Anime – Mostly Harmless

February 27, 2010

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn started

The first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn has been released and it looks good. All of the Gundam series starts off with a kid who gets tossed into a mobile suit battle. And of course these 16-year-old kids pilot their Mobile Suit like an expert in less than 5 minutes.

This series takes place in UC 96, only three years after Char’s Counterattack. This feels odd, the main character feels like an Amuro Ray clone. And in episode 1 they mention that the character Full Frontal is called Char reincarnated. It’s only three years after Char died, so that’s an odd comment.

The story looks good and the animation works. It’s like they are intentionally copying the style of how the people are from War in the Pocket; that might be just to maintain the continuity.

February 3, 2010

Darker than Black – Gaiden

The anime Darker than Black Gaiden has started. The last series was not too bad but this seems to have more action. It’s supposed to take place right after the first season.

I’ll keep an eye on it and see if it’s worth following.

October 11, 2009

New season of Darker than Black

The anime Darker than Black has started a new season and it’s set 2 years after the end of the first season. So far with the exception of April and July (and of course Hei) the settings are totally different. The story starts of a bit slow but as usual the action and the soundtrack make the whole episode work.

There has to be a back story here that will be fleshed out; Hei looks like a homeless superhero. This should be a fun one to watch.

Oh, and there was one thing that made me laugh. One of the main characters of this episode was shooting with a Nekon D201.

August 30, 2009

Gundam compilation

Saw this on Ngee Khiong. The kids will like seeing it.

Ngee Khiong always has good coverage on most things Gundam related and I’m constantly looking there to see what’s new.

Edit: Sunrise took it down. Bummer.

July 19, 2009

Completed the 1/144 HG 00 Raiser

After I completed the Crossbone Gundam I started the 1/144 HG 00 Raiser designer colors version. Not a bad build and I put on almost all of the decals.

My son built the 1/100 00 Gundam and this one had shared a lot of the same flexibility. With HG models, the build time is very quick so I did not take any in progress pictures. My next model will be the Harrison Madyn’s custom F91 so I may take some in progress pictures.

July 18, 2009

MG Crossbone Gundam X-1

And the struggle to reduce my Gunpla backlog continues! I’ve just finished assembling the MG Crossbone Gundam X-1. It’s the pirate Gundam and it’s very cool.

Things to consider with this model:

No poly caps! Cool since models are meant to be posed and not played with. The F91 is the same way.
It’s very difficult to pose holding it’s weapons.
It needs a stand.
It cries out to be painted and touched up.

The stand I can buy and Stefan has a trick for holding the weapons. I don’t know when I can paint it, if ever. Like most of the current MG and HG models the seam lines are in good locations and the assembly was not difficult.

July 11, 2009

Finished the MG Gyan

mg-gyan

I’ve been trying to catch up on my back log of Gunpla and I assembled the MG Gyan. As master grades go, it was “Eh”. The build was not particularly difficult and there were not many surprises.

It’s a heavy model and posing it is difficult. The shield is huge. If I wanted to pose it like the box art, I would need to get another stand just for the shield. The beam sword lights up but I have not gotten the battery yet. Once I have it, I’ll post another picture.

I’m now moving onto the MG Crossbone Gundam X-1. Like the F91 before it, this one has no rubber joint parts so it should be an interesting build.

July 4, 2009

Completed the MG RX-78-2 v2.0 Gundam

Moving on to the MG Gyan now.

June 20, 2009

Working on the MG RX-78-2 ver 2.0

“Can you please build my legs now?”

The Master Grade RX-78-2 version 2.0 is coming along nicely. Bandai keeps improving on it’s model designs and this one is easy to build. Compared to the version 1.5 it’s a joy.

Once I’ve completed it I’ll take a picture of it next to the version 2.0 of Char’s Zaku II.

November 8, 2008

Zaku II version 2.0

I’ve picked up on making the Zaku II version 2.0 again and have completed the torso and head. It’s a good model and when I have it complete I’ll put the old 1995 version next to the 2007 version for comparisons.

My kids love watching me build these. I have some left in the basement *cough* 25 MG, HG and a couple of PG models*cough* waiting to be made. The kids have picked out a few that they want to go into their rooms when their made.

I don’t have the time to spray paint my models anymore so I’ll sand the seams and nubs to make it look as good as I can. Maybe I’ll put the decals on too.

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