Loots & Purchases 17

It's been 3 months since I last purchased any gunpla kits, and now... behold, my first splurge of the year!

List:
TT/GG PG 1/60 Wing Gundam Zero Custom
GoGo MG 1/100 Hi-Nu Gundam Evo

Mcmodel HG 1/144 HWS Nu Gundoom

Daban MG 1/100 Astray Red Frame Kai

Daban MG 1/100 Epyon Gundam

BTF 1/100 GN Sword IV Full Saber

Tamiya Pla-plate set

Mr. Hobby Mr. Masking Sol R

I bought the PG Wing, MG Hi-Nu Evo & MG Epyon from Taobao, while the others were bought from local sellers. I've been searching for the normal TT/GG PG Wing for quite some time, and there is only the Pearl Coating version available everywhere as China stopped production of the normal version at that time. Recently they have started reproducing it again, so I quickly grabbed it before it become scarce again ^_^v. Good news is TT/GG PG RX-178 Mk-II both AEUG & Titans versions are also being reproduced, so grab it while you can!

The MG Hi-Nu Evo is finally released! I mentioned in a post few months back about China is making a snap-fit plastic kit out of a Hi-Nu resin conversion kit, now finally released, and the results is an awesome looking kit! I bought the 1/100 GN Sword IV Full Saber though I don't have a MG 00 Qan[T] yet. The reason is that this kit is a limited release, so I better grab it now than regret later XD. If you didn't already know, Daban is a new China bootleg company that just started business recently, releasing  MG Astray Red Frame Kai as their first bootleg kit, and the second kit being MG Epyon. On a side note, Dragon Momoko is releasing MG Epyon too, but with add-on clear-orange parts for the heat rod. I can't seem to find any Taobao seller which have Mcmodel HWS Gundoom in stock, so I have no choice but to get from a local seller(last unit to boot) at a higher price =(. Lesson learned for not buying a Mcmodel kit when it's just released. 

I also bought a few decals from Samueldecals again.

List:
RG Freedom Gundam decals

MG Zeta Plus decals Ver. 1

MG Zeta Plus decals Ver. 2

Oh yeah, means I finally can make a move on my previous backlogs, though new backlogs are added lololol. WIP of MG Strike Freedom coming soon!

Loots & Purchases 15

Another long MIA, again. I'm not gonna lament over the reasons, let's just say in short I had vacation in Paris for 9 days, then after return was busy preparing for exams.

Back to topic, although this post is under Loots & Purchases, I didn't bought any gunpla kits for the past month, but I did get gunpla kits as my Christmas presents ^^. Well that does consider categorise under loots, though free, haha.

What I got:

List:

RG 1/144 Freedom Gundam

HG 1/144 Ex-S Gundam

How my relatives know which to buy for me? I gave them a list of my wanted gunpla kits within their budget xD. So you may be asking, since I already had the MG Ex-S Gundam, why want the HG too? Simple, I'm such a huge fan of Ex-S Gundam, I want to collect all versions of it xD.

Now these adds more to the already big backlogs, and I haven't been building or painting any kits for the past month. Now that my exams are over and I'm having my semester break, time to catch up on my projects, stay tune!

Loots & Purchases 14

Another long MIA from me, been real lazy to blog recently, lol

BUT, today(or actually yesterday), 19/11/2011, is a very special date for me. It's so special, that I have to blog it no matter what. The reason it's not because Malaysia's Gundam Builders World Cup(GBWC) Open Category is being held in Sungei Wang Plaza from 18th to 23rd November, nor because the Junior Category is being held in MIECC from 18th to 28th November.

It's because I finally bought my dream gundam kit, MG 1/100 MSA-0011[Ext] Ex-S Gundam!!!!!! *cheering*

Finally made up my mind to buy it after holding back for so long. There was a small warehouse sale during the GBWC, and the MG Ex-S was on sale at a price of RM265. Not a very big discount from the usual price of RM280, or RM272 of Gamers Arena's price. However, I thought, since I'm going to buy it sooner or later(the only kit I would die for), why not buy now at this cheaper price? So I went ahead and bought it ^^

Before this I wanted to buy the HG Hyaku Shiki GPB Color (Byaku Shiki), but my friend, Nicholas Chua aka ascentic advised me not to do so, for now, as the price of RM68 is overpriced.

I took his advise, and went to look for another worthy kit, if any, to purchase. Had my eye on the MG RX-178 Super Gundam, since it was rare, and the good thing is I can mount the G-defender on MG RX-178 MkII v2.0 when I buy it in the future. But then I thought when will that be? Moreover I'm not really loving RX-178. Then I saw workers bringing in new batches of stock, so I went and checked out what new items were brought in. That's when I saw MG Ex-S Gundam and the rest are history~

I'm definitely broke now, trying to salvage some cash for the upcoming Mcmodel Nu Gundoom HWS, still surveying for a good price. But this purchase today is not the only reason I'm broke, but also due to I've ordered ALOT of bootleg gundam kits from Taobao. It's not convenient for me to tell the price here, but all I can say it's BIG =X. I ordered a total of 7 kits, that's right, 7!!! Here's the the stuffs I've ordered:

List:

HG 1/144 Gaplant TR-5

HG 1/144 Psycho Gundam

NG 1/100 Akatsuki Gundam

MG 1/100 Sinanju

MG 1/100 Deathscythe Gundam EW

MG 1/100 Deathscythe Hell Custom

MG 1/100 Zaku II J-Type

*I'm not really sure which version of this Zaku II is. It's either the normal version, or the MS Igloo version. They are suppose to be of different shade of green, but I can't differentiate it by using photos from web.

Now that's alooooooot of kits to build, adding up to the large number of backlogs I already had.

Other than Mcmodel Nu Gundoom HWS, no more purchases for me until next year, the most until Chinese New Year, lol. I hope I'm not tempted to buy the upcoming TT/GG release of MG Wing Zero Custom, or worse, the TT/GG MG Hi-Nu Gundam Kai! >_<

That's it for this post, I'm currently working on my MG Strike E + IWSP, hope I'm not too lazy to post up a WIP, lol.

P/S: I'm starting to number my 'Loots & Purchases' posts, it's head cracking task to think up a different title everytime, lol.

GG HG 1/144 GN Arms Type-D + Dynames - Unboxing

This is the GaoGao's bootleg version of Bandai's HG 1/144 GN Arms Type-D + Dynames kit.

GN Arms is a mobile armour/weapons platform add-on for Celestial Being's Gundams, and the Type-D is specially designed for Gundam Dynames. As the name of the kit says, this kit also includes a HG 1/144 Gundam Dynames.

Front/top/bottom/side view:

*This is the first time I've bought a bootleg kit(other than Mcmodel), so I just knew that bootleg kits' box art is different from original Bandai's, especially the sides. On Bandai kits they usually have photos of the kit in action with information, but on TT/GG kits, they only have simple few photos of the kit.

More surprisingly for this kit is they altered the front box art. Where on the Bandai's kit there's a pic of Lockon Stratos on the bottom right, but on this GG kit, they removed it and carelessly re-drawn the GN Arms' left leg, LOL.

Contents:

There are a total of 24 runners for this kit, with 5 runners for Gundam Dynames and 18 runners for the GN Arms. There's one more runner for the included display stand.

The runners for Gundam Dynames

The runners for GN Arms and display stand

*As you may notice, a few parts have came off the runner, nothing surprising as it is quite normal for bootleg kits I've heard.

There are extra unused parts which are actually from GN Arms Type-E. It's actually possible to build the GN Arms Type-E wholly =D.

Foil stickers and screws are given

*This is the first time I've got a gunpla kit with screws, which are used to tighten joints for large and heavy kits.

Manual:

*Needless to say, bootleg kits are produced by China, so of course the manual's in mandarin, hahaha. It does have English too, albeit badly translated XD.

That's it for this unboxing, stay tune for updates!

Received A Package!

I got a package yesterday evening~


If you already read my previous post on 23rd July, you should know what's inside =P.

Without further ado, here's what's inside the package~~~ tadaa~~~!!! xD


List:
GG HG 1/144 GN Arms Type-E + Exia(Trans-Am Mode) - RM95
GG NG 1/100 Avalanche Exia - RM40

I bought from GundamNation Shop. I bought at a total of RM130 only with postage, thanks to Ryan of GundamNation Shop for giving me a discount of RM5 =D. Very nice and secure packaging Ryan have done, not even the rough handling of Skynet workers can affect the boxes inside, good job there Ryan! A recommended nice and efficient seller! Hope to see more nice promos from you again!

RG 1/144 GAT-X105 Aile Strike Gundam - Unboxing

It may be a tad too late to do this, but it's better than never =).
Aile Strike Gundam is the third kit to be released in the Real Grade 1/144 lineup. As the name says, it comes with the Aile Strike Pack.

Front/top/bottom/side view:




Contents:


*As I said before few posts back, I started to build this kit before I managed to snap pics the runners. I was halfway through assembling it before I realised my mistake =_=.
So I had no choice but to request people to help me by snapping pics of their kit's runners. A very big thank you to rihuhs from LowYat.net for providing me with the runners' pics above =).

Next on Real Grade lineup news, the fourth RG kit, RG 1/144 MS-06F Mass Production Zaku II has just been released 2 days ago on July 23rd. Expecting stocks of it to reach local shops in a week's time.
It has been announced that the fifth RG kit will be RG Freedom Gundam, tentatively to be released in November this year. SEED fans rejoice! =D

Some Updates

It's exactly one month since my last post, finally found the time(and motivation) to update my blog, lol.

Been extremely busy with university stuffs, and my Vent Saviour paint project plus plenty of unfinished kits bogged me down even more.
I've got a couple of new kits for the last month, namely the 1/60 Wing Gundam 0 and GaoGao(GG) HG 1/144 GN Arms Type D. Yes, you read it right, a China bootleg kit. This is my official first China bootleg kit, if counting only TT/GG/etc brands, excluding Mcmodel's Gundooms.

Here are the pics:

List:
NG 1/60 Wing Gundam 0 (RM122)
GG HG 1/144 GN Arms Type-D + Dynames (RM80)

Been wanting the 1/60 Wing Gundam 0 kit for quite some time, almost got it earlier but only to be delayed by my mistake of forgetting the original price.
As for the GG HG GN Arms Type D, it was more of an impulse purchase. I was browsing through the price list of bootleg kits, and the price tag of RM80 caught my interest, as Bandai's is usually around RM200+. Then I checked on reviews about it, was immediately attracted by the size of the kit. I'm a big fan of large sized kits =P. I bought it from Takumikun, a well know bootleg gunpla kits seller from LowYat.net.

I've also decided to get the GG GN Arms Type E, but too bad Takumikun don't have it in stock, so I'm getting it from GundamNation Shop instead, though albeit more costly at RM 95 due to postage fees, as he is based in Ipoh, Perak.

Not only that, today I stumbled upon a promotion of his, RM40 for TT HongLi NG 1/100 Avalanche Exia! I immediately confirmed my purchase with him, as the usual price is RM60, totally worth it! It was nice of him to give me some discount as I'm buying 2 items at the same time, RM130 for both GN Arms & Avalanche Exia, a RM5 discount =D.

As now it's already past midnight when I'm blogging this, so it's officially Sunday already, so it's not wrong to say that later afternoon I'm going to COD in Midvalley to get my MG Strike E + IWSP XD.
I didn't plan to get this kit, either never or not so soon, but I managed to find it being sold at RM130, where the normal price is usually RM150-160. I thought it was a worthy bargain, and to be honest, I like the idea of all-in-one idea of IWSP =P.

So in all, including those ordered from GundamNation Shop and the MG Stike E + IWSP, I've would have bought a total of 5 kits in the month of July alone, a record breaking feat for me, LOL.
Why am I able to get so many kits this month? Because it's my birthday month!!! XD
Big thank you to my parents, grandma, aunties and uncle for giving me 'pocket money' as my birthday present! XD

Stay tune for more updates and stuffs!

P/S: My Vent Saviour paint project is still going very slowly, but coming out nicely, will post about it soon!