On the lower right side of the website, I added a few del.icio.us link rolls. Anything tagged with Gundam, Gundam Modelers, and Gundam Tutorials, is now featured here. Just thought I'd share some of my resources with you. Go ahead, dig around, and see what you find. Add me to your network if you want to as well.Gundam Box Cosplayer Remembered By Akihabara. See this photo? It's internet famous in Japan — Like on the same level that the Blastoise-kid or the Nintendo 64-kid is in the West. (Of course, people outside Japan have seen this Gundam box-dude before, too!) In a testament to the pic's popularity, here the Gundam cardboard box-kid is immortalized outside an Akihabara retailer. Don't know this kid, but if you're reading, congrats! You've made your mark. Brian Ashcraftgundamkidakiba.jpg
Never Forget: Gundam Box Cosplayer Remembered By Akihabara - Kotaku
It's funny how you can meet someone, and in the five minutes you spent with them, can connect and make a great friend. I met a fellow named Kajiwara while visiting Japan with my good friends, Kuni and Hide. We only spent about five minutes visiting with each other while we were at Volks in the Radio Kaikan building across from the Akihabara station. It was a rather akward sight. He was trying to speak broken English, and I was trying to speak broken Japanese. But we shared one common interest. Gunpla. Over the years we have stayed in touch through Kuni, who now works with him in California at Volks USA Headquarters. A while back, Kazi sent me the HGUC FXA-05D/RX-178 MK II I am so diligently working on. As thanks, I sent him a HGUC Powered GM.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I have not been able to work on this, or the website for a while. Anyway, in my pursuit of trying as many different things on this HGUC as I can, I played around with the fists a bit. Something looked very odd about the way the MK II balled his fist. So I scratched a few lines in the fist in order to get away from the big lump of plastic look. This picture is taken right next to the same fist on the Titans color MK II manual. (Thanks Kuni!) As you can see, besides the sanding that I have to finish, it looks a little more like it's fingers are wrapped around, as opposed to just flowing right around back into the hand. What do you think? Was it worth the effort? Any suggestions?
"Full-size Gundam created for GUNDAM CRISIS attractionPosted May 16th 2007 1:49PM by Darren MurphFiled under: Misc. Gadgets, TransportationWhile those of you who have the luxury of frequenting the Fuji-Q Highland Amusement Park in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, we're sure a tear was shed when Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu was closed down just months ago. Thankfully, the successor is bigger, better, and almost ready to rock, as the GUNDAM CRISIS thrill ride prepares to envelope you in a Gundam hanger and elicit quite a few smiles. The actual Gundam will indeed be a 1:1 full scale rendition, meaning that it'll stretch to about 18-meters in height, and while we certainly wish you could strap it onto a rail and call it a roller coaster, this attraction looks to be one of those tamer "walk through types." Of course, that also means that there is no height or age requirement to see the ominous beast, and considering that it should shuffle its first guests through in July, you won't have to wait much longer to get your Gundam fix at Fuji-Q."
Full-size Gundam created for GUNDAM CRISIS attraction - Engadget
Wow. Just, wow. I finally finished watching the entire MS 08th Team DVD set. And all I can say is wow. This is by far the greatest Gundam series I have seen yet. I will try to write up some sort of review for it in the coming posts. The only caveat I still have with the older Gundam series, is still there use of foul language. In particular, the use of the Lord's name. I still don't get what the fascination is with that.
