I'm Back! Updates & Loots

It's been 2 months since I've last updated my blog. Foremost reason is I was busy preparing for my finals, then having the finals itself. After exams I was busy having fun day & night, and also having post-exams laziness, lol.

For the past 2 months I've made quite alot of purchases, including from the 3rd Litt Tak warehouse sales of this year.When I said alot, I really meant ALOT, lol. I bought so many kits that I'm really broke, up to the point of owing friends =X.

Guess I really have to stop buying, if I control myself, that is, lol.

Here's my purchases from the warehouse sale(Sorry for not updating the prices at the time of sales)

List:

MG 1/100 G-Armor (RM100)

MG 1/100 Zeta Plus (RM100)

NG 1/100 Gale Strike Gundam (RM30)

NG 1/100 Hail Buster Gundam (RM30)

HG 1/144 RX-79(G) GM (RM28)

The most worthy purchase this time is definitely MG G-Armor, as it's usually priced around RM300!!! I almost got the MG G-Fighter at RM50 instead when I didn't see the MG G-Armor earlier. Luckily I noticed Litt Tak worker brought a few out from the storeroom and I immediately grabbed one xD. Later I've found out that they had plenty of stocks to last throughout the 3 days sales, though on the afternoon of last day of the sales it was sold out already.

I've also found out that on the first day when the warehouse just opened, the boss of AF Hobby, a local hobby shop, bought a huge stack of MG G-Armor!!! Then later he put it up on sale in his own shop at a price of RM130, with every unit he got sold within half a day! He also grabbed most of MG RX-178 MKII HD and Scopedog, leaving us normal consumers who came later unable to get it. What a way to do business...

I sympathies with the NG Seed Destiny VS Astray series, it was so unpopular that they had to reduce the price from RM50 of previous sales to RM30 in order to clear stocks, lol. I didn't manage to get Nix Providence and Nebula Blitz, heard they only had less than 10 units each, and were sold out within an hour of opening.

Other purchases bought from separate days:

List:

MG 1/100 Zeta Plus C1 (RM105)

HG 1/144 Beginning 30 Gundam (RM75)

HG 1/144 Gouf Flight Type (RM28)

HG 1/144 RGM-96X Jesta (RM57)

HG 1/144 RGM-79C GM Type-C (RM46)

Mcmodel SD Ex-S Gundoom (RM70)

I mentioned before in an earlier post that I bought a MG Zeta Plus C1, but due to some reason it wasn't with me at that time, so now here it is! If you didn't already know or guess, the GM Type-C is for converting into Wagtail Custom using the conversion parts I've got.

That's all of my purchases, I doubt I will buy anymore gunplas for the next few months, with exception of significant number of China bootleg kits on their way here =P (real reason to why I'm so broke!). My MG Strike Freedom project is stalled at the moment, currently snap fitting kits only, while waiting for decals for my TT 1/100 Avalanche Exia to arrive. More updates to come!

Purchases

Went to Berjaya Times Square(BTS) again yesterday, and now I'm kinda broke from these purchases from there T_T.

First, I got this old kit just out of curiosity and it's quite affordable.

A 1998 HG 1/144 kit of Gundam Ez8 from the 08th MS Team series, selling at RM29 only from Gamers Arena shop.
There's Gouf Custom and Gouf Custom [Flight Type] also, but decided to get them next time instead.

The HG Gundam Ez8 was bought at Gamers Arena BTS branch. Then later I went to the Sungei Wang branch and I saw MG Zeta Plus A1 & MG Zeta Plus C1 in stock! Not only that, it was priced at RM105, which is the cheapest price available for these kits! Time Machine had them in stock but was selling the A1 at RM120 while the C1 at RM140 -_-
I've been finding these 2 kits at this price for a long time and finally they have it in stock! So I decided to break my vow of not buying any more MGs until after my finals =P. However I was short in cash, so I've no choice but to buy the C1 only, as the C1 is more hot selling than the A1. For some "specific" reason, the C1 is not with me now, so I don't have a picture of it.

In the evening, I COD-ed with a seller to get these 2:

It's GN Sword IV Full Saber kit!!! This is the original kit from Hobby Magazine China August Edition, though I only get the kit without the magazine. I got both at RM55, though later I found out MPH stores are selling them at RM12.50 each!!! =_=
Too late to regret now since I bought already, might buy extra if I do see them in MPH store. The problem now is I don't have a HG 00 Qan[T]. Wanted to buy yesterday but it's out of stock in every shop =(. Guess a lot people also got the GN Sword IV so HG 00 Qan[T] also hot selling.

That's it for this loots post!

MG ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam - WIP Part 1

I got this kit sometime end of last year, so I've already snap-fitted it long ago, but haven't painted, panel lined, or topcoated it. I haven't got the knowledge on how to do those during that time, so now I'm trying to complete the kit.

First things first, I bought the standard MG Strike Freedom, not the Full Burst Mode version, nor the Extra Finish version. The standard version's inner frame or supposedly gold coloured parts are an ugly non-shiny gold-yellow, some said "poo" colour, LOL. So my first task is to paint it real gold colour, which I've done on one arm and one leg.
I've hunted high and low for brands that have real gold colour spray can, but most are metallic gold -_-. I can't find brands carrying the chrome gold plating type colour I wanted, so I've no choice but to settle on ABRO brand's High Finish Gold which is the closest colour I can get to the chrome gold I wanted.

Comparison of the unpainted right arm with the painted left arm:
Inner frame:


With armour parts:


Comparison of the unpainted right leg with the painted left leg:
Inner frame:


With armour parts:

*I also painted a bit gold on the ankle armour's details, and a little bit of red in the small knee thruster.

I planned to try the PG Strike Freedom's colour scheme on this kit, so I also paint gold on the inside of the shoulder armour.
Comparison of the unpainted right shoulder armour and the painted left shoulder armour:
Disassembled:


Assembled:


That's what I've progressed so far, next I'm going to paint the the main body first before moving on to finish the other arm and leg. Lastly will the Dragoons pack, which will be a tedious job just by disassembling alone =_=.
Stay tune for Part 2!

More Gunpla Accessories Loots

Today I received another parcel, this time from China. It's my loots from Taobao.com =D


List:
China brand model display box (RM25++)
China brand modeler's side cutter (RM25++)
China brand modeling masking tape 6mm (RM3++)
China brand 3 grit sanding stick (RM3++)
Japan Sakura 0.02mm panel line marker (RM5++)
Mr. Surfacer 1200 (RM15++)

I can't say for sure the exact price as these items are shipped together with other non-gunpla related stuffs, so the shipping cost is different.
Looks like I will continue on this shopping spree now that I've found a way to buy from Taobao.com, LOL =X.
There are so many choices of useful china made items there, and cheap too. I've also found that ship TT/GG kits directly from there is cheaper than buying from local sellers!

That's it for this post, currently painting my MG Strike Freedom's inner frame to gold colour, will post up a WIP post soon!

Gunpla Accessories Loots

I promised myself not to get any more gunpla kits until I finished my current backlogs, or at least until my finals are over. So I've been buying bunch of accessories instead for the past week. Though the rate of increasing backlogged kits is reduced, but not the rate of my expenditure =X.

Two Saturdays ago(29th July), I went to to Berjaya Times Square to watch a movie of Captain America, and of course being there, I wouldn't miss a chance to shop the hobby shops there XD. At the end of the day, these are my loots:


List:
Action Base 1 - Clear (RM20)
Action Base 2 - Gray (RM18)
Mr. Super Clear - Flat (RM39)
Mr. Color - 47 Clear Red (RM9)
Mr. Color - 48 Clear Yellow (RM9)
Mr. Color - 50 Clear Blue (RM9)
Gundam Marker - GM01 Black (RM8)
Gundam Marker - GM18 Metallic Green (RM8)
Gundam Real Touch Marker - GM406 Black (RM8)

I thought of getting a Clear Green colour paint, but too bad Mr. Color don't have such colour, lol.

I also bought this to try out, might get more if it's really uselful

Hobby Base Model Cover - Medium (RM48)

There's 4 sizes in total, small(RM28), medium, large(RM85) and small wide(RM65). Since it's the cover is so simple, I'm showing the contents and the case itself here rather than having another unboxing post.


For your info, the transparent cover of the case is NOT made out of glass, it's just plastic. Not that I'm complaining as plastic is safer, but paying at that price for a plastic case... >_<. As for today, I went to IPC(formerly known as Ikano Power Centre), and I bought these from Popular Bookstore ^^
Dengeki Hobby Magazine Taiwan Edition, May 2011 & June 2011 issue.

Of course the main point of this purchase is the 1/144 RGM-79C GM Type C [Wagtail] conversion parts bundled together with the May issue =D.

Now all I need to do is to get a HGUC RGM-79C GM Type-C~ XD

I found something interesting when browsing in Daiso store

A very cheap replacement for Gundam Marker GM63 Black. Same as GM63, these markers are also water based, with the difference is these costs RM5 only, for 2! For those whole prefer to panel line their Gunplas using water based marker, this is definitely a worthy option *thumbs up*.