MG Gundam Exia Ignition Mode

Finally MG Exia Ignition Mode has arrive in Malaysia yesterday... all the local store was stuffed with boxes & cartons of Exia normal version and Ignition Mode version. Seems like the first batch of Ignition Mode Exia gonna be selling like hot cakes and would proof to be hard to find after it is sold out here.

Why should we rush to grab one now? Since most of the time local importers tend to hike up the price with the first batch of stock... but this time it wont be the same since Bandai was celebrating their 30th Anniversary of Gundam birth... they decide to give this Exia a premium price which is limited for the first batch of production.

As you can see it is at least 1500yen+- cheaper now, even if our local importers do hike up the price it still wont be 1500yen+- (assuming it would be around RM50+-) more. So those that havent grab it happy hunting.

I have compare the box with the normal version, this ignition mode box is bigger, comes with nicer box-art... and lots of goodies for a price which is RM50 more expensive.

The manual book itself also come in a different cover art and it is also thicker than the normal one.

Stickers for your none Trans-arm mode Exia....I bet that there gonna be a Trans-arm mode Exia later, it is the usual practice of Bandai.

The additional parts:

The damage parts.

The chrome swords and cape

Yeah addtional swords to play with... since i got chrome parts, the original none chrome one are gonna be extra swords for you and your others Model Kits (serve as extra part for modding too)

2 LED included.... havent read where it belongs to... one for the chest GN Drive another for where?

Remember to grab one frm your local shop as soon as possible... before the cheap stock solds out... After that you will have to paid more for the next batch.

SRW Person-Lichkeit & GOO Hiling's Garazzo

Another SRW kit acquired... this time it is the mutant monster looking robot frm the SRW Impact (and also SRWOG series) Person-Lichkeit. Then more HG Gundam OO kit, HG Hiling's Garazzo which is just the same old Garazzo with a different color scheme (rip off frm Bandai).

Oh i also got myself the MG Sinanju Decal... took me some time to get it since most of the online store has sold off their first batch stock within 2 days of launching (this show how hot Gundam Unicorn series is).

Anyway this decal come in two sheet and with the same price tag.

Box-art for Gundam OO kits are getting better and better, they look stunning than their HGUC brother. It wont be a surprise if ppl purchase it just for the box art.

As mention before it is just the same old Garazzo that comes in a different color... so you better think before you buy it.

comparison of box-art.

Person-Lichkeit... a name tat cant be remember by most ppl due to its long and hard to pronounce name.

It is devilish and cool looking.

It has less part and its quite easy to build too... but to make it look devilish it might take a lot of effort.

No time to build them yet... still got lots of unbuild kit and need to start building on my recently acquire 30th anniversary HGUC & SD RX78 Gundam for the upcoming LYN groupbuild. Gonna take some picture of them too soon.

Hori Real Acade Pro 3

I just bought an Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 (HRAP3) arcade stick as an upgrade for my Playstation Fighting Stick 3. Main reason is my Fighting Stick 3 isn't responding well enough for the 7 and 9 hopping direction (Fighting game lover will know wat 7 and 9 means as for those tat dont it is the direction of the stick similar to the numpad).

Why HRAP3 instead of better stick like the MadCatz TE stick, reason is it cost a bomb with all all those Sanwa parts in it... and the HRAP3 is only half the price of it and if i upgrade the buttons and stick of my HRAP3 to Sanwa parts it will as same as the TE stick and still RM300+- cheaper than it.

Comparison of size between the 2 sticks

Why not upgrade my Fighting Stick 3 to Sanwa parts... reason is it really troublesome to do so, the button and the joystick are soldered on to the board and the size of the parts does not really fit in the small body of FS3 forcing you to mold the housing.

Seal back into its box and ready to be frozen up

This coming few months are fighting games heaven... first we get BlazBlue early this month (or was it previous) then end of this month we get Kings Of Fighter XII (KOF12) then later this year Tekken 6.

Now sticking with Blazblue which proof to be one revolutionary 2D fighter game from the developers of Guilty Gear.

Ok now i am still awaiting for my paypal funds... need to top up some more to purchase the Sanwa parts i need frm Arcade Spare Parts. Still training on how to used Taokaka Air Combo more fluently.