Martin Wandering's News (40)

At last, my treasured models have completed their long journey across the ocean and into my little dorm room at Reed College, home sweet home. In an ( view detail page » )

Back in the U. S. of A., I'm eager to start finding out what the hobby shop situation is like over here. No doubt I couldn't ... ( view detail page » )

In a few hours, I'll be on a place to San Francisco, for my year in Taibei has come to an end. I'll remember it as the year I rediscovered my modeling hobby and rekindled my love of Gundam. This year also saw my joining the ranks of the readership he... ( view detail page » )

I've heard more than once that my little fight scenes are appreciated, and so I've done my best to put together one last epis... ( view detail page » )

Rather quickly thrown together in a single night of modeling and drinking with my housemate (and touched up a bit today), I present for your perusal the reddest Gundam ever. Astraea's ( view detail page » )

As I mentioned in a comment on Zyuan's recent Gunpla Essentials post, I've also been working on something of a Gunpla guide c... ( view detail page » )

Shin Musha tells me he's a pacifist, but not only did he have that bout with a Zaku, now he seems to have gotten into quite a scuffle with my housemate's metallic blue Shin Musha! To be fair, the blue one started it, as you can see for yourself ( view detail page » )

Just about in time for it's actual release date, I'm pleased to present the belle of the MG ball, RX-78-2 Gundam ver. 2.0, in all it's 1979-ish glory. My little site's ( view detail page » )

I was going to refrain from making too many posts about the MG Gundam ver. 2.0, but since the poor Gundam category seems half-dead, and I know some people are really into the core fighter, thought I'd throw this out there. This little beastie was ... ( view detail page » )

I thought the release date for the long-awaited MG RX-78-2 ver. 2.0 was July 26, a week from today, but one way or another the folks at the hobby shops I frequent in ( view detail page » )

No doubt I am not the first to whom this terrible revelation has disclosed itself, but as I innocently continued re-watching First Gundam today, the dire impulse seized my imagination, and my hands moved as if on their own. Heaven forgive me. The ... ( view detail page » )

My second Master Grade kit, made way back last November or so. @___@ Hard to believe it wasn't so long ago that I got started. Anyhow, wanted to give this good fellow some airborne time on the action base and get some new pictures. They've been ad... ( view detail page » )

One of the Wolfgar Team Zakus, passing by, happened upon Shin Musha Gundam and the two got into a bit of a scuffle... ( view detail page » )

Zyuan's GFF Full Armor Hyaku Shiki Kai post reminded me that I wanted to take some more pictures of my MG Hyaku Shik... ( view detail page » )

Perhaps taking a hint from Rize, or maybe just because she's a weapons enthusiast, Nida's helped herself to Shin Musha Gundam's yari to defend her honor while trying to keep cool in the muggy Taibei Summer. A couple other new shots, and the rest ... ( view detail page » )

As requested, the team pic. So far the machines of Saki Graham, Martin Hagar, and Lester Carrot (from the SNES game Cross Dimension 0079) are complete. Still awaiting construction are Ray Hamilton's Zaku and Henry Boone's Efreet. Since he uses a cann... ( view detail page » )

Was going to post later after taking more pictures, but with the dearth of Gundam posts lately, figured I might as well freshen things up with some good old Zaku goodness... That is, if dusty, beat-up Zakus can be, well, fresh. Anyhow, this is the... ( view detail page » )

A second version of Kaiyodo's Revoltech Gurren Lagann will be released as Revoltech No. 58 on August 15th. From the photo, it's unclear whether the mini drills are fixed, or may be removable, though I suspect the former. Aside from the mini drills an... ( view detail page » )

Since it seems yesterday's episode wasn't terribly popular, ( view detail page » )

Yesterday's quarrel continues. At first it would seem Gurren Lagann has ol' Lazengann on the run, but the wily Spiral King may ... ( view detail page » )

Lazengann and Gurren Lagann have gotten into an argument over the matter of the incomplete flight pack. It looks like they'll come to blows before long... To see where all the trouble began, check out the last couple photos in ( view detail page » )

At last, the Spiral King's mighty ganmen has arrived. No doubt I'll be taking more pictures over the next few days. A few more photos for starters may be found on my humble site ( view detail page » )

Not much special on it, but nevertheless here I answer Danny's call for desktop divulgence. Right now a different Yoko on top of the same blue background switches in every 15 minutes. I've loved dock magnification since OS X first came out, and ha... ( view detail page » )

After coming down a bit on the old Sazabi in the recent post discussing disappointing MG kits, I felt this nonetheless beloved model needed some attention to make up for it. The metallic coating version of the MG Sazabi, while it has its problems,... ( view detail page » )