Gundamaniac

here are some Gashapons I recently picked up, although I can only identify the first three characters which are from the anime Full Metal Panic, Theresa Testarossa, Kyoko Tokiwa and Chidori Kaname. the rest are probably from other series to which I haven’t seen yet. ^^

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I usually say clear away from buying HG kits since they’re really to small for me to be able to paint them properly. however seeing this HG Advance Hazel makes me want to rethink my 1/100 only policy. I wonder when will bandai ever release master grade AOZ (Advance of Zeta) gundam kits.

for more images check out review on Dalong.net

We’ve seen Japanese films turn american like the Ring and the grudge, but have you ever seen american show turn japanese? well check out this anime:

demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z! thanks to Roy of Q-taro.com for the quick random post that got me on the know. ^^ Why the Z? well frankly… I don’t know. ^^ however in the same way where american pop culture has a affinity to the letter X (X-men, X-Factor, X-files and X-box), their Japanese counterparts seem to have a predisposition to use the letter Z (Z Gundam, Mazinger Z, Dragonball Z). in any case, if you crave for more info about this anime, you can check out the info on Wikipedia, or this promo posted on youtube.

Blossom - Momoko Akatsutsumi

Bubbles - Miyako Goutokuji

Buttercup - Kaoru Matsubara

by the way, if anybody noticed, I haven’t been posting embedded videos from youtube. that’s because, for some strange reason, the youtube embedded link doesn’t seem to work on my blog.

Its been over a week now, yet incoming search engine referrals from Google and Yahoo still screams with “mg strike freedom! MG Strike Freedom! MG STRIKE FREEDOM! …with special option“ ^^
so for all you looking for MG Strike Freedom Gundam, here are some more images. BTW more news from hobby japan, plus a bit of images of a mod done by Zaku. all the pictures were taken from figure.fm and was posted there my I.J

Edited and Updated Oct 27, 2006
Okay I think I owe everybody who browsed over here a bit of an explaination. although the 1st image below is in fact a review featured on Hobby Japan in regards to the new upcoming master grade strike freedom. the images that follow isn’t that particular kit, my apologies to those who were misled by the original post, I guess I was caught up with looking at the images that I neglected to read the comments on I.J’s post a bit more carefully. but still, it is a cool looking mods.

scans from the latest Hobby Japan Issue

Once in a while when I feel like drinking a cup-o-java-juice, i’d stop by the nearest starbucks for a venti (That’s large for all those who doesn’t know starbucks lingo). It just happened I just had to come across the strangest nut job I’ve ever seen. As I was walking my way to the counter this old guy cuts in front of me. And although I was a bit miffed, I though to myself, I’d rather wait a few minutes than have an argument with a old geezer in a public place. So as I waited behind him, I couldn’t help but hear him order (french) pressed coffee to go. Now the dilemma… Strike freedom fans would know that the word venti on the gundams forehead means twenty.

Suffice to say a venti cup would contain 20 oz. However this guy ordered a 32 oz drink. No problem, the guy at the cashier offered to pour the extra 12 oz in another cup. But wait just a cotton picking minute…why should customers be burden with carrying a second cup? So this guy suddenly decides to gives a fit! He was adamant in having all his 32 oz in the 20 oz venti cup. Now you need not be a rocket scientist to figure out that it ain’t gonna happen. not unless starbucks comes up with some sort of a mug with a black hole in it that could bend time and space. Yet still, it came to the point where the guy calls the manager out to somehow think of a way to pour his drink into a single cup. The manager tries to explain that it was simply impossible. This goes on and on for a while, until at last the geezer agrees to the two cup solution. Geez!