It's like Christmas in December!

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 » gaming image

All these little eggs showed up today, which was a great surprise because I pre-ordered them months ago and forgot:

But whatever could be inside??

Oh wow, celebrity ships from various shooters! It truly is a Christmas miracle.

Allow me to geek out for a moment:

Back row, left: OF-1 Daedalus from Image Fight
I'm honestly not familiar with this game, much less this ship. It's actually a little embarrassing to start the list off this way. Onward!

Back row, right: Silver Hawk from Darius
It's the 1P model, which was a great relief, because having a 2P ship without a 1P would just be absurd. I was never a huge fan of this ship's design, but I have a newfound appreciation for it after having to assemble a miniature version of one.

Second row, left: R-9A from R-Type
Mercifully, the R9 itself required no assembly. Also, you will notice that it comes with both a FORCE (round type) and BITS. Two of them! This is amazing attention to detail. Surprisingly, this actually made the R9 the most difficult to assemble, just because of the ridiculous interlocking stand pieces required to give the illusion that the FORCE and BITS are floating in space, ready to release the super wave cannon. The only thing that would have made this better would be if it came with a plastic air-to-air laser. (Or if it were a 1:1 model that I could climb inside and use to shoot aliens.)

Second row, right: Metarion from Gradius 2
This poor-man's Vic Viper was the first capsule I opened up, and as the little paper brochure inside each one has the Vic Viper on the front, I was pretty confused trying to put this one together. AND YES, THAT IS AN OPTION floating behind it. I didn't even know these were included and when I found out they were I was probably the most unreasonably excited that I've ever been!

Front: Vic Viper T-301 from Gradius V
OK, LET'S CREATE A SPACE-TIME ANOMALY IN BETWEEN AND TIME WARP.

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