Batman fever!

Dark Knight Rises was AWESOME!! Went to Borders and bought these two; from where the plot mainly came from - Knightfall.. Ahh... the good ol' days of comic book collecting :)

But TDKR also the last of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy... *sob sob*... I'm missing it already.....

Macross Frontier: Bandai's 1/60 VF-171EX Alto Saotome Custom

Breaking out of Macross retirement! When I heard XL-Shop already received and sold-out on this VF-171EX, I hurriedly called Uncle, "Are you getting this? If yes, please reserve for me!!!" And surprise-surprise, he did get one and only ONE of it. Here it is:

Box art. simple. neat.

Fighter mode:


Fighter mode is easily the most beautiful of the 3... sleek and compact. No loose parts or anything. I guess Bandai made Alto's color first as he is the hero of the show. I bet they won't waste the chance to repaint it into the cannon fodder color too, since they are the ones which show up most of the time (being blown to bits by Vajra hahaa)...

Gerwalk:


with a removable Alto figure.

 Battroid:

 

Battroid is the hardest mode to transform to... the joints are super-stiff and the instructions are not clear. The chest-piece keeps flopping around and parts fall off as you try to figure out the right steps! Fortunately, it gets a lot easier the subsequent times once you know the "trick" points... :D

Now waiting for the super parts to make it even fiercer!