Unicorn frenzy
March 22, 2010 at 7:55 pm | Posted in Random rants | Leave a commentTags: geara zulu, HGUC, ReZel command type, Unicorn Blu ray, Unicorn gundam
It started with the Unicorn head display base, then the SHCM-Pro Unicorn Gundam. Now I find myself wanting to buy more Unicorn related merchandise. Blame it on the 1st episode of the Unicorn Gundam OVA, which was released late Feb 2010. I bought the standard definition version from the Sony Playstation store and was pleasantly surprised to find it with english subtitles. The whole 60minutes of the OVA was just pure awesomeness. That prompted me to make my first ever anime Blu-ray purchase; it was THAT worth it. Made my purchase from Amazon.jp and a few days later it arrived in my mailbox.
Needless to say, I was a happy person. The only downside is that the Blu-Ray didn’t come with any extras, other than some Bd-live thing which I haven’t accessed yet. It does come with a booklet, mostly interviews n stuff and its all in Japanese. Now comes the hell of waiting months for the next episode. Maybe buying some model kits from the series would make the wait less tormenting.
So I headed to my local gunpla store and bought these two HGUC kits: Geara Zulu and Rezel Command type.
I bought the Command type ReZel just because the beam cannon looks more appealing than the standard type. I was tempted to buy the HGUC Loto as well, but I limited myself to those two (for now). Of course I already have plans for these two. For the ReZel, I’ll be keeping the original colors, but maybe add some GFF-style decals. But the problem would be finding said decals. Well there’s always plan B. As for the Geara Zulu, since it is already German-esque, I’ll repaint it with German gray, like this bad boy here:
Oh, did I mention those two purchases came with freebies? For HGUC kits from the Unicorn series, they are giving out a clear folder with images of either the Unicorn (Destroy or Unicorn mode), Ksatriya and ReZel. Unfortunately I can choose only one per purchase so I chose these two:
Now I’m wondering if they’ll ever release a HGUC version of the Sinanju. If they ever did, painting will surely be a pain in the butt, I tell you what.
My first Macross, among other things…
November 26, 2008 at 12:46 am | Posted in Random rants | 5 CommentsTags: dengeki hobby, gundam rasiel, macross frontier, MG Sinanju
It’s been a slow month for me, in terms of gunpla progress. The cold weather’s not helping with things either. Add that to the fact that there’s not been any Gunpla release that I’m too keen on. That was until last week, when I came across this kit:
As far as I know, Bandai isn’t well known for producing Macross kits, and most of the Macross models are the horrendously overpriced, ready-made ones. So that’s the reason why I haven’t really ventured into Macross stuff. Now that Bandai has produced something that I can build and eventually customize, I might actually be looking forward to more releases (which I’m sure will happen, knowing Bandai’s evil marketing strategies).
I ended up buying Ozma Lee’s VF-25S for 3300yen, 1200yen cheaper than the retail price. I wasn’t too interested in the Alto version, mainly coz it looks kinda plain, plus it was somehow more expensive. The kit came with 2 sets of decals, the sticker type and water-slide decals, both with identical designs. I’m not sure why, but I’m not complaining. Since its in 1/72 scale, I can use my leftover aircraft decals on this one, too.
That was last week. Today I went to the local bookstore and picked up the January 2009 issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine which came with 1/144 scale Gundam Rasel. Not that I’m crazy over Gundam 00 mecha designs, but I figured why not? The free kit looks horrible without proper painting and modifications. Instead of making the modifications from scratch, why not get a 1/144 HG with proper articulations and just ‘cut & paste’? LOL, sounds easier said than done.
Inside there’s some info on the upcoming MG Sinanju. Apparently, for the gold engravings, the kit will be supplied with gold foil stickers AND yellow-colored water-slide decals with the same pattern. The warning decals will be supplied as dry transfer decals. Makes me wonder, wouldn’t it be easier painting the gold parts?? Pardon the poor image quality, I don’t have a scanner at home.
And here’s the last bit. It seems they’ll release a bazooka for the MG Sinanju together with volume 8 of the Unicorn novel. It’s due to be released April next year. Hopefully I can get my hands on one of those.
DISCLAIMER: what I’ve posted above might NOT be accurate information, since I still can’t read Japanese properly yet.
With that said, don’t hope for me to get started with those 2 kits either. I still haven’t finished my 1/100 Overflag (did I mention I bought an Overflag?) and some HCM Pro models. Anyway, I’ll have plenty of Gunpla and Macross-pla (????) to keep me occupied during the coming cold season. Cheers!
Latest haul
September 22, 2008 at 2:31 pm | Posted in Random rants | 2 CommentsTags: mobile kapool, mobile sumo, turn-a
So I went to Tokyo a couple of weeks back to meet some friends, and I took some time off to visit Akihabara, the so-called otaku heaven. I didn’t manage to spend too much time there actually, I had a train to catch. I just wandered around the station but it didn’t take long for me to stumble upon a model/figure shop.
Aside from the standard gunpla stuff, they had a lot of limited/rare models but were too pricey for me. There were some B-club resin conversion parts as well. I ended up buying these somewhat rare kits from the Turn-A gundam series : Mobile Kapool and Mobile Sumo, both 1/144 scale. The sumo cost around 300yen while the Kapool surprisingly cost around 800yen. I also bought some B-club resin hands for 980yen.
There’s also plenty of other stuff at the shop, from SRW, godzilla, ultraman to some hot figures. Bought some gachapons selling at a bargain price (100yen each) and that bought my total spending to around 2000+yen. I would have ventured to find other gunpla-related shops, but unfortunately time wasn’t on my side. But I’ll be looking forward for my next visit there…
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