GP-03 Dendrobium on display. Couldn’t figure the exact scale or which grade was it, any ideas from you guys?

Perfect Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame on display. Still undecided whether to get it or not.

Destiny Gundam (top) and Gundam Exia (below). Life-size scale, approximately 2m tall inclusive of its platfrom below. Freedom Gundam was also on display but I skipped it as there was a couple taking photos with it.

Finally, I shall review  my loot for the month of April during my trip to Taiwan.

I’m now a proud owner of Mr. Super Booth from Gunze Sangyo.

Got this for a steal, thanks to the shop owner who offered to sell me at a price before the Yen currency increase. The booth came in a large box spanning 60+ cm and costs me NT5000 which converts into approximately 146.922 USD. Price HLJ is selling is $184.16 USD, without shipping charges included.

(*P.S: I’ll add in the scanned image of the name card at a latter for those interested or dropping by Taiwan in future. Great service by them, highly recommended)

Despite getting this for a bargain, I had 2 terrible accidents with it.

Accident 1: If you see the picture from the top, you’ll realize that the plastic funnel cover is actually missing. (Click on link to Mr. Super Booth for illustration) I accidentally discarded it together with package box, mistaking it for a plastic protection cover during my last day in my haste to repack my luggage, so that I will pass the restriction standard for hand-carry luggage. In case you’re wondering, the restriction for hand-carry/cabin luggage is that the combined dimension (length x breadth x height) of the luggage must not exceed 100cm.

Since the whole box set is already 60+ cm long in length alone, there is not way it can stay within the combined dimension of 100cm set by the airlines. (A check at HLJ later, confirmed my suspicion that the whole piece was definitely more than 100cm in combined dimension; Actual dimension – 63.0 x 38.5 x 19.8 cm ) Checking in the box  is a no-go too since I do not have a luggage that big to store it nor is it reasonable for me to go and purchase a new luggage just to store it especially when I’m not a frequent flyer myself. And most importantly, is that I don’t feel safe checking it in since it’s a pretty expensive item without a case. Can you imagine the scenario where you try to collect it after you landed, onlyto find it stolen after a long wait O.o!!

Accident 2: In my excitement to check and test out my new equipment, I went on to test it immediately the next day after I woke up. That’s when accident no.2 happened. If you’re familiar with Japanese applicances especially when you buy parellel imported game consoles,etc , you’ll know that they all run at 100/110V. No problem if you’re living in the States. The real problem comes when you’re living in Singapore like me, when the power supply runs at 230V/240V. I got a scare of my life when I saw smoke coming out from the fan after plugging it in and starting it up, which was then I realised the power difference and also the fact that I needed a step-down transformer to get booth to run safely. Incredibly enough, it survived the ordeal and is still working fine after I tested it again with the transformer. Phew~

Moral of the story, always read through the instructions thoroughly before proceeding further. Embarrassingly, this is something I have always fail to do despite after doing plamo for so long. 

Gundam 00 gashapon that I’ve gotten. ‘Gashapon’ is actually capsule toy obtained coin-operated toy vending machines. They were actually unintented acquistion resulted from the excess coins I still had on me during my last day in Taiwan. So to get rid of them,  I decided try my luck at the gashapon machine to see I could get a complete set with my remaining coins. Unfortunately, as you guys can see I only managed to get 3 out of 4 missing out on Arios (And gotten 3 extra Seravee  & 1 extra Cherudim during my attempt).