I was at this "excited" state because I thought of assembling my cardboard robot replica and put it on display by tomorrow. I found and bought three treasure models for myself at Osaka, Japan to fold and what not. Namely Getter Robo (ゲッターロボ), Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ) and Great Mazinger (グレートマジンガー) all of which are childhood anime (cartoon) robot (mecha) favorites. Can I say I got them cheap? I even encouraged a friend to buy one for himself, hahahahaha. Good luck to us Alvin!
So here I am anxiously opening three packages from their plastic cases and carefully opening the cardboard covers so as not to damage anything. I have no idea what to expect so I was pretty diligent not to damage anything, even the external case which I think is part of the model as well. Although there were pictures of the finished product at the back of the case, I still don't know how can I make a five by five inch cardboard box that is a third of an inch thick be transformed to a display beauty.
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| Wohoooo! Great Mazinger (グレートマジンガー), Mazinger Z (マジンガーZ) and Getter Robo (ゲッターロボ) |
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| Back panel of the cardboard models, finished product is shown Japanese text all over |
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| Okay so let's try out Getter-1, opened it up. I discovered that the external cardboard is really just a cover and not part of the model. |
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| W H A T D A ! Look at the instructions, look at the pieces, what glue should I use? |
Wished I bought what Alvin got, a Mazinger Z robot for a fair price. Sweet! Guess I need to work hard to get the cardboard model done, hopefully, but not today.
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| photo credit from Alvin Villegas (he owns it all, the Mazinger Z toy, the MacBook Pro and the photo), sweet! |
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