Last weekend I went to northern California to visit my dear brother. Well, actually I’m not entirely sure why I went and I skipped some work to go, but my mom convinced me that I had to go. Originally I think it was for some other reason that seemed more important, but then it was just assumed I would go anyway? Anyhow, it was a “Let’s just go” trip.

On the way, I saw a real life starcraft! I suppose this would be…..terran. Must be a new model. StarCraft 3 secretz right here guys.

During the time I was there, I mostly spent time with my little cousin. He is so smart and a good thinker! He was talking to me about pokemon during an early lunch we had (yummy Dim Sum), and he was naming Pokemon that I had never heard of. He said something like “I wish I had Magic Star” and I was like “….what…?” I thought maybe I was out of it, but I’ve been playing the latest Pokemon Pearl for awhile and I’m on my way to victory road…

Later on, I found out why I seemed so out of it. Here is a look at some of his cards:

Insect Arma? Positive Charge Mouse? Thousand year old Tail? Accent Dragon? Hooligan Crab? Shark Beast? Seafish?

And weird stats, and numbers at the bottom. No original artist name… This is a fake! And a very bad one because it doesn’t even try to be real. No wonder my cousin was giving me all these weird names. I told my aunt, wondering if she knew she spent money on fakes, and she said she did. Well, makes sense then.

My cousin did really well on his Chinese school test, so his dad rewarded him with a Tamiya model!! And I ended up making it! ^_^. My cousin helped me though, handed me parts. It was generally a little too hard for him anyway, tons of small screws that he would have gotten lost, and wires that could be easily broken. He put the battery in the case while the wires weren’t connected and handed it to me. I was like “……oookay…let’s take the battery out for now alright??”

I’ve never actually made a model like this with a motor and wires. It’s reeeally fun! This particular model is special because it avoids obstacles like a wall. The head sways side to side and when it hits something, the body automatically turns as the head waves in the opposite direction.