Hind leg armor complete. All that’s left is the head armor, but the siren call of bedtime has come. Hoping I can squeeze in one more build session this week, but work has been pretty exhausting and I don’t want to rush and mess up anything now.

Weird choice, but sure, why not?

There’s a handful of things I still hold onto like this. I love seeing not just how anime fandom continues to evolve but also the different ways fans were marketed to.

Jan 10 2024, Jan 10 2025 and Jan 24, 2026. I thought my journey had stalled in the last year, but when I went out to shovel snow tonight I noticed my snow pants were slipping off, even over a pair of jeans and long johns.

Mary Markos of NBC Boston is in Lynn, so of course used a tub of Fluff to show us how much snow has fallen.

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Just enjoying life in Boston at the moment.

Underbelly launcher, two side launchers and the tail launcher have been finished. With the green of the armor and the red of the missiles the color separation is starting to come into the spotlight. This thing is going to look so cool when done.

The base Liger Zero is set, including one of the an extremely tiny transparent orange piece. I was surprised to learn it’s not a perfect square, it’s a bit trapezoidal* so it has placed in just the right way. Next build session will start up the Panzer unit armor.

I enjoy watching trailers for movies and TV shows, but can we please stop making teasers that are like “trailer coming tomorrow!” I don’t need a commercial for a commercial.

Looking back at a post I made 9 years ago about some of gorgeous shots in Voltron Legendary Defender. It’s a shame there isn’t a nice Blu Ray release of the full series and/or an art book.

I played it for the first time this week and I gotta say, for a Game Boy game, Belmont’s Revenge has a pretty great soundtrack. youtu.be/CHLsolltIJ8

Front legs set, only about 1/3 of the way through the first hind leg. The detail and complexity continue to surprise me.

One last thought on Endless Waltz’s music changes: White Reflection is better than Last Impression.

It was fun to see Endless Waltz remastered and on a big screen, though I’m always torn on some of it. Movie cut has a few more scenes and it’s one continuous piece, but I’m so used to and fond of some ways the OVA cut did things, especially music moments. (cont.)

Urdr Hunt feels like a typical Gundam side story, even if its pacing is a little weird because of the original format it’s adapted from. The core story easily matches what I expect from typical Gundam side story manga, like SEED Astray.

I’ve noticed a trend when I’ve been going to Gundam events in theaters the past few years. At least this one has had a few more days and I suspect the dub version was more popular.

Fighting some nasal congestion so did some more work on the Liger before it was an appropriate time to take some NyQuil so I sleep through the night. All four feet are done complete with their tiny panel lining.

Model: MSA-0011 [Bst］S Gundam Booster Unit Type Plan 303E ("Deep Striker") Debut: Gundam Sentinel Year: 1987 Designer: Hajime Katoki

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I feel like owning a copy of a great classic mecha anime that inspired people resist an authoritarian government is even more important these days.

Liger taking shape. Base body is close to complete. I wasn’t going to start the legs tonight, but I did give the claws a pedicure and painted them gold.

Stray morning thought: There needs to be fan art made of the white Loth Wolf (and cats) in the style of the Okami games. Free idea to any artists who might be interested.

Some more Liger progress. Lot of interesting mechanisms being formed

Regarding last post: Big credit to the people who put in a ton of work to make this happen.

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Only a little bit of work on the HMM Liger Panzer while tomorrow’s lunch prep finished cooking, but it’s already starting to resemble something.

I was going to start 2026 with something else in my backlog, but a bunch of us model builder discord I’m in realized we all had Zoids HMM kits to work on so we decided to make it a themed project of the month for all of us. I opened up my Liger Zero Panzer that I pre ordered awhile ago.

Survived 2025. It was a lot of peaks and valleys, but I want to thank all the people who cared for me and their other fellow human beings that made it better than it could’ve been. Let’s make 2026 as good as we can by taking care of each other.

As I’m checking out at the Paper Store this morning, there’s a woman in front of me is returning plushies. Clerk politely asks why, did the recipient not like them? Woman’s response “My Niece and nephew were naughty yesterday so their gifts are being rescinded.”

Only a few years before he passed, we learned my dad liked Scotch and Whiskey, so we started getting him some for his birthday. He passed away 9 years ago, but I still make sure I get a bottle of something interesting share every December 24th. Happy birthday Dad.

Going out for lunch today, so the Gundam fan in me had to order something appropriate

Hope everyone is enjoying the Solstice!

A fun haul from the secret santa I did with a Gunpla group, complete with box art of the MG Unicorn to conceal one kir to troll me after I said on my questionnaire saying the one thing I didn’t want was another Unicorn, but I was ok opting in for the prank war part of the exchange.

Seriously, this is a NICE copy to hold in my hands. Kudos to all the people that made this happen!

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Since I don’t anticipate finishing any more builds this year, I think it’s as good a time as any to do my model building year in review. (Longer thread)

Possibly the last build of 2025, the HG Weißritter is complete. I’m stoked I got to build my favorite Super Robot Wars original design. It’s also a rare intersection of where I really like both the mecha and the character who pilots it.

Haven’t had a whole lot of time to work on models lately for a mix of good and bad reasons, but finally have some progress on the HG Weißritter and getting its rifle finished is a nice progress point.

It happened again and now it’s on my map screen too. 🤣 Now my legs are invisible!

I think I unlocked the Missingno outfit in Pokémon Go.

And because I plugged them a few days ago, here’s the Harornaments I got a few years ago.

Breaking out the deep cut holiday decor.

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Putting together the torso of the HG Weißritter and tossing it on the legs really starts to bring out the great level of color separation on this kit.

love this series

I ordered this Gundam 0080 Christmas themed hoodie 7 years ago from a print on demand site. Mine’s starting to show its age so I figured I’d order a new one, but the artist has taken most of their designs like this off the store.