More pictures to follow.

Nanaka Shirakawa teacup from COSPA!

I have a confession to make: I am a huge Nanaka fanboy. *gasp* I know, I know, it’s a shocking revelation. But it’s really a nice teacup… orz. I mean, come on, Nanaka in her hatsumode kimono and Chibi Nanaka on the reverse side, that’s a sure-fire recipe for fanboy overloading.

Thanks to Kieth Keith from KKnM for helping me secure it. I love that store. Everyone should buy from them. (Do I get discounts for this?)

If you don’t live in Singapore, you can always get Nanaka online from HLJ for ï¿¥800.

Moving on…

It’s Lacus Clyne! Lacus-sama! Lacus-sama! Lacus-sama!

Confession No.2: I am a huge Lacus fanboy. *more gasps* This 1/8 PVC figure from Megahouse’s RAH DX series returns Lacus to her somewhat lolilicious younger appearance from the original SEED.

As is mandated by Japanese industrial laws, she comes with removable skirts. Haruhi bless Japan.

Or you can leave only the top part of her skirt on to get a pseudo miniskirt. Mmmm… Human ingenuity reaches new heights.

One last look at her purplish-pink pantsu. Mmmmmm… And a pink Haro. Don’t forget the pink Haro.

You can get Lacus from HLJ for ï¿¥4,000.

Kasumi was an impulse buy. I don’t even like Dead Or Alive. This 1/6 figure of her from Max Factory originally came in blue, followed by white. Black is the top secret colour variation obtainable only by cool people like me. Yup.

Unfortunately, she’s probably sold out online, except maybe on some way overpriced websites. It’s quite an old release after all.

Just look at those nice-looking… strands of hair. Uh. Yeah. Those.

If you live in Singapore, you can get her from Urban Attic located on the 5th floor of Funan. Unlike tj han and tsubaki, you probably won’t get any discounts for mentioning my blog. :3

And of course, Mahoro. You can see the nice pictures here and buy her from HLJ for ï¿¥10,000.

Some pictures of the bike without Mahoro.

And on a final note: ALL YOUR FIGURES ARE BELONG TO CHINA!

Located just outside the east exit of Matsudo Station in Chiba Prefecture on the JR Joban Line is Bandai Museum, a place where all true Gundam fans must go once in their lifetime… and not more than once.

Well, it looks like a big building, but Bandai actually only takes up 4 floors and most of them are merchandizes so the actual Gundam Museum is quite small. Entry to most places is free except for the Gundam Museum which requires a 500-yen day ticket.

Kerokerokero. Kerororororo.

A model of a colony from Universal Century. All the displays in the Gundam Museum are printed in both English and Japanese. If you look at the three mirror structures from the front of the colony, you can actually see the landscape inside.

Creepy mono-eye. This is a 1/1 scale model of the head of a Zaku. The eye switches on regularly and look around, presumably for Federation spies. It even produces the distinctive switching-on sound.

Apparently a Zaku weights about 9 elephants and runs much slower than a cheetah.

You can pay 500 yen to rent a costume and pose in front of…

A 1/1 replica of the Gundam. You can also pay 500 yen to fire a miniature (airsoft) replica of the machine gun of a Zaku. Or you can pay 500 yen to enter the Gundam’s cockpit and then pay another 1000 yen to get a commemorative picture taken…

And if that’s not enough money wasted spent, you can find all forms of overpriced food at the G-style Cafe. G for Gundam that is. There are deserts with names like “Akatsuki no Kuruma” (New York Style Cheese Cake), “Kira no Namida”(Oreo Cheese Cake) and “Lacus no Kyuujitsu” (Chocolate Cheese Cake). There are also Haro cocktails available in four different colours. (Actually Calpis drinks mixed with fruit flavouring) A cheese cake costs about 500 yen and a Haro cocktail is 600 yen. Don’t even ask for the main menu.

Oh yeah, pictured above is “Lacus no Kyuujitsu”. I am a fanboy. :3

And here we have the toilet.

And here are the rest of the photos.

Lacus from SEED Heroine trading figure series shown for scale

I had been searching for a place to order this from since I first saw a picture of it last year. The stores I frequent were all taking orders for the complete set, which includes Stellar (yay) and Yzak (yuck). I wouldn’t have minded getting a third Stellar (I already own two 1/8 Stellar from the DX series) but paying another S$60~ for Yzak was just too much. So it seemed that I would never get my hands on this… until I saw it in this relatively new (nearly one-year old?) store at the fifth floor of Funan for S$65 standalone. They even had the Fate/Stay Night trading figure set but there was only one Saber left and I let Crest have it.

Yay~ Lacus forever! I think I’ll be going to Funan more oftenly from now on.

P.S. I love Suzuka Vol.10!