Doing a big photo shoot tomorrow so I'll be able to post some real updates.
To be Pictured:
1/100 Dynames
1/100 TT Hongli Kyrios
1/60 Wing Zero
1/144 HG AGE-1 Normal
MG Strike Gundam
MG Quanta
HG Unicorn both Destroy and Unicorn mode
And maybe a little bit of EXTREME GUNDAM!
I'll be dedicating some serious time this weekend to make some posts, a whole backlog of posts, so I can keep the blog updated semi-regularly!
A blog devoted to my hobby of building Gunpla.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
What's Going On, Joe? #8
I recently lost my job. I was terminated for using too many coupons in one day.... It's a long story. But oh well. With my severance pay, I'll be fine until mid Feb if I don't already have work by then. No big deal.
This leaves me with quite a bit of free time on my hands, this week I'll be going on a cleaning spree, but after that, I've got nothing planned besides filling out the occasional job app or interviews here and there. Which means, I should be back up and running with the blog. I had been working retail, and it's the holidays so I had no time at all for my Gunpla World!
I have been building though! I couldn't decide what kits I wanted to build after the 1/60 Wing Zero and then the MG Aile Strike with Bazooka. So my fiance and I came up with a game. She would play a song from her iTunes list (She has horrible taste in music, BTW) while I closed my eyes and blindly moved my pointed finger all around the pile of unbuilt kits I have. When the music stopped, whatever kit I was pointing at, I put on the to build pile. This was the horrible music I had to endure while blindly pointing through my closet...
We picked four kits. Four times! I had to listen to that awful awful music for whole seconds at a time! *Shudder* Anyway, we had the kits picked.
The first song to bust my eardrums:
This video belongs not to me. This video is from beyonceVEVO via YouTube
This leaves me with quite a bit of free time on my hands, this week I'll be going on a cleaning spree, but after that, I've got nothing planned besides filling out the occasional job app or interviews here and there. Which means, I should be back up and running with the blog. I had been working retail, and it's the holidays so I had no time at all for my Gunpla World!
I have been building though! I couldn't decide what kits I wanted to build after the 1/60 Wing Zero and then the MG Aile Strike with Bazooka. So my fiance and I came up with a game. She would play a song from her iTunes list (She has horrible taste in music, BTW) while I closed my eyes and blindly moved my pointed finger all around the pile of unbuilt kits I have. When the music stopped, whatever kit I was pointing at, I put on the to build pile. This was the horrible music I had to endure while blindly pointing through my closet...
This video is not my production. This video belongs to hollywoodrecords via YouTube.
We picked four kits. Four times! I had to listen to that awful awful music for whole seconds at a time! *Shudder* Anyway, we had the kits picked.
But then it was time to decide in what order I would build them. But why not just build them in the order the were picked, you ask? Well, that's simple! Because she hadn't made me want to rip my ears all the way off yet! So she assigned songs to each of the kits and added them to a playlist. She got the list ready, hit the shuffle buttom and let the music play! Every song was played through all the way, so I expect you all to play these songs like the good masochistic followers you are. (Please don't make me suffer alone)
The first song to bust my eardrums:
This is not my video. Video from celticwelsh via YouTube
This song was assigned to:
MG 00 Qan[T]
Perhaps Melissa knows of the Quantum Burst where the GN Sword Bits fly around the Gundam in a circle... But she's never seen the movie... odd. The second song to grace my bleeding sound receptors was:
Video does not belong to me. This video comes from bjoyfan via YouTube.
And that piece of trash was chosen by the woman I think I still love to represent...
MG Gundam F91 30th Anniversary Special with Clear Parts
Cecily Fairchild... Yeah crazy girl, I get it. But again, Melissa has never watched Gundam F91.... odd
Anyway, before I could contemplate suicide I second longer the next song start blaring from the laptop speakers!Again not my video. This is from elmoworld101 via YouTube.
Invisible microphones and pubescent boys singing magically in pre-pubescent voices aside, this song was meant for:
1/100 Aegis Gundam
" 'Cause it's pink like bubble gum and it reminds me of candy! OH AND IT HAS TEETH IN MOBILE ARMOR MODE! Like a sweet tooth for the bad guys!" - Her
"It is a 'bad guy' ..." - Me
"Shut up!" - Her
Luckily that little conversation distracted me just enough that I didn't burn the place down just before this little gem hit the airwaves of our office:
"It is a 'bad guy' ..." - Me
"Shut up!" - Her
Luckily that little conversation distracted me just enough that I didn't burn the place down just before this little gem hit the airwaves of our office:
This video belongs not to me. This video is from beyonceVEVO via YouTube
At least Beyonce is hot!
And, thank god this was the last song and therefore meant that this kit was the last to be built:
HG Extreme Gundam
And I was EXTREMELY happy that this medly of "music" was over! Anyway, pics for the kits built thus far will be up soon. In the meantime, I've got a bathroom to clean!
Until Next Time: Happy building!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
What's Going On, Joe? #7
LOTS! My car issues, the Destiny Plan, and my first ever MG predictions! Read on!
My car literally fell apart yesterday! I ran over one of those outer treads from a semi truck going 55mph and just did not have a choice between hitting it, a ditch, or on-coming traffic. My exhaust is dragging (it was a rusted up POS anyway) and I think I've got a small gas leak under the front passenger seat... So my gunpla buying for the year is most likely on hiatus, but I've got a LOT of backlog, so it's all good.
On to more pressing matters!
I have made an effort to get a series of posts on the Destiny Plan done on my Mondays off that will post throughout the week. So hopefully that will come along a bit more smoothly. Speaking of which, for the two posts about the legs of the MG Destiny kits. Did you guy prefer the Side by Side pictures like I did for the parts post or did you prefer the grouping of Bandai and then TT like I did with the inner frame post?
Leave a comment and I will try to accommodate to my reader's liking.
Okay, here's the deal. We've all seen some outstanding shots of the MG Sandrock for October, the abundantly armed Full Armament Unicorn Gundam, and now we finally get actual factual shot of the MG Heavy Arms EW! What could Bandai be cooking up for 2012?
I think they will continue with their trend of releasing a RG every three months or so and that has tended to kill any chance of a MG release for that month. Nov is RG Freedom, then Dec and Jan are MG releases. I'm betting on only 8 MG releases for 2012 and here for the first time ever, I'm going to give me best GUESSES as to what kits we will see in Master Grade form this coming year. These are in no particular order.
1) MG Age 1 - I think is a definite. They've already announced plans for a MG release, I can't imagine they would wait until 2013.
2) MG Tallgeese - They will have the five main Gundams done come January. They would be fools not to ride that popularity with a Tallgeese release... I'm going to guess it to be a Tallgeese I, but they may decide to release III first, just top upset me.
3) MG Jesta - I don't think I need to tell you why, that thing is the best looking Feddie Grunt EVER!
4) MG Aile Strike Ver 2.0 - The old one isn't a bad kit, nor is it that old. But with the 10th anniversary of SEED, they won't pass up a chance to milk it.
5) MG Providence Gundam - SEED again
6) Either NT-1 or something from the GP series as a 2.0. All of the GP series kits are ancient, as is the Alex. They are in drastic need of an upgrade!
7) MG Epyon Pi - Because Bandai can't resist a recolor!
With Heavy Arms as number 8, I think that would be all we will get. What do you guys think? What do you want to see? Leave a comment!
Until Next Time: Happy Building!
My car literally fell apart yesterday! I ran over one of those outer treads from a semi truck going 55mph and just did not have a choice between hitting it, a ditch, or on-coming traffic. My exhaust is dragging (it was a rusted up POS anyway) and I think I've got a small gas leak under the front passenger seat... So my gunpla buying for the year is most likely on hiatus, but I've got a LOT of backlog, so it's all good.
On to more pressing matters!
I have made an effort to get a series of posts on the Destiny Plan done on my Mondays off that will post throughout the week. So hopefully that will come along a bit more smoothly. Speaking of which, for the two posts about the legs of the MG Destiny kits. Did you guy prefer the Side by Side pictures like I did for the parts post or did you prefer the grouping of Bandai and then TT like I did with the inner frame post?
Leave a comment and I will try to accommodate to my reader's liking.
Okay, here's the deal. We've all seen some outstanding shots of the MG Sandrock for October, the abundantly armed Full Armament Unicorn Gundam, and now we finally get actual factual shot of the MG Heavy Arms EW! What could Bandai be cooking up for 2012?
I think they will continue with their trend of releasing a RG every three months or so and that has tended to kill any chance of a MG release for that month. Nov is RG Freedom, then Dec and Jan are MG releases. I'm betting on only 8 MG releases for 2012 and here for the first time ever, I'm going to give me best GUESSES as to what kits we will see in Master Grade form this coming year. These are in no particular order.
1) MG Age 1 - I think is a definite. They've already announced plans for a MG release, I can't imagine they would wait until 2013.
2) MG Tallgeese - They will have the five main Gundams done come January. They would be fools not to ride that popularity with a Tallgeese release... I'm going to guess it to be a Tallgeese I, but they may decide to release III first, just top upset me.
3) MG Jesta - I don't think I need to tell you why, that thing is the best looking Feddie Grunt EVER!
4) MG Aile Strike Ver 2.0 - The old one isn't a bad kit, nor is it that old. But with the 10th anniversary of SEED, they won't pass up a chance to milk it.
5) MG Providence Gundam - SEED again
6) Either NT-1 or something from the GP series as a 2.0. All of the GP series kits are ancient, as is the Alex. They are in drastic need of an upgrade!
7) MG Epyon Pi - Because Bandai can't resist a recolor!
With Heavy Arms as number 8, I think that would be all we will get. What do you guys think? What do you want to see? Leave a comment!
Until Next Time: Happy Building!
Friday, October 14, 2011
The Destiny Plan - Part 7
Walking with Destiny
The inner frame of the leg is superbly detailed. Again, as with the arms' inner frame, I have detailed and painted some parts. Here are a whole bunch of pictures! Starting with the Bandai leg:
The TT Hongli Leg:
I hope you can see the differences between the two brands. The details of the inner frame are not only muted and duller but in some cases obscured or destroyed completely by the holes designed for the pegs molded onto the inside of the armor pieces.
Until Next Time: Happy Building!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Destiny Plan - Part 6
A Firm Footing in Your Destiny?
From the arms to the legs! Once again, Bandai has made a great effort to create a good deal of detail for this MG kit. The chrome silver is of course done on the parts of the internal frame to be exposed upon completion. Here, though we begin to see some major differences in the way TT Hongli has molded their copies of the parts.
All of the parts for a leg for each brand. As I have mentioned, Bandai will be on the RIGHT and TT Hongli on the LEFT side of the blog.
Notice the differences in the details on the bottom of the foot
Here you can see a big difference in construction. On the TT Hongli kit the have added holes on the inner frame and pegs on the inside of the armor to allow the parts to better stay together. The Bandai kits use a series of slots to keep armor on with friction. When the TT Hi-Nu tried to use the same slots than Bandai uses without added pegs and holes, the armor just could not stay on and even was forced to pop off from the pressure of the slots.
Again, you can see the added holes in the side of the leg.
The feet, again, illustrate the muted details in the TT kit compared to the Bandai.
The thruster on the back of the leg is completely different between the two kits
And here is the biggest difference. This part is the main internal piece for the foot. The TT Hongli part is missing a large section from the core of the unit! I am worried about the structural integrity of the foot and whether or not they can maintain under the weight of the kit.
I guess we will have to wait and see about that one.
Until Next Time: Happy Building!
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