MG Strike Noir WIP Report

So I'm about 85% finished with the MG Strike Noir that I received for Christmas. I'm really liking this kit so far! It's quite an interesting build, as it is my first time handling a Master Grade Strike Gundam of any kind. Building this is making me want to go back and re-watch the Stargazer OVAs. Now, what I'm considering doing is taking some silver paint, and painting all of the grey bits you see into silver. I really think it would help accent the colour scheme a bit better.

PRESENTS!!!!!

Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and great hauls...my Christmas this year I thought was alright. As you can tell by the picture, I got something last night a gift from my sister's BF...and that gift is: Master Grade Strike Noir!

So to recap...my Christmas haul would be as follows:

Master Grade Deathscythe version Ka
Master Grade Strike Noir
1/10 Rockman.

Mail Call: Automaton Toys

I won't bother doing an unboxing, because alot of you knew that this was coming for me...but the god damned Canada Post kept me waiting long enough Finally! It's here.... ..something that I've been eagerly awaiting for the last few days: Fansproject's Protector armour and Sidearm! I had this shipped out on the 16th, and it only arrived today. I became pretty paranoid when I saw the tracking status changed to "Item successfully delivered" yet nothing had arrived at the door yet...I was suppose to get this on the 20th, but I suppose it got held back because of the Holliday rush...I suppose I can only blame myself for having something ordered so close to Christmas. But this is a very, very cool set none the less!

For those not in the know, Fansproject is a well known third party company that works outside the boundaries of Hasbro and Takara Tommy. They take pre-existing figures and then improves upon them by adding armour or extra pieces, their more well known for their City Commander upgrade set for the Classics Ultra Magnus...pictured below here:

The Fansproject Protector Armour set came curtsy of Automaton Toys, I'll post a link down below here: 

http://www.automatontoys.com/

And I'll post a link to Fansproject's main website as well: 

http://www.fansproject.com/

Tron Legacy thoughts and impressions

I'll try to keep this as spoiler free s possible, and will only give how I thought the movie was overall: 


I went to the Midnight premiere last night and saw it in Imax 3D, without having seen the original Tron I went into this with zero expectations, and not really getting a lot of the references the film made  I can say though that this movie is just awesome though! Granted there were a few moments of the film I felt were cliched, almost making me wanna roll my eyes...and the film was a bit predictable.  


I love the sound track, and the visuals and special effects were pretty awesome. I went to the Imax 3D Showing, and i can tell you that at least half of the film isn't really in 3D...the beginning part and the end in the human world anyway.


Overall, I really had a fun time with this movie, I think it really is worth a watch. 

Yet another shopping trip

As you can tell by the photo, I went out and bought something again. This time, it's the 1/100 Master Grade Death Scythe ver Ka, I bought this from Gundam Base in Pacific Mall who FINALLY got some new model kits in. The price for this kit wasn't bad either, it came up to about 60$. Either way, my parents gave me some cash for Christmas, and I paid it using that money...so this is technically their present. I do have plans for this model kit, since I have some black paint left over from another project, I'll be using that to add a bit more black here and there...personally I love the design but think there's a bit too much white.

On a side note, I just got my shipping notice for the Fansproject Protector Armour and Sidearm, so I'll be getting that within the next few days! So very excited for this set.

Shopping Trip

I did some more shopping today and I was met with a couple of nice and unexpected surprises first, my reason for going out today was because Power Core Combiners were on sale at Toys R Us, unfortunately I don't have a Toys R Us near me, so I had to take the flyer to get it price matched at a different store. Like an idiot, I didn't take the whole flyer with me, just the page that had the sale. Luckily, I found a cashier at Zellers(A Canadian Target) And they were able to price match for me no problem. Then I went to EB Games today, and I found Alpha Protocol for the PS3 brand new for 10!! I nearly bought Persona 3 Portable too, so I'm pretty glad I decided to take one more look before buying it. 

At the same EB Games, there were these girls there advertising Tron Legacy, after talking with them I told them that I already got my advance tickets for the midnight showing, and they gave me this really spiffy double sided poster: 

And yes, I do really have my advance tickets for the movie, I'll be seeing it opening night. 

China Builds a Giant Gundam!

With Japan building their own life-sized statue of the RX-78 Gundam, it seems as though China wants to get in and make their own version of the statue,  . Oh China...is there nothing you'll rip off just to make a quick buck?