This should’ve been the new Gundam series…

Enjoy!

Props for the Meguri Ai insert!

OMG A CONCLUSION TO THE CONTEST! NO WAY! *ahem* Yea… Working full time hours while being a full time college student doesn’t exactly leave me with too much free time and if it does, the time is best used to sleep @.@. Anyway, hope all of you had a wonderful holiday break and things went according to your keikaku. Now let’s finish what I should’ve finished LONGGGG ago…

The unknown gunpla and category I prize is…

RG 1/144 Aile Strike Gundam. I bought this Gunpla solely for this giveaway. I didn’t give any hints because I thought the shape/size of the box and the distinct black bottom was quite well known already for the RG series (many people made quite a point about it when the RG RX-78-2 first came out). Not to mention if you knew that it was a RG, you have 25% of getting it right anyway ^^;. Only three people guessed it right though: Vic L, Mark D, and Roy H. And this was their Rock, Paper, Scissor match:

Vic 1. Rock 2. Scissor 3. Paper 4. Scissor 5. Rock

Mark 1. Scissors 2. Paper 3. Rock 4. Rock 5. Scissors

Roy 1. Rock 2. Paper 3. Paper 4. Rock 5. Rock

Andddd… it looks like we have a draw between Roy and Vic. Those two will have to duke it out in yet another RPS match but this time it will be elimination style. First Win takes the prize. I’ll email them about the decisive battle to settle the score. However, we have a solid Category II winner…

Congrats to REEOYUY for winning the SD 00 Raiser! He didn’t get the tie breaker question right… but he also didn’t have to since no one else chose this prize. Auto Win!

And I thank everyone else for participating and waiting for the outcomes this whole time!

ATTENTION FINALISTS! Mark D., Thien N., Roy A., reeoyuy, beamknight87, Edmund C., Vic. L, and Lupes! Here is how the tie breaker will go down…

- Regardless of whether you got 3/4 correct or all correct, you can CHOOSE to COMPETE FOR ONE PRIZE: I OR II

- PRIZE I: The prize is the gunpla you see above.

- PRIZE II: SD Unicorn or SD 00 Raiser

- If everyone choose to compete for Prize 1 then I get to keep prize 2. If everyone but one person chooses to compete for prize 1, then that one person automatically wins prize 2 or vice versa. Choose wisely.

GOAL: Just simply tell me what you think the above gunpla is. You have one guess. No hints!

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS!

I am under no illusion that only one person will guess the gunpla correctly so here’s a tie breaker of tie breaker.This will only count PROVIDED THAT YOU GUESSED THE GUNPLA CORRECTLY IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Along with your answer, send in FIVE (5) guesses of either rock, paper, or scissor like this:

EXAMPLE:

Prize I- MG Sazabi

1. rock

2. paper

3. scissor

4. rock

5. paper

^Just like that and hope that you can beat everyone else who also got the right answer! Whoever wins the most round… well, wins.

TIME LIMIT: You have until next monday or whenever I have the time to post who won. Whichever takes longer.

GOOD LUCK!

P.S Please refrain from leaving hints in the comment section about the grade and such of the gunpla if you think you know… just in case you might mislead the contestants. Thank you!

After much delay, it’s time for the moment of truth: the revelation of the boxes…

I also had this photo up for over a week…

TADA! Now let us take a look at the hints and my explanation… These hints below were the actual useful ones while the rest were bogus.

HINTS

- FINAL ATTACK RIDE: ALL RI-RI-RI-RIDER!

- The boxes were ALL RIDER-related. In case it wasn’t obvious enough that the photo also came from my “Non-Gunpla Loot” post.

- Kamen Rider Kuuga was the first Heisei rider.

- Kuuga hint. Obviously.

- Gunpla? No. Not this time.

- Same as the “ALL RIDER” hint. Some people STILL gave gunpla guesses.

- Acceleration is the change of velocity over time. Basic physics is basic.

- I meant this for Faiz Axel but I have a feeling some would mistaken this for Accel so I tried to add more Faiz hints (notice the complete lack of KR Accel hints).

- Swords >>> guns. Always.

- Referring to Kuuga Rising Titan Form.

- Kamen Rider Fourze’s sequel will be Faiz… count on it!

- Trying to tell you that I have a Faiz.

- Ultimate Kuuga is still the Turn A of Kamen Rider

- More Kuuga hints. The figure can’t be Ultimate Kuuga because I already have it and the only limited Kuuga released this year I want was Rising Titan.

- Limited edition figures make me sad…

- In case you couldn’t tell/didn’t know that the cardboard boxes in the photos are Tamashii Web items, I flat out told you right here.

- OO Gundam… O Gundam… Kamen Rider OOO… what’s with the O fascination?

- OOO reference

- I’m curious how W would look if it uses the Skull memory…. CycloneSkull or SkullTrigger…or FangSkull…

- Skull hint.

- None of OOO’s designs are appealing except Tajador.

- Tajador wing hint. It wouldn’t make sense for a SHF Tajador itself because it is NOT a limited edition figure. Well, over 95% of you guessed the wings correctly.

- All the answers you need are on the web. Yokatta desu ne! ^^v

- This is a hint to where I got the stuff and where you could’ve easily checked to get all the answers. YOKATTA WEB

- Everything here was released this year

- Self-explanatory.

The most common misses were people guessing Tajador and Accel Booster. Some completely wrong ones were of Gundam models… Not sure why since I thought I made it clear that there are NO GUNDAMS >_>. This guessing game gave a bit of an advantage to those who either shares the same interest as I do (in this case, KR) or just knows me well through the years; some people guessed solely based on what they know I like and not the hints, for example. Fair enough I think. This was certainly easier than the last giveaway game, right?

Oh… here is where I trolled…

- Let me know if you are really struggling and I will type out the answers for you.

The last hint on the list. I did mean this but no one asked ^^;. But even if you didn’t…

HINTS

- FINAL ATTACK RIDE: ALL RI-RI-RI-RIDER!

- Kamen Rider Kuuga was the first Heisei rider.

- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is coming out on November 15!

- Unlimited boost for the Hildolfr? I thought it was a tank…

- Gunpla? No. Not this time.

- Acceleration is the change of velocity over time. Basic physics is basic.

- Swords >>> guns. Always.

- Kamen Rider Fourze’s sequel will be Faiz… count on it!

- Ultimate Kuuga is still the Turn A of Kamen Rider

- Laplace’s box can be used to destroy the Feddies eh? Let’s mass produce it!

- Limited edition figures make me sad…

- OO Gundam… O Gundam… Kamen Rider OOO… what’s with the O fascination?

- Wing Gundam is my least favorite Gundam in Gundam Wing

- I’m curious how W would look if it uses the Skull memory…. CycloneSkull or SkullTrigger…or FangSkull…

- None of OOO’s designs are appealing except Tajador.

- Ganbatte!

- All the answers you need are on the web. Yokatta desu ne! ^^v

- X-Men is cool. I like Wolverine.

- Everything here was released this year

- Let me know if you are really struggling and I will type out the answers for you.

All the answers were in the hints…^^;;

WINNERS (GOING TO TIE BREAKER)

Three people will compete for the 1st tier prize. Seven (those who got 3/4 right) will compete for the 2nd prize. Decided to give out another to make up for the delay. There were some 30+ contestants.

Tie-Breaker post to follow soon. Stay tuned!

I can talk about how a pickup truck smashed into the driver side of my car because the driver decided to change lanes on the freeway without looking, leaving my car in the repair shop for two weeks while the truck takes off with its tire polished. Luckily, they are paying for the damage. If I go on with the story, then I must go into a rage fest about the average American drivers here so I’ll just stop here. Since I don’t have any broken bones, I’ll just brush off my injuries as “mere bruises” and move on- I AM part Gundam after all. However, I really appreciate and thank you for your concern this whole time ^^. ANYWAY… Yea, it’s been awhile since I’ve built a MG but it has been even longer since I did something Kamen Rider related so why not have the best of both worlds?

Worked on this guy during my absence and could’ve finished it in a few days but I am getting crushed by academic obligations at the moment.I was hoping to finish it by Halloween but it doesn’t seem likely at this point…

I like how it comes with all the parts you need for the original W head but you cannot have two heads at the same time because the internal parts are shared. Speaking of heads…

Bought this at Kinokuniya for $15. Not a bad price.

Now… let’s move on to those boxes…

- Z

Forget about the MG FA Unicorn. Check out the SD version done by none other than the Gunpla master Keita himself. His works are always so motivating and inspiring to look at. Such an awesome modeler. Have a look for yourself here.

NOTICE: Deadline for the contest has been extended until Tuesday night (10/4) when I get home from school… so around 9:30 PM PST.

As is the tradition every year, it’s time for another contest following the obligatory anniversary post. The game is simple and takes very little time… but don’t expect it to be easy. *puts on troll face* >:)

UPDATE 2: Last day to submit guesses will be on 10/4 at 9:30 PM.

UPDATE: Hints revised a bit because I found one that was a bit misleading.

THE BOXES

You know the photo of those boxes in “The Boxes” post and in the “Non-Gunpla Loot” post? Well, I hope you remembered them because I’ve pulled them now… and you have to tell me what are in those boxes. The photos have been up for some time now so you should have a fairly good idea on how the boxes look like (and how many there were). So yea… just tell me what you think are inside those boxes and you’ll be the winner. Simple enough right? I’ll make it even better. Since I pulled the photos, I’ll make up for it with a bunch of hints but BEWARE! None of the hints are misleading but many are intentionally useless! You won’t be able to decipher the answer just from the hints so you will have to do some digging and guesswork.

RULES

- You will have to determine how many boxes there were in the photo (if you remembered, then this is no problem) and tell me what was inside of them. Reasonably precise names required (example: “SH Figuarts Kamen Rider W FangJoker”, “SHF Fangjoker” or “MG RX-78-2 2.0″… NOT “FangJoker” or “RX-78-2 Gundam”). If I can’t tell what you’re referring to, I’ll just throw it out the window >_>.

- You are allowed to miss ONE guess and still win. However, the prize will be different though.

- You only have one chance to submit your answer. No revisions!

- Since we live in different time zones, it is not first-correct-first-win. If more than one person guesses the correct answers, then there will be a tie breaker through email.

- The hints are what they are; I will not clarify them. Use them at your own discretion. I tried my best to make them not misleading! Don’t read too hard into them! I’m sure you can tell which ones are total BS…

- You have until 9:30 PM on Tuesday 10/4 to submit me your answers.

- Email your answers to gunpla(dot)inochi(at)gmail(dot)com. Also if you don’t mind, please also tell me what country you live in as I would like to get a feel of where the majority of my readers are from.

-There will only be one winner.

HINTS

- FINAL ATTACK RIDE: ALL RI-RI-RI-RIDER!

- Kamen Rider Kuuga was the first Heisei rider.

- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is coming out on November 15!

- Unlimited boost for the Hildolfr? I thought it was a tank…

- Gunpla? No. Not this time.

- Acceleration is the change of velocity over time. Basic physics is basic.

- Swords >>> guns. Always.

- Kamen Rider Fourze’s sequel will be Faiz… count on it!

- Ultimate Kuuga is still the Turn A of Kamen Rider

- Laplace’s box can be used to destroy the Feddies eh? Let’s mass produce it!

- Limited edition figures make me sad…

- OO Gundam… O Gundam… Kamen Rider OOO… what’s with the O fascination?

- Wing Gundam is my least favorite Gundam in Gundam Wing

- I’m curious how W would look if it uses the Skull memory…. CycloneSkull or SkullTrigger…or FangSkull…

- None of OOO’s designs are appealing except Tajador.

- Ganbatte!

- All the answers you need are on the web. Yokatta desu ne! ^^v

- X-Men is cool. I like Wolverine.

- Everything here was released this year

- Let me know if you are really struggling and I will type out the answers for you.

MAIN PRIZE

I can’t show you the main prize because this is going to be the tie breaker if more than one of you guesses all the correct answers. It will be good though. This is the prize if you guessed ALL of the boxes right. And if you don’t like this prize at the end, we can work something out… though I’m pretty confident most of you will like this ^^.

SECONDARY PRIZE

If the winner misses one of the guesses, then he/she can choose between the two above. The tie breaker would still be guessing the main prize but the winner would get one of these instead.

Please don’t put your answers in this post and keep what you think you know from the hints to yourself so this can be as fair as possible. I’ll update this post if I’m missing some essential information but I think everything is good to go. Good luck!

I am very late on this. Like almost four months late… but I’ll still talk about it anyway just because. So yea… I’ve been writing on this blog for three years already. Three years. I never would’ve thought this blog would lasted this long but here I am… going on to my fourth. Of course, I owe it to every one of you for regularly (be it daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) coming here. As always, I thank you for the support this whole time. Really, I mean it. Thank you.

This blog started during the ‘blogging bloom” period where just about everyone else also started blogging as well. Many quit blogging since then but many more remains to this day and more have joined to contribute their share to the community. The same also applies to the readers as well; as the person who runs this blog, I see all the comments and I do recognize and remember the names of my regulars over time. As time moves on, people move on. I don’t hear from some of my past readers anymore but I also hear from new voices as well. To think back and realize how time passes like this is just… I don’t even know the appropriate word for it. Even though I don’t know any of you by face, I believe there is a sense of camaraderie among all of us here after so long. I just wish those who I don’t hear from anymore (be it bloggers or readers) are doing well in life.

The overall contents here have always been more or less the same- reviews with a ton of photos. Nothing new. Even though I make tweaks here and there, my modeling skills are still extremely basic. Nothing fancy. That has always been my philosophy though- build the model to my satisfaction with the least amount of work required. Usually, the “least amount” can range from flat-out OOB to even painting the kit… ^^;. Still, I like to keep things on the understated side…

Well, here’s to another year *cheers*. I don’t know how much longer this place will last or if it will suddenly disappear into the abyss of the internet but for now… let’s just enjoy things the way they are now.

I’m actually quite happy with the way the blog is right now; I have a regular audience that isn’t small but also not big enough where it attracts trolls and other fanatics. This is quite ideal. Things are usually peaceful around here and I can always count on all of you for valuable feedbacks regarding anything Gundam/Gunpla… and food. Again, I thank you for that.

Now that I’m done rambling, let’s move onto something a little more exciting later… :)