Was able to get a pretty sweet deal on some hard to find (not to mention OLD) Gundam stuff today. I got here a 1/35 scale of Turn A Gundam which is a Coin Bank, a High Complete Model Johnny Riddens Zaku 2 which I got for a cheap price, a Zaku Warrior Live Concert Version and an Old School SD RX-78 with Lights and a free board game. I also got a free DOM coin bank which you will see later.

The greatest deal for me today was the HCM Johnny Riddens Zaku because I got it for only 150 pesos… read more to find out why. But before that let us look at the other stuff.

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This came from a guy who used to collect Gundam. He mentioned during our meet up that he got this SD Psycho Gundam (1996 version) at Shangri La Plaza way back then. I think the name of the place was Toy Mart, much like Toy Kingdom or Toys R’ Us but in Shang. He was planning to collect the whole series but unfortunately was not able to. The box is old but overall the runner are intact and the kit is good. Here are some pictures for your reference.

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Went to Greenhills earlier during lunch time for fun. Just went to check out the Gundam Hobby Shops (Wasabi, Great Toys, Best Toys and Special Toys Center) and eat lunch. But we ended up taking home 13 SD kits and what seemed to be a limited edition stand for the 1/48 Char’s Zaku. Some SD kits we bought were Stargazer, Strike Noir, Strike, Justice, 3 in 1 Gogg-Acguy-Zock, Super Gundam, S-Gundam, V Gundam Full Equipment and etc… I think let us just go straight ahead with viewing the pictures hahah.

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I have here an unboxing review of 1/400 Alpha Azieru which is a painted Gundam kit. This is my first ever Gundam kit ordered from Hobby Link Japan (HLJ). It was on sale from 5000 down to 1750 Yen. For me it looks more like a diorama set. Why? I guess it is the stand included in the box. You will see later in the picture what I am talking about. It also comes with two 1/400 figures of Nu Gundam and Sazabi. This is a big kit, the parts are big (loved the back skirts). Also the box is about the size of an MG box. But this is not an MG kit, more like an HG kit with the parts already painted.

**update**

Some are asking for the shipping cost. Here is the breakdown sending it from HLJ to Philippines. Depends on the size and weight of the item though. $50 USD and below combined item value (kit, freight and postage) doesn’t have to pay custom tax. Only 40 pesos processing fee. In this case, it was around $52 USD so I had to pay customs tax…. D*mn 😦

EMS – Express Mail Service Shipping

952   pesos for the kit (1750 yen)
914   pesos  for the freight (1680 yen)
391   pesos postage stamps from Japan (720 yen)
1092  local customs tax (Pasay EMS post office)

3349 total

local customs tax – this is the killer part… that is why shipping many items at once will save you a lot than shipping on one item…. lesson learned on my part haha…. good thing this item is not found in the Philippines….

Here are the pictures

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Taken while at the office

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