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.

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!

NG 1/100 LV-2GMF-X23S Vent Saviour Gundam - Unboxing

This is the modified and repainted version of the original Saviour Gundam which appears in Gundam Seed VS Astray series.

Front/top/bottom/side view:





Back of the box contains information and illustration depicting the summary of VS astray story:


Major differences of this Vent Saviour from the original Saviour are the wings mounting position have been shifted from the beam cannons to the shoulder armour. Vice versa the beam sabers mount is now on the beam cannons. The head is re-designed, and the armour panel behind the head is now fixed in position, unlike the original which can slide downwards. Other than those mentioned and the new colour scheme, everything else is the same as with the original Saviour.

Contents:


*A total of 11 runners in this kit

Manual:




I have finished snap fitting this kit and currently in progress of painting it. Current progress I've only painted the beam rifle and shield, still sanding down most of the body. Stay tune for more updates =)

Loots From 2011 2nd Litt Tak Warehouse Sales

Here are what I've purchased from the warehouse sales:

List:
NG 1/100 LV-2GMF-X23S Vent Saviour Gundam (RM93)
MG GN-0000 + GNR-010 Gundam 00 Raiser (RM250)

Initially I planned to buy MG Unicorn Gundam OVA, but it had sold out, only left 1 box of MG Unicorn HD + MS Cage when I went there. =(
I also wanted to get the NG 1/100 Astray Mirage Frame 2nd L since I already had the 1st version, but that had sold out too.
At first I thought that NG 1/100 Vent Saviour had sold out too, but after some digging through the pile of gunpla boxes, I managed to find the last box of it, albeit badly dented, but I bought it anyway.

Then, I wanted to get the MG Hi-Nu, but thinking it'll be quite boring to assemble a similar model so soon after I just got my Mcmodel Hi-Nu Gundoom recently, I choosed to get the MG Gundam 00 Raiser instead.
I did consider getting MG Sinanju Ver. Ka, but I've decided to try my luck and wait to see whether will there be a MG Sinanju OVA.

I knew the MG 00 Raiser is overpriced, AND even knew that Gamers Arena @ Berjaya Times Square is selling it at RM235, but I thought since I was there at Litt Tak warehouse, buying at RM250 is the same as paying extra for transportation fee to Berjaya Times Square.
THIS IS WHERE I WAS MISTAKEN
My "smart" thinking made me into buying MG 00 Raiser thinking I'm not overpaying,
HOW WRONG WAS I!!!

Later after I've went home, I got info through my facebook contacts that some hobby shops are selling it at below RM220!!!

Price list of MG Gundam 00 Raiser of various shops:
Gamers Arena @ Berjaya Times Square - RM235
Time Machine @ Plaza Berjaya - RM215
Fantasy Toyz @ Low Yat Plaza - RM213

I was like facepalm-ing all the way when I saw this!!!
Ironically the shop which is usually the most expensive is now selling the cheapest, while the one usually cheapest is the other way round!!!
Damn I was so regretful for buying on impulse without patience.
This will be a lesson for me to survey prices of every shops first before making a purchase, damn.

I also got info that there was MG FAZZ(Sentinel) being sold at the warehouse sale for RM200 only, but since I didn't find any, it must be sold out.
Another disappointment as I wanted to get MG FAZZ(Sentinel) badly.