James' Blog

Finally! A good three and a half years since Ben originally got me this kit it’s finally done, and what a monster it is! Compared to other 1/144 models it’s a goliath, the MG must be insanely huge! On with the review…

30 Years… 30 Years! That’s incredible for any franchise and it’s not going anywhere. What an amazing three decades it’s been, there have been great times (Zeta), some not so great times(Turn A) and some weird as hell times(G Gundam!) It’s spawned countless games on multiple platforms, and arguably one of the most successful hobbie [...]

He’s done! Well actually he’s been done for some time but between sorting the wedding, the insane business of work and having to travel to Cornwall for my Nans funeral i’ve been a bit on the busy side!

Hey look, arms! and insanely posable arms at that! I’ve performed the common mod of breaking up the molded 3-finger piece to allow individual finger movement – as demonstratedwith the ‘V’ sign This has made the grip a little looser but it doesn’t really matter as all of the weapons clip into a little nub [...]

Via Ngee Khiong Supreme Coolness! Makes poor MG Gundam i’m working on look a little wimpy Due to be completed in July, this life-sized RX-78-2 Gundam statue will be located in Shiokaze Park in Tokyo. Featuring around 50 lights, possible head movement and smoking backpack jets this sounds too good to be true! Just the [...]

Core, backpack and head now complete! Action base 2 also put together ready to display this bad boy when he’s all done! hoping to finish this off at some point this weekend. Can’t Decide whether to battle-damage this kit once complete? Would mainly be cosmetic changes, lighten the edges of panels, dirty up certain areas [...]

All coming together now! For some reason I always deviate from the order set by the instruction manual and put the weapons together first.. I like to feel i’m getting somewhere and it drives me forward when i’m fiddling with all the internal parts! Anyone else do this too? I’m still amazed by all the [...]

Core Fighter and beam rifle painted, lined, sanded and coated! Really impressed by the detailing of the Core Fighter, when you transform it into core block mode the cockpit chair automatically shifts to stay upright and the tail moves downward into the body, brilliant! seems almost a shame to conceal it inside the Gundam.

Via Kotaku Interesting and weird move this – obviously Gundam vs Gundam has been a success for the handheld but how will this fare without the POD Displays and Immersive control system? Oh, and a happy new year to all!

This is the first Gunpla i’ve built in ages, it’s a fairly old 1/144 kit I purchased when I was in Japan last month but on the plus side it’s a GM Sniper, as featured in the 8th MS Team OVA – one of my favourites.

Figured it was about time I posted my stash from this year as i’m particularly impressed by how much fitted into my suitcase! The bulk of my money went on Gunpla and i’m really happy with the 6 I purchased, these are:

So yeah… Fuji-San didn’t happen but it’s ok as that’s something for next time! First stop today – Harajuku! We strolled down Takeshita Street, stopping in a few shops along the way including a funky 100yen shop, Closet Child and Pet Paradise – a dog clothes shop (i’m sorry Pickles) at the bottom of the [...]

So today we did some exploring in Kyoto, mainly in the Southern Higashiyama area.

Gunota Headlines, on of the finest resources for all things Gundam is closing its doors today after 5 years, the internet is slightly less Otaku today

I love the crap that can be found on Youtube… Part of me thinks “you geeks” and part of me also wishes i’d thought of making a video like this first!

A rather sizable chunk of my HLJ wishlist has just been ordered, can’t wait for it all to turn up it’s gonna be like christmas! :):):)