Recent Anime Watched (April 2014)

Kamaisama Dolls - Chosen Seki controlling mechanized dolls in fights. Some really serious plot and sad past of main characters. Cool story development, cute dolls but deadly, nice touch of romance and episode 6 is my favourite. 

Milky Holmes - Don't be deceived by those kiddish looks, its for matured audience above 13. Can expect good laughs. The cuteness of female villain Henriette is hard to resist...

Gundam Build Fighters - Great refreshing Gundam actions that ain't gotto harm. Friendly, light hearted and unbiased Gunpla passion. 

Maoyuu Maou Yuusha aka Devil Queen - Not the devilish queen one would expect. For a knight fantasy anime, it kind of lack the action. The first 5 episodes were a lot on agriculture. It's quite an intelligence anime in my opinion

Freezing (Season 1) - Under ecchi anime but just the type of girl fights with gorgeous female protagonist any anime need.    

Log Horizon - Many might compare it with SAO, however Log Horizon is a class of is own. Also trapped in MMORPG, Log Horizon has a more in depth explanation to the game concept and strategies 

Okamisan and Her Seven Companions - Good humour and friendship in this anime. A lot of anticipation on the development between the male and female protagonists. Can relate some of the characters to childhood tales

Samurai Flamenco - With its colourful and outlandish animation featuring the likes of Sentai heroes and Voltes-V-like robots battling alien lifeforms, one could be forgiven for thinking Samurai Flamenco to be a straight-up otakuish indulgence for Sentai warrior fans. Beneath its appearance, SF dwelves deeply into the psychological make-up of its tragically flawed characters. The result is akin to a mash-up of a Haruki Murakami novel presented in a most unlikely medium which may please neither fans of Murakami's surrealist novels nor power rangers fans. Nontheless, the anime does score points for daring to do the undone, at a time where most animes take the formulaic route of heavy fan-service coupled with a barely passable story. (Reviewed by Guy 'A')

Oreshura - A guy trying hard to avoid the route of harem but found himself surrounded by childhood friends, past life and fake girlfriend. Highly hilarious and sweet romances

Shingeki no Kyojin aka Attack on Titans - Man eating giants putting mankind in desperate situations or  rather depressing and sadistic. Got me engaged to the characters and things they got eaten or killed. Totally stunned me when male protagonist got eaten. An anime that everyone is talking about. Hoping the anime wouldn't get draggy due to its popularity. News about the author not knowing how he should end it as his intended ending might drove many fans to despair  

Wake Up Girls - Watch this anime with my wife but all I could remember was girls dancing and pantsu. Well, I do like the opening song a lot. The genuine friendship between the 7 girls and idols like AKB48. Did some searches online to find out that the CV really formed a girl idol group WUG! 

Highschool DxD - OMG! Nose bleeding anime that's manned only for matured audience. Prez!!!! It's king of harem, shameless and boost gear. Beside all the good laughs that's can be pretty sexual, there's good fight scenes and female casts that's going to milk you with those bishoujo 

I have been leading a more otaku lifestyle lately with the availability of anime channel (Anime Plus) on my subscribed television package. The subscription was previously manned for my mother-in-law, who was a big Taiwanese drama follower. However, after her passing, I would just switched on the TV whenever I'm at home even if I'm not watching cos I'm so used to having noises at home. Hope it didn't sound too creepy. It was when I started discovering 'Anime Plus' apart from watching anime on iPhone when traveling on public transport. Mecha anime used to be my main genre and now I'm more receptive to other genres. My complaint was those censor beams and flowers over blossom irritated me a lot. A wise friend once told me "Not all anime have mecha as toy but almost all anime these days have bishoujo". How many bishoujo can you possibly buy?!

HG RX-78GP03S Gundam Dendrobium Stamen

I had previously sprayed my MSIA Dendrobium flat white but did nothing to the stamen. After long period of exposure to humidity, the PVC had succumbed to yellowing and the surface sticky. A stroke of genius to savage my toy on display was to replaced the MSIA stamen with HG Gunpla. This 1/144 kit was released in Dec 2001, though bigger that the MSIA version , managed to just fit in the Dendrobium and any bigger mounting would not be possible. 

Pretty simple kit that required only easy straight built, the kit is fairly proportion and faithful to the anime appearance. Beside the basic armament like beam rifle, beam saber and bazooka. Bandai had also thrown in an addition core fighter which could not merge with the Gundam. Since it was an old HG Gunpla, the beam saber came entirely in white plastic rod without clear beam part. The gimmick would be the extendable forearm with clip and flippable shield. The finished product I did had be treated with panel lining, application of some third party water slide decals and matt top coat.

Infinite Stratos IS - Charlotte AGP Figure

Infinite Stratos IS インフィニット・ストラトス definitely is the anime that got me hooked to armored girls related anime. It's the kind of harem anime that followed a typical trend of male protagonist being the weak gender. Surrounded by gals and most often caught up in unlucky (LUCKY) intimate mishaps with them. Charlotte Dunois would say to be the character that come close as the female protagonist with substantial appearance after Houki Shinonono. She was introduced as the first year student cadet representing France at the IS academy. Charlotte was transferred to the IS Academy disguised as a boy called "Charles". Her encounter with Ichika Orimura slowly revealed her gentle and feminine side. 

It's my first review on Bandai's non-scale, Armor Girls Project (AGP) figure so pardon me for my inexperience. There were a lot of pics taken as such I'm going to break them in parts on the review. I will do Charlotte Dunois 8" action figure in her pilot suit before moving onto her gear (Rafael Revive Custom II). Released in a set with armor parts, Charlotte Dunois action figure come with two interchangeable faces, three pairs of regular hands, four pairs of IS hands and a special display stand.

In terms of body proportionality, my comment would be the figure seems to have given Charlotte a more shapely body as I could recall the Charlotte being more flat-chested based on my male instinct. 0_0 ... No complain on the face expression and paint works however the figure seems difficult to self balance without the aid of stand and the arm joints kind of frail. Maybe this costly action figure ain't my so I might be too cautious when handling it. Lol... Courtesy of Stanley...

Our CSC Flea Market Booth 20.04.2014

The Fantastic Four are back together and may our toys combined to form a booth @ CSC flea-market. We have been busy with our personal stuff since last Christmas and haven't been meeting up recently so today made a good day to gather. At the same time sell off some toys to make space for new ones. Stanley's talent on sale grows bright and Terrick's endurance on serving long-winded customers with length explanation was admirable. Kenny for brutal strength by carrying 2 big boxes one shot. As for me?! I'm Mr Butterfly for slacking away with half the time MIA. Caught spending more than what I had recovered through selling my toys. Hee! Hee! Thank you all who had supported us in one way or another. It had been a wonderful Sunday! Cheers :)