I started this guy a long time ago. About 9 months. Early-Mid December 2010 is when I first got him and first did the unboxing ceremony with all my PG's present, saluting what would be their new leader. The most advanced, newest and most majestic Perfect Grade amongst them... The one called "Strike Freedom". That time in my life and now seem like polar opposites. So much can change in less than a year! Complete life upheaval in my case. And these poor guys were taken along for the ride. Caught in the great Tohoku earthquake, beaten and battered by tsunami waves, never mind the regular rigors of international transport across half the planet...
But they survived. WE survived. The family is all together again. So as it began...
so shall it end! Honour Guard!!!
Salute!!!
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| Mark II. My first PG ever. Bought him in my first year in Japan so he's a Chiba/Tokyo kid through and through. This guy has had the **** kicked out of him over the years but he's still standing and still looking good! I've always been so proud of him. |
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| Zeta. Hand was lost to the Great Tohoku Earthquake of this year. But he made it home basically in one piece but a bit broken. Had to do some repair work to get him to this stage. Bought him during my 2nd stage in Japan and finished him in my 3rd. Started in Kasugai, Saitama - finished in Matsusaka, Mie. |
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| Red was in the most amount of pieces but he's almost completely intact minus some minor breakage in the ankle area. Bought in the place that would become my 2nd home in Japan, Nagoya - Aichi at Bic Camera during the "heyday" of my time in Gunpla. 4th stage of my life in Japan. |
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| Strike. Almost as good as the day I first bought him. He's been waiting a long time for "Big Bro" to arrive. Bought in Matsusaka, Mie and finished there. He's the country boy or 田舎物 (inakamono) of the group. He would get an upgrade later when his twin brother Red stepped into the picture. |
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| The Throne. Made for he that I would acquire during my 5th and final life in Japan or my 2nd life in Nagoya. Completed during the transitional phase back into Canadian life. |
Indeed...
The Gauntlet has finally come to it's conclusion... Time truly does wait for no man. All of these mechs mirror parts of my lives. I can see my whole time in Japan by looking at each of them. 8 years worth of experience and memories. It's not just about building robots for me... It's about the memories associated with them... so I just want to take this time right now to thank all the participants of this group build for helping me forge new memories in my new/old home.
One day left! ONWARD!!!
