Tiger & Bunny : Blue Rose Tag Swing

Guy 'A' had recently treated me to a sumptuous lunch at a Japanese restaurant that served delicious ramen and katsu! After which, we were window-shopping when he saw a capsule machine with 'Tiger & Bunny' Tag Swing. Guy 'A' had his eyes on this 'Blue Rose' Tag Swing, but by turning the capsule machine might not get what he wanted. No fear! The resourceful  Katsuden had searched online and found this  adorable 'Blue Rose' on Yahoo! Japan. I got it shipped from Japan and had presented it as a gift small token of appreciation before I could treat him to something. 

Product:

Set of five gashapon trading figures, made with clear material, made into ball chain straps. This set contains Wild Tiger, Barnaby Brooks, Blue Rose, Wild Tiger (Hundred Power ver.), Barnaby Brooks (Hundred Power ver.) Maker: Bandai 

Blue Rose:

Blue Rose is one of those superheroes in the anime. Her catchphrases : My ice is a little cold, but your crime has been put completely on hold! As a reality TV crime-buster, Blue Rose main sponsor is pepsiNex, 'The taste that goes first'. Her true identity is Karina Lyle, who's a high school student who works part-time as a pianist. I haven't reached there but according to Wiki, She seems to have an affection on Kotetsu aka Wild Tiger at the later part the storyline.

HG Zaku II Char's Custom

Guy 'A' has not found his Gunpla momentum after the completion of his HGUC Gundam RX-78-2, so his fellow comrades of Team 06th OCC had lent their helping hands to the squad leader. Basically, I lack the stamina on snap-fit process hence Eric took charge of it. I'm in-charge of subsequent processes like filing, penal lining, adding the decal and finishing it with a topcoat. This is pretty much a simple kit with 3 standard weapons of Zaku. The rifle, bazooka and the iconic heat axe. The kit comes with optional hands and a one-and-only piece of sticker for the mono-eye. Bandai should be more generous with more stickers instead. Good thing I have some spare water-slide decals for this Zaku II. I don't have Char's insignia for the shoulder armour plate so instead I put a Zeon emblem on it. I had the rifle and bazooka sprayed grey and extra effort were put in on the heat axe. I sprayed it purple and used yellow paint marker for the blade. Sieg Zeon!

龙虎门 Tiger Wong Figure

Tiger Wong played by Nicholas Tse in the live-action movie

I have chosen this figure for review as a Chinese New Year 2012 special, based on its auspicious colour. I bought this figurine of Tiger Wong aka Wong Xiao Hu, after having watched the live-action movie whereby the character was played by Nicholas Tse. The movie whereby the title, a direct translation of the comic 'Dragon Tiger Gate' was an adaptation of a long running Chinese comic since 1970s. The young Wong has a strong sense of justice and is specialised with kicking techniques. His signature move is '18 Dragon Slayer Kicks' & ' Thunder Lighting Kick'.

The toy was released in 2002 catered to the Hong Kong market as a Trading figure in blind toy. It resemble the comic image of Dragon Wong wearing his iconic red singlet with star on the chest. The figure was nicely sculpted with a Wong still looking good even on close-up shots. The thick eye-brown of the character was also clearly defined. The hunky figure of Dragon Wong gave pride to Chinese comic and Hong Kong toy maker. This is one figure that's now extreme rare and definitely one of the best memorabilia of 'Dragon Tiger Gate'.

Macross: Customised SDF-1

My customisation of the 1/3000 scale Matchbox release of SDF-1, TV version to movie version. The idea came after seeing the toy turning yellow. I had spent 3 nights on this project from stripping the stickers, unscrewing the parts, spraying, hand painting, and finally reapplying the stickers. I was a bit rush on this project cos I wanted to give the toy a change before this Chinese NewYear, therefore I wasn't completely satisfied due to some washy finishing. Nevertheless, in overall, the end result is better than the yellowing state and it kind of look pretty decent on display. I had used prime grey epoxy paint for the overall colour. Had then hand painted the command bridge with naval blue and yellow paint. Some of the old stickers had been repaired with double-sided tape before reapplying them. The new Macross stickers are from 1/60 Yamato valkyrie.