Wonder Festival 2008 Summer Report



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Continuing in the same 1/35 scale, Dust Studio was proposing this awesome Großer Hund, next to the world famous Paolo Parente's DUST-themed products!
If I am not mistaking, these folks came all the way from Italy!
It turns out they are Hong Kong based.
Bellissima!

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And, as the greatest surprise of this WF to me, a Battle Bot mastered by our friend Francesco Benedettini!
Wow Francesco! Why didn't you tell us (unless this is your namesake)?
This is absolutely fantastic and a lot of people will want one, I am sure!
Francesco replied here.
It is VERY important that you check his detailed answer!

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It took me a while to find Kokika Dan, because I made a mistake in the coordinates when making the map!
Anyways, Na2-san, who posts frequently on Mashine-Ojisan's blog, was proposing this very nice 1/35 Nutrocker in his first participation to WF as a dealer.

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This dark red scheme reminds me a certain planet...

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Not to overlook scale-wise is 1/48, of which only one representative was at the event this time around.
I was very pleased to see this reasonably-priced Salamander by Sunglasses Exorcist.

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And of course there are the non-scale, deformed types!
Yes, Mashinen can be cute!

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Even the Falke!
All gone by the end of the day.
Well done, Tokyo Modelnica!

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Here's another take at cute Ma.K, by TTToy.
The suits on the left are Raptor and Melusine, which are actually wind-up walkers!
And to the right are the Mercenary Army Pilot Cat and the Strahl Army Soldier Dog.
They look cute but also quite serious.

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For those who prefer associating cute with girls and not with hairy guys in machines, meet Lieutenant Christel.

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And her friend ...
Holy sprues! Don't you wanna join the Strahl forces?!?!?!
(No, I don't have her phone number, so don't ask.)
Anyways, it appears that Jo.K is set to release ladies from the Strahl Forces, while Arpeggio/Brickworks will continue to feed us with those from the Mercenary Army.

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Next on my trajectory was T.H.A.T.
I am sure you can recognize this Neuspotter variant...

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... as well as this one.

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Now, you can add to their tireless imagination this "Wannabe Gans"...

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... and this "Wannabe SAFS" (space type it seems).

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They also had this huge 1/20 F-Boot.
These guys always make my day!

So, that covers the fourth floor. I took the items to our base, and proceeded with tackling the next floor. That's when the whole mayhem became Hell on Earth in the killing heat of a Japanese Summer in the middle of tens of thousands of people...

I don't want to know about it!
I'm fine with the previous kits.
Tell us about it!!!