Category: Tech

25 Days Of Christmas!

  • December 1, 2011

Starting today, and for the next 25 days, you lucky buggers can expect a new Robot Claw blog entry every day! “What will they be about“, you ask? Well I don’t really know, but there’s been a lot of things I’ve been planning to blog about that I didn’t get to because of how busy I was so you can expect I’ll get to that in these next few weeks. In other words, the usual stuff 🙂

To get into the spirit of things, I’ve even designed a festive logo. Here it is:

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Took me hours that did. I hope you like it 😉

So, so, so… what better way to start this special limited series than… an advent calendar! Today I cracked open this:

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Here’s what it looks like open:

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And here (spoiler alert!) is what was behind box 1:

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Um, what is it? You’re guess is as good as mine since no (mini) instructions were included. Could it be a few bits and pieces of something bigger? Perhaps I shall find out tomorrow!

Double-Bladed

  • November 11, 2011

I upgraded 🙂

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  • Posted in Miscellaneous
  • Robert

Aegis

  • November 10, 2011

I’ve become an Aegis otaku. Who’s Aegis? This is Aegis:

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Stunning piece of character art isn’t it? Aegis is a (relatively minor) character from the PS2/PSP game Persona 3 that ended up running away with the hearts of male players everywhere. She’s an emotionless android learning to be human, and here’s a shot of how she looks in the game:

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She’s got the whole “cute, shy Commander Data” thing going on, but frankly if her personality was that of a crazed, genocidal dog-loving cannibal it would matter because LOOK AT HER!

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And look at her the figure companies did, and a wave of impressive Aegis figures did roll forth from such luminaries as Bandai…

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Resinya…

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Alter…

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Dimension Diver…

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Garage kit makers…

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And Figma.

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That last one, by Figma, is the only one I have. I passed on the Bandai one at comic-con because it was a bit pricey and the others are just bankbreakingly expensive (not that I’d buy them anyway, I’m happy with my Figma!)

Oh, and don’t forget about the Aegis UFO Catcher prize:

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Or the cosplayers…

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I love how she did the gold bits.

Aegis isn’t going away any time soon. Although, as I said, her role in Persona 3 was minor, Atlus recognizes a bankable character when they see one and she’s soon to be in her own mobile game, is rumoured to have a major role in the (unannounced) Persona 4, and is a playable character in the upcoming Persona fighting game:

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And of course she will continue to have the devotion of her fans. “Devotion?” you ask? Yes, devotion. I mean how many other characters out there in the wide world of otaku could move a man to a display of skill as astonishingly astonishing as this Aegis home-made papercraft:

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Yes it’s real. And one of the most amazing pieces of papercraft I have ever seen!