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Sakura viewing nendoroid Miku
This is not news exactly, and it's slightly out of season too since it's now no longer the sakura (cherry blossom) viewing period, but Mikatan of Good Smile Company has a nendoroid Sakura Miku viewing real sakura as a teaser of some sort last month,...
Gundam OYW Gallery 3
After looking through some of the pictures in my old laptop, I noticed that it's been more than 2 years since I've shared out the One Year War-related art from Unverisal Century of Gundam universe.
We had Zeon MS in triumph in the last one, so it's...
Into the Depths of Hell
Artwork from battle.net
Diablo III is coming out on 15th May. Just like StarCraft II, its previous game was released nearly 12 years ago.
While I watched others play the previous games in the past, I hardly ever got my hands on this series. With a...
Space Colony Arts from the 1970s
While this is no new stuff, Japanese news site GIGAZINE dug out concept arts of space colonies that were from NASA Ames back in the 1970s. It is interesting to see how they reflect on those that were first seen in Mobile Suit Gundam, and later also t...
HGUC Zaku I Sniper Type
Despite having a lot of Federation grunt units, such as the Balls, Jestas, or recently the GM IIIs, I find myself not having a lot of grunt units for the Zeon side.
I got myself a HGUC Zaku I Sniper Type Yonem Kirks unit in end of March, and realisi...
Pose for the camera, please?
Things had been rather hectic recently, be it work in the weekdays or that friends dragged me to play Diablo 3 open beta with them over the weekend, hence the lack of update for more than a week.
I find out that I haven't taken pictures of my Black★...
GM III, x3 by Three
These grunts are long due, but they are finally ready to roll out!
I bought the GM IIIs way back in July last year, but put them in hiatus half way for a long time until recently due to broken parts and having to wait for Bandai to send replacement...
Gundam UC Episodes 1-3 Linearts
When I was leaving from the Rainbow Gala 9 doujin event last Saturday, I noticed that there were some Gundam UC (Unicorn) stuff on display in an open area of KITEC. The biggest feature of the displays were linearts used for the first 3 episodes of th...
Rainbow Gala 9
I reecntly overheard from twitter and forums that there is a local Hong Kong doujin event called Rainbow Gala, which first appeared in late 2007 according to its website. As the title of the post suggests, this is the 9th event and it took place toda...
DD WRS?
DD WRS. This one is not mine though.
Came across this custom made DD (Dollfie Dream) WRS recently. Admittedly I have been looking for a seamstress to make such request to complement my BRS, but someone has beaten me to it. Surprisingly, the seamstr...
March Ramblings
Purchases have been fairly light this month - just RG 1/144 Freedom Gundam and HGUC 1/144 Zaku I Sniper Kirks Custom. The Freedom Gundam shall be my first Real Grade Gunpla kit as well :o
March started off with a rather loud bang, first off with L'a...
Ace Combat x Macross Collaboration
Project Aces of Namco Bandai Games and Macross is doing a rather interesting collaboration. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Macross franchise, two F-14D skins based on Macross VF-1 Valkyrie will be available as DLC for Ace Combat: Assault Horizo...
2012 C3 in Hong Kong Coverage Part 2
2nd half of the 2012 C3 in Hong Kong coverage shall focus mainly on Bandai stuff. As chubbybots have commented, I am a little more keen on the Gundam models stuff, hence I took more pictures there than other areas or aspects ^^;
Note: Captions to co...
2012 C3 in Hong Kong Coverage Part 1
Went to C3 in Hong Kong 2012 on the 2nd day, which was on a Saturday. This will be the first half of the coverage. Second half will come later this week.
*Note: Captions coming later today....
L'arc~en~Ciel in Hong Kong 2012
While I don't listen much sung songs in general (as I am more into original soundtracks, especially those of video games) these days, I actually listen a fair amount of songs from J-Rock band L'arc~en~Ciel (with it being the first artist I listen to)...
Dorayaki
A friend of mine gave me a dorayaki (どら焼き) as a souvenir for his trip to Tokyo and Sapporo last month. How many people had one before?
A dorayaki, by Wikipedia's definition is "а red bean pancake which consists of two small pancake-like patties...
I can't get enough of Balls!
More RB-79! More Balls! These spherical "cannon fodders" with a cannon or two on their heads somehow really tickle my grunt unit interest~
Here comes 6 boxes of Gunpla from Premium Bandai online web shop. Together with my 10 Balls that I got earlier...
HGUC 1/144 Dra-C
First bought in late November, and later mentioned again last month, I have left the Dra-C lying half-built for quite some time due to procrastination and other actitivites. Time to review one of the more unusual looking Zeon MS in the Universal Cent...
C3 in Hong Kong 2012 preview
C3 in Hong Kong is coming back for the third time. The event will last from 9th to 12th March in Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Run mainly by Japanese hobby firms, this event is essentially the Hong Kong version of the C3 x Hobby event, n...
The Rise and Fall of the Snow Miku Sculpture
During the Sapporo Snow Festival (6th - 12th February) a Snow Miku snow sculpture was built based on this year's Nendoroid Snow Miku Fluffy Coat ver. figure. Naturally Hatsune Miku fans would be delighted to see it, especially in person. But tradegy...
figma Insane Black Rock Shooter preview
A new figma for Black Rock Shooter franchise has been announced. This time it's the Insane Black Rock Shooter (aka IBRS).
The character design of IBRS comes from huke's original artwork as seen on pixiv. The previous image mimics the pose of...
Nendoroid Snow Miku: Snow Playtime Edition
Back in 2010 I got myself a nendoroid Snow Miku, which is really lovely IMHO. Last year in 2011 there is a new version called Snow Playtime Edition. Liking the overall colour scheme and the extra stuff included, I couldn't resist and got this one as...
D-Arts 2nd Version Announced
The long-waited deuteragonist of Rockman X / Mega Man X game series Zero is finally announced in Bandai's D-Arts line, and unlike the "1st version" released last year the 2nd version is the one that many fans are familiar with; one with the Z-Saber!...
Olympus PEN EL-2 keychain
Approximately half a year ago Olympus has been promoting its PEN series cameras in the form of supplementary key chains that comes with several Hong Kong magazines, i.e. bonus goodies.
I got myself a EL-2 one after hearing several local doll enthusi...
Happy Chinese New Year
Image of Huang Lingyin from Infinite Stratos (IS) by Aoi Masami (蒼まさみ), via e-shuushuu
It's a bit late, but Happy Chinese New Year to those who celebrate it!
2012 is the Year of the Dragon, which is the only animal in Chinese Zodiac that is a l...
FREEing ex:ride American Bike
As seen previously in figma Racing Miku review, here is FREEing's ex:ride American bike.I wanted to get a black one for my figma Black Rock Shooter originally, but could only find a gold one as other colours were sold out when I wanted to look for o...
AKB48 x Nobel Gundam
A group of modelers from RRM (Real Robot Modelers) used 12 HGFC Nobel Gundam to make members of AKB48 girl group based on the "言い訳Maybe" album cover.12 "girls" all lined up in a row. Each of them have their own characteristic traits by their hairs...
Cosmic Fleet Collection Gundam Act 6
The Cosmic Fleet Collection Gundam Act 6 is the sixth series for Gundam warship shokugan toys. As the name suggests this is the 6th set of the line, where it focuses on ships from Gundam UC OVA, Gundam F91 movie, and Crossbone Gundam side story manga...
Coming Soon…
"Ships ahoy!"Been taking a break from the Internet recently since New Year's Day, and with the start of a new year I got myself a few stuff that I plan to review this month. Some of them are pretty new, while some have been around for quite some time...
End of 2011
Time to bid farewell to year 2011. Somehow it didn't feel that long ago when I did the same to 2010.2011 has been a relatively calm year for me despite a lot of events happening over the world, from disasters to revolutions. I didn't travel anywhere...
figma Racing Miku 2011
At last, after six months of waiting sicne its annoucement, the figma Racing Miku 2011 is ready for pickup!To sum things up, every year (since 2009) there is Miku as a mascot and a race queen for the GSR (GoodSmile Racing) & Studie with TeamUKYO team...
Gashapon Senshi NEXT Shamblo
Gashapons are not something I own a lot, except with a few exceptions.This time, it's the AMA-X7 Shamblo, a gigantic mobile armour that features in Gundam UC, and most recently episode 4 of the OVA adaptation. It's highly unlikely to see this guy to...
Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011
Coverage photos for Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011 are now up! Known as Gundam Expo Hong Kong in the past few years, this year's Gundam Expo is renamed as Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011. I went with AstrayP03 to check the event out on S...
Kanji of Year 2011 - Kizuna
This year's kanji of the year is 絆 (kizuna), which means "bond", as in link / connection between people.Image from Business RecorderKanji of the year is chosen annually by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society.Image from BBC NewsThis year's choice...
Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011 Finalists & Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011...
The upcoming Gunpla Expo World Tour Hong Kong 2011 will take place in Discovery Park in Tsuen Wan from 15th to 27th December.Date: 15th - 27th December 2011Time: 11am - 8pmVenue: Discovery Park - Shopping CentreFree admissionThe regional champions of...
Hatsune Miku Wedding Dress Figure sold for 389,000 Yen
A modified and repainted Hatsune Miku figure in wedding dress has been sold for astounding 389,000 Yen (~5000 USD or 3741 EUR) on Yahoo Auction Japan.The figure had 96 bids from 1 Yen to the final bidding price over the course of 6 days (4th November...




