タマちゃんの究極進化、可も?
Ever since the night before the Dragon Day, Tama-chan has barely been genki following the passing Moons, lying in a state of utmost inactivity lethargy.
Don’t be alarmed tho Tama-chan’s not in harm’s way, actually her Master was in the midst of readying her for several minor operations to further enhance her aesthetics. ^_~
For this grand project, many acquisitions were made from the passing Moons, most notably from Taobao (A Chinese equivalent of evilBay/Yahoo! Japan Auctions) by using a proxy service called My Parcel Store…
Amongst the materials acquired are: Volks Shapely L Bust, Wersaze Wrist Joint, Wersaze Yawashiri, Cool Cat Fortified Aluminium Alloy Neck Joint, Miruya Wig and Moe-Castle’s Miko Outfit (Not shown here).
Mecha Love… Promise
♪ Looking up the endless sky, searching for reasons of life, we find the promised land, surely… ♫
Culture Japan Night: Aftermath of AFA11
Held on the day after the end of AFA11, Danny Choo invites all comrades together to enjoy, network or mingle with one another…
Also known to most as CGM (Consumer Generated Media) Night or even AFA Day 04, Culture Japan Night is a gathering or sorts organised by Danny Choo for all comrades to interact with one another, exchanging contacts and ideas or even forming absolute alliances… XDc
The gathering starts on 3 in the evening and lasts until 2100 hours, at the AKB48 Café…
Of Dollfies and Dreams: Musume-tachi of AFA11
Last Anime Festival Asia 2010, Kareshi Kanojyo no Mise (A popular local hobby store specialises in anime merchandise and gifts) loaned a part of their display booth to visiting Musume-tachi, drawing the attention of curious crowd…
Since Tama-chan arrival, Tama-chan has been eager to join the rest of them musume-tachi on display this time around in AFA11, but the plan was backfired when rumours of KKnM no longer sponsoring a DD booth this year surfaced earlier this Earth Cycle…
Just as Tama-chan was about to give up, Goshujin-sama’s comrade (an Imperial InnovaDDo) shone a blinding light of hope upon the withered shippo of Tama-chan: The DD Display Booth is a go!
Seven Sword System + G
Continuing from the intro of the base body last time, 007S/G will now show off its awesome array of weaponry…
The main attraction of this kit, the Seven Sword System was first dubbed in the 1st season of the Gundam 00 TV anime series, when Ian explained Exia’s full armament of GN Sword, GN Sword Long, GN Sword Short and a quad of Beam Sabres as the Triple S (Seven Sword System)…
A Couple ’0′ Drive Ignition
About this time frame last Moon, an impulsive acquisition landed me with a set of Gunpla, something that I’ve ever touched ever since the adoption of me raburi Tama-chwan…
Spent the next half-a-Moon after on and off assembling and used up a total of 3 cans of Top Coats just for this thingie… orz
That really brings back my memories of them old Gunpla dayz… :3c
Code: 007
A couple of days ago, I was struck by a sudden moya moya feeling that made me anxious for the whole fine Sunday…
This anxiety kinda made me uneasy for the whole day, even as I tried to relax by lazing around watching and rewatching new and old anime series…
In the end, instinct threw me into my vehicle and I drove to the nearest mall for a walk, impulsively got myself a certain acquisition I’ve tried very hard not to get so soon ever since the adoption of Tama-chan… >,<
And with a shop name like, guess what I’ve got? >w<
Fully Busted with Seven Armaments
It feels so long, long time ago since my last Gunpla-ing… ^^;
Perhaps it’s due to the lack of interesting MGs announced lately (Not interested in Gundam W series MGs at all…), coupled with extreme fund allocation on my new Servant…
However, this one particular Gunpla caught my attention…
Raising the Twin Rings of Lighting!
Ever since the commencement of Unlimited Installment Works, I’ve been on a slight hiatus on Gunpla-ing… >,<
[Tsun tsun mode] It’s… It’s not that I’ve lost interest at Gunpla at all…!
Gundam Fight! Ready– Go~!
Some moons have gone since my last assembly of a Gunpla kit, a sudden itch for Plamo-ing several days ago propelled me in procuring a set after dropping and bidding farewell to my Singaporean uncle (Coming back for Chinese New Year Reunion, the very same uncle who offered me a stay during AFAX… :3c) at the bus station…
As per my history, I rarely acquire 1/144 scaled High Grade Gunpla kits due to their lack of skill level, details, articulations and size (A bulk of my Gunpla consists of 1/100 scaled Master Grades)…
Mecha Love… PlayGun
More Mecha Love…, the alternate to the ever running 4koma of Sisterly Love… series, finally gets another entry! ^_^
Of Light and Darkness
Fresh from the 50th All japan Plamodel Hobby Show is a range of announcement of exciting future release Gunpla and various Plamo!
Stealing my attention is the announcement of future installments of Digimon Reboots Plamo…
Eventho the 1st one, Omegamon hasn’t been released (But close enough!) yet, Dukemon makes its début in prototype form, as well as artworks of Angemon and Devimon!
Casualty of a Hidden War
Ngee Khiong, the first and foremost buroggu dedicating towards reports of upcoming Gunpla news and other products has been announced to be closing its doors… 0_0
Just like Gunota Headlines some years ago, Ngee Khiong will no longer update his buroggu with the latest news on cool PlaMo stuffs and more… This is a sad day for us as I’m sure many has been using his buroggu to stay up-to-date with all the happenings around the PlaMo scene for years now, myself included… >,<
Shin Unicorn Gundam
Boosting the Fighting Core
It’s really been a while since my last assembly of any Gunpla kits. I got this MG Core Booster Version KA about a month ago alongside my other loots, but only spent a small portion of my free times weekly to work on it sparingly…
Finally finished it last week, but once again postponing its documentation up until now, as today is a national holiday on my island thus I got the time off work… XDc
Core Booster is an add-on pack of various weaponry for Victory Gundam released some time ago…
There’s also a bundled package combining both victory and Core Booster together in one called Victory Dash Version KA, but I don’t need another Victory do I? XDc
Sleek and full of armament, Core Booster is perhaps the most down-to-earth aircraft design ever in any Gundam series, sporting a standard triangular shaped jet fighter-esque of modern real life design…
Mecha Love… Gunpurarara!!
Warning: The following may drag on too long…
Inspired and following the footsteps of comrade lightningsabre, I’ve finally completed this 4koma (1koma to be exact… ^^;) after a week’s hard work of editing and cutting the photos into shape… ^_~
Originally I intend to put this panel as a custom video accompanying the ED of Durarara!! but unfortunately I don’t have such time and software… ^^;
Thank you comrade lightningsabre for letting me steal a couple of panels from your recent post as my guide… XD
Frame Dyed in Rouge
Red Frame, my most favourite MS design in the Gundam Universe, is the only one of its Gunpla version I don’t mind buying four times over… ^_~ In my armoury, I already possessed a couple of 1/100 Red Frames (Of one already being customised into Pink Frame…), a 1/60 PG Red Frame with Special Clear Set, and finally the recent addition 1/100 MG Red Frame Kai…
A sense of déjà vu pierced thru my very thought during the process of assembling this kit as the majority (Almost all to be exact… ^^;) of its runners are duplicates from Blue Frame 2nd Revise’s released last year…
On the other hand, panel lining the frames are quite tedious as well, which took me well over a week of ons and offs just to get the main body completed… 0_0 As such, I had to postpone once again my Sisterly Love 4koma for the week… ^^;
The extra clear runner that is included together with the kit in conjunction with the Clear Campaign promotion…
Unlike the clear parts of MG Victory that replaces all the blue parts of the Gunpla, the ones given for Red Frame Kai are only a partial of all the white outer armour parts, covering only around its abdomen and pelvic area…
Seeing Double
My special skill, Otaku Jinx, resurfaced yet again as I tried to obtain LX3 yesternite. After braving through an hour of traffic jam, I arrived at the shop where I’m suppose to collect my prize only to find out they have outta stock! >,< Looks like I’ll have to search for other options now, maybe trying my luck at a camera fair in the mall nearby tomorrow… ‘_’ I’ll be holding off Sisterly Love series until I got my LX3… ^^;
Anyways, my SAG (Suddenly Acquired Gunpla) from AFA09′s Bandai World Gunpla Competition, 1/100 MG RX-78-2 Gundam Version 2.0 Mechanical Smoked Clear Version (Which I christened Smoky, LOL…), was completed earlier this week…
It’s time to reveal it to the world… XDc
That’s all for the review… :D As a closure, an epic randomness as omake is presented to you… XD
Master Kai x SP Grade
Larger piccies of a couple of highly anticipated Master Grades is available for your viewing pleasure… ^_^
1/100 Master Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai…
V for Victory!
What a busy week! After all the hiatus and an SAN, I’ve finally return to the construction of Victory…
Alas, assembly is pretty straight forward and little panel lining work is needed, but the application of the decals and stickers really took a bulk of my time… As a result, I’ve spent the whole New Year’s Day in my den fiddling with the MS… ^^;
Before further reading tho, please have a look at a couple of short reviews (In that order…) prior to the finale for more insights and piccies on this Gunpla kit… ^_^
Fighting the Core
Bottomless Top
Bottom Fighter in deployment mode sans Core Fighter…
It doesn’t look like much, but just like its counterpart, the Bottom Rim is designed to be compact for easy storage in the MS Hangar… ^_^
And now to dock with the Core Fighter… ^_^
Some transformation is needed to allow the Core Fighter to actually connect with the Bottom Rim…
An extra connector piece is required to bridge between the two… This particular connector piece also double up as a link to the optional Action Base…
With the Core Fighter aboard, Bottom Fighter now looks more powerful and a lot more intimidating when compare to its original deployment state…
Looks especially delicious when view from a low angle… XD
Onwards to the transformation of the Bottom Fighter! Detaching the Core Fighter and the connector from the Bottom Rim, extend the inner frame at the knee to form the MS’s legs…
Flip the whole Bottom Rim over and rotate the legs at a 90 degrees angle downwards, flatten the feet along the way… :D
Now focus upon the top part of the Bottom Rim… Pull down both legs at the hip joints to form the pelvic frame.
Unhook the side skirts from their locks and rotate them downwards…
Flip the pelvic armour downwards to lock pelvic area in place.
Turn the rear hook upwards, this piece will serve as the connection between the Top and Bottom Rim…
Finally, attach the Top Rim to the Bottom Rim via the hook from the last step…
On side note: I’m a little disappointed at the version KA stickers as they’ve started to peel themselves off a few days after application, especially those applied around corners and edges… -_-
For a transformable Gunpla, V is severely limited in its articulations around the legs…
For one, the thigh cannot raise beyond the front skirt. Also worth mentioning is the knee frame is single jointed instead of the standard double joints of the latest MGs…
Another note: The ankle joint is extendable allowing better freedom of movement at that part…
Normal leg splitting is OK for V, but side split is a little… ^^;
There are no articulations from upper chest to the pelvic area! Sacrifice is needed in perfecting the transformation gimmick it seems…
BTW, one of the hooks at the inner part of the shoulder that locks the Core Fighter onto Top Rim broke… I told you so… ^^;
A standard Action Base connector is included, which will be attached between V’s crotch…
The grip isn’t very strong tho, and will drop at any slightest movements… >,<
Mentioned last time, I’ve glued the Energy Expansion Pack onto the Beam Pistol permanently to form a Beam Machine Gun… ^_^
Speaking of glues, I’d to glue a couple of loose pieces as well, namely the armour pieces behind the lower legs… ^^;
Running with Beam Rifle…
V does look significantly smaller and slender…
This is a summary of my verdict on the MG kit…
Pros
• Extra crystal clear parts
• An extra Core Fighter
• That’s all about… it? 0_0
Cons
• Too plain unless spammed with decals and/or stickers
• Too many loose parts like Beam Shield Packs, Action Base connector and optional fingers of hand units to name a few
• Self-peeling stickers… Should have upgrade to the ones included in MG BF2R / Macross Frontier Messiah Valkyrie series
• Crisp and fragile parts
• Part swapping system on hand units
• Lack of articulations all round – Chest, waist, legs…
From the looks of it, MG V Dash and perhaps MG V2 may come along?
An omake in a review!?
Well yeah… This is something I cooked up while documenting the last review… 0_0 It’s a side story of Sisterly… Love series called Mecha Love… Enjoy the randomness…! XD
Astray Pink Frame ver. Gunpla
As my first and perhaps the only time, this particular Gunpla modding project was started about three weeks ago, using Gundam Colour Markers as my main source of painting… Unfortunately, my amateurish painting ability doesn’t do the Mobile Suit justice, thus I resort to order a trio of spray can which I think necessary in my quest to realise my dream of a custom painted Astray… :3
Unfortunately, due to some sort of regulations, the spray cans I ordered from HLJ cannot be shipped to my island, leaving me can-less for about two weeks… >,< HLJ sure took their sweet time to tell me of the bad news… ^^;
As last resort, I turned to a local art supply store to acquire domestic aerosol sprays cans, which luckily works on the PVC and ABS materials of Gunpla… I was quite worried of the possibility of the liquid from the spray cans might melt my Gunpla… ^^;
I got a trio of them: Pink, Sparkling Red and Tranparent…
Running at three times my normal speed, I managed to finish spray-coating my customised Mobile Suit in a trio of days since Friday night… :D
Behold the glory of Astray Pink Frame, the guardian and mascot of the Republic of Neo Pro Lacus! :D
A thorough look at the Pink Frame from various angles…
Custom paint job aside, I did a few minor changes upon the base kit which is a 1/100 Astray Red Frame… The first being the signature hairpin of Lacus Clyne… XD
I got the pin from one of my Lacus trading figure, mutilating the hair it attached onto and stick it onto the Mobile Suit’s head using UHU Super Glue. Works perfectly! :3
Kawaii~! XD
I love Red Frame’s exposed back enough that I decided to remove its back pack entirely, a few adjustments here and there and finally fixing the Beam Sabre holders onto the back of the waist…
Some parts had to be cut to give room for the holder units… 0_0
Astray’s original hand units has been replaced with Master Grade Strike Rouge’s, allowing better articulations at the finger joints…
Due to the inclusion of the holder units behind the waist, Pink Frame’s abdomen had to be place at a slight angle from now on, eliminating the articulated point at that place permanently… >,<
Some area has been cleared at the hips joints, allowing wider range of movements… Splitting legs is now possible… ^_^
FYI, all those clear stickers on Pink Frame are procured by salvaging leftovers from various plamo kits, including PG Red Frame and VF-25F Messiah Valkyrie…
Various action poses are posted below… High kick ala the upcoming MG Blue Frame 2nd Revise! =D
Déjà vu!
Actions posing using the Combat Pump Action Shotgun and Magnum Pistol borrowed from my Patlabor plamo… :3
Persona~! =3
Being my virgin plamo modding, I’ll enter this kit in the AFA09 Bandai World Gunpla Competition under the Coolest Freestyle Gunpla category just for fun… X3
Wallet Squeezer
A quad of new piccies for the upcoming 1/60 PG 00-Raiser…
I’m still not convinced tho… >,< Price at a hefty 25,000 yen, it’s too expensive for my taste, lacking the mechanical details unlike the Astray Red Frame I got earlier this year… But it looks like the GN Drives’ lights can reach the vents of the wings of 0-Raiser to create a glowing engine gimmick… ^_^
