Badass boxart for the MG Red Frame but not quite as badass as Sword Impulse’s or the Gouf 2.0’s ^^. I would like a bit more dynamic pose similar to the PG box but this is good too. That triangle setup on its back reminds me of Delta Astray…
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Robot Damashii Crossbone Gundam X-3
January 30, 2010 — Z
Given Bandai’s love for recoloring and doing the most minor of tweaks to release the same kit over and over again, this RD begs the question:
Where’s the MG Crossbone Gundam X-2 and X-3? You think Bandai would’ve released them by now given just how little retooling and adjustment they need to make to release them (mostly the heads and chest, and add a shot lancer for the X-2). Not that I really wanted the other two but I’m just saying…
Kit Kat from Japan
January 29, 2010 — Z
Sometimes I see stuff like this and I just can’t help but to think “Guess things really are more interesting in Japan… even American stuff!”. I wish Kit Kat/Hershey in America could pump out such interesting (and outright delicious) varieties. All we ever get is stuff like sugar free, dark, and peanut butter and other garden varieties -_-. Anyway, here’s what I picked up…
Carne Asada
January 28, 2010 — Z
Here’s another quick and easy dish for one of those late homework nights courtesy of Chef Z: Carne Asada… or simply grilled meat ^^;. Gotta love steak… delicious, full of protein, and too easy to cook (and screw up).
Big Package from Sony
January 28, 2010 — Z
A relatively huge box came for me today but it wasn’t a TV or anything like that. Just thought I had to share this because I was semi-amused at the amount of packaging Sony need to ship this little item.
Perfect Grade Page Up!… Sorta
January 26, 2010 — Z
So here’s what’s up… First off, I’v put up the WISP Page for the two PG models. I have decided to combine the WISP page into one separate page from the actual review since the WISP for the Skygrasper is ridiculously short and the WISP for the PG Strike is ridiculously long. Putting up the WISP now and then the actual review later so I don’t have to type up and upload everything at once… which is too time-consuming at the moment. Putting the WISP in its own page also helps to keep comments focused and easier for everyone to ask similar questions and find answers.
I think that’s all I have to say for now… Heh, it’s about time I actually post something Gundam here.
OTACOOL
January 23, 2010 — Z
Got a call from the Kinokuniya Bookstore today that my order of OTACOOL had arrived :D. Rushed over and was glad I finally got my copy haha. Costed me only $26 which is A ****LOAD better than paying an arm on the internet then a leg for shipping (I would know…). I was a bit surprised at the size of the book though since I thought it would be like photobook size (judging from pics online) but instead, it’s about the dimension of a manga.The lady asked me why I wanted this book out of curiosity so I showed her my own entry and she was like “SUGOII!!! :O” and took the book to show her other coworkers inside the office ^^;. Anyway, I’m sure most of you know what this book is about so I won’t go into the details… other than after skimping through it, I think my room is like the lightest of ‘em all in terms of otaku-ness XD. No point showing my entry in the book too since it is much better to just check out the actual photos of my room in this post.
*sigh* now I have to go back to work on the two essays that are due on Monday…
New Layout… Part 2
January 22, 2010 — Z
Since the actual new layout didn’t go so well for plenty good reasons, then might as go back to what’s been tried and true ^^;. But with a little refinement. The results from the poll was actually very close to 50/50 between the results (minus “It can stay” XD). Anyway… so what you do think of the new font for the headers/titles? There are two variations I’m debating on actually. The one you see above has more of an apparent change in which the headers, title, and links are all converted. A strange side effect is that comment replies are also effected. Links are easy to read but the converted comments aren’t. Now here’s the more subtle version…
Only header and titles are in the new font. Nothing more to it. Which one looks better to you?
Thanks again for your feedback ^^.
Gunpla Runners
January 21, 2010 — Z
Every time you finish a Gundam model, you’re always left with the empty runners the parts were attached to. I’m just thinking “man, what a waste of good plastic” ^^;. You could probably make a HG 1/144 with those scraps! What’s with every company and their mom going eco-friendly these days, I wonder if Bandai will ever start a program (in Japan) where we can send in the runners for them to reuse and we get some sort of discount off our next purchase or something. I know some pro who would use these runners to cover seam lines by cutting a stick out, holding it over candle fire, then stretch it out to make it fine and thin and place it over the seam lines. As for me, I just use them for stirring rods and paint testers. Custom weapons have also floated in my head from time to time as well.
Do you do anything with your gunpla runners or just throw them away?
New Blog Theme
January 20, 2010 — Z
As you can all see, I’ve switched to a new theme for the blog ^^;. From what I can tell, the reactions are very mixed. It’s not final yet since I just want to play around and maybe do some house cleaning here, trying to find ways to improve the experience here if possible. Unfortunately there’s only oh so much I can do without any css/web-building knowledge (which I’m learning at the moment) >_<. Here are a few tweaks so far:
- The ever so-unpopular “Super Robot Wars” page and popular-for-whatever-reason “Future Projects” page has been moved into the “Random” page
- “Display Stands” page moved into “My tools” page… figured it makes sense.
- Removed the “about” page for now… until I find the time to actually update it >_>
- Added a rating thingy for the review pages so you can now rate how useful you find the review or whether you like what you read and whatnot… though I know some might mistaken it for rating the actual model which is fine too. Just testing it out.
Personally, I’m about 50% sure about keeping it since I like the presentation and style. The other 50% of myself is telling me to change it back since I do find it a bit narrow (fixed width) for the photo dumps that I like to do around here. If I do keep it, then I’ll have to modify the way I lay out my reivews (photos) just a bit (mainly using different image size… nothing more drastic). I’ll probably have to make a dummy review and see some reactions before I decide. Now… what do you all think?
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