Rei Ayanami

Here is my Fraulein Revoltech Rei Ayanami.

I'm a huge gunpla fun so I never really paid attention to female figures. But after seeing some of them in other otaku blogs (most of them in Danny Choo), I also became interested in getting some of them.

I also lacked interest in figures because majority of the figs I saw are unfamiliar to me. I'm familiar with Evangelion and that is why I wanted FR Rei.

I didn't know who Haruhi was and wondered why she's so popular. I watched the series and I totally loved it. Now I can't decide if I should get her figma or nendoroid version first. I got figma Mikuru right away coz I love her =)

And each time I visit a hobby/specialty toy store, I noticed that I'm starting to recognize and know more figures, which means that I'm starting to like them all. I used to lust over gundams only.

This is starting to sound more like a confession than a figure review/shoot. So there, I'm having fun with my first two female figs. Taking their pics is really fun; makes me feel like an expert photographer. And I'm also learning by experimenting with my point-and-shoot digicam.

Mikuru and Rei

These two are my first female figures! Figma Mikuru Asahina and Fraulein Revoltech Rei Ayanami.

I was surprised to see these two in a hobby shop here yesterday, so before I left the store I asked the nice ladies to reserve the two for me. Last time I checked, Rei has an ORDER STOP status from HLJ, and Mikuru has a DISCONTINUED status. Rei has been restocked for August, and I guess the store pre-ordered Mikuru but received their stock just yesterday.

I saw Mikuru from other blogs (Danny Choo, Gundamaniac) posing with different weapons , so I borrowed Buster's rifle for her to try.

I love that face! I don't have Haruhi yet so Rei is the one bullying her for now. So I reserved these two tuesday night, went back to the store wednesday afternoon, and suddenly Figmas Haruhi, Yuki, and Itsuki were there too! I'm still thinking if I should buy Haruhi and Yuki. I need Haruhi to play with Mikuru, and Yuki to join Rei. I think those two will hit it off well coz they both have the inability to register different emotions =)

I'll post more pics soon.

New Name

I just decided to change the name of my blog.
From Play Time Agenda (playtime4gi.blogspot) to Plastic Caffeine.

Buster Gundam

I got Buster after building my MG Mk-II. It was on sale so I bought it. I always liked the design of Buster from Gundam Seed, it reminds me of Heavy Arms from Wing. I think they are cousins, together with Dynames =)

Fresh built:



I tried adding decals on a non-MG model. I think it turned out pretty ok.

Buster has good articulation points, almost as good as an MG model.

It can almost copy the poses from the animation when Buster is firing at the enemies.





Some close-up shots to show the decals

MG Aile Strike

This was my first MG model. I got very interested with this gundam after I saw pics of the PG version from Danny Choo. I looked at some pictures of the MG version on the internet then decided to one buy for me.

After some trial and error with smaller models, I was brave enough to paint some parts of this MG. I also applied Flat Topcoat so that the unpainted parts will not give off that "shiny plastic" look.











More gundam models to come =)