The First ….

The first Real Grade (RG) ever made has arrived to my hangar hohoho….and this is also my first collection of the legendary RX-78-2 Gundam model kit.

RG RX-78-2 Gundam.

The box-art is really awesome. It is an exclusively brand new design I think. Bandai launched this new grade (before this, 1/144 is only for High Grade gunpla) as a part of the 30th years of Gunpla celebration.

RG RX-78-2 Inside The Box.

As I opened the box, there are so many parts, and the stickers are also just like a Master Grade version with slightly small scale. The manual book is well arranged and designed, but I think I will have to analyze it throughly several times as a friend of mine who has already owned this kit told me that you MUST pay more attention to the manual book due to its newly designed kit.

Well I still have my HGUC Unicorn on-going project…could not finished it last week because of my overload working time….

And this one is my first Souchaku Henshin Figuarts a.k.a SHF figure. It’s the goldy Shocker Rider The Next.

SHF Shocker Rider The Next.

Actually, I have also searched for the other The Next ver, Kamen Rider Ichigo, Nigo, and also V3, but as for now, this is the only one I could find. And by the way, the boxart shown on the back of the package is six of them. Yes, it looks like forcing the collector to buy another five Shocker Riders to make a diorama as shown on the movie when Kamen Rider Ichigo was taken down by the six of Shocker Riders…lol…yeah yeah…I will consider about buying another five…tsk…tsk…tsk…

Another Green Poison From Figma Lines…

Just a few hours ago my brother gave me a link which shows several previews from Black Rock Shooter anime antagonist. Please take a look below, and you shall know who I mean

Figma Dead Master

It’s Dead Master. From what I heard, she was once a frined of the main protagonist, the blue-eyed girl, Kuroi Mato. She looks cool with two skull head followers.

Figma Dead Master

Look at that scythe-typed weapon. It made her looked like a female grim-reaper with her head accessory (it resembles Bandai BB Sengokuden Tokugawa Ieyasu if I’m not mistaken lol).

Figma Dead Master Front-Back

Those cute little wings on her back fit her skinny body lol. Her skirt resembles to what a maid wears if I see it from back. Her fingers design amplifies the skull aura.

Figma Black Rock Shooter vs Dead Master

And, YES, this figure has great posabilty. In my highly opinion, Figma Black Rock Shooter and Figma Dead Master are some of the best designed figma lines ever. Aside from this beautiful design, I actually have pre-ordered the BRS, so I shall pre-ordered this too. A must have figure lol. By the way, Figma BRS release schedule got delayed to August 2010. Oh man…

Rudolf’s Got Ignited

Rudolf has got blown up eh ? LOL..no no no…the right one is Rudolf’s Gouf Ignited. It is a Bandai HG (High Grade) gunpla kit from GUNDAM SEED series released in January 2008.

Currently, I’m preparing my MVR Evangelion images review. So in the mean while, I want to share my first fully-painted gunpla kit. By the way, here’s the box art if you are still confused

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited (courtesy of 1999.co.jp)

Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics of the unboxing process, so I will directly to the finished kit phase review. Below is the first picture along with its detail specification.

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Spec.

For this kit, I used mixed color paints, but mainly Tamiya Acrylic color paint, except for the white parts, I used RJ London White which I extract into an empty bottle before pouring it into my airbrush.

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Full Pic

Luckily, slight dry-decal were included within the package. They are on the skirts, the forehead, and the shields. There are also a few stickers included, which are on the chest, the eye (without “s” due to its monoeye ) and the backpack. Oh by the way, one of the curved-horns on the shoulder had once fallen down and wrecked when I dried the prime layer. My friend did that, oh my. Anyway, please enjoy more pictures of it.

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Pose 1

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Pose 2

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Pose 3

1/144 HG Rudolf's Gouf Ignited Pose 4

For the backpack part, I had used RJ London Clear Doff Lacquer, and it made the backpack looked like been painted smoothly. The orange and the logo sticker had also seemed “blended” with the part, thanks to the spray. And for the panel lines, I used Gundam Marker and I lined them before spraying it with the RJ London.

Well, that’s all for now folks. Until my next post

Movie Realization Evangelion: Eva-01 Test Type [Part 1]

Several months ago, I went to my friend’s house to pick up my RJ London Gold and Silver Spray and got “poisoned” by HG Rebuild of Evangelion plamo (plastic model) Eva-01 Test Type Movie Version.

Evangelion Eva-01 Test Type Unit Movie Version (courtesy of 1999.co.jp/eng).

It is the previous build of a future release version (The Awakening version). I decided to hunt it down for good lol, but really it was very hard to find one nowadays in my hometown.

In 2007, Evangelion 1.0 : You (Are) Not Alone. The movie had been released, and four days ago, my brothers asked me to watch it, and continued to watch the 2nd movie, Evangelion 2.0 : You (Can) Not Advance in the next day. Eva-01 was such a beauty in those movies that makes me remember something. There was once a hobby shop that sold MVR (Movie Realization) Evangelion, and it got rebated to 50% off !! So two days ago, I went to that shop and thanks God, I got the last stock !!!!

And here I want to share my unboxing process of the figure.

Movie Realization Evangelion Eva-01 Test Type.

For me, this my second action figure (the 1st one was Nendoroid Drossel), so I am very delightful of it. The box is pretty exclusive for me, and the figure itself is tied using metal-wrapped-in-plastic wire which is also being used in SIC (Super Imaginative Chogokin) figure package.

Movie Realization Evangelion Eva-01 Test Type Inside, first layer.

This is the inner side of the package. As you can see there, every single part is being tied up to prevent shaking. I love that matt violet. It is so solid but not too “heavy”. It is just perfect for my taste. But personally, I don’t like the green part in both legs. They are too glossy, and in my opinion, they are not matched up with other matt-colored parts. I prefer the orange one (the same part of the legs, but for F Type Armor, will be shown below).

Movie Realization Eva-01 F Type Parts Left and Right.

All of the F Type parts are also in matte color, making them more elegant and give strong characteristic when Eva-01 wears it. By the way, the color scheme used for the F Type parts reminds me of Trans-am version of CelestialBeing Gundam OOs with a little bit more color variation.

Movie Realization Evangelion Eva-01 Inside, second layer.

This is the second layer of the package. As you can see there, there is also a stand base included, well it is just a normal base, not the good articulated one, but it does make me satisfied. It also comes with the battery charger (the wire on the left), the good-old progressive knife, F Type parts for, I think, the arms. There are also twelve hand parts, in total, six parts for each forms.

Movie Realization Evangelion Eva-01 Test Type Manual

And the last, this is the manual sheets for this figure, to guide transforming EVA-01 into the F Type. It is quite descriptive for me, so I presume it won’t be that hard to implement it.

That’s it for now. I will show more pics of this baby in the next post [part 2]. I am now trying and experimenting this figure articulation, looking the most furious pose. So stay tuned guys