Nerd Builds: HG Dreissen (Gundam ZZ Ver.)

It's been awhile since we did a Nerd Builds post, but now it's back in stunning fashion because today we feature another one of my favorite builds: the 1:144 HG Dreissen from Gundam ZZ. I've never actually seen ZZ so I don't know much about the series or this model, but it's mass produced which means it isn't the principle mobile suit for a main villain or anything, but regardless, it the colors are amazing and it just looks cool.

Gotta love the box art.

Nerd Life: Earthquake!

As you all may know, La Habra, Calfornia was host to a 5.1 scale earthquake on Friday night. To put it in perspective of how intense it was, the last "Big One" in Southern California was the 1994 Northridge earthquake which was a 6.7, so this one may not have been as strong, but was still pretty intense, so intense I was feeling aftershocks until yesterday. Mrs. Nerd and I live a couple miles from the epicenter, and even though I was 13 miles away teaching Bible study I could still feel it. Unfortunately, Mrs. Nerd was home and she felt the whole thing. She said it lasted about 20 seconds and eventually she was able to make it out of the apartment. Unfortunately, when she got back in the apartment, she saw that a bunch of my figurines and Gundams had fallen off of the shelves. Some parts were just loosed by the fall, but some had actually snapped and broken pieces. I got to see the damage when I got home and in the end was just too tired and distraught to put them back together. So for now I put them back in their respective boxes for a "reconstruction day".

from top to bottom: HG Dreissen, HG GM Sniper K9, HG Sengoku Astray, MG Sword Impulse, Mega Size Gundam AGE-2 Normal