More Haruhi Extravaganza figures releasedates announced

The releasedates of Haruhi and Mikuru were announced before to be March and April 2009 respectively. Now the releasedate for the Yuki figure has been announced to be May 2009. With this the releasedate of the all of the extravaganza set have been announced. All are still available for preorder on HobbySearch. With 7057 yen per figures it would be too much of an assault on my cash reserves :(

Also a cute MikuMikku Kagami nendoroid from the Lucky Star OVA was announced.
pictures and info at Goodsmile and Mikatan

Plamo Projects Update

The plamo projects were not in a standstill in the holidays. After finishing the build of the rafe, I started practicing with airbrushing some old hgs of mine. Until I get some confidence in airbrushing painting the rafe will have to wait. Because airbrushing all the time is somewhat monotonous I decided to start another build. Since i was already working with aiplanes the Valkyrie would be a nice intermediate. I got quite some work done in the holidays. The mochup build is done and I spend some time trying to have it transform.
Here the blank VF25F in airplane modus. The components are somewhat loose and parts do not always join up very well due to the joints used for transforming. The plane modus looks quite nice and sleek but without decals it is somewhat empty.
The VF25F in Gerwalk modus. The gerwalk modus hasn't been a modus I was very fond of. It just looks a bit weird. The landing gear and the body-mounted gun are removed. The engines are rotated down and have become legs. Furthermore using a mechanism in the engines/motor allows the thruster to pulled out more making it become an ankle and foot. Also arms are rotated out from the body. The tail becomes the shield. The shield also holds a knife.
The VF25F in Battroid modus. Here is a shot of the VF25F holding the rifle. Transforming to battroid required more work. The wings were folded back in. The hips were straigthened out making it become more of a standing leg. The cockpit area is divided in several parts that fold into the body. Whereas the head and antennae pop up from the body.

2 different sheets of decals were in the box. A clear sticker sheet and a water decal sheet. Saving the water decals for the more high quality painted version in the future I have started to put the sticker decals on the body. This is quite some work handling the damn small decals. I haven't finished putting on the decals yet. I guess I'll save that for later.

Valkyrie girl via moe.imouto.org (original a megami creators poster)

Happy New Year

明けましておめでとうございます~ Happy New Year

After some time of inactivity in the holidays periods here is a post to break the silence. Expect a series of posts to catch up on stuff from the holidays.

Happy 200⑨ to all.

Image via gelbooru

There she is.

Quite some time ago a flash movie circulated around the internet about a cat meeting a bunny falling in love with the cat around some vending machines. With the movie becoming quite popular English versions were made later on. That movie actually got some sequels and a couple of days ago the last episode was released.

Watch the movies here

Hoshi Saga

I guess it's time for another flash game I've been playing a bit lately. This time it is Hoshi Saga. It consists of many levels where you only have to do one thing. Find the star. Some levels are quite easy and obvious. Others require some thinking or clicking and rarely some typing. I got stuck at some levels but after skipping them and playing it later might provide more insight. All in all a quite amusing game.

There are 3 Hoshi Saga's out already.
Go play them here:

Hoshi Saga
Hoshi Saga 2
Hoshi Saga 3

Image (somewhat related) via moe.imouto.org

Plamo Project Update

Besides getting figures yesterday, it was also the triweekly plamo building day. I was too lazy to putty my MG Strike E IWSP so I started on the build of my Yukikaze Rafe instead. I got it in my last Japan trip as I couldn't find the Mave. There is not much difference between them as the Rafe is the unmanned version of the Mave. They are so alike that most sprues in the Rafe Box are actually from the Mave. It does not have the cockpit but does have the figures for the pilots. As it is an ex model painting and gluing is necessary. I already glued some parts but need to wait as some parts need to be painted before assembling and gluing it. I did do a mockup build as you can see in the picture. Next time should be painting it unless I'm lazy and put off painting and start another build.

New Arrivals

Yesterday was a very good in terms of figures. An order finally arrived~
Figma Hatsune Miku, Figma Kagami, Xenosaga Legend ep 2 figure, 2x Melty Blood pretty collection, Hayate the Combat Butler vol 9 and and issue 11 of Megami Creators Magazine. For the Xenosaga figure I got Shion. She will stand nicely next to the Kos-Mos I fetched in Japan. For the Melty Blood collection I got black Ren and vampire Arcueid. The two twintail figmas are very nice. The twintails both have joints so you can play with the hair giving it much more dynamic poses.

Also, a week ago something else arrived. The VF-25F Alto custom.
It was sold out at most places when I wanted to order it. So I had it preordered for the rerelease at rainbowten. The transformation sequence looks interesting, I will build it when I'm done with my current plamo projects. It got 2 sheets of decals. You can choose to use water transfer or transparent stickers. Will decide on that later.
With them new figures my desktop became much more filled with figures~