Thursday, December 11, 2008

Yotsuba&! Attack

When i first saw this manga at kinokuniya, I fell in love with it immediately. The serial is titled "Yotsuba&!" or 四葉妹妹 in mandarin. There is no adrenaline pumping action or gorging violence in this manga, just pure laughter on the protagonist's clueless yet funny reaction as the manga follows through her everyday activities. You can find out more here.
As enjoyable as the story sounds, the toy collectables itself provides alot of fun as well.
Here you see the main protagonist Yotsuba Koiwai (centre) & her friends, Ena Ayase (right), and Miura Hayasaka (left, in "Danboard costume")

Ena Ayase

Ena Ayase has no joint articulation so it can only be displayed as it is, however you get to choose two outfits to choose from: ordinary wear or swimsuit.



Miura Hayasaka


This is by far the cutest figurine i have so far. This is a cardboard costume wore by Miura Hayasaka in the manga. Doesn't it reminds you of lego?




Yotsuba Koiwai


Yotsuba Koiwai has many articulation points and different facial expressions, which allows difficult postures made possible.



Out of the box photo shoot









"Hey Miura~! Look what i got for you~! A cicada~!"


"Get away from me~!! I hate bugs~!!"

"Must.. get.. Dan..Board.."
"Here Miura~! It's for you~! Keep it~!"

"I said..."

"No~!! I HATE BUGS~!!"

Robot kill mode: Activate!

"Now, just follow me, Yotsuba..."

"Beam~!!"





"Look~! I caught Ena~! Haa"

"Kame.. hame..."

"HA~!!!" *Dragonball trademark move" XD

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

1/100 Macross 7 Fire Valkyrie YF-19 Kai

I took a fairly long break to sort some thing out and I'm back for good now. Alright let's waste no time. ^_^

I just finished watching my macross marathon (macross 7, macross plus, macross zero & macross frontier) and the hype in me over macross is still burning, so i thought why not start afresh this December with posting on this baby. This is my only macross kit in my entire toy collection. I believe after the macross marathon there will be more macross goodies growing in my collection. XD

This is a 1/100 scale VF-19 Fire Valkyrie that took me a day to do some minor painting and panel lining and another day to complete the kit. Transformation between different modes is possible with minimal parts swopping.

Fighter Mode

Top view

Rear view

Cockpit view

Closer view of pilot "Nekki Basara"

Top view of the details of fighter mode - shield is attached to the back

Another closer look at the details of the wing area

Front wheel


Rear/side wheel


The rifle is seen attached to the belly of the plane

Hatch for the front wheel - some black stain marks due to wet paints on the wheels :(



A look at how the rear/side wheel is hidden

Look ma, no wheel~!! Lol


Gerwalk mode



Front view

Posing is possible in this mode but limited

Bottom view

The back fin of the head can be seen in this mode unlike in fighter mode
Battroid mode












Sho~Ryu~Ken~!! *street fighter moves*


"Excuse me, where's the toilet?"


Peek-a.....

Boo~!







That's all, folks. Sorry for the crazy loading time for the amount of pictures. In the meantime, I hope i'll get my hands on the 1/72 scale VF-25 Messiah alto's custom real soon.. *_*