Boaz MyTurnASpace wrote:
> >Ahhh... there's a reason I'm reminiscensing over ancient history, hope
> >I will get to it...
> What, you're getting away from gunpla for good?

Well IIRC I've proclaimed that many times already.  I've stopped
purchasing HGUC/MG/PG kits, will resist strongly any further
GC/EX/UCHG (and even the Keroro Robo Mk.II's) purchase.  That leaves
only SD Sangokuden.  That's it.  I leave the door open only for HGUC
Zaku-Dom, because I am a huge fan of Aina; and EX Type 61, because the
Megella-Attacks need a friend.  But I no longer dream for the HGUC
Kampfer, GM Cannon, FA Gundam, Hamma Hamma, Bound Doc and various
ships.  My heart did a little flutter when I saw the HGUC Re-GZ with
Flight Pack, but ... eh... too little too late.  So as it stands, my
MG collection ended with the Ball, and my HGUC collection ended with
the Zock, kind of comical when you think about it...

Also I've satisfied myself with oogling online pix of various R3, G00
etc models.  The G00 ship and grunt designs are cool, but not cool
enough.

> I'm having problem too, and with the next kid coming and first kid growing up 
> I
> can see the progress slows down further. Wonder if Gus would join us to open
> a unbuilt-kit orphanage.

Well I am making a little progress due to not buying more kits.
Recently finished (using that word very liberally here) Powerd GM, Lui
Bei and Zhang Fei Gundams, and should finish the Zock soon.  Cui Ying
is now officially a hobbist, she cut out all the polycaps for Zhang
Fei Gundam (yes, with my adult-size hobby clipper) and performed the
last step: installed the V-fin "all my byself!" (sic) (come to think
of it, "all my by self" isn't so wrong grammatically)  It's a constant
struggle to convince her that scalpel and model glue is still too
grown-up for her.

No... my reminiscensing was due to me running into Silver Khosla in Toronto.
http://www.galaxie.ca/en/1/dj_view.php?id=56

And he recounted some inside stories about Bandai USA fumbled Gundam
Wing's brief popularity.  But that's a long and perhaps not too
interesting story...

> But my motto now is still, as from "Galaxy
> Quest"... never give up, never surrender.

Well then I counter with a Capt. Kirkism: change the rule of the game
(quality standard) to fit the situation.  It's better to finish all
the kits than to finish a few kits perfectly.

Now I am building kits in a manner that I scorned only a few years
ago.  If I had hobby time left after finishing the bulk of my
collection, it will be spent on robotics, not polishing & custom paint
plastic models.

Ohhh... I picked up a couple antique kits in Toronto: the Super
Thunderbolt and Super Bulldog from Hasegawa:

http://www.toremmodellismo.it/1%20MIEI%20KIT/VARI/VARI_1.htm

Do you remember those from the mid-80s?  A few years ago I would stick
them in storage and never build (nor forget) them.  Now, hack, I
already finished the Super Thunderbolt without painting during a
couple of episodes of Dora the Explorer.

-- 
Dr. Core
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