS, and so far I have no problem with securing my PO as they usually have a second batch of PO if the 1st went out too fast… :D

Today, my second serving of Otacute came after the disaster a couple of moons ago, arrived at my den from FedEx.. FYI, Otacute now offers a quad of different shipping methods: From most expensive to cheapest, EMS (Express Mail Service), FedEx, Registered SAL (Surface Air Lift), SAL…


No beer box this time around but… Aji no Moto from Okinawa!? XD   

 

Otacute continues to surprise me… ^^;

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Into the Cradle of Darkness

Looks like my Otaku Jinx is still in effect even after a couple of days… ^^;


It’s Monday so I called the customer service of the Bank that issued my credit card to settle the problem I faced the day before, so I can collect my LX3 using the settled card later the day. However, I was greeted by the same looping automated answering bot for over two dozen times, wasting a chunk of cash flow in my prepaid cell phone!!! >,<

Frustrated, I visited a nearest branch of the Bank in my area only to find out that the customer service at the main branch in the Capital is having a day off due to holiday in celebration of the anniversary of the Capital’s formation or something… ^^; Looks like I’ll have to try again tomorrow…


Later the day a couple of hours shy from end of my day’s work, I overheard an accident near my den from one of my returning colleague (He’s a runner, so he gets to visit around town delivering products and fetching stuffs…); It appears that a power generator was engulfed in fire… 0_0 After work, I’m stuck in a traffic jam as an aftermath of the burning power generator mentioned earlier… Looks like the fire disabled electricity in quite a large area around here including the traffic lights as I saw traffic police directing the flow of vehicles…

As expected, my den was under the influence of the Dark Side when I reached home… Luckily I still have my camp light (Which I often used as figure base LOL!) so I set up a small area in my room, playing my PSP… XD Luckily, not long after the power’s back online and thus this post of buroggu… ^^;


What a day! :3c