As corny as it sounds, I guess there really was a very rare chance for someone to know someone else from the net due to a certain something (lol tongue-tied?)... and that something is not an item which a person is putting on sale to another person. Anyway, thank you Bese for giving me those suggestions on where I could possibly lay my hands on a Setsuna Resin Kit as well! :)
I tried going down to La Tendo at Kallang LeisureMall 2 weekends ago, and yes they were selling Gundam 00 Voice I-dolls as well! (And also the Code Geass ones o.O) But they were rather expensive, for a set of 5 of them, it costs $60. So I took my time to deliberate if I wanted them that badly for me to spend that kind of money. (Or actually I was more concerned after buying them, where in the world could I put them up for display? Not much space left in my current room >.< ) Unfortunately, they were not selling a Gundam Seed Petit Series of Cagalli which I like very much. (Bottom right of the pic, where she's holding a pistol) Only place later on where I found selling this series was Suntec, but I didn't want to take the risk of ending up with another character because that's the only one I like. Sadly they don't identify which char it is like some places do with the "tick" on the box.
Then I also went on a "crazy frenzy" during the past few weekends, always going to the usual places to look at anime figurines like Sunshine Plaza, PS, Bras Basah, Suntec and even online sites just to find figurines which I like. (Especially the I-dolls and petit series!) I sure took many many looks at these figurines. I remembered I wanted to post up pics of some Gundam figures which I currently have! So here goes... :)
Kira Yamato. To be frank, I never really liked Kira and his overly-pink girlfriend in Gundam Seed (Ok, I know her name is Lux?) In fact, I'm kinda anti-kira/lux normally because he seems overly "imba" in the story. And erm, he's always in the way of my fave char Asuran/Athrun. She is exactly the kind of girl who puts me off? (The fragile, princess in distress =.=) But oh well lol! I got this "ancient" 2005 voice i-doll from Comics Connection at PS just this past weekend, it went for "3 at $10"! I thought that was too difficult a bargain to forgo, even though the paper box was badly crumpled and torn. This doll says "Daijobu, daijobu dakara." when you press on the button. I actually thought that was kinda cute, makes me wonder do they actually sound cute on other i-dolls as well.
Too bad they didn't have any other i-dolls for me to choose the other 2 items from to make up the total 3 items. Eventually, decided on a uniformed Ramius sitting proudly on a chair and another figurine from Code Geass which I would not be showing here yet. I chose Ramius because I thought it wouldn't be too common for a bigger scale and nicer figurine of her to be available in the market, as compared to the other characters.
The first Gundam model shown here is the Destiny Gundam piloted by Shinn. (Oh I love those pink translucent butterfly wings =p) Doesn't it look stylo in this "hardo-gay's say say say" pose? lol!!
Next up would be the Double 00 Raiser also in BB form! (For once, I was glad I could use that black diary book which co gave us, because it gives a nice background I could use to hide all my clutters.) If I were ever to own a Setsuna voice i-doll, I'll make sure to take a pic of both together.... that would be really cute ;)
Lastly, I dropped by Taka for the Gundam Sale on Saturday... too bad I didn't have a Takashimaya card in order to enjoy additional 10% on the 20% off sale. So I just got this set of 2 1/100 model kits for a price of $49.90. (That means each one cost about $25, which is cheap... normally one of that size may cost from $30+ to $50). Both model kits in this set are pink, one's a Gunner Zaku Warrior piloted by Lunamaria Hawke, and the other is a Justice Gundam piloted by Asrun. I think probably the reason why they have a large supply of these pink models was due to the color. Not many pple would buy pink ones I guess....
I've finished building the Zaku cos the box was already not wrapped in the transparent plastic. It was my first time building a model on a scale of 1/100, but I guess the usual basics of building models of other sizes are there. Just takes more time as compared to a BB model. I'll post a pic again later on the Justice when I find the time to start building it :)
So how does it look? I thought it was quite refreshing for a change to be building a Zaku instead of a Gundam. Not to mention the gunner weapon with the tying of the red string was kinda challenging.
I hope the lady whom approached me for some advice on a present for her friend's 6 year-old boy was able to buy a suitable gundam for the boy. She asked how do I select which gundam to buy when she spotted me going round that area with gundams going for "70% off". She even asked if it was simple enough for a 6-year old child to know how to build. I explained to her maybe it might take some guidance from an adult, because the instructions are usually in Japanese, with numberings and pictures. And I also directed her to the Gundam 00 models because I guess kids would like the latest toys always? (or at least when I was a kid, I always prefer the latest toys =x) I kinda gave her another pretty weird advice..... which was to choose the blue colored gundam because usually that is the one which belongs to the "main hero". Hmm.................. wat the?
Ok, I've finally blogged to my heart's content for tonight! (of cos, its 2am! omg XD) I actually feel much happier by now :) Guess all these take away my worries and unhappiness, at least, for the night.
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