Gundamaniac

GFFN Strike Gundam

marvin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:27:38 +0000

images of GFF-Maniax latest release the GAT-105 Strike gundam. seem like they’ve run out of UC gundams to make GFFs. note that earlier GFF incarnations of the Freedom, Strike Freedom, Destiny and Infinite Justice were not boxed as GFFs but as cosmic region toys.
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Carnivorous Robots

marvin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:50:34 +0000

the Martix movie’s people battery powered robots doesn’t seem so far fetched anymore. they’ve created:

a rodent catching table that powers the TV

a clock that powers itself by catching flies.

a fly powered lamp shade

who it works

The pests are lured in and digested by an internal microbial fuel cell. This exploits the way microbes generate free electrons and hydrogen ions when oxidising chemicals for energy. Electronics can be powered by directing the electrons around an external circuit before reuniting them with the ions.

original source
and a video

Transformers 2 revenge of the fallen

marvin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:52:43 +0000

Went over to ultra 7 cinema at eastwood to watch the new Transformers movie. Was actually contemplating whether to watch it on imax, but decided to watch it in the comfort of a recliner seat instead. The movie starts out with a lot of action, and sustains it up until the end. Unfortunately for me, my ticket included unlimited popcorn and drinks. Which would mean I would have to empty my bladder at least once for the whole two and a half hours. Too bad I didn’t bring along one my baby’s diapers.
Some would say that the movie had more action than what a human mind can digest. but heck, if I wanted to watch a sci-fi flick with nothing but pure conversation, I would have rewatched the man from earth. long story short, Michael Bay made sure we’d get more bang for our buck on this sequel.

Some take away thoughts from the movie. A warning though, these would constitute as spoilers, so do not read on unless you want to be spoilt.
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Transformer Devices

marvin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:01:12 +0000

looks like everything is sol in transformer form these days. check out the cool transformer products below. images from wasabi toys

Blaster USB hub transforms into a toshiba qosmio laptop, I’m surprised there isn’t a soundwave version of this.
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Golgo 13 Figma

marvin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:02:39 +0000

upcoming figma release this August, Duke Togo from Golgo 13. which includes a Di-Stage Basic Set. I don’t know anything about the anime Golgo 13 but the disassemble capable M16 and the attache case storage are pure win.the speech bubble gimmick is an added plus as well.

TOTO Portable Washlet

marvin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:15:13 +0000

I’ve always wanted one of these ever since I read about it years ago.unfortunately after scouring around the streets of Akihabara a number of times, I couldn’t find a store that carried it. imagine my surprise when I received one a few days ago.

instruction was easy to understand, open the bottom cap and slide the apparatus out like a syringe, fill it up with water, open the nozzle then aim for the brown stuff and spray to your bum.
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running Windows apps on a Mac

marvin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:09:36 +0000

I got myself a iMac a few weeks ago, and have been happily using it ever since. however since all my programs at the office would only run on windows, I had to find a way to make them run on my home mac. this is when I found a nifty program called VMWare Fusion. by the way please pardon the images, took them with a digital camera. this was before I realize control+shift+3 would automatically save a screencap to your active window.

I was actually thinking about installing another program called parallels. however after finding out that the windows taskbar would awkwardly appear above the apple dock during unity mode, decided to use VMWare instead.
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Chogokin Messiah Alto custom with super parts

marvin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:53:23 +0000

Got my grubby mitts on the Chogokin VF5F Messiah Alto custom’s Super parts a while back, but forgot to post the images up until now. ^^;

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Moving Gundam

marvin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:05:41 +0000

image of the lit up Odaiba Gundam brought to you by Danny Choo
video below found via Wcloudx.

YouTube Direktvideo link

Max Factory Mikuru Asahina cultural festival version

marvin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:01:18 +0000

Got this lovely Max Factory Mikuru a while back, wasn’t able to take photos up until now.

wanted one as soon I saw her on DannyChoo.com. which is also where I got the idea of posing her in from of the mac screen. ^^; sorry Danny.
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