The round 6 of WRC takes place in Italy. The stages take place in Sardegna of Italy. The roads are full of gravel and are extremely narrow. Any mistakes, and the drivers will pay dearly for it. Petter Solberg did extremely well in day1, he got into the third position by the end of the day. However, in day 2 the curse of the Subaru occurred. In the very first stage, the car did not have any grip and he described the car as “undrivable”. In the stages to come, the hood of the subaru flipped open and smash his windshield. He had to stop the car to allow his co-pilot to close the hood but at the same time, he also got a rear flat. That basically took him out of top 10 finish. Chris Atkinson also did poorly compare to his previous races. He placed six at the end of the round. The winner of the rally was Sebastien Loeb, second place is Mikko Hirvonen and third is Jari-Matti Latvala. The flying fins were the center of attention in day 3. In the beginning of day 3, they were tied with 29.4 seconds after Loeb. I must say I am truly impress that Loeb was able to hold both of them off and drove so well under imense pressure. For Petter, everything will change for the next rally in Greece because he will drive the all new STi. We can only wait until next week to see if the new vehicles lifts the Subaru curse.
Forbidden Kingdom is the latest martial arts adventure film from Lionsgate. It stars both Jackie Chan and Jet Li. The plot starts off with Jason Tripitakas, an average american teenager who is facinated by eastern culture, and the encounter with the staff of the Monkey King. The staff takes Jason back in time and that is where the adventure begins. Jason must learn from the druken immortal ( Jackie Chan ) and the silent monk ( Jet Li ) in order to fulfill his destiny and find a way home. When I first learn of this movie, I had my doubts. I thought this would be another crappy movie ful of racial jokes like Rush Hour 3. But to my surprise, this movie is very good. The action scenes of the movie are very similar to Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. The Jokes are funny and reminds me of the older Jackie Chan movies.
Cagalli Yula Athha is one of the main characters in the Gundam Seed universe. She is the princess of Orb country and later became the leader. This figurine is from the Gundam Seed Destiny series. This was an impulse buy from Fanime 07. I was waiting for friends when they were picking out which Gundam model to buy when I bought this figure.
This cost me less than 5 dollars and the weird thing is that the packaging does not say what type of figurine it is. I believe in japan, they have these packaging that does not show the exact figure/toy. But it does show you what you may end up with. So you might buy 2 or 3 box and can end up with duplicates. This is kinda of rip in the view of customer/collector because you might spend more to finish your collection.
This figurine is pre-painted and you have to assembly it yourself. There are 6 parts to this figurine: head, upper torso + arms, skirt, legs, a small lower piece of the shirt and the stand. You don’t need any glue or tools, they all snap together nicely. There are no moving parts to this at all. For a couple of bucks, this isn’t bad.
Gundam GP01 is from Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory series. It is part of the original Universal Century (UC) timeline. The series takes place after the One Year war. GP01’s full model is RX-78GP01 “Zephranthes”. The gundam is piloted by Kou Uraki. This is my first master grade model. There are many mistakes. Overall, this model isn’t as good as the recent released Gundam Seed series. However, this model has a Core Fighter system meaning that opening is actually part of a plane. This model has 3 parts: the upper torso, the torso with lower legs and the core which is a jet fighter that transform into the body. There is a traditional V shaped head piece for the forehead, but this Gundam lost a fight with my vaccuum cleaner and that piece is forever lost. Overall, the design of this Gundam is not as good as the current design. The core system is easy to break especially when you fold in the wings on the jet. The arms come off the shoulder joints too easily. However, this model does come with swapping hands.
Zakus appears from many Gundam series. It is the first mobile suit in the Universal Century timeline. They are from the Zeon side. There are many variants of Zakus, some with shields and some without. Zakus are the grunts of the Zeon side. They are always on the front lines and almost always die in 1 hit.
Perfect grades usually have over 500 parts. All perfect grades come with leds and wires for the light up eyes. This Zaku took me over 40 hours to build. You will also need other basic tools to finish the build like screwdrivers. This perfect grade is the basic Zaku, it comes with a optional fin thing that you can attach on the head. I thought it was cool when I build it, so I attached it.
If you have the cash and your favorite Mobile Suit is in Perfect Grade format, you’ll have to buy one. They are worth every penny.
