One Piece Diorama World part 3 by Bandai

Diorama World Part 3
A nice set up as the gang did a mural painting session in commemoration of the New Year celebration. Robin, Chopper & Nami came with a colored tatami (straw mat) while Usopp, Sanji and Zoro each came with a part of the mural wall.

Nico Robin

Robin looked very feminine here while mixing white paint into the plate with blue paint. Solid and seductive piece.

Usopp
Usopp should be bragging while working on the mural again. But don't looked too please with the paint he got.

Chopper
Chopper looked stunned by the paint bucket been spilled. This is my fave piece as Chopper looked comedic here, I like the little lamb included in this piece.

Nami
Nami smiling gleefully at her partners' misfortunes. Not really into this piece as I find Nami's pose a bit out of place.

Zoro

Zoro seemed stress about doing painting as he would rather go for some sword dueling action. Love the little details like the cold sweat on the forehead, the ear-rings and their flamboyant T shirt he's wearing.

Luffy

The skipper is active as ever as he held the paint bucket over his head as his straw hat seemed to shelter him from the spillage of orange paint. Nice looking piece.

Sanji

I also like this piece with the womanizing chef acting suave on top of the mural wall while enjoying a juicy apple. You can also see the full mural view here, weird looking dragon-lamb creature.

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Cheers and enjoy the pictures!

HG Bandai Gundam 00 model: Gn0000 + 010 Raiser - 1st look on my completed model!

Article information from hlj.com

To go up against increasingly powerful opponents and the Innovators' highly advanced Mobile Suits, the 0 Raiser was developed to connect with 00 Gundam to form Celestial Being's most formidable mecha yet, the 00 Raiser! This special three-in-one set gathers the 1/100 00 Gundam and 0 Raiser, along with a limited-edition clear green version of the Celestial Being Action Base. All parts come molded in color and easily snap together so no glue or paint is required!
Upon completion, the star Mobile Suit from the second season of "Gundam 00" will feature not only polycap-jointed limbs, but also a flexible Twin Drive System (GN Drives on each shoulder) with light-up LEDs! Setsuna's personal Mobile Suit can be equipped with the included pair of GN Sword IIs that switch from Sword to Rifle Mode, a pair of GN Beam Sabers, and GN Shields. Combine 0 Raiser with 00 Gundam by folding down its main nozzle, separating its Side Binders and attaching them to the Mobile Suit's GN Drives, and then connecting the spacecraft to the back of the mecha to complete the powered-up 00 Raiser!
The included clear green Celestial Being Action Base can be used to set the Mobile Suit in dynamic mid-air poses. A sheet of foil stickers is provided.

My comments:

This is the first model that i ever built on, so i consider it quite simple to assemble if you follow the assembly guide provided. However, one draw back is the assembly guide is printed in Japanese language. So you might need to read up abit on japanese language if you want to comprehend exactly what the instructions are. But fret not, the pictures and drawings itself will help you get through. About 1 day to finish the assembly. Depends on how fast your understanding and assembly skills are.

The model kit comes with 2 booklet. one is assembly guide as mentioned and the other are introductions to other Gunplas model or Mobile suits that appears in Gundam series. Please see the above pic as references.

The figure when completed will be about 30 cm in height and 20 cm in width. for the scale of 1/100. Although there is another version which is smaller scale 1/144.

Ever since watching both gundam 00 season 1 and 2, i have been ever craze to get my hands to build on this model! So gundam fans do not miss this chance to check out models which you can find and build which is pretty fun process. Hope you enjoy as much as i do! cheers.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THEM IN SINGAPORE?

1. Comics connection - selling For $104.50 for non member and $99.50 for members quite expensive.

2. Hobby art (located at sunshine plaza) - Selling for $86 but limited stock supply.

but consider pretty competitive for local retail.

PURCHASING FROM OVERSEAS

http://www.ebay.com/ - TYPE IN GN0000. YOU SHOULD BE able to find although price will be ex due to shipping charges. look it up only if you have no choice.

http://www.hlj.com/ - i think this website requires you to register as member as they do whole sale.

if you are getting more than one the go check it out.