Bandai 1/100 MG MSA-0011 Ex-S Gundam English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

MSA-0011 Ex-Gundam from Gundam Sentinel. A great upgraded design of the MSA-0011 Gundam by renowned Gundam mecha designer Hajime Katoki.

Bandai MG 1/100 MSA-0011 S-Gundam English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Master Grade MSA-0011 S-Gundam from Gundam Sentinel. I am truly impressed with the design of this Gundam along with the Ex-S Gundam. Not surprising given that renowned mecha designer Katoki Hajime was responsible for it.

Bandai HG 1/144 Xekueins English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

The RMS-141 Xekueins from Gundam Sentinel which existed during the Gundam ZZ timeline. One of the mobile suits that never made it into an anime series but was judged worthy enough to be made into a 1/144 High Grade Kit by Bandai. Was trying to figure out how to read the name of the mobile suit, good thing that the word Xekueins is spelled "Zekuain" in Japanese katakana at the manual.

Bandai HG 1/144 Dom Tropen Sand Brown English Color Guide

Ever since before I always loved the design of the Dom and the Rick Dom. I particularly like this Desert variant which is the Dom Tropen because of the color motiff and the way the weapons are laid out. It takes "meaness" to another level with this design of the Dom. This particular mobile suit came out in Gundam:0083 Stardust Memories.

1/100 GN-002 Gundam Dynames Assembly Part VI

After a 3 month hiatus I started building again the non-grade 1/100 GN-002 Gundam Dynames. Previous step can be found here. From the previous step most of the body was already finished. All that was left missing was the head, the hands and the weapons.

Bandai HG 1/144 MSM-03 Gogg English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Bandai HG 1/144 Gabthley English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

RX-110 Gabthley from the Zeta Gundam Anime Series. This unit was flown by Zeta Gundam antagonist Jerid Messa for the Titans. This mobile suit is unique from most mobile suits because it is capable of transforming to Mobile Armor mode.

Bandai HG 1/144 PMX-003 "The-O" English Color Guide

Paptimus Scirocco’s famous mobile suit in the Zeta Gundam, the PMX-003 "The-O" is just about ready to be released a couple of months from now as a Master Grade Kit with some shops already offering the MG "The-O" out for pre-order. Prior to that was the release of a 1/144 High Grade Universal Century (HGUC) kit of that very illustrious mobile suit by Bandai.

HLJ 70% Off Shipping with Paypal Purchase Extended till June 28

HobbyLink Japan just announced that they had extended their latest promo, 70% Off on Shipping cost if you pay with Paypal to June 28, 2010 from the originally set date of June 24, 2010.

Bandai MG 1/100 Wing Gundam ver. Ka English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

The XXXG-01W Wing Gundam from Gundam Wing. Can't really speak much about this kit since I haven't finished watching Gundam Wing yet. Heard its a good series though.

Bandai MG 1/100 Full Armor Gundam English Manual and Color Guide

FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam from Mobile Suit Variations of the Universal Century timeline that never really made it into any Gundam Anime series but was considered part of the official Gundam mecha designs.

Bandai MG 1/100 Strike Freedom Gundam Full Burst Mode English Manual and Color Guide

The iconic ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam of Kira Yamato from Gundam Seed Destiny. This time re-released as a Master Grade model differentiated from the regular MG Strike Freedom by being dubbed as the Full Burst Mode version.

Bandai HG 1/144 Zock English Manual and Color Guide

The Mass Production Amphibious Mobile Suit MSM-10 Zock from Gundam 0079. Definitely one of the strangest looking mobile suits in the arsenal of the Principality of Zeon. I'd like to ask the Zeon officer who signed the approval sheet for this what he was smoking at that time *snicker*

HLJ, Tomopop, HobbyLinkTV Gundam Photography and Video Competition

Announced a couple days back was a Gundam Model Kit (Gunpla) competition sponsored by HobbyLink Japan, Tomopop and HobbyLinkTV (sister site of HobbyLink Japan)

Bandai HG 1/144 ZZ Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

The titular mobile suit in the ZZ Gundam anime series gets released as a 1/144 scale High Grade Universal Century model kit by Bandai July this year. The MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam (Double Z Gundam) was flown by Judau Ashta for AEUG in the anime series.

Amiami SAL Parcel Campaign offers 15% discount

Just caught wind of this promo at Amiami. They introduced a new shipping method, SAL parcel. And in line with this they are offering 15% off campaign between June 15 ~ 30 for international shipments. The 15% off is a discount given on the selling price at Amiami and not the manufacturer's price.

Shaun the Sheep Polymer Clay Figure

Posted here before that my wife made a couple of characters from the Backyardigans cartoons to be used as cake toppers for my son's birthday cake. Recently a friend asked if she could make a cake topper of some characters from Shaun the Sheep for her daughter's upcoming birthday because her daughter really loved the Shaun the Sheep show. After a few days, during her free time, this was what she came up with.

Bandai MG 1/100 Zaku II Char Aznable Ver 2.0 English Manual & Color Guide

Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain.

Bandai MG 1/100 Gyan English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

M'Quve's YMS-15 Gyan from Mobile Suit Gundam 0079. This mobile suit was seen briefly in the anime series before it was quickly dispatched by Amuro Ray with his Gundam.

Bandai HG 1/144 Re-GZ English Manual and Color Guide

The RGZ-91 Re-GZ of Amuro Ray as seen in the opening fight sequence of Char's Counterattack between Londo Bell and Char's Neo Zeon forces. This was the primary mobile suit of Amuro Ray as a member of Londo Bell while waiting for the Nu Gundam to be completed by Anaheim Electronics. After Amuro Ray transitioned to the Nu Gundam, the RGZ-91 Re-Gz was assigned to Londo Bell member, Kayra Su.

Bandai HG 1/144 RX-79(G) Gundam The Ground War Set English Manual & Color Guide

A 1/144 High Grade model kit set consisting of the mecha from the Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team anime OVA. Namely the RX-79(G) and some Hover trucks. I finished watching the 08th MS Team recently. I started it last year then only got past the first episode. I think its because I found it slow starting that got me bored with. Despite that, I'd say that it was indeed a good anime series in my book, not spectacular but good.

Bandai HG 1/144 O Gundam English Manual and Color Guide

The first ever GN particle powered mobile suit in the Gundam 00 series is the 0 Gundam. This was the design from where all the other Gundam units of Celestial Being had evolved from.

Amiami reports email blockage from popular free email services

Amiami posted in their site yesterday evening for customers who have recently purchased from them and had not gotten any reply (email confirmation, email shipping, etc) to check their spam folders for their email as some popular free online email services had classified their email as spam.

HLJ June 8~11 Free Express Shipping with Paypal purchase promo

Update (06/09/2010): HLJ just emailed that their promo has already ended today due to stocks running out already even before the June 11 deadline.

New promo announced by HobbyLink Japan today. Another round of free express shipping (via FedEx or EMS) if you pay by Paypal when you purchase products from June 8 ~ June 11, 2010. The promo will officialy start at 6pm of June 8 Japan standard time or +9 hours from Greenwich Mean Time.

Bandai 1/100 Duel Gundam Assault Shroud English Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

Yzak Jule's GAT-X102 Duel Gundam Assault Shroud from the Gundam Seed anime series. Yzak Jule was part of a ZAFT commando team that came to steal the Earth Alliance's Gundams at Heliopolis. This was the opening event of the anime series and set the premise for the series. Aside from the Duel Gundam, also stolen by his team were the Aegis Gundam, Buster Gundam and Blitz Gundam.

Bandai MG 1/100 Destiny Gundam English Manual, Color Guide & Paint Conversion Chart

The ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam of Shinn Asuka from the very popular Gundam Seed Destiny anime series. This was his last ride before he got his ass handed to him by Athrun Zala in Infinite Justice...Yeah!

Bandai HG 1/144 Hi Nu Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

Definitely my most favorite Amuro Ray mobile suit, the Hi Nu Gundam from Beltorchika's Children. If you're a regular reader of this blog you're probably sick and tired of me saying that all the time *snicker*. Anyway, this is the 1/144 HGUC version of this model kit, there is also a MG Hi Nu Gundam released by Bandai.

HobbyLink Japan Scratch and Dent Section

HobbyLink Japan just recently announced a new section in their site, the Scratch and Dent section.

Bandai 1/100 Gundam Astray Mirage Frame English Manual & Color Guide

The first variant of the Gundam Astray Mirage Frame of Rondo Gina Sahaku from the Gundam Seed vs Astray manga series. From here you can easily see how it morphed into one weird mobile suit *snicker*

MG 1/100 PMX-003 The O available for Pre-order

Update (08/25/2010): English Translated Construction Manual and Color Guide for "The O" can be found here already.

Update: Unboxing of The O can at HobbyLink Japan.

Update: Also available for pre-order for 10,200 yen at HobbyLink Japan

Just saw this at Amiami's website, Paptimus Scirocco's mobile suit, The O, available for pre-order already. It was announced recently to be released as a master grade kit by August.

Bandai 1/100 Gundam Astray Mirage Frame 2nd Issue English Manual & Color Guide

Rondo Gina Sahaku's Gundam Astray Mirage Frame 2nd Issue from the Gundam Seed vs Astray manga series. Compared to most Gundam Astray designs, this version towers over the rest by having longer legs and a wider shoulders. The "human" mode of this suit is called "Tyrant Mode", when it transforms into a quadruped it is dubbed "beast mode."

Hobby Search Announces Special Sales Prices will be maintained

Just saw this at Hobby Search site yesterday evening. From my understanding of it they will be maintaining the special pricing that they issued to their products to commemorate the re-establishment of their Paypal payment service.

Bandai 1/100 Nebula Blitz Gundam English Manual & Color Guide

Lily Thevalley's LN-GAT-X207 Nebula Blitz Gundam operated by the group known as Librarian Works in the Gundam Seed Vs Astray manga series. This mobile suit is based off the Blitz Gundam operated by ZAFT soldier Nicol Amalfi in the original Gundam Seed anime series which in turn was stolen by him from the Earth Alliance.